#227 - Chapter 227: Efficiency Issue Again
“Do you know Li Yan?”
Ye Xueli, from Brother Long's team, unexpectedly ran out and asked Wang Yang, catching everyone off guard.
Her face wore an expression of both anticipation and complexity.
She hoped that her best friend had really made it big here and could help pull her, in her current state, up.
But she also feared that if her friend had really become the leader's bed partner, she might severely humiliate her upon seeing her current condition!
She knew too well the petty things between best friends!
It's true, you don't fear your best friend living a hard life, but you fear her driving a Land Rover.
Brother Long had warned her before coming not to say anything rash and to let him assess the situation before making a decision.
But Brother Long hadn't given her any hints the entire time. (Brother Long forgot)
She had struggled for a long time, but in the end, she couldn't resist the temptation of joining this place. Even if she had to serve her best friend tea and water in the future, it would be worth it!
She wanted to join this place!
She didn't want to just follow Brother Long and the others to get scraps of meat anymore!
Brother Long and the others' eyes widened; they hadn't expected this woman to dare to take it upon herself to ask those questions!
They all tensed up instantly!
Hearing her words, Wang Yang stopped walking away, turned around, and stared at Li Xueli, who had finally run over to ask.
He sized up the woman again.
Her clothes were so dirty that you couldn't make out the original brand or style, but her face seemed to have been specially cleaned, revealing fair skin.
However, it still couldn't hide her deep eye bags and dark circles.
This was a common state for humans in the apocalypse.
“Miss Li, are you asking about Li Yan? The Li with the character for wood, the Yan with the character for bright? A girl with long hair, about twenty years old?”
He asked in return.
Li Xueli's eyes lit up; she recognized the man's description!
That was exactly her best friend's appearance!
“Yes! Yes! That's her!”
She excitedly wanted to rush over and grab Wang Yang's hand, but he gestured for her to stop.
“We did indeed have a woman named Li Yan in our base before.”
After pausing and maintaining a certain distance from the woman who had just tried to rush over, he glanced at the base personnel who had become vigilant, before turning back and continuing.
“But she is not, as you said, our base leader's girlfriend.”
As he spoke, he stared meaningfully at the woman in front of him.
“I don't know where you heard that we used to have such a person in our base, but she was just an ordinary member, not our leader's woman.”
“Moreover.”
“She is no longer in our base.”
Wang Yang finished speaking, looked at the stunned and bewildered woman, and asked in return:
“So, Miss Li, it's my turn to ask you, what is your relationship with Li Yan?”
He was no longer the smiling and easy-going person from before; instead, he questioned her with a slightly cold expression.
“No… impossible… she told me she had become the leader's girlfriend here, is she lying to me!?”
Li Xueli muttered to herself in disbelief, as if struck by lightning.
At the same time, she quickly realized.
Her best friend had lied to her!
That gossipy woman!
She had been lying all along!
At this moment, she felt both disappointed and a heavy sense of relief in her heart.
As for why she was relieved?
That's just how women are.
“She… she is my friend. Before the internet was cut off in the apocalypse, she told me she was here, so I know something…”
“Where did she go? Do I still have a chance to see her?”
Li Xueli answered Wang Yang hesitantly, not wanting to elaborate on the things she was thinking about, the secret resentment and secret joy.
Seeing her like this, Wang Yang chuckled, as if he saw through something, and said meaningfully:
“Miss Li, I'm afraid you won't be able to see her. She left our base a long time ago. If you're lucky, maybe you'll have a chance to see her outside in the future!”
After speaking, he didn't want to continue pulling and talking with this woman.
He still had a lot of things to deal with. He had just finished dealing with the zombie attack yesterday, and there was still a lot of mess to take care of.
Of course, this scene was also imprinted in his mind, and he planned to tell President Qin about it later if he had the chance.
Just say, a friend of a former rebel came over?
Hmm, it's a bit strange.
Let's see later.
Seeing Wang Yang leave, Li Xueli was a little lost and didn't know what to do.
“What do you want to do!? Do you want to die!?”
Seeing the people from Green Source Base walk away, Brother Long rushed over and roared at Li Xueli in a low voice.
His slightly red eyes told the others of his anger at this moment!
His woman actually took it upon herself!
It seemed like she also wanted to leave the team and join the other side!?
“Don't say anything! I'll deal with you when we get back!”
He walked over and pinched Li Xueli's arm hard, then dragged her towards the car.
They had to leave here quickly!
Li Xueli knew that she would inevitably suffer another round of abuse from Zhao Xinglong when she returned.
Just as she was about to shout, Brother Long, with his sharp eyes, covered her mouth and forcibly pressed her back into the car and took her away.
*****
Zhushi City.
Somewhere in the coastal area.
A helicopter hovered at a certain height in the sky.
It was Xia Yan, Qin Jin, and others who had rushed here from Green Source Base to the oil refinery area!
They didn't fly directly to their destination, but hovered eight or nine kilometers away.
They couldn't fly over like this directly, because they didn't know the situation there. If they attracted zombies or caused a bad influence by flying over, it wouldn't be good.
So they were preparing to communicate first.
“Bo Wen, Wang Bin! Can you hear me!?”
Qin Jin opened the walkie-talkie in the back seat and shouted on the battle team and cadre channels.
Before long, a response came from the walkie-talkie.
“We heard you! President Qin! We're at the oil refinery area! You've come too!”
It was Wang Bin speaking.
Soon, the two sides had a simple exchange.
After confirming that they could pass, they stopped talking and notified Xia Yan to drive to the destination.
A minute or two later, they finally arrived at the location.
Below was a factory-like place with many steel pipes, storage tanks, and some common buildings.
It also had a complete circle of walls.
It's just that the height didn't seem too high.
Seeing that there was no problem, Xia Yan, with the boss's permission, lowered the helicopter to a vacant spot and quickly shut off the engine.
As soon as Qin Jin landed on the ground, he saw Li Bowen, Wang Bin, and other base personnel who had come here two days earlier.
After walking over to meet them, Qin Jin opened the door and said directly:
“How is the situation here? Tell me in detail!”
Everyone was used to the boss's decisive personality, and Wang Bin, the eloquent one, answered.
“President Qin, we came here smoothly the day before yesterday. After Team Leader Li and the others cleaned up this refining area that day, we began to check the various situations here.”
“Adding the inspection and start-up operation yesterday, there is now good news and bad news.”
“The good news is that the equipment here is relatively well preserved! With our people, we can extract gasoline from the excavated oil!”
“The bad news is that we don't have enough manpower! And the efficiency is very low!”
(End of this chapter)
