Tomb raiding: Trying to become a little painter

Chapter 85: Sleeping without waking up

Having spent an unknown amount of time in the jade mine at the bottom of the lake, Zhang Qilin and Fatty Wang had no food on them and were starving. Their faces were exhausted, and their stubble was growing on their faces. However, they would occasionally glance at Qin Henian, who was still unconscious.

Her delicate, beautiful, and fair face was expressionless. She lay there quietly in Zhang Qilin's arms, showing no signs of waking up.

Beijing.

Wu Xie was now facing two familiar people: one was a man dressed entirely in black, wearing black sunglasses and talking incoherently, and the other was his childhood friend, Xie Yuchen, wearing a sharp suit with a milky white and light pink gradient and a smile on his face.

At this moment, one of the two was looking at him with a grin, while the other was staring at him with a serious expression, making Wu Xie wonder whether the two of them were there to help him or to teach him a lesson.

"Xiaohua, you're here. You called me earlier and asked me to wait here for you so we could leave together. I even cancelled my plane ticket. When are you actually leaving?"

Wu Xie looked at the two people in front of him with a somewhat anxious expression. He was very worried about the situation of Zhang Qilin and the other two in Banna, and he was also thinking about who sent the text message on his phone.

"Taking a plane to Banna with a connecting flight is too slow. It will be much faster to take our Xie family's private jet directly!"

Xie Yuchen knew that Wu Xie was worried about the situation in Banna. He felt the same way. When he first saw the video, he thought it was a video of sightseeing. He didn't expect that the subsequent developments would make him feel uneasy. For a moment, he felt extremely depressed for some reason.

It's unclear which person in the video he was worried about, but Xie Yuchen felt uneasy after watching the video Wu Xie sent him today. What made it worse was that he asked his subordinates to investigate who sent the text message to Wu Xie and where the IP address was... but they only found that the phone card that sent the text message belonged to a rural elderly man in his nineties. That old man was so old that he had been bedridden for many years and was completely unable to use a mobile phone.

"That's right! I just got back to Beijing and came over as soon as I got Hua'er Ye's message. After watching the video you sent to Hua'er Ye, I was so worried about He Nian and the mute..."

The smile on Hei Xiazi's face faded, and he feigned sadness as he echoed.

Unlike the two who knew nothing, Hei Xiazi knew very well that Zhang Qilin and Qin Henian wouldn't get into trouble so easily, but he still felt a strange tightness in his chest. He wasn't worried about what would happen to them; he was worried that his Henian would be kidnapped by that old bastard Zhang the Mute!

Ugh! I should have known better than to go and give massages to those regular customers who come to my shop...

"Alright, alright, you're all right, let's get going!"

Wu Xie didn't want to say much. He was in a bad mood and was worried about his brothers.

On the other side, in the mine at the bottom of Lake Banna, after Wang Pangzi calculated the time by carving horizontal and vertical lines on the broken ore, ten hours had passed. They were still trapped at the bottom of the lake, and without food, they could only make up for it with sleep.

Zhang Qilin leaned against Qin Henian, and as time passed, Qin Henian remained unconscious. Zhang Qilin could only stare at Qin Henian without blinking.

After looking at them for a while, you start to carefully sketch their facial features in your mind: beautiful eyebrows, tightly closed eyes, long eyelashes, a small and high nose bridge, full lips, and light pink thin lips.

Without realizing it, Zhang Qilin reached out a hand and gently touched the other person's warm lips with his index finger. The touch was soft and tender, and he couldn't help but feel a little fond of it. As he looked at it, Zhang Qilin couldn't help but imagine the two lips touching. In an instant, his ears turned red and felt hot, and his heart was pounding.

Even his index finger seemed to have a mind of its own, gently prying open the two pink petals and inserting itself. The soft, sticky feeling spread across his fingertip. Zhang Qilin didn't leave it for long before pulling out his index finger, pulling out a few strands of silver thread, and then quickly putting his hand behind his back against the mineral surface, as if he was covering something up.

Zhang Qilin wasn't stupid; he knew his current situation and, for the first time, clearly understood that he had developed unusual feelings for Qin Henian.

"Brother! Has He Nian not woken up yet?"

Suddenly, Fatty Wang's voice came from the side, pulling Zhang Qilin back to his senses. He turned his head and gave Fatty Wang a cold look.

Fatty Wang sensed something was amiss, but quickly suppressed it, craning his neck to glance at Qin Henian with concern.

"He's not awake!"

Zhang Qilin responded to Fatty Wang's concerned words with a cold voice. He silently shifted his body, turned to face Fatty Wang, and leaned against the mine wall, pretending to rest with his eyes closed.

Fatty Wang was helpless looking at the scene. They couldn't get out now and could only wait for someone to come and rescue them, especially since one of the three of them hadn't woken up yet.

...........

On the other side, in a magnificent European-style villa standing in Shanghai, the villa's space is five or six hundred square meters, but the upper floors are all normal. What's abnormal is the villa's basement, which has two levels, and both levels are filled with people sitting, standing, and walking. Upon closer inspection, even the lower level has thousands of people crammed together.

The two basement levels are quite different. The first level appears to be a training area, containing various training tools, both prohibited and prohibited in China. The second level is very different from the first, mostly in the style of ancient architecture, covered entirely by red walls, and the people inside are mostly dressed in ancient costumes. However, the second level is also the core of the place. Each room contains more than a dozen computers, with thirty or forty people standing around them, staring at the data on the computers, and people coming and going from time to time.

"Brother Langming, His Highness's physical data is currently all normal!"

Suddenly, a man who was closest to one of the computers spoke up. He didn't move his body or turn his head; he simply calmly described what he knew.

"That means His Highness is currently unharmed. Send a message to Zara Rossi above that she has been exposed as someone who can appear by His Highness's side as a subordinate in public."

Behind the forty-odd people in the room stood a man dressed in a black and gold robe, wearing a jade fox mask on his face. His voice was gentle but carried a commanding tone.

"Yes!"

........

On the shore of a lake in Yangjiao Mountain, a group of foreigners mixed with Chinese people were setting up tents and a kitchen...

The sound of footsteps echoed through the camp. A girl with a high ponytail, wearing a leather jacket and pants, was supervising her subordinates with a smile.

Suddenly, the curtain of a large tent was pulled open, and a woman dressed simply but with great poise walked toward the woman who was wandering around the camp.

"Ah Ning! The boss is asking if you're sure that the young master of the Wu family will come to rescue the three people who fell into the water!"

The woman's voice was somewhat shrill, and her eyes showed disdain and disgust as she looked at Ah Ning across from her, but she still had to complete the task assigned by her boss.

"Of course!"

Ah Ning also looked at the girl who had asked her the question. She also disliked the girl, but she had no choice; she had a younger brother to take care of.

Ever since she escaped with her life in Tamutuo, A Ning has made up her mind: she will wait! She will wait until her boss, Qiu Dekao, dies, and then she and her brother will be completely free!

Just as Ah Ning had predicted, Wu Xie was currently on the Xie family's private plane, traveling to Banna with Xie Yuchen and Hei Xiazi.