"This... thank you..." Qi Jiang looked at the thing in Chen Ruoruo's hand and wanted to refuse, but seeing the determination in her eyes, he finally reached out and took it.
The heavy weight in her hands made her originally uneasy heart feel more at ease. After all, with these things, she no longer had to worry about food on the road, and she would be able to travel faster.
"They are here, don't worry..." Chen Ruoruo looked at Li Xue and others and said to Qi Jiang. As long as these people did not leave the mountain, Chen Ruoruo could protect them.
"Okay, thank you, Ruoruo..." When Qi Jiang heard Chen Ruoruo's words and looked at those clear eyes, her eye circles suddenly turned red. She had never felt so at ease in her heart. After saying thank you, she turned around and went down the mountain without looking back.
"Brother Nan, what do you think is in her black bag?" Bai Lusong asked Qi Jiang while looking at the black backpack given to her by Chen Ruoruo.
"It should be supplies..." Cheng Xinghua said
"Supplies? Just give them to her like this?" Bai Lusong looked at the bulging backpack on Qi Jiang and swallowed unconsciously. He didn't know what was in the bag.
Bai Lusong turned his head to look at Chen Ruoruo who was not far away. He couldn't help but wonder if she had stored any supplies. She gave him so many at once. These were all the supplies that more than a dozen of them could afford after a few days of mission.
Long Minnan watched the movement here. After seeing Qi Jiang coming down the mountain, he and Cheng Xinghua looked at each other, and then Long Minnan stood up and walked towards Chen Ruoruo.
"Brother Nan, where are you going?" Bai Lusong looked at Long Minnan in confusion. He wanted to follow him, but was stopped by Cheng Xinghua.
"We have to go down the mountain..." Cheng Xinghua said concisely.
"What? Why? But I don't want to leave..." Bai Lusong asked in confusion. Thinking of the delicious food he had eaten in the past two days, he immediately refused decisively.
"Wait..." Cheng Xinghua said to him without much explanation.
Long Minnan walked to Chen Ruoruo and when he saw a few of them standing in a row not far away, he tactfully stopped at a certain distance.
"Is there something wrong?" Chen Ruoruo was lying on a lounge chair outside the cave. When she heard someone approaching, she asked impatiently.
She knew who was coming without opening her eyes. Qi Jiang had just left her team, so naturally they wouldn't look for her for anything. So it must be the other three people.
"We also want to go down the mountain to see if the lost team is nearby..." Long Minnan said to Chen Ruoruo, but the reason he gave was very far-fetched.
"..." Chen Ruoruo sat up from the recliner when she heard Long Minnan's voice, staring at him with unfriendly eyes.
"The three of us were on our way to search for supplies. We were attacked by mutant animals and separated from our group. Finally, we were attacked by mutant plants. You rescued us and brought us here. We were really afraid that our brothers in the team would worry, so we wanted to go down the mountain to see if they had come looking for us, so that we could report that we were safe..." Long Minnan looked at Chen Ruoruo's eyes and was startled. Maybe she had discovered something, and then he quickly tried to explain.
"..." Chen Ruoruo's dark eyes stared intently at the man in front of her. His face was sharply defined, his brows stern, and his expression was profound, making it difficult to fathom. His eyes were like a deep pool, seemingly calm but concealing a hidden mystery.
However, as soon as Qi Jiang left, he came over and wanted to follow her, and even found such a high-sounding reason. He is really a deep-minded person.
“…” Long Minnan saw Chen Ruoruo looking at him without saying anything, so he just watched her standing there waiting quietly.
"Come down the mountain in an hour..." Chen Ruoruo said to Long Minnan
"...Okay..." Long Minnan was stunned for a moment when he heard Chen Ruoruo's words, then looked into her eyes and answered. He knew that Chen Ruoruo made such an arrangement to deliberately distance Qi Jiang from him.
"Is there anything else?" Chen Ruoruo asked in confusion with a frown when she saw Long Minnan still standing there.
"No...no more..." Long Minnan felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He was waiting there because he thought Chen Ruoruo would give him a black bag or something, but he didn't expect there was nothing in it. Then he turned around and left, thinking that maybe Chen Ruoruo was going to give it to them before going down the mountain in an hour.
"..." Chen Ruoruo lay back on the recliner and ignored Long Minnan.
"..." Seeing this, Long Minnan could no longer afford to make trouble and could only go back. Li Xue and the others looked at him warily. They had heard everything he had just said to Chen Ruoruo. It was hard to say whether these people had followed them. Thinking of Chen Ruoruo beside them, alarm bells went up in her heart.
However, Long Minnan will definitely be disappointed. Chen Ruoruo has no such intention at all. She doesn't like people who are full of lies and have complicated minds, and she is even more unwilling to care about their life and death.
Originally, rescuing them was just a matter of convenience, but she didn't expect that they would stay so stubbornly. Now they still want to follow Qi Jiang again. Although she doesn't know what their purpose is, she will not do anything to help the evil. She has a lot of supplies, but she doesn't want to feed them to a group of heartless guys.
"How is it? What did she say?" Cheng Xinghua asked when he saw Long Minnan coming back.
"We'll be down the mountain in an hour..." Long Minnan said
"Why?" Cheng Xinghua was puzzled.
"..." Long Minnan didn't explain and just glanced at Li Xue and the others next to him. Cheng Xinghua immediately knew what was going on.
"Why didn't she give you anything?" Bai Lusong asked with a frown as he looked at Long Minnan's empty hands. He originally wanted to see what Chen Ruoruo would give him, but he didn't expect that there was nothing.
"..." Long Minnan rolled his eyes at Bai Lushong without saying anything.
"Brother Nan, are we really leaving? Why?" Seeing this, Bai Lushong touched his nose and asked again.
"Zhi Xinghua, go down the mountain. You can go back the way you came. You should be able to meet our team. After reporting that you are safe, ask them to camp there and wait, and then come to pick us up. Also, we have been away for such a long time, so you should also pay attention to the information of the base..." Long Minnan said.
"Yeah, I know..." Cheng Xinghua nodded and said.
"Is it just Xiao Chengcheng?" Bai Lusong frowned and looked at Cheng Xinghua.
"How about you come down the mountain with me?" Cheng Xinghua said to Bai Lusong.
"No, don't... Be careful when you go down the mountain..." Bai Lusong waved his hands to refuse, and then spoke out a warning.
"Okay..." Cheng Xinghua looked at Bai Lusong and nodded with a smile. He looked at Long Minnan and they knew what each of them was thinking without saying much.
They went down the mountain not just to track Qi Jiang, but also to report any abnormalities on the mountain back to the base, and at the same time to find out the movements of the official troops.
If Chen Ruoruo is really the person that the authorities are looking for with great fanfare, then she will definitely take action after receiving the news from Qi Jiang.
Once confirmed, they could seize the initiative, bring the base personnel over first, and take Chen Ruoruo away from the mountain. Even if it wasn't true, after Qi Jiang and the others left, Long Minnan would also thoroughly inspect the mountain, and of course, Chen Ruoruo.
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