jdhmnovel Chapter 153 Poisoned, Shopkeeper.
Chapter 153 Poisoned, Shopkeeper.
Constable Cheng and the others looked at each other in disbelief. They had clearly come to a close after hardship, so why did things suddenly turn around like this...? They stared at the doctor, hoping that he was just playing a trick on them.
But the doctor just shook his head and stepped aside with a sorrowful expression.
"Sir...why is he such a good person..."
One of the constables was already choked up as he looked down at Shen Qingyan, feeling increasingly distressed.
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In modern times, each person is provided with a small backpack containing items that can be taken out to deal with emergencies.
For example, first aid medication, tourniquets, super flashlights, mini stun guns...
After lunch, all the staff who would be going on the trip gathered at the Fa Da Cai Supermarket and got ready.
With one hour left before the crossing, Chu Feng and his team leader Tong Yue were making final confirmations, while Professor Wang, carrying a backpack, sat on the spot, rubbing his hands excitedly.
He's actually going to experience time travel! Time travel, hahaha! And he's ending his school career with such a significant mission. His life is complete.
The other professors around him looked at him with envy: Jealousy!!!
Ren Xuan sat behind Ran Qing. He had a youthful face and his hands were placed in front of his knees. He looked a little reserved. It all felt like a dream.
Who would have thought that someone told him yesterday that they would take him through time to transport cultural relics from the Old Summer Palace, and that they would also take him to see his ancestors, and now he's sitting right here.
Time travel, going to the Old Summer Palace, meeting ancestors—he couldn't understand a single word. He pondered this all night, wondering if the officials had collectively eaten mushrooms and gotten poisoned.
With five minutes remaining before the time travel, Gu Xixi heard the system's voice in her mind: [The second mission to travel with the supermarket is about to begin. Please select the supermarket's landing coordinates.]
[The nearest village to the Old Summer Palace is within one kilometer.] Gu Xixi could only state her requirement and let the system automatically locate a suitable place.
Her request wasn't unfounded. Although the Yuanmingyuan was a royal garden, from its construction to its expansion during the Yongzheng era, becoming the emperor's imperial garden, its surroundings were never abandoned.
Instead, they began to set up settlements. Initially, some settlements were inhabited by relatives of the eunuchs in charge of the Yuanmingyuan. Later, the number gradually increased, and eventually 31 villages of varying sizes were formed in the vicinity.
They wouldn't stand out too much if they blended in among these people.
[A specific coordinate has been selected for the host: ten miles from the Old Summer Palace, in the forest behind Renjia Village.]
[The journey is about to begin. Host and staff, please prepare.]
After the system notification, Gu Xixi waved to everyone, and they all stood in neat rows behind her, while Chu Feng and Ran Qing stood beside her.
The others kept their distance, standing far away to watch them go.
[The mission to transport a supermarket across time and place is initiating. Time travel countdown: 10, 9, 8... 3, 2, 1, 0. Time travel begins.] As the system countdown began, Gu Xixi saw familiar changes before her eyes.
She was already used to it, but everyone else was traveling through time for the first time and was stunned by the time tunnel in front of them.
But they dared not make any rash moves or speak, for fear of affecting the time travel experience; their eyes were simply busy.
It wasn't until their vision went black and then bright again, and the scenery around them and the sky changed dramatically, and they were finally standing on solid ground, that everyone finally came to their senses.
The supermarket has landed at the target location and begun replication, modification, and installation. Installation is now complete.
"It really is a different place." Professor Wang muttered to himself, stomping his foot on the ground as he looked around at the surrounding mountains and forests: they looked like ordinary mountains and forests, but because it was already October, they looked extremely desolate.
The others also looked around, hardly believing that they had changed to a different time and space.
"How did the supermarket become like this?" Ren Xuan turned around and saw that the once modern building had now become a low-rise bungalow, only much larger in area than the modern one.
The walls were gray and dusty, the roof was made of straw, and the door was a wooden door with mottled marks, as if it had been there for a long time.
The sign for the "Fa Da Cai Supermarket" has also changed from bright and flashing to a piece of wood panel hanging on the wall with the words "【Fa Da Cai Department Store】" written in traditional Chinese characters.
They were standing in the courtyard of the department store. Gu Xixi walked directly into the supermarket. The interior hadn't changed much; it was similar to modern times.
The others followed them in, explored all the rooms, and then set up camp in the rooms that were originally on the second floor.
Meanwhile, outside the department store.
A burly man carrying firewood down the mountain stood not far from the department store, stunned. When did a department store appear here?
He rubbed his eyes, then rubbed them again, turned around to look around, looked back, and rubbed his eyes again.
The department store is still there; it's not some kind of hallucination or a magnifying glass.
But... it wasn't here a few days ago, could he have misremembered?
He put down the firewood on his back and slowly, timidly, tiptoed towards the Fa Da Cai Department Store. When Gu Xixi came out, their eyes met.
This was the first time Gu Xixi had seen a living person from this period. The person was about thirty years old and was wearing a padded, loose-fitting top with a wide hem that resembled a modern Korean style.
He wore long trousers, also cotton trousers, with yellowed socks that covered his feet and calves, and cloth shoes. He had a long braid that was coiled around his head along his hairline.
His face was dark, bearing the marks of a life of toil and hardship; his eyes were clear yet weary, with a hint of ignorance.
This period was completely different from what Gu Xixi had seen in many film and television works, which overturned her understanding.
The man was also sizing up Gu Xixi. Her clothes looked expensive, her skin was so fair and delicate, and her figure was so slender that even the princesses of the royal palace couldn't compare.
But how could a princess from a royal family or a daughter of a noble family possibly appear in this desolate place and open a department store?
Could it be a female ghost or a female demon?
"Who are you, and why are you here?" he asked tentatively, taking a step back, clearly afraid.
Gu Xixi tried her best to appear gentle and friendly. "I am a descendant of a reclusive family. I was just born and opened a department store. Are you a villager from around here? Would you like to come in and have a look?"
"Okay, okay." The villager mustered his courage and forced an ugly smile. The moment Gu Xixi turned to lead the way, the man turned and ran, scrambling and stumbling in a panic.
Gu Xixi: ...
She turned to look at Ran Qing, "We think we scared him."
The clothing can be replicated, but their physical condition is undeniably out of place. Especially their skin color, which is vastly different from that of the impoverished people here.
"It's alright. He'll definitely bring people back to investigate. It's about 30 miles from Chaoyang Gate in the capital. It's not easy for him to go into the city. Our department store being open is also convenient for them."
"Xixi, come up to the roof and look." Professor Wang, holding a high-powered telescope, sat on the roof and waved to her. She climbed up the ladder, carefully sat down next to Professor Wang, and looked through the telescope lens.