Chapter 109 - A Movie for Two
Chapter 109 - A road movie for two people
Ning Fei quickly planned a way out and implemented it.
He had originally considered leaving the team during the mission, but given that those guys might spend extra time looking for him, or even report to Huichuan base, Ning Fei was found and brought back before he had run far. Therefore, Ning Fei decided to act alone and leave the same way he came.
Of course, Yu Zhou still helped to contact the passing convoy. Ning Fei has the third-level supernatural power as a stepping stone, and most car teams welcome him to take a ride. How can I justify the good thing of being able to collect money and have an extra bodyguard?
However, Ning had to leave the base and meet up with the convoy on his own. Therefore, on a dark and windy night, Ning Fei arrived at the gate of the base.
Like other personnel entering and leaving the base, he swiped his ID chip as usual. The gatekeeper glanced at the system and reminded, "Dude, the system has warned you that you must report your identity level before entering or leaving."
Ning Fei guessed this would happen, otherwise he wouldn't have gone out in the middle of the night to make preparations.
What he was betting on was that the staff who were theoretically supposed to be on duty to monitor the system were actually slacking off. Because he knew several of the people who did these jobs, and they all said that everyone was slacking off during the night shift. Some of them were taking naps, some were concentrating on playing games, and some were even distracted to play cards. Moreover, the system will pop up many reminders a day. As long as it is not a top-level alarm, it will take at least daylight for the staff to confirm that Ning Fei has left the base gate.
"I know. Anyway, there will be an automatic pop-up prompt to go to the backstage. In fact, my level is not high, and I am out doing missions all day. Who has time to report every time they come and go? I always come back after a short while, and no one has contacted me. I guess they don't even look at me in the backstage." Ning Fei's tone was nonchalant. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, knocked out six cigarettes in a row and handed them over. "I just went out to have some fun, you know. Recently, there has been another severe crackdown in the base. I can't find a hair, so I can only go out for a walk. I will be back when I am done. The conditions outside the base are like that. Who wants to live outside."
As he spoke, several gatekeepers shared their cigarettes. The one at the front waved his hand and said, "I understand, I understand. There have been more people coming in and out at night these past few days. You said this incident was caused by a commotion. You wanted to make the base quieter, but it actually increased the number of people at night..."
After a few jokes between men, Ning Fei was successfully released from the base.
He found a corner of the settlement and stayed there for a few hours. When it was dawn, he set out to a rest stop where many trucks gathered to find the convoy he wanted to follow. This convoy has to travel today and plans to set off at 7:30 at the latest, which is perfect for people like Ning Fei who want to run away. It was still dark and most of the drivers were still sleeping, so naturally no large trucks would turn on their lights. In the large, dark parking lot, Ning Fei had to look closely to see the license plate, and could only shuttle among the convoys, looking for the one he wanted to get on with.
Just when Ning Fei had looked at half of the cars, he suddenly heard the sound of a vehicle approaching.
It was normal for cars to enter the parking lot, but the sound didn't sound like a large truck, and there was actually someone entering the rest area so early, so Ning Fei hid in the shadow of the large truck and looked out.
What was approaching was actually an off-road vehicle... It was a Hummer!
Ning Fei was stunned when he saw the familiar car model. When the car was only three or four meters away, Ning Fei was 100% sure that this was Duan Yunhong's car!
Just as he was standing there in a daze, the Hummer stopped in front of him. The driver's window slowly lowered, revealing that familiar face. He found Ning Fei accurately and met her gaze immediately: "Why are you hiding in there? Is someone chasing you?"
"..." Ning Fei was speechless for two seconds, and finally walked out from between the cars and stopped next to the car window, "What are you doing here?"
Duan Yunhong asked back: "Why do you think I'm here?"
"You're here to take me back to Huichuan Base?" Ning Fei put his hand on the car window and raised his eyebrows. "You can't be sending me to Tianyue, right?"
Duan Yunhong: "Why not?"
Ning Fei: “…Huh?”
He understood every word, but he didn't seem to fully understand it, so he subconsciously asked, "What does it mean?"
"That's what I mean." Duan Yunhong gestured, "Get in the car."
"No, wait a minute, are you serious?" Ning Fei's expression finally became serious, "You want to go to Tianyue? Are you alone?"
Duan Yunhong said: "With you included, it's not the same anymore."
"But why did you want to go? How did you get out?" Ning Fei still had many questions. "You are the director of the research institute. Huichuan can't let you out so easily, right? Even if you want to go for academic exchanges, there should be more than one person..."
"Can't you come up and ask these questions?" Duan Yunhong raised his eyebrows. "When most people are at work, do you think more people will come after me or you? Will they join forces to arrest us?"
Ning Fei was silent for two seconds, then confirmed, "Are you serious? You're not going to step on the accelerator and send me back to Huichuan as soon as I get on, are you? If you really do that, you'll have a taste of what it's like to be hit by a third-level psychic and a bullet. You can also try the medicine from your institute to see if it can cure internal organ penetration injuries."
Duan Yunhong glanced at him and said, "If you are so cowardly, then just don't go. I'm leaving now. Come back and see if I'm here when you get to Tianyue."
"...Tsk. I'll trust you this time." Ning Fei snorted and finally turned around from the front of the car and climbed onto the passenger seat of the Hummer. As soon as he sat down, he took out his cell phone and prepared to send a message to the convoy that was originally supposed to pick him up to say that he would not be traveling with the vehicle. Before I finished typing, I heard Duan Yunhong next to me say coldly, "Seat belt."
"It's such a long time ago, and no one is investigating this...Okay, okay."
Ning Fei fastened her seat belt and deliberately said "click" to Duan Yunhong: "Fasten it, Director Duan, please check it."
Duan Yunhong didn't respond at all. After making sure that the seat belts were fastened, he started the vehicle and drove the Hummer out of the parking lot.
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The sun was rising, and the wild wind came in through the car window, ruffling my hair and collar. Coupled with the rhythmic music, everything seemed like a road movie.
Unfortunately, the two people in the car were talking about serious business - the kind that even turned off their cell phones.
"Now you can tell me." Ning Fei turned down the music and raised the car window a little to reduce the wind noise. "How did you get out? Don't play it safe. Just tell me whether you reported it or not."
Duan Yunhong's reply was indeed concise and to the point: "I have reported it."
"How did you report it?"
"I just submitted an application on the system." Duan Yunhong said calmly, "It said that the whereabouts of several bottles of the new medicine developed by the research institute and currently being tested are unknown. It is suspected that they were sent to other bases for research. I have a clue, so I have to set off to track it down overnight."
Ning Fei: “…”
Ning Fei: "What about you clicking on me?"
He took the external spray that Duan Yunhong gave him and gave it to Zheng Liwen, asking him to take it back to Huichuan base for research to see if he could produce a "generic drug". Although he didn't mention this and Duan Yunhong didn't ask, it was obvious that Duan Yunhong guessed his action.
"What difference does it make whether I point it out or not?" Duan Yunhong replied, "The medicine has already been delivered to Tianyue anyway."
"That's true." Ning Fei rakes his hair that was messed up by the wind, "But your excuse is too weak. Normally, even if you need to urgently chase after the medicine, you have to gather a few members of the combat team to go and grab it. How can a director of a research institute come here personally, and come alone? How dare you write this."
Duan Yunhong responded calmly: "It's just a formality. I approve all the actions of the institute."
"Good fellow, you produce and sell your own products, right?" Ning Fei exclaimed, "Then you are lawless in the institute? You are a local tyrant!"
"My superiors can still be held accountable," Duan Yunhong replied. "I guess the institute will see my approval process during working hours, and will definitely contact me and report to my superiors. The call to me will not exceed two hours after work."
Ning Fei asked an off-topic question: "When will you start the machine?"
Duan Yunhong said, "Let's talk about it in the afternoon or evening. I have to go back and can't keep the camera off."
"Then you open it and I'll open it later." Ning Fei said without thinking, "Hey, before the people from Huichuan contacted you, they didn't think we eloped, right? Especially since I mentioned going back to Tianyue before, others would definitely think I kidnapped you to Tianyue, hahahaha..."
Duan Yunhong suddenly said, "In fact, the director of the Center for Superpowers came to me and asked me to persuade you not to go to Tianyue."
"Ah?" Ning Fei was about to find something for breakfast from her backpack. She turned to look at him and asked, "Why didn't you tell me yesterday?"
"There's nothing to say. I can't say it, and you won't listen even if I say it." Duan Yunhong paused and asked casually, "You don't turn on your phone, so Yu Zhou won't look for you?"
"He'll send a message or make a phone call. He won't be anxious if there's no reply. He's an adult, are you still afraid of getting lost? Besides, I've already said in a text message that I won't be going with the convoy." Ning Fei took out a sausage bun. "Come to think of it, I didn't tell him you were going. You can give him a 'surprise' then, hahaha!"
"It's fine as long as he doesn't lock me up for questioning..." Duan Yunhong said, and the bread that was pushed to his mouth got stuck, and then his head retreated a little, "No, I've already had breakfast."
Ning Fei said "Oh" and didn't try to persuade him. He took it back and ate it himself. After swallowing, he asked again: "Then what is your purpose in traveling all the way to Tianyue? Don't tell me you came just to see Yu Zhou? He is really generous."
"One of the reasons." Duan Yunhong didn't even look at him, just staring at the lane ahead, "I also want to see with my own eyes how far the Tianyue base has developed. The current Tianyue must be different from the original timeline. If I don't go, you guys will keep me in the dark. And Chen Yikun's situation, I have to confirm it myself."
"Ha, okay, Director Duan needs to be in charge and see is believing, so I can only welcome you to 'come and guide'." Ning Fei paused, thinking of something, "By the way, speaking of the fact that I left Huichuan in a hurry this time, it's actually a bit regrettable."
"What's your regret?" Duan Yunhong asked, "Is there anything you didn't take?"
Ning Fei finished the bread in no time, licked the crumbs on her fingertips, and smiled at Duan Yunhong.
"That's right, I didn't get to see Director Duan in a white coat in person, what a pity!"
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This chapter was published on 8.13. Happy birthday to Director Duan! Say goodbye to all your troubles~【X.
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