"Did you deliberately not tell me this?!" Mo Qing thought for a moment, then glared at him resentfully.

She couldn't help but wonder if he was deliberately getting revenge on her or messing with her.

Shen Shaolin smiled faintly, raising an eyebrow with an ambiguous expression. "Mo Mo, I can't predict that he's your brother."

Mo Qing, of course, had no idea that Shen the fox was full of wicked schemes and plotting against her, nor did she know that Shen Shaolin knew Mo Yanyu was her brother. She was immediately speechless, "..."

She's so conflicted. What should she do? She finally got here and isn't far from Hanhan. Should she turn back?

Besides, it's deep in the mountains and it's late at night. She wouldn't go back into the woods to search for her!

Shen Shaolin's eyes were playful, with a hint of schadenfreude, as he asked her, "So what are you going to do now? You don't still want to see Ji Muhan, do you?"

Judging from her brother's appearance, he doesn't seem like someone who can be easily appeased, especially since he went directly to Ji Muhan today. It's likely that he doesn't like the two of them being together.

No wonder she became so nervous and paranoid when she saw her brother's back just now.

"Do you have a relatively safe place, a place where you won't be discovered?" Mo Qing thought for a moment and decided that it would be safer to hide herself first.

It's best not to take any risks at this point.

"Didn't you want to see Mu Han?" Shen Shaolin teased her deliberately.

Mo Qing gave an awkward smile and subconsciously wrinkled her nose. "I don't think it's convenient right now. How about we talk to him tomorrow morning?"

She's extremely worried about finding Hanhan. If he hands her over to her brother, things will get really interesting. Just knowing how much her brother dislikes Ji Muhan, she can already picture his ugly expression. What if he takes her home and won't let her go back to school...?

To make long-term plans, she decided to try to go back tomorrow morning.

Shen Shaolin curled his lips and gave her a meaningful look. "But we have to prepare for the exercise first thing tomorrow morning. How will you see Mu Han then?"

"Don't you have a plan?" Mo Qing looked at him with a bright smile. "Didn't we agree that if you help me, I'll naturally cooperate with your act when I get back?"

"..." Shen Shaolin suddenly felt like slapping himself in the face, thinking, "Serves you right for always being so talkative."

He felt that sooner or later he would be ruined by his own mouth.

He always thought he'd be watching the show, but he always ended up doing the acting himself. He felt the day Ji Muhan found out about him wasn't far off. He should probably start thinking about how to die...

"Where are we going now?" Mo Qing asked.

"Let's find a place where we can both settle down without being discovered." Shen Shaolin no longer wanted to fight with her, because he realized that he couldn't outmaneuver this seemingly harmless man-eating flower.

Since he couldn't win the game, he still had to settle things with her, since they would still be on the same side in the future. If he really offended her and she quit, he would have no one to cry to.

Besides, he's already brought the person here, so he definitely can't just abandon them!

"Is there such a place?" Mo Qing blinked and asked again.

"Sakura," Chen Shaolin said with a rare hint of dejection, "Come with me, and I guarantee you'll see your dear Mu Han."

Mo Qing smiled and said, "Okay."

"..."

...

The next day, early in the morning, the sun rose from the east, casting a pale yellow light that gradually shone into the woods.

When the bell rang for the military region's large-scale exercise, everyone at the special operations brigade's base was ready and came downstairs in less than two minutes, assembling in the field below the dormitory building.

A gentle breeze swept by, and Qi Guang and his companions swiftly and deftly slung their bags over their shoulders, standing tall and straight with remarkable poise.

Ji Muhan stood calmly facing them and said indifferently, "Report the number."

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"Report, Captain, we're one man short," Jin Hua reported last.

"Who?" Ji Muhan asked calmly.

"Vice Captain," Jin Hua answered without hesitation.

Ji Muhan's eyes were slightly cool, and he frowned slightly. He knew about Shen Shaolin's situation. Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock, he and his aunt called him, saying that they were not feeling well and had been admitted to the hospital.

They will definitely be back before the exercise.

"Captain, should we wait for the vice-captain?" Qi Guangxin asked Ji Muhan tentatively, observing his expression.

He hadn't forgotten that when the deputy captain left yesterday, he specifically told him that if he didn't make it back in time, he should try to buy him a minute or two.

Ji Muhan's eyes were calm as she glanced at him indifferently. Her cool and detached gaze seemed to be able to see through his thoughts. She said casually, "We won't wait any longer. He's back at the army base, so he'll naturally catch up with us. Let's go."

This is the first time that seven military regions have conducted a joint exercise like this. We can't delay it. We'll let him hike through the primeval forest of the no-man's land on his own. Anyway, they've trained him on this subject before.

"..."

Upon hearing this, the group from Jinhua silently mourned for Shen Shaolin in their hearts.

This joint exercise took place in an uninhabited area 25 kilometers from their base, meaning Shen Shaolin had to run at top speed for about two hours without stopping.

What a tragedy, especially considering they had to guard against ambushes along the way.

Their captain is so heartless...

"Set off."

In the seemingly endless forest, a lithe figure swiftly darted in one direction.

In such a primeval forest, there is almost no difference between day and night. Mo Qing had never been here before, nor could she traverse this place like Shen Shaolin and the others, who could walk out even with their eyes closed.

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