"Xiao Yu, because I didn’t know how to write your name, I wrote this instead. I hope you don’t mind."
Li Chongbai spoke cautiously.
Nan Yu stared at the banner, frozen in place. She blinked several times before snapping back to reality and smiled, "This is the most special gift I’ve ever received. Thank you, Uncle Li. I really like it."
Hearing her say she liked it, Li Chongbai breathed a sigh of relief, "I specifically searched online last night and it said this is the type of gift young people like to give the most. It seems what the internet says is true."
Nan Yu’s mouth twitched slightly but chose not to expose him.
Chi Ying, standing beside, noted this banner in his mind and then gave Xu Qi a look.
Xu Qi immediately understood, pulling out his phone to take a photo of the banner.
Chi Ying smiled and whispered to Xu Qi, "Send one to Huo Juanyan, tell him Xiao Yu likes this, and to make one for her when he gets back."
Xu Qi hurriedly did as instructed.
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In City C, Huo Juanyan was sitting in a car parked in the basement, flipping through the photos handed to him by Ye Chengdong.
Ye Chengdong stood outside the car, not daring to move, bowing his head low, waiting for him to speak.
After who knows how long, Huo Juanyan’s cold voice echoed.
"These are the Ghost Doctor you found?"
Ye Chengdong carefully raised his head, covertly observing Huo Juanyan’s expression, swallowed his fear, and whispered, "President Huo, these women were all seen at the second floor’s laboratory during that period."
"But I don’t know what the Ghost Doctor looks like, only the gender, so I can’t judge who among them is real or fake, that’s why I brought all the photos."
His voice dwindled to a near whisper by the end.
In front, Xia Xing was hunched over a laptop, fingers furiously tapping on the keyboard.
Seconds later, he spoke, "President Huo, none of these people match the ones in the photos. None of them are the Ghost Doctor."
Huo Juanyan’s expression turned grim, his jaw tensed, "Is there no other information besides this?"
Seeing Huo Juanyan’s deep and calm gaze, Ye Chengdong’s heart leapt, and he defended in a low voice, "Because we only know the person appeared at the second floor’s laboratory, without a more specific location, it’s impossible to accurately pinpoint the person."
The pressure above grew stronger, and he swallowed hard, forcing himself to continue.
"But I asked Assistant Xia, and the person had a laptop with them. Through this, I discovered that a few men were carrying laptops, including one very odd one; he was dressed entirely in black and his face was not visible."
Huo Juanyan’s response was brief, "Photo."
Ye Chengdong felt the pressure on him lighten, took a breath and quickly passed that photo over.
"It’s him."
Huo Juanyan took the photo and saw the man in the image was tall, roughly around six feet, dressed head to toe in black, carrying a laptop in one hand.
He narrowed his eyes, "Is there a video?"
Ye Chengdong immediately took out his phone and said, "Yes!"
Huo Juanyan took the phone and saw the man in the video walking briskly, deliberately lowering his cap to always evade surveillance cameras.
"Xia Xing, look into this person."
Xia Xing nodded, "Yes, President Huo."
Huo Juanyan then looked at the trembling Ye Chengdong, "Anything else?"
Ye Chengdong shook his head frantically, "This is all I could find."
Huo Juanyan stared at him intently before finally looking away and closing his eyes, feigning sleep.
Meanwhile, Xia Xing copied all the surveillance videos and photos from Ye Chengdong’s phone, then wiped all the data clean.
He then threw the phone back to him, his tone full of warning.
"Doctor Ye, always remember why you came to City C."