489: Searching_1 489: Searching_1 “What do you need that information for?”
As soon as Fu Qian posed the question, Yuan Shan was almost instantly on alert.
It seems there really is something going on in Bee Monkey City!
Fu Qian thought to himself.
“How do you know about that place?”
Yuan Shan sized up Fu Qian from top to bottom, continuing to inquire.
“I’ve offended a big power, so I’m planning to lay low for a while.”
For this question, Fu Qian had already prepared an answer.
“There happens to be an acquaintance I can turn to, but I need to confirm it’s safe beforehand.”
You’re trying to fool a ghost!
Yuan Shan looked as though she dearly wanted to spit a mouthful of blood in Fu Qian’s face.
Laying low… For most people, running afoul of the Gulad Family, this move would be perfectly reasonable and above reproach.
But when it came from this guy’s mouth, it completely missed the mark.
“Don’t worry, it’s an era of peace there now, very calm and stable.”
Yuan Shan was silent for a long while before finally speaking slowly.
“However, our people, not too long ago, carried out an operation there to capture a fugitive Transcendent criminal.”
“So did you catch him?”
“No, to be precise, we didn’t achieve anything at all; the guy vanished into thin air.”
“Is that so!”
Fu Qian blinked, deep in thought.
He had already known that the entangled nightmare was the “absolutely safe hiding place” You Er had prepared to save his own life.
And from Yuan Shan’s description, he could tell that, although the nightmare was extremely chaotic, from the perspective of the real world, everything appeared normal.
But from You Er’s descriptions, he could tell that the real world was now only one layer of the nightmare.
And You Er could easily shuttle through this overlay, thereby easily evading the pursuit of the Night Watchman.
Unfortunately for the Night Watchman, they had not found him, but he had run into Fu Qian instead.
It seemed the Night Watchman might never find a trace of this guy in their lifetime.
“You wouldn’t happen to know that You Er, would you?”
Yuan Shan had been observing Fu Qian’s expressions all along, and seeing him deep in thought, couldn’t help but frown and ask.
“Hmm, we have a head-off kind of friendship.”
Fu Qian nodded, speaking quite honestly.
What the hell is a head-off kind of friendship?
Now Yuan Shan was genuinely surprised.
“You really know him? That guy is nothing but a complete degenerate.”
“Rest assured, he and I are not the same kind of people; we’ve hardly exchanged a few words.”
Fu Qian gestured to Yuan Shan to be at ease.
“Alright then.”
Seeing that Fu Qian’s expression did not seem to be feigned, Yuan Shan shook her head and decided not to dwell on the issue.
However despicable in character and fond of causing trouble he might be, Fu Qian was fundamentally different from someone like You Er.
“It’s good that you want to go out and have a look around. There’s been too much going on in Shangjing lately; rest assured I will have someone watch your shop for you.”
“If you happen to see traces of You Er in Bee Monkey City, remember to contact the Night Watchman, okay?”
“Understood.”
…
After parting with Yuan Shan, Fu Qian went straight back to the bookshop.
No matter his comings and goings, he did not particularly conceal his tracks.
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And unsurprisingly, on his way back, he spotted at least three people who were conspicuously tailing him.
Brother Tyler seems calm, but he’s actually in a hurry, isn’t he?
It seems that the consequences of losing the Abyssal Chronicle are something he cannot afford to face, so although he hasn’t resorted to violence to get it back yet, he also won’t allow himself to leave his sight.
Considering his high-profile treatment, Fu Qian couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement.
Of course, what Tyler doesn’t know yet is that he will soon be even more anxious.