"Take a team and set off immediately for Shu Prefecture. Find Ding Fengguo and kill him."

This is a rare opportunity; if you don't step on a drowning dog now, when will you?

"yes."

"Be careful, don't force things if they're not feasible."

"knew."

At the same time, the Jin family.

Jin Wuxing received a signal from the locator on Azhu's car, indicating that he had appeared in Shuzhou.

The Ding family? The Jin family and the Ding family have many dealings. Jin Wuxing doesn't believe that the Ding family is targeting the Jin family or framing them.

Regardless, we should go and see what's going on.

He summoned a man and ordered him to take his men to Shu Prefecture to investigate.

The next day, Bai Hongwei didn't come, but Lin Wang and Li Mingli did.

Lin Wang said with a bitter face, "Sister Zuo, the fish we caught died very quickly."

They gave Zuo Ling a small half-bag of frozen fish.

"Didn't you put insulation in the bucket? It's so cold, how could they not die?"

Lin Wang and Li Mingli were completely bewildered. Did they need to use thermal insulation cotton? They had no idea.

Zuo Ling didn't know if adding insulation to the bucket would work, but she still needed to find a reason for her fish to be alive.

"Where's Bai Hongwei? Wasn't he with you?"

"He has something to do and has gone on a long trip."

After delivering the fish, the two showed no sign of leaving, clearly intending to freeload a meal at Zuo Ling's house.

Zuo Ling cooked a large pot of noodles, added two large spoonfuls of chicken broth, stir-fried cured pork until fragrant, and added soaked dried daylily, dried green beans, and wood ear mushrooms. She didn't dare to add any seasonings that shouldn't be there, such as scallions, ginger, and garlic. She also placed a plate of grilled fish and two large plates of fried fish pieces on the table.

The two of them ate everything, leaving the bowls and plates clean. After wiping their mouths, they kept saying that Sister Zuo's food was still the best.

I know that most of their praise is just flattery, but I still enjoy listening to it.

Zuo Ling didn't want to get too close to Bai Hongwei and his group. There were too many strange things about their house, and if she came too often, she would eventually notice something was wrong.

However, the three were very perceptive; they never came empty-handed, nor did they wander around aimlessly, making it difficult for Zuo Ling to chase them away.

After Pei Nansheng arrived, he took over all the chores, including patrolling the neighborhood and shoveling snow downstairs.

Every time they went on patrol or shoveled snow, they took Xiao Hao with them, ostensibly to train him.

In addition, Pei Nansheng formulated training plans for Zuo Ling and Xiao Hao respectively.

Zuo Ling possesses dual abilities in ice and space, and her physical attributes are extraordinary. Pei Nansheng's training for her mainly involves sparring to enhance her combat skills.

Xiao Hao's training is much more rigorous. He gets up at 5 a.m. to run laps, do horse stance, and has two hours of physical fitness and various skills training in the morning and afternoon.

Knowing Pei Nansheng's good intentions, Zuo Ling would only cook more delicious food for Xiao Hao to supplement his nutrition.

Zuo Ling took out the fitness equipment she had brought back from the doomsday theorists and let Pei Nansheng choose the useful ones.

Pei Nansheng picked out some and put them in his and Xiao Hao's room.

Upon seeing the fitness equipment, Xiao Hao reacted almost like he'd seen a toy, laughing and playing happily.

Zuo Lingxin said, "Laugh, laugh, but you'll have your day to cry."

Occasionally, the three siblings would play ping-pong together to exercise and pass the time, achieving both goals simultaneously.

The rest of the time, I did mostly cooking.

Zuo Ling dumped all the work she disliked—cleaning ribbonfish and various small seafood—on Pei Nansheng.

Pei Nansheng worked hard without complaint.

Xiao Hao joined his brother in cleaning, full of enthusiasm.

Feeling sorry for Xiao Hao who was too young, Zuo Ling asked him to go play with the waterfall, but Xiao Hao refused.

Since coming to his sister's house, Xiao Hao has been living a wonderful life, laughing in his dreams. Compared to being cold and hungry, what is a little work?

Pei Nansheng said, "Let him do it. If he does some work, he'll feel more at ease staying here."

Zuo Ling felt uneasy listening to this. In an ordinary family, Xiao Hao would be an age when his parents would dote on him, but in the Ding family, he had experienced the coldness of the world at such a young age and was always worried that if he didn't work, he would be abandoned.

With her older and younger brothers sharing the burden, Zuo Ling experienced the benefits of having brothers.

He would often carry a fruit platter, eating fruit while leisurely watching the two brothers work, occasionally feeding them a couple of pieces. Feeling truly guilty, he would find some fabric and make clothes for Xiao Hao.

Chatting and laughing, the day passed quickly.

Professor Jin and his wife were very welcoming upon learning that Zuo Ling's older and younger brothers had arrived.

Xiao Hao is a well-behaved and sensible child, and he calls his grandparents affectionately. He calls them grandpa and grandma, but Zuo Ling calls Researcher Tang "Aunt Tang," and it's unclear how they determine their generation.

Children are a source of hope. The elderly couple's children and grandchildren are not around, so seeing Xiao Hao brings them some comfort.