Chapter 198 - Doomsday Escape 04: Gathering Method (2/2)
The sky lantern was an A-rated card and the usage was very simple. Place the sky lantern in the sky and use it as a signal. The sky lantern came with a white cloth that was similar to the promotional banner hanging under the balloon when a mall opened. They could write on it at will with their fingers.
Xiao Lou took out the white cloth and wrote the words Sharp Arrow on it. This was the team name. After seeing Liu Qiao’s sky lantern and then the arrow mark, they would naturally know this was the team’s meeting place.
Ye Qi gave a thumbs up and praised it. “This method of gathering is much more reliable than the street singing I came up with!”
Xiao Lou stated, “Let’s go to the clothing store first.”
The three of them soon arrived at the clothing store. They looked through the windows and saw that it really was deserted at noon. There were only two beautiful shopping guides at the cash register and not a single customer could be seen.
Xiao Lou walked behind the clothing store, activated the sky lantern and placed it into the sky.
People in the square soon found that a big lantern similar to a hot air balloon was floating in the air. A white cloth with the words ‘Sharp Arrow’ was hanging from it. The public thought it was a promotion for a store opening and few people paid attention to it.
After finis.h.i.+ng the arrangements, Xiao Lou, Yu Hanjiang and Ye Qi entered the clothing store together.
It was a bit embarra.s.sing…
There were only female clothing sold in the store.
Female coats, furs and high-end down jackets were all scarily expensive.
Three big men walked into a female clothing store. The store a.s.sistants froze at the same time. Then a shopping guide with a ponytail quickly reacted and stepped forward with a smile. “Are the three of you choosing clothes for your girlfriends?”
Yu Hanjiang calmly answered, “I’m buying it for my mother.”
Xiao Lou immediately cooperated with the performance. “Mom’s birthday is in a few days. We are going to buy her a birthday present. You must be busy. We will take a look around first.”
The shopping guide nodded. “Okay, this side is the new style for this season. Slowly take a look and tell me what size you need.”
The three of them were relieved once the shopping guide left.
The shopping guides in the store looked normal and shouldn’t be infected. Even so, the three of them didn’t dare lower their guard. They pretended to pick clothes for their mother and strolled slowly in the store. Yu Hanjiang’s eyes kept watching the movements of these store a.s.sistants.
Just then, a man and woman suddenly came in.
Long Sen and Qu Wanyue!
The two of them had apparently seen the sign to gather and from the windows, they saw Xiao Lou’s group of three. Then they directly entered.
The shopping guide came forward and Long Sen opened his mouth. “Well, your birthday is coming. Would you like a dress?”
Qu Wanyue cooperated. “Yes, I will pick one.”
She pretended to look through the clothes while moving closer to Xiao Lou. She ‘happened’ to fancy the same one that Xiao Lou was looking at and spoke, “Sir, can I take a look?” Xiao Lou handed her the clothes. “Go ahead.”
After pa.s.sing over the clothes, Xiao Lou whispered, “First wait for everyone.”
Qu Wanyue nodded in understanding.
She chose this dress, walked over to Long Sen and conveyed Xiao Lou’s words.
The two of them stood in front of the windows and continued to slowly select clothes. Meanwhile, Xiao Lou’s trio walked to the other side so their teammates could see them.
Before long, Mo Xuemin and Liu Qiao also came in.
Seeing that her teammates were present, Liu Qiao also pretended to buy clothes and casually strolled around the store, inadvertently arriving in front of Xiao Lou. She spoke softly, “Uncle Mo and I met in the square. We saw the sky lantern and came here. Is this the place to gather?”
Xiao Lou nodded. “Yes. Are you okay?”
Liu Qiao replied, “I’m fine. I came to the square after cla.s.s this morning. Uncle Mo said he was arranged at a nearby decorating company. He also came to the square after serving a client.”
Her eyes swept over the store and she found that Ye Qi, Group Leader Yu and the Long Qu couple were all present.
Everyone had been in the clothing store for a long time. The store a.s.sistants realized they were just going around and didn’t intend to buy anything. Their att.i.tude naturally cooled down and they ignored the customers, sitting at the cas.h.i.+er desk to chat.
The store a.s.sistants ignoring them was exactly what Xiao Lou wanted.
He winked at his teammates and had them all gather in a corner near the fitting room. He lowered his voice and quickly introduced the current situation to them. His teammates didn’t look very good after hearing it.
Qu Wanyue frowned. “I had a few children at the dance centre who were coughing. So they’re also infected?”
Long Sen added, “I was at a sports school and many people took leave from sprint training this morning. They said they had a serious cold.”
Liu Qiao and Mo Xuemin also said there were people with a cold at their medical school and decorating company. Liu Qiao also stated, “In my cla.s.s, some of my cla.s.smates were injured. They said they were bitten and were preparing to go to the hospital to be vaccinated against rabies.”
It seemed that the outbreak had started to spread from all corners of the city. Many people were infected and the source was still unknown. However, according to this multi-point spread, it was likely that the epidemic would spread faster than everyone thought!
Xiao Lou stood in a corner and looked at the square through the floor to ceiling windows. There was nothing unusual in the square outside but he gradually became uneasy. “Where is Chief Shao? Why hasn’t he arrived yet?”
It was already 1 o’clock in the afternoon. Even if Shao Qingge went for lunch and came slowly, shouldn’t he have arrived? His teammates glanced at each other and said they hadn’t seen Shao Qingge.
Xiao Lou was worried. “Is he in trouble?”
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