I am a Big Player
Chapter 629 - 620, Border Town_1

Chapter 629: 620, Border Town_1

Of all emotions in the world, affection accounts for one part, friendship another, and Xia Yuting had long ago given the remaining eight parts to the young man.

When Xia Yuting’s assistant woke up, they found her staring blankly at a brand-new script, unconsciously humming a song whose name she didn’t know, and as the assistant drew closer, they heard the lyrics: "The past is gone, never to return... sea of suffering... tossing up love and hate..."

Yesterday, when Ren He sang it by the wall of the courtyard, Xia Yuting was in the yard and had memorized it after just one listen.

The script seemed to possess some kind of magic, causing Xia Yuting more and more pain the more she looked at it, and the more pain she felt, the more she wanted to look at it, until she had spent the entire night absorbed in it, as if she had truly become Fairy Purple Haze, while the young man next door was King Treasure, was Monkey King, the peerless hero in golden armor riding on a seven-colored auspicious cloud.

But in his heart, there was no place for her, and she so wished to tell Ren He why she had doused Xu Xiaowen with the golden broth beef soup, but she dared not speak.

The assistant, seeing the bloodshot eyes of Xia Yuting, said with heartache, "Go to sleep quickly, if there’s no hope for it, then forget about it sooner."

But then, she suddenly realized that Xia Yuting had no reaction to what she’d said, still softly singing that song to herself.

Xia Yuting was known for her serious attitude towards the scripts by all the directors she worked with, and it was because of this that she became completely immersed in the script of A Chinese Odyssey.

The assistant called out several times, but Xia Yuting didn’t respond, which scared her: "Yuting! Yuting! Don’t scare me, say something!"

"If you love him, go after him!"

"Yuting, wake up! Please, say something, forget him!"

At that moment, Xia Yuting slowly turned her head to look at her assistant, and two clear streams of tears slid down her haggard face: "I can’t forget."

"You’re just too tired from filming recently," the assistant was overjoyed to hear Xia Yuting finally speaking, "Don’t work for a while, go out and get some fresh air, relax a bit!"

"Alright," Xia Yuting agreed, she knew something was off with her current state, and perhaps what she needed was to get out and clear her mind.

The assistant looked at Xia Yuting’s gaunt face and suddenly felt an immense pang of heartache. People say that most love in this world doesn’t last forever, that most who speak of love aren’t persistent, but Xia Yuting had never declared her love for Ren He, yet the obsession in her heart was as deep as Cang Hai.

She quickly contacted a security company, requesting the two highest-ranking security personnel to accompany Xia Yuting while she went out to unwind. Xia Yuting wasn’t just some unknown actress anymore; it was impossible to go out without security. The highest-ranking security personnel are usually ex-military, all hailing from reconnaissance units in various combat troops, truly the elite of the elite.

In today’s society, money is indeed very important, so it’s common for these military elites to become bodyguards to make money after their discharge, usually commanding the highest prices.

After contacting them, the assistant turned to Xia Yuting and asked, "Where do you want to go and have fun?"

"Xinjiang," Xia Yuting said offhandedly, not even sure herself why she wanted to go there. Perhaps it was because... she knew the film crew going to No Man’s Land would be there?

Her assistant was taken aback for a moment. Xinjiang?!

"Alright, alright, you can go wherever you want," the assistant said. She also knew the film crew would be in Xinjiang, but Xinjiang was so vast, how could they possibly bump into each other by chance?

In recent years, the trend among backpackers was to cross the desolate wilderness of No Man’s Land. Some couples were willing to spend more to have their wedding photos taken in the vast landscapes of Xinjiang. It wasn’t a problem to go to Xinjiang. The assistant had already decided that as long as they didn’t go to where the film crew was in No Man’s Land, she would happily accompany the goddess wherever she wished.

She had truly been scared just now. After being Xia Yuting’s assistant for three years and having developed deep feelings for her, Xia Yuting was everyone’s goddess on the outside, but to her, she was like a little sister. If Xia Yuting were to really go mad for love, the assistant had no idea how devastated she would be.

In an era accustomed to goodbyes, there appeared a girl as infatuated as Xia Yuting. Had it been anyone else, the assistant would have applauded the greatness of love, but when such things happened to someone close to her, she realized how much love could hurt, sadden, and wear one down.

The itinerary was set, driving all the way, first arriving in Urumqi, then visiting Kanas, Buljin, Ili, and ending the journey in Turpan. The assistant only hoped that this trip could truly help Xia Yuting temporarily let go of that relationship.

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On the highway, Ren He mulled over how to accomplish the task newly issued by the Divine Punishment System while driving. The matter of protecting the wild yaks would have to wait until after the New Year, for it was simply impossible to complete without making a trip to both Turpan and Karamay.

Ren He called Steve to ask for firearms, just a sniper rifle and a survival knife. He thought that even if they were to confront the poaching gangs in Karamay, it would be best to avoid fatalities if possible. After the CIA incident, Ren He had long since grown weary of senseless killing. If the task could be resolved peacefully, that would be ideal.

The sniper rifle is an extreme long-range weapon, and Ren He felt that intimidating the poaching gangs from a distance should achieve his purpose, shouldn’t it?

But Steve complained over the phone: You ask me for assault weaponry in other countries, and now in China too? Who’s Chinese, you or me?

Ren He laughed heartily, saying, "That’s where you don’t understand the situation in China. For a Chinese person to get a gun on their own land is damn hard..."

In the end, Steve thought it over and told Ren He that the price for this deal would go up to 6 million. Because many intelligence agents prefer not to step foot in that part of China. Fortunately, the border regions were a bit safer. Ren He would need to go to Horgos, a city on the fringe of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, to pick up the goods. The other party would immediately leave Chinese territory as soon as they delivered the items.

Ren He was stunned for a moment, aware that Horgos city was one of the most remote towns in China, where heading further west for less than 50 kilometers would mean exiting the country. The exact details were unclear to him.

Were Steve and his team that cautious? When it was in the Netherlands, delivering firearms seemed like child’s play, yet in China, it was as if their lives depended on it. They actually needed to travel to such a distant border town to pick up the weapons and then swiftly leave the country as soon as the delivery was complete. Just the thought of it revealed the extent of the other party’s caution.

Little did they know, if you wanted to get a few pistols of mediocre quality or air rifles, maybe it could be done, and homemade guns too. But to bring in a proper 12.7mm caliber sniper rifle, it was way too difficult.