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Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen exchanged looks again.
Although the muscular man in blue sportswear muttered softly, with only a few words, they could almost be sure that these people, at least this person, was different from them. He must know some information that they didn’t.
But Ji Dong and Mo Tiangen couldn’t ask directly.
If they did, it would be tantamount to showing timidity, revealing that they knew nothing about the situation. This would make them lose their bargaining chip to obtain information.
In front of unreliable strangers, sometimes it was necessary to pretend to be coercive.
Therefore, Ji Dong suppressed the storms raging in his mind, trying to look calm. Turning back to Ren Jianmo, he pretended to bend down to get his mountaineering bag. Taking advantage of the opportunity to face his back to the crowd, he raised the index finger of his left hand, and made a “silent” gesture with his lips.
Ren Jianmo glanced at him without saying anything. Ji Dong wondered whether he had understood it or not.
Ji Dong couldn’t give any more hints. He just hoped that the unfortunate beauty suffering from amnesia would be smart, and wouldn’t dismantle their stage with one thoughtless word.
However, on second thought, Ren Jianmo was not someone very talkative. If no one asked him a question, he wouldn’t speak any nonsense. Therefore, as long as he paid more attention and kept the newcomers away from him, he probably wouldn’t have anything to worry about.
Even Ji Dong hadn’t realized it, but he and Ren Jianmo had only known each other for less than half an hour, and they had already unconsciously regarded each other as “their people”.
Just like when he used to take care of his younger teammates in the team, Captain Dong spread his wings like a mother hen, trying to bring people into his shelter.
Ji Dong picked up the mountaineering bag, opened it, and distributed water and food to the six new people.
While distributing things, he also paid close attention to these people.
In addition to the muscular man with big cheeks in blue sportswear, the other five were young, in their twenties and thirties. There were two men and three women—a couple and a pair of good girlfriends, and finally a haggard man dressed as an office worker.
The five people were all in a state of shock and confusion. At first glance, one could tell that they had no idea about their current situation.
Ji Dong didn’t say much, just asking the few people to eat first. When facing the three young girls, he also comforted them with warm words.
Ji Dong’s appearance was too soft and calm. Seeing that his attitude was so kind and peaceful, they unconsciously felt flustered and calmed their hearts. They took food and water one after another and gave him a bitter smile of gratitude.
Ji Dong finally came to the muscular man in blue sportswear and asked with a smile, “Do you want to eat?”
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The muscular man in blue stared at him for a long time before he took the bread.
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“Oh?”
Ji Dong was not worried. He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, “We can’t be what?”
This time, the muscular man in blue closed his mouth like a clam and refused to say a word more.
The six newcomers were hungry. After they got the water and food, they weren’t polite to them. They sat down on the floor, unpacked, and began to devour.
Ji Dong noticed that they seemed to take the muscular man in blue as their leader, and even when they were resting, they didn’t dare to disperse.
He didn’t say much. He just went back to Ren Jianmo and continued his unfinished meal.
“Hey.”
Mo Tiangen also came over and talked to them in a low voice, “What do you think of…?”
He omitted the subject, but it didn’t affect the understanding of Ji Dong.
“The other five are hard to say, but he must know something.”
Ji Dong put stress on the word ‘he’.
Mo Tiangen nodded slightly while chewing a sausage. At the same time, from the corner of his eye, he noticed that the muscular man in blue threw his eyes at them several times, finding it difficult to hide his anxiety on his face.
“Those who look like thieves are not good at first sight.”
Every school year, Mr. Mo enrolled more than 400 students. At first sight, he could read a lot of individuals. He possessed the type of vision that allowed him to perceive the essence of people from their faces.
When he first saw Ji Dong, he thought this baby looked good.
Ji Xiao’niao, as the name suggested, had a beautiful baby face with sheep-like curls in his hair, a delicate nose, a delicate mouth, and a pair of almond-shaped eyes that were large and bright with slender tails. The slight drooping makes the whole person’s temperament look particularly well-behaved.
Teacher Dagen looked at him as if he had seen the good-tempered top students in the school, and couldn’t help but feel a sense of closeness.
As for Ren Jianmo… Mo Tiangen admitted that he could not understand the depth of this man.
People who were either too ugly or too attractive would certainly feel isolated from the rest of society. Ren Jianmo, in particular, had a fantastic look, a lofty and cold temperament, and a mysterious background. He reminded him of the NPCs in an RPG, which seemed to be a far stretch from reality.
So, even if Ren Jianmo was claiming to be amnesiac, Mo Tiangen could hardly feel angry or disappointed with him. On the contrary, he had a vague feeling that ‘as it should be’; after all, the peerless experts in martial arts novels were hidden, so how could they tell the truth casually?
For Ji Dong, Mo Tiangen thought he didn’t want to, and didn’t dare to talk too much to Ren Jianmo before he had thoroughly dug up his identity.
But the muscular man in blue was different.
Regardless of other things, just the alertness hidden in the other person’s gaze made Teacher Dagen feel restless. Even if the muscular man in blue hadn’t done anything yet, just his obvious hostility was worthy of their vigilance.
“You see, it’s not just us.”
The three sat together, eating and whispering.
Ji Dong held out his hand, gently clicked the black watch that couldn’t be taken off his left wrist, and said, “Those people over there are all wearing the same watch.”
Mo Tiangen turned around and pretended to turn over the bag and quickly swept around the six newcomers, “Yes, they are wearing them too.”
He paused. “So anyone who appears in this city will be wearing this kind of a watch?”
Ji Dong nodded.
Ren Jianmo, on the other hand, didn’t seem to hear what they were saying at all. He just bowed his head and ate wholeheartedly.
Mo Tiangen hadn’t expected Ren Jianmo to open his precious mouth. He didn’t care. He continued to analyze, “This watch might be some kind of timing tool. It shows how long we have been in this damn place… Just like the game progress bar in an RPG game.”
Ji Dong nodded again.
He had also made several guesses about the use of this watch. Mr. Mo’s hypothesis was also one of the various possibilities he’d conceived.
“One more thing.”
Mo Tiangen raised his hand, nodded slightly in the direction of the six people, and said, “Except for the muscular man in blue sportswear, I’ve seen the five other people in ‘that car’.”
“That car?”
Ji Dong was stunned for a moment, then widened his eyes, “You mean, the maglev train we took!?”
Mo Tiangen nodded with certainty.
He had gotten on the bus early and was just sitting in the last row of the maglev train that had derailed and fallen off the bridge. All the way, he had been so bored that he could only pass the time by observing the passengers coming and going.
So he noticed that Ji Dong and his teammates were wearing the classic tomato scrambled egg uniform standard for Chinese athletes. When he saw Ji Dong in the city, he recognized that the baby face with curly hair was one of the young athletes for the first time.
Now, after careful identification, he was 90% certain that, in addition to the muscular man in blue with hostile eyes, the couple, the pair of girlfriends, and the haggard office worker should have been on the maglev train that was involved in the accident.
“I see.”
Ji Dong imitated the signature posture of a famous detective, touched his chin, and then turned to Mo Tiangen. “Except for the muscular man in blue, everyone else is in the car; are you sure about that?”
“Those five people, I am only 70% sure at most.”
Mr. Mo shrugged and answered honestly, “As for the one in blue sportswear, I’m 100% sure he wasn’t in that car.”
What he didn’t tell them was that he was so certain because he had the attitude of a male peacock flaunting his feathers.
Mo Tiangen was a fitness and shaping maniac, and was particularly confident in his beautiful muscles.
Just like the sister who was losing weight will always involuntarily observe whether the young girls on the street are fat or thin, Mr. Mo also cared about the figures of men.
Therefore, he believed that if the muscular man in blue was also in the car at that time, with his bulging tendons and flesh, he would have definitely noticed him.
“So I have a bold guess.”
Ji Dong raised his index finger and tapped twice on his chin. “If the people on the rail car were like you and me, they came here inexplicably, but they didn’t know what happened…”
He said, raising his hand under the cover of his body, pointed in the direction of the muscular man in blue, and raised his chin towards Ren Jianmo. “I’m afraid it’s not the first time for people like them to experience this situation.”
“So when the man saw us earlier, he said the word ‘experienced’?”
Mo Tiangen thought about it and understood, “Because he thinks we are too calm and don’t look like newcomers, he doubts that we are also ‘experienced’ like him?”
He turned to look at Ren Damei, who had been silent all the time. “So, you’re not a first-timer either?”
Ren Jianmo didn’t answer immediately.
He frowned and thought seriously for a moment. “I don’t remember.”
He paused slightly, raised his head, and looked in the direction of the muscular man in blue with his heterochromic eyes.
“Although I don’t remember what happened to me before.”
Ren Jianmo paused, and then said something astonishing, “But I’m sure that man has a gun.”
ohhohohohohohoh ~
Thank you for the chapter!
Glad to read the chapter tqsm~
Thank you for translating!
“There were two men and three women—a couple and a pair of good girlfriends,” Could they… possibly be… gal pals? “ Just like the sister who was losing weight will always involuntarily observe whether the young girls on the street are fat or thin, Mr. Mo also cared about the figures of men.” Oh damn, I didn’t realize this was a thing… I just check myself against people with long hair.
It’s very pedantic but my gay ass read that and somehow came to the conclusion that the couple was between the two dudes and the ‘pair’ of good girlfriends was actually a trio. Removing the ‘and’ would force me (and other such dumbasses) to actually read the whole sentence.
Bruh, same
I will take a look and correct it accordingly to prevent others from getting confused 🙂
Thank you for the chapter ❤️❤️❤️
“But I’m sure that man has a gun.”
-and thats when you run. (I am being sarcastic. It will always be a bad idea to run just because he has a gun. You could easily be sited, discovered, and shot that way)
Our baby actually have a baby face! ( ┳Д┳ ) I thought as an athlete, he’ll look tough and a bit rough. Forgive mom, Xiao’niao.
How suspicious, why does he have a gun? It’s useless against those speedy creatures, so he plans to kill fellow players?