Chapter 500 — Someone Is Following
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"Is that so? It's best if you haven't been." Wei Zhao shrugged. He committed Xiaokun's face to memory and ultimately abandoned the idea of killing him. In unfamiliar territory, Wei Zhao preferred not to invite unnecessary trouble.
Since the man in front of him showed no evident hostility, Wei Zhao intended only to issue a warning - so long as the fellow stopped following him, that would be the end of it.
Watching Wei Zhao's retreating figure, Xiaokun's brow furrowed. He could not quite fathom how this perfectly ordinary-looking young man had spotted him.
But it was plainly no longer appropriate to tail him further. Xiaokun had no choice but to dial his uncle's number. "Second Uncle - the other side has made me."
"Oh?" The middle-aged man was momentarily taken aback. "They made you? Do they have capable guards around them?"
"Still unclear. I don't know how they spotted me either, but that young man blocked me on the way out and asked whether I had been following him..." Xiaokun was thoroughly vexed. It was just like the old saying - walk by the river often enough and you're bound to get your shoes wet. He had actually capsized in the gutter, taking what he assumed to be a simple tailing assignment and getting it blown wide open.
"Never mind. Come back. The fact that we now know Lai Changshan is with Guan Xuewen is enough." The middle-aged man pondered for a moment, then said, "For the time being, infiltrate their company. Tomorrow I'll find another opportunity to probe Lai Changshan and see what his purpose is in buying that map."
"Understood, Second Uncle!" Xiaokun nodded, turned, and vanished into the night. The matter of the pharmacy, however, he did not mention to his uncle.
Wei Zhao arrived at the boutique. Guan Xuewen and Fatty Lai had not really come to buy anything either; they had merely wandered about inside, and when they saw Wei Zhao approach, they went up to meet him.
"All done?" Fatty Lai asked.
"Yes. Nothing much to begin with - I just ran into an acquaintance." Wei Zhao smiled and said nothing about being followed, lest Fatty Lai and Guan Xuewen worry.
Instinctively, Wei Zhao did not believe Xiaokun had come for him. The man had likely seen the prospects of Doctor Kang's Pharmaceuticals at the auction and followed him to see what he might discover - especially since Wei Zhao had just come out of the hospital. No need to ask: he must have gone to inquire what Wei Zhao had bought. So Wei Zhao took him for someone fishing for trade secrets and never considered the fragment of the map.
Fortunately, Wei Zhao had been cautious earlier and had not bought all the medicines he needed in one go, which saved him a great deal of unnecessary trouble.
In fact, even if he had bought everything, it would have been useless without the base medicine for the trauma ointment. Only when added to the ointment would it have the effect of healing old scars.
Along the way they passed another pharmacy, and Wei Zhao went in to buy the remaining Chinese medicinal herbs. Fatty Lai showed not the slightest inclination to memorize them, which set Wei Zhao's mind at ease.
Back at the hotel, Wei Zhao set about preparing the deluxe edition of the trauma ointment. This was no difficult task for him, and he soon had it done and poured into the disposable small medicine bottles he had bought earlier.
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