Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 1648: Suspicious Behavior

The person delivering the food walked ahead, while Gu Fan and the others followed behind. They didn’t know where they were headed or their current location. This unfamiliar and perilous place constantly made Gu Fan uneasy, as though he had overlooked something.

As they followed the food delivery person, suddenly Gu Fan seemed to realize something. He quickly stopped in his tracks and turned around.

Lin Yue was puzzled and didn’t understand what Gu Fan was up to yet again. Still, he followed Gu Fan and turned around together.

Gu Fan’s face was filled with fear: "I almost got careless. If I could come up with this plan, the Demon King could too. If we keep following the delivery person, I’m afraid..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue and Gu Xiaojin’s hearts sank. They thought to themselves, indeed, things might have almost gone awry just now.

Gu Fan’s guess was spot-on. At this very moment, in the monitoring room of the Demon Refining Island Base, personnel were closely monitoring the area holding Leng Feng. They were also keeping an eye on the food delivery person, noticing three suspicious people trailing the delivery person.

Initially, the monitoring staff intended to report this, but upon seeing the three individuals no longer following the delivery person and instead turning at another entrance, they assumed it was just a coincidence and decided not to report it.

The immediate dilemma confronting Gu Fan was figuring out how to devise a plan that the Demon King could not anticipate. Essentially, it was a battle of wits with oneself—a mix of exhilarating challenge and exhausting mental strain.

"Go, Dad!" Gu Xiaojin clenched her fists to cheer him on.

Gu Fan regarded the daughter who looked identical to Lin Xi and whose incessant habit of calling him Dad left him with lingering discomfort.

Not only Gu Fan felt this way; even Lin Yue struggled to adapt to being addressed as Uncle Lin Yue for an extended period.

Putting aside digressions, the priority was figuring out a way to locate Leng Feng. Gu Fan shook his head, casting off chaotic thoughts, and started focusing intensely on the steps ahead.

To ascertain Leng Feng’s location, there were only several possible methods. The first was tracking the food delivery person, but this was no longer feasible.

The second method involved trailing the guards as they switched shifts, but sadly, they weren’t sure which individuals were part of the shift change.

The third option was capturing a few people to interrogate them, but it was uncertain whether the captured individuals would know Leng Feng’s exact holding location.

The fourth was taking control of the monitoring room and using the surveillance to pinpoint Leng Feng’s whereabouts. However, this was far too risky—the rescue could be thwarted, and they’d likely end up surrounded before reaching Leng Feng.

After weighing these options, Gu Fan ultimately decided to return to tracking the food delivery person.

"What?" Lin Yue and Gu Xiaojin were confused. Wasn’t this plan already dismissed by Gu Fan?

In response, Gu Fan explained that the same method, used differently, could achieve the desired result without falling into the Demon King’s expectations.

Then Gu Fan outlined the new plan: They would separate from the food delivery person and no longer directly follow him. Instead, based on the direction the person had previously traveled, they would continue moving forward along the same route.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue and Gu Xiaojin were enlightened. This way, they’d still follow the delivery person’s path but without remaining close enough to raise suspicion.

With this, Gu Fan, Lin Yue, and Gu Xiaojin immediately reversed course and returned to the route of the food delivery person, proceeding forward again.

This plan was solid, but it posed a challenge—what to do at crossroads or intersections resembling a four-way street. How could they determine which way the food delivery person had gone?

Gu Fan didn’t appear concerned, acting as though he had a solution, but he didn’t share it. This left Lin Yue and Gu Xiaojin baffled.

Soon enough, they arrived at an actual crossroads, and this time, they completely lost their sense of direction.

Gu Xiaojin quickly asked, "Boss, can you tell us what to do now?"

"Wait," Gu Fan replied with a single word. Shortly after, the food delivery person came from one direction. He was presumably returning after delivering the food.

From this, Gu Fan deduced the delivery person’s path and the trio immediately moved forward to intercept the delivery person, brushing past him.

The delivery person paid no attention to the three of them, since he had encountered several people along the way. This was entirely commonplace.

And precisely because it was commonplace, the monitoring personnel didn’t find it suspicious. For now, they hadn’t detected anything unusual in Gu Fan and his companions’ behavior.

Gu Fan knew their detection was only a matter of time. They had to find Leng Feng before being discovered; otherwise, things would escalate beyond control.

At this point, Gu Xiaojin grew apprehensive. She worried about what would happen if they came across another crossroads—without any guidance, how would they know where to go?

Gu Fan shook his head in response to this concern, indicating they’d have to wait until the next mealtime to let the food delivery person guide them again.

The plan was workable but undeniably an act of desperation.

Just as Gu Fan, Lin Yue, and Gu Xiaojin found themselves in less-than-optimistic spirits, they unexpectedly arrived in front of a heavily guarded doorway. Several guards stood vigil there.

"Whoa! What’s behind this door to warrant so many guards?" Lin Yue exclaimed, intrigued. Given the location along the food delivery person’s route, it suggested that someone important was behind the door.

Gu Xiaojin concurred, theorizing that the delivery person was likely delivering food to someone significant behind the door. Even if it wasn’t Leng Feng, it had to be a high-ranking enemy.

Time was of the essence—they decided to gamble on this. Whether the door concealed Leng Feng or a powerful enemy, they would have to act.

Just as the trio was about to make a move, a new group approached—a team here to change shifts at the guarded door.

It felt like divine intervention. Gu Fan was elated and immediately followed. During a shift change, when two groups intersect, it’s the perfect opportunity to blend in unnoticed.

The door opened. One team entered from the right, while the other exited from the left. Gu Fan and his companions slipped into the left side and entered through the door, unnoticed by the exiting team.

In this configuration, the entering group was on the right, the exiting group in the center, and Gu Fan’s group on the left.

Gu Fan and his team successfully used the group in the middle as cover to pass through the doorway unnoticed.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw a massive glass enclosure in the center of the room. Inside it was Leng Feng.

The scene closely resembled the time when Gu Fan himself had been imprisoned in the Tower of Darkness, raising his suspicion about the Demon King’s intentions. It felt as though the Demon King was expecting Gu Fan to arrive here, as if deliberately leading him into a trap.

Once the door shut, the group inside finally noticed their numbers had increased. Subsequently, they identified three suspicious individuals in the mix.

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