our secret base

Chapter 62

After the third day of military training.

Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao got into the Missy's car and headed all the way to Jinjiang City.

He felt emotional, he never thought that the opportunity for him to return to the city would be today.But this time the destination is not in the city, but a hotel near the high-tech development zone.

"Jing Xing moved from the city to our town, right?"

He was looking at the familiar and unfamiliar highway scenery passing by one after another outside the window, and Ji Chunzao leaned over with a smile. If Miss Xie on the other side hadn't calmly grabbed her, the curly-haired girl would be cheek to cheek with him right now.

"Is there a feeling of nostalgia?"

"……Okay."

Yan Jingxing withdrew his gaze.

"If I didn't make friends, I might miss my previous life because I was lonely. But I am happy and busy now, so I can't think about the past."

"Oh~ I can really talk~"

Ji Chunzao dragged his tone, and Miss Xie at the side cleared her throat.

"Next time on the rest day, if you have time, you can drive everyone around the city and find a place to play. Forget about today, there are important things to do."

That's right, they set off almost as soon as the military training was over, so it can be seen that they really couldn't wait.

Two hours later, the car stopped at the entrance of a hotel with more than [-] floors standing at the intersection.

A familiar figure was waving goodbye to several men in suits and leather shoes.

After seeing Xie Yuzhi get off the car, the men bowed respectfully to this side.

"Meet you again, Mr. He."

Xie Yuzhi nodded slightly to that side, then turned her gaze to the figure who was walking down the stairs.

"I said, are you a little too anxious?"

Detective He Feng smiled wryly.

I haven't seen him in the past few days. The man is no longer a dusty look. After putting on a clean and tidy attire, he looks like a dog.

"How have you been these few days? My father's subordinates shouldn't have abused you, right?" Xie Yuzhi asked, "If you have something to say, just speak up, and I will file a complaint for you."

"...That's not true, I'm doing pretty well."

He Feng shook his head.

"Eat well, sleep well, and my elder brothers are very friendly to me. Originally, if I went to other places alone, it would be impossible to stay in such a good hotel. After all, I was running around to earn a little money, and I had to save travel expenses."

"You look dissatisfied. Is it because you need something else?"

"Of course it's freedom!"

The man yelled.

"I do this, and I am despised by people every day. I have to run around every other time. Sometimes I accidentally discovered it. I have to catch the pain and beat it. If I ca n’t find a job, I do n’t have to do it. This job is not as stable to work honestly. Is n’t it just a word at that time?

"—'For freedom's sake, both can be thrown away'."

Miss Xie nodded calmly in agreement.

"Don't worry, as long as you take us to the destination and share information, you can get the freedom you want."

"Compared to resorting to threats of violence, I would rather let you speak up. Or do you prefer to communicate with those thugs who don't know their origins?"

"Forget it, I think that even if I look back now, others will definitely not treat me. I just want to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. But..."

He Feng hesitated for a moment, then spoke slowly:
"After all, I almost caused you guys to fall into a trap. Even if it's just for compensation, I shouldn't just walk away like this."

This guy is definitely not telling the whole truth, but what he thinks in his heart doesn't matter, the important thing is that he agreed.

"Looking at the situation, that's good. So, can you elaborate on the intelligence, please?"

……

"The person you are looking for is a homeless man who is said to live in the mountains."

After getting into the car, He Feng sat in the passenger seat, and began to talk about the investigation experience during this period of time with the young people in the back row.

"This person likes to go to the small shop in Shigang Village to drink. I found an elderly insider who mentioned that this person once got drunk and mentioned that he used to be an explorer. Including his occupational situation and his alcoholism, this is already a match, right?"

"Well, I think that's what we're looking for."

"In addition, this person also said that he has been looking for someone, but no matter who asked, he didn't continue the conversation. Of course, no one actually cared about what a poor and down-and-out old drunk said. Everyone thought he was talking crazy after drinking."

When Yan Jingxing heard this, he suddenly remembered the contents of that diary.

The once famous explorer in the industry, in order to get rid of the predicament of poverty after alcoholism and seize the opportunity to reverse his life, he joined the alien expedition team organized by unknown people.

He worked so hard that he almost died on another planet; in the end, he betrayed everyone and won the "body", with the purpose of trying to change his life.

But the reality is that, in the nearly ten years since then, the explorer's research on the "element body" has always yielded nothing, and he could not be recognized, so he turned back to that decadent guy.

It's like life goes round and round, no matter how hard a person works, his fate will return to the original point again...

"Have you inquired about his subsequent whereabouts?"

"This person has no friends or relatives in the local area, and everyone doesn't even know where he lives. So it's quite difficult to know about him, basically relying on a few acquaintances in the village to hear the news."

Yan Jingxing and Xie Yuzhi looked at each other, and realized something in unison:

The villagers in Shigang Village seem to only know that the explorers "live on the mountain" and "in the cave", but they don't know the exact location; this means that their "secret base" has not been exposed for the time being.

However, if someone is willing to organize a large-scale mountain search, it will leak out sooner or later.

"But you still know."

"Yes, I inquired in several nearby villages and towns for several weeks, and finally found out that the last person who knew of this person was the abbot master in a rural temple. Yes, this alcoholic later became a Buddhist, and he also helped out as a volunteer in the temple for two years."

"That master is still there?"

"This is another strange thing. When I wanted to find someone, I realized that Master had gone to another city. I asked a group of people for help before I asked for the phone number. Then the other party told me that he had always been concerned about the whereabouts of that person, because the reason why the other party disappeared was a fire in the temple."

"After a fire, people disappeared?"

Yan Jingxing touched his chin.

"That sounds too weird, doesn't it?"

"It's really strange, but that's what happened. According to the master, it was late at night and it had just rained two days ago, but a wildfire started for some reason, and the fire quickly spread to the entire temple. Fortunately, the Buddha blessed him and no one was injured, but the explorer just disappeared. No body was left at the scene of the fire. Everyone was busy fighting the fire at that time, and no one saw where he went."

"Later, I told the police about it, but because there was no one in his house, there were very few clues left. Even the daily necessities were burned in the fire, and there was no way to find out, so it just disappeared."

"After that, no one knew his whereabouts. I couldn't even find out any rumors about him. This person seemed to 'evaporate'..."

The detective's story came to an end.

"Anyway, that's all I know."

"You said the same to the thugs?"

"Yes, I didn't hide a word."

"Then where are we going now?"

"It's where the ruins of the temple that was destroyed by fire are located." He Feng replied, "If the thugs have new actions because of my information, I guess they will go to the same place."

"Was that temple rebuilt later?"

"No, if it is really rebuilt, the master abbot doesn't have to leave. According to my understanding, after the ruins of the temple were bulldozed, the land was bought by a local real estate company, and it is currently used as a warehouse—"

"Wait, you said 'local real estate company'?"

Xie Yuzhi suddenly interjected.

"Uh, what's wrong?"

"Do you know the specific name?"

"I remember, it seems to be called Xingye Real Estate Co., Ltd..."

After hearing He Feng's reply, the girl's slender eyebrows slightly frowned.

"Yuzhi?"

Yan Jingxing noticed the abnormality in Xie Yuzhi's expression, and looked at her worriedly.

"...that's my father's property."

Miss Xie clenched her hands into fists subconsciously, and then quickly let go, her tone remained calm.

"I'll call him and ask about the specific situation. Also, please help the driver, drive faster."

*
Same day, hours later.

Dusk is fading away, and the night is getting dark.

A car drove into a drowsy grove, unremarkable in the setting.Not far from it, more than a dozen cars were parked on the side of the road, and there was a chilling atmosphere in the silence.

Xie Jianye, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was about to open the door, when the driver reached out to stop him.

"Boss, you stay here first."

Liu Tie in the driver's seat was watching the situation ahead, and the mighty whole convoy spread out to guard every key point; there were off-road vehicles parked at the entrance and both sides of the road, and the people inside were keeping an eye on the surrounding situation and were ready to contact their companions at any time.

"Isn't this one of us?" Xie Jianye asked with some doubts.

"It's our people, they are all of them. Including the warehouse, there are also manpower arranged, and there are other convoys on the nearby road watching, ready to come to support at any time."

Liu Tie took a deep breath and replied.

"Everything is ready."

"That……"

"You'd better not go down." Liu Tie insisted, "If there is a conflict later, there will be too many people, so it's easy to miss. If you get hurt, I can't bear the responsibility."

"Are you making me coward?"

"It's better to be cowardly, bullets don't have eyes. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the eldest lady."

"...You boy, have you learned to educate me now?" Xie Jianye laughed, "You talk in a different way."

"I learned it all from the eldest lady."

Liu Tie unfastened his seat belt and jumped out of the car, then turned around and said again.

"I'll just go. It's not easy to find the car hidden in the woods. You just wait in the driver's seat and you can drive away at any time."

……

After he left, Xie Jianye was silent for a while, and wanted to get off the car as soon as he patted the rudder, but his cell phone rang.He opened it and saw that it was his daughter calling.

Starting in the afternoon, Xie Yuzhi called him three times in succession. Compared with the usual estrangement of not contacting once in ten days and a half months, he should be happy about this, but what his daughter said on the phone made him feel a little incomprehensible—or, as a father and elder, his self-esteem was unacceptable.

"What do you mean by 'it's too dangerous, don't join in the fun, wait for me to come', this little girl is really rude when she speaks, am I your father or you..."

He sighed, and finally got through.

"Well, I'm already here. Okay, I'll listen to you and wait nearby. Is this okay for the head office?"

(End of this chapter)