“We need allies.” Liang Sisi strongly agreed with Yu Kai’s words. After a moment of contemplation, she continued Yu Kai’s statement.
Upon hearing Liang Sisi immediately respond to his words, Yu Kai's ears began to burn again. He glanced at Liang Sisi's expressionless face, and the joy in his heart was extinguished somewhat, leaving him with a strange sense of loss.
Liang Sisi didn't notice Yu Kai's change. She tapped her index finger lightly on the table and nodded slightly... Yes, they needed allies at this time, but who could cooperate with them when they had nothing?
Liang Sisi's brows furrowed, clearly very troubled by the situation.
Regardless of how conflicted Liang Sisi and the others were, the higher-ups at the Xiyu base were not entirely united at the moment, and were in complete disarray, with many fatal flaws.
"You seem quite relaxed now, while I went through a lot of trouble to escape." Inside the bar at the Xiyu base, a woman looked at Wu Chuan sitting across the table, charmingly smoothing her hair as she spoke in an unfriendly tone.
Wu Chuan rubbed his hands together and chuckled, "Alright, Huang Jia, I know you've had a tough time... cough, it's true that you've had a tough time staying by Yu Zhenlong's side these past few days."
"Ugh...don't even mention that disgusting man." Huang Jia rolled her eyes. "I've finally escaped from the Xiyu base...but Baihu can't leave yet. Is it alright to leave him alone at the Xiyu base during this dangerous time?"
“Baihu has been hiding very well, and I will help him secretly. Don’t worry, there won’t be any problems.” Wu Chuan shrugged and said confidently, while handing Huang Jia a cigarette. “What I’m worried about now is that Baihu may not be able to communicate with the outside world for a while, and we need someone to pass on information to us.”
"Tsk." Huang Jia took the cigarette Wu Chuan offered, chuckled, and curled her lip. "If you're talking about someone who would do this kind of thing, I do have one in mind."
"Hmm, tell me about it, I'll go find it right away." Wu Chuan raised an eyebrow and looked at Huang Jia with interest. "I've even found the right people to contact, just waiting for someone inside who can get the message out."
"No rush." Huang Jia casually picked up a lighter, lit a cigarette, and leaned back lazily in the leather chair behind him. "I've already sent the news that the person isn't at the Xiyu base to the higher-ups."
"..." Wu Chuan's forehead twitched. He twitched his lips and stared at Huang Jia for a long time without saying a word.
"You really said it?" Wu Chuan hesitated for a moment and asked again, but by this time he already looked like he had no will to live.
Huang Jia nodded unkindly, looking at Wu Chuan with a hint of schadenfreude, "This time, the lord should tear you, the bastard who kept this a secret, to pieces, right?"
"..." Wu Chuanmo remained silent for a moment before asking again in a desperate attempt, "How much did you say?"
"I've told you everything," Huang Jia said calmly.
"..." Wu Chuan fell silent for the third time. He looked up at Huang Jia's hateful face and, without saying a word, suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Huang Jia's neck. "You bastard woman, I have no grudge against you and you still hurt me like this!"
Huang Jia got up and dodged away like the wind, shrugging and saying, "Is it my fault? I have to report the latest situation at the Xiyu base to the adults. Of course, I also have to report things like Zhong Jue looking for Ji Yueyao."
"Couldn't you have told me beforehand so I could think of a solution? Oh no, I'm doomed now." Wu Chuan slumped onto the sofa, facepalming, utterly despondent. "I'm going to kill myself right now."
"Go, go, hurry up and go." Huang Jia raised her hand and took a leisurely drag of her cigarette, then sighed as she looked at Wu Chuan's conflicted expression. "Don't worry about it. He'll be back sooner or later. You should have been prepared for this situation from the moment you started keeping this a secret, shouldn't you?"
"Ah..." Wu Chuan sighed, covering his face, "There's nothing I can do. I can't refuse her orders..."
I just hope the adults don't value Ji Yueyao so much, and that the storm will be delayed a little longer...
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"It's freezing." Ji Yueyao and Zhu Mu had been walking in the mud for about two days. During these two days, they dared not sleep or linger, for fear that they might be bitten by leeches or strange birds that jumped out of the mud.
"Captain, we'll be in the forest soon, and we can get some sleep." Zhu Mu, sporting dark circles under his eyes, looked at Ji Yueyao's equally dark circles and felt a pang of guilt. "Captain, are you feeling alright?"
Ahead lies a dark, dense forest. It seems the muddy ground in between is a buffer zone, but perhaps the forest ahead is the real danger.
"It's alright." Ji Yueyao felt her physical strength being slowly depleted, but obviously not as quickly as at the beginning. It was like a solution reaching saturation and reacting slowly.
Zhu Mu was relieved. He and Ji Yueyao fell silent and walked forward without saying a word. It took them about another day to finally reach the forest ahead. Their movements were almost synchronized, and they scrambled up the trees in just two steps.
"Finally, we're out of that disgusting muddy ground." Zhu Mu casually removed the leopard-type exotic bird skin from his foot and stretched his ankle. Good heavens... this skin had given him blisters all over his feet. He turned to look at Ji Yueyao and found that Ji Yueyao's feet were indeed covered in blisters as well.
"Captain, I have some bandages here, do you want them?" Zhu Mu quickly broke the blisters on his feet, then gave them a quick treatment and bandaged them up.
"I have it." Ji Yueyao raised her eyes indifferently, but was too lazy to move. All she wanted to do now was sleep. However, she absolutely couldn't leave the injury on her foot unattended... Ji Yueyao sighed, leaned against the tree trunk, bent down and removed the leopard-like exotic bird's fur from her foot. Although she was wearing shoes, her foot was still covered in blisters of all sizes.
She gritted her teeth, quickly rubbed off the blisters, then took out a bandage, wrapped it around her foot twice, and quickly put on her shoes.
"Captain, take a rest." Zhu Mu sat on the tree trunk, casually took out a biscuit and stuffed it into his mouth, then closed his eyes and became drowsy.
Ji Yueyao nodded, looked around to make sure there was no danger, and then said, "Okay, let's rest for a while. I'm really tired now."
"Okay, Captain, you should get some rest too." Zhu Mu nodded, leaned against the tree trunk, and casually found a spot to sleep.
Ji Yueyao felt a chill run down her spine. She glanced around but didn't see any danger...
Tsk, a chill runs down my spine. (To be continued.)
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