Yuan Jiasi looked puzzled: "Captain Li is right here. Why don't you ask Shen Yanming instead of him?"

Yu Shui rolled her eyes at him and said, "My old Shen is lucky. Who else should we ask but him?"

Shen Yanming was speechless. He lightly kicked Yu Shui and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How far can you go by luck? When it matters, you still need to rely on professionals."

To everyone's surprise, Li Gangtie chuckled and said, "No, no, no, I'd also like to hear what Xiao Shen thinks."

What could Shen Yanming do but lean against the wall and remain silent?

Li Gangtie sighed and could only shake his head. "Alright, alright, let's dig through the snow first and see how deep it is. If the snow isn't too thick, we'll get out by ourselves."

Yu Shui and Chen Qing exchanged a glance, then picked up their tools and began shoveling snow.

However, the snow outside was quite deep, and they dug for a long time but couldn't reach the surface. Instead, they ended up covering the cave dwelling with snow.

The two were too exhausted to continue, so they put down their tools and leaned against the wall, panting heavily. Feeling a bit tired, they took out some food from their bags to replenish their energy.

Yuan Jiasi was utterly stunned, his mouth watering as he looked at the jerky and cheese. They had been out for several hours, doing manual labor, and were starving.

Even Li Gangtie was getting a little hungry. Shen Yanming glanced at the two of them, took out a small packet of milk curds from his bag, and gave them to the two of them.

"Old Shen, you're like Doraemon!"

"They're still far from it!" Shen Yanming shook his head, then looked at Yu Shui: "Why don't you explain this to them?"

Yu Shui nodded and then vividly recounted their old office and the consensus among everyone.

Even Chen Qing, in a particularly smug manner, took out the stash of his backpack to show off to the two of them.

Li Gangtie sighed and patted Yuan Jiasi on the shoulder: "You've noticed, haven't you? Their good fortune is built on their strength."

Yuan Jiasi nodded blankly, "Yeah, I only realized today how big the gap is between me and others!"

Shen Yanming didn't say anything, picked up his tools and went outside to dig through the snow. He found that there were quite a few rocks inside, and digging from the bottom up was not so easy.

He tried for a long time, then gave up. He didn't want to run out of energy and end up working for nothing.

Then look around the cave dwelling.

There's a hole outside, only two or three square meters in size, and another hole inside, about ten square meters in size. Further inside, there's another hole, about seven or eight square meters in size.

Is this the porch, living room, or bedroom?

Shen Yanming was curious, so he took out a flashlight and examined the place closely. No one had been here for a long time; apart from traces of past life, there was nothing else.

"Old Shen, what are you looking at?"

"I didn't see anything special, I just hadn't seen cave dwellings before, so I was just observing them."

"Oh, I've never seen it in person either. Since we can't get out anyway, I'll take a look. Tell me, when was this dug? It looks like it's been there for a while."

"Absolutely. Nobody would have lived in a place like this decades ago. Our country is developing so fast, we don't lack houses."

"We don't lack houses, we lack money. Not everyone can afford a house."

"Can't you rent if you don't have the money to buy? Humans are social creatures; how can we hide in some remote mountain village and never live in the world!"

Shen Yanming and Yu Shui chatted as if no one else was around, which made Yuan Jiasi anxious and frustrated.

"Honey, can we stop talking about this? Aren't you two worried? What if we can't get out? Aren't you afraid you won't survive?" Yuan Jiasi said anxiously.

Yu Shui, puzzled, blinked his big eyes and asked, "What are you afraid of? With Lao Shen here, how could we possibly hang here?"

Shen Yanming didn't know whether to be angry or amused. He gave Yu Shui a sharp rap on the forehead and shouted, "If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all. I don't want to hear similar remarks again."

Yu Shui rubbed her forehead, looking aggrieved, seemingly not understanding why Old Shen was so resistant. But since he didn't want her to say it that way, she decided to let it go. She'd better watch her mouth from now on.

Li Gangtie knew Shen Yanming's concerns, so he changed the subject, saying, "Don't worry, our smart bracelets are all on. They'll come looking for us when they realize we're missing."

Yuan Jiasi nodded. "Alright, then we'll just have to wait. If I had known this day would come, I would have followed other people's example and put some food in my backpack."

"You'll learn from your mistakes."

At this moment, Shen Yanming jumped up from the spot in the innermost hole, reaching out his hand as if trying to grab something.

His actions immediately attracted the attention of several people. Li Gangtie asked, "What are you doing? We're trapped here, why aren't you saving your energy instead of jumping around like this!"

Shen Yanming stopped and shone his flashlight on the top of his head: "Come and look, the color is different here."

When they looked up, they indeed found a patch on the ceiling that was a slightly different color from the surrounding area.

"It looks like it's made of mud," Li Gangtie said after looking at it for a while.

"Then what should we do? Go up and take a look?" Yu Shui asked, glancing at everyone.

"Since we have nothing else to do, let's just treat it as an adventure." Li Gangtie nodded.

"Okay, but how do we get up there?" Yu Shui had barely finished speaking when Chen Qing grabbed her legs and lifted her up.

"My God!"

"Hurry up and check it for me, I don't have much energy left."

Shen Yanming suppressed a laugh and stepped forward to help hold Yu Shui's legs.

Yu Shui, being lifted up by the two men, was no longer so panicked and began to feel around on the wall.

"Oh dear, there really is a problem here." Yu Shui said as he dug up clods of dirt, blinding Shen Yanming and Chen Qing.

The two men swayed, nearly causing Yu Shui to fall. Li Gangtie and Yuan Jiasi stepped forward to help him up.

"Yu Shui, watch out, there are still two people down there," Chen Qing shouted.

"Okay, okay, I'll catch it with my hands this time. It feels like there's wood in the soil." Yu Shui said, speeding up her pace.

He used a tool in one hand to pry down clods of earth, while catching them with the other. Once he had scooped them up, he tossed them aside.

After a while, all the clods of dirt on top were removed. What was revealed was indeed a wooden lid.

"Yu Shui, try pushing it up and see if you can open the lid," Li Gangtie instructed from below.

Yu Shui nodded and pushed it upwards with all his might, but the wooden lid didn't budge.

"Try running a knife around the perimeter; it might be stuck together with yellow mud."

"Okay, I'll try again."

Yu Shui traced a circle along the outline of the wood, and the falling dirt and dust flew directly into the mouths of Shen Yanming and Chen Qing. The two couldn't help but spit it out twice.

Upon hearing the sound, Yu Shui looked down and his face darkened.

"Hey, even if you two aren't happy, you don't have to retaliate like this, do you? We still have several days before we get back, and you two have spat all over my legs. How am I supposed to change clothes in this middle of nowhere?"

"Don't talk about us. Look at us, the dirt is all in our eyes, nose and mouth, how can we see anything?"