Chapter 2118 - 2121: The Resurgent Virus

As Shen Qiang and the bashful, peerless Fairy, Qin Yurou, exchanged glances, in the Provincial City, city center, Jinyu Huacheng, in Shen Qiang's old house, the rooftop sky garden, the night breeze, although sheltered, still stirred Su Xiaonuan's long hair.

"I thought you came back today to go to the Mountain Villa."

Hearing Su Xiaonuan's words, Xin Xiaoting, sitting beside her, quietly gazing down at the brilliantly lit metropolis, smiled and then calmly said, "The original plan was to go back to the Mountain Villa to help, but I think you and I both know, in our current state, we can't help Shen Qiang at all."

Su Xiaonuan smiled, her beautiful eyes looking at the Provincial City under the night sky, and said, "The most interesting thing about life is that you never know what will happen tomorrow."

Xin Xiaoting smiled and said, "I still remember back when Shen Qiang and I were interning at Bikang, and you were the Dean's assistant."

"I still am," Su Xiaonuan corrected.

Xin Xiaoting smiled, then sighed and said, "At that time, Shen Qiang was ridiculed for not being able to buy good shoes, but in less than two years, he became someone whose figure we can't clearly see no matter how hard we chase."

Su Xiaonuan laughed and said, "Is it necessary to make it sound so sentimental?"

Xin Xiaoting sighed, gazing at the brilliantly lit metropolis, and after a long silence, said, "I've actually been trying very hard to keep up with him, but I find that no matter how hard I try, I can't. Because he is an Immortal, and everyone around him is an Immortal."

Su Xiaonuan smiled, "You want to leave?"

Xin Xiaoting turned her head and looked at her, "Don't you want to leave? Rationality tells me that staying by his side now, we're just burdens to him."

Su Xiaonuan raised an eyebrow and poured some red wine into Xin Xiaoting's glass, "I won't, because the biggest difference between you and me is that I understand that the reason Shen Qiang is fearless, the reason he pours all his effort into succeeding now, is because he wants, through his hard work, to make us happy."

"So even if I can't help him, I stay here because I know that for many men, they don't really expect women to bring them anything, but because of our presence, they can become incredibly strong."

Xin Xiaoting was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "You're right, Shen Qiang is that kind of person. He has arranged everything for us, and even if we do nothing now, we can live very happily, but every time I realize that they are all Immortals, I feel very inferior."

"Inferiority complex can lead you to make wrong judgments," Su Xiaonuan said, "Actually, if you had really gone to the Mountain Villa today, Shen Qiang would definitely have been very happy."

Xin Xiaoting was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe, but after talking with you, I feel much better. Let's work hard, Shen Qiang is striving for us, how can we hold him back?"

Su Xiaonuan smiled and said, "I would rather never reach his accomplishments in my lifetime because that way, I can always be proud of him."

Xin Xiaoting laughed, "You're right, he's indeed outstanding."

And at the moment when the two women sat on the rooftop of Jinyu Huacheng, smiling with pride at Shen Qiang's excellence.

Beijing.

Dragon Group's Major General, Regional Security Chief, Wenren Meiqiao, stood in the morgue with a somber expression.

"This is the seventh person to die in these three days," a middle-aged man in a white lab coat said coldly, "We have conducted detailed comparisons, this bacterium is not appearing for the first time. Previously, it also appeared, and at that time, the person responsible for handling it was Dragon Group's Security Advisor Shen Qiang."

Wenren Meiqiao, hearing this, furrowed her Liu Mei eyebrows, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, we've checked repeatedly. According to the records, those patients' infections were caused by someone deliberately spreading the bacteria. Shen Qiang had prepared a special antibacterial drug, but now the bacterium has mutated again."

Wenren Meiqiao said, "Then I'll call Shen Qiang right away, he can be here in half an hour."

"Major General Wenren, please remain calm," the middle-aged man said, "There are already specialists handling the bacterium issue. They believe it can be quickly controlled, and if really necessary, they will directly call on Advisor Shen for help."

Wenren Meiqiao said, "You mean I shouldn't meddle?"

The middle-aged man smiled, "General Wenren, I hope you understand, this is not a large-scale infection, it's someone deliberately using bacterial infection in a small scope and with specific targets, so now the key issue is to find out if there's a potential connection among these people. That's the priority."

Wenren Meiqiao smiled and said, "History keeps repeating itself. There's nothing new under the sun. Previously, Shen Qiang and I handled similar incidents, and based on past experiences, these infected individuals must have some intersection in certain aspects."

The middle-aged man frowned, "Then that's your department's task. I don't understand that area, and the current situation involves the special vaccines Shen Qiang provided earlier, so the spread of the disease is not a concern, but whether there's something else behind this is still hard to say."

Wenren Meiqiao furrowed her brows, "Among these people, there's only one cultivator, so it still doesn't explain much."

"But isn't it interesting where the problem occurred?" The middle-aged man raised an eyebrow, "The Listening Wave Bar, you should know the boss's identity without me saying it."

Wenren Meiqiao furrowed her brows, "What are you implying?"

"A cultivator went to Listening Wave Bar, got sick, and died due to failed rescue. There are only two possibilities: one, he had compelling reasons to go there after falling ill; the other, he went there, and someone used this virus to kill him for some reason."

Wenren Meiqiao laughed, "Are you implying that Shen Qiang is behind this?"

"You're the Regional Security Chief." The middle-aged man smiled.

Wenren Meiqiao's face turned cold immediately, "Then you'd better keep your mouth shut."

With that said, without bothering with him, Wenren Meiqiao turned around and left the morgue.

Outside, she got into the car, and her female assistant handed her a cup of milk tea, "General, how's the situation? That Jinli Qianning came over and told me that all this is Shen Qiang's mischief, otherwise, we wouldn't have sealed her shop and ordered her to suspend business for rectification."

Wenren Meiqiao's face was very cold as she said, "Self-righteous. Given Shen Qiang's current influence, if he really wanted to target her, there are a thousand reasons to shut down her bar, how could he possibly use a method that so easily points back to him."

"Should we notify Shen Qiang?" the assistant asked.

Wenren Meiqiao furrowed her brows, "Not for now. This is the other departments' opinion, maybe they also think Shen Qiang is related to this matter."