Chapter 381: Familiar Taste

Watching the Japanese puppet spies gradually arriving as reinforcements ahead, Lin Ke Xin glanced at Chen Yongren and took him to be the comrade arranged by Feng Xue.

Then she immediately pointed at Feng Xue and said to Chen Yongren, "He's wounded; you take him away first, I'll cover the rear."

Feng Xue waved her hand but said, "The item is on you; the comrades at the front need you, don't worry about me, take the item and hurry!"

"Don't stand on ceremony with each other!" Chen Yongren directly interrupted their conversation, saying to Lin Ke Xin, "You take the item and go first; otherwise, even if you both die, it would be worthless!"

Feng Xue followed up in agreement: "Yes, he's right, hurry up and go; as long as we can smoothly deliver the item to the mountains, everything will be worth it!"

Hearing that, Lin Ke Xin glanced at the wounded Feng Xue, then at the case in her hand, and said to Chen Yongren, "Comrade, then I'll leave this to you!"

After saying that, Lin Ke Xin no longer hesitated, picked up the briefcase, and ran past Chen Yongren.

Lin Ke Xin only felt she seemed to smell a very familiar scent, but the situation was urgent and she couldn't think about it further; she grabbed the case and quickly ran toward the alley beside the street.

"And you, don't worry about me, go protect her; I'm wounded and can't run, I won't drag you down further, the goods are most important!" Feng Xue, mistakenly thinking Chen Yongren was Lin Ke Xin's companion, anxiously said to him.

"Don't talk, just don't drag me down!" Chen Yongren said while firing a barrage of bullets at the Japanese puppet agents ahead, suppressing their attack as much as possible.

With two pistols that didn't need to consider reloading, combined with his perfect marksmanship skill, Chen Yongren didn't miss a single shot.

The Japanese puppet agents were successively shot through the head and chest, the corpses lying on the ground grew more numerous, and their attack slowed a bit.

Taking advantage of the weakening attack of the Japanese puppet agents, Chen Yongren quickly lifted Feng Xue, casually threw a few grenades ahead, and then brought him to another street.

"Take me with you, you won't get far; put me down, I'll cover you." Because of excessive blood loss, Feng Xue's tone was very weak.

"I won't live much longer; even if those dog agents catch me, it's useless. If the enemy fails to capture us, they'll surely seal the city, and by then it'll be hard for you to retreat!"

Listening to Feng Xue's long string of words, Chen Yongren directly asked, "Where is your safe house?"

"Safe house?" A location popped into Feng Xue's mind; she was about to say why you're asking that, when her eyes went dark and she completely lost consciousness.

Chen Yongren reached out and placed his hand under his nose to check.

All right.

He merely lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss.

However, if he doesn't receive treatment soon, he'll really be done for.

The Japanese puppet agents' pursuers were right behind them; according to the Heaven's Eye Map display, they had already scattered outside the district, surrounding all entrances and exits of the street, trying to completely trap people here.

Knowing the location of his safe house, taking advantage of Feng Xue's unconsciousness, Chen Yongren immediately took out the Any Door, thought of the destination in his mind, opened the door, and lightly stepped through.

In the melee just now, Chen Yongren also earned several Any Door rewards, so he didn't have to worry about not having enough.

When he looked up again.

The scene before his eyes had already changed to the interior of a house,

it was a simply decorated small house.

Inside the house there was only an old bed, a table and chair set, and a stove with a copper kettle sitting on it.

Chen Yongren immediately opened the Heaven's Eye Map and discovered they had already broken out of the Japanese puppet agents' encirclement, with only a few scattered Japanese puppet agents loafing around on the street.

Having confirmed they were out of danger, Chen Yongren placed the unconscious Feng Xue on the bed and took out medical supplies.

After making preparations, he skillfully extracted the bullet from his body, sutured the wound, and as an aside fed Feng Xue a bottle of stamina-restoring potion.

Feng Xue's originally pale face gradually regained some color, and her breathing also became steadily calm.

At this point, Chen Yongren finally noticed that Feng Xue had been tightly gripping a briefcase in her hand all along.

Same model as Lin Ke Xin's.

Chen Yongren then took the briefcase from Feng Xue's hand, instinctively wanting to toss it away, but suddenly realized its weight felt a bit off.

No way?

The case opened.

"Damn it!"

Chen Yongren couldn't help but blurt out a curse.

"This damn thing."

Inside the briefcase, medicines were neatly arranged.

Surely the Japanese puppet agents suddenly attacked, and in their panic they grabbed the wrong case.

Chen Yongren felt an urge to swear at his mother.

I reckon Lin Ke Xin must have also realized she took the wrong case by now.

The fact is exactly as Chen Yongren judged.

When Lin Ke Xin returned to the inn, opened the case and discovered the anomaly, the whole person was dumbfounded.

After going through all that trouble, she ended up taking the wrong thing!

Lin Ke Xin originally wanted to go back to the Spring Come Tea House.

But the Japanese puppet agents have surely blocked the street now; acting rashly wouldn't change the outcome and might even make things worse.

Lin Ke Xin sat in the chair, her face full of self-reproach.

If because of this mistake the medicine that should have been sent to the front line can't be delivered, how many more comrades will die as a result?

All the comrades' efforts have been wasted because of this single mistake.

Is there still any room to salvage the situation?

Now we can only hope that Feng Xue and that comrade can escape safely; otherwise I truly cannot shirk responsibility.

Suddenly, Lin Ke Xin noticed that there was one person missing in the room.

Where did that guy Chen Yongren go?

The case he initially brought is also gone.

Just then, a knocking sounded outside the door: "Sir, it's me; I see you've come back first, I wanted to ask what you'd like to eat for lunch so I can prepare."

The innkeeper's voice.

Lin Ke Xin originally wanted to refuse, but then thought maybe she could learn something from him.

He got up, opened the door, and the shopkeeper stood outside with a smiling face.

"Where is the person who came with me?" Lin Ke Xin asked.

The shopkeeper was startled, then reacted: "Is he your boyfriend? You just left not long ago, and he also went out with you."

"Going out together with me?"

"Following me?"

Lin Ke Xin suddenly recalled the scene where she had easily escaped trouble at the Spring Come Teahouse.

If Chen Yongren suspected her and wanted to follow and capture her, there would be no need to go through such a big detour.

Could it be that he saved me?

"How come, your boyfriend didn't come back with you?" the shopkeeper asked curiously.

"Boyfriend?"

Forget it, boyfriend is just boyfriend; Lin Ke Xin couldn't be bothered to explain, she snorted coldly: "Never mind him, whether he comes back or not, I'm better off without him."

"Noon…"

Forget it, let's wait until noon for him to come back before we talk.

"Alright." the shopkeeper gave a slight smile.

After all, they're still a couple; although he's angry on the surface, his heart still aches—it would be great if his wife were this understanding.

Lin Ke Xin also knew what the shopkeeper was thinking; at the moment she didn't want to explain, she saw him off, then returned to her chair to calm her emotions.

The more this moment, the less she could be anxious; she would wait a bit longer…

Recalling yesterday's meeting, Lin Ke Xin thought of another biggest doubt.

The mission to go to Hangzhou Prefecture should have been absolutely secret, and both emotionally and logically it ought to be blocked.

But Chen Yongren, before departure, allowed her to leave for half an hour…

That would leave a lot of room for maneuver.

Could he have done this on purpose?

His purpose would be to have her spread this news?

If that's the case…

Then it could reasonably explain why she woke up in Chen Yongren's villa.

Lin Ke Xin propped her chin on one hand and suddenly smelled a very familiar fragrance.

She seemed to realize something.

Exactly!

It's this scent!

No wonder, when she brushed past that person just now, she felt the scent was familiar—turns out it was actually her own perfume.