Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

"Xiao Hua, there are unusual disturbances in the mountains. We need to leave here immediately."

Suddenly, Hei Xiazi burst in, looking at Xie Yuchen who was looking at the map with a serious expression. Without saying a word, he grabbed Xie Yuchen's hand and tried to run outside.

"Even if we're leaving, we need to make arrangements for everyone before we can leave!" Xie Yuchen shook off Hei Xiazi's hand and went back into the house.

Hei Xiazi waited outside the door for a long time before Xie Yuchen came out. "Just now, someone from below reported that the fluctuations in the mountains are getting stronger and stronger. I'm afraid we can't make any more detailed plans. We can only try to take away all those who can move. As for those... those who can't move, we can only... we can only choose to give up."

Looking down at Xie Yuchen, whose face was pale, she gripped his shoulders tightly with both hands. "Xiaohua, there's no other way! We have to think about those who can still live! We can't just do what a few people who have already been declared dead can do... Once we're safe, we can give them a proper burial, treat their families well, and provide them with a life free from want."

Xie Yuchen knew, of course, that Hei Xiazi's idea was the best solution at present, but he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. He always felt that if those people could return to Yanjing, they might wake up one day.

"Xiao Hua! You need to make a decision quickly!" Hei Xiazi looked at the flocks of birds flying out of the distant mountains and forests, and heard the faint roar of tigers.

"I understand. Gu Qiansheng, notify everyone to evacuate. Take everyone who can move with you and ensure their safety!" Xie Yuchen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened them again, transforming back into the playboy from Yanjing.

After receiving the order, Gu Qiansheng led several of her men to the area where the wounded were gathered and evacuated those who were unable to move but were conscious.

Xie Yuchen and Hei Xiazi, along with several of their men who refused to leave, waited at the village entrance until the last person was put into a car. Only then did they get back into their own cars and leave the area with the rest of the group.

"Flower, don't look back!" Black Bear gripped Xie Yuchen's hand tightly, his eyes peering through his sunglasses at the convoy accelerating ahead.

"Is there something you're hiding from me?" Xie Yuchen looked down at Hei Xiazi, who was holding his hand tightly. The veins on Hei Xiazi's hand were bulging, and he didn't seem to know anything about the mountains.

"No! How could I, a blind man, possibly hide anything from Master Hua?" Black Bear said no, but his eyes had already wandered off to other places.

Xie Yuchen, being Hei Xiazi's close associate, couldn't possibly have missed this change in him. However, Xie Yuchen didn't expose him immediately, but instead probed him little by little.

"With such a big commotion in the mountains, outsiders probably think it's an earthquake. I wonder if they'll send people over to check."

"If they really organize a team to come, we will dare to send people along to take away those who cannot be moved, as well as the information we have painstakingly collected."

"Yes! It was data that we collected with great difficulty."

Xie Yuchen looked out the window at the scenery rushing past, and through the dense forest, he could vaguely see the abandoned village where they had lived for so long.

———Northwest Desert———

"Tonight, we'll rest here for a bit, and tomorrow morning we'll set off for the place you requested, Mr. Xu."

Before the downpour began, Cheng Ye led everyone to a spacious, well-ventilated cave.

"Then we'll have to trouble you, Mr. Cheng." Butler Xu looked at Cheng Ye with a smile. "Please rest assured, Mr. Cheng, we promised you that we would arrange for someone to go to your home as soon as we arrive safely."

Cheng Ye, holding the woman in his arms, turned his head and took a deep look at Butler Xu, but could only see a smile on his face that revealed no emotion. However, a faint unease arose in his heart.

"Little Fatty, let's upload all the data we collected today," Butler Xu said, turning to chat with Fatty Wang.

Wu Xie stood to the side and said, "Teacher, I'll help them set up the tent first." After saying that, he picked up his backpack and walked towards Brother Chen and the others.

"Look at him, he's throwing a tantrum just because I wanted to see you." Butler Xu chuckled and pointed at Wu Xie's stubborn back.

Cheng Ye and Yang Shu finished setting up the tent. After Cheng Ye put the woman inside, when he came out, his hand was in his pocket. It was obvious that he had something in his pocket, but everyone was busy and no one noticed his little actions.

Yang Shu was preparing dinner when he saw Cheng Ye approaching. He glanced at Cheng Ye's pocket and said, "Cheng Ye, hand me that bag of dehydrated vegetables you have with you."

Cheng Ye silently took his hand out of his pocket and, under the guise of handing something over, handed the object in his palm to Yang Shu.

After opening the package, Yang Shu picked up a handful of dehydrated vegetables and threw them into the pot, stirring them a few times with a spoon. "Cheng Ye, go ask Boss Xu and the others if they're having dinner together later, or if we should send it over to them?"

Cheng Ye pursed his lips, got up, and walked towards Butler Xu's tent.

"Could you please call Mr. Xu for me?" Cheng Ye arrived at the tent entrance and saw Brother Chen and the others guarding the door.

"I wonder what business Mr. Cheng has with our master?" Brother Chen, who was at the entrance, could see everything happening in the entire camp and had naturally noticed what had just happened between Cheng Ye and Yang Shu.

"Oh! Xiao Cheng, what brings you here?" Just then, Butler Xu came out of the tent and saw Cheng Ye standing there.

"Mr. Xu, Uncle Yang asked me to come and ask you whether your dinner will be delivered to you or if everyone will eat together?" Cheng Ye calmly repeated what Yang Shu had just said.

"Dinner?" Butler Xu glanced at his watch, somewhat bewildered, then slapped his forehead. "It's already this late! My bad, my bad. I was so engrossed in chatting with Little Fatty and the others that I forgot it was time to eat."

Butler Xu turned around and called into the tent, "Little Fatty, Little Wu! Forget about those documents for now, let's go have dinner!"

Two responses came from inside. Cheng Ye looked as the tent flap was suddenly pulled open, revealing two people, one fat and one thin, already standing at the door.

The fat man patted his belly, "Ouch, teacher, my belly has been rumbling for ages!"

"Of course! That sound was deafening!" Wu Xie leaned forward slightly and patted Wang Pangzi's stomach. "But judging from this, it makes no difference whether you ate or not!"

"Go away, you little kid, how could you understand how important this round belly is!" Fatty Wang waved Wu Xie's hand away in disgust and walked towards the campfire.

Wu Xie followed behind Fatty Wang, continuing to chatter in a cheeky manner.