Bi Qiao’an lay motionless in the icy snow, watching helplessly as the falling flakes slowly buried her. As her consciousness faded, her mind drifted back to the three arduous years she had spent ...
Chapter 394: Find a Good Place
She was still a little confused about this, until she heard words like "black hearted" and "exploitation", then she had some idea of what was going on.
But, wasn't Xiao Qiao quite satisfied with the salary? Besides, he didn't dare to say bad things about himself, otherwise, wasn't he worried that he would be fired after hearing it?
So, if it wasn't him, who else could it be? It couldn't be Li Sikai and the others! But didn't they say they wouldn't interfere in the deal between her and the "caregiver"? Besides, it wouldn't do them any good to tell anyone about it.
Yuan Ruoxi shook her head, saying that she was confused and couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it. Anyway, her reputation was already bad enough, and she didn't care if it got worse.
She was paralyzed like this, but no matter where she went, people pointed at her. Even the strongest person showed signs of collapse. After work, Yuan Ruoxi hid in the tent and cried.
In the past two days, she had been taking care of Tao Jianian in the tent, and had no idea that public opinion outside was fermenting in the direction someone expected. So when she went out today, she was bombarded with accusations, which made her emotionally collapsed.
After crying enough, Yuan Ruoxi wiped her tears and snot, and with her eyes swollen like walnuts, she ran to the tent where Li Sikai was staying and shouted, "Li Sikai, I don't want to stay in Nancheng anymore, I want to go somewhere else, wuwu..."
"What's wrong?" Ever since Li Sikai accepted the mission to protect Yuan Ruoxi, he had never seen her in such a miserable state.
"They are all targeting me, they don't like me, they are all slandering me behind my back..." Yuan Ruoxi cried aggrievedly.
Regardless of whether it was targeted, disliked or slandered, Li Sikai was indeed aware of the instructions given to Yuan Ruoxi by the surrounding people and guards.
Although there was an element of laissez-faire on his part, seeing the little girl standing in front of him so lonely and helpless, he began to doubt whether he had gone too far.
"They..." Li Sikai opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything. After about two minutes of silence, he said, "It's hard to change public opinion. We can't just force them to stop talking."
"Then I won't stay in South City anymore. I'm on a mission anyway, so I can go anywhere."
Li Sikai thought about it and nodded, "Okay, you go back first. I will discuss it with the person in charge in South City and give you an answer tomorrow."
Yuan Ruoxi said "hmm" with a strong nasal tone and left.
Along the way, he ignored other people's stares, wiping his tears and nose from time to time, until he returned to the tent she had occupied, took off his clothes, hid in the quilt, and continued to cry.
Let’s not talk about them. After Shen Yanming came back from get off work, he hugged Bi Qiaoan and said excitedly in her ear: “Dear, I went to the field today to investigate, and that Xichen Company is indeed very suitable for storing grain.”
"Huh? How did you find this place?"
"I heard them talking the other day. They said Xichen used to be a flour mill. Later, because flammable and explosive factories were not allowed to be built in the city, the flour mill was moved to the suburbs, and Xichen was converted into various warehouses for rent."
"You want to?"
Shen Yanming nodded, "Just think of it as the secret grain storage of the original flour mill."
"How long has it been since that factory moved out of the city?"
"Why, it's been five or six years, right?"
Bi Qiaoan frowned, "Our food looks very new. Even if we pretend that it has been stored for two or three years, it seems a bit hard to deceive, let alone five or six years."
"We don't need to worry about this. They can just continue as long as they have food. Why do we have to dig into this?"
Seeing Bi Qiaoan's somewhat uneasy look, Shen Yanming explained: "Who dares to say that the wheat and rice in the flour mill don't have special storage methods? Besides, it's a windfall, they would rather keep the news secret. Do they have to find the original owner and return it in full?"
Bi Qiaoan nodded, "So how did you do your field research today?"
Shen Yanming smiled, “In fact, we didn’t get close, but our search area today is only about two kilometers away from there.
You know, after the energy rainwater transformation, I can see very far away, so I took the opportunity to observe from all directions. There were collapsed warehouses and mezzanines supported by cement.
If nothing goes wrong, we will be digging there tomorrow.”
"Sounds good. So, shall we take action tonight?" Bi Qiaoan asked.
"Well, let's do it tonight. I'm worried that something might happen if we delay."
Then, the two of them stopped talking and waited until almost ten o'clock. Bi Qiaoan went to the bathroom with the help of Shen Yanming.
Because it was a temporary structure, the sanitary conditions were unpredictable. She usually tried not to come here if possible, and if it wasn't for some important plan, Bi Qiaoan really didn't want to smell the stench.
They walked very slowly on the way, nodded and greeted people when they met them, and when they arrived at the toilet, they went to the men's and women's toilets respectively to see if there was anyone there.
After confirming that they were the only two people in the temporary bathroom, they hesitated for about three minutes. After observing that no one was around, Shen Yanming entered the space, while Bi Qiaoan returned the same way with her big belly.
On the way, her heart was pounding, for fear of running into the person she had just met. If that happened, she would have to spend time explaining why there were two of them when they left, but only one when they came back.
Bi Qiaoan had thought of an excuse, saying that the other person had diarrhea and she couldn't stand the smell and couldn't wait. But if the other person happened to go to the men's restroom, her lie would be exposed. So, it was still quite risky.
Fortunately, God was kind to them. When they came back, the road was empty, not even a mouse was seen, let alone any living person.
After returning to the tent, Bi Qiaoan released the big goose to guard the door, and then entered the space to accompany Chen Yanming.
At this time, Shen Yanming was sitting in the storage area counting supplies. Because they had never tested whether the space could be "entered and exited from a different place" before, so tonight's action could be regarded as an attempt to test the function of the space.
In order to avoid any accidents, after Shen Yanming entered the space, he didn't even dare to enter the planting area. He stayed directly in his storage area, packing up the supplies he was going to release tonight.
After Bi Qiaoan entered the space, she found herself in the mobile villa where she later stayed. She picked a big mango from the mango tree and ate it while walking. It was half an hour later when she reached the storage area.
Sometimes, Bi Qiaoan would think, it would be nice if there was a time difference between this space and the outside world. In that case, she could do a lot of things in the space without worrying about running out of time in the outside world.
But just think about it, people should be content, right?