While things were relatively peaceful on their side, on the other side of the strait, after seeing them being picked up by a ship, those people quickly retreated to the other side of the mountains, found the local police station on duty, and made a call to their superiors. At this moment, the leaders of several countries were still waiting for news from them.
After the call connected, they quickly reported the situation, including that all the generals had been killed in action, that they had someone to meet them, and that all the personnel had escaped. They also asked them what to do next: whether to go back or to pursue, and if they did pursue, how.
Upon hearing the soldiers' report, the people inside the conference building erupted in fury, shouting, "Sent out so many men, made so many preparations beforehand, and they still escaped unscathed! They're all useless, idiots!"
"Hurry up and report to your superior! You all better be on your guard, or we'll all be in big trouble if the superior gets angry!"
"yes"
When they arrived at their superior's office, they finally mustered up their courage and mentally prepared themselves before letting the guards knock on the door. However, after knocking for a long time, they sensed something was wrong and told the guards to break down the door.
When they finally managed to break down the door, they saw their officer lying face up, blood still flowing from his chest. The guards rushed over, checked his breath, and found he was dead.
"Damn it, get the hell out of here!"
The entire conference building descended into chaos. Eventually, the mayor, having heard about the incident, came to stabilize the situation and quickly reported what had happened.
"Who do you think did this?"
"Could it be Paul, or Booth's gang?"
"Paul is unlikely; that guy's arrogant."
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Just as Huo Haocheng and his group had guessed, no one would have thought that this was what they called internal competition. They even thought it was internal competition within the country, and they didn't think about China at all, because they always felt that China was too weak.
Thanks to their commotion, Ruan Ruan's surgery was completed, and Huo Haocheng and the others arrived.
Right now, they are saying goodbye to Grandpa Ming, and they are about to continue their journey back.
"Grandpa Ming, thank you so much for taking us in these past few days. We're heading back now, and we hope you can come visit China someday."
Ruan Ruan never expected that today's simple invitation would lead to Ah Hao and Uncle Ah Jie actually becoming the first group of partners to come to China to find them when China opened up.
"Okay, we'll definitely go then. We'll trouble you, girl, to come and see the beautiful landscapes of China."
"must"
"Girl, go on, those are things I prepared for you. Go on, go home early."
Grandpa Ming pointed to something hidden under a big tree by its branches.
They were all confused. Huo Haocheng looked at Ruan Ruan, and after she nodded, he and Ruan Shaohong went over to move the branches away.
It was a truck with a canopy, and they had a lot of food and clothes inside.
"Thanks"
Huo Haocheng stepped forward, saluted the old man, and then had everyone get in the car. After changing their clothes, they prepared to set off.
Before setting off, Ruan Ruan pretended to rummage through his pockets, actually showing the system what he had in his space that he could leave for them.
Afterwards, the system gave them a jade pendant, a very fine jade pendant. It was something Huo Haocheng had kept for himself when he took 520 to capture Lin Dafu's family. He thought it was beautiful, and now he was taking it out again.
"Grandpa Ming, if you have the chance to come to China in the future, you can find us at the Ruan family in the capital." Ruan Ruan handed the jade pendant to the old man, hoping that he could come to China to see the country before he died. At that time, she would definitely repay his kindness in taking him in.
The old man took the jade pendant and gave it to Ah Hao. His meaning was clear, and Ruan Ruan also indicated that she understood.
Afterwards, they lifted Ruan Shaoke into the car, and Bai Sirui sat in the car while he lay down, his head resting on him. Huo Haocheng and Ruan Shaohong took turns driving, while Huo Haojie rode in Uncle Jie's car. The two cars traveled day and night, and what should have been a 5-day journey took them only to reach the border riverbank on the third night.
Because there were so many of them, Ah Jie could only send some of them over first, and then come back to pick them up.
Just as he was sending Huo Haojie, Ruan Shaohong, and Ge Xiaotian over, A-Kun and Huo Songhuai happened to be there as well.
"Gah, gah, gah"
Seeing a boat approaching in the distance, Ah Kun thought it must be Ah Jie, so he called out three times towards the river.
"quack"
Upon hearing the sound, A-Jie immediately responded twice.
Knowing what he meant, Huo Haojie immediately said to Ruan Shaohong and the others, "My father and Uncle Kun have come to pick us up."
Upon hearing Huo Haojie's words, the people who were sitting immediately stood up and looked towards the shore.
As they approached the shore, Huo Haojie immediately called out to them, "Dad, Uncle Kun, we're back!"
After getting ashore, Huo Songhuai looked at his son, then at the others on the boat, and said, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."
"Ah Jie, this time, thanks to you, thank you for your hard work."
"It's only right. The rest of them are still on the other side. My boat is too small to accommodate them all at once. Luckily you're here too, come with me to help them."
Okay, I'll go with you.
They left the others to wait on the shore while Ah Kun and Ah Jie went to meet the people. When they saw two boats approaching, Ruan Ruan stepped forward and called out to the newcomers, "Uncle Kun, you've arrived!"
"Ruan Ruan, your uncle is here to pick you up. Get on the boat quickly." Seeing that she had returned safely, Ah Kun's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. You see, from the moment they left, the rest of them had been on tenterhooks every day at home. Especially these past few days, they had been counting down the days, feeling that they would be back soon, so they would come to the shore twice a day, afraid that they would return and they would not be able to pick them up in time. Now, all is well, they are finally here.
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