Chapter 22, Inseparable
The first people Jiang Ran met after going out were Gu Yunqing and Song Rong who were talking in the corridor.
"Captain Gu, Deputy Captain Song." Jiang Ran walked over to the two of them and took out two candies from the bag. "Have some candy, please."
"Wow." Gu Yunqing took one without refusing. "Did Si Xu give it to you?"
"Yes." Jiang Ran hurriedly explained, worried that they would misunderstand Si Xu as "embezzling public funds" without permission, "It's a reward for discovering the mutant."
"Haha, it's time to reward him." After hearing the whole story from Song Rong, Gu Yunqing laughed, "Si Xu never rewards anyone. You're the first person to get a reward from him. Are you happy?"
The first one? Jiang Ran blushed slightly, and in response to Gu Yunqing's teasing, she nodded straightforwardly: "Happy."
She admitted it frankly without any hesitation. Looking at the girl's smiling eyes, Gu Yunqing suddenly understood why Si Xu fell in love with her at first sight.
"Deputy Captain Song, don't you want any?" Song Rong didn't move. Jiang Ran handed the candy to him, "You don't like milk candy?"
It's not that he doesn't like it, but if he takes the candy now, will Professor Si break his hand? After all, it was his woman who handed him the candy.
I really want to refuse righteously, but... well, I can almost smell the milky aroma even through the wrapping paper - in this world, only a perverted space-powered person like Professor Si can carry such a snack with him.
I haven't tasted White Rabbit for a long time.
"Take it." Seeing his subordinate's hesitation, Gu Yunqing laughed and hit his shoulder. "You are so timid, even less courageous than a girl."
Being ridiculed by the captain, and being ridiculed in front of his beautiful sister, Song Rong made a bitter face, "Captain, I..."
"Here you go. Don't be polite to me." Jiang Ran stuffed the candy into Song Rong's hand with a tough attitude and waved at them, "I'll go share it with others."
One bag of candy probably wasn't enough to distribute to everyone, so she gave it to the members of Team Gu first, and then saw if there were any left - after all, she would be staying with Gu Yunqing's team for a long time on the rest of the journey.
It’s always good to build good interpersonal relationships.
After finishing the bag of candies, only three were left. Jiang Ran found a trash can on the side of the road, threw the bag away, and walked back with the three candies in his hand.
From a distance, I saw several girls coming out of the villa, seemingly preparing to patrol the surroundings.
Jiang Ran hesitated for a moment, then called out to one of them: "Yi Xi."
The girls stopped at the same time and looked at her.
"Hey, isn't this Ranran?" Zhou Jian spoke in a sarcastic tone, "You're feeling pretty good now, having found a great backer like Professor Si."
Obviously, this group of people already knew Si Xu's strength and his position in the team.
Jiang Ran didn't bother to pay attention to Zhou Jian's sarcasm. He glanced at her and said, "I didn't ask you to. Why are you so eager to stop?"
"you!"
"Zhou Zhou, stop talking." Holding her friend's hand, Luo Rui said expressionlessly, "Let's continue our patrol and let them talk."
Luo Rui pulled Zhou Jian away.
After the two of them left, Yi Xi asked coldly, "Why did you call me?"
"Here's something for you." Jiang Ran didn't beat around the bush. "Here, it's for you."
When a candy wrapped in familiar wrapping paper was handed to her, Yi Xi's eyes showed a hint of surprise: "Where did you get this?"
"Si Xu gave it to me." Seeing the girl's even more surprised look, Jiang Ran slowly added, "A reward."
"award?"
"Yes, I found the chameleon, and he gave me a reward." Seeing that she didn't move, Jiang Ran took her hand and stuffed the candy into her hand, "Here you go."
Holding the candy tightly, Yi Xi asked bitterly, "Why give it to me?"
"Didn't you speak up for me that day?" Jiang Ran said, "This is a return gift."
Yi Xi was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "I wasn't speaking for you that day. I just couldn't stand Luo Rui's duplicity."
"That's speaking for me." Jiang Ran said with a smile, "Anyway, these candies are extra, so you don't have to feel any psychological burden."
After the girl finished speaking, she walked around her and entered the villa.
Yi Xi lowered his head and stared at the candy in his hand for a moment, and his sarcastic smile turned a little bitter - it is because all your emotions are written on your face, and you like to repay others' kindness with ten points, that you lost to Luo Rui, idiot.
…
Catching up with Luo Rui and Zhou Jian who had not yet gone far, Yi Xi opened the wrapper, bit into the candy, and began patrolling with the two of them.
"Yi Xi!" Zhou Jian's eyes widened when he smelled the fragrance. "Where did you get the White Rabbit?"
Yi Xi replied expressionlessly: "Jiang Ranran gave it to me."
"Jiang Ranran?" Zhou Jian blurted out, "How could she have... Oh." The girl curled her lips in disdain, "I guess Professor Si must have been so pleased with her service that he gave it to her as a reward. Haha, she's actually showing it off everywhere. How shameless."
"What's there to be ashamed of?" Yi Xi asked with a sneer, "Even if it really was a reward from Si Xu, it has to be given willingly. If it were someone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't even accept it if they offered it to them."
"Yi Xi, what do you mean by that?" Zhou Jian, who couldn't hide his thoughts, immediately turned cold upon hearing this. "Are you talking about me?"
"I didn't mention any names, so please don't take it personally."
"Find the right person? Haha, Yi Xi, I didn't expect that Jiang Ranran could buy you off with just a piece of candy?"
"buy?"
"Otherwise, why do you always speak for her?"
"I'm not speaking for her, I just..." Glancing at the silent Luo Rui, Yi Xi sneered, "Compared to the silly and innocent Jiang Ranran, I hate green tea bitches even more."
"Who are you scolding, you..."
"Stop arguing!" Luo Rui just smiled faintly after being scolded and pointed at her nose. "Yi Xi, I think you have some misunderstandings about me."
"Misunderstanding?" Yi Xi shook his head. "That day, I heard you talking to Jiang Ranran with my own ears, asking her to lead the zombies away. Why did you later say in front of everyone that Jiang Ranran got lost and fell into the lake?"
Hearing such questioning, Luo Rui remained calm: "You heard wrong."
Without waiting for Yi Xi to speak again, Luo Rui said, "It's patrol time now, and I don't want to argue with you. Come to my room after dinner tonight, and I'll explain it to you."
After Luo Rui finished speaking, she ignored Yi Xi and continued her inspection work while pulling Zhou Jian.
Yi Xi did not reject her words. She also wanted to see what kind of explanation Luo Rui would give.
…
After distributing the candies, Jiang Ran returned to the room and stuffed the last two candies into the pocket of his down jacket.
Si Xu chose the room at the end of the corridor, from which he could see the surrounding situation.
Lying on the balcony and watching the members of the Ability Team setting up prevention and control devices around the house, Jiang Ran guessed that they would stay here for a while this time.
Wuzhong City is the provincial capital. Collecting all the supplies in the city is not a task that can be completed in one or two days.
Jiang Ran was doing nothing when she saw Si Xu walking towards her from a distance. He must have finished his inspection.
Jiang Ran raised her hand and waved, wanting to greet him. Before she could finish her words, she was stopped by a figure rushing in front of Si Xu.
Zhou Jian? What does she want from Si Xu?
At this moment, Jiang Ran was extremely annoyed that she didn't have a sharp hearing aid, but... before she could hesitate whether to go downstairs, she saw Si Xu walk around Zhou Jian who was still talking with an expressionless face and walked out of the control network.
He looked up at the girl on the balcony and said, "Gu Yunqing and I are going to the city. Do you want to come with us?"
"Hmm?" Going downtown at this hour? Without thinking about what Zhou Jian said, Jiang Ran quickly replied, "Go!"
There is no place safer than being with Si Xu.
After Jiang Ran answered, she turned around and ran downstairs, fearing that Si Xu would leave her here alone.
Fortunately, when she came downstairs, Si Xu was still waiting there.
"Si Xu." She stopped in front of him, panting, and asked intermittently, "It's already dark, why are you going into the city at this time?"
"Check the situation." Si Xu said, "If no mutants are found, the team can split up tomorrow."
Oh. Jiang Ran understood.
In other words, if a powerful mutant is discovered in the city today, he and Gu Yunqing can deal with it first.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran hesitated: "Will it cause you trouble if I take you along?"
"No." Si Xu glanced at Zhou Jian who was walking slowly towards him and said lightly, "Leaving you here is just causing trouble."
“…”
So, what did Zhou Jian say to Si Xu? Jiang Ran glared at Zhou Jian fiercely and pulled Si Xu aside.
Gu Yunqing drove out and saw Jiang Ran. He couldn't help but tease her, "Sir, you're bringing Ranran with you? You really are inseparable!"
Si Xu had no expression on his face: "Yeah."
Such a frank and unpretentious answer successfully choked Gu Yunqing.
The man's mouth twitched twice, and he leaned over the steering wheel without saying a word.
Ignoring her shocked friend, Si Xu opened the car door and let Jiang Ran get in first, telling her: "Fasten your seat belt."
"Oh oh." Jiang Ran quickly pulled the seat belt and fastened it.
Si Xu closed the car door, walked around to the passenger seat, opened the door and got in.
"Let's go." Gu Yunqing started the car and drove towards the city along the highway.
Without the team's restraint, the two entered the city in an extremely brutal manner - they simply ran over any zombies blocking their way, and those they couldn't run over were beheaded with a single blow.
The closer you get to the city, the more obstacles there are on the road, and finally you are completely blocked by abandoned cars, making it difficult to move forward.
"We're here." Gu Yunqing stood up and looked at the road ahead, sighing, "I hate doing manual labor."
"No need." Si Xu opened the door and got out of the car. "I'll clear this road tomorrow."
This is the fastest way to the temporary base, so it would be more convenient to clean it up.
Gu Yunqing clasped his hands together and bowed: "Boss, tomorrow I'm counting on you."
Si Xu ignored him and knocked on the back door glass: "Jiang Ran, get out of the car."
Jiang Ran, who was looking around nervously, quickly unbuckled his seat belt and jumped out of the car.
Si Xu pulled the man to his side and glanced at his watch: "It's 6:18 now. We will search separately and meet here at 7:30."
"OK." Gu Yunqing, accustomed to this pattern, pulled over to the side of the road, checked the surroundings, and said, "Shall I go to the North City?"
"Yeah." Si Xu said, "Don't be stubborn when you encounter trouble."
"I know." Gu Yunqing made an OK gesture, "You should also pay attention to safety."
They parked the car here. What kind of search were they planning? Two people searching the entire city?
Jiang Ran was still confused when she saw a current of air flowing under Gu Yunqing's feet. In the blink of an eye, the young man's figure rose into the air, passed over the tall building in front of him, and disappeared into the night.
"Ah." This... is this the kind of light skill that only appears in martial arts novels?
Hearing the girl's surprised sound, Si Xu took her in the opposite direction.
"Gu Yunqing is a wind-type psychic. What happened just now was using the airflow to propel his body."
Jiang Ran nodded, not quite understanding, feeling envious.
It would be great if she could also awaken her special abilities, so she wouldn’t have to worry about other people’s feelings and could protect herself… Only the strong have the right to speak.
(End of this chapter)
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