A middle-aged man wearing sunglasses got out of the car, pointing his assault rifle at us. He then gestured with the rifle and said, "Get out of the car!"
As for the other person who got off the bus, he looked quite young.
Looking at them, I was very wary. To be honest, I didn't expect to actually run into these raiders on the road. It seems our luck really isn't that great!
Li Jiaming, in the passenger seat, was terrified.
I held the gun in my hand and didn't rush down.
The man wearing sunglasses looked at me and shouted, "Get out of the car! If you don't get out, I'll shoot!"
I turned to look at Li Jiaming, who was terrified in the passenger seat, and said, "When they start shooting, remember to hide."
Li Jiaming swallowed hard, stared at me with wide eyes, too shocked to speak.
I glanced at the rearview mirror and met Jing's gaze from the back seat. I nodded, and Jing's lips curled up slightly, indicating that she understood what I meant.
Immediately, without waiting for the middle-aged man with the gun outside the car to urge me, I opened the car door and stepped directly outside.
When the middle-aged man saw me come out, he pointed his gun at my head.
"Take your hands out. What are you holding?"
I took my hands out from behind my back, and held a gun in my right hand. The other person was surprised when he saw the pistol in my hand. I said, "I'm holding a gun, do you see?"
When the other person saw that I was holding a pistol, they tried to shoot me.
Immediately before he fired, I said, "Wait!"
The other party hesitated for a moment, then did not fire.
I said, "Brother, can you at least take a good look at the gun I'm holding before deciding whether to shoot? Didn't you notice that the pistol I'm holding is the same model as the one on your waist?"
The middle-aged man wearing sunglasses stared at the pistol in my hand for a few moments, then put it down and asked, "A fellow professional?"
I raised an eyebrow and said, "That's right, we're in the same industry. Since we're in the same industry, there's no need to argue with each other, right? Anyway, I don't have much to offer."
I breathed a sigh of relief. I had said that earlier because I wanted to take a gamble and see if they were really raiders, and also to see if raiders would fight each other.
That's why I pretended to be a raider.
But it seems I guessed right; they didn't make a move.
The other person took off their sunglasses and looked at the car behind them.
At this moment, the other two people in the other car also got out. One of them, a middle-aged man who looked to be around forty years old, got out of the car, looked at me, and said, "Since we're in the same line of work, let's get out and have a chat."
I knocked on the car window. Sister Jing seemed to be talking to Li Jiaming inside the car, and then the two of them got out of the car.
At first, I was a little worried that Li Jiaming would be scared, but after he got off the bus, I found that he was extremely calm and not afraid at all.
Then Sister Jing got out of the car. She gave me a look, and I understood what she meant.
It seems that Sister Jing made Li Jiaming act out a scene in the car earlier, otherwise Li Jiaming wouldn't have been so calm.
When I looked at Li Jiaming more closely, although his expression was calm, I could still tell from his eyes that he was very scared.
The middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader of the group stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Sister Jing, and said, "Are there only three of you?"
I said, "I guess so."
The other person laughed and said, "What do you mean by 'sort of'? Do you mean there are other people with you?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, we used to have a few more, but we broke up with them a couple of days ago because of some conflicts and disagreements, so the three of us started our own business."
The other party said, "Could you tell me who you used to be working for?"
I laughed and said, "It's not convenient to talk about that. We don't know each other, so it's not appropriate to ask about my background like this."
The other party laughed and said, "What's inappropriate about it? Since we're all in the same industry, there's no need to hide it. Having more friends means having more options, don't you think?"
I shook my head and said, "I don't think so. If we were familiar with each other, we could become friends. But we just met, and you pointed guns at us the moment we met. We can't trust you like that. Brother, if you really want to be friends, just let us pass today. Then we can talk when we meet again in the future. Don't you think so?"
The middle-aged man shook his head and chuckled, "You're quite the schemer."
I said, "It's alright."
The middle-aged man said, "But what you said makes sense. Let's leave each other a way out, so we can meet again in the future."
I nodded and said, "That's right."
The middle-aged man looked at me and said, "But before you make way, would you mind exchanging some information with me? I haven't had any business for several days. I was thinking of stopping a car to rob someone, but I ran into a fellow thief instead. This won't do."
Exchanging intelligence? That's fine; perhaps we can learn something from them.
I nodded and asked, "What do you want to know, brother? If I know, I can tell you."
The middle-aged man asked, "I'd like to know if there are any survivors in the surrounding towns?"
I smiled and said, "Brother, I'm afraid I'm sorry about that. When we were with the main force before, we were operating in Sanyang City, so we're not familiar with this area."
The middle-aged man asked, "Have you thought about it recently?"
I shook my head and said, "We've basically never had any business, but we did meet at least one person on the road who said that we might find survivors or something in this direction, so we came this way."
The middle-aged man looked at me, chuckled, and asked, "Do you know what lies beyond here?"
I said, "I know, isn't it Ninghai? I think there must be quite a few survivor teams in Ninghai City. Let's see if we can rob them then."
After I said that, I saw all four of them laugh.
The middle-aged man in the lead laughed loudly and said, "Brother, it seems you've really never been here before and don't know anything about Ninghai."
I frowned and asked, "What happened to Ninghai? Is there something unusual?"
The middle-aged man said, "It's not that special, but I advise you not to mess with the people in Ninghai City, lest you end up getting yourself killed."
I frowned and asked, "Are there many survivors in Ninghai City?"
The middle-aged man said, "It's not a matter of how many people there are, but... never mind, it's no use talking to you. I advise you to turn around and leave. If a small team like ours goes to Ninghai, we'll only be sending ourselves to our deaths."
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Voice Recorder Diary 14:
"On December 16th, an unfortunate thing happened. Li Fei, who had almost recovered from a cold, was found to have been infected. The source of the infection is unknown. He is now in isolation, and the specific situation is unknown. Everyone is very worried and afraid that they will also be infected."
(End of this chapter)
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