Chapter 340 Psychological Shadow
Jiang Liyue didn't expect that her casual teasing would actually make someone ignore her.
He released their clasped hands and walked forward with a dark expression.
Jiang Liyue stood there, stunned for a moment, then found it funny.
What's going on? Wasn't she supposed to be aloof and emotionless? Why does she seem like a little princess who needs to be pampered right now?
Jiang Liyue was about to chase after him and say a few words to coax him, lest he really get so angry he turned into a pufferfish.
Who knew that Chu Li, who had only taken a few steps, suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at her expressionlessly, then walked back to her in a few steps.
He simply took her hand again.
I thought Dr. Chu would really have the guts to just abandon Yueyue and leave.
What's going on? You're holding hands again.
[What's the difference between Dr. Chu's behavior and coldly washing underwear?!]
Chu Li felt that although Jiang Liyue had no conscience and let go of his hand, he would not let her have her way by not holding her hand.
Jiang Liyue blinked.
Chu Li replied in the same calm tone as before, "I like it."
He likes it, so it's perfectly reasonable for him to want to hold it.
Who cares if they've only known each other for a day?
He can kill someone he just met. Who says you can't hold hands after knowing someone for a day?
Jiang Liyue smiled and intertwined her fingers with his, saying, "It's okay, I like it too."
Chu Li's previously dark expression softened somewhat, but he still remained expressionless: "Let's go."
To avoid those people coming out later and taking over her mind.
"Mmm." Jiang Liyue shook their clasped hands.
The two of them strolled back to the village chief's house, where they ran into Han Wei and his group who were coming out of the village chief's house.
Han Wei was holding a gun, and his team members were also holding down the old village chief and several lewd male villagers.
Not only that, there were also about a dozen villagers tied up with ropes in the village chief's yard.
Upon seeing them, Han Wei exclaimed with delight, "Miss Jiang, Dr. Chu, you're finally back! We were just about to come looking for you."
After Han Wei finished speaking, he noticed that the two of them were holding hands and was stunned: "You, what's going on between you two?"
No, he did feel that Dr. Chu and Jiang Liyue were getting very close, after all, it was the aloof Chu Li who had invited Jiang Liyue into the car first.
But this is developing way too fast!?
He still thought he had a chance, but this broke his heart.
He finally fell for a pretty girl TT
However, Han Wei had only glanced at Jiang Liyue a couple of times when he felt Chu Li's cold gaze upon him.
Thinking of Chu Li's status and the various medicines he developed.
...Never mind, he's not good enough for me.
In fact, it wasn't just Han Wei; many of the male team members' boyish hearts were shattered into pieces.
Jiang Liyue pretended not to see or hear Han Wei's shocked question, and instead looked at the old village chief and the others: "Captain Han, what's going on?"
Han Wei immediately got down to business.
It was actually quite simple. He felt something was off when the old village chief invited him, but in order to find out what was going on, he decided to play along and let everyone follow the old village chief into the village.
As expected, the old village chief and his accomplices harbored malicious intentions. They not only poisoned the food but also had more than a dozen villagers hide outside the courtyard to keep watch.
"A bunch of rabble, their little ambush tactics are child's play." Han Wei said with disdain, "Any one of our team could take them all down."
After capturing the village chief and his men, Han Wei asked the old village chief what exactly had happened.
The old village chief was initially reluctant to talk, but after being frightened by the banging of guns, he blurted out everything.
"It turns out that the road blocked by cars that we passed earlier was blocked by people from their village."
Even after the apocalypse, some cars will still travel on this highway.
If the main road is blocked, then vehicles can only come down from the side roads, and will inevitably pass through their village.
“When passersby drive through their village, they will, as before, take the opportunity to invite people to stay, and then, under the pretext of treating them to a meal, kidnap them all and rob them of all their belongings.”
This group of people were unaware of the true situation in big cities. At this time, food was the most important thing, and the purchasing power of the money they had before the apocalypse had dropped to its lowest point.
In just a few days, they have already robbed five or six groups of people.
It was probably their confidence from their past successes that made them dare to attack Han Wei and his large group of clearly powerful men.
Their thinking was simple: with so many people and looking so powerful, they must be very rich.
Even the most powerful person is still a paper tiger if they're drugged.
As a result, the old village chief walked right into the line of fire.
They don't even know who Han Wei and his men are. They've come through a hail of bullets. Their little tricks are all too obvious.
All I can say is that the old village chief and these villagers were incredibly stupid.
Stupid and wicked, he ultimately reaped what he sowed.
"Luckily we discovered it in advance, otherwise, who knows how many more passersby would have been victimized later," Han Wei said thankfully.
They are all government employees, so they still have some sense of responsibility.
Han Wei continued, "However, they insist that those people only robbed us of our valuables and that we let them go. I don't quite believe it, so I'm going to look for them."
Jiang Liyue blinked: "If you mean the victims, I just passed by a house and saw a lot of people being released from the cellar."
As they were talking, they heard someone approaching from not far away.
It turned out that the group of people who crawled out of the cellar hesitated for a moment, but still decided to come to the village chief's house.
Given their current situation—no food, no vehicles—leaving the village and heading straight out would be suicide.
Seeing so many people arrive, Jiang Liyue noticed that Chu Li was unhappy again, so she quickly pulled him aside to make him less noticeable.
She leaned lazily against Chu Li's arm, inhaling his cool, refreshing scent, and sniffed with a sense of comfort.
"Dr. Chu, let's go back to the car."
"Are you hungry?" Chu Li asked her.
Jiang Liyue nodded: "Mm."
They quickly got back into their car before the group of people came to thank her.
Unexpectedly, Han Wei and the others returned just two minutes after they got in the car.
"Captain Han, why are you back so quickly?" Jiang Liyue greeted him from the car window.
Han Wei shook his head: "Isn't it because I was scared by that group of people this morning?"
What if rescuing someone turns out to be a bunch of ungrateful wretches? I'd better run away first!
Jiang Liyue: ...Oh wow, this is the scene of kneeling and worshiping this morning. It has given Han Wei a psychological trauma.
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