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"Give me some time, I'll arrange a vehicle." Zhang Wanjun hadn't expected her sister to be in this state, so she hadn't prepared a vehicle for moving things.
But none of that matters. With enough money, getting a van is no problem.
In less than twenty minutes, Zhang Wanjun had made the arrangements, and Gu Ran personally carried the iron box downstairs.
People around him were quite surprised to see him looking at the large iron box, because judging from the material, even if the iron box was empty, it was impossible for him to carry it so easily.
Zhou Shushu had also packed her luggage and carried Zhou Yancheng's little sister downstairs in a princess carry. Everyone gathered in the hotel lobby.
She still looked dazed. Last night, Zhou Yancheng fed her bite by bite, and she had a local female caregiver help her take a bath.
Just then, Zhou Yancheng came in from outside the hotel looking somewhat tired. Gu Ran and Zhou Shushu could smell the blood on him from a distance.
"Have you taken your revenge?" Zhou Shushu didn't hand her little sister back to Zhou Yancheng, who was radiating murderous intent.
Last night, Zhou Yancheng said that his best friend, who had tricked his younger sister into coming to northern Myanmar, was living in Yangon. So after settling his younger sister in last night, he set off with Zhou Shushu's pistol in his hand.
“Hmm.” Zhou Yancheng responded, looking at his still dazed younger sister, and said in a low voice, “I killed her parents in front of her. She knelt down and begged me to spare her life, saying that she was forced to do it. If she hadn’t lied, she and her parents would have been sold into slavery.”
Chapter 338 The Hero Returns
Zhou Yancheng then said to his sister, "Of course I don't sympathize with her, but then I thought, she's done such a terrible thing to you, killing her would be too easy for her. So I broke one of her knees and one of her elbows, then found a smuggler and sold her to a slum in the Philippines..."
The slums of the Philippines are among the most notorious in the world, rife with drugs and countless sexually transmitted diseases.
Her fate afterward was predictable.
Zhou Yancheng had said so much, expecting his sister to have some kind of reaction, but he found that her eyes were just brimming with tears. As she blinked, the tears fell, leaving tear stains on her lovely cheeks.
Zhou Yancheng didn't know if these were tears of triumphant revenge or tears of sympathy, but in any case, his sister's emotional reaction made him feel that what he did last night was worthwhile.
"Oh, by the way, I threw away that gun," Zhou Yancheng said to Zhou Shushu. "Is it alright?"
"It's alright, it's alright," Zhou Shushu said nonchalantly, and asked in return, "Wasn't it satisfying to hit the villains with a horizontal slingshot?"
"Awesome!" Zhou Yancheng recalled the exhilaration of last night and discussed it with Zhou Shushu, talking about the visual sensation of the horizontal shot hitting a person.
Zhou Shushu also chatted enthusiastically, focusing on the weapon's performance and user experience.
Hybrids often have some personality quirks, such as Caesar's chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur), Chu Zihang's coldness, Guderian's eccentricity, and Zhou Shushu seems to enjoy discussing the lethality of weapons.
After the group got into the car, they soon arrived at the airport.
Before boarding the private jet, Gu Ran carefully examined the plane several times with his eyes wide open to see if there was any possibility of it being loaded with bombs. Only after confirming that it was safe did he board the plane.
Several hours later, when Gu Ran discovered that the private plane had entered Chinese airspace, he finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.
This trip has finally come to a successful end.
……
December, the winter solstice.
It started raining and snowing again in Shanghai.
The snow in Shanghai doesn't accumulate on the ground, but the damp cold brought by the rain and snow still makes people feel somewhat gloomy.
Pedestrians on the street all opened their umbrellas. People in Beijing or Northeast China have always been puzzled as to why people in snowy southern regions would be so fussy as to use umbrellas.
In fact, because of the high humidity, snow in the south is wet even if it doesn't rain. It melts into water on people in no time and soaks through their clothes.
That night, Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao ordered a mutton hot pot meal outside. After eating, the two sisters returned home with a strong smell of mutton. The first thing they did was take a shower and throw all their clothes into the washing machine. The clothes that couldn't be washed were left outside on the balcony to be taken to the laundry shop the next day.
After taking a shower, the two sisters, smelling wonderful, sat on the sofa in the living room, each holding a laptop and eating freshly bought strawberries from Dandong, dressed in warm pajamas.
Su Xiaoqiang ate a large strawberry, then looked at the PowerPoint presentation on her computer and went through its contents.
She will be participating in the school's student entrepreneurship competition in a couple of days. If she can get into the top three, she will receive academic credits.
With these credits earned, she will have accumulated enough for her comprehensive quality assessment, and will have much more free time in the future.
Su Xiaoqiang, a sophomore, also has a full schedule of classes from Monday to Friday, and even chose elective courses on weekends. She still wants to complete her credits as soon as possible so that she will have more free time in her junior and senior years.
It wouldn't be impossible for her to go to Chicago once a week to meet her lover at that time.
It wasn't comfortable to use her laptop on the sofa, so she moved to the carpet and put the laptop on the coffee table.
"How can these people be like this? The memorial service was only a few days ago, and they're already causing trouble again, blaming this and that! They have no compassion at all!" Liu Miaomiao said angrily, looking at her laptop.
Su Xiaoqiang glanced at her but didn't reply, continuing to do her own thing.
A major incident occurred at the school these past few days. About ten days ago, the school's mountaineering association organized an "adventure" activity, venturing into an undeveloped area of the Huangshan Scenic Area, but ended up encountering danger.
Fortunately, their cell phones had a signal, and they sent out a distress text message. Local security personnel then organized a large-scale search and rescue operation that lasted all night. They finally found them and successfully rescued them.
However, a grassroots security guard tragically fell off a cliff during a rescue operation and died at the young age of 24.
The incident caused a sensation because many indifferent voices appeared on the school's forum. Instead of mourning the deceased security guard, they talked about how to handle public relations and salvage the school's image.
Some people even blamed the security guard for all of this, posting comments such as:
'Security officers are there to serve taxpayers.'
The security guard's death was due to the rescue team's lack of professionalism.
'It's all the scenic area's fault, no matter what. Who told you to charge admission but not develop that mountainous area?'
The claim that "dangerous areas are off-limits" is unfounded; why don't people who climb snow-capped mountains go and criticize them?
As a result, the posts and comments on the forum, once leaked, immediately ignited the entire internet, and after being reported by the media, immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of people across the country.
Suddenly, everyone in the school was in the eye of the storm.
Even Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao are now hesitant to say which school they belong to when they go out.
In retrospect, Su Xiaoqiang realized that the mountaineering association's "adventure" was poorly planned. First, they sneaked into an undeveloped area without paying, which was wrong. Second, the outdoor adventure route was poorly planned. Most importantly, they didn't bring enough equipment for an outdoor adventure in the dead of winter; they couldn't even gather enough basic warm down sleeping bags for each person.
Su Xiaoqiang recalled that Gu Ran had taken her on a motorhome trip in North America before, and he had planned it for several days, constantly planning the route.
Moreover, he brought enough equipment. Not to mention weapons for self-defense, he also had plenty of food and drinking water.
He also prepared an emergency medical kit containing cold medicine, allergy medicine, and even four vials of adrenaline.
Even though it was summer when they went on their trip, Gu Ran still brought warm, quick-drying clothes and waterproof jackets. He said that the mountain climate is unpredictable and they needed to be prepared for sudden drops in temperature.
Gu Ran also prepared three sets of GPS, satellite phone, compass, and map. In his words, even if one of them malfunctions, there are still several that can be used.
She knew that Gu Ran had prepared all of this for her; he certainly didn't need to be so pampered.
This also shows that outdoor adventures require thorough preparation. For example, in this mountaineering association activity, although the route was planned, no one knew the way when the time came.
I only prepared one GPS locator, but it got wet and broke.
There were no satellite phones, only cell phones. Fortunately, there was a signal at the time, so we were able to send out rescue text messages.
As for cold-weather gear, they couldn't afford sleeping bags, and judging from the fact that they called for help afterward because they were worried about team members suffering from hypothermia, their warm clothing was also insufficient. It's unclear whether each person even had basic items like quick-drying clothes, thermal underwear, and waterproof jackets.
Moreover, they went on an expedition in the dead of winter. They checked the weather forecast and set off despite knowing the weather was bad. They even hoped it would snow so they could have a beautiful snow scene.
Fortunately, it didn't snow, otherwise it might have taken even greater sacrifices to save them.
"They even said on the forum, 'It's all because that security guard's physical condition was poor,' and 'Security guards are paid by the people to be used in critical moments,'" Liu Miaomiao said angrily. "How can these people not even understand the most basic respect for life?"
Su Xiaoqiang took another bite of the large strawberry and said indifferently, "They're just clowns trying to attract attention. They only make a lot of noise online. Believe me, once we dox these people, their eyes will immediately become clear."
"That's right, we should dox these people. I'll go find some seniors in the computer science department and see if there's anything we can do!" Liu Miaomiao opened QQ, as if she really wanted to do it.
After a while, Liu Miaomiao pouted and said, "The senior students in the computer science department said that doing this is illegal and we can't do it."
Su Xiaoqiang thought to herself, "It seems that the Secret Party's school has a super intelligent computer named Norma. It seems that she can hack into everyone's information at will."
Liu Miaomiao then said, "Xiaoqiang, do you think we should donate some money to the family of the security guard who died in the accident?"
“No donation,” Su Xiaoqiang said. “Why should we pay for other people’s mistakes?”
Even if you want to donate, you must do so in your personal name and not through the school.
In fact, a few days ago someone contacted her, hoping she could help set up a foundation for the family of that security guard.
Because Gu Ran had previously donated more than five million US dollars to children in impoverished mountainous areas and established a school lunch foundation, which was established in Su Xiaoqiang's name.
Later, somehow the school found out about the foundation, and they wanted Su Xiaoqiang to help them.
Su Xiaoqiang said she could introduce them to people who knew how to set up a foundation.
But they didn't want people; they were implying that Su Xiaoqiang could donate some money.
Everyone at school knows that Su Xiaoqiang is the daughter of a mine owner, and her boyfriend is very successful at making money. It's said that he can easily earn tens of millions of US dollars. Every day when she goes to school, she wears designer clothes, and any piece of clothing or bag she carries costs over ten thousand yuan.
But Su Xiaoqiang's attitude was very direct: "My money didn't grow on trees, why should I serve you? Did you drink too much fake alcohol or get too much wind chill and make you stupid?"
So in the end, they parted on bad terms.
One of the rescued individuals stated on the forum that they initially planned to donate 200 million yuan to the family of the security guard, but later said the amount was too large and it would probably take them several years to raise enough. They then suggested establishing a foundation, and finally concluded that helping the security guard's family still required social assistance…
In short, he was implying that he didn't want to spend money.
They can't even afford to buy adventure gear, and they even skip the entrance fee to scenic spots. Su Xiaoqiang wonders how much these people are willing to donate.
She believes that among those rescued, there must be some who are grateful and will do everything they can to take care of the security guard's family; similarly, she also understands that among those rescued, there are some who are cold-hearted, who only think about profiting and then trying to escape, never thinking of fulfilling any responsibility or showing any kindness.
Therefore, Su Xiaoqiang viewed this matter with unexpected calm.
Perhaps it's because she has experienced life and death, and understands the fragility of life and the coldness and warmth of human nature.
"Alright, stop looking at the forum," Su Xiaoqiang thought that if Liu Miaomiao continued to look at the forum, she would only be venting her emotions and would only end up making herself angry.
She closed Liu Miaomiao's notebook and said, "It's almost eleven o'clock, go brush your teeth and go to bed."
"Oh..." Liu Miaomiao obediently stretched and then went to brush her teeth.
After reviewing the PPT for the competition, Su Xiaoqiang prepared to brush her teeth.
Their daily routines are generally normal; they go to bed around 11 p.m. every day.
But when Su Xiaoqiang returned to her own bed, she suddenly found Liu Miaomiao in her bed.
"We haven't slept together in a long time," Liu Miaomiao said with a grin.
Su Xiaoqiang smiled and lifted the blanket. Her slightly cold little hands quickly reached under the covers and grabbed Liu Miaomiao's slender waist. Then she lifted Liu Miaomiao's pajamas and touched the soft flesh of her waist.
"Ah!" Liu Miaomiao exclaimed, "Your hands are so cold!"
"I just want to cool you down!" Su Xiaoqiang's hand kept wandering over the soft flesh of Liu Miaomiao's waist, teasing her until she felt both cool and itchy.
"I surrender, I surrender!" Liu Miaomiao wasn't as strong as Su Xiaoqiang, and she begged for mercy, saying, "Your, your phone is in my hands now!"
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