Chapter Sixty-Eight: No Way Out
This purification process took a bit longer, about 5 minutes.
But Boss Qian eventually succumbed to the comfort and happiness of that mental massage and did not reject Qi An.
Before Xiang Shiyang and the other person returned, Qi An ended the resonance, swiped his card to pay the bill, and left without paying any attention to Boss Qian's reluctance to let him stay.
She had just left when Xiang Shiyang returned, and he could vaguely see Qi An's departing figure.
He frowned. As he entered the shop, he saw Boss Qian sitting by the window, looking radiant, but with his fat head propped up, staring blankly out the window with a silly grin.
"What's wrong, boss? Did you find some money?" Wang Ming asked curiously.
Boss Qian was still savoring the comfort and happiness of a dream, like sleeping soundly on a cloud. He didn't want to pay any attention to Wang Ming, but remembering that Qi An was Xiang Shiyang's niece from the same hometown, he quickly smiled and said:
"Miss Qi just purified it for me."
"This girl is so nice. She's a purification specialist in the army, but she's so down-to-earth, kind, and her purification skills are amazing..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiang Shiyang interrupted him loudly: "She purified it for you? Just when we went out?"
Mr. Qian was taken aback. Seeing Xiang Shiyang's gloomy face and the way he was staring at him as if he wanted to devour him, he asked in confusion, "Yes."
Then I got a little unhappy.
Xiang Shiyang got arrogant after having a niece, and doesn't know who's the boss anymore?
"The girl is so grown up, it's her freedom to choose whom to have her purified. You're not her uncle, why are you meddling?"
He muttered to himself, but considering his relationship with Qi An and the little secret in his shop that Xiang Shiyang had discovered, he didn't scold him and went back to the kitchen to braise meat while humming a song.
Seeing him walk like he was dancing, radiating pure joy, Wang Ming couldn't help but feel a little envious.
Just one purification session and you feel this comfortable?
What exactly did Miss Qi's purification experience feel like?
Xiang Shiyang felt extremely wary.
Qi An didn't leave before; he returned to the shop while they were out to use purification to win over Boss Qian and find out about them.
Was she not as obedient and resigned to her fate as she seemed?
Xiang Shiyang opened the shop door, squinted and scanned the street, but saw no clues whatsoever.
When she tried to subtly inquire with Boss Qian, she was met with a bewildered reply: "What are you asking about? If she wants to know about you, can't she just ask you directly?"
Xiang Shiyang waited for half a day, and his anger and vigilance subsided slightly. He then realized that he might have been too cautious.
He knew perfectly well what Qi An had experienced in the laboratory back then and what his mental state was like.
He has this little monster by the throat; how could he be afraid she'll run away?
......
After leaving "Looking Back", Qi An went to another commercial street and bought sunflower seeds, dried dates, peanuts, etc.
This is considered a very precious food in the apocalypse. Packing it up as a gift would be a prestigious thing to give to anyone.
She went to see her former boss, Sister Qu.
Qu Jie was surprised, delighted, and had many feelings. The two of them went to the cafeteria together during their lunch break.
Qi An shared some recent updates and casually inquired about the timing of the military medical purification department sending people to conduct mobile clinics on farms and ranches outside the base.
The main urban area of the base is surrounded by farms, ranches, and factories, where many farmers and workers are stationed. There are also several close-range defense teams stationed there, and they all need medical and purification resources.
There are also emergency hospitals in the surrounding area with purifiers stationed there, but they are few in number. Therefore, civilian and military hospitals will also send purifiers to conduct rounds regularly.
Sister Qu said that the date for this round of medical visits is set for three days from now, April 10th, and the people who will go on the rounds have already been arranged.
Qi An laughed and said that if he hadn't received a new mission at that time, he would also like to go out and travel.
She was there to help share the workload, and Sister Qu herself wanted to learn purification techniques from Qi An, so she immediately agreed.
......
In the afternoon, Qi An went to the training ground.
One of the top students missed two days of training, which made Tang Long suspect that she was sick. Zhuang Xiao and Su Qingran suspected that she had started a relationship with either Yang Yuning or Chen Yuezhou.
But Yang Yuning also came to training this morning, while Chen Yuezhou visited their lounge.
Qi An provided the official explanation: This mission took too long, and I was so tired that I couldn't help but sleep in for two days.
This finally put an end to the worries and gossip.
Qi An spent the entire afternoon training in sniping, taking it very seriously.
Zhao Bohan had been observing her, while Yu Shuang pinched his waist: "It's perfectly normal! Xiao Qi just turned down Liu Hui's personal invitation for us! You're not allowed to bother her!"
Zhao Bohan remained silent for a long time before reluctantly nodding.
In the evening, everyone wiped themselves down with damp towels and walked to the cafeteria together.
The sunset was warm and inviting, and the breeze was gentle and pleasant.
Everyone was relaxed, so they strolled around leisurely.
Yu Shuang put her arm around Qi An's shoulder and said, "You talked to Chen Yuezhou about that thing yesterday, didn't you?"
Qi An paused for a moment before realizing that "their matter" referred to the team's participation in the battle. He nodded and said, "I asked about it during the dinner party."
Yu Shuang gave a thumbs up: "You're really efficient! We talked to him about it today, and he agreed very readily!"
However, he said that the official start of the war would not begin until May, and that the current focus was on preparing supplies, deploying personnel, and conducting very careful reconnaissance of the front lines.
There's still a month until the assembly, so we definitely still need to complete a base mission.
Her tone was somewhat serious when she said the last sentence.
Given that Wu Zirui and Liu Hui are still trying to recruit Qi An, and Qi An has simply refused, their mission this time is bound to be anything but easy.
However, since they are all people who are used to fighting on the brink of death, Yu Shuang would never fall into anxiety because of this.
"As long as we are all together, we will surely turn bad luck into good and misfortune into good fortune!" She put her arm around Qi An and made a "victory" sign to the colorful clouds that burned like flames.
Everyone laughed and joined in the "victory" contest, but Qi An felt a pang of sadness and quickly lowered his head.
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Qi An got up very early the next day.
It was really early; she was dressed in all black, inside and out, at 3 a.m., with her hair tucked into her hood, and set off with night vision goggles and binoculars on her back.
She went to the black market.
The base's black market is located in the northwest corner of the city, near the insect oil refinery.
Insect oil itself can attract insects, and the emissions from burning it are polluting.
The most polluted area in the entire base is near the smelter, a desolate area with only a few dilapidated buildings.
The black market is located in the basement of several dilapidated buildings, the specific building being random and changing daily.
Qi An did not enter the city, but instead lay down in the ruins and bushes next to a dilapidated building.
Long past the Awakening of Insects, there were many small animals in the bushes. Qi An carefully moved her hands and pinched to death the umpteenth long worm with countless legs that had crawled into her collar.
But she still felt itchy all over, and occasionally felt a sharp pain.
But even if she bites, she can heal herself and is resistant to poison; no insect can break through her defenses!
After lying there for two hours, keeping watch for two hours, Qi An finally saw Xiang Shiyang and Wang Ming walking along the path hidden by grass and trees toward the black market.
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