Tomb Raiders Notes: If Innocence Had a Brother

When I saw the word "Sand Sea" in the mission, I clicked to confirm without even thinking about it. I left a message to Huo Sisi to go home and visit relatives, and dived in.

Hangzhou Xilengshe Wushanju

I rushed in in a hurry, picked up the teapot on the table and took a sip of tea.

"Wang Meng, Wang Meng, I'm back!" I sat on a chair and shouted towards the backyard. Seeing that Wang Meng was not in the shop, she might be in the warehouse behind.

"Here we come." Wang Meng came out of the backyard and saw me yelling. She was stunned for a moment, "Sir, do you need anything?"

Hearing this, I was stunned for a moment and asked with a smile. "My brother exploited you again? What kind of words are you talking about?"

This made Wang Meng a little confused. After looking up and down, he was in his twenties and probably had not graduated from college yet. He didn't look like he was here to cause trouble. "Is this your first time, sir?"

"Brother Meng, stop joking. I, Hu Hansan, am back. Are you happy?"

"What's the matter with you? If you look at the goods, that's all." Wang Meng didn't understand what this young man was thinking, but she simply thought there was something wrong with his mind.

Wang Meng said this, and I had a bad feeling in my heart, so I said tentatively: "My name is Wu Kang... I am a relative of the Wu family."

"Relative of the boss, it's a bit unlucky that you're here today. The boss is not in the store today. How about I give him a call?" Wang Meng said.

After they walked away, Wang Meng called Wu Xie.

"Boss, someone came to the shop today to see you. He said he was a relative of yours. He looked to be in his early twenties, and his name was Wu Kang."

Wu Xie thought for a while, "I'm not very old, and my relatives in the Wu family don't have anyone like him."

"Boss, tell me, could it be an illegitimate child or something?"

"Wang Meng, you are very courageous. Are you watching TV series while you are at work! I will deduct all your salary, believe it or not!" Wu Xie roared at his employee and hung up the phone hastily.

Wang Meng rubbed her battered ears, muttered and went to the back to order some goods.

After coming out of Wushanju, I walked straight along the street. To be honest, I didn't feel anything special, just a little confused.

The system automatically popped up a message. I took a look at it. It was a confirmation procedure for the task cancellation agreement, and it came with a message from Huo Sisi.

The general meaning is that after receiving my message, she checked the mission and found that it was within the scope of the original work. She had already submitted a mission cancellation application for me.

"You don't have to worry about fines. "Sand Sea" is a B-level mission. We don't have that much ability, so it's fine not to come into contact with it."

B-level missions mean a higher degree of difficulty. On the one hand, the mission world may be high-risk, and on the other hand, there are very few aspects that the world system can fully intervene in.

One month later

The jeep was speeding through the Populus euphratica forest on the edge of Badain Jaran. It was noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the dust raised by the jeep in front was flying all over the sky.

I sat in the last accompanying vehicle, a small box truck that contained some archaeological survey items and the rest of the space ready to be replenished at the outpost.

Among the vehicles in front were one belonging to Wu Xie, one belonging to professors and students from the Department of Archeology, and one belonging to the investment expedition team. Four vehicles ahead, there was an assist vehicle from the local army.

Since the destination is surrounded by a large number of huge sand dunes, it is inappropriate and unrealistic to rely on modern tools to travel. We need to find camels at outposts that use less energy.

The setting sun is boundless as far as the eye can see. It always brings infinite shock when the sky and the earth are so vast that human traces can be ignored.

At the outpost, everyone began to transfer to camels.

"Lizi, these must be taken out separately. Remember to tie them tightly to the camel. These things are precious and cannot be touched." The team leader began to assign tasks. I was a newcomer, and the hardest and most tiring work fell into my hands.

Half a month ago I contacted Huo Sisi and asked her to help me.

"I want to stay," I said. Huo Sisi listened to my words and didn't answer. "Find a way to help me sneak in."

"Actually, you can withdraw, and I can fine you..."

I interrupted her, "Sisi, I have lived in the Wu family for twenty-two years. I have been called brother for twenty-two years. I..."

"Wu Kang, this is the Sea of ​​Sand."

"My name is actually not Wu Kang, and your name is Huo Sisi. We left that world, but the bond has not been severed," I said.

"...Bullshit bondage, I'm just asking you, are you coming back or not!?"

There was the sound of Huo Sisi banging the table on the other end. I swallowed, "I won't go back, you have to help me."

"Ha, why should I help you?" Huo Sisi laughed angrily.

"I am the only employee under you. You have an obligation to help me. If I fail, it will be your loss. Our performance for this month has not been completed yet." I felt like I was being shameless.

"Oh, really? Well, you're fired now." Huo Sisi said and closed the call.

I sighed, what can I do? For the remaining three days, I sorted out the known connections in the hotel, thinking about where I could get some benefits. I stared at the original book every day and wished I could see something out of it.

【You have a call request】

I glanced at it and it was Huo Sisi and hurriedly answered the call.

"Miss Huo, dear boss, hello, one day is like three autumns after not seeing you, you are beautiful again." Even if Huo Sisi couldn't see it, I smiled flatteringly.

"Really? I didn't even know the system call and video functions were available," Huo Sisi said.

"You are the most beautiful in my heart. You are like a goddess descending to earth. I worship you every day in my heart."

"What do you think?"

I paused for a moment, "There are some forces outside the Wu family. I don't know if they are still there. I plan to go and have a look to see if I can scare them."

"Wu Kang, the year you were there was 2016. Wu Xie was 39 years old. How old were you? 22 years old!" Huo Sisi said: "Wu Xie is no longer as innocent as he was back then. He is now the Evil Emperor! He is Lord Wu! Give it to me Put aside the halo of being a brother and think about your third uncle."

"I'm only 22 on the surface, but I'm definitely 34 on the inside." I patted my chest to reassure myself.

"Is this a matter of your age? Wu Xie is no longer the mistress he used to be. You can't touch the Wu family's power. You will be found out soon."

"...I...I can't get in from the military side. The archaeological team themselves are acquaintances, and the funding team's influence is complicated."

"Go to the old teahouse in Beijing and ask for a man named Lin Zhao. Ask him to make a human skin mask for you and sneak into the loading and unloading team of the motorcade."

"In exchange, you help me protect Huo Xiuxiu."

What happened next was that I got into the team.

"You still have some skills, how did you get in?" I contacted Huo Sisi the first night I entered the team.

"I asked someone to check the loading and unloading team. One of them was addicted to gambling. I made a game with people on the road. Big stick and sweet dates, so he just had an operation for appendicitis and couldn't make it to the start. The team hired people temporarily. It’s not like he knows the basics, so that person recommended his cousin to come, which is me.”

The team leader originally wanted to be replaced by someone else, but he couldn't stand the gambler's insistence and said that he would only point to this salary and follow the rules. Everyone knew that if he failed to go this time, there would be no future.

The leader recalled his old friendship and asked carefully about his cousin's origins.

"A boy from the country can't make a name for himself outside. His parents asked him to come to the capital to make a living. If something happened to me, I would ask him to come."

The tour leader said that you should think clearly. If you break the rules on the road, you will still be asked to settle the account.

The gambler thought about the debt he owed, gritted his teeth and nodded.

As the leader rang the bell, the camels got up and took us deep into the desert. Unfortunately, I didn't see Wu Xie when loading. They should be at the front.

No matter how attractive the scenery along the way is, sitting on a camel for a long time is still painful. The expedition team finally stopped and set up camp. The team leader greeted us to unload our things and put up the tents. We and the army people all live in large tents, but the expedition team and Wu Xie live more carefully. Every two people live in a double tent, which can maintain a little privacy and allow people to rest better.

Our work here was quickly finished, and the team leader asked me to ask the other two teams if they needed help.

Obviously Wang Meng and the accompanying Marila were part of the coolie group, and Wu Xie and Li Cu had gone somewhere. When I expressed my intention to come, Wang Meng waved his hand and asked me to go to the expedition team to have a look.

The expedition team also had help from the military, so I said hello to the team leader and told me to go to Haizi to wash my face.

After climbing over a small sand dune, a young man walked towards the camp with a bitter look on his face. It must be Li Cu. There are many people who come to wash their faces and cool down near Haizi. Most of them are in groups, so if you sit alone by Haizi, anyone who is curious will take a look.

Maybe I stared at the back figure for too long, and the owner of the back suddenly turned around. Fortunately, it is difficult to express a wide range of expressions when wearing a human skin mask, so I think I should be calm enough to nod at the other party. I walked quickly to the edge of the sea and washed my face with water.

After a while, someone squatted down next to me and slowly began to wash his hands. I opened my eyes and saw that it was Wu Xie.

"Where are you from, brother?" Wu Xie handed over a cigarette and asked.

I took the cigarette and held it in my hand, refusing Wu Xie's move to light a cigarette. After all, we didn't know how to do it. Wu Xie lit it for himself with a smile, and the two sat next to Haizi and started chatting.

"It's from Zhangjiakou."

To be honest, Wu Xie doesn't look like a 39-year-old at all, and he is no different from us.

After chatting for a while, nothing came of it, and I felt uneasy all over. After thinking about it for a long time, I slapped my thigh, and the face of the person in front of me changed to Uncle San, and I felt right.

Wu Xie was startled by me, and I quickly changed the subject.

"Mr. Guan, I didn't mean to stare at you just now. I liked reading martial arts novels when I was a child. When I looked at your back, you looked like a knight." If it weren't for the weak mask and a naive smile, Just perfect.

"Haha, you are the first to praise me for being like a knight." Wu Xie said.