Why did you provoke me?

"How could it be my uncle?"

Why?

Two voices rang out simultaneously.

Secretary Wu pressed her temples. "This was Teacher Yu's arrangement; how would I know why?"

"Does following my uncle mean we're going to do business?" Yan Lei asked cautiously from the side. "But I don't like that."

"Have you ever heard of 'a cunning rabbit has three burrows'?" Secretary Wu said with a straight face, trying to fool people.

"What do you mean?"

"That means the situation will be very complicated in the future, and we can't just hold onto this one place. We need to find two more suitable places to establish bases."

Yan Lei and Xiao Wen's expressions improved.

"Then there's no need to follow my uncle. It's just a caravan. They're just ordinary people; what good places could they possibly find?"

Secretary Wu looked at him with exasperation. "It's to give you this status, not to make you become like them."

Xiao Wen didn't say anything, as long as they weren't marginalized.

"Our clubhouse is still too small, and it's inconvenient for some people to come all the way here. Teacher Yu is planning to open a club or a farm or something, and someone has to do the preliminary work."

Now that you've run into this mess, you need to get away and lay low for a while, letting this matter fade from some people's view. Therefore, this matter has fallen on you.

"So it's just me and Xiao Ge? What about the others?" Yan Lei still felt a little uneasy. If they went out, wouldn't that mean they would have much less contact with Teacher Yu?

"You've got a lot on your mind." Secretary Wu glared at him. "Make a list of everything you need, and I'll prepare it for you in the next day or two. Then you can leave in batches."

Yan Lei wanted to say something more, but Xiao Wen grabbed him.

Secretary Wu left, and he thought Xiao Wen would have many problems, but it turned out that Yan Lei was relentless.

"Brother Xiao, why aren't you saying a word? If this continues, will we ever be able to come back?" Yan Lei complained to Xiao Wen after Secretary Wu left.

Xiao Wen scoffed, "Say what? What's the point? Can we change something that's already been decided?"

"We have to try, we should try. But if we leave it like this, what will we do next?"

"Just make do." Xiao Wen's tone was very unpleasant.

The two sat together for a long time without saying a word.

Yan Lei stood up. "I need to think of something. We're leaving soon, I can't let someone else benefit from this."

Secretary Wu looked at the long list and was so angry he laughed. "Are you hiding your identities? This is practically a mass migration! You dare to bring so much stuff? Aren't you afraid of being robbed outside?"

"Is it a lot? We're starting from scratch, dividing the family property and starting all over again. We don't want any of it. Will you still care about us then?"

Secretary Wu paused for a second, then said, "How can we not care? Can we really do nothing? With the way you're doing things, we'll be watched as soon as we get out. Do you think the outside world is the same as here?"

Hua Shulang hasn't contacted you? Hasn't he told you how he got here all this time?

Yan Lei fell silent, and Xiao Wen stared at Secretary Wu, "Will you be in charge of us from now on?"

"Are you all misunderstanding something? Your priority right now is to save your own lives, not to go out and do some great thing, understand?"

Xiao Wen frowned deeply. "Isn't this too serious? If we leave, won't Teacher Yu and the others be in great danger?"

"Teacher Yu didn't enter the dense forest; only you two know her whereabouts." Secretary Wu looked at Xiao Wen and Yan Lei. "You should know what to do, right?"

"Of course." Xiao Wen and Yan Lei both nodded.

"Jing Er and the others are outside. You can contact them later. They will send you whatever you need. Just take good care of yourselves."

Secretary-General Wu breathed a sigh of relief, "After saying so much, it's all just speculation. All of this is based on the assumption that the Jia family leaked the information."

If there's no danger, your main task is to build another club. But this will always be a potential problem, so you must be very careful.

"What if we get caught?" Yan Lei asked in a low voice.

Xiao Wen couldn't help but kick him. "You think you're the only one with a mouth?"

Xiao Wen couldn't help but recall what he had said in the Alien Battlefield: "What if we encounter them?" And indeed they did encounter them, in that very mysterious place. And now he was saying it again.

Secretary Wu couldn't help but glare at Yan Lei; he was just someone who couldn't speak properly.

"I was just asking, what's wrong with that? Why are you all glaring at me and kicking me?" Yan Lei said, feeling wronged. "Teacher Yu said that we can run if we encounter danger, so if... can I tell him what's going on in the forest?"

Xiao Wen ignored Yan Lei. He found a place to sit down and went off to brood.

Secretary Wu looked at Yan Lei, "Then what are you going to say? Are you going to say there are still our people inside, or are you going to say it's another group that fought with you? Can you explain that clearly?"

"What am I supposed to say? Can't I just talk about the aliens, the big trees, and the grass inside?"

"Even if I told them, would they believe me? If they don't, their bone-drawing masters have plenty of ways to make you tell the truth, and then you'll get everyone killed." Secretary Wu looked at Yan Lei strangely. Why hadn't he thought Yan Lei was so honest before?

"Alright then, I'll try my best to prevent them from catching me," Yan Lei muttered to himself.

Xiao Wen and Secretary Wu exchanged a glance; something was definitely wrong with Yan Lei.

Xiao Wen also recalled how clearly he had explained things during the alien battlefield, yet Yan Lei still made the most basic mistake. He wouldn't… Thinking this, Xiao Wen suddenly shivered.

"I'm going to take him to see Teacher Yu." Xiao Wen stood up and looked at Secretary Wu.

"Okay, let's do it together." Secretary Wu also stood up.

"No, why are you looking for Teacher Yu? Aren't we talking about supplies right now?" Yan Lei struggled to break free from Xiao Wen's grip on his hand.

"We'll talk about it when you get back. I won't shortchange you." Secretary Wu nudged Yan Lei from the side.

Yu Meng's office.

Seeing the three people shoving each other, Yu Meng asked Secretary Wu with her eyes, "What's going on?"

Secretary Wu pointed to his own head, then subtly pointed to Yan Lei.

Xiao Wen pushed Yan Lei in front of Yu Meng, "Teacher Yu, he has a headache, could you take a look?"

"When did I say I had a headache? He's spreading rumors," Yan Lei complained to Yu Meng, feeling wronged.

"Please sit down." Yu Meng understood what Secretary Wu meant.

"When did it start?" Yu Meng asked Xiao Wen. They had been together for a long time, so he should know the general idea.

"I just discovered it. As for when it started, it must have been more than half a month ago, right? I don't have an exact time." Xiao Wen didn't know the specific time either; he had never thought about it that way before.