122 Nightfall (1/2)

”Master,” Chen Wudi said as he sat down next to the campfire and stared at it in a daze, ”I defeated the King of the Southern Mountains, so why did that woman tell me to get lost?”

Ren Xiaosu kept quiet. He wanted to tell Chen Wudi that human nature was complicated and some people were just not worth saving. But he was also worried that he would destroy Chen Wudi's innocence.

If there really were a Great Sage in times like these who ended up getting persuaded by Ren Xiaosu to become an ordinary mortal, he wondered if he would have done a good or bad thing.

Ren Xiaosu did not know if it would be a good thing or not if he managed to persuade a real Great Sage to become a normal person in this world.

But at this moment, Wang Fugui chuckled next to him. ”You're too much of a busybody. You would've saved yourself a lot of trouble if you adopted the mindsets of 'none of your business' and 'none of my business' in your life.”

”What do you mean?” Chen Wudi looked up, stunned.

”Look here.” Wang Fugui said earnestly, ”Why do you have to poke your nose into this matter for no good reason? If you don't poke your nose—”

”It's none of your business,” interrupted Chen Wudi.

Wang Fugui was speechless.

”Hahaha!” Ren Xiaosu, Yan Liuyuan, and Xiaoyu were convulsing with laughter. It was great that Chen Wudi had already mastered the use of the phrase ”none of your business.”

As for whether he could learn ”none of my business,” Ren Xiaosu felt that it depend on whether Chen Wudi was willing to learn it.

The next morning, Ren Xiaosu and company got up early and roasted some sweet potatoes to eat. A lot of people preferred to sleep for a while longer than to get up and eat. In reality, if they did not eat in the morning during this season, their bodies would remain cold for the rest of the day.

Ren Xiaosu saw that the Qing Consortium's people had also gotten up. After all, the combat troops were different from the escapees in that they had a certain regimen to follow.

The conditions of the escapees were much better today. As usual, some of them still fell sick and went down with a fever, but it was not that many of them.

When the Qing Consortium started moving off, the escapees followed. Everyone silently and eagerly followed the Qing Consortium as they did not want to lose sight of them.

Ren Xiaosu glanced at the group of escapees and discovered that the ”King of the Southern Mountains” who had been beaten up by Chen Wudi last night was lying on the ground taking his last breaths. The woman who was with him had already rejoined the larger group and blended into the crowd.

Lying on the ground with no help from anyone would lead to certain death.

Actually, if what this unfortunate fellow had said was true, that woman not only should have been taken good care of by him in the stronghold, she was also only able to escape the stronghold with his help. But once he was in trouble, that woman decisively abandoned him.

In a world like this, there was no saying who deserved death more.

Ren Xiaosu looked over to the Qing Consortium's people. The remaining two vehicles were now driving very slowly. Those who couldn't fit into the vehicles had to keep up next to them on foot.

But Ren Xiaosu was surprised to see Luo Lan walking on foot as well instead of riding in a vehicle!

Why? Was he working out to get fitter?

Then Ren Xiaosu made a careful observation. Just which soldiers were allowed to ride in the vehicles? There shouldn't be anyone more important than Luo Lan, right?

Ren Xiaosu was stunned by his observation. He saw the bandaged wounded in the back of the military transport truck and in the off-road vehicle. The truck was also half-loaded with firearms and munitions.

The firearms and munitions were definitely indispensable. Even if the soldiers were forced to walk, they would still have to bring those along with them. After all, those were their only means of protecting their lives!

The soldiers had helped Luo Lan force his way through a blockade of the face bugs, so Luo Lan allowed them to ride in the vehicles instead of himself.

The walking wounded still existed, but it was only because the vehicles were filled to the brim with people. Those who could still walk didn't get into the vehicles.

But the wounded who weren't in the vehicles were neither depressed nor resentful. It even seemed to Ren Xiaosu like they were chatting and laughing during the march.

Ren Xiaosu had thought Luo Lan would just abandon the wounded and drive straight to Stronghold 109 by himself. But what really happened was a total surprise to him.

These two brothers, Qing Zhen and Luo Lan… it was no wonder that even a supernatural being was willing to die for Qing Zhen.

In reality, Ren Xiaosu did not know the deceased supernatural being was not hired by Qing Zhen but was originally a soldier within the ranks of Qing Zhen's combat brigade. After awakening his power, he instantly became Qing Zhen's bodyguard and remained loyal and devoted to him.