While sitting there, no one went in there. So far, Chioujen had been alone. Chioujen had wondered if there was a new rule in their housing complex that forbade people to sit or hang out there. Finally, he got bored. He almost decided to just go home and sleep at home. But suddenly he saw two people walking towards him. The two of them were carrying enormous backpacks. They were his two housemates, namely Jenqyih and Shinnshiow. Chioujen held his magazine high so that it covered his face as the two of them passed the substation. Chioujen lowered his magazine. He intended to continue his surveillance for at least another two hours. After that, he will go to the station to rest in the capsule hotel that was there. He saw that Shinnshiow and Jenqyih had already passed about fifty meters from him. When he turned his face in the opposite direction, he saw two people walking while looking straight ahead. The two of them were very strange. They walked, but their eyes seemed not to focus on the things around them. Instead, they were looking far ahead. Chioujen followed those people's gazes and immediately realized that the two of them were observing and following Shinnshiow and Jenqyih.
Chioujen didn't know what to do. He had thought about going home and telling Shannchyuan everything he knew. But after remembering the photos in Hannrong's bag, he abandoned the plan. If their house was being watched, then people who come or go from the house will also be monitored. If he went home now, he would soon be on the list of people to watch out for. Maybe he should call their house to warn his friends. However, their landlines might have been tapped. It was also impossible for Chioujen to enter the house by any other means. The walls to the side and back of the house were very high.
Chioujen then stood up. He decided to walk away from his house. He also wanted to know where Shinnshiow and Jenqyih were going. Besides that, Chioujen also wanted to see how far the two people would follow his friends. If it turned out that the two people had bad intentions or hurt their friends, then Chioujen could immediately come to help. Chioujen strolled so as not to arouse suspicion either from the people around the place, especially from the people he was following. While walking, he suddenly noticed something strange. Between him and the two people he was following, there was another person. Actually, it was not unusual if there were many people on the street. The distance between Chioujen and the two people was a bit far, so it was natural for someone to walk between them. Chioujen didn't realize that person was between him and the two since when. Like Chioujen, that person was also wearing a reversible jacket. Chioujen knew it was a reversible jacket because earlier when he bought the alternating jacket that he was currently wearing, there was a jacket that was precisely the same as the jacket the person now walking in front of him was wearing.
After walking for a while, it seemed that the person wearing the reversible in front of Chioujen was following the two people in front of him. Realizing that, Chioujen then stopped his steps. He thought the situation was more complicated than he had initially thought. Chioujen didn't want people in reversible jackets walking in front of him to notice that Chioujen was following him. Chioujen tried to keep his distance so he didn't get too close to the people he was following.
Chioujen didn't know Jenqyih and Shinnshiow's destination. They stopped at the bus stop, about a hundred meters from where Chioujen was standing. It looked like they were going to take the bus from that stop. Chioujen didn't dare to approach because he was worried that Jenqyih and Shinnshiow would recognize him. After the bus arrived, Jenqyih and Shinnshiow boarded the bus. The two people who were following Jenqyih and Shinnshiow also got on the bus. The person in the reversible jacket who followed the two people also got on the bus. Chioujen walked closer to the stop. He then sat there. He still had not decided what to do.
Three minutes later, the bus with the same route stopped at the stop. This was a rare thing. Usually, at this hour, the bus with this route stopped at this stop every ten or fifteen minutes. Only three minutes later, there was another bus on the same route. This was the first time Chioujen had experienced it. But maybe not weird either. Chioujen only lived in this area for six months. What he knew was not necessarily a fixed thing. Maybe now buses with this route come at a faster frequency. Without thinking, Chioujen immediately jumped onto the bus. Without realizing it, his feet took him to the back of the bus. He then sat right in the back row. After sitting there, he went back to reflect on what he had just experienced.
The bus moved. Chioujen was busy wondering if his two friends knew they were being followed. Not just by one person, even by three people at once. Chioujen didn't know how much they knew about this case. Chioujen was sure that when he arrived at Shannchyuan's house, he would have told him everything he knew. So at least Shinnshiow and Jenqyih already knew that there was a problem that wasn't simple. Chioujen wished them to be careful and constantly vigilant in doing everything.