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Chapter 4: Cold Night on the Cold Mountain 7
update icon Updated at 2025/2/19 0:10:13

Five minutes later, Uesugi Yui regained consciousness. I told her everything that had just happened, including her being drugged. To my surprise, Uesugi Yui was only slightly surprised and quickly accepted the fact.

As a girl, one would expect her to be more alarmed by being drugged, right?

What baffles me even more is that while I was silently complaining about these trivial matters in my mind, Uesugi Yui had already become acquainted with Souren Manranyama and Bon. The three of them huddled together in a corner of the carriage, whispering and occasionally laughing.

Naturally, I was curious and wanted to eavesdrop. But whenever I tried to get closer, they immediately stopped talking and gave me cold stares, forcing me to stay in the corner and entertain myself with my fingers.

Fortunately, after a few minutes, there was finally some movement outside the car. I signaled everyone to hide so that they wouldn't open the door to inspect. As expected, less than a minute later, the door opened, but luckily they just glanced inside and closed it again.

After all, no one could have expected someone to be hiding in the carriage.

The people from the truck company probably thought this was just another routine job. The only ones with suspicions were probably the people on Bai Yaxin's side. It wouldn't be surprising if Bai Yaxin was the only one who knew all the plans.

Although I didn't know her well, I could already imagine that Bai Yaxin was the type of person who manipulated others like chess pieces.

The purpose of this operation was to find evidence of Bai Yaxin's crimes. If there was any such evidence, it would most likely be discovered during the loading and unloading process.

Although we were infiltrating like a Trojan horse, it didn't mean we could burst out like ancient Greek warriors. Revealing our presence would be equivalent to mission failure.

So, the biggest challenge now is how to escape from the truck once we reach our destination.

Unlike when we entered the truck, our visibility was good then. But now, we can't see anything outside the truck except for what's inside. We can only rely on faint sounds to judge and take chances.

We need to think of a plan in advance to avoid being clueless when the time comes.

I looked towards the girls for their opinions, but unfortunately, they were engrossed in their own discussion and completely ignored me.

At such a tense and critical moment, I don't understand why responsible Uesugi Yui, meticulous Souren Manranyama, and clever Bon would be so relaxed.

It's as if they were leisurely sitting in their own car, ready to go on a journey.

This situation is unreasonable. The reason behind it could be...?

Could it be that Souren Manranyama has already made a plan and told Uesugi Yui? And the three girls are together pranking me?

If that's the case, why would Uesugi Yui abandon me for them?

Although I would love to say, "For more details, tune in to tonight's featured interview," I don't think Uesugi Yui would do that to me.

The "Jie Jie" in my memory of her is not fake.

Thinking this, I suddenly feel that I might be too paranoid. There's nothing to worry about. We managed to infiltrate, and even if we're discovered, we can escape. Now, what we need to do is conserve our energy and not waste it unnecessarily.

After understanding all this, I finally calmed down and took a moment to catch my breath.

However, just as I closed my eyes for less than five seconds, that scent came back to me.

For some reason, Souren Manranyama crawled over to my side, waiting for me to ask her why she came over.

Spare me, Miss.