Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Oolong

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"Explain it to me! What did I do?"

"You know what you did, why do you need to ask me?!"

"Mm-m-m, is your skin itchy? Come, I'll give you a rub."

"Look, you've revealed your true colors after just a few words! You're just pretending to be a hammer."

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They argued from Mandarin to Shancheng dialect, and their faces turned red with their necks stiff.

The men and women working on the street heard the noise as if they were listening to gossip. They would occasionally crane their necks to take a look, muttering and making fun of each other, but no one came forward to help, including the two strong men who had left earlier.

Even Gu Mengran realized, slowly, that there was a misunderstanding. They were sweating profusely after standing at the entrance of the parking lot for a while, not to mention the people working on the street.

But those people showed no reluctance from beginning to end. They actively participated in the post-disaster reconstruction without fear of the heat, even if it meant sweating profusely. They were willing to work hard and look for a ray of hope in the midst of suffering. There was absolutely no trace of coercion.

And Zheng Yijie did not lie, his attitude towards Gang Ge speaks for itself.

So...what went wrong? Gu Mengran was puzzled.

No one was talking about the main point in the debate, and Gu Mengran, who was standing aside and watching, was almost dying of heat. Sweat dripped down his forehead, Gu Mengran rubbed his slightly stinging eyes, and took out a small pack of napkins from his backpack.

Liang Zhao took one and he took another, and they both wiped the sweat from their faces.

Seeing Gang Ge and Zheng Yijie still arguing in vain, Gu Mengran took out two more sheets of clean paper and handed them to them, then interrupted them: "I think the information between you two is not equal, so there is a misunderstanding. If you want to solve the problem, you should talk calmly."

As soon as the words fell, the two of them fell silent and took the tissues to wipe their sweat.

It’s not because what Gu Mengran said made so much sense, I just didn’t want to argue anymore and wanted to step down.

Wiping his face with a tissue, Gang Ge exhaled a breath of hot air and looked at Zheng Yijie again, "What do you mean I did something unscrupulous? Let's stop arguing. Tell me what I did."

Gang walked towards the station with a cold face, frowning and looking at the crowd, full of pressure. But at this moment, there was no anger or dissatisfaction in his eyes, only unsolved doubts.

After wiping his sweat, Zheng Yijie held the tissue in his palm and thought about how to respond.

Of course, he didn't dare to really provoke Brother Gang, but he didn't want to lose face in front of Gu Mengran and the others, so he turned his face and raised his chin, "Tell me first, how do you know I'm a local?"

"You kid!" Gang sneered and replied in a good-tempered manner, "You have been following us for several times, right? You can follow us, but we can't follow you? Not only do I know that you are a local, I also know that you live in Emerald City!"

Zheng Yijie's pupils suddenly shrank, as if he was struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.

Before he could speak, Gang added with a smile, "Do you think you live in a secluded place? There is only one house in the community that has not collapsed. Do you really think we are blind? I warned people not to wander around Emerald City in advance."

"Why, why?" Zheng Yijie was stunned. His momentum just now disappeared. He became visibly weaker and his voice became extremely hoarse.

"Why?" Gang frowned, "Why?"

"The world is in chaos. We gather in the Ninth Street to survive better. After all, there is strength in numbers. This disaster is a devastating blow to everyone. Only by working together can we overcome the difficulties.

Of course, this is just our idea. There are people like you who have the ability to survive on their own and don’t need to follow the majority. We understand and respect you and will leave you a certain living space, such as the area around your community. We never go there to collect supplies because the supplies there belong to you. ”

"Buzz", Zheng Yijie's mind went blank in an instant.

"Respect and understanding? No, that's impossible!" Zheng Yijie stared at Gang with his eyes wide open, his voice suddenly rising several degrees, "Not long ago, one night, your people forced a woman to go back with you, but she didn't want to go! She kept crying and struggling, and three or four men carried her away!"

Forced, carried away...

Gu Mengran caught the key words in the conversation and frowned unconsciously.

I thought Gang Ge would immediately defend himself, but he was stunned at first, and then he burst out laughing. He laughed so hard that he held his stomach and laughed so hard that he fell forward and backward, and he couldn't stop at all.

“Hahahaha… Oh my god, forced! Hahahaha…”

Zheng Yijie was really angry, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

The hearty laughter lasted for nearly two minutes. Gang Ge tried hard to hold back his laughter. He held his stomach and stood up again, waving his hands repeatedly to signal, "Sorry, I really can't help it. Wait a minute, wait for me a moment."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked towards the street, shouting at the top of his voice: "Gao Yue, Gao Yue, come here!"

Shouts spread across the street. Among the busy crowd, a young woman in a blue T-shirt and a bun put down her tools and walked quickly towards Gang Ge.

Dust and sweat mixed together, Gao Yue's arms and neck were black, as if she had rolled in the mud. But she didn't care, she wiped the sweat off her face with her arms, and walked to Gang Ge's side panting, "What's wrong, Gang Ge?"

"Well," Gang Ge stopped smiling, touched his nose embarrassedly, turned to Gao Yue and said, "This guy saw us picking you up that night, and he thought you didn't want to go back with us, and we forced you."

Following Gang Ge's line of sight and looking at Zheng Yijie, Gao Yue widened her eyes and waved her hands hastily, "No, I didn't force me, you misunderstood."

Zheng Yijie didn't believe it at all. His eyes wandered between Gang Ge and Gao Yue. His vigilant eyes seemed to be asking: Did Gang Ge threaten you?

"Thank you for your concern, but things are not as you see." Gao Yue and Zheng Yijie nodded, and a helpless smile appeared on their lips. "Our house collapsed in the earthquake, and my father was buried under the rubble. We searched for many days but couldn't find him. I don't believe he is dead, so I don't want to leave.

Some time ago, I didn’t eat or drink and searched in the ruins. I was emotionally broken. It was my sister who found Gang and his friends and asked them to take me back by force. These days, they have been persuading me and comforting me, helping me to get over the grief of losing my loved ones. ”

Gao Yue's eyes gradually turned red as she spoke about the pain that she had finally forgotten. She knew she had lost her composure, so she reached out and rubbed her face twice, then turned her back and said, "Don't get me wrong, Gang Ge and the others are really good people."

Calling someone over and making them cry again was something the burly Gang didn’t expect. He was stunned for a few seconds and apologized sincerely: “I’m sorry, Gao Yue, I—”

"It's okay, it's okay, Brother Gang, I've figured it out." Without waiting for Brother Gang to comfort her, Gao Yue shrugged and sighed, "Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I'll get on with my work."

"Drink some water and take a break!"

Gao Yue strode away without looking back.

"Hey!" After the person walked away, Brother Gang sighed, frowned and glared at Zheng Yijie, "Look at what you did, you made the little girl cry!"

If it was before, Zheng Yijie would have immediately retorted "Didn't you call them over?", but at this moment, he had fallen into deep self-doubt and let Brother Gang blame him without saying a word.

Brother Gang stopped mocking him and said to himself, "So because of this incident, you think we are hooligans? Although I, Wang Gang, am an uneducated and rough man, I will never do such a thing, and I will never tolerate others doing it."

"One more time."

Zheng Yijie's voice suddenly became much quieter, and he said without much confidence: "Earlier I saw a few people preparing to leave Jiujie, but they were caught by you and brought back. You beat them up and beat them half to death. How do you explain this?"

Brother Gang looked at him in surprise, "How come you get into all these things? How long have you been following us secretly? Yes, we did catch the guy and beat him up, I admit that, but those guys are not good people!"

"Damn it, it makes me angry just talking about it. I personally rescued one of them from the ruins, and what happened? After his injuries healed, he hung out with a bunch of uneducated scum, stole supplies, and even molested girls in the middle of the night!"

"If we hadn't discovered it in time..." Gang clenched his fists, veins popping out of his neck, and he was obviously very angry. "Even if the world is in chaos, there must be rules. We still have to clean up what needs to be cleaned up. If we don't teach them a lesson, this kind of thing will happen again in the future."

Having said that, the misunderstanding has been completely resolved.

Zheng Yijie didn't ask any more questions, but his gradually reddening cheeks and ears revealed his embarrassment.

But Gu Mengran was a little curious. Why didn't he mention the distribution of materials? Was it another misunderstanding?

After chatting about the car, the three said goodbye to Brother Gang and walked back with the fans hanging from their necks.

Gu Mengran looked at Zheng Yijie, who was hurrying along with his head almost parallel to the ground, and finally couldn't help but laughed and teased: "You talked so convincingly yesterday, we all took it seriously, but it turned out to be a complete mess after all this time."

"Can you blame me for this?" Zheng Yijie raised his head suddenly. "You just heard what he said. I didn't make it up. There was such a misunderstanding."

The misunderstanding was resolved and there was no need to leave in a hurry. Gu Mengran was in a good mood.

The landlord had surprised them, and they wanted to give him a slap in the face, so they deliberately asked, "Didn't you say that they were acting like emperors in the air-raid shelter, enjoying themselves and squandering other people's supplies? Why didn't you mention this just now?"

As if he had been caught in a lie, Zheng Yijie's already flushed face suddenly turned red all the way to the back of his ears, and he even started to walk with his hands and feet together.

But he chose not to lie. After a brief silence, he hesitated and said very frankly: "I over-thought about this matter. The fog was still very thick at that time. I only vaguely heard about the mission and supplies. Combined with the things that happened later, it embellished it a little bit..."

Coloring? I also need to colorize when writing a novel.

Gu Mengran suddenly smiled and said, "I'm very curious, what did you do before the disaster?"

Zheng Yijie pushed up his black-framed glasses and said seriously, "You know about online writing, right? Yes, I am the online writer who bought a house with full payment by writing novels."

Gu Mengran nodded, "No wonder!"

"What's the wonder?" Zheng Yijie asked.

“No wonder the brain’s ability to supplement is so strong.”

"Gu Mengran! Believe it or not, I will kick you out tonight!"

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