Chapter 267 - Chapter 267: Chapter 193: You Really Are in Trouble! (Please Subscribe) (2/2)
As everyone knows,
that kind of “addictive drugs” are chemical synthetics with corrosive properties, and therefore they inherently have a very strong, irritating odor, similar to that of metals, which is released when the “drugs” are heated.
Because the chemical residues of the drug are very difficult to dissipate, people who “take drugs” will have a strong metallic taste in their mouth, and this smell will cling to their clothes as well.
This is the common odor of “drugs.”
Generally speaking, narcotics detection dogs sniff out drugs by these distinctive odors.
However, the smell on Uncle Zhang Ren was not this strong metallic scent, but rather a faint chemical smell.
Lin Chuan matched this smell with the “New Type No. 3 Drug” he fabricated in the novel.
This New Type No. 3 Drug could indeed eliminate the metallic smell.
But it still couldn’t escape Lin Chuan’s “professional” nose.
What Lin Chuan hadn’t expected was the existence of such “drugs” in reality.
“Chairman, what’s with my uncle?”
Zhang Xinxin leaned close to Lin Chuan and asked softly, her brows slightly furrowed, showing her confusion.
“Nothing, I just saw him rush out in the middle of the night with a briefcase, seemed a bit urgent, so I got a little nosy,” Lin Chuan replied as he stroked the Little Landlady’s hair, deciding to keep it from her for the time being.
And Uncle Zhang Ren had a rosy complexion and lively eyes, unlike someone who takes ‘drugs’ with an emaciated body and a listless demeanor.
‘Hopefully, he was in some places by accident and got contaminated,’
thought Lin Chuan to himself.
However, he also kept a closer watch on Zhang Ren, just in case.
But the Little Landlady didn’t let her suspicions fade, instead frowning even more, pouting, “My uncle doesn’t do much business, and his way of doing things is always methodical and slow. It’s strange that he would take a briefcase and be in a rush in the middle of the night.”
Lin Chuan nodded, “By the way you describe it, it does seem a bit strange.”
“Chairman, have you noticed that Old Zhang is also acting weird?” the Little Landlady suddenly said.
“Oh, Old Zhang?”
Lin Chuan was taken aback and asked, “I haven’t been to the Antique Shop for a while. What’s wrong with him?”
The Little Landlady pouted and spat, “I’ve noticed that he’s been avoiding me these past few days. He keeps telling me not to go to the Antique Shop and to stay here, and to not go back to Happiness Community if it’s not necessary.”
“Maybe Old Zhang has a new romantic interest,”
Lin Chuan teased with a chuckle.
The Little Landlady shook her head, “No, if he wanted to marry a second one, he would tell me.”
“Then have you asked Old Zhang what’s the matter?” Lin Chuan inquired.
“He won’t say anything!”
The Little Landlady huffed, somewhat annoyed.
Lin Chuan pulled the Little Landlady into his arms and gently patted her back, comforting her, “Then it must be nothing. If there was something serious, he would definitely tell you.”
The Little Landlady took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling, “I’ll check his recent situation to see if he’s hiding something from me!”
“I’ve dealt with Old Zhang a lot, he’s an honest person,”
Lin Chuan said with a smile.
“Since the chairman says so, I’ll trust Old Zhang for now,” the Little Landlady murmured, a hint of a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.
“It’s late; it’s time to sleep,”
Lin Chuan picked up the Little Landlady and walked into the room.
Lights out, sleep.
The Little Landlady seemed to have something on her mind, no longer whispering secrets with Lin Chuan before sleep, just tightly holding his arm, curling up into a ball like a wounded kitten.
Lin Chuan noticed her unusual behavior as well.
But he didn’t know the reason. Could it be because of Uncle Zhang Ren’s incident tonight, and Old Zhang’s behavior these past few days?
Were they connected?
Lin Chuan couldn’t figure it out and fell into a deep sleep as he pondered.
The next day.
In the morning, Lin Chuan slowly woke up.
He walked out of the room, stepping onto the balcony, looking outside the window.
The sky was like a piece of silk dyed in shades of gray, with layers upon layers of dark gray clouds, somber and oppressive.
The Anling River appeared as a dim jade belt, winding eastward. When the wind blew, ripples danced across the river, and the bamboo groves and green trees on both banks swayed nonstop in the wind.
“This weather, changing so suddenly, looks like it’s going to rain,”
murmured Lin Chuan, then stopped caring about the weather and turned to check the system panel.
[Work: “Black Ice”.]
[Status: Released and on sale overseas.]
[Current Popularity Value (Average Subscription): 5108/50000.]
[Assessment Task: Create 99% pure ‘Drugs’ (Pending).]
“Yesterday morning it was just over nineteen hundred average subscriptions, now it’s over five thousand, not a bad increase at all. It really helps to have a dedicated discussion forum to promote the work. Not bad, not bad,”
Lin Chuan noted the average subscriptions and smiled.
However, when he glanced at the task below, he couldn’t help but spit.
This assessment task, it’s really no job for a human!
Sigh…
Lin Chuan sighed lightly.
Just then, his phone vibrated with a message alert.
Sender: Old Zhang.
Lin Chuan instinctively furrowed his brows; Old Zhang seldom sent messages to him, and here was one early in the morning.
It was like hearing from a classmate you haven’t contacted since graduation sending a sudden message—it’s either a wedding invitation expecting a gift, or someone looking to borrow money, always unsettling.
Lin Chuan was feeling this kind of unease now.
He took a deep breath and finally opened the message from Old Zhang.
——Lin, come to the Antique Shop when you have time today; I have something to discuss with you. Don’t let Zhang know.
Lin Chuan’s frown deepened!
Old Zhang, you really do have something going on!