Chapter 365, Abnormal
After walking for a whole day, as it was getting dark, Jiang Ran slowed down the car and wanted to find a place to rest.
Seeing her thoughts, Qiao Yi lowered the car window. Not knowing what he heard, he looked at Jiang Ran and said, "We can go a little further."
"how?"
"There's a team ahead—we should be near the Yancheng base. The teams resting around here are probably also headed to the Yancheng base," Qiao Yi said. "You and I are both old acquaintances of Qin Huai. It'll be easier to sneak in by following other teams."
What he said made sense, and Jiang Ran agreed: "What if the team ahead happens to be led by Qin Huai?"
Qiao Yi curled his lips: "Just consider yourself unlucky."
Jiang Ran chuckled: "You're quite open-minded."
While mocking Qiao Yi, she still drove the car to where there were people.
The group of people had just stopped to set up camp. When they heard the sound of the car, they were packing up and looked at the SUV that was slowly approaching.
After stopping the car, Jiang Ran lowered the window and greeted everyone warmly: "Hello, my brother and I are going to the Yancheng base. We want to find a place to rest at night. I don't know..."
The girl was very pretty, and her smile was gentle and pleasant without any aggressiveness, so the group of people naturally did not refuse and actively invited the two to get out of the car.
"You guys are going to Yancheng Base too?" The other team leader said casually while they were chatting on the sofa. "Judging from your equipment, you don't look like refugees. Why are you thinking of going to Yancheng Base?"
After getting to know them, Jiang Ran learned that this group of people were residents of a small base nearby. Their base was hit by a zombie tide and could not survive. The residents who escaped from the base were also scattered. Knowing that the nearest base to theirs was Yancheng Base, they prepared to go to Yancheng Base with their families.
There were about twenty people in their team, but only eight of them had superpowers. Fortunately, they didn't encounter any mutated zombies or zombie tides along the way, so they were able to get here safely.
Hearing the captain's question, Jiang Ran said, "We came from Beichen Base. We offended a powerful figure there, and to save our lives, I had to escape with my brother. Big brother, you know, the four major bases are all mutually supportive. We dare not go to the other three bases, so we can only go to Yancheng to avoid the limelight."
Judging from Jiang Ran's appearance, the captain probably guessed what she meant by offending an important figure. He smiled brightly, "I looked at the map today, and the Yancheng base is nearby. Let's rest for a night, and then we'll all set off together tomorrow so we can look after each other."
Jiang Ran thanked him: "Thank you, big brother. We were very nervous along the way. It's always reassuring to have someone to look after us."
"That's right."
Hearing Jiang Ran's flattering words, Qiao Yi reached out and pinched her arm without leaving any trace. When she looked over, he gave her a look of contempt.
He just saw that there were eight people with special abilities in this team, and the highest level of their abilities was only level three, with more than a dozen burdens... and they still took care of each other. When the zombie horde came, they could only feed the zombies.
Understanding what Qiao Yi meant, Jiang Ran gave him a threatening look.
Qiao Yi hummed twice and stood up: "I'll go out and check the surrounding situation."
Jiang Ran: "I'll go with you..."
"No, you've been driving all day, take a good rest."
After Qiao Yi left, the man looked at Jiang Ran with a gossipy look and said with a smile, "Sister, that boy is not your brother, right?"
Jiang Ran did not hide it: "Well, he is not my biological brother."
"I told you so." The man chuckled, "That guy liked you at first sight, hehe."
Jiang Ran was stunned: "Like me?"
"Ah, the way he looks at you, you can't lie." The eldest brother spoke with the tone of someone who had experienced it. "Sister, I see that his ability level is very high. I believe he is doing well in Beichen Base. He is willing to escape with you, which shows his love for you. There are still such good men in this world. Sister, you must cherish him."
Later, the eldest brother said something else, but Jiang Ran didn't listen.
After a quick reply, Jiang Ran went out to find Qiao Yi under the pretext of patrol.
She is not a dull person and is particularly sensitive to feelings. Now reflecting on her relationship with Qiao Yi, she still did not realize that the boy had any so-called romantic feelings for her.
Their acquaintance was so unique that it wasn't exactly a pleasant one. Qiao Yi gave her the impression of being unruly and arrogant, his every word and action revealing a youthful frivolity.
She always treated him as her younger brother, just like the other children in the orphanage.
What about Qiao Yi? What does he think?
At the Xiling base, she remembered everything Qiao Yi did with her and for her, including the plot against Wei Yage, the teaching of a lesson to Luo Rui and Yan Jue, and the time he accompanied her to the Yancheng base... She treated him as a younger brother, and thought that everything he did was out of friendship.
The girl scratched her hair, wondering if she had been having a romantic encounter recently - first it was Shen Yang, then Qiao Yi.
If it were someone else, she would at most say thank you for the kindness and then never have anything to do with them again. But these two people happened to be the ones she cared about...
Ahhhhh! Jiang Ran squatted on the ground, roaring silently.
"Jiang Ran, what are you doing squatting here?" Qiao Yi came back at some point and stood behind her like a ghost. "Counting ants?"
"Huh?" Jiang Ran jumped up from the ground.
Qiao Yi was leaning over to look at her, and the moment Jiang Ran jumped up, she bumped into his chin.
The young man gasped, holding his chin with a look of resentment: "Jiang Ran, do you have a grudge against me?"
"Call me Sister Ran!" Jiang Ran corrected him angrily, "If you call me by my full name again, I'll beat you up!"
Qiao Yi rubbed his chin and glared at her: "No, I want to call you Jiang Ran, Jiang Ran Jiang Ran Jiang Ran~ What can you do to me?"
"Qiao Yi!" Jiang Ran chased after him and beat him up, "You have no respect for yourselves! Stop right there!"
The boy whistled, nimbly dodged Jiang Ran's pursuit, and skipped back to the living room.
…
After a night's rest, we arrived at Yancheng Base at around 11 o'clock the next morning.
There was no team entering the city from outside the Yancheng base, so Jiang Ran and his team suddenly became an extremely eye-catching presence.
The convoy stopped at the door and a person with special abilities came over to inquire about the convoy's situation.
"Are you a refugee?" The psychic registered in his notebook, "Name, age, ability type, level..."
Seeing what that man said and did, Jiang Ran narrowed his eyes, lifted his baseball cap and looked at the towering walls of Yancheng Base.
"How strange." Qiao Yi stood beside her and hummed softly, "This is not like Qin Huai's style~"
Qin Huai is the most rebellious person. He always likes to break the rules when doing things. If others think it is good, he will do the opposite.
This psychic's inspection and inventory was just as standard as the Xiling base, with nothing to fault with, but it was definitely not Qin Huai's style.
(End of this chapter)
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