454: Niannian is now his rightful partner.

Niannian was no longer the girl he was pursuing; Niannian was now his rightful partner. He would give his all to treat Niannian well.

"Okay."

Xiao Niannian nodded, lying on the straw. She handed the military overcoat to Lu Jing.

"I can just cover myself with this; you wear it."

It was very close to the bonfire here, and she still felt a bit warm with the military overcoat covering her.

Shen Yan gave his military overcoat to Yang Xi. Although it wasn't very cold at the moment, seeing Brother Lu and Sister Xiao, he looked at Leading Boss eagerly.

Military Doctor Shen coldly glanced at his foolish younger brother. These two were clearly a bit off; he couldn't quite describe the feeling, but he just felt that Old Lu and Niannian seemed different.

Could it be that they were dating?

No, before coming today, they weren't dating. Maybe Old Lu said something sweet, and Niannian was happy... Old Lu was looking at him. He couldn't keep staring at Niannian, otherwise, Old Lu would definitely get jealous.

Military Doctor Shen simply leaned against the wall in his military overcoat and closed his eyes.

With Lu Jing standing guard nearby, Xiao Niannian felt at ease and soon fell asleep.

Xiao Niannian slept for four hours. When she opened her eyes, she saw Lu Jing sitting there, adding firewood.

Xiao Niannian saw his gaze turn towards her, and Xiao Niannian smiled at him.

"Keep sleeping. Old Shen will come to stand guard later."

Hearing Lu Jing's words, Military Doctor Shen opened his eyes and immediately sat up.

"Niannian, you sleep. I'll stand guard."

Xiao Niannian nodded. As she was about to close her eyes, she heard Lu Jing's footsteps getting closer.

Lu Jing lay down beside Niannian and covered Xiao Niannian with his military overcoat.

"I don't need it; it'll be too hot later."

Xiao Niannian's body had recovered very well now. Although she hadn't reached the physical fitness of her original world, her resistance to severe cold was much better than when she first arrived.

Lu Jing didn't say anything more. He covered his chest with the military overcoat, turned towards Niannian, and closed his eyes.

Xiao Niannian looked at Lu Jing.

When they used to go on missions, most of the time they would just sit or set up a hammock in a tree to sleep. Last time in Heilongjiang Province, they also slept leaning against a wall.

The temperature here was much higher than in Heilongjiang Province, and the cave was also cleaner.

In the mountains opposite, more than a dozen people with flashlights had also found a cave, but this cave was very small, and everyone could only sit. The firewood in front of them wasn't very dry, and the smoke choked them, making them cough.

"Didn't you say he must be in these mountains? How come we've been searching for so many days and haven't even seen a trace of him?"

"Brother, he's definitely in the mountains. Even if he escaped, where could he go without a letter of introduction?"

"Old Niu is right. He's a bit familiar with these mountains, but it's winter now, so cold, and he has no food. Hunting in the mountains is also very difficult. As long as we search the caves in these mountains, we might find him..."

"If he dies, we'll have completed our mission, and we won't be afraid of being discovered."

The few people chatted back and forth, getting happier as they spoke, but a somewhat thin, shifty-eyed man next to them suddenly spoke up.

"Today, I think I saw someone enter the mountains."

What?

Saw someone enter the mountains?

"What did you say? Someone entered the mountains? When?" The leading middle-aged man looked at him with an extremely gloomy gaze.

"It was this morning. I was relieving myself and saw a few faint figures in the distance. At first, I thought I was seeing things, but I rubbed my eyes, and those people were gone again..."

"Bang."

He was kicked hard by Leading Boss, directly hitting the wall.

The impact made his face change drastically, and he was in extreme pain, but he dared not cry out.

"Since you discovered someone entered the mountains, why didn't you report it?"

"I... I thought I was seeing things..." He stammered.

He was also very sleepy at the time.

"Slap, slap, slap."

He was slapped several times and squatted on the ground, covering his face.

Leading Boss was furious at this point. More than ten hours had already passed.

"Did any of you notice anyone going up the mountain today?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Leading Boss, even if someone went up the mountain, it doesn't matter. Before, people often went up to gather herbs."

"That's right, Leading Boss, this is Medicine King Valley, and many people come to gather herbs."

"Although we scared away many people before, some might not know."

"Leading Boss, even if someone comes to gather herbs, they might not necessarily discover our situation..."

Hearing these people's words, Leading Boss's expression grew even uglier.

"What do you know? Can you guarantee that Yang Xi won't be discovered? Can you guarantee that these people aren't from the military or public security?"

"But, don't we have..."

"Shut up."

Leading Boss's face became even more grim.

"As soon as it's light, we'll go search. I don't believe that we can't find him in just a few mountains..."

"Leading Boss is brilliant."

Leading Boss's face was grim as he walked outside.

They had brought half a month's worth of supplies this time, intending to search mountain by mountain. The temperature at night was below negative ten degrees Celsius, so they didn't dare to search at night. Otherwise, if they froze, it would be troublesome, or if they fell into a pit or off a cliff, they would lose their lives.

"The higher-ups demand that we must kill Yang Xi this time. Otherwise, if he finds someone, all the things we've done here will be discovered..."

They had finally found such a hard-to-discover place and had even bribed the commune members. Now, even if the higher-ups came, they wouldn't find anything.

However, Yang Xi had been a soldier and had strong anti-reconnaissance abilities. They had tried several times but failed to kill Yang Xi.

"Roar..."

Hearing the tiger's roar, several people were badly frightened. They usually saw wild boars, and had also seen Black Bears, but even with guns, they couldn't kill the Black Bears, and several of them were injured or killed.

Black Bears moved in groups of several. As for tigers, they had encountered one once, and someone was bitten to death by the tiger, but the tiger was agile, and they couldn't kill it.

They heard that tigers held grudges, so they hadn't dared to come near this area for many days.

Otherwise, they would have caught Yang Xi long ago.

"Damn it, how many tigers are there? Why do we keep hearing tiger roars around here?"

Leading Boss said angrily.

"We brought a lot of weapons this time. If we see a tiger again, we'll take care of it..."

"I've never eaten tiger meat in my life, so it's a good chance to try it."

The few people laughed heartily.

They had four weapons, while the others carried bows and arrows and knives, and some carried long spears and woodcutting axes.

Somehow, they heard the sound of the tiger getting closer.