Title: A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 269 - Found! (2)
The study was very big. A sofa set and a coffee table for guests took up half the room.
There was a huge, luxurious desk further into the room. There was a teacup and an upside down book on the desk. It looked as if the owner had left in a hurry.
On all four walls, there were bookshelves filled with books from the floor to ceiling.
Bei Nuan carefully looked. There were all sorts of various books in various languages, and they weren't organized into categories. However, the books had one thing in common. They had a refined binding and were complete sets. They looked especially beautiful on the bookshelves.
Bei Nuan pulled a book out and opened it to take a look. The book was so new that some of the pages were still stuck together when she flipped through the pages.
Bei Nuan dared to bet that many of these books had never been read. These books were purely for show and decoration.
Lu Xingchi had also taken a book out to look. He slightly smiled. He had the same idea as Bei Nuan.
Captain Zheng was very dedicated to his work. He didn't pay attention to the books. As soon as he entered the room, he headed straight to a wall and took down the books to expose a hidden safe.
Captain Zheng took out a paper, opened the safe using the code on the paper, and took out everything from the safe.
Bei Nuan stuck her head out to look around. She immediately saw a familiar item amongst the pile of files and boxes, a satellite phone. It looked similar to Huo Ren and Yawen's phones.
Bei Nuan immediately poked Lu Xingchi.
However, Lu Xingchi's attention was on something else. He nodded to indicate that he had seen the phone and then went to look at the book on the desk.
Bei Nuan walked over to Captain Zheng, picked up the phone to take a look, and confirmed that it was the same model as Huo Ren's.
Could it be that Mr. Yin, the owner of the manor, had something to do with Huo Ren? That was very likely. Jia Han had said that Huo Ren was in charge of this area's affairs and had a widespread network.
Lu Xingchi was still standing by the desk. He casually asked Captain Zheng, "Are you done? Let's go."
Captain Zheng zipped up the backpack and stood up. "Okay."
Bei Nuan picked up the crowbar that was leaning on the coffee table and was about to leave. She glanced at the desk and noticed something off.
The chair wasn't behind the desk. It had been dragged to the side of the desk. That spot was different from other spots.
This study was luxuriously decorated with dark mahogany bookshelves on all sides and without any widows on the walls. The only natural light came from a small skylight on the roof. She could see the blue sky through it.
The chair had been dragged into a spot where bright sunlight would come through at this time of the day. It was a suitable spot for reading.
Bei Nuan mentally measured the distance. If the owner had been sitting in the chair and was using the natural light from the skylight, where would he have put the book down if he had to suddenly leave?
The problem was that there would have still been electricity here when the zombie virus spread to here.
There were plenty of spotlights in the study. With how extravagant the owner of the manor was, there was no way he would be reluctant to turn on the light and want to borrow sunlight.
So there was a high probability that there was someone reading a book in the study after the zombie virus had spread to here.
Moreover, perhaps the reason the sunlight happened to fall on the chair right now was because someone had been sitting in the chair and reading a book until that person heard them coming and left.
That's why not even the satellite phone could attract Lu Xingchi's attention. He had also noticed the problem.
Bei Nuan pretended to idly walk over to the desk. First, she glanced at the title. It was a psychology book that seemed difficult to understand based on the title. It didn't fit the taste of the rich boss.
She slightly moved her hand that was holding the book and touched the nearby tea cup. Sure enough, the tea cup was still slightly warm.
Bei Nuan looked around. The person drinking the cup of tea and reading the book must have left recently. So where did that person hide?
Lu Xingchi saw Bei Nuan touching the tea cup and knew that she had noticed there was something wrong. He gave her a knowing smile.
Lu Xingchi said to the others again, "Since we got everything, let's go?"
Bei Nuan thought; he was trying to fish out that hidden person.
The others agreed, and the group left the study with their weapons.
The study was on the third floor. They walked through a long hallway and went down the stairs to the first floor.
Lu Xingchi suddenly asked Captain Zheng, "I saw a book in the study. Can I borrow it? I'll return it to the owner of the mansion after I finish reading it."
Before Captain Zheng could speak, the skinny man smiled. "Big Brother Lu, what are you afraid of? No one will know even if you take away all of the books."
Captain Zheng raised his head and looked at the staircase. He furrowed his brow. "Do you have to go back? It's too dangerous here. We should leave as soon as possible."
Big Black said, "You guys can go up. We'll wait here."
He didn't want to bother with going back up the third floor.
Captain Zheng hesitated for a moment before saying to Lu Xingchi, "Okay, then go. We'll wait here. Come back quickly."
Lu Xingchi reached out and held Bei Nuan's hand. He wanted her to go with him.
After they went upstairs and were walking in the hallway, Bei Nuan finally said, "I wonder who's hiding in the study."
Lu Xingchi rubbed her head. "We'll know soon."
There was a thick carpet in the hallway, silencing their footsteps.
They quietly returned to the study door.
Lu Xingchi was the last to leave the study, and he had deliberately left the door ajar.
Sure enough, there was a quiet sound coming from inside.
Bei Nuan quietly looked through the crack.
Lu Xingchi had grasped the timing perfectly. The hidden person had decided to come out after waiting a while and thinking no one would come back.
The bookshelves behind the desk quietly slid back like a door and revealed a hidden room. A young man gingerly came out. He was very tall and was around the same height as Lu Xingchi.
The most special thing about him was his raven black hair, which made his skin look extremely white. He looked like he hadn't been outside in a long time.
His eyes were like his hair, astonishingly black. His eyes were so fathomless that they looked black abysses.
Bei Nuan recognized this person. She had seen his photos so many times. This was her first time seeing him in person.
He was the mysterious man that had injected Du Ruo with the zombie virus inhibitor at Shui University. Huo Ren had been chasing after him without any success and turned the world upside down trying to find him.