Chapter 707 Too Quiet

In about ten minutes, I drove directly to the kindergarten gate. It was quite tiring to drive here from where I parked yesterday. Since the other party already knows I exist, driving here won't make much of a difference, so I drove straight to the kindergarten gate.

I don't know if it's because I arrived too early, but there was no one at the kindergarten. Or is it because I arrived yesterday that everyone at the kindergarten left? I'm a little worried that they might do that, since they directly rejected me yesterday, but I told them I would keep coming.

Maybe the other person will find me annoying and just leave.

However, after peering out the door for a few minutes, I realized my worries were unnecessary; the other person hadn't left, they just hadn't come out.

When the other person came out of the house into the yard, the moment they saw me, they sneered, "You drove here today?"

I glanced at the car listening nearby and said, "Yeah, that's right, they drove here."

The other party laughed and said, "I told you I wouldn't agree. Go back now. No matter how many times you come, it won't make a difference."

I said, "But isn't it very difficult to survive here? Finding food and daily necessities is not easy. If you join us, with more people, these things will be much easier. It's better than surviving here, isn't it?"

The other person smiled and said, "No need. I've gotten used to life here. I don't want to come into contact with anyone else. I just want to live peacefully here. So, go back and don't come back. I won't agree to that."

I said, "It wasn't easy for me to come all this way, aren't you going to let me in and have a seat?"

He shook his head and said, "Forget it. You have a car anyway. Letting you in is no different from letting you go back to your car, so just leave and don't come back."

I didn't leave. I don't know what to say about this. The other party's repeated refusal made me feel very strange. I looked around the kindergarten and found it unusually quiet. People had said there were indeed fifteen people here, but at this moment, the whole kindergarten felt very strange to me.

It was deathly quiet, as if there was no one there at all.

"What are you looking at?" the other person suddenly asked.

I was taken aback, unsure how to answer, and could only say, "It's nothing."

The other person said, "Since there's nothing wrong, let's go back."

I knew he didn't want to hear any more of my nonsense, so I got back in the car and drove back. On the way back, I glanced at the kindergarten behind me and still felt something was off. There were clearly people in the kindergarten, but why was it so quiet? It was so strange. And from yesterday until now, only this man had come out; almost no one else had come out. It was very abnormal.

On the way back, the people lying in ambush caught up with us again. I said to two of them, "You two stay here and keep an eye on things. If anything happens, come back and let me know immediately. Remember, I need you to monitor me 24/7."

"Understood."

These two were also soldiers, and they weren't afraid of the current environment. On the contrary, they were quite excited. Being bored for too long wasn't a good thing for them, and they needed to do something to stimulate themselves.

The two of them stayed here, while the rest of us went back with me.

My round trip only took an hour, and Pu Weichao was quite surprised to see me return so early.

"Why are you back so soon today? Did you get everything sorted out over there?" Pu Weichao asked curiously.

I shook my head and said, "No, they still refused. But there's one thing, I always feel that the kindergarten looks strange, I don't know why."

"What's strange about it?" Pu Weichao asked.

I said, "I can't quite put my finger on it, but it feels too quiet. It doesn't feel like a team. Apart from the man I saw, it's like there's no one else there. That makes me feel uneasy."

Pu Weichao became curious, "Is that so? Did you have someone spying on you?"

I said, "I've already had someone keeping an eye on things there 24/7. If anything happens, they'll notify me immediately."

Pu Weichao nodded, "Since you've already had someone keeping an eye on things, there's no need to worry about it anymore. If there are results, they'll come naturally. Now that you're back, get ready and come with us to the community where Yu Sheng was negotiating, to see just how much power they really have."

I asked in surprise, "Am I going too?"

Pu Weichao asked, "Don't you want to go?"

I said, "No, that's not what I meant. It's just that a group of people just arrived today. Are you comfortable with them? I thought you were going to have me stay and keep an eye on them."

Pu Weichao said, "No need. They will come with us later. We can also test their situation to see if they really want to join us."

"Oh, I see." If that's the case, then there's really nothing to worry about.

After I returned, I waited for about half an hour before our group of more than ten people officially set off.

We used to drive there. The three of us were in one car, with Yu Sheng's people driving for us, and the rest of us squeezed into the other cars.

Yu Sheng said, "Is it really appropriate for so many of us to go?"

Pu Weichao said, "We should test the waters first. Since that place is taking a tough stance, we should also be tough. As long as we don't go too far, they basically won't take any action. Don't worry."

Yu Sheng said, "I'm not afraid to take action, but whether these people are willing to fight back once we start is another matter. I guess they don't want to be cannon fodder."

Pu Weichao said, "Nobody wants to be cannon fodder, and I won't treat them as cannon fodder either. Since they've joined us, I'm naturally responsible for their lives. I'm not the kind of person who would send them to their deaths."

We weren't moving slowly, since the snow on the ground was still quite thick. If we drove too fast, we could easily slip and get stuck in the snow, making it impossible to move.

I said, "I'm wondering, what if we can't win this team back?"

Pu Weichao said, "What else can we do but wipe them out?"

Yu Sheng was surprised, "Eliminate them? Do you mean kill them all?"

Pu Weichao said, "If we really have a conflict with them, I think even if we don't take action, they probably won't just sit and wait to die. After all, whoever strikes first has a better chance of surviving. So, it's best to avoid conflict as much as possible. As long as there's no conflict between the two sides, there's still room for maneuver."

(End of this chapter)