395: So exciting! So exciting!

“How could he have those kinds of thoughts about me? Zhao Rui and I are brothers who have experienced life and death together.”

“But Zhao Rui has been really strange lately…”

Su Liuyuan ran his hands through his hair in frustration.

Suddenly realizing something, he stared intently at Jiang Fei and Lu Yu opposite him.

“You two are very quiet today.”

“Normally, you would have already started speculating about the reason for Zhao Rui’s unusual behavior, just like Chu Xia.”

“Are you hiding something from me?”

The two hesitated for a moment.

It was Lu Yu who spoke, subtly reminding his brother:

“Spending day and night together, feelings are bound to develop.”

Jiang Fei added, “It’s just that there are many kinds of feelings.”

Su Liuyuan wasn’t stupid; he understood the implication of their words, and his eyes were dull, as if struck by lightning.

He treated Zhao Rui as a brother, but his brother saw him as a beloved?!

“No… I need to calm down…”

The meat in his bowl no longer appealed to him, and Su Liuyuan staggered away.

He was only glad that 201 had two bedrooms.

Otherwise, it would be too awkward to go back and see Zhao Rui now.

Meanwhile, Xiao Chuxia, Xu Qianyao, and Old Mrs. Xu in 102 could not hide their shock.

“Zhao Rui actually likes Liu Yuan?!” Xiao Chuxia’s eyes sparkled:

“How exciting! How explosive!”

Old Mrs. Xu was very open-minded: “Feelings are something that cannot be controlled; if you fall for someone, you fall for them.”

“Loving someone has nothing to do with gender.”

Saying this, she raised her hand and patted Xu Qianyao’s shoulder: “If you like men, don’t hide it; Grandma won’t object.”

“If I can’t have a great-grandson, I can have another grandson.”

Xu Qianyao: “…”

Grandma, you are truly open-minded.

—

Ever since Su Liuyuan discovered Ling Zhaorui’s feelings for him, the two of them had been intentionally or unintentionally avoiding each other.

Every evening after work, Ling Zhaorui would come to 102 to eat first.

Only after he left would Su Liuyuan, who had been outside, come in to eat.

Even if they accidentally ran into each other, they wouldn’t speak, pretending not to see each other, one going upstairs, the other entering the room.

This left Jiang Fei, Lu Yu, and Xiao Chuxia very worried.

“Miss, if Liu Yuan and Zhao Rui continue like this, will they go their separate ways?”

“I don’t want our team to disband.”

Jiang Fei also did not want to see that happen.

However, they couldn’t interfere in Su Liuyuan and Ling Zhaorui’s matter.

Even though Lu Yu had been Su Liuyuan’s friend for many years, it wasn’t appropriate for him to try and persuade them.

The three sat on the sofa, sighing with headaches.

Little Black, on the side, blinked and turned to look at Big Yellow, who was sprawled on the cabinet.

“Woof woof woof!”

Fat cat, what’s wrong with them?

Big Yellow flicked its tail, too lazy to bother with the silly dog below.

Little Black, ignored, didn’t get angry; it turned to pester Little Gray, who was eating, for some affection.

As expected, it got beaten up again.

Little Black’s wide grin and desperate tail-wagging, its foolish appearance, made Big Yellow shift its gaze away in disdain.

Spring had indeed arrived.

Three-legged beasts sought three-legged beasts, and silly dogs sought silly wolves.

—

Su Liuyuan and Ling Zhaorui had been distant from each other for a whole week.

Ling Zhaorui, who had first confirmed his feelings, was tormented.

He would constantly overthink, wondering if Su Liuyuan was distancing himself because of disgust.

This led to Ling Zhaorui being out of sorts every day and developing dark circles under his eyes.

In contrast, Su Liuyuan ate and drank as usual, appearing carefree.

This day was Saturday.

Xiao Chuxia, resting at home, found Jiang Fei: “Miss, should we take Zhao Rui out hunting to relax?”

“He’s been gloomy lately; I’m afraid he’ll bottle up problems.”

“Coincidentally, Liu Yuan is working overtime at the Military Industry Department today and won’t be back, so we can have a good talk with Zhao Rui.”

Eight or nine days had passed since the wild animal night raid.

There weren’t many animals outside the Base, but with good luck, they might still catch a few wild rabbits.

Jiang Fei readily agreed.

She used the walkie-talkie to call Ling Zhaorui down from upstairs.

Lu Yu drove, taking Jiang Fei and the others to the Land Base’s entrance and exit.

After collecting tranquilizer guns from the staff, the four of them split into two groups for hunting.

Jiang Fei and Lu Yu formed one group.

Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui formed the other group.

Xiao Hua Lao could talk and could guide and comfort Ling Zhaorui.

Unlike her and Lu Yu, who were quiet and sometimes prone to hitting a raw nerve.

It wouldn’t be good if they made Ling Zhaorui withdraw into himself.

Thinking this, Jiang Fei followed Lu Yu to search in the distant bushes.

To avoid startling animals, they only carried a small, softly glowing light stick for illumination.

They didn’t see any animals but found a motorcycle.

It must have been ridden out by a resident.

It was parked here while its owner searched for animals nearby.

Jiang Fei was about to move to another area to search when she suddenly heard a faint sound.

It sounded a bit like dry heaving.

The two followed the source of the sound.

Down the hillside.

A blond man was straddling a woman, his hands forcefully clutching her neck.

Recognizing the woman as Yang Xiaoyin, Jiang Fei immediately retrieved a handgun from the Supermarket.

Bang—!

The bullet hit the blond man’s shoulder.

“Ah!”

The blond man cried out in pain, releasing Yang Xiaoyin and stumbling to his feet to flee.

Jiang Fei was about to fire a second shot when Yang Xiaoyin’s hoarse voice came through.

“Don’t kill him!”

“Knock him out!”

Lu Yu immediately picked up a stone and threw it, hitting the blond man squarely on the back of his head.

With a thud, the blond man fell to the ground, unconscious.

Jiang Fei helped Yang Xiaoyin up from the ground.

“Who is that person?”

She remembered that the Huaxia Base had no foreigners.

“Cough, cough, he’s from the International Base.” Yang Xiaoyin handed Jiang Fei the identification she held in her hand.

The identification listed the blond man’s name and identity.

He was Olich, captain of the YH1 team from the International Base.

Yang Xiaoyin rubbed her aching neck, saying angrily, “I came out here to test the power of a new weapon, and I found someone lurking suspiciously outside the Base.”

“I thought he was up to no good, so I went over to try and catch him.”

“He spoke Chinese and told me he was in charge of the International Base, here to collect supplies, and could show me his ID to prove his identity.”

“Who knew he would attack me while I was looking at his ID, trying to kill me.”

“We have a group of compatriots trapped in the International Base in Country A, and I was afraid what he said was true, so I didn’t let you kill him just now.”

Given the seriousness of the matter, Jiang Fei put away the blond man’s identification: “I’ll take him to Director Ning now and then send you to the Hospital.”

“No need, my gun was broken by him, I need to go back and fix it quickly, otherwise it will delay the progress of new weapon development.” Yang Xiaoyin picked up the broken gun barrel from the ground and smiled at Jiang Fei:

“If the new weapon works out, I’ll give you one.”

With that, Yang Xiaoyin got on her motorcycle and left.

Lu Yu was responsible for dragging the unconscious Olich.

Following Jiang Fei, they returned to the location of the off-road vehicle.

Using the walkie-talkie to call back Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui, Jiang Fei drove directly to the Central District Administration Bureau.

To prevent the man from dying of excessive blood loss, Xiao Chuxia used the medical kit in the car to simply treat Olich’s shoulder gunshot wound.

Upon arriving at the Administration Bureau entrance, Jiang Fei got out and explained the situation to the guards, then she and Lu Yu took Olich upstairs.

Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui remained in the car to wait.

Inside the top-floor office.

Director Ning was discussing official business with Xu Qianyao.

As soon as she entered, Jiang Fei handed Olich’s identification to Director Ning.

And told him what had happened outside the Base.

Director Ning examined the identification, his brows gradually furrowing.

“I’ve seen the International Base’s seal; his identification is real.”

“Qian Yao, wake him up.”