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The people who appeared in the stronghold were not the only ones who had come to pick Luo Lan up. Xu Man had also led a team to wait outside of Stronghold 88. It was as though he were afraid that something would go wrong in the process of rescuing Luo Lan.
It seemed that the brotherhood between Luo Lan and Qing Zhen was indeed strong. Qing Zhen was even willing to destroy an entire stronghold for Luo Lan.
When Ren Xiaosu first met Luo Lan at Stronghold 88, Luo Lan said Qing Zhen would definitely rescue him. Meanwhile, Qing Zhen had already made all the preparations for the rescue when he suddenly ordered the withdrawal of the Qing Consortium's combat troops and left the Yang Consortium's troops stranded at the front line.
Even if Qing Zhen had not been able to turn the tables on the Board in that chaotic struggle for power, this rescue mission would still have been carried out accordingly, with Qing Yi's assistance, and the nanosoldiers would still have arrived at Stronghold 88 within the planned time.
On the day Qing Zhen trekked up to Mt. Ginkgo, he had laid out everything for Luo Lan before the snowstorm arrived.
Before they parted, Luo Lan was no longer trying to persuade Ren Xiaosu to go back to the Qing Consortium with them. He said to Ren Xiaosu, ”Once you've all settled down in the valley, you can contact me. I'll get Xu Man to send some supplies to you. Consider it my congratulations to you on your new home.”
”Sure!” Ren Xiaosu did not be overly polite as they bade each other farewell.
In this world, all good things had to come to an end. Ren Xiaosu and the others were about to head off towards that hope and light in their hearts.
On their way back to the valley, Yan Liuyuan asked, ”Bro, what's it like in the valley?”
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, ”It's a poor place where the homes are made out of mud. The land for growing crops has also been destroyed, and there's a gang of bandits so poor that they only have guns, while there's no one left for them to rob.”
Yan Liuyuan listened to this seriously but did not say anything.
Ren Xiaosu asked, ”So are you still willing to go there?”
”Yes, of course.” Yan Liuyuan's eyes gleamed as he said, ”Is Big Sister Xiaojin there too? She…”
”Yeah, she's also there.” Ren Xiaosu nodded and said, ”Together with the bandits, the two of us usually dig for silt to make clay bricks to build houses with. We even give lessons to those bandits too.”
Yan Liuyuan asked, ”Can I also build houses with y'all?”
”Of course you can,” Ren Xiaosu said.
Yan Liuyuan was not afraid that life would be tough. As long as there were hope, he would still be very happy even if he had to carry bricks and build houses.
Ren Xiaosu looked at Wang Yuchi, Jiang Wu, and the others behind him. Ms. Jiang had been very quiet ever since several of her female students left the group. No one knew what she was thinking about every day.
Ren Xiaosu said to Yan Liuyuan, ”Let's go! Bro will take you for a spin!”
”How are we going for a spin?” Yan Liuyuan wondered. ”We don't even have a car. I thought we were going to walk to the valley.”
Stronghold 88 was more than 400 kilometers away from the valley, with two strongholds between them. It would even take Ren Xiaosu three days to run back there.
However, Ren Xiaosu suddenly summoned the steam locomotive as though he had no intention of hiding this superpower. When Wang Fugui saw the train, he was stunned. ”Xiaosu, this is… a train?!”
”That's right.” Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, ”Let's go for a ride on the train!”
Everyone behind him started laughing. Other people would take beautiful women out for a spin in their luxury cars, but when it came to Ren Xiaosu, that became a train ride with a bunch of men, women, seniors, and teens.
Why was everything that came out of Ren Xiaosu's mouth always a little different from imagination?