Half a year has passed in a flash. As the end of the year approaches, every household is preparing for the New Year, and Sinan is no exception.

She plans to hold a big year-end sale on most of the fruits, vegetables and melons grown in the two greenhouses at home and the two acres of greenhouse contracted in the agricultural park, and exchange them for more fresh meat and make some preserved food for the New Year.

Originally, she was planning to have a prosperous New Year, but early in the morning of this day, Cheng Suming told her that he was going to Kyoto to perform surgery on an important person and might not be back for a week, so he asked her to accompany him to Kyoto.

Si Nan shook his head and said, "I would like to go to Kyoto, but what can I do there? I can only hang around you and not be able to help you much. The third batch of crops grown in my greenhouse is ready to be sold, and I have to harvest and sell them myself. In addition, I have to take care of two geese and a dog. If I leave the house to Cheng Wei to help manage, I am a little worried."

Cheng Suming couldn't persuade her, so he could only tell her again and again: "I will be back after the surgery. Don't go out alone during this period. If you go out, try to ask Yang Wentao, Sheng Youqing and others to go with you. If you have anything, please contact me, okay?"

Si Nan nodded and said, "I know, I know. Don't worry, I will stay at home honestly and bring someone with me when I go out. Even if no one accompanies me, I will bring Xiao Hei with me."

Cheng Suming bought Xiao Hei from a local in Shishan half a year ago. He is a four-eyed native dog with black and white fur and two thumb-sized tufts of white hair on top of his eyes, making him look like a local dog with two other eyes.

Most of these dogs are descendants of wolfhounds. Of course, no one knows how many generations it took to become its current appearance. However, because this breed of dog is tall, highly alert, very smart and lively, has a relatively docile personality, is very loyal to its owner, has a strong territorial nature, and will not attack humans without the owner's order, Cheng Suming was quite satisfied with it and brought it home to raise.

Now Xiao Hei has grown into a big dog. When he stands up, he can reach the top of Si Nan's thigh. He is about the same height as other large pastoral dogs, and his bite force is also very strong. Si Nan always takes him with her when she goes out. He follows her loyally like a bodyguard, and Cheng Su Ming is relieved.

Si Nan prepared a lot of food and daily necessities for Cheng Su Ming, such as homemade butcher's bread, stuffed sandwiches that could be eaten without using fire, bread, toothpaste and toothbrush, towels and socks, spare clothes, etc. Like a young wife who was worried that her husband would not have a good time while on a business trip, she filled a suitcase for him, sent him to the military headquarters at Shishan Base, and watched him get on a helicopter and leave Shishan.

Today's weather is a little better than usual, the sky is not so gloomy, and there is less snow than usual. Otherwise, she would be worried to death when Cheng Suming took a helicopter to Kyoto.

She was sent back by Yan Hongyi himself in a military jeep. He had been promoted to the position of captain of the armed police squadron and was still in charge of public security in the western district.

He was familiar with Cheng Suming and knew that Cheng Suming was worried about Sinan's safety, so he took time out of his busy schedule to send her home.

The jeeps were equipped with snow wheels, and the main roads of the base were cleared of snow every two hours, so the vehicles drove relatively smoothly on the road.

Si Nan looked at the road buildings flashing by on the side of the road, tilted his head and asked Yan Hongyi: "Captain Yan, did you find the person I asked you to help find last time?"

"No." Yan Hongyi answered while turning the steering wheel, "But we found a record that Si Chengye took his wife and daughter out of our base half a year ago and has not returned since. Recently, someone went out to chop wood and hunt and saw him sitting on a snowmobile, heading east with a group of people."

"Did you see clearly who he was with?" Si Nan frowned slightly.

Yan Hongyi shook his head, "I don't know. The people who saw him also lived with him in the West District before. They recognized him and the car drove away in a flash. But there is a private base called Changji in the east. It is said to be quite large, only one-third smaller than the Shishan Base. There are more than one million survivors in it. It is more than three hours away from the Shishan Base and has been competing with our Shishan Base for nearby resources and supplies. I heard that it gathers criminals and thugs who escaped during the severe cold weather, and also accommodates many ordinary people. Every household is given free food and supplies every day, and houses with heating are provided. Recently, many people from the Shishan Base have gone to that private base for refuge."

"Who built a private base that's this big?" Si Nan looked puzzled. "That base took in so many criminals and thugs, and gave free food to ordinary people. What's the purpose of this? Are they trying to steal people from our Shishan base?"

"I don't know. Recently, the military has been sending people to contact them to see what the leadership of the private base is planning to do. We haven't found out the truth yet."

No wonder Si Nan hadn't been able to find Si Chengye's family for some time. It turned out that they had already gone to the Changji base. No one knew where they heard about the private base and how they got there.

Si Nan did not let Yan Hongyi take her home. Instead, she asked him to take her to a private greenhouse in the agricultural park. She picked some fresh fruits and vegetables herself and put them in the back seat of his car, filling up the entire car, and asked him to take them back for his relatives and friends to eat.

Yan Hongyi couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it. Before leaving, he added her phone number and told her to remember to call him if she had any problems, or to come to the military headquarters to find him. He would definitely help if he could.

Si Nan said "sure", watched him leave, then turned and walked into the greenhouse.

Her greenhouse is divided into two parts, half of the land is used to grow fruit corn, and the other half is used to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables. White channel tubes are cut in half at various places on the greenhouse wall and nailed to the wall. They are filled with soil and used to grow strawberries and lettuce with shallow root systems.

Sister Wang and her husband, Mother Sheng and the others were busy in the greenhouse, picking the fruits and vegetables that Sinan wanted to sell, such as strawberries, tomatoes, corn, watermelons, and cantaloupes, and putting them into the baskets.

The greenhouse on the left is full of green corn stalks that are taller than people. Each corn stalk is thick and strong, and the corn cobs on it are all very large. Once the corn husk is torn off, the golden and plump corn kernels are revealed. They have a faint sweetness and are delicious when eaten raw.

Melons such as watermelon and cantaloupe are not big in size, only slightly larger than a human head. This may be due to the cold winter climate and insufficient sunlight. However, it does not affect the taste. Cut a watermelon and the flesh inside is red and sweet.

Si Nan ate a piece first, and asked Sheng's mother and others to come over to eat the rest: "Aunt Sheng, Aunt Wang, Uncle Tian, stop working, eat a piece of watermelon and take a break."

Mother Sheng stopped what she was doing, walked over, picked up a piece of watermelon and took a bite. She felt the sweetness of the juicy watermelon and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so sweet. I haven't eaten watermelon for almost three years. I didn't expect that I could grow such sweet watermelons in such cold weather. The watermelons I grow myself taste different."

"That's right. The watermelon is so sweet that I am a little reluctant to eat it." Sister Wang echoed.

Uncle Tian ate the watermelon silently. He ate the red flesh and then carefully chewed the green rind underneath until only a thin layer of skin was left.

After surviving for three years in the apocalypse, everyone cherishes the hard-earned food. Many people ate watermelons before the apocalypse, but they couldn't even finish the red flesh. They would just throw it away if they got to the bottom and it didn't taste sweet.

Unlike now, not only Uncle Tian ate all the green melon flesh, but also Sister Wang and Mother Sheng.

Si Nan smiled and said, "There are still some watermelons. Eat them before you go back to work. You have worked hard to grow them for me all year. After all these crops are sold, I will give each of you an extra month's salary in points. In addition, I will give each of you one watermelon or cantaloupe, five corns, and some other fruits and vegetables as year-end gifts."

It was freezing cold outside, making it difficult to set up a stall. Sinan harvested crops three times, and each time he went directly to the purchasing department of the logistics department and sold them to the base points store, which then resold them to people in the base.

The purchase price of watermelons at the base is 10 points per kilogram. A watermelon weighs four or five kilograms, which costs about forty or fifty points. The base then sells it for 12 points per kilogram.

An ordinary worker only earns 3-5 points a day, and buying a watermelon would cost him ten days or half a month's wages, so many people are reluctant to buy it.

However, there are also many people who have sufficient supplies and are not short of points, and the fruits and vegetables grown by Sinan are usually in short supply.

The people at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences did not have as complete a collection of seeds as she did. Many times, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences purchased the seeds and wanted to pick out seeds from her mature crops and then plant them in the greenhouse at the base.

She didn't care how the base was sold or managed. As long as the price of the base reached her expectations, she was quite satisfied.

She is also generous to Sister Wang and others who have been working diligently for her. She would send them some fruits and vegetables every three to five days, not to mention at the end of the year.

Mother Sheng felt sorry for Si Nan: "Xiao Nan, please don't give me my share of fruits and vegetables. You always give me things. I am just doing my job. How can I keep asking for your things?"

"Yes, Xiaonan, you've given us enough. You can sell the fruits and vegetables for more money." Mother Sheng nodded.

"Alright, don't be polite to me. I earn less this year than you do."

Si Nan took a pair of scissors and carefully cut the bright red strawberries growing on the wall pipes and put them in a small basket. He turned to them and said, "Fruits like strawberries are more expensive than watermelons, but their yield is not very high, just like watermelons. I will pick the big ones to sell and keep the small ones for us to eat. Please don't be disgusted by them."

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Sister Wang and the others smiled helplessly and said, "How could we dislike it? These are all things we grow ourselves, and they taste much better than those grown at the base."

Four people were chatting and laughing as they divided the work in the greenhouse. They packed basket after basket of fruits, melons and vegetables for sale into the baskets and arranged them neatly.

Even the corn stalks were stripped of leaves by Sister Wang and her team, and cut into one-meter-long pieces, which were neatly arranged in baskets.

The corn stalks are not completely old yet, there is no hollow core in the middle, the fertilizer has provided enough nutrients, and the corn stalks taste sweet. One can be sold for 0.5 points, so things that can be sold should naturally be sold.

After all the crops were harvested, they were filled into about fifty large baskets and twenty small baskets. These baskets were exchanged by Sinan at the points store using his points. They were of very good quality and could be used for eight or ten years as long as they were not broken by violence.

Sinan took out his cell phone and called Director Zhang of the Logistics and Procurement Department, asking him to send someone to pick up the goods.

This was one of the agreements she made when selling goods to the base's purchasing department. It was freezing cold outside, and it was impossible for her to ride a tricycle in the wind and snow to deliver the goods.

Not to mention that it was unsafe for her to ride a bike, just the fact that the goods would all freeze into ice in a few minutes in weather as low as -54 degrees, which would cook the vegetables and affect their taste. That was why the purchasing department had to drive a military enclosed truck, load the goods into the enclosed compartment to keep them warm, and then send them to the logistics points store to be sold at room temperature, in order to achieve maximum profit.

The truck soon arrived in front of the greenhouse, and Sister Wang and the others helped put the baskets one by one into the back of the closed truck.

In the past, the logistics staff and drivers who came to collect the goods would help move the goods, but today, for some reason, neither of them moved.

Si Nan looked at the two people in confusion. They were both wearing thick cotton coats, thick hats and thick cotton gloves, with scarves around their faces and goggles, so his appearance could not be seen clearly.

However, the staff who helped receive the goods at the back of the truck were wearing work cards from the logistics department, and the driver driving the truck in the front also had a work card and was sitting in the cab making a phone call.

Si Nan didn't think much about it. After moving all the goods, he got into the passenger seat, fastened his seat belt and delivered the goods.

Uncle Tian sat in the back of the truck. Because he was very strong, every time Si Nan went to the logistics department to sell fruits and vegetables, he would sit in the back and help Si Nan unload the goods when they arrived at the destination.

After Uncle Tian got on the bus, the staff at the back closed the compartment from the inside.

The driver heard the sound of a car door closing from behind, started the engine which had been on, turned the steering wheel and drove towards the logistics department.

Si Nan is not a talkative person. If the driver doesn't talk to her, she won't take the initiative to talk to him.

She looked out the window boredly. The road was covered in white and there were few pedestrians. Occasionally, someone came out, but they were all in a hurry, fearing that if they walked a step slower, they would be frozen into ice sticks by the freezing weather.

She looked for a while, yawned, and suddenly felt that the car's route was a little wrong. It was not the same route as before. She turned to look at the driver in confusion: "Brother, did you take the wrong road?"

The driver looked at her, controlled the steering wheel with his left hand, and reached into his bag with his right hand. Before Si Nan could see clearly what he took out of his hand, the driver rushed over at an extremely fast speed, holding a syringe in his hand, and stabbed her neck hard.

Si Nan looked at the driver in astonishment and felt dizzy. The driver pulled off his scarf and said something to her. Before she could see the man's face clearly or hear what he said, her eyes went dark and she fell into darkness.

At the same time, Cheng Suming, who had just arrived at the Kyoto base military airport and got off the helicopter, suddenly felt a palpitation.

He couldn't help but rub his chest with his hand. He felt his right eyelid twitching. He took out his cell phone from his pocket and wanted to call Sinan to report that he was safe.

"Doctor Cheng, this way please." As soon as he dialed the phone, an airport staff member politely directed him.

He nodded, talking on the phone with one hand and pulling his suitcase with the other, he followed the direction of the staff for a distance and saw a row of people in formal attire waiting for him about 20 meters ahead. He recognized the two people standing at the end on the right.

One is his scumbag father Cheng Jindong, and the other is his archenemy Cheng Qiming.

The father and son stood together and looked at him, without the cold and indifferent expressions they had in the past.

Cheng Jindong had a stiff smile on his face and called him softly, "Ming'er."

Cheng Qiming also put away the expression that wished him dead, and called him reluctantly: "Brother, you are here."

Cheng Suming paused, ignored them, and walked straight towards several expert leaders who were obviously from the capital's major hospitals, shaking hands and greeting them one by one.

He knew very well that the Cheng family had probably already received the news that he was coming to the capital to perform surgery on that person, and that was why they sent Cheng Jindong and his son to show off their presence in front of him.

If his operation was successful, Cheng Jindong and his son would make their positions clear in front of these leaders, thereby promoting the interests of the entire Cheng family. If he failed, they would not suffer too much loss and could just turn around and leave. This was a good calculation.

It's a pity that they wanted to gain benefits from him, but they made a wrong calculation.

Cheng Suming exchanged a few pleasantries with the group of leading experts, and when the car they arranged came over, everyone asked him to get in. When Cheng Jindong and his son wanted to ride in the same car with him, he said coldly, "Who are these two? I don't like riding in the same car with strangers. Please give me some convenience."

Cheng Jindong and his son paused, their faces changed slightly, and there was a sense of embarrassment in the air.

One of the leaders knew about the feud between them and laughed it off: "Xiao Cheng is new here, so it's normal that he's not familiar with the people here. How about this, Professor Tao and I ride in the same car with you, is that okay?"

"Okay." Cheng Suming nodded, opened the passenger door first and got in. It was obvious that he didn't want to squeeze in with any of them to chat.

The leader awkwardly asked a professor with graying hair to sit in the back, and he got in too. The car started and headed towards the central building of the capital base.

"Dad, look at the attitude of that bastard. He actually dared to slap you in the face in public!" Cheng Qiming, who was sitting in the last car, complained to Cheng Jindong with an angry face after getting in the car: "Why should we curry favor with him? Even Professor Tao, an expert, is not sure about the operation of that person, but he, a crappy doctor who has been doing operations for several years, is sure about it. He is not afraid of being laughed at when he tells others about it. If he succeeds, it's fine, we will make a profit. If he fails, our Cheng family may be implicated. What's the point of keeping him! I think it's better to take this opportunity to kill him and vent my hatred!"

"Nonsense!" Cheng Jindong said in a deep voice, "That person is related to whether the project in the Himalayas can be completed on schedule, and also to the quota of our Cheng family members on the Ark. I don't care what you want to do, before all the children of our Cheng family get the quota, you'd better be honest. If something happens to him, the Cheng family will lose the opportunity to get a quota, and you will be held responsible even if you die."

Cheng Qiming had a gloomy face and remained silent, his eyes flashing with hatred, and no one knew what he was planning.

In the car in the front, Cheng Su Ming had been calling Si Nan's phone. No one answered, whether he dialed the mobile phone number or popped up the video on the chat app. Feeling a little uneasy, he quickly called Yang Wentao.

The other party answered quickly: "Brother Cheng, what's the matter?"

Cheng Suming said, "I called Anan and she didn't answer the phone or video. Can you help me find her and see what she is doing?"

"She should be harvesting crops in the agricultural park now. I'll ask Sheng Youqing to go over and take a look."

The leader surnamed Shen, who was sitting in the back, saw him finish the call and said with a smile, "Xiao Cheng is such a good man. He missed your wife just after arriving in the capital. You two have a really deep relationship."

"My wife is a little confused, and I'm just afraid that she will take the wrong way." Cheng Suming said indifferently.

At this time, there was chaos at the Shishan base. Just half an hour ago, Sheng Youqing received a call from Yang Wentao and immediately contacted Sheng's mother in the agricultural park. The reply he got was that Sinan and Uncle Tian took a truck to the logistics department to sell goods.

Sheng Youqing rushed to the after-sales department without stopping, but did not see Si Nan. So he asked the staff in the after-sales department if they had seen Si Nan, and the answer was no.

After Sinan called and asked the after-sales department to drive a truck to her greenhouse to pick her and the goods up, they did not arrive within an hour as before. The staff were also very surprised and thought she was delayed by something.

Sheng Youqing contacted her mother again and got the news that Sinan had indeed gotten on the after-sales department's truck with Uncle Tian. Sheng Youqing felt something was wrong and immediately contacted Yang Wentao.

Yang Wentao contacted Yan Hongyi again to explain the matter. Yan Hongyi immediately contacted various military departments to see if there was any sign of Si Nan or the truck.

Soon, the surveillance cameras in various parts of the base were checked one by one. There was no sign of Sinan or the truck on the main road, but on the surveillance camera on a remote road, a vehicle was seen flashing by, which was suspected to be a truck from the logistics department.

Yan Hongyi frowned. Those who were familiar with Si Nan and Cheng Su Ming knew that Cheng Su Ming was a man who doted on his wife. He would not let his wife walk alone anywhere. If she wanted to go somewhere far away, he would either accompany her in person or ask the patrol team or military patrols to pay more attention to her to prevent her from getting into trouble.

And Si Nan is not the kind of person who runs around. Every time he goes out, he follows the planned route and never goes anywhere else to make Cheng Suming worry.

How could such a cautious person get on a truck on a set route and cause the truck driver to deviate from the route?

There is only one answer, that is, there is something wrong with the driver of the truck, and Sinan is in trouble!

Yan Hongyi had a bad feeling in his heart and immediately reported the matter to his superiors.

The superior also realized the seriousness of the matter. Cheng Suming should have arrived at the capital base at this moment, and would have to undergo surgery tomorrow at the latest. If he knew that something had happened to Si Nan, given his character that he couldn't leave Si Nan, he would definitely come back to find her regardless of anything, and that would definitely delay the surgery on that person.

The person's illness has lasted for more than half a year and has been worsening recently. It can't be delayed any longer. If it is delayed any further, his life will be in danger.

If he died, the Capital Base would be in chaos, and their Shishan Base would not suffer either.

The superior immediately issued an order, asking all those who knew about the situation to keep it confidential, immediately close the gate of the Shishan base, gather people, and make every effort to search for the large truck where Si Nan was.

Yang Wentao, Sheng Youqing and others also had to string together their words and told Cheng Suming that Si Nan's phone was accidentally broken when he fell while walking, and she was very busy, so he should not worry about her and that she would contact him after he finished the operation.

Out of trust in Yang Wentao and the others, Cheng Suming did not think much about it and suppressed the uneasiness in his heart. After the convoy stopped, he got out of the car and walked into the Kyoto Center Building step by step with his long legs.