That evening, as soon as Li Sikai returned, the guard who had stayed behind to protect Yuan Ruoxi told him everything that had happened that day.

This amused them so much that they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

But the laughter abruptly stopped as a familiar figure walked in from outside the tent.

Li Sikai burped. "What's up?"

"I'm going on a mission with you guys tomorrow!" Yuan Ruoxi said somewhat reluctantly.

Li Sikai nodded, "Sure, but you have to make sure Tao Jianian is taken care of, otherwise what will happen to his food, drink, and daily needs?"

"Can't we find a guard to help take care of her for a few days?" Yuan Ruoxi asked somewhat guiltily.

"What do you think? Why should someone give up their own job to clean up your mess?"

"Then you tell me what to do. Anyway, this is how I am. I have to go on a mission tomorrow!" Yuan Ruoxi plopped down opposite Li Sikai. "If you don't come up with a plan, I'm not leaving today. Let's see who can outlast whom."

Then, with teary eyes, she looked at Li Sikai and said in a particularly aggrieved voice, "You have no idea how outrageous Tao Jianian is. He didn't let me rest for a single moment all day. If I disobeyed, he said he would report me to the guard team."

Although I know the guards won't make things difficult for me, I... I... I can't cause trouble for the organization, right?

Since I can't afford to offend them, can't I just avoid them? Brother Skye, please give me some advice, okay?

Hearing such a mushy, coquettish plea, Li Sikai couldn't help but shudder. He touched the goosebumps on his arm and said, "Then why don't you hire a caregiver? Although the doctors and nurses are very busy lately, the disaster victims are relatively well-off. If you give them half a pound of rice or two steamed buns a day, someone should agree to come and help."

"No, I don't have any food!" Yuan Ruoxi suddenly stood up, then realized that her reaction might have been a bit too much. She smiled awkwardly, "Brother Skye, you're really joking!"

"Do you not know whether I'm joking or not?" Li Sikai looked at Yuan Ruoxi with a half-smile. "I remember that when those supermarkets in Su City were robbed, a lot of goods were lost. It's quite strange, the police didn't even manage to recover them."

"Ha, maybe, maybe it's because all the food has already been eaten!"

"But I clearly remember that the supplies were enough to feed five or six people for a year. What kind of glutton could possibly finish 1,500 jin of grain, along with all the seasonings, in just two or three months?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe the supermarket owner made a mistake. Otherwise, why wouldn't the police investigate? You agree, right?" Yuan Ruoxi touched her nose, her eyes darting around.

"Maybe!" Li Sikai nodded. "But with such a food shortage in Su City right now, don't you think that person should hand over what doesn't belong to him?"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Yuan Ruoxi took a few steps back until she was almost at the door before saying in a fierce but weak voice, "However, whoever has it owns it. If you're so capable, come and take it."

After saying that, he ran away quickly.

Li Sikai didn't pursue the matter. He had known about it for a long time, and since he hadn't forced Yuan Ruoxi to hand over the stolen goods back then, it was even less likely now.

However, he did intend to squeeze some food out of her, whether to help disaster victims or to compensate Tao Jianian, it would be a good idea.

After Yuan Ruoxi ran away, she patted her chest in relief when she saw that no one was chasing her. It seemed she should stop trying to be clever and just focus on taking care of the patient.

Li Sikai and Yuan Ruoxi had just finished discussing the food supplies, unaware that Shen Yanming was also talking about food supplies with Bi Qiaoan on the other side.

"The porridge has been too thin these past two days. In another two days, it'll probably be so thin you could count the grains of rice!" Shen Yanming sighed, holding Bi Qiaoan in his arms.

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Bi Qiaoan had also witnessed this firsthand, and she asked, "Should we act now?"

Shen Yanming shook his head. "I haven't thought it through yet. Rashly taking out a large amount of grain might solve the immediate problem, but the consequences could be too great."

Bi Qiaoan also fell silent. Suddenly, a thought struck her, and she looked at Shen Yanming and said, "Honey, what if—and I mean, what if—we brought out unmilled wheat and hulled rice? What do you think?"

Shen Yanming's eyes lit up. "That's a great idea! Wheat and rice can be stored for three to five years, so we can easily claim that they were hidden in the warehouse before the apocalypse. That way, our chances of being discovered will be much smaller. Moreover, those wheat and rice can be used as food and as seeds, killing two birds with one stone!"

Upon receiving approval, Bi Qiaoan smiled happily, "However, we don't have any dried wheat and rice in our space."

That's right. After each harvest, they would simply store the fresh wheat and rice in the storage area without any further processing. Only when Bi Qiaoan was newly pregnant did Shen Yanming dry some wheat, grind it into flour, and make her a lot of food.

"It's okay, we'll go dry it in the sun. We'll see how it turns out. If it doesn't turn out well, we can just pretend it got wet from the rain and snow the other day."

"Alright then, I'll do as you say!"

After instructing the goose to guard the door, the two entered the space hand in hand. This was Bi Qiaoan's first time entering the space in a long time. The pleasant temperature and fresh air made her feel completely comfortable.

She took a deep breath before harvesting all the mature wheat and rice in the space. However, the grain was all floating in the air, and Bi Qiaoan searched with her consciousness for a long time but could not find a place to dry it.

Upon seeing this, Shen Yanming quickly retrieved sheets of rainproof cloth from the storage area and spread them out on the unplanted soil. Then, the grains fell onto the rainproof cloths like rain, piling up in a thick layer.

Although the quantity was considerable, it was still far from what the two had in mind, so Bi Qiaoan quickly sowed more grain on the harvested land. Shen Yanming, on the other hand, took out the wheat and rice that had been stored in the storage area and spread them all over the ground of the mobile villa.

Finally, the two took the cars and cruise ships they had bought from abroad from the storage area and placed them on the lawn in the planting area. They then spread a thick layer of grain on every flat surface they could reach, all in order to dry enough grain in the shortest possible time.

After finishing all this, Shen Yanming told Bi Qiaoan to take a good bath and eat some fruit in the space before coming out, while he went out of the space first to guard the door!

Bi Qiaoan didn't refuse. She hadn't had a chance to properly wash up while she was out, and she already smelled. It was only because they were both equally dirty that neither of them bothered the other.

She picked a few loquats from the fruit tree, then picked a bunch of lychees, carried them to the bathroom, put them on the sink, and ate them while washing up.