Hua Zi took his wife's hand and whispered words of comfort to her.
"Yes, those bandits only ran away today, how dare they come looking for revenge?"
Manhua nodded vigorously: "Yes, the thief will definitely have to hide for a couple of days, by which time we'll all be in Shanghai!"
Ou Minglang and Ning Yuan exchanged a glance, but they were not so quick to feel at ease.
After all, they had personally witnessed the rampant, arrogant, and ruthless behavior of those highway robbers.
There were also strange, ominous markings on the doors of their three rooms...
The car thief, Teacher Zhang, should have targeted her and Ou Minglang, the two people directly involved in their capture.
Even the doors of Manhua and Huazi, who just moved in yesterday, are marked.
This only shows that Teacher Zhang and his gang are extremely vengeful and will not let go of anyone they have any connection with.
“Ou Minglang, if nothing happens tonight, that would be best. We’ll change locations first thing tomorrow morning!” Ning Yuan said softly.
Ou Minglang nodded solemnly: "Yes."
He looked at Ning Yuan and suddenly asked, "Did you...did you call Wei Heng and Rong Zhaonan?"
This place is very close to the military region. If Rong Zhaonan and Wei Heng find out about this, they might bring people over.
Although this question made the young man feel very down, he felt even more useless.
But he knew this was not the time to be willful.
Ning Yuan was silent for a moment: "I left a message for the people in their unit just now, but they also have a special mission tonight to test a batch of new equipment from the Hong Kong government."
Rong Zhaonan and his elder brother are in special circumstances and would not normally be allowed to leave.
Due to confidentiality requirements, they might not receive the message they left behind until the next day.
Looking at Ning Yuan, Ou Minglang suddenly straightened his chest and said with utmost seriousness, "Little Ning, don't be afraid, I will definitely protect you, and we'll share both good times and bad!"
If Wei Heng and Rong Zhaonan can't be relied on, as Xiao Ning's good friend and as a man, he will definitely protect her!
Ning Yuan looked at him, her heart warming: "Yeah, don't be too nervous. It's all just my guessing. Maybe nothing will happen tonight!"
Manhua suddenly grabbed Ningyuan's hand, looking around nervously: "No matter what, the four of us shouldn't separate tonight. Let's go to my room!"
Ning Yuan booked a spacious room for her and Hua Zi.
Ning Yuan and Ou Minglang thought about it and agreed. With four people together, they needed to look out for each other.
It's best if nothing happens tonight!
Without further ado, Ning Yuan, Ou Minglang, and the others moved all the goods into Manhua's room.
All four of them had some tools for self-defense.
Ning Yuan pulled out a pair of sharp fabric scissors, about half an arm's length long, and a kitchen knife from her luggage.
There was also a bottle of homemade chili water.
Ou Minglang, Manhua, and Huazi were all dumbfounded.
Ning Yuan, holding a kitchen knife, chuckled dryly, "There's nothing I can do. When I'm lucky, I'm very lucky, but when I'm unlucky, I'm really unlucky. I always need something to protect myself."
From the time she started selling goods in the county town to her move to Shanghai, she had met two "uncles" from all walks of life, so she needed some protection.
Ou Minglang took the kitchen knife and couldn't help but rub his temples: "Then why were you being chased around like a chicken by those people on the train the other day?"
Ning Yuan sighed: "That's because it was too sudden. They just dragged me away!"
Oh no, oh no! Kitchen knives and large fabric scissors are inconvenient to carry around, so they have to be packed in my suitcase.
If you encounter an emergency and someone grabs you suddenly, you won't have time to draw your weapon. You'll need to carry a personal dagger or something in the future!
Seeing Ou Minglang holding the kitchen knife, Hua Zi couldn't help but say, "Ou, um... you should let me take the kitchen knife. You don't know how to use it, so don't hurt yourself."
His refined appearance didn't seem like someone who had ever killed chickens or pigs or worked in the kitchen. It would be terrible if the bandits took his knife.
Ou Minglang's face flushed red, but he gripped the kitchen knife tightly: "I...I'm not that useless!"
Ning Yuan dared to bravely catch highway robbers, yet he can't even handle a kitchen knife properly, and he dares to talk about protecting his friends?!
Seeing that the white goose's fragile self-esteem had been hurt, Ning Yuan winked at Hua Zi, which was a way of comforting the proud goose.
"Brother Hua, you should use the big scissors. Compared to a kitchen knife, Ou Minglang is probably even less likely to use fabric scissors."
Hua Zi quickly took it and chuckled awkwardly, "Mm."
Ou Minglang: "..."
Thank you, but this comparison did not comfort him.
The two men were assigned "heavy weapons," with Ning Yuan and Man Hua each taking a pair of ordinary scissors and a fruit knife.
Ning Yuan then slipped the screwdriver into her sleeve.
They also prepared some physical weapons such as stools, washbasins, and thermos flasks.
The four of them crouched in the dark in the room, and after all this commotion, it was almost one o'clock.
Despite their nervousness, the four people weren't sleepy at all, and they just huddled by the window and door, waiting.
No one spoke, they listened to the sounds coming from the hallway outside.
Ning Yuan was responsible for keeping an eye on the view outside the window.
The winter temperature in Guangzhou never drops below zero, but it's very damp and chills you to the bone.
Unlike decades later, when the city is dazzling with various LED lights, making it shine brightly.
At this moment, it was pitch black outside the window, thick like a pot of black ink, and the cold stars in the sky were slowly obscured by the winter clouds.
There was only an old street lamp not far away, which could not illuminate anything beyond ten meters.
But as time passed, nothing strange happened.
Hour after hour.
As it approached four in the morning, all four of them were extremely sleepy.
After all, they've been quite tired from sourcing and organizing goods these past two days, especially at this hour...
Ning Yuan casually pulled out a handkerchief from the basin of cold water beside her and wiped her face again.
Watching Manhua squatting by the window, her head bobbing sleepily, she was emitting soft snores.
She quickly tugged at Manhua and whispered, "Sister Manhua, wake up."
Manhua jolted awake, rubbing her eyes wearily: "Um... I didn't sleep."
Ning Yuan handed her a cold water towel, without revealing that she had been snoring earlier: "Wash your face, it'll be dawn in two hours, you'll be fine then."
Manhua nodded, wiped her face, and relaxed completely: "Yes, it's almost dawn, those thieves probably won't come tonight."
Before he could finish speaking, Ning Yuan suddenly covered his mouth: "Shh."
Ning Yuan's big eyes looked towards the doorway.
The dim light from the corridor shone through the crack in the door, where—the shadow of a pair of feet could be seen.
I don't know if it had been standing there the whole time, or how long it had been standing there, or if it had just appeared.
Manhua froze.
Ou Minglang was the first to react, but he didn't pull Hua Zi, who was also dozing off, lest he make a commotion in his panic!
He stared intently at the shadowy foot beneath the crack in the door, as if he had seen a ghost.
I don't know how much time passed, maybe a moment, maybe a long time, but the eerie shadows of those feet slowly moved to the side.
About half an hour later, there seemed to be no sign of those feet again.
Ou Minglang, Ning Yuan, and Man Hua all slowed their breathing slightly.
There was no great commotion outside the door; anyone who didn't know the situation would probably just assume that the guests were returning home late.
But which guest would stand at someone else's door? It's so creepy.
Perhaps the other party realized something was wrong, noticing the markings on each room door, and decided to give up on retaliating today?
As long as the other party doesn't barge in, everything is fine...
This thought flashed through the minds of the three people.
But the next moment...
"Whoosh..." A smell of gasoline filled the air, and the oil seeped in through the cracks in the door.
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