Those who travel back in time

Chapter 36 Walking into a Trap

Chen Qing and Li Mengfei strolled around discreetly and soon spotted Zhao Dezhu, who was talking to a middle-aged man wearing glasses, occasionally letting out a loud laugh.

Chen Qing didn't know who this bespectacled middle-aged man was, but he recognized his face. The photo that Fang Xiande found in 2044 was a picture of Zhao Dezhu and this man together.

"Brother Qing?" Li Mengfei tugged at Chen Qing's sleeve.

"Wait a bit, let's wait until they finish taking the photo before we move. If we go there early and they don't take the photo, we might not be able to find this place." Chen Qing glanced at her watch; there were still more than ten minutes left until the time shown on the photo.

However, the two were not too far apart, about ten meters away from Zhao Dezhu.

"Young man!" After chatting with Li Mengfei for a while, Chen Qing heard someone call him. He looked up and saw the bespectacled man next to Zhao Dezhu looking at him.

"Is the gentleman calling me?"

"Young man, could you take a picture of me with Mr. Zhao?" The bespectacled man took out his phone from his pocket.

"No problem." Chen Qing walked over.

Unexpectedly, the photo that led him to this luncheon was actually taken by himself.

Click!

He took the bespectacled man's phone, stepped back a few paces, pointed the camera at the two of them, and took a picture.

After taking the photo, I looked at it again, and it was exactly the same as the one I saw on Fang Xiande's computer in 2044.

After taking the group photo, the bespectacled man did not stay with Zhao Dezhu any longer. He exchanged a few pleasantries and then went elsewhere.

Seeing that Zhao Dezhu was "alone", Chen Qing walked over and extended his hand to him, "President Zhao, I have heard so many legends about you and admire you very much. Today I finally meet you in person."

"What legend or not, it's all just rumors circulating outside, don't take it seriously." Zhao Dezhu also extended his hand to shake hands with Chen Qing.

"Mr. Zhao, there are some things I'd like to discuss with you privately. Is that alright?"

"A private chat? What's up?"

"It's something I can't say publicly." Chen Qing said, pointing to a Tai Chi symbol cufflink on his suit, which he had specially ordered in advance for this "meeting".

"Are you from Tuibeilou?" Zhao Dezhu's pupils contracted slightly as he whispered.

"I am."

"This isn't the place to talk. Go to room 3601 and wait for me. I need to arrange something and then I'll be right there." Zhao Dezhu looked around warily before pulling out a room key and handing it to Chen Qing.

"Okay." Chen Qing then went up to the third floor with Li Mengfei.

"Brother Qing, is the mission almost complete?" Entering 3601, Li Mengfei seemed excited. "Are we about to successfully save the world?"

"It's too early to talk about this now." Chen Qing was much calmer. "Although Zhao Dezhu is a member of Tuibeilou, it's not certain whether he knows where the serum is."

"Even if he doesn't know, we can find other people from Tuibeilou through him. If the people we find don't know either, we can find the next one. We'll eventually find someone who does know."

"Hopefully, we can find the serum successfully."

"And then what?"

"Destroy the serum."

"Brother Qing, can I ask you a question?"

"You can ask, but I might not tell you."

"I've seen the CCTV footage of you breaking into the Qilin Building three years ago. You took down so many security guards all by yourself, and it looked effortless. Do you know kung fu?"

You can think of it as a meeting.

"If you can do it, you can do it; if you can't, you can't. What do you mean by 'treating it as if you can't'?"

"I can't, but my fighting skills are much higher than the average person's."

"Brother Qing, why did you take a bullet for me seven years ago?"

"You didn't know me then, but I already knew you."

At that moment, the doorknob turned, and the door was pushed open, and the three people walked in.

The leader was Zhao Dezhu, with two others beside him. One had a buzz cut, and the other had a middle part. Both were dressed in suits, but they didn't look like professionals.

The man with the middle parting walked last, closing the door behind him and locking it from the inside. Zhao Dezhu then said to Chen Qing and the other man, "Don't shout or yell. If you dare to make a sound and attract attention, I guarantee that I will be the last person you ever see in your life."

As soon as Zhao Dezhu finished speaking, the man with the middle part and the man with the buzz cut simultaneously pulled out guns from their pockets, pointing them at Chen Qing and the other man.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here," Chen Qing whispered to Li Mengfei, then raised her hands high.

Li Mengfei also raised her hands.

"Mr. Zhao, what do you mean by this?" Chen Qing asked Zhao Dezhu.

"Where is Yuan Tiangang?" Zhao Dezhu asked coldly as he walked up to Chen Qing after he had the situation under control.

"You're looking for Yuan Tiangang?" Chen Qing hadn't expected things to develop this way. He had come to ask about Zhao Dezhu's problem, but unexpectedly, he had become the one being asked the question.

"I have already clearly warned him that I am leaving Tuibeilou and I am no longer a member of Tuibeilou. If any member of Tuibeilou dares to appear in front of me again, I will kill them all."

"You're asking me where Yuan Tiangang is now, do you mean you want to kill him too?"

"This is the way to completely get rid of the Tuibeilou building."

"If you want to get rid of Yuan Tiangang, why are you still wearing a suit with the Tuibeilou logo?"

"That's because some idiot spilled red wine on my old suit. It was the only one I had in my car, and I was planning to throw it away, but I had to dig it out again... Shut up! Are you asking me or am I asking you? Answer me, where is Yuan Tiangang?!"

"You think I'd tell you?"

"I know you're being stubborn, let's find somewhere else to have some fun." Zhao Dezhu took two steps back: "Tie them up!"

The man with the middle parting still held his gun, while the man with the buzz cut put his gun away, pulled out two cable ties, and walked up to Li Mengfei. "Give me your hand!"

Chen Qingchong nodded to Li Mengfei, and Li Mengfei stretched out her hands, which the buzz-cut man then bound with cable ties.

After restraining Li Mengfei, the man with the buzz cut walked up to Chen Qing. Without her saying a word, Chen Qing proactively extended her hands.

Subduing the people in front of him would be a piece of cake, but Chen Qing didn't do it. His idea coincided with Zhao Dezhu's: this was a charity luncheon, not a place to fight. They should find another place to play.

Moreover, going to Zhao Dezhu's territory might yield more clues, and perhaps the serum is hidden there.

The man with the buzz cut took two pieces of clothing from the closet, covered Chen Qing and Li Mengfei's hands with them, went downstairs through the fire escape, led the two out of the hotel from behind, and stuffed them into a van.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Chen Qing whispered to comfort Li Mengfei, afraid she would be nervous.

"Brother Qing, I'm not afraid with you here." Although Li Mengfei was a little nervous, Chen Qing's calmness infected her, and besides, she knew Chen Qing's skills, so she wasn't really afraid.

The van drove for about an hour before finally entering an abandoned factory in the suburbs.

"Besides us, there's no one else here. No matter what I do, no one will find out." Zhao Dezhu came to his side again. "If you tell me now, you'll suffer less."

"Even if I told you, do you think you could kill Yuan Tiangang?" Chen Qing retorted. "Yuan Tiangang can foresee the future; do you think he wouldn't know you wanted to kill him?"