I often think about how foolish we were back then.
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Lu Yun pouted, seemingly very unhappy, and wanted to fight for the opportunity to go to Ninghai. However, Sister Jing pulled the girl aside and whispered a few words in her ear. After that, Lu Yun stopped resisting.
Fei Lichao asked, "Are the three of you sure you're okay going?"
I said, "If we don't encounter any raiders along the way, there shouldn't be any problems. Even if we do, I think we can escape."
Fei Lichao said, "I'm still not at ease."
I laughed and said, "Don't overthink it. I believe our luck won't be too bad."
Li Jiaming then asked, "Are you sure you're going tomorrow?"
I nodded and said, "Okay, it's confirmed. You don't want to go?"
Li Jiaming shook his head, "No, I just didn't expect it to be so sudden."
I said, "It's not so sudden. We're leaving tomorrow, so you have half an afternoon and an evening to prepare. That's enough time."
"Alright." Li Jiaming's face showed helplessness.
Zhang Xue asked, "Who is the person you're looking for? Is he/she important to you?"
I said, "She's a junior high school girl who used to be with us, but we got separated for some reason. Now that I know where she is, I want to go and bring her back."
Zhang Xue nodded and didn't ask anything more.
After finalizing the details of the various actions, the meeting adjourned.
The three of us who are leaving tomorrow have also gone to prepare.
To be honest, I'm a little excited right now. I've been wanting to find the little girl for a long time, but I haven't had the time. Now that I know where she is, and I'm about to see her, I'm really excited.
I went to the back of the research institute's wall, looked at the two cars in front of me, picked up a can of oil, and filled up the black sedan.
After filling up, there was still half a can of gas left, which I put in the trunk.
A short while later, Sister Jing came over with a gun.
I looked at the assault rifle on Jingjie's phone and said, "Isn't that a bit too much?"
Jingjie said, "Just in case, who knows what might happen on the road."
I raised an eyebrow. "True."
Jingjie said, "I hope Li Jiaming doesn't cause any trouble along the way, otherwise it will be very troublesome."
I said, "It's impossible to consider everything in this kind of thing. Just keep a close eye on things. As long as we don't run into any trouble, everything will be fine."
Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring; all we can do is pray.
Time flies, and after one night, it was around 7:30 the next morning.
The three of us were already sitting in the car when Fei Lichao said, "If you guys aren't back in three days, I'll definitely go and bring you back."
I laughed and said, "Don't worry, I won't give you that chance."
Fei Lichao said, "I don't want this opportunity either."
I said, "Alright, I'm leaving. See you in three days."
I stepped on the gas, listening to a group of people behind me saying goodbye, and I didn't know what to say.
In the rearview mirror, we were getting further and further away from the research institute, and after the last turn, we were out of sight.
We remained silent the whole way because there was nothing to say.
Li Jiaming sat in the passenger seat and gave me directions, since I didn't know the way to Ninghai City.
Jingjie sat in the back, using binoculars to observe the surroundings and check if anyone was nearby.
"Keep going straight up this road to the highway entrance, then turn right. I'll tell you the rest of the way once we get there," Li Jiaming said.
"Okay, I understand."
I followed the route that Li Jiaming had pointed out to me.
It's about 40 to 50 kilometers from the research institute to Ninghai, but the roads are not in good condition now, so you'll probably have to take a detour to get to Ninghai.
As for when it will arrive, that remains to be seen.
Hopefully it will arrive today.
More than half an hour later, we arrived at the highway entrance. I then planned to turn right ahead, following the route pointed out by Li Jiaming. Unfortunately, there was a large group of zombies on the right-hand road, and because it was the highway entrance, many cars were stuck here and couldn't get through.
I stopped the car and asked, "If we can't get through, let's take another route."
Li Jiaming said, "Let's keep going straight. Once we find the intersection, turn right. Then keep going south and we'll get there."
"Okay, I understand."
I stepped on the gas, bypassed the congested lanes ahead, and kept going forward. Then I found an intersection ahead, turned right, and headed south.
I thought the road ahead would be quiet, but after we had been walking for more than forty minutes, Sister Jing saw a car appear in the distance.
Jingjie said, "Xiaonan, watch out, there's a white car coming from the intersection ahead, it looks like it's heading straight for us."
I looked at the intersection in the distance ahead and indeed saw a white car.
The white car turned directly towards us after reaching the intersection.
Li Jiaming appeared very nervous when he saw the vehicles ahead.
I squinted at the car in front of us and said, "Jing, get your gun ready. I think they're trying to block our way. If anything happens, just shoot."
"Know."
In no time at all, the white sedan in front of us was heading straight for us.
Seeing this, I laughed and said, "Looks like they really want to block our way."
"What should we do then?" Li Jiaming asked anxiously.
"What are you afraid of? Hold on tight."
I said something, kept the speed unchanged, didn't turn the steering wheel, and drove straight towards the front of the other car.
You want to stop us? Try it!
The other party seemed to realize my intention, so they slowed down.
Then the other party turned the steering wheel and parked the car directly in the middle of the road.
The road we are on is very narrow, only wide enough for two cars to pass side by side, and there are trees on both sides.
With them blocking our way like that, we had no way to get past them.
I released the accelerator and stepped on the brake, picked up the pistol that was next to my backside, cocked it, and waited.
Then we saw the other party get out of the car, carrying standard assault rifles. There were four people in the car, and two of them got out, one of whom was a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses.
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Recorder Diary 13:
"On the 15th, someone unexpected came back. Li Fei's cold seemed to have gotten better, and he was picked up directly from the research institute to continue his research work. I managed to get a phone call with my parents today. They both miss me a lot, since I haven't been home for half a month. And my daughter misses me too. She said she's so bored by herself and wants me to come back and keep her company, but I can't leave right now. I can't finish my work at the research institute, so I basically can't go back."
(End of this chapter)
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