"Dr. Zhang, did Little Brother Guan get into some kind of trouble?"
In the dormitory area of the Countermeasure Research Institute base, Wang Yan looked at Zhang Minglu before her and asked worriedly.
"No. I'm just trying to understand the situation," Zhang Minglu said.
Suspicion flickered in Wang Yan's eyes.
If everything was fine, why would Zhang Minglu, the base's great doctor, suddenly come to ask her about Guan Tong?
"Ms. Wang, there's no need to worry. Just tell me what you know about him."
Wang Yan thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing wrong with telling you. There was never anything to hide in the first place. My daughter Xiao Na and I met Little Brother Guan during the [June Snowfall] Rules..."
She recounted how she had met Guan Tong, while Zhang Minglu listened carefully and the recorder he carried recorded everything.
"...After we returned to Yunhua, we went to the hospital. As for where Little Brother Guan went afterward, I don't know."
Wang Yan finished describing how the three of them had encountered one another at the foot of Mingdao Mountain, survived the Blizzard Rules together, and then went to Yunhua for treatment after Rule End.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Minglu asked, "Yunhua City is quite far from Mingdao Mountain. Yet when you arrived, Guan Tong was already there, and he had even set up a small camp."
"Yes."
"That means Guan Tong set out from Yunhua City for Mingdao Mountain during the early stages of the Rules, perhaps even shortly after the Rules were announced... In the middle of a blizzard, how many people would have the courage to leave the city alone and head for an uninhabited mountain?"
Wang Yan said, "Little Brother Guan was never an ordinary child. He was far braver