Chapter 812 - War is coming (1/2)

After careful consideration, Ren Xiaosu still felt that it was much safer to demolish the stronghold before proceeding with the rescue mission.

As for how to demolish it, he had not thought of it yet. For some reason, he felt it was easier to destroy an entire stronghold than tearing down a prison. Who knew where his confidence came from?

At the moment, Yang Xiaojin was driving with the convoy as they headed to the conference venue prepared by the Kong Consortium’s medical institution. That was where the medical exchange would be held.

This time, Meng Nan and Liang Ce were sitting with them in their car. Ren Xiaosu sat in the passenger seat while those two sat in the backseat.

Honestly, Ren Xiaosu felt Meng Nan might be a little interested in Liang Ce now. Despite the fact that Liang Ce had already undone the “steel cord” used by Yue Lao to bring them together several times, Meng Nan was still willing to hang out with Liang Ce. This clearly meant something.

Along the way, Ren Xiaosu looked at the roadside and asked in confusion, “Why’s there so many lights and decorations on the streets? Isn’t the New Year over already? Does the Kong Consortium have other special holidays they’re celebrating?”

“It’s Valentine’s Day.” Liang Ce said curiously, “Ren Xiaosu, you’re also a stronghold resident, so how do you not know about Valentine’s Day? February 14th will be here soon.”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment. He was indeed aware of the holiday. He had even heard about it from Wang Fugui, but he just forgot about it.

As he was not a stronghold resident, and the townspeople never celebrated this holiday, Ren Xiaosu did not have any concept of it at all.

To him, or maybe to all refugees, there were only two holidays that were celebrated in a year. One of them was the New Year, and the other was the Qingming Festival.

The former was to give the living a chance to have a new beginning, while the latter was to mourn for the dead.

Apart from these two holidays, everyone was too busy making a living to care about romance.

Ren Xiaosu was looking at the decorations on the streets and thinking about the war between the Kong Consortium and the Pyro Company. The ceasefire had only started a few days ago, and no one knew when the fighting would break out again. Were these people not aware that danger was near? How could they still be in the mood to celebrate the holiday?

However, Ren Xiaosu figured it out. Celebrating a holiday like this did not prove the stronghold residents did not have a sense of danger, nor that they were living too comfortably. It did not prove anything at all.

Just as he had said, why did he still buy new clothes and make dumplings for Yan Liuyuan every New Year even though they were so poor?

Wasn’t it precisely because life was too tough that he wanted to create some happiness so there would be some hope in life?

Besides, whatever holidays the stronghold residents celebrated did not really concern him much.

Ren Xiaosu glanced at Yang Xiaojin. “Have you celebrated Valentine’s Day before?”

Yang Xiaojin gave him a look. “What are you trying to ask?”

“Ahem, I was just asking,” Ren Xiaosu said in embarrassment.

“I didn’t have a chance to celebrate the holiday before.” Although Yang Xiaojin was concentrating on driving, she still answered Ren Xiaosu’s question.

Actually, Ren Xiaosu was only trying to ask Yang Xiaojin if she had any other relationships before him. It did not really matter if she did since he would not care about something like that. But it would be better if she did not have any, of course…

Ren Xiaosu quickly added, “Me neither!”

The convoy came to a stop at a building. As the representative of the Kong Consortium’s medical field, Yang Shiruo was already waiting downstairs with a group of people to welcome them. This was to show their respect for Wang Jing.

Ren Xiaosu looked at Wang Jing’s towering stature and thought this was the stage for Wang Jing and the others.

A medical exchange was actually a very boring event. It was so boring Ren Xiaosu almost dozed off. During the meeting, they would each make a statement of their breakthrough progress and share their cases, with nothing exceptional happening throughout the conference.