Chapter 389: So It’s You

At this moment, Shen Zhou stood up to interrupt the escalating tension, speaking with a friendly expression. “Everyone, the fact that we’ve gathered here today to help our country is a rare opportunity. I hope everyone can make the most of it and stop causing any trouble. We need to stick together and unite. That’s the right thing to do.”

Liu Caifeng let out a soft hum. At that moment, her arm was pulled by Wu Xianting, who was standing next to her.

“Caifeng, don’t say anything. Don’t you remember? She’s not someone we should mess with. Her husband is the commander in charge of our safety this time. If we offend her, what will we do if we’re in danger and her husband doesn’t come to our rescue?”

Liu Caifeng, hearing her cautious words, angrily shrugged her hand away. “Wu Xianting, you’re so timid! So what if her husband is the commander? His mission here is to protect us. If he dares not help me, I’ll report him.”

Wu Xianting wanted to persuade her further, but as the words were about to leave her mouth, Liu Caifeng walked impatiently to another group of people.

Seeing this, Wu Xianting had no choice but to swallow her words and decided to leave her alone.

Anyway, she didn’t want to cause any more trouble here. She just needed to do her job well and then return to get promoted and earn a raise.

Just after their group arrived, two large military-green vehicles, which could seat about ten people each, stopped outside.

“Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting. We can now depart. Please get in the vehicle at the front,” Jiang Hong said as he hurried over to speak with them.

Shen Zhou stepped forward, shook his hand, expressed his thanks, and quickly called the researchers behind him to board the first military vehicle.

Li Yiyi and Gu Weiwei were at the back of the group. Just as they were about to catch up with the main group, Li Yiyi felt her hand being grabbed.

She turned around and saw that it was Jiang Hong.

At that moment, Gu Weiwei also noticed, glanced at the two vehicles outside, and didn’t see the person she had hoped to meet. A small hint of disappointment appeared on her face.

“Hong Shuo has already gone to the foot of Wushan,” Jiang Hong explained while holding his wife’s hand to Gu Weiwei.

“Oh, thank you,” Gu Weiwei smiled knowingly at Li Yiyi. “I’ll wait for you up ahead.”

Li Yiyi nodded. After Gu Weiwei left, she turned to face the man holding her arm. “Do you have something to say?”

“I have a spot in my vehicle. How about you come sit with me?” he said.

Li Yiyi glanced at the front vehicle and noticed several people looking their way. Deciding quickly, she said, “It’s fine, I’ll sit with everyone else. Gu Weiwei is in that vehicle too, so it wouldn’t be right to leave her behind.”

Hearing her decision, Jiang Hong knew the matter was settled and nodded with a slight sense of disappointment.

“Here, this is something I bought early this morning. It’s still warm. If you get hungry on the road, you can eat it.” He immediately took a bag from his pocket and handed it to her.

Li Yiyi took it and immediately smelled the aroma of meat buns. “Meat buns! They smell so good.”

Seeing her smile, Jiang Hong felt that waking up early to buy the buns was completely worth it.

Li Yiyi saw his silly smile and felt a warmth in her heart. She quickly asked, “Have you eaten?”

“I already did,” he replied, just as the sound of a car horn came from behind them.

“The time’s up. Take care of yourself on that vehicle. If anything comes up, come find me in the back vehicle,” he quickly instructed.

Li Yiyi nodded. After the couple parted ways, the bag of meat buns in Li Yiyi’s hand immediately caught the attention of several people.

After all, it was early in the morning, and many hadn’t had breakfast yet.

Li Yiyi pretended not to notice the hungry looks directed her way. After all, these buns were from Jiang Hong, and there weren’t many. If she started sharing, there probably wouldn’t be enough, so it was better not to share at all.

“Stingy! Who hasn’t eaten meat buns before? Who’s going to care about hers?” Liu Caifeng, sitting at the back, muttered as she smelled the buns’ fragrance.

Wu Xianting, sitting next to her, really wanted to distance herself from Liu Caifeng. This woman was really something—she knew every time they clashed with Li Yiyi, it was always them who ended up on the losing side, but she just never learned.

For the rest of the journey, everyone in the vehicle simply smelled the aroma of the meat buns until they reached their destination.

As soon as the vehicle stopped, the group rushed out, eager to breathe in the fresh air after the strong scent of the buns.

Shen Zhou wasn’t comfortable either, but he managed to hold back.

When they disembarked, Hong Shuo led a few soldiers in military green uniforms toward them.

Before he could speak, a figure suddenly ran excitedly from behind him to the front.

The person sniffed around the researchers for a while.

“Who is this person? Why is he sniffing everyone like a dog? If he keeps doing this, I’m going to report him,” Liu Caifeng said, backing away in fear.

Just as she finished speaking, the middle-aged man, who had been sniffing everyone, stopped in front of Li Yiyi.

“You must be Dr. Li, right? No doubt about it, you’re Dr. Li. The smell of medicine on you is the strongest. Only a doctor would have such a strong medicinal scent. I’m sure I’m right,” the middle-aged man said excitedly.

Li Yiyi nodded. “Hello, I’m Li Yiyi. May I ask who you are?”

“I’m the one who wrote you the letter. My name is Ye Fan,” the man introduced himself nervously.

“Hello, Comrade Ye. I’m glad to have received your letter. We came here because of it. In your letter, you mentioned that a group of people from country R came to Wushan. Do you know if they’ve come down yet?”

“Not yet. I’ve been guarding the exit of the mountain. If they had come down, I would’ve been the first to know. I’ve been eating and sleeping here, and I haven’t seen them come down.”

Li Yiyi nodded and asked him further about Wushan, “Has anyone from your group ever entered Wushan before?”

“My father’s generation went in, but later the miasma got worse, and our people stopped entering the mountain,” Ye Fan replied.