Why did you provoke me?

Yu Meng sat to the side, listening to Niannian and Nangong Tianshou's back-and-forth argument. She simply drank her tea quietly, without participating.

Nangong Tianshou was completely exasperated; this little mouth was incredibly talkative. And every single word she said hit the nail on the head, leaving him no way to refute her.

Finally, Nangong Tianshou left.

Yu Meng looked at Niannian, who was sitting there with a smug look on her face, and couldn't help but laugh.

"You did it on purpose."

"It's his fault for trying to force Xiao Hao onto you and have you teach him. Fourth Sister, let me tell you, if he sends Xiao Hao here, you should teach him just like I did, and make him furious."

"Why would you need to teach someone something so simple? Just keep him by your side," Yu Meng suggested with a mischievous grin.

"I have no problem taking him with me, but I'm afraid the older man might not be willing."

……

Feng County.

Xiao Wen and several other people were hiding in a tree hole under the roots of a large tree.

"Captain, the communication bell is destroyed. We can't contact Captain Yan and the others. What should we do?"

"It's alright. As long as we get through tonight, Yan Lei will find out we're in trouble."

"But what about your injury?"

"fine."

Xiao Wen recalled that just a day earlier, the investment promotion director who had signed the contract with him sent someone to tell him, "The county now offers preferential terms to large clients like you, but you must sign here before our resources can be allocated to you."

Without suspicion, he brought only four people with him to the county town.

However, before they reached their agreed meeting place, their path was blocked by a car that had broken down on the road.

The driver came over to ask for their help. Without any suspicion, he got out of his car.

Just as he reached the other person's car, the other person suddenly attacked him. If he hadn't reacted quickly and dodged to the side, he would probably be dead by now.

But his arm was still injured by the other party's dagger.

Seeing the conflict break out, the team members hurriedly got out of the car, only to find themselves all ambushed. It turned out that the ambushers had hidden a large number of people on both sides of the road.

It was because he had a strand of hair given to him by Qingyuan that they were able to escape.

But there were too many of them. And it seemed like they had large search dogs among them.

They spent the entire afternoon on the run, and eventually the tires of their car were shot out.

After abandoning the car, the injured men ran into the nearby mountains.

However, the environment in the mountains was not good; it was damp and hot, and there were all sorts of flying insects. Most importantly, all of them had suffered injuries of varying degrees.

The poor environment, coupled with their sweating, caused their wounds to become infected. Their body temperatures were also elevated to varying degrees. If it weren't for Qian Chuan's pills boosting their physical condition, they would probably have collapsed by now.

What they thought was a normal business collaboration turned out to be a trap. When they left the beekeeping base, they didn't take any weapons, nor even dry food or water.

Several people leaned against the stone wall, their heavy breathing rising and falling.

"Captain. Will Captain Yan and the others be able to find us?"

"What are you thinking? We don't even know where we are. How are we going to find Captain Yan?"

The atmosphere immediately became heavy.

Xiao Wen smiled bitterly. Even in the complex First Battlefield, he had never suffered such a great loss.

"Check your belongings to see if you brought anything from the guild hall."

"I do have a clipboard I got from Secretary Wu before I left. Could it be of any use?"

"What are you doing with that thing?"

"My belt was broken at the time, and when I saw this thing that could be used, I just took it out of his bag," the man explained, his face flushed.

"Let me see." Xiao Wen held out his hand.

It's just a plain, unremarkable rectangular metal buckle. There isn't even a single pattern on it.

Xiao Wen looked at it for a long time, and finally had no choice but to hand it back. He didn't find anything special about the buckle.

"Captain, you don't actually think that the thing Secretary Wu casually gave you has a tracking function, do you?" a team member asked casually.

"I really wish we had that feature, then we could be saved."

Five people huddled in a narrow tree pit, discussing quietly.

at the same time.

Yan Lei at the beekeeping base was going crazy with worry.

After Secretary Wu sent him the message, he kept sending messages to Xiao Wen, but no news came until evening.

He knew that something must have happened to Xiao Wen.

He had been searching along the road from the bee farm to the county town for two whole hours, but had not found the slightest trace.

"Captain Yan, it's getting dark, making it even harder to find them. Also, Captain Xiao and his team might have been ambushed. If we continue searching like this, we'll be in danger too."

Yan Lei knew all this, of course, but he couldn't give up; perhaps Xiao Wen was waiting for him to rescue him. But darkness was indeed a problem.

Just then, a voice came from over, "Captain, come quick!"

Yan Lei rushed over and said, "Captain, look at this leaf. Its broken shape is from being shot." It was a good 10 meters away from the road.

Yan Lei glanced at it and said, "Expand the search area and see if this is the primary crime scene."

"Captain, there's a piece of gravel here."

……

As more and more information was gathered, Yan Lei squinted and said, "At this rate, Brother Xiao will be robbed before he even enters the county town. But the scene is cleaned up way too thoroughly."

"Where's Brother Xiao's car? Can't we find a single clue?"

"If we had discovered this place earlier, we might have been able to find something by following the road, but now it's dark, and it's hard to find anything."

Yan Lei paced around on the ground in frustration, then turned on his communication bell and sent a message to Du Wenhe: "What should we do? We haven't heard anything from Brother Xiao, and we haven't even found much of a trace."

Du Wenhe looked at the message on the communication bell, "What about the enemy? Do they have any leads?"

"No, the road is spotless, there's nothing there. Brother Du, are they specifically targeting Brother Xiao?"

"Isn't it obvious? However, it might not be aimed at Xiao Wen; it could be targeting our bee farm. If it is, then you've probably fallen into their trap."

At this point, Du Wenhe spoke much faster, "Quickly find a place to build up the defenses."

Yan Lei was, after all, someone who could lead a team to the front lines. He wasn't stupid, just lazy. After hearing Du Wenhe's words, he immediately understood his situation.

He turned off the communication bell and quickly instructed everyone to prepare for battle.

Everyone retreated into the woods, and sentries were also set up.

He sat in the tree, thought for a moment, and then sent a message to Secretary Wu. He was willing to accept the embarrassment; what if Secretary Wu had a way to find Xiao Wen?

Shizukawa.

Secretary Wu looked at the message on the intercom and her eyes turned red with anger.

That idiot! He didn't answer when I messaged him to ask, and now that it's dark, what can he do?

It's a mountainous area with countless hills of all sizes. It's dark, where are we going to find it?