"Sorry, your call is temporarily unreachable......

The chime in the earpiece repeats itself, once again announcing the end of the call.

Zhou Wentao stared at the word "Jiang Yao" on the mobile phone screen with a tangled expression, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually spread like wildfire.

"Can't get through...... Why can't you get through??Xiaoya, where the hell are you......"

Zhou Wentao pinched his phone, gritted his teeth and hung up the phone, looking up at the hazy sky outside the studio window. The weather on the day of the Qingming Festival was as rainy as in previous years, and the crowds of worshippers on the street came and went with their heads down, hurrying, and Zhou Wentao's mood also fell to the bottom with this rain.

Since yesterday when he was working in "Penglai", he overheard Jiang Yao's movements and his real situation, Zhou Wentao's heart has been like a fish in his throat, and he can't sleep well. And what made him even more uneasy was that he found that Jiang Yao was really completely lost, whether it was a text message bombardment or a phone call, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no half a reply, which made Zhou Wentao's anxiety increase day by day.

"No, you can't just do it and wait!"

As if he had made up his mind, Zhou Wentao stood up abruptly and walked back and forth in the studio with his arms crossed.

"Xudu ...... Although I don't know if Xiao Yao went to the "ghost market" in the capital, but now the only clue is to ...... I've got to go find him!"

Zhou Wentao picked up his mobile phone again and broadcast a string of numbers in a hurry. After experiencing a series of catastrophes on the line of life and death, Zhou Wentao can no longer giggle heartlessly like before. He already knew what kind of world Jiang Yao was facing, so he couldn't bear to be a shackle that bound his friend's freedom. Now he has too many things he wants to tell Jiang Yao in person, and at the moment, he doesn't plan to trust anyone except himself.

"Hey, please help me check what time is the first flight to Xudu today......

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Wentao's vision suddenly froze, and in the drizzle outside the studio window, he suddenly saw a sneaky figure flashing from the corner of the street.

Huh? That guy...... I think I've seen it in Penglai?

Zhou Wentao squinted slightly, only to see that the plainclothes man in a windbreaker did not leave the corner of the street, but pretended to be playing his mobile phone, but the corner of his eye peeked in the direction of Zhou Wentao's window intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhou Wentao, as a supernumerary member of "Lingyutai", although he does not need to go to "Penglai" every day to work, he also has to go to "Penglai" regularly to report. And even if he didn't go to Penglai much, he had at least been introduced to Zimo once, so he had seen the spirit gods in those departments.

This guy ...... It was supposed to be stationed in "Penglai", but could it be that he was ......!?

"Because that guy is a close friend of Jiang Yao, and Jiang Yao attaches great importance to this person, as long as this person is in our hands, he won't dare to mess around!"

The conversation he heard in the "Penglai" bathroom involuntarily swirled in Zhou Wentao's mind, and the sudden thought of it might make him suddenly feel like he was falling into an ice cellar, and even his hands began to tremble slightly.

Really...... Sure enough, those guys were spying on me!

"Hey, sir, are you listening? Are you going to book a plane ticket?"

In the microphone, the sweet inquiry voice of the customer service lady pulled Zhou Wentao's consciousness back, and the latter quickly came back to his senses, holding the mobile phone and stammering and replied:

"No, I'm sorry, I made a mistake. ”

After speaking, Zhou Wentao hung up the phone in a hurry and turned off the phone, but then pulled out the mobile phone card from the mobile phone as if he was not at ease and threw it into the trash.

“…… Now that they've started spying on me, it's not just this ordinary means. In addition to mobile phones, stalking, and ...... That's right!"

Zhou Wentao suddenly remembered an item and quickly took it out of his arms. It was a crystalline diamond-shaped crystal, according to Zimo, it seemed to be the identity symbol of the 'Spirit Imperial Divine Envoy', but because Zhou Wentao was a supernumerary, there were still zero five-pointed stars in his crystal indicating the level.

"You'll have to wear this crystal at all times, and we'll use it to test your heartbeat to see if you're in danger. Of course, if you 'accidentally' take it off...... Hehe, we'll find out soon on our side. 』

If what Zimo said is true, then this thing is to protect me on the surface, and in essence it is also a means to monitor me, and it can't be taken down......

Thinking of this, Zhou Wentao's eyes dimmed suddenly, he tangled a bitter gourd face, slid listlessly on the ground, and buried his head in his arm.

"Damn...... If they notice my movements, they will stop me, right...... Is there no other way??"

『Meow~』

A smack suddenly floated from the side, Zhou Wentao raised his head, and saw the fat orange cat raised in the studio guarding the cat food bowl, looking at himself with a "resentful" face, obviously Zhou Wentao was preoccupied with Jiang Yao's matter before, and forgot the breakfast of this "cat master".

This orange cat's name is "Big Egg", nicknamed "Dandan", and it is a stray cat that Zhou Wentao used to pick up from the street. And the reason why this name was chosen is also because of the commemoration of its past "heroic". Of course, that's just "in the past", after becoming a "father-in-law", the "big egg" posture is becoming more and more rounded, not to mention anything to "reinvigorate the majesty", it's good if it doesn't become a piece of lazy meat, Zhou Wentao even moved the idea of renaming it "Big Pig" several times.

"Dandan, Dandan, your brother Jiang's life and death are unknown, you can still eat......"

Zhou Wentao sighed, reluctantly got up and walked to the kitchen to prepare food for the "cat master", and after taking a few steps, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and turned his head to look at the "balls" that were following under his feet.

"That's right...... And this trick! Why didn't I think of that?"

Zhou Wentao's eyes lit up when he stared at the "Dandan", and the fat orange cat's body trembled with that thief's eyes, and he turned around to escape as if he had an ominous premonition, but because his body was too fat to run fast, he was easily "caught" by Zhou Wentao.

"Hehe, 'Raise a cat for a thousand days, use a cat for a while', dear Dandan~ Since you have been caught by me, it is better to ......"

"Meow~Meow!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, "Dandan" hurriedly struggled to escape, but he couldn't escape Zhou Wentao's "claws", who was satisfied with rubbing the "choppy" fat on "Dandan"'s body, while smiling "evilly" and looking at the landline phone on the table.

"Since we're going to make a show, let's do a good job......! It's all up to you!"

……

"Xiao Tang, how is the situation on your side?"

The voice of inquiry came through the headphones. The plainclothes man on the corner of the street, known as "Xiao Tang", munched on bread while glancing at a small western-style building not far in front of him, where Zhou Wentao's studio was located.

"Nothing unusual, he didn't go out...... Huh?"

Halfway through his words, Xiao Tang suddenly squinted his eyes, only to see a small blue motorcycle appear at the door of the small western-style building in front of him, and a rider in work clothes and a helmet carried a large bag of packing boxes and entered the gate of the small western-style building.

"What's wrong?" asked the other end of the line, as if sensing something.

"No, it's nothing, it looks like it's a food delivery. Xiao Tang's nervous expression relaxed slightly, and said. "That kid doesn't go out of the door every day, he doesn't enter the second door, and three meals a day are takeout, a typical otaku...... You say that there is no 'big move' at all for such a waste of wood, is it necessary for us to pay so much attention to monitoring?"

"It's not up to us to decide whether it's necessary or not. The other end of the line said. "Our Minister Zimo said that we must keep an eye on him, and this is a secret mission, and we can't let other departments know about it. This time, we didn't even use the monitoring god, but directly used the most primitive way of stalking, just don't want to be noticed by others. 」

"Well, but I'm just an ordinary clerk, and I've never done such a thing, and I don't understand why the minister had to send me here? ”

Xiao Tang gnawed on the dry bread with "resentment", looked left and right boredly, and just caught a glimpse of an aunt walking towards him, who vigilantly swept Xiao Tang up and down wrapped in a windbreaker, rolled his eyes fiercely, and hurried away as if hiding from a pervert.

"Well, now not only does he look like a thief, but he is also regarded as a pervert......"

Xiao Tang smiled bitterly, turned his head to look at the small western-style building in front of him again, but happened to see the back of the rider who had finished delivering the takeaway.

"You say, is it useful for me to just stare at the front door of the little western-style building? Little Don muttered.

"Don't worry, we've investigated that building, and there's only one entrance. In addition, the first and second floors are occupied by other tenants, and the third floor is the kid's studio, even if the kid jumps out of the window, the outside surveillance probe can capture it. Besides, the crystal on that kid's body can be located in real time, and we are not afraid of him slipping away. 」

"Ah, if the measures are so strict, why do you have to send me here?" Xiao Tang muttered dissatisfiedly, casually throwing the bread wrapper into the trash. "I've been standing for so long and I'm tired, when can I leave?"

"Oh, since Minister Zimo sent you, I guess I'm afraid that if there is a problem, someone can respond in time, so don't break it around...... Strange ......."

"What's wrong?"

"I found ...... Crystal's heartbeat record shows that Zhou Wentao's kid's heartbeat seems to have become a lot faster!"

"Are you exercising or something?"

"No matter how much you exercise, you won't do more than 120 times a minute......? Huh?"

"What's wrong with that?" Don tensed and turned and walked out of the corner.

"The coordinates of the crystal show that Zhou Wentao is now in ...... Rooftop?"

"Roof??" Xiao Tang was stunned, looked up at the roof of the small western-style building in front of him, and saw a fat orange cat lying on the edge of the eaves, yawning lazily.

"Cat, wait......" Xiao Tang's eyes widened, and he suddenly found that on the collar of the orange cat's neck, a crystal crystal was clamped on it, shining in the hazy sky.

"Oops!" Xiao Tang's face changed, he suddenly ignored the anxious inquiry in the headphones, and rushed into the door of the small western-style building in a hurry, but almost collided with a little brother who walked out of the toilet room on the ground floor counting bills.

"Oh, be careful when you walk!" The little brother hurriedly stabilized the banknote in his hand and scolded Xiao Tang.

"Sorry, sorry...... Huh?" Xiao Tang glanced at the little brother and suddenly paused. "Wait a minute, when did you enter this building? Why haven't I seen you?"

"Just now, I'm here to deliver takeaways~" The little brother reached out and touched the expensive jacket on his body, raised the thick wad of money in his hand, and smiled proudly. "There is a local tyrant on the third floor here who said that he wanted to experience life, not only volunteered to deliver food for me, but also directly gave me 30,000 yuan and gave me a brand-name coat, which is the first time I have encountered such a good thing~ Alas, it is ...... Who are you? Why do you ask so much?"

"Takeout???difficult、Is it ......!"

When Xiao Tang heard this, his face turned white, and he didn't even bother to pay attention to the takeaway brother's questioning.

"I was tricked by that otaku boy!

Xiao Tang stomped his foot angrily, turned around and ran out of the gate of the western-style building.