177 New neighbor, Yang Xiaojin (1/2)

Actually, even if Yan Liuyuan had not gone to warn Jiang Wu, Ren Xiaosu would still have done so the next day.

However, he had to make it clear to Jiang Wu. ”Ms. Jiang, I'm afraid that the stronghold is no longer a safe place. We rented a courtyard house here to facilitate our escape.”

Jiang Wu tucked her hair behind her ear and said gently, ”Mhm, I understand.”

”Don't you have any questions for me?” Ren Xiaosu was curious. ”Like what kind of danger is coming, and why it's so important that we have to escape?”

Jiang Wu smiled and said, ”You must have your reasons for doing so. Back then, we only managed to survive because we followed you. Since you judge that it's getting dangerous, there isn't any reason for us to distrust you.”

Ren Xiaosu had been doubted the entire day while he was running errands. Now that someone believed him, he was rather surprised. ”Ms. Jiang, you can bring your students here to the courtyard house to live temporarily. But lemme tell you beforehand, there isn't enough space inside the house, so y'all'll have to make do and sleep out here in the courtyard. Furthermore, we won't be providing y'all with any food while we're making our escape. We'll each flee separately.”

”Mhm, I understand.” Jiang Wu nodded.

Although Ren Xiaosu would have liked to help Jiang Wu out of the goodness of his heart, he was absolutely not going to risk having anyone hold back the speed of their escape.

If the Experimentals could even cause Luo Lan to prepare to flee, they must be extremely terrifying. Ren Xiaosu wondered if there might be a lot more Experimentals than they had previously imagined.

At this moment, Jiang Wu looked to the many bicycles Ren Xiaosu and the others had parked in the yard. ”Are you all planning on leaving on these bicycles?”

”Yes.” Ren Xiaosu nodded and said, ”It's so we'll be faster when it's time for us to go. Y'all might not be able to keep up with us.”

In this stronghold, bicycles cost at least several thousand yuan each. Anything made of metal these days was considered a luxury.

Although the school had already paid Jiang Wu her salary, and the students also received their subsidies for attending school, it was only going to be enough for them to buy some supplies for the journey and wouldn't be enough to purchase a bicycle.

Jiang Wu hesitated for a long while. She had wanted to borrow some money but couldn't bear to ask no matter how she thought about it. After all, what reason did she have that would make Ren Xiaosu want to lend her the money to buy bicycles?

Ren Xiaosu inadvertently mentioned, ”Actually, there's a bicycle shop just a few dozen meters down from where we are. You can always go and look for the owner to borrow his bicycles when trouble breaks out in the stronghold…”

Yan Liuyuan was taken aback. ”Bro, are you sure you meant to say 'borrow'? Do you even intend to return them?”

Ren Xiaosu did not reply. He knew this was wrong.

Jiang Wu shook her head. ”That wouldn't set a good example to the students.”

Ren Xiaosu did not say anything. He thought there was nothing wrong with Jiang Wu having such a sense of justice. After all, didn't Ren Xiaosu help her previously because she had this ”glow” to her?

But since this was the case, there was really nothing that Ren Xiaosu could do about it.

Jiang Wu said, ”But I know there's a place in the stronghold where we can rent bicycles from. It costs 90 yuan a month to rent one, and all we have to do is to submit our ID cards and 300 yuan as an initial deposit. I can just rent the bicycles for now.”

300 yuan was definitely not enough to cover the cost of a bicycle, but with the renter's ID card withheld, there wouldn't be any fear they would run off with the bicycles. After all, the stronghold was locked down at all times, so there wouldn't be a chance for anyone to escape. And Jiang Wu's students had received 600 yuan each for their education subsidy, so that would leave them with enough money to buy supplies for their escape after renting a bicycle.

Besides, their Stronghold 109 ID cards were going to be useless soon.

However, Ren Xiaosu asked out of curiosity, ”What's the difference between borrowing and renting the bicycles if that's the case? We all know that those bicycles won't be returned anyway.”

Jiang Wu said softly, ”Surely we should at least compensate the shop a little, right?”

Ren Xiaosu was still curious, ”But that will also set a bad example to the students, won't it?”

Jiang Wu suddenly said determinedly, ”Then I'll just not tell them.”