I Received Messages From Future Self!-Chapter 316 - 312 Childhood Memories
Chapter 316: Chapter 312 Childhood Memories
Chapter 316 -312 Childhood Memories
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1:10 PM!
Fully armed, Fang Xiaocao and two others left the villa in two cars, heading straight for the southern part of the city via back roads.
Half an hour later!
1:40 PM!
The two cars slowly stopped outside an abandoned steel factory. The entire plant was in ruins, with multiple collapses in the workshop buildings. Once capable of supplying the steel demands of several cities, it had fallen into such disrepair due to environmental concerns and steel production saturation.
Of course, the steel factory hadn’t closed down.
Instead, it had merged and restructured with other steel plants.
Only this old steel factory remained here, left abandoned to this day because no organization or developer was willing to take it over.
Fang Xiaocao and Hummingbird got out of the cars. Fang Xiaocao looked up at the derelict buildings of the steel factory, feeling a wave of nostalgia. The orphanage where she had lived as a child wasn’t far from the steel factory, and she and Zhi Qi would often sneak out of the orphanage to scrounge for meals in the factory’s canteen.
The uncles and aunties at the steel factory were always kind to her.
They didn’t mind dishing out an extra portion of food for her and Zhi Qi. The two little girls could hardly eat much, often unable to finish a single portion, and they were allowed to take the leftovers with them.
These were some of the few pleasant memories of Fang Xiaocao’s fragmented childhood. As a child, she often wished that the uncles and aunties in the steel factory were really her parents. How wonderful that would have been.
Unfortunately, that happiness came to an abrupt end when she was ten years old. The steel factory merged and moved due to various issues. The uncles and aunties either lost their jobs or were transferred to new units.
Only the vast, empty factory buildings remained, along with the canteen that no longer smelled of food. Upon hearing this news, Fang Xiaocao hugged Zhi Qi and cried for a long time, feeling once again as if she had lost her home, very sad and heartbroken.
After reminiscing about her lost childhood, Fang Xiaocao wiped away her tears and walked alone into the steel factory.
Tom and Hummingbird drove the cars away and hid them so that no one would notice anyone was there.
Revisiting an old haunt always invokes so many emotions.
Images of her childhood flashed through Fang Xiaocao’s mind, like frames of film one after another.
Although the faces and voices of the uncles and aunties who frequently fed her had blurred in her memory, Fang Xiaocao still felt an intimate warmth.
Taking advantage of the remaining time, Fang Xiaocao visited all the places where she and Zhi Qi used to play as children, as if saying farewell to her past self or cherishing her bygone childhood.
She was no longer the girl she once was.
She and Zhi Qi…
Perhaps, in the not-too-distant future, would also become estranged.
Like the childhood that was now irretrievable.
All the signs indicated that Zhi Qi was problematic. Perhaps Zhi Qi was the one who had betrayed her multiple times in secret, wishing her dead.
Or perhaps…
The Zhi Qi who returned from the mountains wasn’t the real Zhi Qi at all but the Blacklist’s Thousand Faces.
Fang Xiaocao had often put herself in Thousand Faces’ shoes, contemplating who she would choose to replace.
Of the four people in her close-knit circle, Zhi Qi was undoubtedly the best choice. Replacing Zhi Qi would be tantamount to indirectly owning the entire Zhi Group.
Wouldn’t that be more practical than replacing three college students?
If Zhi Qi were Thousand Faces, then one of the three—Su Wanqing, Wen Shi, and Yun Luoshu—was her enemy, the one who seemed to know her secret, knew of the existence of Hot Noodles, and had used Hot Noodles to provide false intelligence. They lured her into the temple, where she encountered a fierce tiger and faced the killer sent by the assassin again and again.
Who could it be?
Fang Xiaocao had reviewed them one by one.
All three had access to her phone.
Any of them might have discovered the existence of Hot Noodles.
To put it plainly, all of them were suspects.
Yet in Fang Xiaocao’s heart, she had identified one with the greatest suspicion.
That was Su Wanqing!
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Su Wanqing not only glanced at her phone,
but also, after she drove furiously into Qi Yu and had an accident, while she was unconscious, there was a long period of time when Su Wanqing had been alone with her phone.
During her own period of unconsciousness…
Did Su Wanqing look at her phone?
It was highly likely!
This was why Fang Xiaocao tagged Su Wanqing as the prime suspect.
To harbor suspicion was enough.
Sooner or later, they would find some clues.
Since this person wanted to kill her, they would make another move, and Fang Xiaocao just needed to stay cautious and vigilant.
“Princess Your Highness, we are back!”
Just as Fang Xiaocao was lost in thought, Tom’s voice entered her ears, startling her back to reality.
Fang Xiaocao turned her head to look at Tom.
She saw that not only was Hummingbird there, but Taotie had arrived too.
Fang Xiaocao smiled faintly and glanced at the time.
13:52!
Less than eight minutes remained from the time Hot Noodles had given.
Taking a deep breath, Fang Xiaocao spoke, “Are you curious about whom I want to rescue?”
Tom and Hummingbird had expressionless faces,
silently waiting for Fang Xiaocao to continue.
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But Taotie nodded vigorously, “Too curious!”
Fang Xiaocao shot Taotie an exasperated look, then continued, “Today, we are going to rescue the Crown Prince of the Ye Family of the Capital, Ye Lingchen!”
Upon hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Taotie’s eyes widened in shock, exclaiming, “Holy shit, for real?”
Fang Xiaocao glared fiercely at Taotie.
Warned by Fang Xiaocao’s stare, Taotie sheepishly closed his mouth, pretending to be obedient.
“You must have seen the files on who the Ye Family and Ye Lingchen are, so there’s no need for me to elaborate.”
“Those who dare to attack the Crown Prince of the Ye Family must not be noble by any means, and if we intend to rescue Ye Lingchen, we must be prepared for a fierce battle!”
“I have only two requirements: first, Ye Lingchen must be rescued alive, and I don’t care if he’s missing parts; second, none of you can die. You must all return intact. You are my subordinates, but also my family members recognized by Fang Xiaocao. No accidents are allowed!”
In that moment, Fang Xiaocao’s aura was fully unleashed.
She bore the commanding presence of a female general outlining her strategy.
Hearing Fang Xiaocao’s words, Tom, Hummingbird, and Taotie all became serious, stood at attention instinctively, and replied in chorus, “Yes!”
This was the first time Fang Xiaocao, as Princess Your Highness, had issued orders to them with such authority.
But Tom and the others were not displeased; instead, they felt that their Princess Your Highness should indeed be like this.
“Whew…”
Fang Xiaocao exhaled.
“The intelligence I received is for 14:00!”
“It’s now 13:58, only two minutes left. Tom, you and Taotie find advantageous terrain and get ready to take action at any moment, while Hummingbird stays with me, ready to offer assistance from the middle, preparing to support you both.”
“No matter who it is, once Ye Lingchen has been rescued, immediately take the Crown Prince and drive away from here. Don’t bother with anything else; their target is Ye Lingchen. Once Ye Lingchen is taken away, their plan fails. Either they will flee instantly or go in pursuit. I will be safe staying here.”
Fang Xiaocao said solemnly, laying out her planned strategy.
