When Yu Murong, who was distributing seeds, heard someone defending his team leader, Xiao Li, he smiled gratefully at the couple.

"Thank you for speaking up for our captain. He's really had a tough time."

"We know, thank you for your hard work! We also thank General Li and the bigwigs in the capital for their efforts, which allowed Qinghua Kingdom to restore order in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, we would still be struggling in a world of slaughter without food."

"Of course. I'll help pass on your message."

Shen Yanming raised an eyebrow: "You came from the capital?"

Yu Murong nodded: "Yes, we came by helicopter." They were not only distributing grain seeds, but also inspecting the guard teams in various locations. However, there were some things that couldn't be said aloud.

"When are you leaving?" Shen Yanming asked.

"Tomorrow," Yu Murong replied.

Shen Yanming didn't ask any more questions. After he and his wife received the seeds, they left.

Back home, I took out the seeds from my spatial storage and compared them with the ones I had received. I found that the ones I had received were somewhere between ordinary seeds and spiritual seeds, and they really did look quite similar to mutated ones.

"That's pretty good. With this, the soil structure should gradually improve."

"Well, as long as we can get half the harvest as before, that would be good."

The couple set the seeds aside and didn't bother with them anymore. They took out ingredients from their spatial storage and started cooking. An'an and Nuannuan sat on the sofa watching cartoons, chattering away occasionally.

At 11 p.m., the couple were getting ready for bed when they heard someone knocking on the door.

Shen Yanming told Bi Qiaoan to go back to the bedroom and wait. He shuffled to the door in his slippers and asked, "Who is it?"

No one answered; they continued to knock lightly on the door.

He frowned, went back to the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and slowly turned the door lock.

The people outside clearly didn't expect the people inside to be so vigilant; they huffed and puffed as they dragged two bags into the house.

"Who are you?" Shen Yanming asked, hiding his knife behind his back, sensing the other party's strange behavior.

"Excuse me, is this Shen Yanming's residence?"

"Yes, who are you?" Shen Yanming looked at the person who spoke up behind him and realized that it was the guard who had argued for Li Sikai during the day.

The man also saw Shen Yanming. He opened his mouth in surprise, but subconsciously lowered his voice: "It's you. So you are Shen Yanming."

Shen Yanming nodded: "Please come in."

After the group entered the house and closed the door, the man explained, "When we came, Captain Li gave us a special mission: to deliver food to you. It's inconvenient during the day because there are too many people, so we came late at night."

Shen Yanming was somewhat surprised. He asked, "How did you know I lived here?"

“I asked Officer Wen. He knew about your relationship with our Captain Li, and after asking a few questions, he told me.”

Relieved, Shen Yanming put the kitchen knife back in the kitchen. When he returned, he explained to the others, who were looking at him with suspicion, "I thought it was a bad guy knocking on the door in the middle of the night."

Yu Murong said "Oh" and nodded: "I understand."

"By the way, what did Li Sikai ask you to bring me? He's too kind."

Yu Murong snapped out of his daze and opened the two sacks: "One sack of rice, and one sack of dried vegetables, dried fruit, corn, potatoes, and the like."

A smile appeared on Shen Yanming's face. "He's really too polite. Actually, I'm doing alright here. I can manage. There are plenty of wild vegetables and mushrooms on the mountains around Haishi. If I work hard, I can eat my fill."

“Our captain said that he has a life-or-death bond with you, and he is worried about his nephew and niece, so he specifically asked me to make this trip. Moreover, General Li also knows this, and he asked us to tell you to call the capital if you encounter any difficulties. He will try his best to help.”

Shen Yanming nodded: "Thank you. I didn't expect that Chief Alliance Officer Li would still remember me."

Hearing the commotion from her bedroom, Bi Qiaoan knew it wasn't a robbery or theft, so she went out and greeted everyone.

"The two little ones are asleep, otherwise they could have come out and said hello to everyone."

"It's alright, it's alright, don't wake him up if he's asleep. Kids need to sleep a lot."

Bi Qiaoan went into the kitchen and poured a glass of hot water for everyone.

He tossed a few wild chrysanthemums inside and said, "After the tsunami, many things were lost. Since we didn't have any tea leaves, we picked some wild chrysanthemums from outside. I hope you don't mind."

"I don't mind at all, I'm just glad to have some water to drink."

The group drank water and chatted. Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan, however, were lost in thought, racking their brains for a gift they could give Li Sikai in return.

In the past, I could bring him food. But now he has everything he needs and is even helping me out.

Sigh, there's really nothing worth mentioning.

"Your chrysanthemum tea tastes good. My throat feels much better after drinking it." Yu Murong's voice was hoarse from shouting all day. But after drinking the tea, her throat felt soothed and the slight soreness was gone.

Shen Yanming thought to himself, "What grows in this space can't be bad." But he couldn't say it, so he could only smile and nod, "That's good. I have plenty more here. I'll take some with you later."

Yu Murong was startled. That wasn't what he meant. He was drinking water and talking because he wanted to learn about the other person's life.

So he frantically waved his hands, saying, "No, no, no, how could that be!"

Shen Yanming smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's not worth much. They were all picked in the wild. If we run out, we can just go pick more."

Yu Murong thought about it and nodded, "If you have any, could you give me more? I want to take some back for Captain Li."

Shen Yanming sensed that Li Sikai had a crazy adoration for him, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll bring them all to you."

Yu Murong drank his tea with satisfaction, feeling that the trip had been worthwhile.

Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan took the opportunity to go back to the kitchen. After a brief discussion, they decided to get two jars of honey for Li Sikai.

This stuff can be found in the wild; it's not scarce, but it's not plentiful either. And we can mix in some spiritual honey to nourish him or Alliance Leader Li.

Without hesitation, Shen Yanming mixed the two types of honey he had stored in the storage area and poured them into bottles. After letting them sit for a while to remove the bubbles, one person took the "wild" honey and dried chrysanthemums, while the other took hot water, and they left the kitchen.

"These are honeys my husband and I collected in the wild. Could you please bring them back to the capital? Li Sikai... has been so kind to us. We have no way to repay him, so we can only offer these as a token of our gratitude."

Yu Murong didn't stand on ceremony, smiled and accepted the gift, thanking Li Sikai on his behalf.

The group continued talking until the clock struck twelve, at which point Yu Murong and his team took their leave.

"I'm so sorry to bother you so late." He and his team members had been quite talkative tonight in order to learn about the development of the guard team.

"Not at all, we should be thanking you for your help, and also thanking Captain Li for his generosity," Shen Yanming said with a smile.

Yu Murong nodded: "Then we'll be leaving. You and Madam Shen should get some sleep."

"Do you have a place to stay? Would you like to stay here overnight?" Shen Yanming asked.