Yang Qing pulled the two of them in front of Director Zhou and the others, "We're meeting some friends, Director Zhou, you don't mind, right? But don't worry, I'll treat you to the meal!"

"No, no, we are all friends, come together!" Director Zhou said quickly.

"No, I'll treat you. My friend and I are reunited after a long time, so I should treat you." Yang Qing said.

"Then we won't be polite." Director Zhou did not refuse.

Leng Yi ordered some more skewers, brought them back, and also ordered two bottles of drinks.

"Are you from the security team?" Director Zhou looked at the uniforms of Li Shengnan and the others.

"Yes." Li Shengnan nodded.

"Let me introduce you. This is Director Zhou from the research center. This is my classmate Chen Rou, who also works in the research center." Yang Qing introduced them both.

"Hello!" Li Shengnan and Gao Yang greeted the two.

"When did you return to Xia City?" Yang Qing asked.

"We arrived here not long after the new urban area was rebuilt," said Li Shengnan.

Yang Qing was very surprised. That was much earlier than them. They came when the house was almost topped out, while Li Shengnan and her friends arrived several months earlier.

Seeing that they wanted to reminisce about the past, Director Zhou and Chen Rou quickly finished their meal and left.

"Yang Qing..." Li Shengnan and Gao Yang exchanged a look of hesitation before speaking, "We've parted ways with Wang Min and the others."

"I know." Yang Qing nodded, "We met them a few days ago."

"Meet them? They are also in Xia City?" Li Shengnan was surprised.

"Yes, they are in the old city." Yang Qing nodded. "Wang Min is seriously ill. I just went to see her today..."

Li Shengnan opened her mouth in shock, wanting to say something but couldn't.

"I know everything about you. It's Jiang Hao's fault, and he regrets it very much." Yang Qing sighed, "After you separated, they had a very hard time, so that's why Wang Min became so seriously ill."

Li Shengnan and Gao Yang both fell silent, unable to utter any words of accusation.

"Actually, we can't blame him completely. If we had firmly opposed it when he wanted to let his fellow villagers take the bus, perhaps those things that happened later wouldn't have happened." Li Shengnan sighed.

"That's because we consider his face, otherwise why would we agree? Who knows..." Gao Yang retorted.

"He was too careless in this matter. In this end times, we should not trust anyone except good brothers who have experienced life and death together." Yang Qing said.

Gao Yang felt better when he heard Yang Qing say that it was obvious that he was on his side.

Li Shengnan is a soft-hearted person. Although she was angry at the time, she forgave them afterwards.

But he was angry and had been holding it in his heart for so long.

But now, after hearing Yang Qing say that they had been having a hard time and that Wang Min was seriously ill, he lost his temper again.

"Where did you go after you separated from Wang Min and the others?" Yang Qing asked. "Actually, we went to the official base later, but we couldn't find you. We were very surprised at the time and couldn't figure out why you didn't go into the base."

“I didn’t expect this to happen.”

Li Shengnan took a sip of her drink. "We separated and still made it to the base, but we couldn't get in because we lost our points card. So we searched for supplies nearby."

"Later, we met a team of freelancers. Seeing that we were both quite skilled, they asked us to join them."

"But we can't get into the base. We can only stay outside and wait until they leave the base before going out with them to look for supplies."

"But at that time they blocked our entry to the base, and when they distributed supplies, they gave us very little. After being tricked a few times, we no longer wanted to cooperate with them."

"We came back later, but you were no longer living in 701. I don't know where you went. We lived there for a while, but then we left."

"I went to Mingcheng again and worked as a security patrolman there. Although the salary was not high, I could earn some gray income."

Yang Qing nodded. They had worked as security patrols during the extreme cold. When they caught thieves or robbers, they would search their belongings. If they caught a fat sheep, it might be enough to cover several months' salary.

"We also lived in Mingcheng for half a year, but we never met you." Leng Yi said.

But at that time they only went between the hospital and the government compound and had never been to any other place, so it was not surprising that they didn't meet each other.

"You have also lived in Mingcheng? Didn't you just say that you entered the base?" Li Shengnan was surprised.

"Well, but we left the base less than a month after entering it. If we had known you were not there, we would not have gone in. We wasted a few points cards." Yang Qing said.

He recounted what happened to Lu Lin after she entered the base.

"I never thought that she could find her biological parents, but her biological parents turned out to be such people." Li Shengnan sighed.

"Later, she suffered a serious brain injury, and her parents did not help her. That's when we completely broke off with them," said Yang Qing.

Then he told me all the things that happened later.

When Li Shengnan heard that Lu Lin's father was dead, she shook her head and said, "That's what they deserved. They brought it upon themselves."

"Who says it's not?" Yang Qing smiled, "But the mother and daughter are not dead yet. They are living with us in the villa area now. They are still alive and well."

"Does that mean I've met Lu Lin again?" Li Shengnan was surprised.

"Well, but Linlin ignored them and didn't want to recognize them anymore." Yang Qing said.

"It's better not to recognize such family members." Gao Yang nodded.

"Where do you live now?" Yang Qing asked.

"We live in the dormitory building of the administrative center. Although it is better than those in the old city, we don't have our own rooms. There are seven or eight people in one room, which is not convenient." Li Shengnan sighed.

"But we are accumulating points. Once the second phase of buildings is completed, we may be able to buy our own house," said Gao Yang.

Yang Qing nodded, happy for them. They were still much more capable than Jiang Hao and the others.

"Do you want to move in with us?" Yang Qing said, "Wang Min's condition isn't good. She has a contagious liver disease. It's not suitable for you two to live together."

"No need, we are fine now." Li Shengnan shook her head. She felt very emotional knowing that Wang Min and the others had been living in a shantytown before.

"When you are free one day, let's go see Wang Min together?" Yang Qing asked.

Li Shengnan hesitated for a moment but finally nodded. After all, it was not a deep hatred. They had been through life and death together in the past, and they didn't want to encounter that kind of thing.

Leng Yi gave them his walkie-talkie and said, "Contact me if you need anything."

"Thank you, Brother Yi!" Gao Yang took it.

The group happily finished their barbecue. Yang Qing didn't have any New City coins, so he paid the bill with a few kilograms of food.

We agreed to visit Lu Lin and Wang Min again in a few days. It's better to resolve a feud than to create one. If there's anything we can talk about, we can still be friends in the future. (End of this chapter)