Cheng Zhen simply filled a basin with hot water, washed the two little ones' hands clean, and then carefully dried them with a clean towel before carrying them to the dining table.

Jiang Wan silently stuffed another dumpling into her mouth. Tsk tsk, her technique is really skilled. You can't tell it's her first time doing this!

Just as Cheng Zhen sat down and picked up his chopsticks to eat, Jiang Xiaoxin suddenly said, "We haven't put on our aprons yet!"

It's cold now, so they wear very thick clothes, which are troublesome to wash and don't dry quickly. Therefore, Jiang Wan always makes them wear a loose, reversed garment when they eat. Just now, Jiang Wan had just cooked dumplings and hadn't had time to dress them properly when Cheng Zhen arrived.

Jiang Wan silently picked up a dumpling, dipped it in vinegar, put it in her mouth, chewed it, and ate it.

Ouch...it's so sour!

While she silently finished a plate of dumplings, Jiang Xiaoxin kept pointing and gesturing, doing this and that, keeping Cheng Zhen running around in circles like a slave.

By the time they had finished eating, the dumplings in Cheng Zhen's bowl had long since gone cold.

The two little ones exchanged a glance, secretly pleased. This was only the first time they had experienced this, but their mother had worried about them for three years straight until they and their brother were old enough to understand, and only then could their mother have a hot meal!

Hmph, there's still a long way to go, let's experience it slowly!

Jiang Wan had no idea what the two little ones were thinking. She put away the pots and pans and prepared to start washing them.

Tsk, I suddenly have a feeling of being reduced to a nanny?

Suddenly, a strong, powerful hand with distinct knuckles reached out from behind her and took the plate from her hand: "I'll wash it, you can rest."

Jiang Wan glanced at him sideways: "Finished your dumplings?"

"Yes, I ate it."

She just glanced at it, and it was all frozen solid, with no warmth left.

Tsk tsk, it's amazing he could eat that much!

Cheng Zhen helplessly pushed her aside, glanced back, and saw that the two little ones had gone into the room before whispering helplessly to her, "You've had a tough time these past few years."

Um?

Why are you getting all sentimental with her out of nowhere?

Are you trying to appeal to her emotions and get her to give up raising the twins?

Jiang Wan became secretly on guard, while Cheng Zhen chuckled helplessly and shook his head: "Didn't you realize? Xin Xin is standing up for you! You're the one who usually does these things for them, aren't you?"

Forehead……

Jiang Wan was reminded by him and thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it really was true!

The things Xin Xin is making a fuss about today are the same things she did day after day for the past three years.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel ashamed. She often got irritable when she had a lot to do, and she wasn't as patient with the twins as Cheng Zhen.

"I'll take care of things from now on," Cheng Zhen said softly and sincerely to her, then turned around to wash the pots and pans.

Today, it was only Jiang Xiaoxin who was making a fuss, which kept him so busy that he didn't even have time to eat a hot meal. What if both of them were making a fuss together?

He couldn't bear to think about how she had gotten through those days. His heart swelled with sorrow, which only strengthened his resolve to treat her and the children well from now on.

Jiang Wan's eyes widened. Wasn't that a bit unnecessary?!

It's as if she's going to depend on him for the rest of her life.

They're clearly just colleagues! Collaborators! That's all!

"Boss! Sister-in-law!" Before the two could exchange more than a few words, Yu Fen suddenly came running over, shouting excitedly.

The atmosphere of the conversation was thus broken, and Jiang Wan had no choice but to swallow back the words she was about to say.

She was standing at the door and opened it for him.

"The little monster is going to die!" Yu Fen said urgently, barely having time to catch his breath.

"A little monster?" Jiang Wan was taken aback for a moment before remembering the fish-like, bird-like monster she had encountered in the wild. "What happened to it? Did any of you hit it?"

"No!"

Yu Fen immediately clarified, "I've been busy since I got back, so I haven't had time to look after it. I've just left it in the cage. I happened to pass by today and saw that something was wrong. Its whole body was limp and it couldn't open its eyes. It was really going to die!"

Jiang Wan and Cheng Zhen were also shocked. They had been busy since they came back and had indeed forgotten about it. But since no one had mistreated it, how could it have died?

"Hungry?" Jiang Wan analyzed.

"I gave it meat, both raw and cooked, as well as dry food, vegetables, grass, and water, but it won't eat it!" Yu Fen was speechless. He could even kill a small rabbit. Did he have some kind of curse that could kill pets?

He spoke loudly, attracting the attention of the twins inside the room.

"Mom, what are you talking about? Do you have a dog?" Jiang Xiaoxin loves fluffy dogs the most, but her mother used to not allow them to have one, saying that they were too dirty and difficult to take care of. Later, in the oxygen-deficient apocalypse, there wasn't enough oxygen for people to breathe in the city's protective shield, let alone let some unrelated creatures share it.

As a result, cats and dogs suffered a large-scale massacre, and many guide dogs were not spared.

Jiang Wan patted her head: "It's not a dog. Xinxin, stay home obediently, okay? Mommy will go check on you and be right back."

But their conversation had already piqued the little girl's interest so much that she was no longer willing to stay at home obediently.

"No, Mom, I want to go see too! My brother and I just finished eating, and we haven't gone for a walk yet!"

That makes perfect sense; Jiang Wan was speechless.

"Alright then, but you have to promise to behave and not cause any trouble, okay?"

The two little ones nodded together: "We can do it."

So the group went to the place where Yu Fen kept the little monster, which was next to their usual training ground and behind the canteen. Sometimes, it was a pity to throw away some leftovers from the canteen, so they would feed it to the monster. They really treated it like a guard dog.

At first glance, the little monster was slumped in the cage, seemingly lifeless!

Wu Xuan was examining it nearby, and Huang Ying was also called over.

Wu Xuan, realizing his own incompetence, shook his head and said, "I don't know what's wrong with it either; it just won't eat or drink."

Is it going on a hunger strike? Because they brought it back from the wild, drastically changing its environment, and it's not adapting well?

Huang Ying said, "I feel that it is refusing to breathe."

Everyone was startled again. Did they think the air was poisonous? Would they rather suffocate than put up with it?

They have far more backbone than humans!

Jiang Xiaoxin suddenly spoke up: "No, you're all wrong!"

"Then tell me what happened?" Yu Fen always loved to tease her, and this time was no exception.

"It's hungry! It has nothing to eat!"

Jiang Xiaoxin said with absolute certainty, "If it doesn't eat, it'll starve to death!"

"How could that be? Look how much I've fed it! That's enough for one person's meal!" Yu Fen was the first to jump up and object. The key point is that there was meat in it, and it still wouldn't eat it, even threatening to starve itself to death. Tsk, this little monster is really too ungrateful!