Shen Jinzhe finished the last drop of his noodle soup before he said, "I heard from my mother that you often send things to my sister."
Feng Yun didn’t think it was something that needed to be hidden, so he nodded. "Jinyue asked me to help her get something before. This time, I haven’t had the chance to give her the things she wanted. Later, you can bring it to her."
Hearing this, Shen Jinzhe looked at his friend for a moment before saying, "My sister is only sixteen years old. She is a minor. Both of you are unsuitable."
At first, Feng Yun was confused by his suddenly mentioning Shen Jinyue’s age. But when he heard the latter part of his sentence, he couldn’t help but be stunned.
It took him a moment to respond, "Shen Jinzhe, what nonsense are you thinking? You are my friend, and I treat your family as my family."
"Not to mention that your sister is only one year older than my youngest brother, even if she is at a suitable age, I won’t touch my friend’s sister."
"Then why did she go to find you instead of me?" Shen Jinzhe asked.
"How would I know? You should ask your sister instead," Feng Yun shook his head.
Thinking about his friend’s misunderstanding, it seemed that he should keep his distance from Shen Jinyue. He didn’t want his friend to make their friendship awkward because of this matter.
With this thought, he changed his mind about giving all the items he found and only took the items Shen Jinyue wanted out of his space.
"These are things your sister asked me to find. Next time I won’t accept her request," he added.
After he said this, Feng Yun left the room and returned to his apartment.
Unbeknownst to him, Shen Jinyue heard their conversation as she hid behind the wall. She looked at his back until he was no longer in sight before she turned and left the area.
At the same time, in Jiangning City, several groups of survivors left the Jiangning City base on buses.
This time, the matter of people leaving the base could no longer be hidden. With the number of people continuing to decline, the people under Pei Xun finally realized something had happened.
Before the buses managed to leave the safe area around the base, they were blocked by a group of guards. Facing the rifles aimed at them, the drivers had no choice but to stop the buses.
Standing behind the guards, a man in his forties shouted, "A group of spies has infiltrated the base. Under the Commander’s order, the base will be locked down, and no one is allowed to leave the base."
Hearing this, a young man came out of one of the buses and said, "Captain Ma, we are going out to do a mission. If we are not allowed to go out, how do we survive? We need to find supplies."
"I don’t care. No one is allowed to leave. Go back, or don’t blame me for being ruthless," Captain Ma replied arrogantly.
The moment the survivors heard his words, they were angered. From the windows, they started to complain.
"If we have nothing to eat, will the base give us food? You are being unreasonable!"
"What rights do you have to detain us? We are residents and not prisoners!"
"Don’t think you are great just because you are the guards’ Captain. You are nothing but the Pei family’s licking dog!"
"What kind of base Commander is he? He is nothing but a vampire sucking on us ordinary people’s blood! He only knows how to take advantage of people and do nothing for us!"
The more they talked, the more outrageous their curses were. While the guards were under military orders, they didn’t want to harm the people. After all, they had no enmity with them, and they still had their bottom line.
But unlike them, Captain Ma was someone promoted personally by Pei Xun, and he was loyal to him. Hearing so many people cursing at his leader, his face darkened instantly.
Pulling out his gun, he aimed it at the group and pulled the trigger.
BANG! PRANK!
The bullet hit the windshield and almost killed the driver. The bullet grazed his cheek, leaving a trail of blood.
Captain Ma glared at them and said, "Say one more word and you won’t be able to see the sun anymore!"
The people had been cursing bravely just now, but when they saw that this person was unreasonable and would really kill them, no one dared to let out a word anymore.
Seeing that they had finally stopped talking, Captain Ma gestured to the guards and ordered, "Take them back!"
Under the guards’ rifles, they could only drive the buses back to the base. When the people came out of the buses, they were taken away and imprisoned in the underground cells.
The moment the survivors saw this, their expressions changed, and the way they looked at the guards turned cold.
It was one thing to know that the guards were arrogant and often bullied ordinary people. But it was another thing to witness them acting so arrogantly in broad daylight.
While the commotion raised the anger in the residents’ hearts, no one was foolish enough to face the guards head-on. Even so, they still harbored resentments, especially the mercenary teams. As ability-users, they were unwilling to be forced into submission.
At the same time, Pei Yijun was listening to the guard’s report about this matter in his office.
When the guard finished his report, he replied nonchalantly, "Captain Ma is my father’s trusted aide. Just let him handle this matter."
Recalling the rumors he had heard lately, the guard hesitated for a moment before he said, "Captain, if we let Captain Ma continue being so arrogant, there will be a riot sooner or later."
When he heard this, Pei Yijun finally raised his gaze and looked at the guard.
Under his gaze, the guard broke out in a cold sweat.