I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 117 - : Dangerous Game

Chapter 117: Dangerous Game

Wang Qiang held his phone, waiting for half an hour.

As time passed, Wang Qiang’s expression grew increasingly grim.

Calling a patient from the ward area to answer the phone and be interrogated should not take this long.

In the past, the city bureau had also interrogated patients over the phone—those with intermittent, aggressive illnesses—and it had never taken more than ten minutes when the patient was not in an episode.

With his extensive experience in handling cases, he had already realized that Han Xue might have really escaped from the mental hospital.

Wang Qiang’s face turned somber as he clenched his phone.

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“Officer Wang, what’s wrong?”

Seeing Wang Qiang’s distressed expression, Fang Xiaocao knowingly inquired.

“It seems that Wang Qiang has confirmed that Han Xue has escaped from the mental hospital.”

“This time, Han Xue is in trouble, soon to face a manhunt from multiple departments including the mental hospital, city bureau, and its subordinate units. Committing another crime will be challenging for her.”

Fang Xiaocao thought to herself with a cold sneer.

“Han Xue might have really run off.”

Wang Qiang said gravely.

While speaking, Wang Qiang took out his car keys and walked toward the police car parked nearby. As he opened the car door, Wang Qiang paused, turned his head to look at Fang Xiaocao, and said,

“Xiaocao, I need to make a trip to the mental hospital. Be careful on your own, Han Xue might come looking for you.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Xiaocao nodded and smiled, “Don’t worry, Officer Wang, I’ll be careful.”

Wang Qiang nodded, then got into the driver’s seat.

As Fang Xiaocao watched Wang Qiang drive the police car away, a hint of a smile flashed in her eyes.

“Han Xue, oh Han Xue, you better hope that Wang Qiang catches you before I find you, otherwise…”

Fang Xiaocao muttered with a meaningful tone.

Her eyes scanned the street in front of the city bureau once more, sweeping over each person’s face before retracting her gaze and casually walking to a bus stop.

Knowing someone was following her, Fang Xiaocao decided to lure the snake out of its hole by using herself as bait to draw out Han Xue’s accomplice.

Then…

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Take them out!

By then, Fang Xiaocao had already developed a murderous intent.

As long as it was done beautifully, she would not be suspected.

In this regard, Fang Xiaocao was confident.

Hypnosis can kill without a trace.

A bus pulled up at the stop.

Fang Xiaocao didn’t check where the bus was heading and boarded directly.

“Come on, follow up!”

“Let me see who you are.”

Fang Xiaocao murmured to herself.

After swiping her electronic bus card on WeChat, Fang Xiaocao went straight to the back row of the bus.

Fang Xiaocao took out her phone and turned on the video recording function.

Sitting in the back row, she pretended to play with her phone but was actually capturing everyone on the bus with her phone’s camera.

Fang Xiaocao feared she might not immediately discern who was following her, so she planned to record everyone who boarded the bus after her.

If she couldn’t identify the follower with her bare eyes, she would record and watch later.

Anyone with ulterior motives would always reveal some traces.

Even seasoned actors with superb self-control, equivalent to winning actors, can’t hide that furtive glance of a guilty conscience.

Once all the passengers were aboard, the bus doors slowly closed, and Fang Xiaocao quietly adjusted her camera lens, sweeping through the bus and capturing everything on her phone.

As the bus slowly started, Fang Xiaocao then aimed her phone’s camera at the back window of the bus, documenting all the vehicles that were following slowly behind the bus.

If she couldn’t find the person, then she would look for the vehicle.

The person tailing her must have a vehicle.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be possible for them to track her every move and relay messages to Han Xue.

Hence, the follower might not board the bus.

Fang Xiaocao was just making preparations on both fronts.

Fang Xiaocao speculated that the stalker was very likely to follow her onto the bus, as he was arrogant, liked to show off, and he wouldn’t miss this opportunity to flaunt his skills.

Fang Xiaocao leaned back in the bus seat, holding her phone, and recorded every person who boarded.

She rode the bus, passing three stations.

Fang Xiaocao felt it was time; when the bus stopped at the fourth station, in the last second before the doors closed, she darted off the bus.

If she stayed on the bus any longer, something would happen.

Fang Xiaocao hadn’t been able to spot who the stalker was, nor did she find any vehicles following the bus that were too suspicious.

She did notice quite a few suspicious vehicles, though.

But she couldn’t determine which vehicle belonged to the stalker.

This was very dangerous; if she continued to stay on, and if Han Xue got on the bus, she would have no escape.

Han Xue was like a ticking time bomb, and one careless move could lead to infection.

Standing in front of the bus stop, watching the doors of the bus close and the bus slowly start, Fang Xiaocao’s gaze swept over each person’s face in the windows.

She wanted to see if the stalker she had tricked would reveal an annoyed expression at the window.

However, Fang Xiaocao was disappointed.

The faces in the windows displayed all manners of expressions.

But…

Not one of them showed the annoyed expression she hoped to see.

As she watched the bus slowly drive away from the stop, Fang Xiaocao was about to look away when her attention suddenly sharpened.

In the rear window of the bus, a figure wearing a baseball cap appeared.

Under the cap, a pair of resentful eyes stared intently at her through the bus’s rear window.

Even though the rear window and some distance separated them, Fang Xiaocao could still feel those palpable, snake-like resentful eyes.

“It’s Han Xue!”

A thought flashed through Fang Xiaocao’s mind.

“Indeed…”

“The stalker is on the bus!”

Fang Xiaocao murmured to herself.

Yes, just as Fang Xiaocao had thought.

The stalker had indeed followed her onto the bus.

Sitting in a bus seat, he had been secretly watching her the entire time through some means.

He had been spying on Fang Xiaocao all the way!

Meanwhile, he had also notified Han Xue.

Yet Fang Xiaocao had never spotted him.

“I will catch you!”

“All of you!”

Staring at the departing bus, Fang Xiaocao said coldly.

Fang Xiaocao instinctively tightened her grip on her phone, her gaze deep and indifferent.

Fang Xiaocao looked up to survey her surroundings.

The area was almost at the outskirts!

Fang Xiaocao silently rejoiced, glad that she had alighted in time; if she had delayed even a moment longer, she wouldn’t have been able to return to the city center even if she got off then.

At that point, she might have faced an assault from Han Xue and her accomplice.

Fang Xiaocao waved down a taxi.

Pulling open the rear seat of the taxi, Fang Xiaocao got in and casually stated the address of the hotel.

Fang Xiaocao wanted to return to that hotel to wait for Tom, and also for the assassin hired by Su Wanqing.

Looking at the time, it was almost due.

The assassin hired by Su Wanqing was about to make a move.

Fang Xiaocao planned to deal with this assassin first, then have Tom take care of Su Wanqing.

With too many threats around, Fang Xiaocao decided to get rid of the easiest target first, nipping the danger in the bud.