From the mont the sun peeked out until it fully rose, it actually took only a few short seconds. In their eyes, these few seconds ford a deeply morable image.
"Wow..."
Lu Xiaoer exclaid in admiration.
She’d seen sunrises before, as had Song Lili and Wen Nian.
It seed to be the environnt they were in, perhaps it was the combination of the four of them, or maybe it was because all of them had narrowly escaped death several tis...
This sunrise was exceptionally enchanting, exceptionally spectacular.
As for Zhongli Wuzhi...
Seeing him motionless, as if petrified, Lu Xiaoer couldn’t help but poke him,
"What’s wrong? Why the serious face?"
His narrow, fox-like eyes were squinted, making it hard to gauge his emotions, but the expression seed tense.
"This is my first ti watching a sunrise..."
He murmured.
Lu Xiaoer was stunned for a mont, "Really?"
The notorious playboy was watching a sunrise for the first ti?
"It’s true."
Zhongli Wuzhi stared directly at the reddish sun hanging on the horizon and repeated.
Lu Xiaoer blinked and thought for a mont,
"Well, watching a sunrise for the first ti... that’s quite nice too."
"So beautiful."
Zhongli Wuzhi said just two words, his face still towards the sun, seemingly completely imrsed in the beauty of the sunrise...
"Little Ear."
"Hm?"
"From now on we’ll watch the sunrise together often."
"...Okay."
Lu Xiaoer didn’t think too much and just agreed.
"Then... from now on, we’ll often sleep together."
"..."
"How else will we wake up together?"
Zhongli Wuzhi turned his head towards Lu Xiaoer, revealing a sly grin.
Lu Xiaoer’s ears turned red with anger, and she swung a heavy slap at him,
"When will you ever be serious for a change!"
Zhongli Wuzhi leaned in close, his breath nearly touching her lips, and spoke in a husky voice,
"I’ve always been serious."
"Hahaha..."
Song Lili, who had been watching the exchange, couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Witnessing this bickering pair, one often marvels at how wondrous the encounters between people can be.
"Why are you envious of them?"
Wen Nian looked puzzled at Song Lili.
"Huh?"
Song Lili blinked, her face communicating a "Do I look envious?" expression.
"Your eyes, nose, and mouth, they’re all expressing your envy."
"...No, you’re mistaken. I have you, why would I envy them?"
"I’m curious too. You have , so why would you envy them?"
Wen Nian countered with a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice.
Song Lili stared at him for a long mont and finally spat out three words,
"Little puppy dog."
"..."
Wen Nian’s expression froze, before he could retort, sothing caught the corner of his eye...
It wasn’t just Wen Nian who noticed it, Song Lili and Zhongli also did, almost at the sa pace as the slow rise of the sun.
A cara-equipped drone appeared squarely two ters in front of the four of them and then stopped.
Song Lili was the first to react, without saying a word, she pulled Wen Nian into her embrace, trying to cover his face.
She faced the drone with a look of horror...
Then a continuous "bang bang bang" of gunfire ca from behind them.
Qin Shu, wielding a submachine gun, shot the drone to pieces!
Fragnts of the machine fell before them, so directly to the bottom of the mountain.
Song Lili was gasping for air in panic and alarm, still pressing Wen Nian tightly to her chest.
Were they seen? Or not?
Her pupils contracted with fear.
While Zhongli Wuzhi and Lu Xiaoer hadn’t even had ti to realize what had happened...
The gunfire rang so loudly it pained their ears.
"Ali..."
Wen Nian’s muffled voice ca from her hug, and only then did Song Lili release him, their eyes eting in stark contrast.
She was panicked, while he was composed.
"Were we seen... were we seen?"
She didn’t care where the drone ca from, who controlled it, her main concern was whether the drone’s cara captured the four of them...
Song Lili, Zhongli, and Lu Xiaoer were inconsequential, but... Wen Nian!
Wen Nian didn’t speak; he stood up and pulled Song Lili to her feet as well.
Turning around, he said to Qin Shu,
"Quick response. Good job."
Qin Shu pursed his lips, "Your Excellency, what now?"
This was the rebel army’s territory, and the drone wasn’t theirs. It was clear who else would have the capability to fly a drone in this area.
Moreover, using machines for reconnaissance was exactly what Wen Nian had done the previous night.
However one looked at it, this felt like a tit-for-tat provocation.
"Where’s Cong Han?"
Just as he finished asking, Cong Han appeared fully ard, walking up to Wen Nian and saluting,
"Your Excellency, all preparations are complete."
"I sent you an email with a detailed map, centered on this mountain and covering a ten-kiloter radius."
Cong Han acknowledged, "Thank you, Your Excellency."
Wen Nian stepped forward, approached Cong Han’s ear, and whispered sothing that only he could hear.
Cong Han’s pupils contracted briefly but soon returned to normal,
"Yes, Your Excellency."
"Go."
Wen Nian ordered.
Cong Han saluted everyone before turning and heading down the mountain.
"Your Excellency, what about us?"
Qin Shu inquired.
Song Lili’s attention was still on the ruined drone.
"This place is no longer safe; let’s leave."
Wen Nian declared.
"Pack up everything, and let’s leave here as quickly as possible."
Lu Xiaoer was completely baffled; she approached Song Lili and whispered,
"Lili... what’s the situation now? What about this drone?"
Lu Xiaoer was probably the only one still unclear about the current situation.
But Lili had no patience to explain, simply saying,
"Pack up first, then get in the car."
"..."
————
anwhile, at the Chuhai Mountains, the rebel army’s military base.
In a place resembling a factory workshop, Chief Qing Luo was still sitting on his motorcycle, looking at an electronic screen in his hand. At that mont, the screen showed a still fra.
Four people sat on the mountaintop, talking and laughing...
The first one on the right, Tang Xiaohua.
The second on the right...
Chief Qing Luo’s furrowed brows relaxed,
"This is really getting more and more interesting."
"Chief Qing Luo, what are you laughing about all by yourself?"
A man in a sharp suit entered from outside the factory, speaking in the language of Country G.
Qing Luo glanced at him, one leg dangling casually from the motorcycle, swinging lightly,
"I saw a very interesting person."
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