Codaconta is a small town of just over 1,000 people, nestled on the banks of the Amazon River and surrounded by lush rainforest. Most of the town's inhabitants are engaged in fishing, fishing on the Amazon River for a living. However, it is also the last supply station for poachers before they penetrate the rainforest, so Kodakunta is also a place where animal smuggling is rampant. In fact, many locals have ties to poachers, so when Xiao Ping and his people entered Kodakonta, some of them were greeted with unfriendly eyes.

However, Su Chenlin and the others had already seen the same situation a lot, so they didn't take these defensive or even threatening eyes to heart. The group made a beeline for the only hotel in town, where the rest of the animal protection group had arrived two days early and were waiting for them.

Of course, there are no luxury hotels in such a town, and it seems more appropriate to call them inns. The inn is a three-storey building, with the first floor used for the bar and the second and third floors for guests.

It was already evening when Xiao Ping and others came to the hotel, and there were a few guests sitting in the bar. Judging by their physiognomy, these guests are all locals, and their appearance is somewhat similar to that of North American Indians. In fact, there are Indians in South America, and most of them live in the rainforests of the Amazon basin in Brazil.

Seeing a few strangers coming in, the eyes of the drinkers all fell on Xiao Ping and others. The locals seem to be very wary of outsiders, and their expressions are not very friendly. Many people's greedy eyes all fell on Su Chenlin, and they kept looking this beautiful woman up and down. The charm of beauty knows no race or national borders, even in this small town by the Amazon River, Su Chenlin still gives people a sense of amazement.

However, Su Chenlin often protects wildlife around the world. Completely immune to this gaze. She and the others walked through the bar casually, looking for the innkeeper to get the room key.

The room was booked by a companion who had arrived before. When Xiao Ping came to the guest room on the second floor, he finally saw the other members of this animal rescue operation.

Speaking of which, Conservation of Animals is an international organization. So the members are also from all over the world. Among those who came first were Americans, British, Germans, French, and Australians, as well as men, women, and children. The eldest of these, Bowende, was in charge of the operation, and he was nearly fifty years old. There were also three white girls, and the others were young men in their thirties.

When these people found out that Xiao Ping actually helped Su Chenlin carry his luggage, the faces of two or three of them immediately became ugly. Like Xiao Yonghua, these people are also pursuing Su Chenlin openly and secretly. In the past, because Su Chenlin looked like he was thousands of miles away from everyone, several people, including Xiao Yonghua, thought that he was on par with other competitors, but there was no major problem.

And now Xiao Ping's appearance has broken the temporary calm. Anyone can see it. Xiao Ping, who stood beside Su Chenlin and helped her carry her luggage, and Su Chenlin, known as the "goddess of animal protection organizations", were very close. This made Xiao Yonghua and the others immediately find a new target - now this Xiao Ping who suddenly appeared is their common enemy.

Bowende is old, so naturally he doesn't have the jealousy of young people. He was glad to see that there were new people willing to join the action to protect animals, and enthusiastically introduced others to Xiao Ping.

Of course, Xiao Ping also greeted everyone with a smile, Su Chenlin said that everyone should stay in the jungle for at least a month, and he didn't want to make the relationship with other people very tense in this month.

However, Xiao Ping wants to have a good relationship with others, which does not mean that others are also willing to live in harmony with him. When introducing a Frenchman named Lyon, this guy just smiled coldly at Xiao Ping, and then began to make trouble.

"Mr. Xiao. I noticed that you came empty-handed!" Leon looked sarcastic and said coldly to Xiao Ping: "What I want to do is to go deep into the jungle to rescue animals, not to engage in any camping party." You don't have any equipment, how do you go into the jungle to do things? If that's the attitude to save animals. I think you might as well quit sooner!"

Leon is naturally also one of Su Chenlin's suitors, and foreigners are not as subtle as Chinese people, and they mercilessly pointed out Xiao Ping's problem as soon as he opened his mouth. And the tone is very unkind. However, Leon is actually selfish, although he seems to be for the sake of Xiao Ping and the whole mission. In fact, he just wanted to squeeze Xiao Ping out, lest he always stay by Su Chenlin's side.

Although Leon's tone is not good. But there is some truth in his words. Xiao Ping, who was new to the city, didn't want to quarrel with Leon for this kind of thing, giving others the impression that he was quite unreasonable, so he just smiled faintly and said, "You're right, I'll go to the town tomorrow to buy the equipment I need to go deep into the jungle." ”

"Buy equipment, you say it lightly!" Xiao Yonghua, who was very unhappy with Xiao Ping along the way, finally found an opportunity, sneered and said loudly: "The only things you can buy in Koda Conta are fish and poached wild animals! If you want to buy equipment, you have to go back to Manaus! But we have to leave tomorrow, but we don't have time to wait for you!"

Hearing that Xiao Yonghua also joined the ranks against Xiao Ping, Su Chenlin also secretly disliked it. Although we are a team, after all, we come from all over the world, and we are somewhat close to each other. And Xiao Yonghua actually blamed Xiao Ping in Lyon, which was too much.

Thinking of this, Su Chenlin also blamed himself a little, knowing that Xiao Ping didn't bring anything, he didn't remember to help him buy equipment when he passed Manaus, and he was also responsible in this matter. In fact, this was Su Chenlin's being a little demanding of himself, after all, everyone was just passing through Manaus, and they didn't stop at all, so they didn't have time to buy equipment for Xiao Ping.

However, if Xiao Ping didn't have the equipment, Baldwin would definitely not allow him to enter the jungle, which was not something Su Chenlin wanted to see. Thinking of this, the iceberg beauty was also a little anxious, after all, it means a lot to her to be able to devote herself to the action of saving animals with her sweetheart.

Su Chenlin, who was in a hurry, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said to Baldwin: "Mr. Baldwin, I want to say a few words to you alone, is it okay?"

Su Chenlin is serious and beautiful, such a beauty can always get something to be desired, Baldwin hesitated for a moment but agreed to her request.

After Baldwin and Su Chenlin left, Leon smiled smugly at Xiao Ping: "It's useless, Baldwin is a rigid person, you can't enter the jungle without equipment!"

However, not long after Leon said this, Baldwin came back and excitedly announced to everyone: "The operation is postponed for one day, I will go to Manaus with Su Chenlin tomorrow, Xiao Ping, you go with us, and buy back what you need by the way!" (To be continued......)

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