"Captain Kong, let's start counting now!"
Hearing Jing Mo's words, Kong Jianming smiled helplessly. "Since you put it that way, how can I refuse?"
"Don't worry, it won't take long," Jing Mo reassured softly. "The bullets from the two of us are different from yours. Just dig them out, and we can see which ones were shot by us."
"I see. Let's start now then."
They got busy without another word, not sparing another glance at Guan Hui and the girl named Ting Ting.
Ting Ting, who had been fierce and boastful before, fell completely silent after seeing Su Nian pressing the gun against Guan Hui's head, her presence fading to the lowest.
It wasn't until Jing Mo and Kong Jianming led their people away that Ting Ting approached Guan Hui. "Hui Hui, are you okay?"
"I..."
Guan Hui hesitated, feeling embarrassed to speak, but had no choice but to say, "My... my legs are frozen."
"Frozen legs?" Ting Ting was puzzled. "Why are your legs frozen?"
The moment these words were spoken, Ting Ting thought of a possibility.
"Hui Hui, are you..."
Did you pee yourself out of fear?
Although these words didn't come out, both understood the unspoken implication.
Feeling embarrassed, Guan Hui nodded slightly, her voice trembling, "Ting Ting, what should I do? I can't move now."
Guan Hui felt her legs stiff and tingling, wanting to move but unable to do so in any way.
Ting Ting had never encountered such a situation before and couldn't think of a solution in a moment.
"Hui Hui, wait for me, I'll go call for help."
Ting Ting turned and ran before Guan Hui could stop her or even think to stop her.
She couldn't move at all now, just wanting to get inside quickly.
Otherwise, standing here, Guan Hui felt she would freeze to death.
Ting Ting quickly called back a few people, with Zhang Pengfei leading the way.
Zhang Pengfei ran to Guan Hui's side, looking at her with concern. "Hui Hui, what's wrong?"
Hearing Zhang Pengfei's voice, Guan Hui burst into tears instantly.
Tears had just formed but hadn't fallen yet, freezing at the edge of her eyes.
Guan Hui was startled and quickly wiped away the tears, forgetting about crying, "Big Brother Zhang, I can't move, please carry me inside! If this continues, I'll freeze to death."
"Okay okay! Hui Hui, don't worry, we'll carry you inside right away."
Several people hurriedly lifted Guan Hui and rushed towards the lobby.
Their movements were not small, and Kong Jianming glanced in their direction.
Because the distance wasn't far, Kong Jianming could hear their conversation clearly.
Knowing that Guan Hui's legs were frozen, Kong Jianming knew she wouldn't last long.
Clothes and skin freezing together, the freezing speed was very fast.
Even if they went inside and softened the clothes by heating them, her legs would have been frostbitten by then.
Extensive frostbite, ordinary frostbite ointment wouldn't be of much use.
They couldn't go back to the base tonight, time was life, Guan Hui couldn't wait.
Thinking of the cause of this, Kong Jianming opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
Such is the law of cause and effect.
If Guan Hui hadn't spoken out and angered Su Nian, she wouldn't have been scared to urinate, and she wouldn't have been scared to death.
It can only be said that she dug her own grave.
Seriously speaking, Su Nian didn't do much, just scared her a little.
As for what happened afterwards, it was an unexpected chain reaction, for which Su Nian was not responsible.
Kong Jianming's men were very efficient, and in no time, they had counted the animals killed by Jing Mo and Su Nian.
There were a total of seventeen wild boars, twenty-two wolves, and eighteen hyenas.
All of these combined could exchange for one or two thousand contribution points.
Although Kong Jianming brought quite a few cards before coming out, it still wasn't enough.
"I'll give you 10,000 first. I'll give you the rest after we return to the base. How about it?"
Jing Mo took a stack of cards with a smile, "Of course! I don't trust anyone, but I certainly trust you."
Kong Jianming was an official from the base and couldn't run away.
There were still many places where the base needed him in terms of weapon development, so he couldn't shirk these responsibilities.
Hearing Jing Mo's words, Kong Jianming didn't know whether to be happy or helpless.
"Now that it's settled, I'll go back first, and you guys should also go back soon. It's cold outside after all."
Kong Jianming nodded, "Alright! Just now, that—forget it, you better go back quickly!"
Listening to Kong Jianming's words of hesitation, Jing Mo didn't ask any further questions and turned around to leave.
Watching Jing Mo's departing figure, Kong Jianming felt somewhat dazed, but after a moment, he understood.
He had known Jing Mo for a while now, and Jing Mo seemed easygoing and always wore a warm smile, but in reality, he wasn't close to anyone.
Kong Jianming used to think that Jing Mo was like this with everyone.
But now it seemed that wasn't the case.
Thinking back to how Jing Mo and Su Nian stood together before, Kong Jianming felt it was only natural.
These two people even shared the same aura.
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Returning to the room, Jing Mo saw Su Nian sitting by the fire.
Su Nian held an iron skewer in his hand, with scallion pancakes skewered on it, roasting over the fire, filling the room with the aroma of the pancakes.
Smelling the fragrance, Jing Mo suddenly felt hungry.
The little food they had in the afternoon had long been digested after the recent events.
Jing Mo quickened his pace and walked over, but before he could sit down, Su Nian said, "Here, I boiled some water. Wash your hands first."
Jing Mo glanced at the pot of water, steaming hot. He reached out as Su Nian tilted the pot, pouring out the water.
Jing Mo washed his hands in the warm water, appreciating the benefit of the cold weather—it made the water just the right temperature for handwashing.
After washing his hands, Jing Mo sat down nearby and opened his backpack to take out something.
"Eating only pancakes won't do. We need some meat!"
Su Nian, holding the skewer, looked at Jing Mo, seeing him take out a vacuum-sealed roast rabbit.
Su Nian chuckled at the sight, "How many rabbits did you bring?"
Looking at Jing Mo's bulging backpack, Su Nian almost suspected that it was filled mostly with rabbit meat.
Just as he was thinking this, Jing Mo unzipped the backpack. "Look!"
At Su Nian's words, he glanced inside and indeed, most of it was vacuum-sealed rabbit meat, with several bags of each type.
Su Nian gave Jing Mo a thumbs-up, "You truly are something!"
Jing Mo smiled as he opened the sealed bags and skewered the roast rabbit onto the iron skewer.
"Let me tell you, when this is roasted a bit more, it will be incredibly delicious..."