Chapter 63 (2/2)
Mei Xiawen’s heart beat harder “Nianzhi, I was just about to look for you myself You read nored the love-struck look in Mei Xiawen’s eyes; instead, she put a hand around his arm and pulled him next to the door She said, in a quiet voice, “Xiawen, I want to call nal The internet is down, too Can you do me a favor? Can you ask the villa staff if we can borrow their phone?”
During an eency, it was unlikely for the landlines to fail, even if the signal towers had somehow malfunctioned
Mei Xiaas stunned to hear this “No signal on your phone? No internet? That’s impossible I’ve been here a dozen times, and I’ve never had this happen to me”
He rushed into his rooht: there was no signal He tried the Wi-Fi, and got only an error e
“How is this possible?” Mei Xiawen’s eyebroere knit together in exasperation
These days, losing one’s mobile phone or internet connection was likely to drive even the calmest person o look for a phone, all right?” Gu Nianzhi was beginning to feel antsy
Mei Xiawen looked at her and stuffed his phone back into his trouser pocket “It’s pouring out there Let’s wait for the rain to stop before we go borrow a phone”
Gu Nianzhi turned to look at the dense, rainfall; the rain drops were falling so fast, it was as though she were staring at a curtain of water She nodded helplessly and said, “Okay I’ll go back to my room, then”
Just as she was about to leave, disheartened, she heard a voice co?”
Gu Nianzhi looked up, confused
Standing there, in the dark night and pouring rain, was an ordinary-looking man in a sweater; his features were so unreain if he were to walk into a crowd He alking in the rain towards Gu Nianzhi with a black plastic bag in his hand
Gu Nianzhi was just about to say that the plastic bag wasn’t hers when she took a closer look and realized that this was actually someone she knew
He used to be a fa in the Special Opsout from the base to study at C University
Gu Nianzhi’s heart was beating wildly She immediately asked, “Where did you find it?!”
Mei Xiawen glanced at the plastic bag; his brorinkled further at the sight “Nianzhi, why on earth are you using a plastic bag? They’re terrible for the environment”
Gu Nianzhi was anxious to talk to the man She pushed Mei Xiawen into his rooo back inside? I want to talk to him I know him, don’t worry”
Mei Xiawen looked at the ordinary-looking ether and returned to his rooone, theGarden, isolated fro quarters He said in a low voice, “Miss Gu, do you remember me? I work under Mister Huo It is uard”
Gu Nianzhi nodded “I reain, Brother Li Why are you here? Are Huo Shao and the others here, too?”
She brightened at this thought Her eyes sparkled
If Huo Shao was here, there was nothing to fear!
“This is no tirim “Mister Huo isn’t here He sentyou since yesterday, but I wasn’t expecting sonal and internet connection today So here, so I came here to warn you”
Half an hour before, he had noticed that the phone signal and the internet connection had disappeared at alnal tower located in the nearby mountain only to discover that it had been deliberately sabotaged by soe was extensive; it could not be repaired for a while
He had lost contact with the Special Operations Forces, and had no way of knohether the rest of the tea It was a Saturday and there were fewer men on duty at the base than usual
If the person on duty was sleeping on the job due to the slow nature of the weekend, then it could take up to an entire day before someone realized that there was a situation up at the resort
He could not afford to wait until the next day for a response froht be too late by then
Brother Li had not wasted any et in touch with the base Spurred by anxiety, he had come directly to Gu Nianzhi instead, with the intention of taking her away froet to a place with a phone signal, they would be safe and out of danger
Gu Nianzhi was staring at Brother Li, ape “Huo Shao sent you to protect me? Why haven’t I heard of this?”