Chapter 80: Drone Lost Contact
A man got out of the car and ran straight to Gu Zhao, then started squishing her face.
"AAAAH! You must be Little Zhaozhao! So adorable!"
His eyes were filled with excitement.
Gu Zhao was stunned. What was he doing!
’Is he kneading my face? The face of this Big King?! Aaaah, pervert!!’
Gu Zhao slapped his hand. The man howled in pain, frantically shaking his hand to ease the ache on the back of it.
His hand was already red and swollen.
"Whoa, a violent little cutie!" The man wasn’t angry; instead, his eyes were filled with excitement.
Gu Xulin quickly walked over to Gu Zhao, pulled her behind him, and looked at the man, utterly speechless. "Brother Chen, let’s focus on what’s important."
Gu Zhao watched the two of them curiously.
Chen Xinjie straightened up and looked at Gu Zhao. "Hello, Little Zhaozhao. I’m Chen Xinjie, the vice director of the XXX Bio-Gene Research Institute. I’m also your third brother’s best, best friend."
"I was wondering if I could buy some feathers and blood from the Hast Eagles?"
Chen Xinjie’s eyes were full of anticipation. He looked like he was about to drop to his knees, hug Gu Zhao’s short legs, and beg her.
Gu Zhao glanced at Gu Xulin. Gu Xulin nodded at her, confirming that the man wasn’t lying.
Gu Zhao turned back to Chen Xinjie. "I have to ask them."
Chen Xinjie nodded immediately. "Of course, of course! We are very concerned with the opinions of the beasts involved!"
"Ask them if they need anything. We’ll do our best to accommodate them!"
The two Hast Eagles could understand them. They stated their positions directly without Gu Zhao even needing to ask.
Big Eagle: "We have no objections. What our treasure wants is what we want."
Little Eagle: "Right, right! I’m your eagle! You’re the boss! I’ll listen to you, as long as you don’t give me away to someone else."
The Little Eagle even affectionately rubbed its head against Gu Zhao. The Big Eagle turned its head away.
’Can’t bear to watch.’
Since the two eagles had no objections, Gu Zhao certainly didn’t either. "One hundred thousand per feather. As for the blood, I can only give you a tiny bit for free. It’s not for sale."
She just so happened to have some feathers she’d accidentally plucked last time.
’Perfect! Now they’re useful. I can sell them to cover the two eagles’ food expenses.’
Chen Xinjie didn’t haggle. He bought all the feathers directly, and the money was transferred to a card Gu Xulin had set up for Gu Zhao.
After drawing a little blood from each of the two eagles, he couldn’t hide the urgency in his eyes. "Little Zhaozhao, you’re an absolute treasure! Big bro will treat you to a meal next time!"
He couldn’t wait to get back and study these two "resurrected" extinct creatures!!
Fearing that the man would just take off, Gu Xulin quickly said to him, "Help me send these three people to my second brother."
’Whether he’s busy or not, sending them to my second brother is always the right move.’
’After all, there were only two reliable people in his family. Besides his handsome, charming, and universally loved self, the only one left was his workaholic second brother.’
"Consider it done! I’m heading out then!" Chen Xinjie ordered his subordinates to put the three people in the car.
He then zipped directly behind Gu Xulin, gave Gu Zhao a big bear hug, and before she could even react, he had already let go and run to the car.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! I’m definitely the luckiest guy alive! Gu Huaiyan, I hugged the sister you couldn’t find! I found the creature you couldn’t find! HAHAHAHAHA!"
His demonic laughter could be heard even after the car had driven far away.
Gu Xulin: ...
’So embarrassing.’
Gu Zhao was a little confused listening to the man. "Is Gu Huaiyan my third brother?"
A hint of worry appeared in Gu Xulin’s eyes. "Yeah."
"Where is he?" ’It seems like no one has mentioned him.’
Gu Xulin sighed, his expression tinged with bitterness. "He’s missing."
Gu Xulin took a deep breath, looked at Gu Zhao, and said with a serious expression, "Gu Zhao, who do you think among your brothers treats you the best?"
Gu Zhao answered without a second thought, "You do."
Gu Xulin was overjoyed, but he still shook his head. "It’s your third brother. He’s been looking for you ever since you went missing. He’s also the one... who has been carrying on our parents’ work, all to protect you."
Gu Zhao didn’t understand, but she developed a favorable impression of this third brother whose fate was unknown.
’Some things can’t be understood just by asking. I’ll just have to wait. I’ll understand once I experience it.’
’For now, I should focus on the present.’
"Brother, what about her?" Gu Zhao looked at the still-unconscious Song Jina.
Gu Zhao: "If I’d known, I would have had those three guys carry her back."
’Great. Who’s going to carry her now?’
Zhong Mingrui was the most enthusiastic. "We can each grab a leg and drag her."
Song Yi didn’t want to. He didn’t like her.
Zhong Siqi was getting a real headache. ’Is there any way to make my little brother’s IQ grow instead of his appetite?’
’Waiting online, it’s urgent.’
"I’ll carry her," Zhong Siqi sighed.
The group and their animal companions returned to the shelter. Yu Zimo was not asleep.
He was curled up, his hands covering his ears.
’Yu Zimo was scared to death. Why were there gunshots! Isn’t this a variety show?’
He was hungry and scared.
He couldn’t help but miss Yu Xiaowei. ’If she were here... would I have an older sister to protect me too...’
Gu Zhao noticed him trembling, but she just glanced at him and paid him no further mind.
"Zhao! Zhao!" Suddenly, a voice called out in the quiet night.
The few who were awake jumped in fright. Gu Xulin looked around but saw nothing.
Hearing the voice, Song Yi immediately looked around. "Brother! Is it a ghost!"
He didn’t seem scared at all; on the contrary, he was very excited.
Zhong Mingrui was equally excited. "A live ghost! If we catch it, my brother won’t have to die! We can put the ghost on display!"
What they said got Gu Zhao excited too!
"Where are you, little ghostie? Come on out, big sister will dote on you~"
Gu Xulin, Zhong Siqi, and Song Zhe were silent for a moment.
Then the three of them looked at each other, saw they were all in the same boat, and suddenly felt a sense of relief.
’Every family has its own little karma...’
Only Yu Zimo was trembling. ’Gu Zhao and her group are lunatics!’
[Hahahahaha, the poor director must be so desperate, hahahaha.]
[This is great, hahaha. The older brothers don’t have to die and become ghosts to make money now.]
[Those gunshots earlier really scared me. I’m glad they came back safely.]
[Gunshots? In the other stream, I only heard a DUANG DUANG sound.]
The director was indeed desperate. "Gu Zhao! It’s me!"
He was speaking through a drone.
Only then did Gu Zhao notice a drone stuck on the shelter, its camera smeared with mud.
Yu Zimo was the happiest to hear the director’s voice. "Director, I want to quit! I want to go home!"
Meanwhile, Song Yi and Zhong Mingrui looked utterly disappointed.
Since this was also the child of a sponsor, the director first briefly placated Yu Zimo. "Okay, we’ll send people to pick you up as soon as possible."
Then he asked Gu Zhao for help wiping the drone’s "face."
Gu Xulin took the drone down and wiped it clean.
Able to see again, the drone excitedly did a barrel roll in the sky before flying back to find the other drones.
Gu Zhao and the others wiped the face of each drone, one by one, until they found the last one.
The bullet comments went silent.
The last one was near a herd of elephants. The elephants weren’t sleeping; they were all jumping up and down.
Song Zhe curiously asked Gu Zhao, "What are they doing?"
Gu Zhao listened to Big Eagle’s translation and was silent for a second herself. "Losing weight."
Song Yi’s eyes went wide. ’Are they trying to out-compete me?’
[I’m not sleeping anymore! Even the elephants are trying to lose weight! I’m going for a run!]
[Song Yi’s wide-eyed look is literally me. My pupils are quaking from the pressure!]
[Never mind, not running. Went downstairs, saw the breakfast shop was open, and started eating again.]
Suddenly, the director’s frantic voice shattered the calm night again.
"Gu Zhao!! Help!!"
"Yu Xiaowei’s drone suddenly lost its signal!!"