Seeing that we seemed unmoved, Xilang continued, "Of course, I won't force Wufeng to take me away if he doesn't want to; it's all voluntary."

Wu Feng suddenly laughed: "Xi Lang, you don't need to go back. Come with us. We're living just as well as you. We have water and electricity now, and we don't lack supplies. You don't like going to crowded places, right? There are just a few of us here, and we're having a great time every day."

Xilang said with a forced smile, "I can stay with you for a while, but I'll have to go back after a while."

Ji Lin'an asked, "How are you going to get back? You can't drive."

Xi Lang looked at Ji Lin'an: "Recently, Mayor Jiang has sent many survivors to various cities to pick up survivors. There are basically buses every one or two days. I can hitch a ride with them."

Ji Lin'an continued to ask, "How did you get to G City? Wu Feng said you suddenly disappeared."

Xilang hesitated for a moment while holding the teacup: "Actually, I knew all along that Wufeng wouldn't come with me, so I secretly contacted the lucky one who went to G City to check it out first. Well, after going there, he didn't want to come back, but I'm still willing to make the trip to pick you up."

I immediately frowned and asked curiously, "Us? Did you know we were here before you came?"

Xilang put down his teacup: "Yes, didn't Wufeng mention that during our last phone call?"

Wufeng looked at us with a confused expression, and I said firmly, "We were right next to him during the last call, and Wufeng didn't mention us."

Xilang paused for a moment: "Didn't you mention it? You did, otherwise how would I know you were here?"

I looked at Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan, and they both shook their heads. Only Kaka remained silent. I looked at Kaka, and Kaka seemed to sense my gaze. She smiled and looked up: "Sister Su, maybe it's because I posted a group photo of us eating roasted whole lamb together on social media. Brother Xilang may have seen our photo and mistakenly thought that Brother Wufeng had told him. There aren't many survivors now, and almost every survivor who can access the internet can see the content posted on social media."

Xilang picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea: "Yes, it seems that I did see it on a social media platform. I was wondering why Wufeng would be so willing to burn his chat partner, but it turns out it was for you guys."

Wu Feng laughed awkwardly, "Brother Xi Lang, it was because you are so taciturn that I could only talk to the cattle and sheep. Now that I have a group of friends, I don't need to talk to the cattle and sheep every day anymore. That's why I roasted them and ate them. I've been craving them for a long time."

Xilang raised an eyebrow: "Is it my fault? I don't even get this kind of treatment. You wouldn't even let me try one when I asked you to."

Wu Feng scratched the back of his head and smiled without replying. Ji Lin'an and I both remained expressionless. We both knew perfectly well that G City was far more complex than we had imagined.

Just then, my phone rang. It was K calling. I turned the phone screen towards Ji Lin'an and answered without putting it on speakerphone: "Hello?"

Little K said, "Su Yi, it's me, Little K. Are you still in S City?"

I replied, "What's wrong?"

Little K excitedly said, "I've come to S City, want to meet up?"

I laughed and said, "I'm not in S City anymore."

Little K said disappointedly, "Oh, I see. So where are you now?"

I said, "How did you end up in City S?"

K hesitated for two seconds, perhaps because I hadn't answered her question, and continued, "I know you're in S City, so I came to see you."

Xilang suddenly spoke up: "Little K? Is it Little K from G City?"

Xilang ran up to me and tried to snatch my phone. I instinctively took a step back and looked at Xilang with a hint of wariness: "Do you know him?"

Xilang nodded: "I know him. Turn it on speakerphone, I want to say a few words to Little K."

Seeing Xilang try to snatch my phone again, I pulled the hand holding the phone behind my ear, put it down, and turned on speakerphone. Xilang smiled with satisfaction: "Little K, Little K, it's me, it's Xilang."

Little K laughed and said, "Xilang? It's you! What are you doing with Su Yi?"

Xilang beckoned to me to hand him my phone, but I smiled and shook my head. Xilang could only lean closer to the phone and say, "I was just passing by when I came to see my partner. Su Yi and the others are with my partner."

Little K asked doubtfully, "Them? There are many people where you live."

Xilang seemed unusually happy, and said as if showing off, "That's right, there are four of us including my partner and Su Yi."

Little K asked excitedly, "Where are you?"

Xilang tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth from turning up: "I can't tell you that, my partners don't like strangers. Okay, okay, that's enough, we have to get busy."

After saying that, Xilang quickly reached out and clicked the hang-up button. I frowned and asked him, "Why did you hang up?"

Xilang turned and went back to his seat: "Nothing to say? Do you have anything else to say?"

I didn't say anything and looked at Ji Lin'an. Ji Lin'an smiled calmly at me. Kaka suddenly stood up and said, "Sister Su, since there are so many of us today, how about we have hot pot?"

I suppressed my displeasure, feeling that the atmosphere was making me uncomfortable, but in order not to let anyone notice my odd behavior, I put on a smiling face: "Okay, I happen to have hot pot base in my space. I saw that the frozen food section of the supermarket in town has ingredients for hot pot. Lao Ji and I will go and buy them. You guys prepare the pot base first."

Kaka walked towards me and said, "Sister Su, let me go with you. I'm not very good at cooking."

Thousand-Mile Eye also stepped forward: "Me too, me too."

I rolled my eyes at Qianliyan and laughed at Kaka, "No need, you can stay here and play with Brother Nan and the others, let Brother Ji and I have some alone time."

After saying that, I shyly snuggled up to Ji Lin'an. Ji Lin'an understood and put his arm around me. Seeing that the two of us didn't say anything, I took out hot pot base and some luncheon meat and instant noodles from my space and handed them to Qianliyan. Then I asked Wufeng for the keys to the van and prepared to go to town with Ji Lin'an.

As soon as I got in the car, I was eager to say something when Ji Lin'an suddenly gestured for me to be quiet. I immediately shut up. Ji Lin'an started the car, and after thinking for a while, I took out my phone and typed: "Did you find anything?"

I waved my phone in front of Ji Lin'an. Ji Lin'an nodded after seeing it. He wouldn't let me speak because he suspected there was a bug in the car or something. I wisely said, "Old Ji, drive slower. I want to sleep for a few minutes. I got up too early this morning."

Ji Lin'an nodded, and ten minutes later we arrived at the town supermarket. I quickly got out of the car.