"We've done our shopping and watched the fireworks, let's hurry back!" Jiang Yuan couldn't stop thinking about Ning Yanlan.

"Tell me, who's prettier, me or Ning Yanlan?" Leng Yue suddenly asked.

"Do I even need to ask?" Jiang Yuan smiled wryly, his eyes revealing affection, and slowly said, "It's definitely Ning Yanlan!"

"You have a strong will to survive, but I'm not telling Ning Yanlan. You can tell the truth!"

Leng Yue seemed to have ulterior motives for dragging him out, and her words left Jiang Yuan completely confused about her true intentions.

"I've never seen you so confident before. Why are you suddenly so concerned about your appearance?" Jiang Yuan asked jokingly, changing the subject.

“Superficial men look at appearances, but I don’t think you’re superficial! So, you’re concerned that I lost my virginity?” Leng Yue said with a bitter smile. That incident was a pain in her heart, but she didn’t hold back in front of Jiang Yuan.

"You're acting really strange tonight, asking all sorts of weird questions!" Jiang Yuan was both amused and exasperated, unsure how to answer.

"So, is that what you care about?" Leng Yue persisted with this question.

Jiang Yuan paused for a moment, then continued, "I answered this question a long time ago, I don't care!"

The atmosphere fell silent. Leng Yue, who had been staring at Jiang Yuan for a minute, nodded. "Alright, I know the answer!"

"Ten minutes are up, I really have to go back!" Jiang Yuan was afraid that Leng Yue would do something impulsive, because she looked a bit like the second female lead in an idol drama, which could be summed up in one sentence as 'plotting something'. He was really scared.

Leng Yue stretched out her hand and said directly, "Give me some more Holy Spirit Stones!"

"Huh?" Jiang Yuan felt his mind go blank. He asked in confusion, "I remember you already have enough Holy Spirit Stones, why do you keep asking for more!"

"Are you going to give it to me or not!" Leng Yue felt like she had Jiang Yuan completely under her control. She was certain that if she asked for it, Jiang Yuan would give it to her no matter what.

"Then you have to give me a reason!" Jiang Yuan felt it was necessary to ask for clarification. Although he had a lot of Holy Spirit Stones, he didn't squander them without restraint.

“I saw you collect several storage rings before!” Leng Yue smiled. The storage rings of Bai Zhi and the others who died at the hands of the Gray-Faced Vulture were all in Jiang Yuan’s hands.

"You have a really sharp eye!" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly.

"Of course! The Holy Spirit Stone is a treasure. Although it can't buy love, it can buy freedom!" A glint flashed in Leng Yue's eyes, her words full of profound meaning.

Jiang Yuan chuckled and said, "You've got it backwards. I've only ever heard that you can't buy freedom, but you can buy love!"

"That's none of your business. You just have to give me half of the Holy Spirit Stones! Otherwise, I'll leave you in this corner of the city to fend for yourself!" Leng Yue threatened, baring her teeth.

"Wow, what a vicious woman! So you brought me out just to blackmail me!" Jiang Yuan said jokingly.

"Otherwise what? Do you think I would flirt with a married woman like you?" Leng Yue said in a low voice, her voice filled with resentment.

"Alright, alright, you can have all the Holy Spirit Stones!"

...

Camp Storm Squad's Base

"Captain, there's a mother and daughter looking for you outside!"

"Mother and daughter? Where are they?!"

"You've been brought to the lobby!"

"What's going on? Didn't we say that unauthorized personnel can't be brought into our base?"

A small team, exhausted and wounded, returned. The team consisted of seventeen members, no longer considered a small team, and Zhu Penghai was the leader.

"No, Captain, they have our Gale Squad's insignia. Didn't you say before that people with insignia can come in freely? So I took it upon myself to invite them to the base's main hall!" The young man who reported this looked bitter.

The Gale Squad is not what it used to be. This squad, which was once on the verge of extinction in the camp, has inexplicably grown stronger after a trial and is poised to leap into the top three forces in the camp. It is precisely because of this huge potential that many young people yearn to join such a squad.

"Team emblem?" Two figures flashed through Zhu Penghai's mind. He remembered that only two team emblems of the Gale Squad had been given away.

"Could it be Xu Lian?" Xiang Yeyun guessed.

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Inside the lobby of the residence, two people, one large and one small, both wearing headscarves, waited anxiously.

"It's Brother Zhu!" Xiao Xin stood up immediately. She had participated in the Storm Squad's operations before and was familiar with Zhu Penghai and the other squad elders.

"Don't get excited, let's see how things go first!" Li Xiang secretly grabbed Xiao Xin's hand.

"Who are you?"

Upon hearing the voice, Zhu Penghai sensed a familiar scent. After recalling it, he said, "Xiao Xin?"

Xiao Xin still listened to her mother. After receiving Li Xiang's instructions, she did not act rashly, but simply pointed behind Zhu Penghai.

Zhu Penghai was well-versed in social etiquette; the other party was wrapped up tightly, clearly not wanting anyone to know their identity.

"Brothers, you've all worked hard tonight, go and get some rest! We have a mission to do tomorrow morning, so we need to be well-rested!" Zhu Penghai glanced at Qian Kai behind him, and the two exchanged a knowing look.

"Brothers, let's go first!" Qian Kai put his arm around Xiang Yeyun's waist, and the two left first.

"Let's go, let's go!"

The others weren't fools either, and one by one they left the stage.

After everyone had left, Zhu Penghai exclaimed with delight, "Xu Lian, I didn't expect it to really be you!"

"No!" Zhu Penghai quickly shook his head, correcting himself, "We can't call her 'Sister Xu Lian' anymore, that would be too impolite! But I understand why you're hiding your identity, after all..."

"Brother Zhu, she is my mother, not Sister Xu Lian!" Xiao Xin's childish voice rang out. She remembered Ning Yanlan's instructions to call her Sister Xu Lian here.

"Ah! Isn't that Ning Yanlan?" Zhu Penghai stared in astonishment at the figure wrapped up tightly.

Li Xiang slowly dropped her disguise and said awkwardly, "I'm so sorry, we didn't tell you beforehand and we've disturbed you!"

"Really not!" Zhu Penghai was somewhat surprised.

"Brother Zhu, can we stay here?" Xiao Xin asked timidly, taking off the headscarf wrapped around her face.

"Is it just the two of you? Where are Brother Jiang Yuan and Sister Yan Lan? Didn't they come?" Zhu Penghai's opinion of the two had changed drastically since their last meeting. Jiang Yuan's invincible figure, fighting alone against thousands of people, was unforgettable in his mind.

“They are all coming, but they are afraid of implicating you, so…” Li Xiang didn’t finish her sentence, but Zhu Penghai knew what she meant without having to think too much.

"Hey, we're all comrades who've been through life and death together, what's there to be afraid of getting involved!" Zhu Penghai laughed heartily. "Where are they? Let them come over too! I know the connections, and my Gale Squad will definitely not let anyone know about what happened to them!"

"Brother Zhu, do you agree to let us stay here?" Xiao Xin asked with great joy.

"Of course! You were a member of our Gale Team back then. I can't refuse you guys, no matter who else I want to refuse!" Zhu Penghai said righteously.