The conversation between the two caused Lin Anran's face to flush red instantly.

"Auntie! Um...why don't we go outside first? It's not safe here!"

Jiang Rong smiled; the worn-out clothes did not diminish her ethereal beauty in the slightest.

"Ranran, since this is our first meeting, Auntie doesn't have any gifts for you. But this will definitely come in handy!"

She pointed to the branches curled up on the ground, trembling, and spoke in a cold voice.

"Hurry up and show your strength. If Ranran doesn't like you, you can just fend for yourself here!"

The branches that were originally motionless suddenly seemed to come alive and grew continuously, constantly changing their appearance, sometimes as roses, sometimes as inconspicuous weeds.

Lin Anran was so shocked that she couldn't even speak. What kind of strange mutated species was this?

I love it so much! I adore it!

"Auntie! This... is too expensive! I can't accept it!"

Jiang Rong's gaze pierced the branches that were displaying themselves in various ways.

"Did you hear that? Since Ranran doesn't want you, then you can stay here!"

As if sensing something, the branches on the ground tugged at Lin Anran's trouser leg, looking like they were offering themselves up.

Lin Anran didn't refuse any longer. In front of the two of them, she directly uprooted the branch and put it into her space.

Jiang Rong was momentarily surprised, and couldn't help but feel disgusted with her son.

Is her son good enough for Ranran?

"Ranran, you can't go back on your word now that you've accepted Auntie's gift! You can't return it!"

With a happy expression, she reached her hand out of the chain and tightly grasped her beloved daughter-in-law's small hand.

"Auntie! Why don't you come out first?"

Lin Anran felt that their posture was somewhat strange, and the pretty girl opposite them was also restrained by iron chains.

"Ah! Okay, okay! I've gotten used to this, I almost forgot!"

As soon as Lin Anran reached out, Jiang Rong took matters into her own hands and unfastened the clasps on her feet.

"Tsk! That filthy bandit! I saved him, and he actually locked me up here!"

"If I hadn't practiced lock picking for a while, their wrists and ankles would have been bruised."

She moved her numb ankle and removed the bomb from her stomach.

"This thing is so heavy! If it weren't for the fact that it's good exercise, I would have smashed it already! And I wouldn't have let it threaten me!"

Lin Anran was stunned by the scene before her. "Auntie, if you can unlock things, why don't you run away by yourself? And this bomb... if it can be removed, what is its purpose?"

Ah Nian's mom is amazing! She even studied lock picking.

Jiang Qin cleared his throat. He knew what Lin Anran was thinking. He couldn't let her know that his mother had learned this technique specifically to find his father's hidden stash of money.

He still vividly remembers that rainy night when his father's cries echoed through the sky.

Jiang Rong packed her luggage and left a letter on a rock, not forgetting to look up and explain.

"Shan Chunsheng seems kind and approachable, but if anyone threatens his position, he turns into a mad dog and keeps biting people!"

My arrival not only saved him, but also rescued all the survivors in the base. When I first came in, he was very kind to me, but after hearing the gossip that I wanted to replace him as the base commander, he completely changed!

That night, he lied to me, saying that someone had infiltrated the base and that I needed to come over for the safety of the others. In the end, I was outmaneuvered by them!

He wanted to trap me in this haunted house, but he was afraid of attacks from other bases, so he didn't dare kill me. Instead, he strapped bombs to my body, so he would detect any movement I made.

Lin Anran helped pack the items into her spatial storage, her brow furrowed. "So he comes to check on you almost every day, afraid you'll run away! Then how was this bomb taken down?"

"That's right! He used five locks, which should definitely be enough to lock me up. Oh well! That's perfect, that's the only skill I have. As long as it doesn't move, this bomb is just a decoration!"

He opened five locks in a row! Amazing!

The skill of unlocking locks was even more appealing to Lin Anran. Although they could pick locks by force, this skill was still quite attractive.

I'll ask Auntie for advice when I have time; just thinking about it makes me happy!

Jiang Qinian watched as his woman's eyes lit up, and he swallowed hard.

"Let's go! It's not safe here!"

He bent down and kicked the unconscious Ma Yang.

Jiang Rong squatted down beside him and tapped his head with her finger.

"Xiaoyang? Why did you faint as soon as you saw your aunt?"

When Ma Yang opened his eyes, he saw a gentle, messy little face.

"Auntie? What are you doing here?"

"Hahahaha! Did you miss me? My adorable Yangyang!"

Ma Yang blushed and quickly stood up, "Yes...yes!"

"Hahahaha! Xiao Yang is so cute, he blushes so easily when teased. Unlike my brat! He can't even say he misses me, his eyes are practically glued to his wife!"

At the mention of this, Ma Yang perked up, nodding enthusiastically in agreement.

"Auntie, you have no idea, the eldest son has become a henpecked husband. He doesn't even go out with us anymore!"

Jiang Rong flicked his forehead again, "Idiot! It's fine if you're single, but don't drag your boss down with you!"

"Oh~"

After everything was packed up, the four of them returned the way they came. The original iron slide was very long, and Lin Anran released vines to drag the group of people up.

"We've reached the top! But we can't open this wall!"

Ma Yang slapped the wall above his head hard, and a cloud of dust fell.

"Cough cough cough! We can't get out of here either!"

"I know where that agency is!"

Jiang Rong pointed to the back of the slide with a proud look on her face, "I came here yesterday and discovered this place. Before I even left, you guys arrived!"

Lin Anran used a vine to feel around the back of the slide.

"Found it!"

With a loud rumble, the wall opened from above, and the group climbed up and returned to the morgue door.

Ma Yang said in a cheeky tone, "Boss, I haven't even asked you guys yet! Is there something fishy going on here?"

"No."

"No?" Ma Yang clearly didn't believe it. "Shouldn't there be a lot of mannequins in there?"

"That's definitely not the case!"

Lin Anran recalled that several rooms were filled with zombies, and doubts arose in her heart.

"If you don't believe me, let's go in and take a look together."

"No, no, no! There's no need for that!"

Returning along the same route, the sky outside was beginning to lighten.

"Ah! We're finally out! There wasn't a ray of sunlight in there, and my skin got all irritated!"

Ma Yang anxiously reminded the three men who were acting openly, "Stop your musings! Quickly crouch down! Someone's coming!"