Chapter 470: Huo Xiaoxiao and the Others
Chapter 470: Huo Xiaoxiao and the Others
But even the remaining less than one-tenth was still an enormous amount of supplies.Of course, almost all of it was usable items, with hardly any food grains or the like.
Moreover, many of them, from a modern person's perspective, were long obsolete and outdated.
The few of them were now on the fourth floor of this warehouse.
They had just reached the fourth floor when they heard a voice shouting from outside the building:
"Is anyone there?! Gather here with me! This castle estate is dangerous! Everyone must immediately stop the treasure hunt! Gather here with me!!!"
Everyone on the fourth floor heard this male voice.
The man in his twenties among the four of them was just about to lean over to the window to ask the owner of the voice downstairs what was going on.
But he was stopped by Huo Xiaoxiao.
"Don't ask, that's definitely one of Jiang Ran's tricks. That bastard Jiang Ran has probably found quite a few small cards himself by now, so he's trying to disrupt others from finding them. It's all part of his scheme," Huo Xiaoxiao said.
As soon as she heard the voice, she knew it was Jiang Ran shouting without even needing to see him. It was too familiar, etched into her memory.
"A scheme? That's unlikely, isn't it? Jiang Ran isn't that kind of person!" the man in his twenties asked suspiciously.
Huo Xiaoxiao said, "What do you mean he isn't that kind of person? He stomped on my sister's boyfriend's phone, refused to pay for it, and even beat him up. He's already become someone with absolutely terrible character."
The man in his twenties had long heard about this incident.
Jiang Ran's actions that time were indeed somewhat impulsive and excessive.
If it were him, he would have just paid—though not for the entire phone, maybe just the screen repair cost.
Huo Xiaoxiao added, "If you insist on looking for him, then go ahead! Just don't follow me anymore!"
The man in his twenties immediately rubbed his hands together with a grin. "How could I? Don't worry, I won't look for him."
This man in his twenties was also Jiang Ran and Huo Xiaoxiao's classmate.
Even though several years had passed since university graduation, he still had feelings for Huo Xiaoxiao.
So, at this class reunion, he decided to seize the opportunity and pursue Huo Xiaoxiao.
Huo Xiaoxiao had a fiery temper and personality, someone who absolutely refused to back down.
Therefore, seeing the man in his twenties being so obedient, she was quite satisfied.
"Sis, stop wasting time, hurry up and search!" Huo Yunyun, her head wrapped in bandages, called out from ahead.
These four people had a total of five small cards between them.
Two mobile phones, a washing machine, a television, and a road bicycle.
They planned to find more small cards.
There was no helping it; this castle treasure hunt was far too attractive for people of their ordinary social class.
At this moment.
Huo Xiaoxiao, Huo Yunyun, and the man in his twenties walked ahead.
The black man, Blake, walked at the very back.
The three people ahead had no objections to him walking last.
After all, he was injured *down there*, so walking slowly was perfectly normal.
What the three ahead didn't know was that he was being extremely inappropriate.
His eyes kept stealing glances at the slender, graceful back of his girlfriend Huo Yunyun's older sister, Huo Xiaoxiao.
Her slim waist and full hips.
His mind was constantly filled with all sorts of filthy thoughts.
He hadn't expected his girlfriend's sister to be so good-looking too.
If one day...
Thinking about it, Blake felt the pain in his wound flare up again.
Blake believed there were many reasons for Jiang Ran's sudden violent outburst that night.
But the main reason was that Jiang Ran was jealous of him.
After all, for Jiang Ran and people like him to get married, they needed a lot, a lot of money.
Whereas people like Blake didn't need to spend any money or effort at all.
That was also why Hua Country young men, represented by Jiang Ran, must envy and resent him.
And that night's violent fight was proof that they had reached their breaking point!
It's just that, that night, what he hadn't expected was that he couldn't beat Jiang Ran.
The group searched around the fourth floor and found another small card.
The small card had the words "Electric Rice Cooker" written on it.
"The cheapest electric rice cooker Gu Bei would give must still be worth several hundred. What a huge win! Perfect timing, the electric rice cooker in my rented place that's been passed down since the Qing Dynasty should retire anyway."
This small card was found by Huo Xiaoxiao, and she was exceptionally happy.
But that was the only small card on the fourth floor. There might be others, but they were hidden better.
They went up to the fifth floor.
Upon reaching the fifth floor, there were three branching corridors.
They chose the middle one because it had a red carpet laid out and the corridor was very wide.
Like the other corridors, this middle one had various Western paintings hanging on both sides, and even some paintings from Hua Country.
Of course, they were all paintings from the last century.
Many were landscape paintings and ink wash paintings.
The man in his twenties looked at these paintings and said, "If you took any one of these out and sold it, it should fetch a few thousand, right?"
Huo Xiaoxiao sneered, "Even if a painting is worth tens of thousands, would you dare to secretly take it?"
The man in his twenties shook his head. "No, that would be theft. Getting caught and going to jail is one thing, but losing all face in front of all our old classmates would mean I could never show my face again."
"Oh, Xiaoxiao, you can have my TV card too! My family doesn't lack TVs anyway, and I don't even watch TV these days."
The man in his twenties also had a small card. He offered it to her, a case of giving a gift on behalf of the Buddha.
Huo Xiaoxiao was very dismissive. "No, I only want the ones I find myself, not from others."
Seeing this, the man in his twenties wasn't angry. He just felt that Huo Xiaoxiao's temper really hadn't changed at all.
Although she was a girl, her competitive spirit was no weaker than many boys'.
He remembered back in physical education class.
Huo Xiaoxiao would even compete with boys from the same class in various sports events, just to prove that what boys could do, girls could do too. Who says women are inferior to men?
"Xiaoxiao, I wonder what kind of man could ever be your boyfriend in the future."
The man in his twenties began probing.
Huo Xiaoxiao said, "My requirements for a boyfriend aren't high."
"Things like houses, cars, money—I don't care about that."
"I don't have those things myself, so I have no right to demand my partner have them either."
"But he must love me, and at the same time, his moral character must be upright."
"Of course, I will love him too. I believe love is mutual."
Faced with the beautiful, fiery-tempered Huo Xiaoxiao,
the man in his twenties actually felt quite inferior.
After all, he... didn't have many strengths.
Average looks, average family background.
His current job was just being a workhorse in an office building, taking home only four or five thousand a month.
If it weren't for this, he would have pursued Huo Xiaoxiao long ago. He wouldn't have only gotten the idea at this class reunion after finding out Huo Xiaoxiao was still single.
As for money, he didn't have any, but in terms of moral character, he still had confidence in himself.
He didn't have a rich romantic history, nor had he left traces of affection everywhere in real life or online, looking for women to book hotel rooms with.
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