Cheng Zhi looked at the well-behaved French fries and said, "You're so obedient, why doesn't your owner listen to you?"
The two people and their dog were chatting when a very soft shout suddenly came from outside.
Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran didn't hear it at all; only Liu Liu and Shu Tiao, who had sharp ears, did. The two little ones took off running towards the front door.
Cheng Zhi quickly handed the fire tongs to Xiao Feiran and went to the gate to see what was going on.
When I got to the door, Fries was already lying on the door, barking and howling.
There was no sound from behind the door for a moment, so Cheng Zhi stood to the side and waited. Finally, a familiar voice came from outside the door, "Fries, go and call someone first, so I can go in."
When French Fries heard Qi Yanche shout that, they quickly got down and started biting Cheng Zhi's trouser leg.
Seeing how anxious the fries were, Cheng Zhi quickly squatted down to comfort them.
Then she stood up and went to push the latch open.
The door opened a crack, and Cheng Zhi saw Qi Yanche and Chen Yiyi, who were wrapped up very tightly, and two other people standing behind them. Because they were dressed so warmly, their faces were covered, and it was impossible to tell who they were.
Just as the two were about to greet each other, Cheng Zhi spoke first, "It's been seven days. Do you know how worried we were about you? Do you know that French Fries hasn't wanted to eat for the past few days?"
Hearing the commotion, Xiao Feiran came over and saw that Cheng Zhi was angry, so he quickly went over to pull her away.
Cheng Zhi took a deep breath. "I lost my composure. Welcome back. Xiao, please arrange rooms for them."
After saying this, Cheng Zhi went back to check on the pot.
Xiao Feiran quickly opened the door. "Let's come in first. Who are those two behind us?"
The person behind him pulled the scarf off his face. "Xiao Feiran, you're hopeless! You don't recognize us after just a few months?"
Xiao Feiran leaned forward and took a closer look. It was Lu Yuan and Shen Lingfeng!
How did those four meet?
Xiao Feiran was full of questions. He welcomed them in and fixed the door latch.
Xiao Feiran then led the four of them to the kitchen, because the kitchen was the only place on the first floor where the fire was burning and it was warm.
Then she came out and called upstairs, "Huang Yiyi, Zheng Wan, Chen Siyu! They're back!"
The next second, the three people ran out of the room and ran downstairs without even panting.
Chen Siyu looked at Xiao Feiran and asked, "Are you sure it's a person, and not a soul?"
Why would someone ask such a silly question? Xiao Feiran nodded. "I'm sure, it's in the kitchen. If you don't believe me, go see for yourself."
The four of them returned to the kitchen, and they were even more surprised when they saw Lu Yuan and Shen Lingfeng.
Zheng Wan shook her head in disbelief, "It's amazing that you two could meet again, and that we could meet again."
Seeing the four shivering people, Chen Siyu asked, "Why are you all so cold? Did you walk here? Or did you come in a convertible?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhi, who had been silent, picked up the charcoal brazier next to her, took out two pieces of red-hot wood from deep inside the stove, and placed them in front of the boy.
Chen Yi said thank you and quickly reached out to warm her hands. "We drove out in a beat-up van. The van was so old that the air conditioning didn't work. Luckily we got here quickly, or we would have frozen to death on the road."
Upon hearing this, Huang Yiyi burst out laughing. "Ha, you call that coming fast? You call that coming fast?"
Xiao Feiran, who was standing next to him, shook his head. "It's been seven days since the tsunami started, and seventeen days since we told you the news. You guys... are really slow."
Xiao Feiran always speaks so bluntly, and Chen Yiyi instantly understood why Huang Yiyi was being sarcastic towards him.
Chen Yiyi immediately explained, "We were really quick. We tried to persuade Brother Qian for three days, but he wouldn't listen to us. So Qi Yanche and I decided not to keep up. We packed our things and left right away, but our car broke down halfway. So we took all our belongings and started walking. We walked for two days on mountain roads before we reached the city. Then we spent another day looking for a car. Once we found that van, we drove day and night to get here!"
As Huang Yiyi listened, she counted, "So that means it took you ten days to get to the other half of the journey? You were really driving a minivan? You were driving a minivan, weren't you?"
Chen Yiyi: "..."
Chen Yiyi became withdrawn after being roasted by Huang Yiyi, so Qi Yanche took over to explain. What happened to them in the next ten days?
"Then this car is old, it can't go too fast. What other cars can do in a day, it takes two days. It rained heavily for two days, and there were a lot of loose rocks on the mountain road, so the road was difficult to travel. Then, when we were resting and eating, we encountered two female robbers. It was one thing to rob us of our money, but we didn't have much money, and they also wanted to rape us. We fought back desperately and finally subdued them."
Their journey was truly amazing; the five girls even felt they were a bit unlucky.
Especially Zheng Wan and Chen Siyu, were the paths they took really that exciting?
After hearing this, Huang Yiyi took a deep breath. "Okay, heavy rain, gravel, robbers, five days! Five days should be up by now!"
Chen Yiyi, who was standing nearby, suddenly came to his senses and raised his hand to speak. "After we subdued them, we followed the clues, raided their hideout, and emptied it of everything!"
"Then we continued on our way, and when we got to Hefeng Valley, we stopped to buy some oil. The shopkeeper was incredibly slow and fussy. He thought we couldn't afford it because we were dressed like homeless people. After finally taking us there, he started to doubt this and that. Then we arrived at Jiufeng Mountain. We met these two guys in the city, stayed for two or three days, and then came here together."
Why lie when we just met today? Lu Yuan, sitting on the far side, was puzzled.
Shen Lingfeng, who was standing next to him, turned his head and shook his head slightly, signaling him not to expose him in front of everyone.
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