The investigation results were out.
Su Cui returned to school from the hospital with a grave expression.
No wonder He Li had grown close with the thugs. He was likely dealing drugs to lure them in. As for why he targeted Su Baixue, the reason was even simpler.
He wanted to control Su Baixue.
If Su Baixue became addicted after drinking his spiked beverage, wouldn't she be at his mercy?
She couldn't wait for him and the thugs to slowly entangle anymore.
The situation had changed, and the plan had to change too.
Once drugs entered the campus, it was hard to guarantee they wouldn't affect normal students. Su Cui couldn't stand by and let that happen.
Now there was only one problem: the source of He Li's drugs.
This might be the key to helping her guard against that gang leader in the future.
A gleam appeared in Su Cui's eyes, and a plan formed in her mind.
Short on supply, one would restock.
Su Cui had already interacted with He Li a few times. This time, she decided to target a different group. The best choice was none other than Qian Baosheng and his band of campus thugs.
Come on!
It was time for some drug rehab!
*
When Qian Baosheng was hooded with a black plastic bag, he had just bought the goods from He Li. He found a secluded spot with no surveillance cameras, opened the package, and was about to use it when a "shua hua" sound came from behind, his vision went black, and the plastic bag covered his entire head.
He screamed "Ah!" and the drugs in his hand were snatched away with a strong force—gone.
By the time he frantically tore off the black plastic bag covering his head and looked around in panic, he didn't even see the shadow of the person who had taken his stuff.
Front and back were empty.
Left and right were also empty, with only some green shade from trees.
Qian Baosheng: ???
Where was he? What had just happened to him?
Qian Baosheng stood there dumbfounded, looking down at his palm. A gust of wind blew by, bringing down a few green leaves...
The same scenario played out in the following days, happening one by one to Qian Baosheng and his thug buddies. Whenever they got the goods from He Li and tried to use them at school, they'd blink and in a second, they'd be gone.
And Su Cui, in her fastest sprinting mode, would snatch the stuff and run away like a whirlwind, clean and swift, with no lingering attachment, braking quickly and hiding covertly. In just a short time, she had collected quite a few black pills and powder.
Mostly, the thugs chose secluded places to take drugs—men's restrooms, abandoned classrooms, places without surveillance. They had lifted a rock to drop on their own feet.
Even if they tried to investigate, they couldn't figure out what exactly happened during the snatch. For a time, the thugs were panicked, thinking the campus was haunted.
Rumors of a "black plastic ghost" and strange incidents in the campus restrooms grew rampant.
The thugs figured someone was targeting them. They had many enemies, so revenge was highly likely. They wanted He Li to deliver the goods himself, to avoid more trouble on the way.
But He Li didn't want that.
He was dealing drugs precisely to control these thugs, to make them addicted and dependent on him.
Now he was being asked to take risks and lower his posture.
He naturally refused.
Moreover, fearing exposure and trouble, He Li was even thinking of stopping the sales to Qian Baosheng and his crew. He began to feel something was off and wanted to temporarily cease operations.
He Li proposed a temporary halt to the transactions, but Qian Baosheng and his thugs, now addicted, absolutely didn't want to stop. They had to lie that they had found the culprit and that everything was fine, then continued buying from He Li, carefully finding places to use the drugs.
A few days passed like this.
Su Cui estimated that He Li's stock must be running low.
The addicted thugs would go back to He Li to buy more after having their drugs stolen, and He Li couldn't replenish quickly. This kind of stuff was very covert, so he would most likely take the initiative to contact his source for a new supply.
Su Cui began to closely monitor He Li's movements.
After obtaining a large sum of money through her cheat power, Su Cui also hired a private detective to watch He Li's actions after school and at home.
Finally, early one weekend morning, the private detective contacted Su Cui, informing her that He Li had gone out very early and boarded a bus he didn't usually take.
"Okay, I understand. Follow him, but don't get too close."
After arranging for Su Baixue, Su Cui picked up her grocery basket, took out some black and yellow-dyed wavy wig from the basket, plain black glasses, and a padded-shoulder jacket. She quickly hailed a taxi and headed to the scene. In the taxi, she used an eyebrow pencil to draw on thick eyebrows, stuck on a few fake moles bought online, and pursed her lips to apply red lipstick.
Don't think elderly people aren't fashionable.
There were plenty of stylish elderly ladies doing square dancing in City A.
She arrived at the scene almost at the same time as He Li.
As soon as Su Cui arrived, the private detective Xiao He pointed out a residential complex and told her that He Li had entered it. He had watched from afar, keeping his distance as Su Cui instructed.
"He just went into the complex!" Xiao He said.
Su Cui: "Alright, I got it. I'll go in myself. You find a coffee shop and wait for me."