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Chapter 714 The Phone Retrieval Plan
In order to better implement the plan to retrieve the phone, the fat man worked diligently day and night, spending an entire night to create a schedule.

The next morning, he showed the list to Gu Mian: "Doctor, take a look. This is a table I made up after thinking about it all night. Today, the doctor, Miss 007, and I will take Mr. Green to the supermarket to keep watch..."

Gu Mian looked at the schedule in the fat man's hand.

There were three lines of names written on it—

Day 1: Doctor, 007, Me

[Day 2: Brother Chu, the fortune teller, and Xiao Hong]

[Day 3: Xiao Qiao, Liu Ruyan, Coco, Brother]

There was a large, clear stain on Xiao Qiao's name, which smelled like lychee soda. It was hard not to suspect that it was Xiao Hong's handiwork.

It's clear that Fatty really put his heart into it; he managed to put Xiao Hong and Xiao Qiao into two separate groups so that they wouldn't just fight and not do any work.

Although I put my heart into it, but...

"You spent all night writing these few names?" Gu Mian counted that there were only ten names in total, and the fat man had even replaced the most difficult one, Wang Xianzhi, with "I" instead.

“This is a list I came up with after careful consideration,” the fat man argued. “It’s not good for a group of us to stand guard there together. First, we’re too conspicuous and easy to be discovered. Second, we can’t do anything else just by standing guard. So I decided to adopt a shift system.”

"We will divide into three groups, each group guarding for one day. This way, the other two groups can do their own things when they are free. If we still haven't found anyone by the fourth day, we will start rotating from the first group again."

"When I was assigning the list, I also carefully considered the individual's physical condition. Someone as weak and frail as me, who can't lift anything heavy, should be grouped with the most skilled doctor so that the doctor can protect me."

That makes a lot of sense.

Gu Mian looked at the list in her hand again, and sure enough, there were some pretty good players in each group.

Chu Changge's group includes Xiao Hong, who is quite formidable, after all, she's not human. The fortune teller in this group has also been training recently, so her physical condition should have improved considerably, allowing her to lend a hand.

Xiao Qiao, Liu Ruyan, Keke, and her brother's group even had two henchmen. Fatty probably took into account Xiao Qiao's small brain capacity and put her brother in Xiao Qiao's group to help her.

Gu Mian was looking at the list when there was a knock on the door.

The fat man jogged over and opened the door. Outside was 007, who had come to meet them.

The supermarket was not far from Gu Mian's apartment. After everyone was there, they headed to the supermarket and soon arrived near it.

The fat man cleared out an abandoned convenience store across from the supermarket beforehand and even brought in a few chairs for people to rest. They then staked out the store.

The only downside is that the windows and doors of the house are dilapidated and let in drafts, but fortunately the weather is not cold now.

Mr. Green was also brought along by Gu Mian.

Without being told, he eagerly tiptoed and peered out the window, his head covered by a green cloth, his face full of bitterness and hatred as he spied on the supermarket across the street, looking as if he was determined to avenge himself.

Watching Mr. Green diligently spying, Gu Mian couldn't help but want to write a novel called "Green's Revenge" to praise his indomitable spirit.

The fat man even brought a pair of binoculars, through which he could clearly see the situation at the supermarket entrance.

It's 7 a.m. now, and people are already arriving at the supermarket one after another to replenish their supplies.

Most people come to the supermarket in groups, and they are very careful to observe their surroundings when entering and leaving.

Gu Mian held a piece of paper in her hand. It was a portrait drawn by Mr. Green, who used his superb drawing skills to depict the three people who had robbed her on the paper.

At this moment, 007 also came over to look at Mr. Green's masterpiece. She stared at the three stick figures with long hair on the paper and fell silent. Gu Mian put the useless drawing on the counter next to her and looked at the supermarket across the street through the window that no longer had glass.

Since the death protection system was shut down, the number of people in Lianhua City has been decreasing day by day.

Only three or four groups of people came to the supermarket to replenish supplies all morning.

Every time someone came, Gu Mian would carefully observe their faces. He had lived in Lianhua City for many years and knew quite a few people, thinking that perhaps he knew some of them.

But all those coming and going were unfamiliar faces; they were in a hurry and looked haggard.

Gu Mian suddenly remembered Captain Feng.

His full nickname is "Captain Feng of the Chengdong Police Station in Lianhua City".

Back when everyone's lives were normal, Gu Mian often ended up in jail for some unfortunate things. That's when he met Captain Feng. Captain Feng was a very enthusiastic person who would take care of even the most trivial matters.

Later, this enthusiastic person disappeared from Gu Mian's friend list one day.

He died silently.

"Sigh, we've been keeping watch all morning but haven't seen those guys who robbed Mr. Green." The fat man rubbed his aching back from standing for so long. "Thinking about it, it's been a while since Mr. Green was robbed. Doctor, do you think those guys might have had an accident in the dungeon?"

The fat man spoke hesitantly, not using the word "death," probably because he felt it was cruel to arbitrarily determine someone's life or death.

"They stole so much stuff from me. The money from selling it will definitely be enough for them to eat for a while, so I won't need to go into dungeons to make money anytime soon," Mr. Green said through gritted teeth.

I never expected Mr. Green to have so many good things hidden on him, and he even ran away from home with so many things. Now look what happened, he's lost them all to someone else.

"Then let's keep guarding. If we can't hold them off today, maybe Brother Chu and his group can tomorrow. And if Brother Chu and his group can't hold them off, maybe Miss Qiao and her group can." With that, the fat man mustered up great confidence and picked up his binoculars again to dutifully observe the other side.

At this moment, Gu Mian noticed that 007 was observing the portrait with three stick figures drawn on it by the counter.

"Can you tell anything?" Gu Mian looked at her with some curiosity.

These are just three stick figures. It would be a miracle if anyone could recognize a person from this picture, but 007 is looking at it so intently as if there are some clues in it.

007 smiled bitterly: "I just saw this painting and it reminded me of my childhood. When I was little, I always loved to scribble on the walls. I would draw myself, my dad, and my mom with crayons. The walls were covered with drawings. Back then, I would draw stick figures like these."

There was a hint of nostalgia in her eyes, perhaps as she recalled things from the past.

Gu Mian knew that 007's story of finding her mother ended in tragedy. If her parents were still alive and well, 007 would not have abandoned them to come here.

Gu Mian was perceptive enough not to bring up sensitive topics.

He naturally changed the subject: "How's your research on the animal tamer profession going?"

007 has been a Beast Tamer for some time now, but Gu Mian has never seen her use any skills.

The fortune teller is different from 007; she grabs people every day and asks them to tell their fortunes, just like a charlatan on the street who cheats people out of money.

007 was stunned after hearing Gu Mian's words.

Gu Mian sensed something was wrong: "What's the problem?"

Several seconds later, 007 shook his head: "No...no."

That was close! It almost got light! Damn it, when will the update finally see the sun during the day?! Waa ...
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