Wang Ju waved her hand, muttering "This isn't appropriate," and then left.

Huo Qing?

"Yueyue, what's she doing here?"

Yingyue blinked, thought seriously for a moment, and then answered her sister, "She probably wants us to believe what she says."

The desired result was not achieved.

Huo Qing's lips twitched, and she lowered her voice to ask Ying Yue.

"No, are they really spreading such outrageous rumors? Hearing a woman crying in the middle of the night, but then hearing nothing when you get closer? What does that mean? Is it implying something...?"

Huo Qing didn't dare to say the last word.

She glanced around warily to make sure no one could hear their conversation.

Otherwise, it's possible that by tomorrow, word will spread in the family compound that the two sisters-in-law were promoting superstition.

Although Huo Qing was a staunch atheist, she couldn't help but feel uneasy.

"Yueyue, don't believe what that old lady just said!"

As the two were nearing home, Huo Qing brought it up again with Ying Yue.

Yingyue nodded.

I don't believe it.

Huo Qing nodded in agreement, relieved that her sister-in-law didn't believe her.

but……

"Yueyue, you really don't want me to sleep with you tonight?"

Huo Qing was still worried.

Yingyue stopped and looked up at Huo Qing in front of her.

Instead of answering Huo Qing's question, he comforted her.

Don't be afraid.

There are no ghosts or monsters.

Huo Qing...

Okay, she was just too nervous.

Huo Qing went inside to cook, and Yingyue also went home.

When Dou Chenfeng returned, Huo Qing came over to call Yingyue over for dinner.

With her brother not home and her sister-in-law only knowing how to cook rice, Huo Qing, the younger sister-in-law, naturally took over the cooking duties.

At the dinner table, Dou Chenfeng, unusually, told them not to listen to the rumors circulating in the family compound outside.

"Those are all rumors without any evidence, you don't need to take them to heart."

"If there's anything wrong, I'll tell you when we get home."

With his brother-in-law away on a mission, Dou Chenfeng took the initiative to take care of both families.

Huo Qing nodded and agreed as she ate.

Yingyue's cheeks were puffed out, and she had something in her mouth, so she didn't speak.

After dinner, she went home.

It was completely dark. In the residential compound, far away, there was a dim street lamp. The dim light fell on the snow and did not make it appear bright.

Instead, it was gloomy and somewhat frightening.

On ordinary nights, people might occasionally come out and walk around on these streets in the residential compound.

But today, there isn't a single person on the streets of the residential compound.

Connecting this to what Wang Ju said when she left work in the evening, it's honestly a bit creepy.

Yingyue slowly walked back to her own yard from her neighbor's house.

He closed the courtyard gate, went into the kitchen, and fetched water to wash up.

That's the downside of Huo Cheng not being home; you have to do everything yourself.

The little Pixiu is an auspicious creature. For thousands of years, it has only needed to sit there, and countless people would come to serve, worship, and take care of it.

They are not lazy; rather, they have developed a habit of being cared for since birth.

Therefore, it takes time to adapt to being reborn as a human and having to take care of oneself and others like a human.

Some might say that Yingyue has been a human for almost two years now, and when she lived in Nancheng before, Huo Cheng was not around, but she still lived a good life!

Why do you become so spoiled once you get to the island?

People who think this way don't understand the difference between city and island life.

Can the conditions in the compound of a government office in the center of a big city be compared to those on an island where the power goes out every few days?

Take taking a shower for example. When we were at home in Nancheng, we used a showerhead that would turn on hot water as soon as it was turned on.

Unlike here, where you have to carry buckets of water to bathe.

Yingyue filled three buckets with water and took a comfortable bath until her bones felt soft and relaxed before finally getting out of the tub.

She reached out to grab some clothes from the side.

Just as she was about to put her clothes on, the light bulb above her head suddenly went out.

The whole world was plunged into darkness.

There's another power outage.

Yingyue hummed a little tune as she groped her way into her clothes in the dark. She threw the clothes she had taken off into the bathwater, washed and rubbed them until they were clean, then changed the water and washed them a second time.

"Yueyue, Yueyue."

She had just finished washing the clothes, wrung them out, and was about to hang them to dry when she heard Huo Qing's voice from outside.

Huo Qing came over from next door, carrying a flashlight.

"The power is out. Do you have a flashlight? Don't be scared. Power outages are normal on the island. Maybe it will be back on in the middle of the night."

The power station on the island not only supplies the family compound and factories, but also the military.

Everyone needs electricity.

Therefore, after a power outage, someone will definitely come to fix it immediately.

Yingyue nodded, "Okay, I'm not afraid."

When Huo Qing returned home, Yingyue had already hung the clothes out to dry. She closed the door, walked to the bedside, and sat down.

No one noticed that she had exceptional night vision.

In this pitch-black room, she could find anything she wanted precisely without even needing a flashlight.

"It's so cold, so cold!"

Yingyue, wrapped in her blanket, began to miss Huo Cheng's embrace.

The man she was thinking about was currently hiding in a snowdrift, lying in ambush for the enemy.

"Commander Huo, will the fish really come?"

The person following him asked a question.

Huo Cheng's expression was solemn, his gaze fixed on the dark residential compound, and his tone was firm, "Yes."

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