The next morning, someone knocked on the door of Yuewu's room.
Yue Wu got up groggily and opened the door, wondering who was disturbing her sleep. But it turned out to be the old man from the military, who was carrying a lot of breakfast.
Yuewu could already smell the fragrance, and her eyes were glued to it.
The old man smiled and said, "If you don't invite me in, I won't let you eat."
Yuewu immediately made way for the old man to go inside.
Then the old man sat down at the table and took out fried cakes, sticky rice cakes, and egg burgers. He then opened two insulated containers filled with mutton offal soup, which smelled delicious.
The two people behind them stopped talking and kept their heads down, focusing on eating.
When they had almost finished eating and there was very little left on the table, they both looked up at each other and smiled.
Sigh, we're all the same, foodies. We all know each other.
The atmosphere of the conversation then became very harmonious, and everyone spoke their minds freely.
The old man spoke first: "Le Wu, are you familiar with Wang Ruizhe? He wants to see you."
Yue Wu replied calmly, "Not familiar with it."
I'm really not familiar with them; we've only met a handful of times in both my past and present lives.
The old man then asked, "Do you want to see him?"
"Why not see him? I want to know more about him."
"Okay, pack your things and come with me to the military headquarters in a bit."
Le Wu immediately went to wash up, but when she looked in the mirror, she realized that her messy hair was unbearable to look at. She wondered why the old man hadn't smiled yet.
The two then went to the room where Dr. Wang was being held. He was holding his head up with both hands, looking like he was in great pain.
Yuewu sat down and quietly looked at Dr. Wang.
There was a time when our positions were reversed.
Judging from his current appearance, it shouldn't be because his memory was erased yesterday.
Finally, Wang Ruizhe raised his head, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at Yuewu.
"I regret it. I shouldn't have been so blinded by greed. I want to go home. I miss my wife and children."
"Please help me, please help me."
His voice was pleading as he looked at what he considered his only hope.
Yuewu: "I don't know how to go home. Since the apocalypse came, I haven't thought about going back. After all, it's not that easy."
Yue Wu's answer not only told Dr. Wang that she was powerless to help, but also that she would not go back.
Dr. Wang broke down, crying out, "Why did you bring me in here? I know I was greedy, but I didn't want to get involved in your war. Why can't you let me go? I know I was wrong, please let me go! How could I possibly fight against fate!"
Music and Dance: What is he talking about? War? Fighting against the heavens?
Dr. Wang suddenly stood up, opened his big eyes and said to Le Wu, "She won't let you go. Only if you die will the other person be alright. She just wants to be good to him!"
Then, Dr. Wang's eyes were bleeding, and he kept hitting his head with his hands. While Yue Wu was still hesitating whether to treat him, he suddenly produced a dagger and stabbed it into his throat.
Yuewu: I was sprayed with blood. Is this revenge? Is it making me feel so guilty that I can't sleep?
It doesn't exist!
Then the soldiers came in and took the music and dance performance out.
In another conference room, the old man and the others were watching the surveillance video. Everyone was thinking about what Wang Ruizhe had said, but they had no clue what to do.
Yue Wu was invited to the conference room, her mind racing, trying to figure out who the "she" Dr. Wang had mentioned was. Why did she have a feeling that it wasn't Mo An?
The old man spoke first, "Lewu, what do you think Wang Ruizhe meant by what he said?"
Yuewu: "I don't know, I'm thinking about it too, but the main idea is that someone wants me dead."
Everyone: ...There's no need to be so blunt.
The old man changed his posture and continued, "As long as you are willing, Dingrui Security Base will always protect you."
Music and Dance: "Why? Shouldn't we avoid it at all costs?"
“There’s no reason why, I just felt that this was the right thing to do.” The old man looked at Yue Wu. “You can also take it as a veteran’s intuition.”
Music and Dance: How can we refute that?
Considering her current situation, staying was impossible; she still needed to rush to City C to find Xiao Guai. But it wasn't impossible for her to make this place her home, just for the sake of the old man's breakfast.
Yue Wu said, "I still have things to do, so I can't stay here forever, but I will come back to visit again if I have the chance in the future."
"By the way, this is a list of semi-superhumans that I had someone collect. There may be updates later. When that happens, just find Zheng Xuan and his brothers. I suggest we recruit them as spies for the military. Zheng Xuan is a trustworthy person."
The old man took the list, which inevitably included the names of military personnel, providing them with another major piece of news.
Wei Hongyi: "I will communicate with Zheng Xuan. Your idea is excellent."
Yue Wu continued, "Where's Wang Gui? What's his situation? I haven't seen him in ages."
Wei Hongyi: "Considering his situation, our military took him in. On the one hand, we thought he was a good person, and on the other hand, we wanted to provide him with a job so that he could take better care of his mother."
Le Wu raised an eyebrow, thinking that the military was quite humane, and that she hadn't misjudged the situation.
After Yue Wu returned to her residence, Wang Gui came looking for her not long after.
Wang Gui immediately knelt down before Yue Wu, startling her greatly.
Wang Gui said, "I should have come to thank you for your kindness a long time ago, but it was difficult to ask for leave, and my mother had a relapse due to fright, so I delayed until today. My supervisor gave me the day off."
After saying that, he kowtowed again with a "bang".
Music and dance: You almost made my heart pound out of my chest.
"Quick, get up, you're really scary."
Yuewu really felt that she hadn't helped him much, and she even received a meteorite herself, so she really couldn't accept this generous gift.
But then Yuewu suddenly remembered that Cheng Yinyin had stolen Wang Gui's family heirloom and asked, "Do you still remember your family heirloom?"
Wang Gui replied, "It's not exactly a family heirloom; it's more like ill-gotten gains."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"When I was little, my father was clearing land when he accidentally found a white jade box wrapped in yellow paper in a dilapidated tomb. He thought there would be gold and silver jewelry inside, but he couldn't open it no matter what he did."
"Later, my father tried to sell it. But he would get sick every time he went out. After discovering this pattern, basically no one in the family dared to mention selling the white jade box, and my father never got sick again."
“Then one day, my house was robbed, and only the white jade box was lost. My father suddenly fell seriously ill and passed away. My mother was depressed because of my father’s passing and soon fell ill as well. And my child, who was born with oxygen deprivation and had to be treated in the hospital, later went to the hospital himself. Anyway, all sorts of bad luck happened.”
"It wasn't until recently that I learned that the person who stole the white jade box was actually Cheng Yinyin. It's true what they say, you can guard against a thief in your own home, but it's hard to guard against one. The price we paid for this outcome was far too high."
After hearing this, Yue Wu was also deeply saddened. No wonder Cheng Yinyin was so eager to drive Wang Gui away; it turned out she couldn't live with herself.
What a despicable, pretentious person!
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