Hearing Shao Jing's question, Jian Yiqiu remained calm: "What's there to worry about! Without her, these supplies would have been hard to keep anyway."
By the way, hasn't that batch of goods from last month been shipped out yet?
Shao Jing: "Yeah, it's not time yet. According to the rules, they're all mixed in with the goods in the warehouse!"
“Okay!” Jian Yiqiu nodded.
"Hiss~ You wouldn't be?" Shao Jing looked like he had just thought of something, his face showing a pained expression.
After a long pause, he asked dejectedly, "Will the world really never recover?"
Shao Jing still harbors a sliver of hope; misappropriating goods for which a deposit has already been received would be a disgrace to his reputation.
Once their misdeeds come to light, who will dare to cooperate with them?
Jian Yiqiu's indifferent expression completely extinguished any remaining hope in Shao Jing's heart.
Jian Yiqiu looked ahead: "I don't know either, let's take care of the present first..."
Seeing that Xiao Jin had packed up all the supplies, Jian Yiqiu strode towards her.
"How are you? Can you still hold on? Do you need to rest?"
Xiao Jin collected so many supplies without even her clothes getting disheveled. It wasn't a physically demanding task, and with her current mental strength, it was quite easy for her!
"I'm fine. I can still collect one-third of this amount of supplies."
After counting the quantity, Jian Yiqiu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's enough. There's one last place. Thank you!"
Xiao Jin waved his hand.
As they walked, Xiao Jin realized that they were not heading towards the warehouse behind them, but towards the cargo ships at the dock.
Jian Yiqiu skillfully led Xiao Jin and the other person onto a cargo ship. In the hold, he opened a rather hidden door and gestured for Shao Jing to go down first.
After Shao Jing climbed down, Jian Yiqiu said to Xiao Jin, "The last batch of supplies is here. The items are a bit special, so we made some small mechanisms. Just wait for Shao Jing to close them."
Once we've packed everything up, we can head back!
Xiao Jin had no intention of investigating Shao Jing's identity. Whether it was special or not, she would just honestly act as a mobile warehouse!
A minute later, Shao Jing's voice rang out from below: "It's ready!"
Jian Yiqiu went down the stairs, and Xiao Jin followed.
The warehouse was very dark. Shao Jing found a flashlight somewhere and shone its pale light on the cargo boxes covered by tarpaulins in the distance.
Even without looking, Xiao Jin could smell the gunpowder inside from a distance, and a look of understanding immediately flashed across his eyes.
So it was a weapon. No wonder it was hidden so well.
Jian Yiqiu lifted the waterproof cloth, revealing a sturdy wooden crate behind it.
He sighed, "I really don't know if I'm lucky or unlucky! Tens of millions of dollars worth of stuff has gone down the drain, and it's uncertain whether I'll even receive the final payment."
Without further ado, Xiao Jin directly stored all the boxes in the cabin back into his spatial storage.
"What's the use of money? It's just a piece of waste paper. You might need it to save your life someday!"
Jian Yiqiu chuckled self-deprecatingly: "That's not wrong!"
After packing their things, the group got into the car and sped off towards the villa area that Jian Yiqiu had mentioned.
Watching the scenery recede into the distance outside the window, Xiao Jin felt uneasy, a feeling that had arisen shortly after she appeared at the dock.
That's why Xiao Jin's movements were so hurried in the hold.
Xiao Jin squinted, looking around warily, as if trying to find the source of her unease.
On the other side, Jian Yiqiu noticed that Xiao Jin had been lost in thought several times while he was speaking. Seeing her heavy expression, Jian Yiqiu's heart skipped a beat.
"you……"
Just as he was about to ask a question, he noticed that the person next to him had a drastic change in expression.
As Xiao Jin observed her surroundings, she suddenly noticed a dark shadow in the corner of her eye. The shadow was not very noticeable. If she hadn't been paying close attention to her surroundings, she wouldn't have noticed it at all.
But then she noticed that the dark figure was heading straight for the SUV. Xiao Jin reflexively cried out, "Be careful, there's something ahead!"
The driver's dynamic vision was no match for Xiao Jin's, so it was too late when Xiao Jin spoke up to remind him.
Like a wild horse, the off-road vehicle charged uncontrollably towards the dark figure ahead through the heavy snow.
With a deafening roar, the car shook violently, as if it had been suddenly pushed by an invisible giant hand.
The people inside the car instantly lost their balance. Xiao Jin stumbled and almost fell off her seat. Fortunately, halfway there, her left arm was grabbed by a large hand.
However, due to inertia, Xiao Jin bounced back and ended up crashing right into Jian Yiqiu's arms.
At that moment, Jian Yiqiu felt a soft touch strike his chest.
At the same time, a strand of soft hair brushed past his lips, carrying a hint of warmth that was hard to detect.
Jian Yiqiu caught a whiff of fresh scent at the tip of his nose—the clean smell of soapberry, cool yet carrying an indescribable purity.
this……
Jian Yiqiu's mind went blank, with only one thought in her mind: So soft, so small, is she really an adult?
However, this unexpected intimate contact did not last long. Almost as soon as Jian Yiqiu's thoughts were racing, the warmth in his arms vanished as quickly as a fleeting moment.
Xiao Jin opened the car door and rushed out.
Jian Yiqiu reflexively tried to follow her, but the next second, he heard a scream.
"What the hell is that? Ouch! That hurts! I think my head's been knocked out!"
The collision knocked the driver unconscious, and Shao Jing also bumped his head hard, getting a large bump.
He was clutching his buzzing head, howling and grimacing.
Jian Yiqiu, snapping out of his daze, rolled his eyes: "Idiot, that's blood, not brain matter! Hurry up and check on Xiao Qi!"
"Oh, it's not brain matter!" Shao Jing wiped the blood off his hands and hurried to check on the driver's injuries.
Jian Yiqiu opened the car door and hurriedly searched for Xiao Jin's figure in the swirling snow. When he saw the scene on the left side of the road, Jian Yiqiu's heart skipped a beat.
A man in the snow held a long knife, blood dripping from the tip to the ground, and in the pool of blood, a snow-white monster lay motionless.
Xiao Jin stood there, letting the goose-feather-like snowflakes fall on her shoulders, the snowflakes clinging to her eyelashes, leaving a trace of frost-white.
At this moment, Xiao Jin was extremely unsettled, because right after she killed the monster, she received a side quest from the system.
[Ding—Congratulations to the player for defeating a level 1 snow beast. Reward: 100 points, a set of winter supplies, and a side quest triggered.]
Side Quest: 'The Savior'
Note: Players are advised to try their best to keep the native inhabitants alive before the game ends.
(P.S.: The more indigenous people survive, the richer the player's rewards.)
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