ocean-life Chapter 26 Shot
Chapter 26 Shot
It was getting late.
The sun, like a fiery red light bulb, sank below the horizon.
"Could it be that Sun Fan's death information is also wrong, and he didn't die at Xinyuan Building at all?" Chen Qing frowned.
He came to wait before Xinyuan Building even opened, and waited until it was almost dark, but he didn't see Sun Fan enter.
Li Qilin is the richest man in Jiangxin, with a net worth of tens of billions. His influence and resources should be astonishing, so checking someone's information should not be difficult for him.
But why is there not a single accurate piece of information about Sun Fan?
Where is the problem?
"We've already waited a day, so what's a little longer?" Chen Qing decided to wait until Sun Fan's death time had passed before leaving.
And so another hour passed.
"Chen Qing, is your face feeling any better?" Qu Wanwan came downstairs.
"I'm much better," Chen Qingqi said. "Why did you leave so late today?"
"I chatted with Brother Tao for a while." Qu Wanwan looked gossipy. "Chen Qing, do you remember when you first came to the company, you asked me if there was such a person as Sun Fan?"
"I remember, what's wrong?"
"If you had asked me back then, I would have told you there was no such person. But if you ask me today, I will tell you, there is!"
"Yes?" Chen Qing raised an eyebrow.
"Chen Qing, did you know that Tao Ge changed his name?" Qu Wanwan said, "He's not called Zhou Tao anymore, he's called Sun Fan now."
"Zhou Tao...is Sun Fan?" Chen Qing was completely stunned. The Sun Fan he had been searching for for so long had actually been right beside him all along!
It turns out to be Tao, who has always taken good care of him!
The problem is, they don't look alike!
He had seen Sun Fan's photos, and he was a completely different person from Zhou Tao.
However, Zhou Tao works for Sunshine Real Estate in Xinyuan Building, which matches the information about Sun Fan.
This is definitely not a coincidence.
"Wanwan, are you sure Tao-ge has changed his name to Sun Fan?" Chen Qing suddenly grabbed Qu Wanwan's shoulders and asked urgently, "You're not kidding me, are you?!"
"Tao's father is an alcoholic and unemployed. He drinks all day and beats people when he's drunk. His mother raised him entirely on her own. Actually, when he was born, his mother wanted to name him Zhou Fan, but in the end, she named him Zhou Tao according to his father's wishes. This year marks the tenth anniversary of Tao's mother's death, and Tao wanted to change his name to Zhou Fan to commemorate her. But when you mentioned the name Sun Fan that day, it reminded Tao why he didn't just change his surname to his mother's. In fact, he changed his name the day after you joined the company, but he didn't tell anyone. Chen Qing, you also deserve some credit for Tao changing his name to Sun Fan."
Chen Qing's mind raced. Tao Ge's sudden transformation into Sun Fan was obviously abrupt, and he didn't look like the Sun Fan he had found.
But on April 15, 2018, a man named Sun Fan died in Xinyuan Building. Tao Ge is currently the only person with this name.
Moreover, he waited at the entrance of Xinyuan Building for a whole day, but no one who looked like him came in or out.
"I didn't see Tao come out of the building. Is he still in his office?"
"It was still there when I came out."
Chen Qing threw the remaining flyers into the trash can, strode into Xinyuan Building, and took the elevator to the eighth floor.
The eighth floor is quite spacious, but there are only two tenants: Sunshine Real Estate and a dance training school.
The other areas haven't been rented out yet.
Sizzle~
Just as I was about to go to Sunshine Real Estate, the lights above my head began to flicker.
Chen Qing slowed his pace, a sense of unease creeping into his heart.
Clang!
A loud bang suddenly came from one side.
Could he be the one who caused Sun Fan to fall from the building?
Chen Qing turned around, tiptoed, and walked stealthily toward the direction from which the sound came.
After turning a corner and walking a few steps, I saw a tall girl, about fifteen or sixteen years old, walking out of the dance training school, with pigtails.
"Li Mengfei?" Chen Qing recognized her at a glance; she looked four years younger.
Unexpectedly, Li Mengfei had studied dance at Xinyuan Building four years ago. He worked there for half a month and never ran into her. It was quite a coincidence.
Li Mengfei glanced at the tall, masked stranger diagonally opposite her, then looked away.
"You..." Chen Qing wanted to ask Li Mengfei if she had seen anyone, but at that moment, she heard the sound of a bullet being chambered!
It comes from behind you!
Chen Qing turned her head and saw a man wearing a baseball cap standing there, holding a gun in one hand, the muzzle of which was pointed at Li Mengfei, and his hand was about to pull the trigger.
At the critical moment, Chen Qing lunged forward and tackled Li Mengfei to the side.
puff!
A spurt of blood shot out, Chen Qing's body shuddered, and he collapsed to the ground, never to rise again.
That bullet pierced Chen Qing's back!
2044 years.
Drop drop-
The time machine's frantic, shrill alarms blared simultaneously from the cabin walls and external monitoring terminals, while red warning lights flashed wildly, turning the dimly lit morgue a blood-red hue.
"2017 is actually a 'shallow section' and cannot be reached..." Fang Xiande was sitting there drinking tea when he heard the alarm. He quickly put his teacup aside, walked to the control panel, and his expression changed drastically.
"Chen Qing's life is in danger!" Fang Xiande instinctively wanted to call Chen Qing back immediately, but the next moment, he stopped.
If Chen Qing really suffered some fatal injury in the past, recalling him to 2044 is definitely not a good idea. Current medical conditions are very limited and cannot treat Chen Qing.
The timeline before the apocalypse occurred is the optimal timeline for Chen Qing's treatment.
"We need to take Chen Qing to the hospital." Fang Xiande ran to the computer and started typing rapidly with his ten fingers on the keyboard.
"May 17, 2025, Jiangxin City First People's Hospital." Fang Xiande quickly found a suitable hospital on the computer.
The word "suitable" here doesn't refer to the hospital closest to Chen Qing; with a time machine, distance is not an issue at all.
"Suitable" refers to the timeline, specifically which hospital on which timeline is most suitable for treating Chen Qing.
On May 17, 2025, Li Qilin was hospitalized at the First People's Hospital of Jiangxin City. As long as the dying Chen Qing was transported to Li Qilin's ward, Li Qilin would immediately arrange for Chen Qing's treatment.
"Chen Qing, hold on!" Fang Xiande quickly operated the time machine.
2018 years.
"Ah!!!" Li Mengfei screamed and scrambled back to the dance training school, locked the door from the inside, curled up in a corner, and hugged her head tightly with both hands.
"That person saved me, he was bleeding a lot." After holding her head and panting for a long time, Li Mengfei finally regained her senses.
She mustered up immense courage and opened the door a crack. She saw the man who had been shot while saving her lying on the ground, suddenly vanish from the spot, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground...