Jiang Xiaohui left.
He packed his things and left right away.
He did not even come to say goodbye to me, his eldest brother. It was as though he was afraid I would change my mind.
He directly asked Xie Yi for Goudan'er's location.
He did not call Goudan'er directly. In his words, he wanted to give Goudan'er a surprise.
I could not help wondering what it would be like once the two of them got together.
"You seem worried?" Ye Jinghong asked.
I shook my head. "He has to grow up eventually, and I have to learn to let go. I do not want him to become a flower raised in a greenhouse. Besides, you know his dogged temper. If I had not agreed, he would have kept pestering me. I do not want him to annoy me to death."
Something suddenly occurred to me. "That group Yan Rou mentioned should be arriving soon, right?"
There were quite a few of them—twenty thousand in all.
If they all infiltrated the general population, it would be nothing short of a disaster for us.
My original plan had been to take Yan Rou and intercept them. I had even told Xie Yi about it, though I did not know whether he had made any arrangements.
I called Xie Yi directly. When he heard what I was asking about, he slapped his forehead. "Look at me. Ever since we finished that call, I kept thinking I had forgotten to tell you something important. I only remembered now that you brought it up. I discussed this with Yan Rou. She is worried. Although her rank is not low anymore, she heard that R5 is leading this group. If she goes, she will not have any say in front of R5."
"So what? We