CHAPTER 172: CHAPTER 172: GOING HOME

He Qi’an picked up the water-fried bun Lin Xiaoyan just set down and said, "Don’t worry, I’m here."

Lin Xiaoyan: ?

Next, to Lin Xiaoyan’s surprise, He Qi’an ate all the remaining food.

Lin Xiaoyan looked at He Qi’an, thinking of her father’s appetite, and how her mother always cooked a lot at home.

Every time the food they couldn’t finish, her father would clean it up completely.

As a result, her father’s figure was becoming more rounded.

Involuntarily, Lin Xiaoyan recalled the eight-pack abs she saw on He Qi’an earlier...

If the eight-pack abs turned into a round belly...

"Pfft..." Lin Xiaoyan couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?"

He Qi’an turned his head to say something to the boss, and as soon as he turned around, he heard Lin Xiaoyan’s laughter. He looked around in confusion but didn’t find anything.

Lin Xiaoyan quickly stifled her laughter, "Nothing, let’s go back."

He Qi’an glanced at Lin Xiaoyan, "Okay."

As soon as they returned to the hotel, she saw Lu Lan and Xuan Shiyi resting on the sofa.

"Sister Lan."

Lin Xiaoyan quickly ran to Lu Lan’s side and glanced at the others, "Are you tired? Did you send them all off?"

Lu Lan came back to her senses, her gaze complex as she looked at Lin Xiaoyan, "Yes, they’re all sent off..."

Yesterday’s day and night experience completely overturned her previous thirty years of worldview.

"Turns out, there really are ghosts."

Lu Lan said in a daze, "After people die, they indeed become ghosts, and there really is an Underworld..."

"Looks like, from now on, I shouldn’t do bad things. Otherwise... I’ll face judgment after death, hahaha..."

Lu Lan thought of those criminals who not only face judgment when alive but also receive punishment after death, and she felt much better.

Lin Xiaoyan nodded in agreement, "Ultimately, no one can escape."

After a while, the breakfast shop owner arrived with a tricycle to deliver food.

Everyone quickly finished their meal. Lu Lan thought about it and looked at Lin Xiaoyan, "Now that the mission is over, are you going home?"

Lin Xiaoyan glanced at Xuan Shiyi and the others, "I guess so; I don’t know if there are other tasks."

Lu Lan glanced in He Qi’an’s direction, "So... is Captain He going back with you?"

Lin Xiaoyan looked at Lu Lan, then turned to look at He Qi’an, who was reporting to the superior.

"Probably we’ll go back together." After all, they came together.

Lin Xiaoyan looked at Lu Lan and softly asked, "Do you need any help?"

Lu Lan hesitated for a moment and then looked at Lin Xiaoyan, "Could you help me pass a message to Captain He?"

"Everyone in the Wild Wolf Team doesn’t want him to leave. We still consider him our leader. No matter where he goes in the future, he will always be our leader.

If... if he can come back, that would be even better."

Lin Xiaoyan looked at Lu Lan, then glanced behind her. Her mouth moved, and she said with a complex expression, "Maybe... you don’t need me to pass the message. He’s already heard."

Lin Xiaoyan pointed behind Lu Lan.

Lu Lan froze awkwardly and turned around, only to see He Qi’an standing behind her at some point.

He Qi’an looked coldly at Lu Lan, "Now Shi Nan is your captain. I will never go back; you should listen to Shi Nan well."

Lu Lan: "...Alright."

He Qi’an looked at Lin Xiaoyan, "Go pack your things; it’s time to go home."

Lin Xiaoyan’s heart filled with joy, "Okay."

It’s finally over; she can go home!

"How have you been sleeping these two days?"

Lin Xiaoyan: "I fell asleep in the car the night before last, just ended up with a stiff neck.

Last night... I didn’t have time to sleep."

After hearing, He Qi’an nodded. He found someone to fetch a key, "You can nap on the road later."

"Did you bring motion sickness medicine?"

"I brought it!" Lin Xiaoyan quickly took out the motion sickness medicine and swallowed a pill.

Sitting in the car, Lin Xiaoyan soon started feeling sleepy.

Luckily, she was sitting in the back. She directly found a comfortable position and slept.

She didn’t know how long she’d slept; when she woke up, she was lying on the dormitory bed!!!

Lin Xiaoyan sat on the bed, looking around the dorm, feeling a bit bewildered.

Wasn’t she in the car? How was she in the dorm? Or were the events of the past two days just a dream?

Lin Xiaoyan woodenly got up, directly walking out of the dorm to see if Xuan Shiyi and the others were around.

She opened the dorm’s door and knocked on the neighboring dorm’s door.

The door opened, revealing Xuan Liu.

"You’re awake."

He Qi’an came out of the dorm.

Lin Xiaoyan glanced inside the dorm, noting only Xuan Liu and He Qi’an were there.

"Shiyi and the others..."

Xuan Liu: "Haven’t come back yet."

"Oh, they are at the hotel?" Lin Xiaoyan asked.

Xuan Liu looked at Lin Xiaoyan, "Weren’t you all together earlier?"

Lin Xiaoyan: ... So, it wasn’t a dream!

"Pack up your things; we’re leaving the base."

He Qi’an left the dorm, looking at Lin Xiaoyan as he spoke.

"Okay..."

Lin Xiaoyan turned around, went back to the dorm to pack her things; she couldn’t wait to leave this place.

Twenty minutes later, Lin Xiaoyan looked at Shui Yuanyu and the others, then turned to He Qi’an.

"Them..."

He Qi’an: "They’re coming with us."

Lin Xiaoyan looked at the others with somewhat visible injuries and nodded, "Okay."

This time, the base directly arranged for someone to send them downhill to the airport.

As they left the base, Lin Xiaoyan looked at the base gate behind.

Although this task ended smoothly, those rescued don’t know how to return to life.

Everyone tricked and locked down by Jiao Mian Country was like experiencing tribulation.

After being rescued, not everyone signaled rebirth.

Some chose to compromise for survival, tricking Hua Country people too.

These people will face legal penalties even if they return home.

Some suffered serious injuries, both physically and mentally.

There’s uncertainty about their future overcoming the shadows.

...

Lin Xiaoyan turned to the cascading mountain peaks, recalling the children in these mountains...

She hoped those involved would receive proper punishment!

Even when they die, they should suffer in the Underworld!!!

Gan Tu sat next to Lin Xiaoyan, sensing her emotional shift.

He looked at He Qi’an ahead, pondered, and coldly said, "Lin Xiaoyan."

Lin Xiaoyan heard Gan Tu’s voice beside her, turned her head, looking at him with confusion.

He Qi’an sat in the passenger seat, hearing the voice, but did not turn his head.

Gan Tu: "Have you had insomnia lately?"

Lin Xiaoyan shook her head, "No."

Gan Tu raised his eyebrow; is she better now? So maybe she doesn’t need hypnosis anymore?

He Qi’an spoke up, "Maybe it’s because her body reached its limit after no rest for a day and night, so she could sleep."

Gan Tu: ...Did I ask you to explain?!

Lin Xiaoyan: "Maybe that’s the reason."

Gan Tu thought he got paid, so he had morals to uphold; he’d hypnotize then!

Gan Tu reached out, placing his hand in front of Lin Xiaoyan’s eyes.

Lin Xiaoyan’s gaze focused on the hand appearing before her.

A crisp snap sounded, and Lin Xiaoyan’s gaze became dull...