After receiving a call from Steven, Chiba immediately took half an hour off and ran out of the Oku office building.

Lucheng has been raining for a week, looking at the white mist she exhaled, she obviously felt that the temperature outside was much lower than indoors, so she shrunk her neck into her collar.

Walking into the coffee shop, it was easy to find Steven, who was sitting in the corner, and she smiled excitedly.

Steven put his coat on a chair next to him, wearing only a black cotton long-sleeved T-shirt, which looked a little thin.

"Director!" She beckoned, her red face filled with the joy of reuniting old friends.

"Come on, sit down. It was cold and ordered you a cup of hot chocolate. Steven smiled gentlemanly and pushed the mug toward her.

"Thank you." Holding the cup, the rich chocolate aroma suddenly made her body relax, and then Steven kept looking at herself, she was a little shy.

"Director, why are you staring at me all the time?"

"It's really different when you arrive at Agu, your brows are open, your eyes are bright, and your whole person is much more confident than before, it seems that He Chong is good to you."

"You're making fun of me again, didn't you see those colleagues of Ogu, they are alive."

"You are now a senior workplace elite, and you are no longer the submissive little secretary you used to be, not bad."

"I have to thank the director for encouraging me to come here, it is indeed like you said, it is very challenging here, and my horizons are broader, and I have learned a lot in just a short time."

Steven lit a cigarette and looked at the air conditioning vents, sitting from the side facing her to avoid secondhand smoke.

"What kind of job did He Chong arrange for you?"

"I still started as an assistant, but I was also involved in specific projects, mainly real estate."

"It's good, it's good......"

Steven absentmindedly rolled the cigarette butt over the edge of the ashtray, as if he had something special to say but didn't know how to say it.

"How is the director lately, he hasn't worked overtime every day, has he?"

He looked out the window, where a hazy mist on the glass plated the outside world with an opaque layer of silver.

"Yes, it's been very cold these days, not in years."

Faced with his answer, Chiba did not show surprise. She knew that Steven had come to her for more than just greetings and concerns, so she wiped the chocolate marks off her lips with a tissue and took the initiative to bring up the topic.

"Director, you came to me to talk about that, right?"

These words really opened Steven's train of thought, wiped away the blurred expression, and immediately focused on seriousness.

"Looks like you know what's going on in my mind."

He extinguished his cigarette and dragged the stool under his ass to Chiba's side, his voice low. Chiba also cooperated and leaned forward, and the two almost showed a posture of whispering.

"You must be wondering, why haven't I mentioned that place to you since last time?"

Chiba nodded, this was exactly what she had been confused about.

"Is it because I told you that the secret passage was filled?"

"Yes, but not all."

"What else could it be?"

"I then went to the place where the old man was pulling the cart to see if there were any new clues, but I was almost attacked."

"Attack?" Chiba was shocked when he heard this, and a sense of tension arose in person.

Steven smiled calmly: "Don't worry, it's okay, run away, listen to me tell you slowly." When I went there, behind the red brick building, where Shi Ran disappeared in a garbage truck, several sneaky people were wandering there. You know it's all ruins, and people don't usually gather, so my first instinct when I saw them was to hide. Unexpectedly, they turned around and chased after me, still holding knives in their hands......"

"I'm sorry I took off my clothes." Chiba listened nervously, sweating on his body, so he took off his puffer jacket, and then held his chin with both hands and stared at him intently, "You continue." ”

"You've been chased with me, so you understand how tense it was at the time. If I hesitate for three seconds, I am afraid that I will be caught by them, and the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

"Do you suspect those people have anything to do with that place?"

"It should be, I can't think of any other motive to chase after me when I see it."

After listening to this thrilling story, Chiba leaned back and fell into thought.

"No wonder when I went to the pharmaceutical factory again, the tunnels were gone, they must have sensed that someone had found something. Well, it must be so, it's dangerous. ”

"yes, it's dangerous." Steven clasped the back of his head with both hands and looked up slightly with emotion, "I am afraid that it will be more than lucky for the two of us to be caught by them, which is why I stopped talking about it later." I'm afraid, and I'm even more worried that you'll be implicated. ”

"Actually, I really want to find out what's going on, but I'm also very depressed after the secret passage is filled, and I can't wait to get a tool to chisel it a little bit more." Thinking that Da Mao has not heard from him so far, and she found another sour horn under the secret passage, she felt sad for a while, "But how can they go down if they fill in the secret passage?" ”

"Fool, nine times out of ten, there is more than one secret passage, and that group of people must have moved. The old city had planned to build a subway in the past, but as soon as the tunnel was dug and the news of the construction of a new city came, the government stopped the project. Many of the tunnels opened are not backfilled, and it is not difficult to do any hidden activity points underground. ”

"Hey, the only clue is broken."

Steven looked left and right and said mysteriously, "I brought another clue today." ”

"What clues?" Chiba's eyes widened.

"Shi Ran came to me two days ago."

"Ahh Did he find out that you were following him, or did he know that you had been there? Could it be the trouble that came to you? ”

"No, not at all. He came to me to borrow money, two hundred thousand. Steven held up two fingers.

"Two hundred thousand, so many."

I didn't agree, but asked him what he was doing with the money, and he didn't believe it for a long time, so I simply asked him if he lost the gambling money. Unexpectedly, he immediately nodded and admitted, and I took the opportunity to say that it was okay to borrow money, and he had to take me to play. He was apprehensive, but in order to get me to borrow money, he agreed. ”

"Ahh Chiba gasped, "Then he told you about that place?" ”

"I can't tell you, just that there is an underground clubhouse where everything can be played, it's safe, and if I want to have fun, he can take me in as a regular customer. I thought about it and lent him the money. ”

"You're going to go again? I'm with you! Without thinking, she stood up.

Steven shook his head repeatedly, as if he had already thought of a reason for refusal.

"You can't go, the people there have uniform signs, and they will be checked before entering."

"Logo, what logo?"

Steven shyly stood up and turned his back to her, lifting the clothes around his waist, revealing a simple tattoo.

Soon he pulled his clothes down again.

"It's a little ugly, but fortunately I can't see it myself." He looked behind him and quipped, "Shi Ran also has such a pattern on his body, and I immediately went to the tattoo parlor to get one tattooed according to the gourd drawing scoop." ”

"Is this the logo, then I can get one."

"What kind of tattoo do you have for a girl, listen to me, let me go alone. Those places in the clubhouse are inevitably unclean, so it's better to wait outside for news. I have made an appointment with Shi Ran and will go tomorrow. ”

"But what if you're in danger alone?"

"Since he promised to take me, there shouldn't be any danger."

She was still a little worried, but Steven had already made up her mind.

"I came today to tell you that I will go with Shi Ran then, can you follow behind. I'm afraid he'll blindfold me and won't let me know the way, so it's best for you to determine the route. ”

"Understood, then I'll follow you secretly."

"Well, I'll also put a pinhole camera on my clothes, and with the evidence, the rest will be much easier."

"I'm starting to get nervous now......" Chiba shook her arms awkwardly as if she had just gotten out of the pool and shook the water, "you must be careful." ”

"Well, I'll tell you where......" Steven told her the time and place as he leaned over his ear.

……

The next day happened to be the weekend, and Chiba rode his bicycle to the old street called Ryan early, and waited at a hidden observation point, waiting for Steven and Shi Ran to appear.

When it came to the planned time, Steven walked out of the side alleyway with a familiar figure. He casually looked at her, and Shi Ran, who looked haggard beside him, didn't know it.

The two of them stood on the side of the road without saying a word, and Shi Ran kept looking at the watch on his wrist, looking nervous.

Ruian Street is also a demolition area, so there are few people on the road, and if you accidentally step on the bricks and rubble under your feet, you are likely to be caught. Chiba held her breath and didn't dare to move. She admired Steven so much, although she was scared, she didn't have stage fright in her actions.

It was still a human-powered garbage truck, and the driver was wearing a thick line hat and mask, so he couldn't see his face clearly. Shi Ran said a few words to the man, then opened the door and asked Steven to go up first, and then climbed up himself.

The coachman got out of the car and closed the door of the car, and looked around again, and Chiba quickly buried his head. When she looked again, the man had already ridden some distance, and she hurriedly picked up the bicycle hidden in the base of the wall and followed.

If she hadn't been following behind, she wouldn't have noticed that the rickshaw was battery-powered, so fast. But this couldn't stop her, her legs quickly kicked the pedals, always biting the garbage truck, and keeping a safe distance from being detected.

The car pulls to a stop in front of an abandoned elementary school, and the next scene is something she doesn't expect.

I saw the cart puller open the iron door and push the cart in, and then left alone. The car was parked inside the iron gate, and more than ten minutes passed, and Shi Ran and Steven never got out of the car.

She was a little anxious, and even took out the phone to call Steven, but just after a moment of hesitation, two men in black came out of the school and stepped forward to open the trash can.

She almost screamed!

Steven and Shi Ran were both unconscious as if they were asleep, and the men in black carried one on their shoulders and walked towards the teaching building inside.

She couldn't hold it anymore, and rushed forward with an arrow, and just as she was about to reach the school gate, the iron gate closed from the inside.