Li Zhen also smiled and walked past them.

After taking two steps, I heard the man's hesitant voice: "You...... Also bought? ”

Li Zhen was slightly stunned, and then understood what he meant. He thought about it, slowed down, turned his eyes to look at the faces of those two people, and then felt mixed in his heart.

For both of them had subtle anticipation on their faces—as if they wanted to hear an affirmative answer, which would make their guilt much lighter.

But he shook his head: "I came here." ”

The woman looked him up and down, puzzled. It's like speculating if he didn't have enough money to take the risk.

The man smiled self-deprecatingly and whispered, "Hmm." We...... We ......"

"I understand." He looked at the little girl and tried to change the subject, "Which way are you going?" ”

The man hesitated for a moment and replied, "Let's go to Wanzhou, our hometown is over there." ”

The woman gave him a blank look. Li Zhen noticed this look and realized that the other party didn't want to reveal too much information to an unidentified stranger like him, so he smiled and planned to leave.

In fact, he really wanted to go with these three people for a while—because if there really was someone with a special identity who found out that he had left over there, maybe the news would have come here. The three of them walked together - especially these two were barely old enough to be considered their elders, and they were always less noticeable.

And judging from this man's previous performance - in fact, he can be regarded as a kind and conscientious person. Although he doesn't belong to the kind of noble person who can still stick to his bottom line in such troubled times, it is also commendable.

But if it's this atmosphere. Then there is really no need to go along.

So he quickened his pace. But the man seemed to be in a hurry to find someone to talk to, and even added: "Huh...... We're here to find our daughter. ”

This sentence slowed down Li Zhen's pace again. The words "Wanzhou" and "looking for a daughter" jumped into his mind, and he subconsciously looked at their dresses again.

Then he asked, "What's your last name?" ”

The woman leaned over and pulled his arm, but the man didn't care and said with a smile: "Your surname is Guo." ”

Li Zhen was stunned for a moment—he felt ...... It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

But he still asked again: "Your eldest daughter, her name is Guo Jinyuan?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the man and the woman stopped together and stared at him with wide eyes. So Li Zhenzhi said, things are really so coincidental.

Without waiting for the two to speak again, he pointed behind him, "I am...... Well. An alumnus of Kwok Kam Yuan. I saw her five days ago. At that time, she was in the Southwest coalition. ”

But after this sentence, the faces of the two men fell again. The man sighed, took his wife's hand, and walked up again: "Alas—it's late. We went there yesterday to look for her, but she's gone. ”

It was the first time that a woman had spoken to Li Zhen. She frowned slightly: "That." That ......"

"My surname is Li."

"Ahh That one. Xiao Li ...... Are you my Yuanyuan's classmate? ”

"Not classmates. Be an alumnus of the same school. Li Zhen lied, "I'm one year older than her, two departments." We met in the student union. ”

Women don't seem to care about that. She then asked, "How has Yuanyuan been doing in the past few years?" Skinny or not? Is your health good? ”

There was a little crying in his voice.

But the man interrupted her. The question he asked seemed a little more realistic - "Did she tell you where she was going?" ”

Li Zhen smiled: "Don't worry. When I met her five days ago, she was fine — going for a run in the school stadium every morning. As for skinny or not...... I think she looked pretty healthy at the time. ”

A thought flashed through his mind, and he continued, "But she was talking about it at the time......

He paused and looked at the two men with some embarrassment.

The man really frowned and asked worriedly, "What did you say?" ”

"Hmm...... She said, "Why haven't you come to her yet?" Li Zhen said slowly, "She said that your family is very influential in Wanzhou, and it shouldn't take much trouble for you to find her, and there has been no news for five years." And then she wants to go home and look for you by herself - you didn't find her, is she already here? ”

The woman's eyes were red, and she couldn't help but sobbed quietly. The man sighed heavily and reached out to pat his wife on the shoulder.

By this time, a flat road had come to an end, and they stepped into the bushes.

Generally speaking, there are transition zones in cities – first sparse and low-rise bungalows, then small buildings crowded together, then dilapidated old buildings with five or six storeys, and then shiny and tall buildings. However, the terrible force of nature has created such a spectacle - one second they are walking in the hot sun, the next they are already stepping on the asphalt road. The road surface is covered by the shadows cast by the rows of high-rise buildings, not only is it not hot, but even a little chilly.

The streets were empty, and several abandoned rusty cars were left on the side of the road. Scrap paper and old newspapers fluttered on the pavement, as well as dusty shards of broken glass.

It's a post-apocalyptic scene, even more dilapidated than the most backward areas over there.

Li Zhen was a little puzzled. So he looked at the two beside him. But they didn't seem to be any extra surprised by this, as if they were used to it.

He was relieved for a while. I heard the man say, "Why don't you want to look for her?" We always wanted to come to her. As soon as the door opened a few days ago, we heard about it and hurried over. But when I went to their school and asked, they said they had left yesterday! ”

"So...... What about before? Li Zhen asked.

The man glanced at the woman, sighed deeply, and made a bitter face: "Before, before, yo ......"

At this time, the woman who was sobbing slightly seemed to suddenly get angry, raised her hand and hit the man's arm, crying and shouting: "It's all you, it's all you——!! ”

The little girl was so frightened that she began to cry again, and the woman had to withdraw her hand. He threw away the box in his hand and picked up his daughter.

The man frowned and picked up the box on the ground, leaned towards Li Zhen, and sighed repeatedly: "I don't want to, I don't want either, who knows that kind of thing happened - we used to run to Siberia!" ”

Lee's heart jumped - Siberia!

He had planned to avoid the chores of the family of three for the time being, and wait for their emotions to stabilize before talking. However, when he heard the word, he realized that he might have been lucky!

There's an inside story. And because these two people were a little emotional, they said it in front of him. So Li Zhen frowned slightly and decided to add another fire.

He also sighed: "Alas...... Guo Jinyuan was so sad when she told me, I thought it was because you didn't want to come to her because you were too troublesome. She said that if the situation in Wanzhou is the same as that in Yuzhou. I don't know what kind of minister you've become - it will be easier to find her. ”

The man finally sighed and got out of his state—he became helpless and angry. He kicked open a newspaper on the pavement. Say loudly: "Minister Hammer! It was true that our family used to be like that, but then it couldn't be done! Those tortoise sons of Siberia on that dog's day! ”

Li Zhen showed a puzzled expression: "What do you say?" What happened to Siberia? What's the matter with them? ”

Then he summed up the details of the whole thing from a series of angry swearing.

This man's name is Guo Baorong, and he was self-made in his early years. First drove a long-distance truck, and then resold building materials. Then he started a river sand business. By the time he was in his thirties. I have saved some money in my hand. So he plans to go back to his old profession - the transportation industry. It's just that it's no longer driving by yourself, but buying a car to form a fleet for others to drive.

The convoy then turned into a transport company, just in time for the Southwest Boom at the beginning of the 2000s. Make a big profit. Therefore, he used the money in his hand to expand the scale again, and finally almost monopolized the transportation industry in Wanzhou. By this time, he was indeed more influential in Wanzhou.

Then he started investing in real estate, but unfortunately he didn't know enough and lost it.

Then invest in the financial industry and lose again.

So in the ten years from 2,000 to 10,000, it was spent in failure - fortunately, the bank did not lose and was able to maintain.

By the beginning of the decade, he was planning to invest in the power sector. This time it worked—and it did make a lot of money. Unfortunately, everyone knows what happened later, the aurora came, and the power was cut off.

But it's okay, he still has the team. With the last little money, the company rebuilt the company's cars, and during that period it was a blessing in disguise, and business was booming - the Wanzhou area was inland after all, and people were not as panicked as the coastal areas.

And the "very influential" in Guo Jinyuan's mouth refers to this period.

It is said that Guo Baorong also planned to run for local cabinet members.

Next, the barrier descends. The impact of this incident on his business was not great, and the family was lucky not to suffer the slightest loss in that disaster.

Then the government was reorganized, and the same military came to power.

The new military is not as talkative as it used to be. At that time, Guo Baorong planned to go to Yuzhou to find his daughter, but was called to "talk". The content of the conversation was that he hoped that his transport company would support the new government and take concrete actions to prove it.

And this "practical action" means to run Siberia once.

At that time, the world was chaotic, people's hearts were fluctuating, and no company wanted to go that far. The "general" did not want him to work for free, promising that once the work was done, he would be one of the core members of the new government.

When he said this, Li Zhen couldn't help but ask: "What year was it at that time?" ”

The man thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "17 years!" At that time, I had just settled down! ”

What he meant by stability was that the area occupied by the barrier gradually shrunk into what it is today.

But in 2017...... Li Zhen frowned slightly.

It seems that it was earlier than Xiao Heng's trip to Siberia.

Guo Baorong continued.

At that point, of course, he couldn't refuse. Because after the other party learned that he was going to Yuzhou to find his daughter, he promised him that he would inform the officials in the middle of Yuzhou to send people over—you must know that the "gate" of Southern Luzon was not popular at that time, and the passage between various areas only depended on the kind of gate they had passed through before. At that time, the probability of the occurrence of "space-time turbulence" was still quite large. If it is really with official help, it will always be more convenient and safer.

So he agreed.

All the company's vehicles were dispatched and escorted by the military to Siberia.

"Siberia." Li Zhen asked in a low voice, "Do you want to transport things over, or do you want to bring things back?" Where to go in Siberia? ”

"It's going to Tasenko, it's very north." Guo Baorong sighed, as if everything that happened a few years ago was vivid, and it still hurts like cutting his flesh to this day.

The journey from Wanzhou to Tasenko, Siberia, would be unimaginably long and unimaginable even in peacetime, and no one would do such a thing. At that time, however, rail and air transport were disrupted, and only more mobile cars could do the job.

As for whether to transport things over or back......

Guo Baorong couldn't say clearly.

Because before leaving, the military said that this time was a top-secret mission, and only roughly informed him of a location. He had never been seen since the car from his company had driven into the military base.

It is said that the convoy set off in the spring of '17. From the spring of '17 to the summer of '18, he was placed under residential surveillance. The official explanation for this is that the team's affairs involve a top-secret incident, and no one is allowed to leak secrets. Because of this, he couldn't come to Yuzhou.

By the end of the summer of 2018, there was finally news. On that day, all the sentries near his house were withdrawn, and only a stiff-faced officer came to inform him that the convoy had encountered a turbulent incident in the Exclusion Zone in Siberia – a sudden displacement of a large area of the Exclusion Zone – all the vehicles were destroyed and none of the personnel survived.

He had long been prepared for heavy losses, but he didn't expect to get such news after a year of suffering. But at that time, he was still lucky, thinking that there would be compensation. However, when he tried to visit the general again, he was blasted out.

Not only was there no compensation, but Wanzhou was also closed like the half of Yuzhou under Xiao Heng's rule, and it was strictly forbidden to enter and leave the country.

That's how it happened. It wasn't until a few days ago that the door opened again, and he couldn't wait to rush to Yuzhou with his wife and children to find relatives. It's just that he is no longer the "quite influential" man, but has become an ordinary ordinary person.

I see. Li Zhen sighed slightly.

But he doesn't have the heart to lament the impermanence of the world and the chaos of the world now. He thought for a moment, and after expressing strong sympathy for the other party, he asked again: "Then will anyone go to Siberia after that?" ”

Guo Baorong poured out and vented, and he had calmed down slightly. Hearing him ask this, I looked at him a little strangely.

Li Zhen spread his hands: "I just think it's strange, what are they doing running so far?" If it hadn't happened, your family would have been reunited. ”

So Guo Baorong shook his head: "It's gone." I haven't heard of it again. ”

"So, nothing strange happened?"

Guo Baorong glanced at him and smiled helplessly: "How can I still have the heart to care so much." Odd...... What's so strange about this world? Is it strange that there are more people in Wanzhou? (To be continued......)