Void Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 190 In Trouble

When Guo Ling ran back to the Sifangping shop panting, the proprietress was serving another customer.

The guest was wearing a white three-piece suit and a baseball cap, which shielded his face in shadow.

He has a very dark complexion, and the white suit makes him look even darker. He also doesn't have a very good figure, and he doesn't seem to realize that the white suit actually magnifies his flaws.

However, all this did not seem to affect his complacent temperament.

Guo Ling originally thought that the customer was buying something, so he took two steps back and stood by the wall outside the door so that the proprietress could not see him and not affect her business.

However, he clearly heard the sounds coming from the store.

"Where did she go?" It was the voice of the man in white.

"What happened...Why are everyone looking for her..." The proprietress's voice was a little weak, and she sounded like she was talking to herself.

"Who else is looking for her? Besides He Qian and Lord Hydrogen Sa, who else is looking for her?" The man's tone was very anxious.

"Aren't you still here?" the proprietress asked.

"..."

Guo Ling almost laughed out loud, thinking that the proprietress didn't seem to like the man in white very much. She didn't use the same tone and attitude when she spoke to him just now.

Just as I was thinking about it, the proprietress said, "Boss, we are a small shop. If you want to find someone, you should go to those big shops. I don't have many orders here all day long. How many people can I see?"

"Bah! Don't play that on me! If she wasn't your sister-in-law, I wouldn't bother coming here! What do I want? Because you have a flat chest? Because you are malnourished?" The man was obviously anxious.

This sentence exploded in Guo Ling's heart.

On the one hand, he wanted to stand up for the boss lady, but more importantly, the person this man was looking for was the boss lady's sister-in-law!

In other words, it is very likely Hou Chang!

He decided that he must get to the bottom of this matter today, but he had no idea whether he should rush in now.

However, he only heard a "bang" and the man in white rushed out of the store angrily without even looking at him. He rushed to the middle of the square square in an instant, and then walked quickly to the other end without looking back.

I have to say, the fat that trembled slightly when he walked quickly made people worry for him, fearing that his center of gravity would be unstable.

Guo Ling gave up teasing the man in white with his eyes and turned back into the store to face the angry proprietress.

However, the moment she saw Guo Ling coming back, the tense expression on her face instantly dispersed into a rainbow.

"Why...are you back?"

Guo Ling was very excited and asked directly, "What's your sister-in-law's name?"

A trace of loneliness flashed across the proprietress's eyes, and she sighed, "Oh, why is everyone looking for her?"

However, she still softly uttered those two words: "Hou Chang."

Guo Ling suddenly felt as if he was struck by lightning!

He blurted out: "How is that possible! I don't have a sister like you!"

The proprietress was stunned, then replied sheepishly: "You... want to recognize me as your sister?"

Her voice was as soft as a mosquito, but combined with her thin figure, she looked pitiful.

Guo Ling realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly stopped talking: "Sorry, I meant, who is your brother? And who are you?"

Although he was furious, he tried hard to control his emotions.

Obviously, the woman in front of him must be related to Hou Chang. If there was no need to get to know her just now, now it is no longer a decision that requires thinking.

"My name is Xie Wanwan, I'm 35 years old and single. My brother is Xie Cun, he's 40 years old..."

Before Xie Wanwan finished speaking, Guo Ling couldn't help laughing: "I didn't ask you whether you were married or your age."

"Oh, I just said it accidentally."

Xie Wanwan didn't seem to mind Guo Ling interrupting her.

Hearing the name "Xie Cun", Guo Ling tried hard to search in his mind, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find any clues.

In the past forty years of his life, whether before or after the "singularity moment", he had no intersection with this name.

But why did his wife Hou Chang become his wife in Kunlun City?

Moreover, judging from Xie Wanwan's expression, she was not lying.

Guo Ling tried hard to calm himself down.

Besides Xie Wanwan, the man in white was also a clue. So, he asked, "Who was that man in the white three-piece suit? Why was he asking about your sister-in-law?"

Xie Wanwan showed a look of disgust. "That fat guy is called Sanjay. He's a profiteer here. He made a few bucks as a comprador and forgot his roots. I don't know how many times he's been married. He's always hanging around me. It's so annoying."

"Sanjay..."

Another unfamiliar name. However, when Guo Ling heard the word "comprador," a word he had only seen in books, he still felt that it was a very apt description.

After all, Kunlun City's civilization development and technological level have been crushed by the hydrogen and helium clans. Faced with the huge gap, there will always be someone who will make a profit from the difference.

Guo Ling was thinking when he heard Xie Wanwan continue, "Basically everyone here hates Sanjay, but most people are too angry to speak out because it's so hard for us to make money, and he has some connections outside, so the jobs he introduces are all high-paying. Many people have no choice but to serve him to make a living."

Hearing this, Guo Ling suddenly recalled Zhong Chenmu's story about his time in Kunlun City, and vaguely felt that it seemed to be related to Sanjay. It was Sanjay who must have been the one who had gotten Hou Chang involved in the stimulant and sedative trials. Hou Chang, unwilling to be a guinea pig, escaped the scene with Zhong Chenmu's help.

So he asked, "Just now I heard he was also looking for your sister-in-law, why?"

"I was just about to say that a while ago, he introduced my sister-in-law to a job that was said to be very well-paid. I don't know what it was specifically about, but for some reason, my sister-in-law escaped, so he's been looking for her ever since."

"Have you seen your sister-in-law after escaping?" Guo Ling asked nervously.

"I met her once, but it was just a quick encounter. At that time, she hinted to my brother and me that she was in trouble and had to hide for a while. Unexpectedly, after hiding, she never showed up again..."

After listening to Xie Wanwan's story and combining it with Zhong Chenmu's previous account, Guo Ling basically pieced the whole thing together.

Obviously, Hou Chang was in trouble and was hiding.

"Should I continue looking for her here? Or should I go back to Taibai Star to look for Hydrogen Chen first?" Guo Ling struggled fiercely in his heart.