He Ru didn't sleep well all night. Her daughter and grandson were sleeping next to her, but she still couldn't calm down. She felt joy at having regained what she had lost, but also deep worry.

Mengmeng has been missing for several days. No one knows what happened during that time. Although her daughter didn't show it, He Ru felt that Mengmeng seemed to have changed in some way, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

He Ru was very worried that her daughter might have encountered something bad, which was why she had changed like this. However, there was a stranger lying on the small bed next to her. He Ru spent the whole night tormenting herself and did not ask.

Just as it was six o'clock in the morning, Liu Jingyan carefully got out of bed and quietly tidied herself up. He Ru soon heard the noise and got out of bed as well.

Liu Jingyan whispered, "I want to go to the job posting office as soon as possible. The weather has been bad lately, the temperature has dropped too much, and many jobs have been suspended, so it's hard to find a job."

He Ru nodded upon hearing this: "That makes sense. Go ahead, leave your things at my house for now and I'll look after them for you. Don't worry, no one in our family touches other people's things without permission."

Liu Jingyan smiled and said, "I was just about to ask you for help, Auntie. It's just a few clothes and bedding, but it's all I have. I'll leave them at your house for now."

After they finished packing, the two went out together. Liu Jingyan went to look for a job, while He Ru went downstairs to get food for her daughter and grandson. Perhaps because Mengmeng had returned, although she hadn't slept well all night, He Ru's spirits had recovered quite well, and the sickly and weak feeling she had before was gone.

Li Meng opened her eyes after the two left. She had been awake for a while, but she didn't want to face them or speak, so she pretended to be asleep.

After getting dressed and looking around the room, Li Meng placed a stool on the bed and hid the pistol and a box of bullets she had concealed in the ceiling.

There were two layers of insulation cotton under the ceiling partition. Li Meng squeezed her hand through the middle seam, pushed open the upper partition, put her things away, and then put the partition back in place before slowly getting out of bed.

There was a knock on the door. He Ru had only left a short while ago and wouldn't be back anytime soon.

Wang Zhuo called out from outside: "Mom, Mengmeng, open the door, I brought back breakfast."

When Li Meng hid the things, she locked the door, so even if the person outside had the key, they couldn't open it. She took the stool off the small bed and slowly smoothed out the bed, ignoring Wang Zhuo's knocking outside.

Seeing that her son seemed to be waking up, Li Meng quickly went over and gently patted him. He opened his eyes briefly, then closed them again.