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Dongfang Jenqyih
Everyone present in the living room, including Dongfang Jenqyih, raised their heads. They gazed at Yinqyueh's face. The girl seemed absolutely sure of what she had just said.
"Is she the woman you saw in the car yesterday?" With super serious faces, their dahge stared at the girl. Evidently, he was trying to emphasize it was really what the girl meant.
"Right. This is the woman I saw here in the car!" The girl's tone of voice was full of confidence.
Jenqyih clasped his hands together. For a moment, he closed his eyes.
If those two things were related to each other, this was definitely not one of Songfei's mystery games. But is it true that these two things were related?
Jenqyih opened his eyes. He shook his head. "But, there's something odd."
"Yes, Yihge is right! They shouldn't even be too similar," said Iren.
Yinqyueh looked at Iren and Jenqyih. Apparently, she did not understand the direction of the conversation between the two Shannchyuan friends.
Shannchyuan smiled. "Let me explain." He looked straight at the girl. "This photo is an old photo. So the people in this photo should be old by now. While the woman you saw yesterday is the same age as the woman in this photo. So it seems unlikely that they are the same person."
Yinqyueh was stunned to hear Shannchyuan's words. "That's right. Usually, I'm always aware of things like that. Somehow this time, I didn't even think about such a simple thing."
"It does not matter." Shannchyuan's voice was very soft. "You think so much about it, so there were some details you forgot. That kind of reaction is spontaneous. So it's only natural."
The girl nodded slowly. It was clear that she still had doubts.
"Of course, there is always the possibility that this photo is actually a new photo, which, because of certain techniques, can look like an old photo," said Shannchyuan.
"Or maybe the woman you saw yesterday is actually old. He looks young because he underwent health therapy that can rejuvenate the skin. Or maybe he has had plastic surgery," said Yihshyong.
"But..." Yinqyueh muttered. "I know they may not be the same person. But the woman in this photo really does look like the woman from yesterday."
From the tone of her voice and the look on her face, Jenqyih judged that the girl still believed that the woman she saw yesterday was identical to the person in the photo. Maybe, at this time, the girl was confused, so it was only natural that her thoughts and feelings were going in the opposite direction.
"It is possible that the two of them are very similar. It's not impossible that there are two people who are exactly the same in this world." Shannchyuan patted Yinqyueh's shoulder. He might have been just comforting the girl.
"Has Dahge ever seen two people who were exactly the same even though they weren't related by blood?" Iren asked.
"Yeah, roughly so. I recently met someone who physically looked exactly the same as someone I knew more than twenty years ago. Not only her face but also her skin color, body shape, even the way she walked." Shannchyuan said with a face as if he was remembering something. "In any case, we can't rule out the notion that the kidnapping incident has something to do with what Songfei is currently dealing with. We can use this incident as a clue."
Jenqyih noticed Shannchyuan was frowning in such a way that he looked older than usual. Their dahge was racking his brains.
Jenqyih raised his right hand. "Perhaps we should go to the Dahfeisy Tower to find any other clues Songfei might have in store. It could be that he didn't realize he was keeping something important. These notebooks, photographs and maps are not enough for us to start our investigation."
"After all, the location shown on this map is most likely not far from the Dahfeisy Tower," Yihshyong said.
"When Songfei called me yesterday, he seemed to be hiding. I mean, he really doesn't have the freedom to go anywhere. So if he stays in hiding, I don't think anything bad will happen to him in the near future," said Shannchyuan.
"What if those thugs find his hiding place?" Yihshyong asked.
"About that matter." Shannchyuan stopped talking for a while. "We can only hope that the thugs won't find Songfei so quickly." After looking around him, he continued his speech. "Tomorrow morning, we go to the Dahfeisy Tower to see if there are any other clues scattered in the unit that Songfei rented. Things I might not have noticed yesterday."
Everyone present there agreed with Shannchyuan's decision.
About ten minutes later, Shinnshiow returned with a water hose. The hose, which was about thirty meters long, was dark blue. About nine months ago, Shannchyuan bought it at a shop not far from their house. It was a replacement for the old water hose. As far as Jenqyih remembered, the old hose was not lost or damaged. Someone borrowed it and forgot to return it. The person who borrowed the hose was their neighbor who lived across the street. The borrower said he would immediately return the hose. However, after one week, he had not returned it. Jenqyih visited him to ask for their hose. However, it turned out that the person who lived across the street was not the same person who had borrowed it a week earlier. The house's occupant said that he had just moved into the house two days before. He had rented it from the house owner, who lived a few kilometers away. When Jenqyih contacted the landlord to inquire about the previous tenants, the landlord explained that the former tenants had been in arrears for several months, so he had no other choice but to kick them out. The house owner was also angry because it turned out that the arrears had just left the house and brought some of the owner's belongings. Responding to this, as usual, Shannchyuan only said that luckily the only thing he took away from them was a water hose, not other more important or expensive items.
They were still gathered in the living room when Shinnshiow accompanied Yinqyueh to the backyard to water the plants. Jenqyih didn't know why everyone was silent. They said nothing. Jenqyih looked at his friends one by one. They all seemed to contemplate.
"Because we have nothing else to do today. Shouldn't we move some of our belongings into the lockers at the station?" Jenqyih broke the silence.
Iren turned to him. He nods. "Yihge is right. Tomorrow we all have to go to Dahfeisy Tower. So today we better move some things."
"We can do two things tomorrow. In the morning, we will take our things to the locker. After that, take the train to Dahfeisy Tower," said Yihshyong.
"That's not what I meant," said Jenqyih. "Now we take things there. Tomorrow we also do the same thing. So, in these two days, we moved more stuff there!"
Shannchyuan then joined in the conversation. "That's right. We have to move things whenever we get the chance. We have little time left. I don't want it if it turns out there's still a lot of stuff that we haven't had time to get there on our last day in this house."
"Okay then. Now Jenqyih and I will go to the station," said Iren.
"No," said Shannchyuan. "Jenqyih and Shinnshiow better go there."
Iren looked at Shannchyuan. He raised his palms as a sign of asking for an explanation.
"Jenqyih is the biggest one among us. Shinnshiow is the youngest. They are both more powerful than me, you or Yihshyong. I want more stuff that we can move to the station this time. We have two big backpacks. put our things in there. For the time being, we'll just put them in Jenqyih's locker."
"Okay," said Iren.
Jenqyih wasn't sure that Shannchyuan's explanation satisfied Iren. But because Iren chose to obey Shannchyuan, Jenqyih was relieved.
I hope something trivial like this won't become a big problem in the future.
Just then, Shinnshiow, who had just returned from the backyard, put his ass on the sofa in the living room. He had to get up again as soon as Shannchyuan told him of the decision they had just made. Jenqyih asked her to prepare the things they would move to a locker at the mall in the subway station.
Dongfang Jenqyih was four years younger than Yihshyong. Apart from being the tallest person among them, his body weight was the heaviest. He also held the other "most" titles in their group. Among them were the most cheerful nature, darkest skin tone, the least hair on the head, had the most things, and liked to exercise the most.
Jenqyih met Shannchyuan twelve years ago. At that time, there was a student of Shannchyuan who was writing a book. He contacted many people to become sources in the book he wrote. Shannchyuan and Jenqyih were two of the interviewees who were consulted on the book's writing. Shannchyuan was consulted in his capacity as a historian, while Jenqyih was an expert in ancient languages and scripts. They met at the book launch event. The author of the book invited all speakers to attend the event. On that occasion, Jenqyih and Shannchyuan engaged in an exciting conversation. Apart from the fact that both of them share an interest in ancient history, it is also because their ancestors happened to be aboard the same colony ship during the great migration from the old world to the new world.
Jenqyih and Shannchyuan didn't live in the same city, so they rarely saw each other after that. Communication between them occurs through letters. More letters from Jenqyih to Shannchyuan than Shannchyuan letters to Jenqyih because Shannchyuan was an indolent person to write letters. So Jenqyih was surprised when Shannchyuan wrote him a very long letter two years ago. In the letter, Shannchyuan told of his intention to travel the world.
At that moment, Jenqyih thought it was a crazy idea. Maybe this was the so-called midlife crisis. But after it turned out that Shannchyuan was not joking and actually carried out his intentions, Jenqyih then evaluated his own life. He agreed that the search for identity was not only for teenagers. Adults like him have the right to do that too. So he decided to try the same thing.
Eighteen months ago, Jenqyih started his journey. Then four months later he met Shannchyuan in a small beautiful town located on a mountainside. Then, thirteen months ago, together, Shannchyuan arrived in this city. After that, together with some other Shannchyuan friends, Jenqyih and Shannchyuan settled in this city.
After that, they prepared some of the things they would take to the station this afternoon. Jenqyih and Shinnshiow put these items into their backpacks which were quite large. They immediately went to the subway station after finished packing the things. When they arrived at the highway, which was passed by many public transportation routes, Jenqyih suddenly stopped at a bus stop there. Then he sat looking to his right as if he was waiting for a bus to arrive.
"What are you doing?" Shinnshiow raised his eyebrows. "Aren't we going to walk to the subway station?"
Jenqyih immediately pulled Shinnshiow to sit beside him. "Just do as I did. Now we're sitting here waiting for the bus."
Although looking confused, Shinnshiow obeyed Jenqyih's words.
"And don't act like a confused person," Jenqyih added after seeing the look on Shinnshiow's face.
Soon a bus arrived. Jenqyih immediately got up and prepared to get on the bus. Shinnshiow followed behind him.
The bus wasn't full at all. The existing seats were only about a quarter filled. Apart from Jenqyih and Shinnshiow, five other people also got on from the stop. Jenqyih immediately moved to the back of the bus. He sat in the back seat. Shinnshiow at once sat down to his right.
After the bus left, Jenqyih was still silent. The bus then arrived at the next stop, only about three hundred meters from the stop where they had boarded. Jenqyih had no intention of getting off the bus at the stop. Several passengers got off, but none got on. For about a minute, the bus stopped there. Jenqyih remained silent. When the bus then started again, Jenqyih still said nothing. He could only hope that Shinnshiow could patiently wait for an explanation from him.
Shinnshiow turned to Jenqyih. His brow furrowed.
"Keep looking ahead. Don't let people know we're talking," said Jenqyih. "You see those two people sitting on the right. Three rows ahead of us."
Just as Shinnshiow was about to look over at it, Jenqyih said again, "Don't be too flashy. Don't let people around us notice that we're watching them."
Shinnshiow paid no attention to them. He looked down at his own lap.
Jenqyih continued his speech. "They've been following us since we left the house."
Shinnshiow looked up. He looked straight ahead. Not looking at Jenqyih at all. Even though he only saw Shinnshiow's face from the left, Jenqyih could see that his best friend's face had changed drastically. Now Shinnshiow looked much paler. Jenqyih felt sorry for his friend. But at that time, he could not calm his best friend. There were far more important things he had to do.
"Keep looking ahead. Don't look at me," Jenqyih begged when there was a hint that Shinnshiow would turn his face towards him.
Shinnshiow's body seemed to be glued to the chair. It was a bit ridiculous sitting position. So awkward. But Jenqyih refrained from laughing. It could make Shinnshiow suffer even more.
"And people are sitting right in the chairs that are behind them," Jenqyih continued. "He is the one who followed the two of them!"
"How did you know?" Shinnshiow continued to stare ahead.
"I have my own way," said Jenqyih shortly.
Indeed, Jenqyih has little knowledge about this. Back then, many years ago, when he had just graduated from University. There was a strange company trying to recruit him. On a whim, Jenqyih took the tests held at the company. The tests he took were quite bizarre. But even more strangely, even though Jenqyih felt like he failed every time he took part in the test, it turned out that he always passed to the next round. Until finally, he was accepted to work at the company. After only two months of working, Jenqyih was transferred to another place. There, Jenqyih was told that the company where Jenqyih worked was actually just a front company of a secret agency tasked with collecting intelligence data. They informed Jenqyih had to undergo some necessary training.
At that point, Jenqyih immediately refused to be assigned to the agency. With a firm determination, he decided to resign. One of them, who previously introduced himself as the manager, tried to convince Jenqyih not to do that. He persuaded Jenqyih to try to be there for at least half a year first. Since his attempts to resign proved futile, Jenqyih finally agreed to attend a short six-month training course. Since the position offered to Jenqyih was administrative, the training did not include training to improve physical endurance, so six months was sufficient for basic training. He would have to attend other training if he decided to continue to work in that company after six months.
Not even four months after Jenqyih's training, his father suddenly fell ill. Because his father's illness was quite severe, Jenqyih asked for permission to go home to visit his father. His request was granted. After a week at home, it turned out that Jenqyih didn't want to come back. He did not give news for two weeks, so the agency forcibly came to his house to pick him up. In fact, Jenqyih was deliberately determined to do that so that he would be fired. But it turns out he only got a warning. They ordered Jenqyih to resume his training immediately.
Three weeks later, there was a big event on the training grounds. Jenqyih became a hero because somehow, he managed to do something that saved many people there. When the company was about to give him the award, Jenqyih only asked for one thing, namely, to be allowed to leave the institution. Because Jenqyih had insisted, they finally granted Jenqyih's request. On the condition that Jenqyih will never tell anyone about his involvement with the institution. The significant events that happened there should not be told to anyone at all. Therefore, until this moment, Jenqyih has never opened his mouth about this period of his life to other people. When someone asked, he just said that during that time, he worked in another branch of the first company where he worked. He immediately resigned a few months later because he felt he was not suited to work there. So far, everyone believed the story.
"So Yihge guessed all these things from a long time ago?" Shinnshiow's question made Jenqyih wake up from his past memories.
"Not really. What I still don't know is whether that person is in the same group as the two he trailed."
"If they are members of the same group, why does that person have to follow his two friends?"
"Maybe they are from the same group, but the two people don't know that they are being watched. This is a natural thing. In the past, when we were still working at the company in our hometown, wasn't there also a team in charge of supervising us? Sometimes we don't even know who was assigned to watch over us," said Jenqyih.
Shinnshiow nodded. "But not necessarily they are from the same group."
"You're right. They don't necessarily belong to the same group. They could even be enemies."
"Then what should we do now?" Shinnshiow's voice trembled slightly.
"First, we have to confirm that they are indeed following us."
"How to be sure?"
"Soon we will change buses. If they are still following, then we are indeed their target."
The bus then stopped at a stop. This time five passengers got on, but no one got off.
"We'll get off at the next stop," Jenqyih whispered.
Unlike the previous stops, which were close to each other, this time the bus stop was a bit far away. Six minutes later, the bus stopped at the next stop. The two of them stood up and prepared to descend. Several passengers also got off with them. Among the passengers who got off, it turned out that there were people following them. The two of them then sat on the bench at the stop to wait for another bus line that passed the stop. Only one of the two people following them got off at the stop. The other one remained on the bus. Meanwhile, the mysterious person who followed the two people also got off at the stop.
Just wait less than three minutes, there is a bus coming. This bus served a different route from the bus they previously rode. The route was a bit far. The size of the bus was also slightly bigger. Just like before, Jenqyih chose to sit in the back seat.
"We know that someone is following us. I think they have some experience with this. So, are they not aware that someone is following them?" Shinnshiow whispered. Jenqyih could barely hear it.
Jenqyih sighed at Shinnshiow's question. "The person following them is more experienced than the two of them." He was silent for a moment, then continued his speech. "Earlier, when he was sitting on the bus, he changed his appearance. Because he was sitting behind the two people he followed, they could not monitor his actions. He is now wearing glasses, changing his hat, turning over the jacket he is wearing. The jacket he is wearing is a reversible jacket. He even changed his bag. He was carrying two bags. The bag he was carrying now, was inside the bag he was carrying before. About the bag he was carrying before. He folded it up and put it in the bag he is carrying now."
Shinnshiow did not comment on Jenqyih's analysis.
"Where are we going to get off?" asked Shinnshiow about five minutes later.
"We need to lure them to stay as far away from our friends as possible. So I'm planning to get off at the last stop on this line. I hope this isn't a problem for you."
"Okay then. I'll follow all your plans."
Then the two of them sat in silence for the rest of the journey. Jenqyih tried to reanalyze the things he observed.
Is this problem as simple as I thought? What if this had nothing to do with Songfei at all? What if the target of these people is one of us? Or what if I was their actual target?
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