Nighttime in mid-June was still a little cold around three O’clock in the morning. This coldness mixed with the desolate chilliness of a city made people feel a little unbearable.
Following the location on the phone map, Bai Xiaohu quietly shuttled through the streets on her electric scooter.
She got the location from Lu Ye not long ago. Lu Ye seemed very excited but maintained calm as he told her to stay where she was and he would go pick her up.
But Bai Xiaohu thought that it would be faster if they both moved and met in the middle, so she continued to travel towards the location.
As a result, the red dots representing each of them on the map were both moving.
Every two or three minutes, she had to pull a fur to maintain the communication.
Yes, because the distance became closer, the fur went from only being able to support one minute to two or three minutes now.
The further she entered the city, the more zombies she could see, but because she could see the demonic energy, she purposely chose the directions with the thinnest demonic energy. Yet she still encounters some zombies on the way.
She untied the little fox accessory, and it transformed back into the fluffy headband. She held the headband in her hand, and whenever a zombie approached, she would whip it in that direction and the invisible spiritual energy would sweep over fiercely. The zombie’s head and body then separated instantly.
After a solid cultivation session, she became very powerful!
When the two red dots on the map were close enough, Bai Xiaohu stopped, holding the cat and the bird, and waited patiently.
The wind brought the sound of a car. She looked up and saw two beams of headlights coming from the front at high speed. Then the car stopped and a man came down from it. He rushed over in two steps and came to her like a gust of wind.
Bai Xiaohu looked at him and said with a smile: “Long time no see!”
Lu Ye looked at her in disbelief, still panting slightly. He rushed over as fast as he could. On the way, he was still doubting that all this was fake news. Yet, she actually came to Ningcheng from Jiangcheng Base, alone, in the middle of the night!
He slowly suppressed the fluctuations in his heart and asked her: “Why did you come?”
Bai Xiaohu said: “I was bored in the base. I don’t have to worry about the raw materials of the potion anymore. I learned to drive and came to see you…all.”
Don’t know what she was thinking, but she added the word “all” at the end. After saying it, she probably also felt it was a bit fake, so she picked up the big white cat with a guilty conscience. Holding its soft belly with one hand and raising its right paw with the other hand: “Look, I brought it here too, Dapan, say hello.”
The big white cat looked at its owner in front of it and meowed perfunctorily.
Lu Ye didn’t even look at the cat, his eyes were fixed on her face. The headlights of the car he drove were not turned off. She was shrouded in the light, and every trace of her expression was clear, even the fluff on her face was clearly visible. That evasive and guilty expression softened his heart and made it so gentle.
He reached out and touched her head: “You are too impulsive.” Then he said, “Get in the car, this is not a place to stay for long.”
Bai Xiaohu looked at the rugged off-road vehicle with two huge light bulbs in front of her and then at Lu Ye.
Lu Ye also realized that she could not ride the car.
After a while, the rugged and strong off-road vehicle turned off the lights, locked the doors, and was abandoned on the spot in an extremely miserable way. Lu Ye drove the electric scooter, and Bai Xiaohu sat sideways in the back, just like when they were riding the motorcycle together.
It’s just that this electric scooter is not as spacious as a motorcycle. Bai Xiaohu was firmly against Lu Ye’s back, sitting in the back. She could feel the scorching temperature transmitted from him through the thin clothes.
This person has a high body temperature.
Feeling that the night wind was a bit cold, Bai Xiaohu, who relied on running spiritual energy to keep warm all the way, thought so.
She hugged the big cat in her arms tightly. Well, this cat also has a high body temperature and is very soft, like a warm little heater, and it feels quite nice.
As for the chicken squatting on top of her head, so heavy it probably weighs down her neck by several centimeters, could barely be used as a hat.
Facing the wind, Lu Ye looked at the road ahead and said, “Hold me, sit tight.”
Bai Xiaohu looked ahead. The electric scooter lights had a limited range and dim light. It could only illuminate a small area ahead. If not careful, it would be bumpy. She had the buff of a light-weight spell earlier, yet she still felt bumping a lot. Now, the light-weight spell is used up and is ineffective.
She looked at Lu Ye’s waist and hesitated.
Lu Ye: “Xiaohu?”
Bai Xiaohu felt the remaining slight engine vibration, and she asked tentatively, “Lu Ye, let me ask you a question.”
Lu Ye realized what she was going to ask, and tightened his hands on the scooter handle: “Go ahead.”
“Have you read the message I sent you during the day? Do you have a partner?”
She did mistake the partner Zhuang Shixian mentioned as someone else, and did not associate it with herself.
Lu Ye stopped the scooter and stretched his long legs on the ground to support it. This woman’s electric scooter was too small for him.
He turned around. His expression and eyes can’t be seen clearly at night. Bai Xiaohu felt a little uncomfortable. She thought that it was strange for her to come and ask him such a question, but this question was really important!
Lu Ye’s voice was gentle, steady, and full of warmth. He said: “No, before I met you, there was none.”
Ah, he doesn’t have one! That must be the Zhuang family woman talking nonsense.
Bai Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and nodded: “That’s good.” As for why he emphasized before he met her, she didn’t notice this adverbial phrase.
Her nod almost shook off the black chicken on her head, which was bigger than her head.
Lu Ye looked at her hesitantly, his eyes were complex and gentle, he wanted to hug this overly straightforward girl, but he resisted and just pulled the chicken off her head. He found that the chicken was getting heavier, at least ten pounds. He frowned slightly and said disapprovingly: “It’s too heavy, you spoil them too much.”
He put the chicken in the front of the scooter. The demon chicken: “Chiu?” He said to Bai Xiaohu again: “Put the cat down too.” The cat was even heavier. He grabbed the fat cat weighing more than 20 pounds and put it next to the demon chicken.
Chicken: “……”
Cat: “……”
Bai Xiaohu hesitated for a moment, the wind blew on her head and made her feel cold, her hat was gone. Her arms were empty, and the heater was also gone.
Lu Ye turned back and continued driving: “Hold me.” Bai Xiaohu: “Ah? Oh.” She hugged Lu Ye’s waist, and it felt like a bigger heater in her arms, completely blocking all the wind in front. She yawned, feeling a little sleepy, and leaned her head on his back, closing her eyes and taking a nap.
Lu Ye felt her dependence and relaxation, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.
Driving in this dark and rotten street, he felt a sense of relief like taking a casual ride, and his heart seemed to sail freely.
Only the chicken and the cat squeezed in front of the car, stared at each other deeply, having indifferent and cold faces.
Meow, chirp, this is how they are treated as soon as this man shows up?
…
Lu Ye left in a hurry, leaving the Zhongyang Team very confused, and secretly worried that something had happened. However, he came back before dawn. When he left, he drove a majestic and domineering off-road vehicle, but when he returned, he drove a shy pink electric scooter, which stunned everyone. What was even more shocking was the person on the scooter.
“Miss Bai!”
Many shouted.
Looking back, there was no one else. Did she come here alone in the middle of the night?
The boss’s various misbehaviors just now were all because she came?
Lu Ye did not explain much to everyone’s doubts but just said that Bai Xiaohu came to take a look.
Then he took Bai Xiaohu to a business car.
The Zhongyang Team occupied a medium-sized train station. The surrounding area was cleaned up. People were sitting casually on the ground in the hall. Some fires and braziers were burning, but the light was not very good. It was full of people at a glance.
Of course, Lu Ye would not let Bai Xiaohu squeeze in with those rough men. He arranged for her to occupy the car parked at the door without any hesitation and said to her: “It will be dawn soon. Rest for a while. We will set off after dawn.”
Bai Xiaohu: “Set off? Where to?”
“Back to the base.”
Bai Xiaohu was surprised: “Back to the base so soon? Aren’t there still many zombies here?”
Lu Ye said: “We should have gone back to rest a long time ago. It has already been delayed for several days. Do you have something to do?”
“I…” I came to help, but now I’ll be returning without doing anything. Isn’t it a waste of time?
Bai Xiaohu felt let down, but she couldn’t make the whole team stay because of her since they had already decided to go back. She shook her head and said, “It’s okay.”
Lu Ye touched her soft hair and said, “Sleep for a while. I’ll take you to the main force after dawn. You can’t come here for nothing. Just say you’re here to check the use of anti-infective drugs on the front line.”
It wouldn’t be nice if someone mentioned that she came to Ningcheng overnight just to ask him in person if he had a partner. He didn’t want her to have anything people could criticize and gossip about.
Bai Xiaohu didn’t know what he was thinking. Thinking that he didn’t have a partner, which meant that he had a lot of time, she was no longer depressed and nodded obediently.
Lu Ye got out of the car and met a circle of gossipy faces. The tenderness on his face disappeared and he said sternly: “Go take a break if you’re on break, go on patrol if it’s your turn, what are you all doing here?”
Baozi squeezed out of the crowd, not afraid of his dark face: “Boss, why is she here so suddenly? Especially alone, is she here to see you?”
Lu Ye: “She has something important to do.”
Oh, something important!
Everyone made a face of realization, but no one believed this explanation. They would rather believe that the beautiful girl came just for their boss.
