Cheng Zhen and Jiang Wan were right; something was indeed waiting for them.

As soon as they entered the city, Jiang Ling appeared by the roadside. As always, she was all smiles, warm and charming.

"Captain Cheng, Xiao Wan, you've been in Vermilion City for quite some time now, but you haven't met our City Lord Zhang yet, have you? The City Lord happens to be free right now, so I'll take you to meet him."

Both of them were somewhat surprised. Although they were staying in Zhusha City, they had forced their way in and killed Deputy City Lord Luo. They thought that City Lord Zhang would not receive them, so they did not intend to try to curry favor with him and had not asked to see the city lord.

Even when it came to starting construction on the city wall outside the city this time, Cheng Zhen acted arbitrarily, without any intention of consulting or asking for permission from City Lord Zhang.

But then, Jiang Ling said she would take them to see Lord Zhang.

They didn't believe it was really Jiang Ling's sudden whim to take them to familiarize themselves with the place.

Are you kidding me? The lord of a city isn't someone they can just meet whenever they want.

Therefore, it must be that Mayor Zhang wants to see them, and Jiang Ling is just a messenger.

Cheng Zhen narrowed his eyes and said, "It's too late today, and we haven't prepared anything. It's really inappropriate to go see City Lord Zhang like this. Let's wait a while until we're ready before we go see the City Lord."

His refusal was quite clear.

Jiang Wan was quite surprised. Since a large number of people would be entering and leaving Zhusha City every day, instead of being stopped every time, it would be better to take this opportunity to see City Lord Zhang now, lay things out clearly, and obtain the city lord's permission to solve the problem once and for all.

She hadn't expected Cheng Zhen to refuse so decisively, but she quickly realized that his words were just a test.

Sure enough, upon hearing Cheng Zhen's words, Jiang Ling revealed a very troubled smile:

"Don't make things difficult for me, Xiao Wan. I'm your aunt, I would never harm you. Come with me. I'm the one who called you now. If someone else comes later, the scene might not be so pleasant."

She is Jiang Wan's aunt, so she came to invite them over.

If they still don't know what's good for them, and it were someone else, it wouldn't be an invitation, it would be an arrest.

Cheng Zhen and Jiang Wan exchanged a glance, secretly wondering if Lord Zhang's visit to them was related to their plan to expand the city walls outside the city.

Cheng Zhen instructed Yu Fen to keep his men in check and to watch over the camp. He then exchanged a glance with Long Wanzhi before following Jiang Ling away.

Yu Fen impulsively tried to stop the person.

Long Wanzhi stopped him: "The situation is unclear right now. Don't be impulsive. They'll be fine."

Long Wanzhi's words were not blind confidence. In his opinion, Cheng Zhen was the most powerful among the superhumans. Who in the entire Zhusha City could defeat him?

"But something's weird about this, don't you think? If they have any problems, they can just go to the boss. Why do they need to go to the younger sister-in-law?"

Yu Fen and the others were unaware that Jiang Wan possessed the miraculous medicine, so he naively assumed that her identity as a botany expert had been exposed.

Zhu Shacheng saw this in her and planned to exploit the professionals for their own use.

He grew increasingly angry: "Why? These people tried to kill us before, could they be plotting something?"

Although Long Wanzhi did not know what special abilities Jiang Wan had, he had seen the special abilities of the twins.

Jiang Xiaoxin, in particular, is able to communicate with mutated plants and even control rose-like plants for her own use. In the oxygen-deficient post-apocalyptic world, this ability is quite outstanding among superhumans. Could it be that Zhu Shacheng has taken a liking to the twins' abilities?

Thinking this, he said to Fen, "Let's not speculate about baseless rumors here. You should go back quickly. Your sister-in-law and eldest brother have left, and you'll have to take care of these two kids yourself."

He didn't want to be too explicit, lest it fall into the ears of those with ulterior motives, so he could only emphasize the words "you" and "personally".

It's unclear whether Yu Fen understood or not, but after hearing his words, he didn't complain anymore. He jumped into the RV and drove back to the campsite.

The twins on the bus were unusually quiet. Even Jiang Xiaoxin, who was usually very talkative, sat quietly in her seat, playing with the various colored crystals they had just dug up.

What is the dependence on mothers, the inability to live without mothers?

No way! Don't be too nagging these two kids!

Yu Fen was puzzled and had been wondering about it the whole way. When they arrived at their place and parked the car, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you... miss your mother?"

As soon as Yu Fen opened his mouth, he realized that they were just three-year-old children. If he touched a nerve, they would start crying and wouldn't be able to calm him down. So he quickly changed his mind before he could finish speaking.

Aren't you afraid that your mother will elope with your father and abandon you?

Jiang Xiaoshu couldn't help but twitch her lips. This turn of events was so awkward, so clumsy, and so brainless.

Jiang Xiaoxin also thought he was quite stupid, and looking at him, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him: "When Mom comes back, I'll ask her if she has any walnuts."

Her words were incoherent and Yu Fen didn't understand them at first, looking at her with a puzzled expression.

"Walnuts are good for the brain, I think you should eat more of them," Jiang Xiaoxin said.

Yu Fen's breath hitched, and his eyebrows furrowed involuntarily. Hey, this little girl was actually indirectly calling him stupid?!

He was just about to scold this disrespectful girl when he heard her continue:

"Which eye of yours saw that my mother accepted him? Even if he looks exactly like us, if my mother doesn't accept or forgive him, we will absolutely never acknowledge him as our father!"

Yu Fen was quite surprised and felt a pang of worry for his boss; the road to winning back his wife was long and arduous!

Wow! The boss not only wants to pursue his wife, but also his son and daughter.

I have no idea how our boss offended them. Tsk tsk, he's really in a terrible state!

As he sighed, the little girl concluded to herself, "So, Mom definitely won't elope with him."

Seeing her acting like a little adult, where was her former silly self? Since he had nothing else to do, Yu Fen couldn't help but want to tease her.

"Aren't you afraid that your mother might get into danger?"

In his opinion, Jiang Wan's vine whip was not very harmful, and her vine whip protective shield was not omnipotent; it could only block damage temporarily. If the boss was entangled, her safety would be difficult to guarantee.

His words were less a way of teasing a child and more an expression of his own concerns.

In contrast to his nervousness and anxiety, the twins were very calm.

Jiang Xiaoxin even proudly raised her chin: "I let the Rose children go with their mother, so I can guarantee they'll be fine!"

Even if danger arises, she will know immediately, and the mutated roses will protect her mother.