Recap
Shen Xiuzhe was not familiar with the layout of the public hall.
He held the little speaker and walked forward, trying to find a place to sit.
Just then, he heard footsteps approaching him.
The next second, someone took his arm and whispered, “Where do you want to go? I will take you there.”
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Hearing voices outside the system space, Chu Shici ran out and looked.
Standing in front of them was a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a suit and a tie, with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
The moment he saw him, Chu Shici came up with several words to describe his appearance.
Gentle and calm. He has a shrewd smile and looks like a gentleman.
Chu Shici looked up and down, and then started to greet the system, ‘Tong-ge, come out, it’s a handsome and amiable guy.’
[I can!]
Ever since he lost his sight, Shen Xiuzhe has been very sensitive to the gaze of others.
He could feel the man’s eyes focused on the white cloth on his face.
Considering that this man might be their contact person, Shen Xiuzhe let the man hold his wrist and led him to the sofa.
The man with glasses poured him a glass of warm water and sat down to chat with him.
Asking him how his card collection is going and whether anyone on his floor has successfully collected all the cards.
It may be that the price of vegetables has increased during this period, the set meal has almost become a potato feast.
Shen Xiuzhe held the water glass and listened to him quietly. Occasionally, he would simply respond with a few words without revealing too much information on his end.
Chu Shici observed the room.
It was a room with more than 100 square meters, two bedrooms and one living room, fully furnished. There are several black and white paintings hanging on the wall, and the room as a whole adopts a simple style of dark colors.
Including Zhe-ge, there were ten people in the room.
On a table not far away, four women were playing mahjong.
Maybe they feel that since they will probably only meet once in this life, there is no need to exchange names.
Therefore, they always use the abbreviation of their last name.
The youngest woman, named Xiao Jinzi, is about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Sister Qiu is the oldest and looks to be in her thirties or forties.
Even though Chu Shici is gay, he still thinks they are really good-looking.
The younger girls look innocent and cute, while the older women have their charm.
Of the four remaining men, one was playing a single-player game, and the other three were drinking and watching football games, shouting out from time to time.
The atmosphere in the room was so warm and peaceful that Chu Shici felt a little disoriented.
For a moment, he thought they had escaped.
After seeing the collars around their necks, Chu Shici regained balance.
There were only ten people in total, all handsome men and beauties with slim waists and long legs. He suspected that the people in this room are all chickens.
The man who talked to them called himself Hao, is a Chinese teacher who taught in a junior high school.
He didn’t say why he was here, he just complained casually, ‘It’s not easy to be a teacher in this environment.’
Shen Xiuzhe listened patiently for a long time. Teacher Hao didn’t say anything special.
He put down the water glass, turned his head and asked coldly: “What do you want from me?”
This was the first time he took the initiative to speak since he came in.
Teacher Hao’s face turned red and he said cautiously: “You found out. In fact, I recognized you as soon as you came in.”
He was breathing heavily and kept giggling like an enthusiastic fan in front of his idol.
“Mr. Shen, your paintings are so perfect. They are all landscape paintings, but the first time I saw the paintings, I resonated with it strongly. You are my favorite painter. Every exhibition you hold, I will go and see it!”
Teacher Hao became more and more excited as he talked, with tears in his eyes, and he was so excited that he almost cried.
“I never thought that one day, I can be so close to Mr. Shen. Can I shake your hand, Mr. Shen?”
Shen Xiuzhe hummed.
Teacher Hao almost fainted.
After shaking hands, Teacher Hao looked at the white cloth on Shen Xiuzhe’s face and hesitated to speak.
He hesitated for a while and asked tentatively: “Mr. Shen, your eyes…”
Shen Xiuzhe didn’t answer, as if he didn’t hear anything. However, the arms holding the little speaker tightened.
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Chu Shici felt a little regretful when he found out that this was not their contact person, but just a fanatic fan.
While Shen Xiuzhe was chatting with Teacher Hao, he continued to observe the others.
After the women finished playing a round of mahjong, Xiao Jinzi got up and went to the bathroom. Sister Qiu took a few apples, went to the kitchen to cut them into a fruit plate, and invited everyone to eat together.
After losing the football match, the three men were dejected and cursing.
These people looked normal and ordinary, and none of them looked like the contact person.
Chu Shici was a little confused.
Why didn’t the person who handed the note come to them?
Was it because he wanted to wait for Zhe-ge to take the initiative, or because he had an accident and couldn’t come today.
Chu Shici was still looking around when his head was suddenly knocked twice.
He looked up and saw Zhe-ge brushing the tip of his nose with his hand, his finger seemed to point at the man who was playing the game nearby.
That man, Chu Shici, has also stared at for a long time.
There’s nothing special about him except the fact that he is terrible at the games.
His eyes accidentally fell on the game handles. Listening to the crackling sound, a strange thought flashed through Chu Shici’s mind.
This person is transmitting sound signals to Zhe-ge through the game buttons, just like Dr. Sun crumpling the chocolate wrappers.
Is he the contact person?
Xiao Jinzi came out of the toilet. She stopped playing mahjong, wiped her hands and sat on the sofa.
When Teacher Hao was called over by Sister Qiu to eat apples, Chu Shici heard Xiao Jinzi beside Zhe-ge whisper: “Mr. Shen, how’s the progress in finding the evidence?”
Chu Shici was stunned.
Isn’t there only one contact person? Why is there another one?
Shen Xiuzhe’s reaction was rather cold, “What do you want to say?”
Xiao Jinzi pursed her lips and looked nervous.
“Dr. Sun asked me to come over and ask you, have you found the evidence you talked about?”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
Xiao Jinzi murmured in a low voice, “Yes, yes, I’m sorry to bother you.”
After saying that, she lowered his head and trotted away.
Chu Shici felt confident.
The girl’s reserved reaction seemed very real, she was probably not pretending.
Just as Chu Shici was about to set his sights on Gamer Boy, Shen Xiuzhe suddenly knocked on his shell again.
It seems like he was writing something this time.
Chu Shici felt it several times, Zhe Ge had written, ‘No. ’
Gamer Boy is not the contact person. Zhe-ge was able to come to this conclusion probably because he had hit the wrong rhythm.
Xiao Jinzi didn’t dare to communicate with strangers, and the Gamer Boy didn’t remember the cipher.
It was as if they were being forced to the front and had to pretend to contact them.
The remaining people in this room may have also received similar orders before coming here.
Before long, they would come over and give Shen Xiuzhe hints in various ways, waiting for him to take the bait.
Chu Shici instantly wanted to understand the reason behind this.
If the person can put a paper ball into the meal, it means that the person who put the note must not be a prisoner.
There are no staff in this public hall, so the person who sent the note cannot come in person.
Among the nine people in the room, his companion was hidden among them, and that person was the person they needed to contact today.
The person who wrote the note’s plan was exposed, and this meeting is a trap.
Dr. Sun didn’t know that Brother Liu had rebelled, but the person who wrote the note knew.
The person who wrote the note was able to relay information secretly to them, in addition, he discovered that Brother Liu’s secret yet is still safe and sound.
This shows that Dr. Sun has a two-way relationship with Brother Liu but has no contact with the person who wrote the note.
She and Brother Liu knew each other’s roles in this prison.
At the same time, there is no way to communicate directly with the person who wrote the note. They only know that there is such a person, but they don’t know who he is.
The person who wrote the note knew their information very well. He saw that Brother Liu was a traitor, but he does not have the chance to pass this information to Dr. Sun.
Like most organizations, they don’t put all their eggs in one basket.
To prevent a situation where one traitor causes the downfall of everyone in the organization.
Before they had gone undercover, a hierarchy whereby information was passed through was established.
In this room, there is a special informant of the note man.
In this building, there is another person similar to Brother Liu who can pass information to the outside world.
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Thinking of this, Chu Shici called out the system.
‘Tong-ge, I understand what’s going on now.’
The system nodded in confusion.
‘The man who wrote the note knew that Brother Liu had rebelled, and Brother Liu knew that someone knew that he had rebelled, but he didn’t know who the man who wrote the note is.’
‘The status of the note man here is not as high as that of Brother Liu. The person who wrote the note couldn’t decide which public hall they would place Zhe-ge in and who would be in the hall with him.’
‘So the person who wrote the note first dug around to try and find out the time and people in the public hall before attempting to pass the information to Zhe-ge, and that’s where the problem lies.’
Chu Shici took a look outside.
Teacher Hao came back from eating the apple and was racking his brains on topics to talk about to his idol. Sister Qiu likes to take care of others. She is holding a notebook and asking the others what they wanted to eat tonight.
The room was lively and everyone seemed to be ordinary.
He thought for a while, then held onto the system and continued to analyze.
‘If everything is normal today, it means that Brother Liu has not locked in on the target. But so far, Xiao Jinzi and Gamer Boy have appeared, these two smoke bombs. This shows that he has already deduced the general scope of the note man. Except for Zhe-ge, the remaining nine people are the objects of his suspicion.’
‘He will not expose the fact that he had betrayed the organization, so he does not come forward directly, but observes behind the scenes. Before those people came to the public hall, someone should have assigned them tasks individually. Let them continuously approach Zhe-ge and give various hints.’
The system thought for a while, [But why does he have to confuse us? Wouldn’t it be better to wait for that person to take the initiative to contact Shen Xiuzhe?]
‘Because he doesn’t know what method or hints that person will use to contact Zhe-ge. Zhe-ge is also a public figure. His face appears on TV frequently and many people know him.’
Chu Shici pointed to Teacher Hao outside, ‘How do you tell whether the person who takes the initiative to talk to Zhe-ge is a fan or an informant?’
[Right. ]
‘If the ciphers used by Dr. Sun was not discussed in advance, no outsiders will be able to understand them, much less hear them. Similarly, the note man also has their own way of communicating. It’s very secretive. Only they can understand it, and the fat steward in charge can’t guess what it is.’
The system gave a long oh sound.
[I understand. Since we can’t tell the difference, we should simply let Zhe-ge interact with everyone.]
‘Ordinary people don’t know anything about these things. They will only repeat what Brother Liu told them. Brother Liu is trying to sabotage the undercover and let him know that this is a trap.’
‘If Brother Liu hadn’t arranged for these people to give all sorts of hints, after the undercover agent discovered the trap, he could just lie down and blend in with the crowd to watch the show. But the damn fatty had to give them these instructions so he has to take further actions.’
‘The more you talk, the more you do, the more mistakes you will make. He is undercover, and if he takes action, he will reveal flaws. The question is whether he can hide it well.’
Chu Shici crossed his arms and sighed sadly.
‘There must be all-round surveillance in this hall, keeping an eye on us 24 hours a day. It doesn’t matter whether Zhe-ge cooperates or not. If his undercover acting skills are not up to par, today he will come in standing and go out lying.’
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Just as Chu Shici had guessed, everyone in the room gave Shen Xiuzhe varying degrees of hints one after another.
Some used mahjong to play the rhythm, and some rapped on the spot.
It can be seen that when Brother Liu’s people ordered them, they specifically asked them to be secretive and to use different methods.
Sister Qiu was the most creative. When she peeled the apples for Shen Xiuzhe, she carved words on the apples.
Shen Xiuzhe was tired of being tormented.
After discovering the pits in the apple, his face turned dark.
Soon it was dinner time, and Sister Qiu was going to cook.
She put on her apron and called to the living room: “It’s too slow for me to cook for ten people by myself. Xiao Zhang and Xiao Wang, come here and help me!”
The two men who were watching the football game reluctantly left the TV and followed her to the kitchen.
Shen Xiuzhe probably guessed that there was surveillance in the house. He didn’t say a word to Chu Shici for so long after entering the hall. He kept a cold face the entire time and sat in a corner quietly in a daze.
When Teacher Hao talked to him, he remained silent and pretended to be invisible.
Originally, his words and behavior should make him appear aloof.
But Shen Xiuzhe was holding a pink little speaker in his arms. Whether he was happy or not, he would touch it twice.
He just looks very shy.
He looks like a scared child, hiding in the corner, holding his beloved doll.
After a while, Teacher Hao came over again.
It is not known where he got a cane from and handed it to Shen Xiuzhe.
“It should be easier to walk with it. Do you want to try?”
Chu Shici noticed that Teacher Hao’s fingers holding the stick were tapping gently. The rhythm this time was different from Dr. Sun’s.
Chu Shici was stunned.
Is he the undercover person they are looking for?
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