"haven't seen you for a long time."
Bai Hongwei has become much thinner and darker; the image of the once well-dressed young nobleman is long gone.
My sister hasn't changed at all; she looks even better than she did nine years ago.
Zuo Ling sized up Bai Hongwei, and Bai Hongwei was also sizing up Zuo Ling.
Zuo Lingyang lived in the countryside and went to the city to work at a young age. She lived at the bottom of society and received little help. She still remembered Bai Hongwei's kindness in giving her the gun. He was one of the few people, besides her grandmother, who showed her kindness.
"Brother Pei, we meet again."
Bai Hongwei greeted Pei Nansheng.
Pei Nansheng patted him on the shoulder:
"Where have you been all these years? I haven't heard from you at all."
Bai Hongwei: "..."
It's you who are missing, okay? If you're determined, I can still find out about you.
"Come inside, let's talk inside."
"Let's go outside. Your little vegetable garden is so lovely, all green and lush, it's so soothing to look at."
Having seen so much desolation, the sudden sight of lush greenery was refreshing, and Bai Hongwei truly didn't want to leave.
"Okay, let's talk outside."
Zuo Ling washed a basin of cucumbers and tomatoes to serve Bai Hongwei.
The crisp, juicy cucumbers and the large, round tomatoes, one green and one red, are incredibly tempting.
Bai Hongwei didn't stand on ceremony; he devoured a tomato in the blink of an eye, then picked up a cucumber and chewed it with relish.
Why do I feel like the cucumbers and tomatoes at my sister's house taste better than the ones he ate yesterday?
I thought the food tasted especially good because I was in a good mood after seeing my sister.
In fact, his feeling was correct.
Vegetables grown in a small garden, with ample well water and abundant spiritual energy, naturally taste better than those from a plantation.
They chatted about what had happened since they parted ways, each saying what they could.
"Where are Lin Wang and Li Mingli? Aren't the three of you inseparable?"
Bai Hongwei's face darkened. Seeing his strange expression, Zuo Ling assumed that Lin Wang and Li Mingli were dead. Just then, Zuo Ling was about to change the subject.
Bai Hongwei, however, said:
"They... to be precise, I don't know how they are now."
He paused for a moment, then continued:
"I'm here today to tell you about this. You've been to a strange little island, haven't you?"
Could it be that Lin Wang and Li Mingli are also...?
"Twenty days ago, we passed through a sea area..."
Everywhere was collapsing and sinking. Over the years, Bai Hongwei had been like a transport captain, always either transporting or hiding supplies, or searching for various resources.
The base was in dire need of oil, and as a member of the Bai family, the heavy responsibility naturally fell on his shoulders.
For the past two years, he has been leading an exploration team to search for oil everywhere.
Twenty days ago, while passing through a sea area, fog rolled in and grew thicker and thicker. Sensing something was wrong, he ordered the ship to stop.
The order was given too late; Lin Wang and Li Mingli, who were at the forefront, did not receive the message, and their speedboat disappeared into the fog.
Each ship was equipped with a positioning system. At first, Bai Hongwei wasn't too worried and waited for them to come out from the perimeter.
After waiting for more than three hours without anyone appearing, they tried to contact the speedboat again but couldn't get through; the GPS system had also malfunctioned.
With the situation unclear, he couldn't risk taking everyone with him, so he ordered two superhumans from the Bai family to enter in a speedboat, which was loaded with the maximum capacity of weapons and ammunition.
The agreement is that if everything is normal, fire a green signal flare; if danger is imminent, fire a red signal flare.
Given the skills of those two superhumans, they wouldn't be completely helpless if they were truly in danger.
Strangely, there was no sound of fighting, nor were any signal flares fired, and the person disappeared once again.
If Lin Wang and Li Mingli hadn't been on guard and had fallen into someone's trap as soon as they entered, and had been wiped out in one fell swoop, that would be understandable.
But the Bai family's superpowered individuals were already on guard; they certainly wouldn't have been without time to fire a signal flare.
Just when he was at a loss, he received a satellite phone call from his father, telling him that Zuo Ling's family had returned.
He should have been happy, but he wasn't in the mood at all, so he told Lin Wang and the others about it.
His father didn't say anything, just told him to come back first.
Lin Wang and the others disappeared without a trace; how could he possibly come back?
His father told him a general story about Zuo Ling's family and learned that Zuo Ling had also been to a strange island.
He had a gut feeling that the small island Zuo Ling and the others had landed on was somehow connected to the sea area they had passed through.
Zuo Ling and Pei Nansheng looked solemn; they also felt that there was some connection between the two.
Zuo Ling recounted their experiences on the island, including the strange images and texts and how they escaped.
Guo Qi and Yang Chengang were not entirely clear about what happened on the island after the strange patterns appeared.
After listening to Zuo Ling's story, Bai Hongwei was also astonished. Such a bizarre thing could not exist in the world.
If Zuo Ling hadn't accidentally used a deadly poison, the situation would have been truly dangerous.
The good news is that if that area of sea is connected to the mysterious island, Lin Wang and Li Mingli are very likely still alive.
"Sisters, could you come with me and help me rescue this person?"
Zuo Ling and Pei Nansheng are both superhumans with escape experience, so after thinking it over, there is no one more suitable to be their rescuers.
Zuo Ling was used to being called "sister" and didn't think much of it, but Pei Nansheng sensed something unusual.
Bai Hongwei called her "sister" so naturally.
"Sure."
Zuo Ling readily agreed.
She instinctively felt that the eerie patterns were aimed at her, and she couldn't rest easy until she eliminated them.
"My sister is so good, you really are my sister."
As he spoke, Bai Hongwei was about to hug Zuo Ling when Pei Nansheng pulled him away.
"Get to the point, don't resort to physical violence."
Bai Hongwei: "..."
Which eye of yours saw me touching you?
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