our secret base

Chapter 60
Yan Jingxing hid in the dense bushes, carefully identifying the direction of the gunshots. Different sound sources represented bullets fired from different hands.

One, two, three... Including the man who was knocked down by him in advance, this gang of thugs has a total of five guns.

Right now, his only option is to retreat into the forest ahead of time.Only in a complex environment with a lot of shelter, coupled with the help of split-headed dogs, can he have a chance to defeat the opponent.

"This, this gunshot sounds so dense... Where did they get so many guns?"

The detective squatting next to him exclaimed.

Yan Jingxing glanced at him, but did not answer.

To obtain information, he had to control an insider. Compared with the group of dangerous thugs who might not know the inside story, He Feng, who had investigated the disappearance of the explorer, was a better choice.

But he will not relax his guard against this person because of this, Yan Jingxing has not forgotten that this guy cheated them.

"Where's the restaurateur?"

He turned his gaze to Ji Chunzao beside him, raised his hands carefully to pick up the fallen leaves that were stuck on the girl's hair, and asked in a low voice.

"He drove away and I asked him to help call the police."

Ji Chunzao covered his ears with his hands, his small face turned slightly pale, as if he was not used to the gunshots.

"Actually, you can go with him."

"I don't want to." The little girl shook her head stubbornly, "I want to be with you. I think it's safer to be around you."

Yan Jingxing couldn't help laughing.

"……thanks."

"What can I thank you for?" Ji Chunzao opened his eyes wide, as if feeling incredible, "I really think so, don't you have confidence in yourself?"

"You've already mentioned this, of course my answer is 'yes'." He shrugged, "Besides, the split-headed dog has joined the battle, and Yuzhi is probably hiding nearby to observe the situation. With her here, I I feel more confident."

"...She's here, that's good."

Ji Chunzao showed a reassuring expression, but there was still a little bit of regret in it.

"It's a pity that I can't help you. What are you going to do next?"

"It's okay, you have more occasions to display your abilities. As for what's next..." He patted the girl on the shoulder, "Hide here first and don't make a sound. As long as they dare to enter this forest, I will Just give them a 'surprise'."

After Yan Jingxing finished speaking, he got up and grabbed the nearby tree with both hands, nimbly like an ape, and climbed up the tree with "swish swish", his body was covered by the dense branches and leaves.

Leaning against the branches behind him, he checked the condition of the firearm in his hand, exhaled lightly, and decided to temporarily end his "combat instinct", and then activate it after seeing the thugs appear in the forest.

However, after waiting intently for a while, Yan Jingxing did not see any searchers coming, but only heard the roar of the car engine.

This time, instead of approaching gradually, the sound moved away rapidly.

"Wait, it sounds like they chose...to leave?"

There were no more noisy sounds coming from the direction of the restaurant, and it gradually became silent.

After waiting cautiously for several minutes, Yan Jingxing got down from the tree.

"They just left?"

"I don't know." He clenched his pistol tightly, "I'll go and have a look first."

"Well, you have to be careful."

……

He stooped and sneaked all the way, passing through a messy unmanned restaurant, and saw that there was no thug outside the door, including the three cars.

The only one present was a long-haired girl holding an umbrella, with a big black dog following her feet.

The girl was bending down, carefully observing the remaining bloodstains on the ground, which shone brightly under the sun.

After hearing someone's footsteps approaching, she turned her head and smiled faintly at Yan Jingxing.

"Jing Xing, you're here."

"Hmm. What about those guys?"

"Escaped. I watched them drive away from this place, along that road, and leave in the southeast direction. Unfortunately, none of these cars had license plates, and this group of people was quite cautious. I don't know the tire marks left behind Is it useful..."

Xie Yuzhi gently turned the handle of the umbrella in her hand, it seemed that she was already thinking about how to get those guys back.

"Besides, before they left, they took away all the bullets on the ground, including the person you shot in the chest with a gun. It seems that they didn't want to leave any clues."

"That's pretty good, we don't need to deal with the scene."

Miss Xie observed the expression on his face, and suddenly asked:
"how do you feel?"

"Huh? What did you say?" Yan Jingxing was taken aback for a moment.

"You don't need to hide it from me." The girl said softly, her tone was neither serious nor too frivolous, but gentle and revealing a trustworthy strength, "You shot someone, this is It's the first time you've done something to a human being that could kill it, haven't you?"

"..."

Seeing that he was silent, Xie Yuzhi stretched out her hand, grabbed his palm and held it, with a little worry in her tone.

"Jing Xing, are you okay?"

"Ah?" Yan Jingxing came back to his senses now, he felt the warm touch from his palm, his face blushed, but he didn't break away for some reason, but replied as if he didn't notice, "Of course I'm fine , It’s better to say that I don’t feel it at all.”

"is it?"

"Yes. I was just thinking about whether this 'no feeling' itself is the problem. Even if I was in the state of activating the 'battle instinct' at that time, it was something I did myself..."

"how could be?"

Xie Yuzhi said.

"For the bad guys who want to take your life, no matter how you resist, it is just. I am just worried about whether you will have psychological barriers. If you don't, it would be great. We don't have to think about it at all."

"how about you?"

Yan Jingxing looked at the split-headed dog following her.

"This guy was very fierce just now. If the person I shot in the chest has the possibility of surviving, the unlucky guy whose neck was bitten off by it really has little hope of survival."

"This is..."

Miss Xie blinked and smiled again.In his eyes, there was even a hint of cunning in this smile.

"Maybe I'm the bad guy. I never do it myself, so I won't have a psychological burden."

"Great, no one is here."

Another girl's voice came from the door of the restaurant, and the two holding hands turned their heads and saw Ji Chunzao bouncing towards them.

Xie Yuzhi let go of his hand and handed him the plastic bag in the other hand.

"Here, the promised cold drink. But it's been too long, it may have melted a bit."

"It's ok!"

Ji Chunzao opened the bag, took out the fruit juice, twisted the lid and took a few sips, his starry eyes narrowed in satisfaction, like a kitten basking in the sun.

"Who is this……"

Miss Xie looked at He Feng who was following behind Ji Chunzao. He walked over slowly, pressed the peaked cap on his head, and smiled awkwardly at the girl.

He was quite sensible and did not choose to escape.

He Feng saw Yan Jingxing's astonishing performance when the conflict broke out in the restaurant just now, and knew that he might not be able to escape with just two legs; what's more, the other party still has a gun in his hand.Judging from his series of performances, the other party looked young, but he was not the type who would be soft-hearted.

I've already offended him once, so it's better to be obedient.

"This is the private investigator who wants to contact us."

Yan Jingxing replied.

"However, it was he who helped those thugs set up this trap."

"……is that so?"

The eldest lady's eyes quickly became dangerous.

"Ahaha, I have no other choice. Everyone has seen it. They all have guns in their hands..."

He Feng was sweating coldly on his forehead, he quickly tried to defend himself, but his words were quickly interrupted by Yan Jingxing.

"The most critical issue right now is that there is some unknown person who knows as much as us about ... 'the thing'. Moreover, he has the ability to call in a group of gangster thugs to carry out a surprise attack, and even provide a large number of guns."

Xie Yuzhi rested her chin with her hands, her expression serious.

"It is indeed a bit troublesome. We urgently need information now."

"Yes, that's why I brought him out."

"You made the best choice. However, we are still students, how to treat him is a problem."

"I promise to tell the truth! If you have anything to say, just ask—"

He Feng forced a smile, trying to win trust.

"It's a pity we don't have time to listen." Ji Chunzao had already drank the cold drink in one go, and now he was licking the juice on the ring of the bottle intently, and replied without raising his head, "We still have to go to class."

"what?"

What the little girl said made He Feng dumbfounded.

"That's right. So you have to cooperate with us. During this time, you can't leave this town, and you can't leave our sight."

"But this..."

Xie Yuzhi didn't give him a chance to express his opinions at all, and didn't even listen to him at all, so she directly decided how to deal with him.

"In other words, we still have to take care of him. Coupled with the attack that happened here, there will definitely be follow-up troubles to deal with. With the ability of us minors, I'm afraid it will be difficult to solve them perfectly."

Yan Jingxing looked into her eyes.

"Listen, do you have a solution?"

"Yes, I have."

Miss Xie sighed in an imperceptible way, and then she took out the same Nokia N95 as Yan Jingxing and the others from her pocket.

Once a decision is made, it will be executed vigorously and vigorously. This is her style, so Xie Yuzhi pressed the number without hesitation.

"Good afternoon, Dad."

She quickly explained the situation to the person on the other side of the radio wave:

"I was in military training, and when I was going down the mountain, I was attacked by a group of unidentified people near a restaurant. I guess they might be gangsters. There were 14 people in total, and they had guns in their hands. Among the people I met, Just holding five or six pistols ... Well, I'm fine. No injuries, luckily my friend was around and he helped me."

"Yes, they took people away after they shot. There is an instigator behind them, and this person has the ability to mobilize more people. I hope Dad will not do it arbitrarily, first help find out who it is, and then share the information Give me."

"What kind of gangster fire? Dad, you have watched too many Hong Kong movies, and now is a society ruled by law, why don't you contact the police as soon as possible."

"Yes. Yes, I am teaching you how to do things. If you still treat me as a child, it will be dangerous, because this time I met gangsters with guns, and those with watermelon knives and steel pipes Punks are not the same thing."

"Why did they attack me... Yes, this is the question you should have asked in the first place, Dad. But I need to discuss it with my friends before I can conclude something that I can tell you."

"It's impossible to tell the whole story, would you share with your daughter everything that happened in your business? Yes, my business, of course I have something I want to do... It's my business (this It's my business)."

"That's it. Goodbye."

Xie Yuzhi hung up the phone.

Just, that's it...?
Since his parents are overseas all year round, Yan Jingxing is also the kind of person who doesn't have much chance to communicate with his own parents, but even so he can still hear that the conversation just now is by no means a normal way to communicate with his parents.

"Um, is your relationship with your father... okay?"

When this question was asked, Yan Jingxing felt that it was subtle.

Speaking of which, Chunzao's family relationship is also a bit complicated, because her biological parents disappeared in the forest, and now they are adopted by her uncle and aunt.

Compared with most of their peers who grew up in normal families at school, their growth environment seems to be a bit special.

...Could it be that the reason why they got together unknowingly and became obsessed with aliens is actually subconsciously huddling together to keep warm?
"It's not bad. It's just a very common... conflict between a stubborn parent and a child who wants to be independent."

Xie Yuzhi put down the phone and replied calmly.

"Don't worry, my relationship with him is actually pretty good, at least for now. There are 'historical problems' that cannot be let go, but there are no unspeakable contradictions."

(End of this chapter)