Half an hour later, Pei Xi ordered a table for her at the restaurant. He turned the water cup in his hand over and slowly stopped it in front of her. He said, "Don't worry, take your time. We have plenty of time."
Ma Mengjia couldn't help but widen her eyes.
The scene before my eyes was not a dream.
A resplendent, upscale restaurant, a table full of fresh food, and the sense of security that comes with being able to avoid being kidnapped...
Ma Mengjia couldn't help but ask, "Miss Pei, who are you? How can you afford such an expensive restaurant?"
"Rather than that, why don't you tell me how you got here?"
"I..." She stumbled, still unwilling to speak. After eating several mouthfuls of food, she saw that Pei Xi was sincere and had not escaped the bill, so she secretly glanced at her and said, "Didn't I leave the village at that time?"
"At first, we followed the group that Liu Dongshu left with, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't show up, so the woman named Zhang Tian said she would take the others and leave first."
Pei Xiqing was puzzled: "Didn't you leave early? How did you get involved with Liu Dongshu's team again?"
Ma Mengjia said: "I will go with a special ability person from Liu Dongshu's team. We will go ahead and then meet up with the main force later."
"A person with special abilities? A male?"
She nodded: "Yes."
Pei Xiqing noticed something: "Go on."
Ma Mengjia continued, "But I didn't want to follow that woman named Zhang Tian. I don't know why, but just looking at her made me feel uncomfortable. I always felt like she wasn't that kind, so I separated from that psychic brother and Liu Dongshu's team on the third day."
Pei Xiqing said helplessly, "Then you know what? Tian Jie originally only needed a week to travel, but it took her half a month before she finally brought all the villagers to the first base without missing a single one."
"How is that possible?!" Ma Mengjia denied it without a second thought. "How could there be one missing? Even if they arrived, the base wouldn't accept the elderly, weak, sick, or disabled!"
Pei Xiqing looked at her with sharp eyes: "What do you mean by this?"
Ma Mengjia realized something and her eyes were a little evasive. "No, I was just saying it casually..."
"And then?"
Ma Mengjia, however, pretended to be mysterious and approached her. She lowered her voice before speaking, "Do you know the identity of the psychic I followed in Liu Dongshu's team?"
Pei Xiqing was not interested: "What is your identity?"
"He's the son of an official at headquarters!" Ma Mengjia quickly made a hushing gesture at her. "Keep your voice down later. You wouldn't have thought that Liu Dongshu's team would be filled with talented individuals, including people from headquarters!"
"So you followed him here." Pei Xiqing raised the corner of his lips, his tone calm, "And then you thought you were here to enjoy wealth and glory, but in fact he wasn't as good as you imagined. Or did you run into some trouble that even he couldn't handle, so you both started running for your lives?"
Ma Mengjia: "How do you know? We were in real trouble, and he led those people away for me."
He kept patting his chest, sighing with a feeling of relief, "Brother Lin is really good to me. He took good care of me along the way. I'm really touched. I've finally found my soulmate. He's also a very powerful psychic! I'll introduce him to you when the time comes!"
"OK."
"That's it." Ma Mengjia held her hand and said expectantly, "Miss Pei, can you take me in for a while? Brother Lin has gone to get rid of those people. He should come to me in a few days. When he does, I will definitely ask him to help you for my sake."
Before Pei Xiqing could speak, she couldn't hold back anymore. From the moment they met until now, she kept looking behind her: "Where's Brother Duan? Isn't he with you? Or are you actually... you're out on the street alone, and he doesn't come. Is there something wrong between you, or are you not... husband and wife at all? Do you really have a deep relationship? How could he let you go to such a dangerous place alone..."
"Your words offended me." Pei Xiqing pulled his hand away and said with a bit of boredom, "The village took me and Brother Duan in. Of course, I'll give you a place to stay so you can at least be safe, but you don't need anything else."
"Okay..." Ma Mengjia curled her lips.
"How long will you stay?"
"Brother Lin said that I should wait for him for a maximum of five days."
"Then I'll give you ten days." She stood up, "and see if he comes back to find you."
Ma Mengjia subconsciously stood up and asked, "Are you leaving? You're not going to care about me anymore?"
"I can do it, and I've already done it. Why should I care about you?" She smiled slightly and held the dog leash. "I'll ask someone to arrange it. As for the rest, it has nothing to do with me. I'm leaving now."
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