Sang You didn't notice Shen Yu's changes, and Shen Yu didn't take Sang You's contemplation to heart.

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The first thing Shen Zhijie did when he got home was to check on his beloved fat cat. The moment he picked up the cat, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn, it's so heavy!" Should he exercise, or should his cat lose weight?

Seeing that Shen Zhijie's face was slightly flushed, Jiang Yao guessed that the cat must have gained weight again.

He said casually, "Hey, my darling, did you miss me?"

It seems that Fat Cat's weight does not affect the relationship between Shen Zhijie and Fat Cat.

The fat cat meowed in response.

Jiang Yao found it a bit cringe-worthy; to be so devoted to a cat was probably something only Shen Zhijie could do.

Jiang Yao and Xiao Mu arrived at the base's mission hall, where they met Sang Ze and He Rui, who had come with them. After handing their points to the staff, they waited to collect them.

While waiting, Jiang Yao checked the task list. The tasks marked in red were no longer available; only simple item-finding tasks remained.

Just as Jiang Yao was about to leave, a staff member brought over a red paper and stuck it on; it was a red banner.

The advertisement states that a small team is needed to go to the CCA area for resource hunting.

After submitting the application form, Jiang Yao waited for the staff to confirm the task. Once everything was completed, she went back to find Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu handed the exchanged points card to Jiang Yao. Looking at the points card in Xiao Mu's hand, Jiang Yao felt that she shouldn't keep it. She should use all the remaining supplies in the base. So she pushed the points card back and said to Xiao Mu, "Let's go shopping!"

Xiao Mu looked at the points in his hand, his eyebrows slightly raised, and a smile gradually appeared in his eyes. He looked at Jiang Yao walking in front of him and chuckled.

Jiang Yao, feeling that wasting money was shameful, went with Xiao Mu to the points redemption area.

After all, no one knows what the experimental subject is actually doing now. If the experimental subject attacks here at any time, wouldn't all the points we have be wasted?

Jiang Xue had just finished serving the guests when she saw Xiao Mu and Jiang Yao walk in. What spendthrifts! They hadn't even had time to enjoy the points they had just earned before they came to spend them.

But if they don't come and spend money, then what will I earn?

Jiang Yao came to Jiang Xue and pointed to the 5-kilogram bags of rice and 10-kilogram bags of flour in the cabinet. She asked for ten bags of each. Jiang Xue was already used to this.

But that's way too much to eat! You'll just get fat and die!

Thinking back to how Jiang Yao treated me in Shichang Village, I'll serve you one more time. Buy it! Buy more, heh heh, I'll wait until you've eaten it all and spent it all before you come begging to me, ha.

Thinking back to the moment when Jiang Yao begged her, Jiang Xue felt even better.

Jiang Yao looked at Jiang Xue and asked seriously, "Do you offer home delivery service?"

"Yes, just leave your address." Jiang Xue was already rolling her eyes inwardly. What?! They even offer door-to-door service? Ugh, what a spendthrift.

Jiang Yao ordered ten more boxes of dust masks. Just as she was about to leave, she saw that there were also old-fashioned stoves for sale. She was tempted but did not buy any.

Xiao Mu walked over to Jiang Yao, glanced at her, and said, "Buy it if you want it!"

"Isn't the point you earn just for spending?"

Xiao Mu's words made the men in the points redemption area lose face. They were all stopping their women from buying this or that, saying it wasn't practical and they shouldn't buy it, and that it was fine to not use that.

But Xiao Mu's comment that points are earned for spending made all the women present glare angrily at their husbands.

This successfully stirred up a wave of resentment among the men present.

Shen Zhijie was awakened by a knock on the door and was a little confused when he saw the rice and flour delivered outside.

What's going on?

"Could you have sent it to the wrong place?"

The staff patiently explained to Shen Zhijie, "It was a lady surnamed Jiang who placed the order and asked us to deliver it here."

Shen Zhijie has confirmed that it was Jiang Yao and Xiao Mu who did it.

But can we finish eating so much?

Even a fat person couldn't eat that much!

The fat cat at Shen Zhijie's feet seemed very interested in the old-fashioned stove, circling around it.

After Jiang Yao and Xiao Mu returned, Shen Zhijie quickly led them to the pile of goods and pointed at them, saying, "I'm telling you, even if you two were shopping, you shouldn't have bought so much!"

Jiang Yao put the rice, flour, and old-fashioned stove into her spatial storage, met Shen Zhijie's gaze, and said, "We bought so much for your sake."

"Besides, this isn't the safest place right now."

"Those test subjects could catch up with us here at any time, so it's good to be prepared."

"In a little while, go and contact Sangze and He Rui. I've taken on a mission to hunt for supplies in the CCA area."

"We're scheduled to depart in three days."

Shen Zhijie crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, watching Jiang Yao busy in the kitchen, and slowly said, "Shen Yu won't be participating this time, will she?"

"I really didn't know that, because I was the first one to accept the mission," Jiang Yao said without looking up.

Xiao Mu walked up to the two of them, looked at Shen Zhijie and said with a light smile, "Why don't you go ask them over there?"

Shen Zhijie felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly, and he wanted to vomit. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it!"

Jiang Yao suddenly remembered something and said to Shen Zhijie, "Have you forgotten about the time you were drinking red wine and giving a lecture in someone's car last time?"

When Jiang Yao said that, Shen Zhijie suddenly remembered that the wild boar meat had been divided up and eaten. Feeling a little down, he simply went back to the sofa to pet the cat and ignored Jiang Yao.

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