Jiang Li and Fang Qingxun had been separated for several days, and now that they had driven back from H City, it would be quite difficult to find Fang Qingxun quickly.
The two of them spent most of their time traveling, except for sleeping and eating. Finally, at noon on the second day, they arrived at the place in D City where Jiang Li had met Fang Qingxun before.
Gu Jin got out of the car and searched the surrounding area for any marks Fang Qingxun might have left. Jiang Li was waiting for him in the car. Gu Jin walked around the area and found the marks Fang Qingxun had left in a corner.
"He went in that direction." Gu Jin returned to the car and pointed in a direction for Jiang Li.
Jiang Li drove forward in the direction Gu Jin pointed out, stopping halfway to check if Fang Qingxun had left any marks. He did find another mark along the way.
When evening came, after parking the car, the two of them found a safe place and went inside to rest.
Jiang Li's earlier estimate was correct; there was no earthquake yesterday, and there has been no movement today either, indicating that the earthquakes have stopped. The extreme cold is coming in about a month, and after finding the people with Gu Jin, Jiang Li will go to the base, otherwise it will be too difficult to be outside in such cold weather.
The two ate some bread and avoided eating anything too strong-smelling that evening, lest they attract any animals or ill-intentioned people.
"The mark we found this afternoon was left by Fang Qingxun two days ago. I had mentioned to him that I was in D City, but I didn't know exactly where I was. He shouldn't be leaving anytime soon. Maybe we can find him tomorrow or the day after."
"There haven't been any earthquakes in the past two days, so it should be over. The weather was so hot before, I think the opposite might happen next. You can make more preparations after you meet up."
Jiang Li decided to remind them anyway, in case they weren't prepared and something went wrong, she wouldn't get her reward. But whether they believed her or not was up to them.
Gu Jin also had this feeling that the earthquake was by no means the end. After hearing Jiang Li's speculation, she kept this matter in mind.
The two of them went to bed early yesterday, and got up early this morning as well. After a quick wash and breakfast, they set off.
They drove along the marks left by Fang Qingxun, but after a whole day they still hadn't run into him. With darkness approaching, the two had no choice but to find a place to rest before nightfall.
After getting off the bus, they found a place that looked relatively safe and were about to go inside to rest when they suddenly stopped. There was someone behind the door who had already spotted Jiang Li and the others and was probably planning to make a move once they went inside. They didn't know if there were any other people inside.
The two exchanged a glance, pretending not to have noticed him, and continued walking forward. Jiang Li already had a gun in his hand, ready to shoot immediately if the other party made a move.
The three drew closer and closer, and both sides attacked simultaneously, each trying to catch the other off guard. Jiang Li had already raised his pistol and pointed it at the other person, but he didn't expect it to be someone he knew.
"Wow, boss, don't shoot! It's me!" It was Fang Qingxun behind the door.
Jiang Li was surprised to find the person here after searching for so long. If the two of them had continued on their way, they might have missed each other.
"Oh, Jiang Li, you're here too. What a coincidence that we've run into each other again." Fang Qingxun hadn't expected to see Jiang Li again.
After Gu Jin and Jiang Li saw that it was Fang Qingxun, they put down their guns.
"Yes, that's why we came to find you."
"You came with the boss, do you know each other?" Fang Qingxun looked Jiang Li and Gu Jin up and down, but before he could figure out anything, Gu Jin interrupted him.
“I used to live in the same neighborhood as Jiang Li. Later, I ran into her and found out she had seen you, so I asked her to bring me here to find you.”
Jiang Li made an excuse to leave, leaving Gu Jin and Fang Qingxun alone. They must have something to say, and it wasn't convenient for him to be there.
"Boss, let's go inside and talk. It's not going to be clear if we're standing here at the door."
The two went inside and sat down. Gu Jin asked, "Why are you alone? Where are the others?"
"Boss, Shi Lin went to the base. Shi Yuan and Fu Xiaxia have been in Z City. Because the communication was cut off before, I don't know if you received the message to gather in Z City. So they sent me to D City to find you first. Shi Lin went to the base to find you. If we still can't find you, we will go back to Z City to gather and then think of a solution."
Gu Jin did receive the message, but the communication was cut off shortly afterward.
“Then we’ll head to Z City tomorrow to meet up with them. Shi Lin has been waiting for us and we should go back to Z City to find us. The weather is not normal right now, so we need to meet up with them as soon as possible.”
Gu Jin then asked Fang Qingxun some other questions.
Jiang Li went out and found a place to sit down. He took out a bag of snacks from his spatial storage and ate them. He then used his mind to enter the spatial storage, picked some fruit from the trees, fed the small animals, and looked at the shrimp and fish in the space. Jiang Li had already figured out how to eat them.
Judging by the time, Jiang Li figured they had talked enough, so he sprayed some breath freshener on his mouth to make sure there was no taste in his breath before heading back.
As soon as Fang Qingxun reached the door, she spotted Jiang Li and hurried over, still holding the snail rice noodles in her hands.
"Jiang Li, I saw one of those mini hot pots in your car just now. The captain said it was yours. Can I trade you some snail rice noodles for it?" Fang Qingxun looked at Jiang Li longingly, really craving the taste of hot pot.
"Sure, you can change how many packs you want. I think I have five or six boxes."
"I'll just exchange two boxes, one for myself and one for our captain to try." Jiang Li himself has five or six boxes, so exchanging two is enough for him. The snail rice noodles are quite delicious, it's just inconvenient to cook them in a pot.
"Isn't your captain injured? Can you eat spicy food? What flavor do you want?" Jiang Li took out a self-heating hot pot from the car and handed it to Fang Qingxun. Jiang Li didn't know that Gu Jin hadn't told Fang Qingxun about his injury yet, so he subconsciously asked when he heard that Gu Jin wanted to eat hot pot.
"What? Captain, you're injured? Who could hurt you?" Fang Qingxun quickly handed the snail rice noodles in his hand to Jiang Li, then casually took two small hot pots from Jiang Li's hand before walking towards Gu Jin.
If Fang Qingxun had hesitated for even a second longer in taking the food, Jiang Li would have thought he was concerned about Gu Jin.
"Boss, where are you hurt?"
Gu Jin's injury was on his chest, and it wasn't visible even when he was dressed. Moreover, Gu Jin didn't act like he was injured, so Fang Qingxun didn't notice it.
Gu Jin told Fang Qingxun how she got injured and how she met Jiang Li.
"Haha, boss, you're really unlucky to run into these. Luckily, Jiang Li happened to be passing by." Fang Qingxun genuinely felt that his boss was having a run of bad luck. How could an ordinary person run into tigers, let alone two at once? He turned around and said to Jiang Li.
"Girl, I think you're our lucky star. You not only helped me, but you also saved our captain. And if it weren't for you, the captain and I wouldn't have met so soon. We're so destined to meet, how about we become sworn siblings?"
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