Wu Xie walked over in a daze and then realized what had happened: all the tires on the cars had been deflated.

Aning angrily questioned the four people who had taken turns keeping watch last night, but no matter how much she blamed them, it was to no avail. In this situation, they could only wait for the mechanics to fix the tire, and if this was delayed, another day would definitely pass.

But it was as if she had run into something; the tires that had just been inflated were deflated again in less than an hour. It was obvious that someone had done this on purpose, and Ah Ning was furious.

At that moment, a roaring sound came, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Aning turned around abruptly, her eyes, almost blinded by the sandstorm, instantly replaced by astonishment with anger! That familiar, ingrained tone, full of mockery and cynicism, was like a key, brutally unlocking the anxiety and helplessness that had been building up in her for days.

A sandstorm swept through, and a modified off-road vehicle, covered in dust and scratches, came to a steady stop at the edge of the campsite like a wild beast cutting through the yellow sand. The door opened, and a long leg clad in black overalls stepped out first, landing on the soft sand. Immediately afterward, a tall figure emerged.

It's Ling Xiao!

"What? Didn't you say you were going to wait for me?" Ling Xiao leaned lazily against the car door, his voice not loud, but clearly penetrating the sandstorm and the noise of the camp, carrying a hint of complaint, but more of a teasing tone of watching a good show, "If the tire hadn't gone flat, would everyone have seen your great-grandmothers by now?"

“You…” Ah Ning’s voice changed slightly, from anger to surprise, “I invited you so many times but you wouldn’t come. So you like to show up uninvited!”

"What are you saying, Aningbao~" Ling Xiao's lazy tone had barely begun, with a deliberately drawn-out ending, when the passenger door of the SUV was pushed open by a hand with distinct knuckles and exceptionally clean appearance.

A figure nimbly emerged.

The newcomer wore a well-tailored, light-colored trench coat that remained spotless even in the sandstorm, his posture as upright as a bamboo shoot. His hair was meticulously styled, his features exquisitely detailed like a fine brush painting, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses perched on his nose. Behind the lenses, his gaze was calm and profound, carrying a detached air of worldly wisdom. After alighting from the car, he casually brushed away the almost non-existent dust from his sleeves, his elegant movement incongruous with the wild Gobi Desert backdrop.

"Why did Master Hua come along too?!" With such a commotion, Fatty had no choice but to get up. He watched the show from behind for a while, but he didn't expect that Lingzi and Master Hua would both come.

Ling Xiao cleared his throat, pretending not to have seen Xie Yuhua glance at him, but feeling a little guilty, he stopped talking.

Seeing that Ling Xiao remained silent, Xie Yuhua adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses, the lenses gleaming sharply in the cold morning light of the Gobi Desert. Her gaze calmly swept over the ravaged campsite.

His gaze finally settled on Aning, his voice clear and steady, showing no sign of fatigue from the long journey, yet carrying an invisible, piercing power like an ice pick: "Miss Aning, it seems you've encountered some technical difficulties?"

These words were spoken so lightly that Ah Ning wanted to get angry but couldn't. Xie Yuhua's words were mocking her, saying that the team she led was a big sieve!

"Lingzi, Xiaohua! You really came?" Wuxie still felt a little unreal and guilty. As he spoke, his eyes kept glancing at the back of the convoy, where the landlady and her son were.

Ling Xiao naturally didn't miss his performance. Following his gaze, he looked behind him and found a carbon copy of himself.

Look, the little mouse was found so quickly!

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