Chapter 338: Chapter 338: Talented Individuals and Beautiful Ladies Are Unattainable Chapter 338: Chapter 338: Talented Individuals and Beautiful Ladies Are Unattainable Li Wenli, unfazed by his hand being slapped away, simply smiled and shrugged, “Lucky it isn’t you, or else…”
“Or else what?” Bai Junjun arched an eyebrow, feeling certain the guy would not say anything pleasant.
“Or else… just kill you,” Li Wenli said with mock sincerity. “After all… what contribution could such a clueless girl make to society by staying alive?”
“…” Bai Junjun.
As the two reminisced about the past, La Man Uncle hurried over, grabbing them both and heading towards a corner.
“What’s happened, Uncle?”
They followed La Man Uncle’s lead to the corner.
“With the war pressing on, dangerous as it is, there’s also an opportunity. Prepare yourselves. The mont there’s a chance, I’ll arrange for you to leave imdiately.”
“Leave?” Bai Junjun’s brows twitched. Although she had always planned to do so, she had never discussed it with La Man Uncle. How did he know?
“You fools, you’re still young. You can’t just muddle through and lose your lives here. Let adults handle the war; you just worry about getting back to town.”
As he spoke, La Man Uncle also handed Bai Junjun a jade pendant he had on him.
“Though it’s not much of a treasure, it’s still a keepsake. If you ever et soone who recognizes this jade, you can pass it on to them. If not, sell it for so food if need be.”
Bai Junjun looked disdainfully at the not-so-fine jade stone, wondering if it was worth much.
Compared to exchanging it for food, she was more curious about this ‘old friend.’
“What about this old friend, tell more?”
La Man Uncle simply shook his head: “Just a family person, no need to go looking purposely. They live reclusively and probably don’t like being disturbed by outsiders.”
Bai Junjun didn’t understand.
So was she supposed to find them or not? If she was to find them but couldn’t do it openly, how was she to proceed?
Bai Junjun silently turned to Li Wenli, hoping to pass this hot potato to him.
However, Li Wenli, usually so astute and observant, was uncharacteristically obtuse at the mont, oblivious to her hint.
Clearly, he didn’t want to take it up.
Bai Junjun wordlessly turned her attention back to La Man Uncle.
At that mont, La Man Uncle looked sorrowful, evidently touched by mories.
Bai Junjun guessed it was probably so unrequited love story involving separation—a story like those in the di novels, maybe akin to a poor boy and a noble family maiden unfairly kept apart. The poor boy was conscripted, leaving the maiden to pine for him across vast distances?
But looking at the bearded uncle, his age didn’t seem to match that of a young scholar and beauty; after all, the war had been going on for just three years. Even ti spent on the battlefield couldn’t age a young man into an old one so quickly, could it?
Could it be an elderly scholar-and-beauty story?
Although doubts swirled within her, Bai Junjun was sure to remain unanswered; La Man Uncle was summoned away for a eting before he could elaborate.
During the ti La Man Uncle was at the eting, everyone spontaneously inventoried and loaded the weapons onto carts, ready for the next move.
After all, they were people who had wandered the battlefield for three years. Even if there were grudges among them in normal tis, when faced with death, they united as one.
Bai Junjun and Li Wenli took a good look at the situation and felt it was very inappropriate for Sasa and the others to remain in the Tube-shaped Building. There could be an order to break camp at any mont, and then how would there be enough ti to fetch them?
One-Ard and One-eyed Uncle seed to have thought of this too. They instructed the two of them to go back and call everyone from the Tube-shaped Building over to be on standby.
Both of them agreed. However, how to take Sasa, Xiao Shan, and Xiao Yu without causing a scene?
“What do you think about putting them back into ‘Space’?”
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