Chapter 566 - Chapter 566: Chapter 566 Task Arrangement

Chapter 566: Chapter 566 Task Arrangement

At this moment, many people in “Youlong Restaurant” were hearing about this incident for the first time. Even Tang Baona and Yang Zhen’er had only heard about how Dr. Xia had sniffed out something fishy in a certain mental appraisal a doctor wished to conduct. This caused her to refuse to cooperate. Which led to someone secretly trying to install surveillance in her house. It happened that she and Xiang Kun caught them in the act and turned them into the police. This was followed by a thorough investigation of the case. However, they had no idea about the process and details of how Xiang Kun beat up two thugs that night.

Zhao Feng, the cop handling the case at the time, was naturally convincing in his telling of the details. The fact that the two main characters of the case were also in the restaurant, present next to them, made the story all the more intriguing and immersive.

When they heard from Zhao Feng about the thug’s cries for help when he saw the police, as if they were his savior, everyone found it amusing and laughed.

Liang Yulong couldn’t help but laugh and said, “Those two really did have a tough time running into Xiang Kun and Dr. Xia.”

Zhao Feng responded, “Indeed, they might have been brutally beaten by Mr. Xiang and Dr. Xia, but it would be a different story if they were confronted by ordinary people. These guys are not hesitant to use knives; they are extremely ruthless.”

Xia Tianhuo exclaimed, “Well, I’ll be! That case you were talking about this afternoon — that Dr. Xia is actually our Dr. Xia! The Xia that Old King and I were talking about are the same Xia you mentioned. This is such a surprising coincidence.”

Zhao Feng chuckled, “I only confirmed it after seeing Mr. Xiang and Dr. Xia.”

While greeting Xiang Kun, Zhao Feng involuntarily observed the reactions and expressions of others as he recounted the case from before.

From his observation, it seemed that none of them were aware of Xiang Kun and Dr. Xia’s handling of the case earlier this year. However, beneath their curiosity, there did not seem to be too much shock.

When dealing with the case at that time, he was astounded by the skills of Xiang Kun, the bald-headed programmer, and Dr. Xia’s composure. The performances of the two were really composed, their responses were prompt. Upon looking into Xiang Kun’s records, he learned that this “senior programmer” had already played the hero multiple times in Shenhai City. He had caught escaped criminals, nabbed human traffickers, and had called the police several times. As for Dr. Xia, everything in her file was perfectly normal, with absolutely nothing peculiar.

Zhao Feng’s biggest question about Xiang Kun at the time was how a “senior programmer” without any military experience or systematic combat training was able to easily handle two armed thugs.

From the looks of things, not only was Dr. Xia present and composed during the incident, but other friends of Xiang Kun, like Miss Tang, Miss Yang, and that man known as “Brother Chu”, “Director Liu,” didn’t seem surprised by Xiang Kun’s show of strength—there was a sense of, “he is certainly capable of that.” What they were interested and curious about was not why Xiang Kun could fight, but how he fought.

However, even after getting others to participate in the conversation, he still did not understand why Xiang Kun was so strong, or why everyone else took it as a matter of course.

Originally, Zhao Feng and Wang De’an came to Tongshi Town to find Xia Tianhuo. Their main purpose had nothing to do with Xiang Kun, Dr. Xia, and the others. Even though Xiang Kun and Dr. Xia were involved in a case that had piqued his curiosity significantly, he wouldn’t divert his attention to investigate at this time. If he could get answers, great, if not, he could always ask later.

However, around 11 o’clock, when Xiang Kun, Dr. Xia, Yang Zhen’er, and Tang Baona were leaving for Chongyun Village, and You Meng and Xia Tianhuo were closing the restaurant and going home, Zhao Feng received a message on his phone from the information collection department.

The first-hand information received by the information collection department indicated that according to the passengers’ own accounts, a little girl in a white dress did appear outside the cabin and on a wing after the plane hit a flock of birds, and the right engine caught fire as more birds were sucked into it. In a way that completely defied logic, she intercepted other birds that continued to strike against the engine and wings, protecting the plane from further hits.

The little girl disappeared just as mysteriously as she appeared.

Almost all tourists who accepted inquiries and interviews said the same thing. Because the little girl in the white skirt appeared on both wings and stayed for a long time, almost 70-80% of the passengers in the cabin saw her.

Even those who didn’t accept interviews or inquiries mentioned the incident on their social media. Some people thought they saw an angel, some said they saw an illusion in the high sky, others thought it was some superhuman saving the plane, and some even thought that the successful landing of the plane afterward was due to some superpower.

The evidence is sufficient to prove that the little girl in the white dress protecting the plane outside the plane was not a fabrication by some passengers or self-media for clickbait and views.

This left Zhao Feng puzzled: why didn’t Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhen’er mention this at all?

Even if their seats were positioned in a way that obstructed the view and they couldn’t see the girl outside, with most passengers in the cabin catching sight of her, surely they must have had some inkling of the incident. Or, at the very least, they should be willing to talk about it.

Any claim that they had their eyes closed or had fainted or hadn’t noticed was clearly a mere excuse. Logically speaking, even if they didn’t see it themselves, they couldn’t possibly be unaware of it.

Zhao Feng subsequently messaged the member in charge of information collection to look up the passenger list of that flight and the seating chart.

He quickly received the seating chart and passenger information and discovered that Xiang Kun, Tang Baona, and Yang Zhen’er were sitting in the same row and their seats would have given them a clear view of the situation outside on the wing through the cabin windows.

Something about how Xiang Kun and his group were acting was off. Were they hiding something?

Did they actually know something and consequently, were unwilling to discuss the girl in the white skirt on the plane?

He thought back to the expressions of Xiang Kun and his group when they first returned to the restaurant and mentioned the incident.

All three seemed relaxed, but it was clear that they were concealing something about the situation on the plane. Especially Yang Zhen’er, who had an inexplicable smirk on her face?

Suddenly Zhao Feng asked Xia Tianhuo, who was driving, “Mr. Xia, you said that when you were kidnapped, it was your uncle and aunt who informed your parents. So, does that mean you informed them first? I heard you mention earlier that your uncle and aunt work in Citong City. So, was Dr. Xia with them at the time? Did she know you were kidnapped?”

Xia Tianhuo’s grip on the steering wheel tightened slightly—not out of nervousness, but excitement. There’s a lot of information revealed in this question!

During Zhao Feng’s first interview in Burma, he had mentioned making the ransom call to relatives back home, but hadn’t mentioned Old Xia. Now, after meeting Old Xia, they’re proactively enquiring whether he knew about the kidnapping firsthand. Maybe there’s a hidden connection here – did they notice something unusual about Old Xia that they think is related to what happened in Burma?

Although he was excited, Xia Tianhuo remained nonchalant, casually replying, “They probably knew. They were with my three uncles and aunts at the same time.” After a pause, he jokingly asked, “Why the sudden interest? Do you think that Old Xia’s fighting skills had something to do with my rescue?”

“Not exactly. I might have overexaggerated the case when I told you about it. In reality, only Mr. Xiang took action; Dr. Xia didn’t get involved…By the way, is Mr. Xiang Dr. Xia’s boyfriend? When he was raising the ransom money in Citong City, was he with Dr. Xia?”

“To be honest, I’m not sure about that. But didn’t you and Old King mentioned earlier that it’s more likely that the hijackers aboard the boat were hypnotized into killing each other? Aside from the hijackers and the crew, the Burmese police didn’t find any traces of third party involvement in the fight.” Xia Tianhuo asked, glancing casually at Zhao and Wang in the backseat through the rearview mirror.

Zhao Feng laughed, “In order to hypnotize, you need a source of hypnosis.”

As he was about to continue speaking, his phone received a message from the information collection department. He glanced at it to find that they had located Old Man Du’s godson who was currently located in Tongshi Town, and had even visited the Youlong Restaurant, working in catering and owning a restaurant.

Zhao Feng was taken aback. When the information collection department previously found Old Man Du’s godson, they never mentioned that he was in Tongshi Town. They only said that after he got out of prison, he had been working for a company owned by his aunt’s husband. Because the investigation into this “godson” wasn’t a priority, they didn’t try to contact him immediately.

Unexpectedly, Old Man Du’s “godson”, who should be working for his aunt’s husband, was also in Tongshi Town and also had ties with the Youlong Restaurant!

Zhao Feng’s attention turned to the matter of the “godson” and he didn’t continue his conversation with Xia Tianhuo, responding occasionally to his inquiries.

However, this behavior made Xia Tianhuo feel like he’d grasped something.

The hotel where Zhao Feng and Wang De’an were staying was close to the pedestrian street, so they arrived quickly. Before getting out of the car, Xia Tianhuo cheerfully said, “You two should rest well. Let’s meet for dinner tomorrow?”

“Sure, thank you for the hospitality tonight, Mr. Xia. By the way, could you possibly invite Mr. Xiang and Dr. Xia for dinner tomorrow? It’s often said that calamity turns to good fortune; since we happened to encounter them, we’d like to interview them about the accident again,” Zhao Feng said.

“Well, I’ll ask about their plans later,” Xia Tianhuo replied thoughtfully.

After watching Xia Tianhuo’s car leave, Zhao Feng was about to discuss the situation regarding Old Man Du’s “godson” with Wang De’an, when Wang handed over a company-issued tablet. To his surprise, Mr. Liang had sent a task, asking them to join an investigation team at Wushu Mountain and head to Jianzhou to investigate the “mysterious phenomenon” that had occurred on the airplane.

Looking at the task information, Zhao Feng frowned, “Why are there suddenly so many tasks and so much information coming in?”

Wang De’an nodded, “I feel the same way.”

…

Xiang Kun, who had already reached Chongyun Village, was still monitoring the situation of Zhao Feng and Wang De’an through Alice. He could control what information they received, where their thoughts and investigations headed, and predict their next moves – all within Xiang Kun and Alice’s calculations. Both of them had already had a reasonably complete cognitive model. Given the control over the input of information, the majority of their actions could be predicted and guided.

After speculating that the “mutated big bird” had intercepted the passenger aircraft with him as the target and the so-called “Ultimate Predator” likely being behind the scenes, Xiang Kun’s overall action plan underwent significant changes, despite having some uncertainties.

There was no doubt that the “Ultimate Predator” felt threatened and had already entered the “sensitive state” that Academician Shen had mentioned, thus, continuous actions were bound to be taken.

If Xiang Kun was the only person in the world or if he didn’t care about the people around him, perhaps he could steadily proceed according to his ideas and plans. But he wasn’t like that. If there was a forced landing outside the airport due to the plane’s malfunction leading to an air crash, he might not die, but the passengers and the people who might be affected below would no doubt suffer greatly.

And Tang Baona and Yang Zhen Er were on the plane.

So he had to prioritize his plans and strike first against the “Ultimate Predator”. Even if the plan wasn’t successful, he still wanted the “Ultimate Predator” to focus all its attention on him and not have the time to meddle with affairs that could affect the people around him.

In his plan, “Divine Technology” or the so-called “Mr. Liang” consisted of a critical part.

When they got home, Yang Zhen Er took Old Xia by the arm and led her to the rooftop, saying that they had some girl talk to catch up on.

When Tang Baona saw her best friend acting unusually, she didn’t follow, but instead moved around the living room as if inspecting the house’s decoration.

If it were anyone else seeing her in this state, they would probably be worried, thinking that she had been scared by the near crash, or had some mental issues.

But Xiang Kun wasn’t worried since he knew clearly that Tang Baona wasn’t frightened. She was only immersed in experiencing and testing her new sensing ability, and was somewhat lost in herself.

So he didn’t disturb Tang Baona’s experience but instead went to the kitchen to prepare midnight snacks for her. Although they had eaten quite a lot at the Youlong Restaurant, several hours had passed. In addition, what she was currently doing consumed a lot of energy, so she was bound to feel hungry when she came back to her senses.

And if he were to prepare a midnight snack for Baona, Yang Lao San and Old Xia, who were upstairs whispering, would definitely have to join in as well.