What to do next
Jiang Cheng kept asking himself, until he stood at the door of the bungalow, he had no clue in his mind. A pair of cold hands gently pulled his arm. Jiang Cheng came back to his senses and saw Chu Xueying looking at him tenderly.
"We're home."
Jiang Cheng nodded blankly and walked into the door with his girlfriend. It was almost evening, and the overcast sky seemed just a little darker than usual. The dark gray houses and high-rise buildings in the distance seemed to be faint shadows. Occasionally, a few windows turned on, making people realize that they were real.
We have to get out of here. If our lives are really threatened, then what's the point of so-called inheritance.
Just when Jiang Cheng made this decision, he received a strange phone call.
The number looked familiar. Just this morning, Jiang Cheng had been trying to contact the owner of this number. It's from the wilderness. Jiang Cheng looked at the number and thought about whether there was any point in answering the call now. While hesitating, he remembered the bizarre fantasy in the morning, where Liu Jingzhe was asking for help. Before him, Liu Jingzhe was the editor-in-chief of Wilderness...
With all kinds of questions intertwined in his mind, Jiang Cheng's fingers shook uncontrollably and he pressed the answer button.
"Hello, I am Wilderness." The voice sounded like that of a middle-aged man, but his tone was weak.
"Hello." Jiang Cheng simply replied, but didn't know what to say next. Talk about work? He was already preparing to leave here, so what was the point of continuing the conversation. Or asking about Liu Jingzhe? But where to start? Xu Dingjia once warned him not to interfere with that fantasy. And Jiang Cheng himself had a premonition that if he didn't follow his advice, he might be in danger. However, at this moment, facing the phone call that has been answered, what should he do
The first person to break the silence was Ye Ye, who said apologetically: "I'm sorry, due to some unexpected circumstances, I couldn't reply to you in time."
The other party's tone was sincere and polite, and Jiang Cheng was a little at a loss, "Oh, it doesn't matter. It's me who should be sorry for bothering you at that time."
On the other end of the phone, Ye Ye seemed to be coughing or murmuring something in a low voice. About half a minute later, his voice became hoarse and he said, "You should be the person Guan Peng was talking about, what am I?" Friends, even scammers rarely call this number.”
The other person seemed to be joking, but Jiang Cheng couldn't laugh, so he could only agree honestly, "Yes, I took over the job of the magazine at that time. But, I..."
"Are you originally from a magazine?" Ye Ye's tone was a little more urgent, interrupting Jiang Cheng and asking, "Have you met Liu Jingzhe?"
Fragments of visions flashed through Jiang Cheng's mind, and he almost blurted out: "Liu Jingzhe? What happened to him?"
There was a long sigh on the other end of the phone, and then Wilderness said: "I don't know, but I always have a bad feeling."
"Premonition?" Jiang Cheng's mind froze, forgetting the decision he made before, and asked: "What do you know?"
There was a burst of electronic noise on the other end of the phone, and Ye Ye's tone became a little nervous, "I don't have much time! They are going to..." Halfway through the words, the noise drowned out Ye Ye's words.
"Who?" Jiang Cheng asked, "What happened?"
After the noise, the voice of the wilderness came intermittently, "Tomorrow, we will meet at... then... explain..."
Electronic noise and Wilderness's words intertwined with each other, making people dizzy. When Jiang Cheng was sure that the other party wanted to meet him tomorrow, he finally hung up the phone. Jiang Cheng's mind was full of questions, and he quickly pressed the wilderness number again and called. As a result, the call could not be connected at all. Jiang Cheng checked the mobile phone signal again. There was no problem on his side. That is, the wilderness seemed to have entered an environment where the signal could not be received.
However, Jiang Cheng clearly heard the time and place of the meeting tomorrow. By then, he might be able to get some clues.
After reciting the time and place in his mind several times and making sure he had remembered it, Jiang Cheng put away his phone. Before he could make any move, his phone rang again. He thought it was from the wilderness and quickly picked up the call, only to find that the name Guan Peng was displayed on the screen.
"Damn it! Trouble comes one after another." Jiang Cheng cursed in his heart, but still answered the phone. Work issues were no longer important, but the other party might know something about Liu Jingzhe, which was why Jiang Cheng answered the phone.
As soon as the call was connected, Guan Peng asked on the other end: "How is things going?"
Jiang Cheng thought for a while and finally decided not to tell the other party that he was leaving. Instead, he replied: "I just contacted the wilderness."
"We've been contacted?" Guan Peng sounded surprised, and then he seemed to be relieved and said: "Just contact us, then the next work will be easy..."
Jiang Cheng was not interested in spending time talking about work, so he simply interrupted the other party and asked: "The wilderness seemed to have mentioned Liu Jingzhe before."
"Um?"
Guan Peng was stunned for a moment and fell into silence.
This test had an effect. Jiang Cheng didn't want to alert the enemy, so he pretended to be relaxed and asked: "I haven't seen this kid for a long time. How is he doing recently?"
"Uh... quite... pretty good." Guan Peng replied, and Jiang Cheng could almost imagine the other person's forced smile.
"Okay?" Jiang Cheng asked: "Then why did you stop doing the good work and asked me to take over? Nothing will happen to Liu Jingzhe, right?"
"No!" Guan Peng said quickly, "It's just that he suddenly resigned, so we found you."
Jiang Cheng didn't answer, just sneered.
Guan Peng seemed to realize that this sentence was not convincing, and added: "We don't know the reason. He resigned suddenly. However, we have contacted his family members and it seems that Liu Jingzhe went on a trip."
"Travel?" Jiang Cheng felt that things would not be that simple.
"Anyway, that's all we know." Guan Peng said quickly, "So, I can only ask you to take on this job first." Jiang Cheng wanted to say something more, but Guan Peng had already hung up the phone in a hurry.
Jiang Cheng has noticed that Guan Peng seems to know something, but this man is cunning and cunning, and he will not tell the truth if he continues to ask. He made up his mind to meet with Wilderness tomorrow. Putting the phone in his pocket, Jiang Cheng looked around and found that the room was very dark, and the window outside the window had been shrouded in night for some time.
He groped the wall, trying to turn on the light, but after taking a few steps, he felt sleepy. Jiang Cheng gave up on turning on the light and walked directly to the bedroom upstairs, holding on to the stairs. Maybe he was too tired during the day. At this moment, he didn't want to think about anything and just wanted to have a good sleep.