Chapter 402: 402

“Other matters?”

Fu Qian glanced at Wen Li, signaling her to continue.

“I’ve got information that someone is secretly investigating a bookstore owner named Fang Xun,”

she explained earnestly, without beating around the bush.

“After hearing this, I was worried there might be something fishy going on, so I thought to notify you. It’s good that you’re here today.”

Is that so?

Having listened to the news Wen Li brought, Fu Qian pondered thoughtfully.

Someone had to know his name and identity, most likely due to the questioning at the hospital.

And at the hospital, he had not made any effort to change his appearance, so finding this place would be quite easy.

For this, Fu Qian could say he was already mentally prepared.

But for them to come knocking on his door so eagerly, it could only be said that these people’s reactions were truly intense.

And all this, he wondered if it was within Gan Zuoxun’s expectations.

The man seemed to want to use himself as bait, to lure out potential threats.

And just like at the hospital, Daria and her people’s hypersensitive reactions seemed as though they were afraid others would be unaware of Gan Zuoxun’s problem.

From this perspective, Gan Zuoxun’s probing seemed quite reasonable.

Aside from that, the fact that Wen Li could receive the news so quickly and come to report it showed that she had gradually established a footing in Shangjing.

“Is there something that happened?”

Seeing Fu Qian lost in thought, Wen Li waited for a while before carefully asking.

“Don’t worry.”

Fu Qian shook his head, knowing the spectacle in the sky just now was indeed quite flamboyant.

With her personality, it was very likely for her to have some wild imaginations.

“The situation is not at all serious.”

“That’s good then.”

Relieved by Fu Qian’s affirmative response, Wen Li seemed to breathe easier.

Speaking of which, she was already a Middle Tier Transcendent, yet she lacked the self-awareness of a strong person.

In fact, even if her abilities were rather unique and her combat strength hard to measure, just the Middle Tier Transcendent’s enhancement of the body alone had already given her a fair amount of strength.

“By the way, what’s with you?”

Wen Li pointed at Fu Qian.

“Your complexion seems a bit off.”

You’re still being too euphemistic, that’s more than just a bit.

Fu Qian was very clear about his current appearance and knew that Wen Li was being as tactful as possible in her choice of words.

In fact, Yuan Shan, who had just left, had been sizing him up until her departure, clearly perplexed by his appearance.

But her attention had been focused on the trouble at hand, so she hadn’t asked about it.

“It’s nothing, just faded a bit,”

Fu Qian responded quite honestly.

Faded…

Hearing Fu Qian’s answer, Wen Li was first stunned, then covered her mouth and giggled lightly.

“No kidding, it really does look like you’ve faded.”

Judging by her tone, it was obvious she thought Fu Qian had something he didn’t want to explain, so he was deliberately joking in this way.

Such is life, where the truth often goes unbelieved.

Fu Qian felt deeply moved by this.

“Do you know who is investigating?”

“From what I understand, it should be people from the Gulad Corporation, this group has been gaining Momentum in Shangjing in recent years, one of the several giants, but they have never been in an absolute dominant position,”

Wen Li quickly explained.

“I don’t think you need to worry too much. A little investigation on their part, and they should be able to figure out your dealings with Chief Yuan, so they surely won’t want to trouble themselves.”

“That’s not necessarily the case!”

Faced with Wen Li’s inference, Fu Qian just responded in a lazy tone.

And as if to validate his words, the next moment, another car came to a stop outside.

The car door opened quickly, and someone got out and walked straight towards the bookstore.

“This…”

Wen Li looked at the scene with obvious surprise.

However, before she could express her thoughts, the visitor was already knocking on the door.

“Please come in.”

Confronted by the imposing presence of the three individuals, Fu Qian didn’t even lift his butt, just casually called out.

The door was pushed open from the outside, and the three people who rushed in, all wearing stern expressions, walked up to Fu Qian.

“Fang Xun?”

The one leading asked coldly.

“That’s me.”

As Fu Qian replied, he sized up the few before him.

Unsurprisingly, the trio was dressed in police uniforms from Shangjing.

In this world, although various organizations had their conflicts, they were nominally under the same Federation, so the only common violence institution left for the ordinary people was the police.

The ones before him were definitely not impostors, and they clearly bore ill will.

“You are suspected of disturbing public order, please come with us.”

The lead person said very directly.

Quite thoughtful!

Fu Qian praised inwardly.

If the Gulad Corporation truly had grievances with Gan Zuoxun.

Then naturally, they would prefer the Night Watchman’s investigation into Gan Zuoxun’s mental state to be as widely known as possible.

And the reason Yuan Shan thought of him was to avoid just that, to have him check on Gan Zuoxun’s condition as an unrelated ordinary person, to prevent creating too much negative impact.

Now it seemed the other party, after investigating, had guessed this point and decided on a tit-for-tat strategy, directly bringing in the cops to handle things by the book.

It has to be said, this move was a clever one.

If he were to use violence to resist, he would undoubtedly play right into their hands; knocking down a couple of small cops didn’t count for much and would provide just the opportunity to make a big deal out of it.

And if he were civil and chose not to resist and went with them, they would likely try everything to drag the Night Watchman into it.

Of course, that’s assuming he would go with them.

“You—”

Fu Qian stopped Wen Li, who was about to speak next to him, and casually threw a card over to them.

The individuals with such a composed demeanor were probably just instructed to pick up a bookstore owner and likely had no clue about the specifics.

Feel the power of privilege.

…

In fact, their reactions were quite in line with those of the two in the hospital.

“You all stay here.”

The leading police officer hurriedly received the card, and after a moment of confusion, finally realized what was going on.

He ordered his two subordinates to stay put and then quickly went out the door to make a phone call, looking grave.

A short while later, he came back with a troubled expression and, under the gazes of his colleagues, returned the card to Fu Qian.

Although the contents of the magnetic card were only special passage privileges, those who had any awareness could understand what such a card represented and would subsequently realize the situation of being used as pawns.

And if he remembered correctly, Chief Yuan had once said that, when necessary, he could also use this card to request the assistance of police officers.

“Speaking of which, you’ve arrived just in time.”

As if he had suddenly remembered something, Fu Qian pointed outside.

“Your vehicle is requisitioned effective immediately.”

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