Chapter 134 (1/2)

Chapter 134: Gunshot

Long Yuehong was just about to read the information a few more times when the lights in the room suddenly turned off.

“It’s already lights out?” Jiang Baimian flipped her wrist and looked at her electronic watch. She realized that it was already past 8:40 p.m.

She immediately laughed. “This is much more humane than the company.”

Inside Pangu Biology, the street lamps were switched off at 9:00 p.m., not one minute late. It was nothing like Weed City, which switched off the lights more than ten minutes late.

“Does it being humane mean that management is relatively loose?” Bai Chen tried her best to understand her team leader’s hidden meaning.

Jiang Baimian tersely acknowledged it. “There’s good and bad, I suppose? The exact situation needs to be analyzed.”

“It’s equivalent to not saying anything,” Shang Jianyao evaluated solemnly. He then added, “I’m afraid Bai Chen will be embarrassed to say that.”

“Whoa, you’re pretty enthusiastic.” Jiang Baimian was already accustomed to such behavior from Shang Jianyao and only rolled her eyes at him. She then said, “Have a rest. We’ve been busy from morning to night today. We have business to do tomorrow.”

“Yes, Team Leader!” Long Yuehong subconsciously replied loudly.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Baimian smiled helplessly. “There’s no need to be so formal. Do you want the entire building to know that we’re together and that we have a team leader? Heh heh, it’s fine. Just be careful. Different environments have different requirements.”

Fortunately, the power had just stopped. It brought a considerable amount of noise with it, completely drowning out the small commotion here.

According to their previous arrangement, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong entered the room by the courtyard.

This way, if anything really happened, Bai Chen could jump into the courtyard with Long Yuehong and return to the jeep immediately. Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao—who both had abnormal perception abilities—could effectively prevent accidents from happening on the street.

After watching Bai Chen and Long Yuehong leave, Jiang Baimian pointed at the bunk bed in the room. “Who’s taking the top bunk? You or me?”

“You,” Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation.

Jiang Baimian thought for a moment and asked with a smile, “Are you worried that waking up at night will affect me?”

“I ate quite a bit today,” Shang Jianyao said sincerely.

“That works too.” Jiang Baimian suddenly thought of something. “Don’t challenge the Island of Diseases tonight. We have to do serious business tomorrow, so conserve your energy.”

“Alright.” Shang Jianyao wasn’t in a dilemma.

Jiang Baimian smiled and praised, “You still know the severity of the matters.”

As she spoke, she walked to the table by the window and looked out.

The entirety of South Street and East Street was pitch black. Even the street lamps no longer emitted light.

A portion of West Street still emitted a glow like a lighthouse in the darkness. North Street was brightly lit as if the galaxy had fallen to the ground.

“What a clear distinction…” Jiang Baimian sighed. She took off her coat and climbed onto the top bunk.

Not long after she and Shang Jianyao lay down, they suddenly heard a few clear gunshots. The sounds came from West Street.

After a few shots, the night quietened down again. The lively music continued coming from West Street without being affected.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Shang Jianyao suddenly clapped.

Jiang Baimian couldn’t be bothered to guess what Shang Jianyao wanted to express and directly asked, “Why are you clapping?”

“They are really spirited,” Shang Jianyao replied with some yearning.

“Maybe this is Weed City.” Jiang Baimian closed her eyes and slowly prepared to drift off into slumber land.

Before long, a commotion broke out around the city gates not far from them, mixed with a few gunshots.

Long Yuehong—who was sleeping in the lower bunk—asked Bai Chen worriedly and curiously, “Why are people firing their guns over here?”

He chose to sleep in the lower bunk because Bai Chen was good at sniping. She could better monitor any activity in the courtyard from a higher vantage point.

“The nomads who couldn’t enter the city during the day are probably trying to break in at night.” Bai Chen guessed based on her knowledge and current environment. “Then, the guards fired.”

Long Yuehong felt mixed emotions when he heard that. He pitied the nomads who were waiting to die in the cold winter night, but he also felt that it was a justified act for the guards to fire. They weren’t in the wrong.

This reminded him of a saying that Pangu Biology’s employees—who had served in the Security Department for a long time—liked to say: “This f*cked up world!”

When the commotion at the city gates subsided, Long Yuehong quickly forced himself to sleep. At this moment, he heard moaning coming from upstairs or two floors up.

Similar sounds echoed in the other rooms.

Long Yuehong was no stranger to this. After all, the soundproofing in the residences of Pangu Biology’s ordinary employees wasn’t that good.

The sounds made him blush a little. The difference now was that a woman was sleeping above him.

After the moaning subsided, Long Yuehong heaved a sigh of relief after a while.

But a few minutes later, crooning sounded again.

Almost at the same time, a sharp curse erupted. “Scram! You want a second time after only giving me two buns? Aren’t you shameless?”

Long Yuehong was a little stunned. After a while, he stammered, “W-what’s going on?”