Chapter 289 - Quiet Village (1/2)
The light of dawn dispelled the darkness and brightened up the land and skies Ahead was a valley and a sie could be seen in the distance An old oats before hioats pass In the passenger seat, a gun had appeared in Tang Yu-Yan’s hand in preparation for any sudden change
“This is White Rock Tribe’s outpost It’s too quiet; so Yu-Yan a little nervously
Xia Lei looked into the distance and scanned the hills on both sides He soon discovered themen, most with old AK47s They had RPG rocket launchers too and there were about 20 of theh he already knehat situation they were in, Xia Lei still put on an act, lifting the binoculars to his eyes and then handing the Yu-Yan “There are armed men on the hills Take a look and see if they’re froh the binoculars and wrinkled her brows “They’re from the White Rock Tribe There’s not uide?”
Xia Lei glanced up at the hillsides The tribetheir way quietly towards therew nervous It wasn’t sofire since these ht and probably had inferior co fire would mean that they’d made enemies of over a thousand White Rock Tribe oats see and he went off the ht
A man on horseback came into view at this moment
The han-style black robes The horse below hireat speed Xia Lei’s gaze went to the rider’s face and discovered that he had lots of wrinkles in the corners of his eyes and that his skin eathered This was a weather-beaten uide?” asked Xia Lei
“Should be Let’s get out of the car,” said Tang Yu-Yan She then spoke into the communications device, “Everyone else, re weapons if they ot out of the car with Tang Yu-Yan The man on horseback reined in the white horse and ju here?” asked the AfghanYu-Yan replied in Pashto, “We’ve lost so here for our guide”
The AfghanYu-Yan and Xia Lei with a suide My na Yu-Yan shook hands with Kabir “Good thing you’re here The situation would have turned ugly if you were any later”
“Are you talking about my people? No, no, it is them who discovered you and informed me of you” Kabir turned to the hills on the left and let out a wolf’s howl
The ar over with noruns on their backs
“I already knohat happened last night You were unlucky to encounter an A indeed - reat respect for you,” said Kabir
Tang Yu-Yan just gave him a faint smile
Americans were not looked upon kindly here They forced their ideologies of freedousted the tribe leaders Different lands bred different races and different cultures Proious land - you don’t need to be a genius to figure out what the result would be
Xia Lei relaxed and shook hands with Kabir too
“My people and I will escort you through our territory and I will personally bring you to Baive me in return?” said Kabir
“Nae friends,” said Tang Yu-Yan
Kabir laughed “You Chinese sure don’t beat around the bush All right, oneYu-Yan paused “A million US dollars…”
“Transfers are accepted too if you have no cash,” said Kabir
Tang Yu-Yan thought for a bit and said, “Please wait I’ll first discuss with ht next to the Yu-Yan said but they had spoken in Pashto Xia Lei had just started learning Pashto and knew very little so he did not understand at all Tang Yu-Yan pulled hi what they were talking about
“What did you two talk about?” asked Xia Lei
“I was just about to discuss that with you,” said Tang Yu-Yan, “He wants a million US dollars I don’t have that her-ups This ah o to the intelligence station to collect it when it’s all approved… We cannot delay Do you have the money?”
True, no one would take a million US dollars in cash with him on a rescue mission, but Xia Lei was a portable cash machine Shentu Tian-Yin had opened an overseas account for hi He also had a gold Swiss bank card on him and could withdraw this money any time
Xia Lei suys will payYu-Yan rolled her eyes at Xia Lei “This isn’tfrom you This is a special circuive the o back Jeeze, you’re so petty”