In front of me was a seven-story office building. Much of the outer wall plaster had fallen off, revealing the underlying lime and concrete, with some clear claw marks on it, making it look like a dangerous building.
Is it even habitable to live in a place like this?
Lin Ruo stopped the car, quickly jumped out, and walked into the office building. Afu and Ashou followed closely behind Lin Ruo and jumped out of the car as well. Given their height, they could only enter by bending down.
Jiang Yue and Duan Kejia followed them in. The building was empty and dilapidated, with no signs of anyone having lived there. After a moment's thought, they understood Lin Ruo's purpose: she didn't want them to know her specific address.
Lin Ruo walked to the center of the first floor of the building. Although the building was dilapidated, the first floor was indeed spacious and could easily hold so much grain. She turned to Jiang Yue behind her and said, "Unload the grain here."
Duan Kejia scanned her surroundings, her eyes darting around. She bit her lip slightly. If she were to dispose of herself here, what reason would she have to see Lin Ruo again? This might be her last chance to fight for her life.
After a moment, her eyes hardened, as if she had made up her mind.
She adjusted her expression and said to Jiang Yue with a smile, "Brother Jiang, it's cold here. Why don't you go back to the truck first? I can unload the grain quickly."
Jiang Yue frowned slightly, a dark glint flashing in his eyes. How could he not understand what this woman meant? She wanted to get rid of him so she could speak with Lin Ruo alone. What was she planning to do?
Jiang Yue didn't speak, but turned to look at Lin Ruo. Lin Ruo stood to the side with Afu and Ashou, quietly playing with the long hair on Afu's leg, seemingly unaware of Duan Kejia's words.
This woman tried to get close to her the whole way; could she be plotting something?
Remembering what Ye Lin had told him before he left, Jiang Yue finally nodded and slowly walked out of the office building.
After Jiang Yue left, Duan Kejia raised her face, her expression becoming much more sincere. "Sister Ruo, where should we put this grain?"
Lin Ruo glanced at her and casually pointed to an empty area in front of her, "That's fine."
645 tons of grain, which would require 50-kilogram sacks, quickly filled the large office building.
Lin Ruo looked at the full load of food, her eyes brightening slightly. Although this was only part of the reward, it was enough to temporarily soothe her irritable mood after such a long period of sleeplessness.
Seeing Lin Ruo's happy expression, Duan Kejia pursed her lips slightly and asked nervously, "Sister Ruo, can I team up with you?"
The light in Lin Ruo's eyes faded, her brows furrowed slightly, and she took a few steps back, her refusal clear: "No."
"Why?" Duan Kejia was surprised to be rejected. After a moment of stunned silence, she became even more anxious.
She took a few steps forward and stood in front of Lin Ruo. "I am a space ability user. My space is not small. As long as I live, no one can take anything from my space. Let's team up. You have great strength, and I can carry things with me. We are a perfect match. Why are you refusing me?"
Lin Ruo scoffed, "You're willing to come to me with the B City base you've already negotiated terms with, why should I trust you? And give you all my assets? Am I crazy?"
Duan Kejia's eyes flashed with a hint of panic. "How did you know?"
Lin Ruo scoffed. She really overestimated this person's intelligence. "If you hadn't reached an agreement with Ye Lin, Jiang Yue wouldn't have felt comfortable bringing you out, and he wouldn't have chosen to leave just now. You can't even see that? And you still want to come and seek refuge with me?"
“I don’t want to either, but I don’t feel safe at the base. Before, at the J City base…” Duan Kejia’s face slowly turned ugly as she thought of her previous experience.
She chose to join the base as soon as she awakened her superpowers, thinking she would receive the same treatment as other superpowered individuals, but reality was quite different.
Because she is a space-age ability user, and her space contains important supplies for the base, those people, in order to control her and make her loyal to the base, not only restricted her personal freedom, but the base chief even forced her...
Thinking of her unbearable experience at the J City base, Duan Kejia closed her eyes tightly. "None of these men are good! Although the B City base is an official base, it's still ruled by men. I can't trust any of them!"
"Sister Ruo, I thought it was a blessing from heaven that I met you. You are so powerful that even these men are in awe of you. You perfectly fulfill all my fantasies about companions. As long as you are willing to take me in and protect me, I will be loyal to you forever..."
"I don't have to worry about those terrible things anymore when I team up with you," Duan Kejia said anxiously to Lin Ruo. "Sister Ruo, believe me, I will never betray you!"
"That's your business," Lin Ruo said, feeling no sympathy for Duan Kejia after hearing about her experience. Many paths are forged by oneself. In her previous life, she was also a space ability user at the beginning, but she chose to continuously improve her martial arts skills instead of finding a powerful backer.
Although she eventually died, she didn't suffer the same frustration as Duan Kejia.
Despite experiencing so much, Duan Kejia still hasn't learned the lesson that "mountains crumble and rivers flow away."
Her eyes gradually turned cold, and she took a few steps back to distance herself from Duan Kejia. "Now you should go with Jiang Yue outside."
Duan Kejia took a few more steps forward, when suddenly she felt a chill on her neck. A dagger made of black jade was pressed against her neck, instantly cutting through her thick clothes. The icy touch made her hair stand on end.
At this moment, Afu and Ashou, who were squatting to the side guarding the grain, sensed the killing intent emanating from Lin Ruo. They immediately stood up and bared their teeth at Duan Kejia. Their huge teeth were covered with saliva, making them particularly frightening.
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