Chen Yiyi, who had just arrived home, was inexplicably stuffed with a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection) at her doorstep: "..."
Forget it, Chen Yi gave up. She tiptoed over to them and then, with lightning speed, picked up the still-bouncing French Fries and carried them away. The two dogs weren't suitable to stay here.
Xiao Feiran, who was chatting with Lu Yuan on the sofa, saw Chen Yiyi come in alone and immediately sensed something was up. He rushed out, stirring up a gust of wind that made Huang Yiyi shiver.
Everyone here is probably a special forces soldier. Just a second before Xiao Feiran rushed out, Cheng Zhi heard the sound and, with some unknown strength, pushed the tall and strong Qi Yanche at least three meters away.
Still immersed in the joy of reunion, Qi Yanche thought: "..." Did some evil thing just appear and separate the two of them?
Cheng Zhi casually looked at the sky, the ground, and her toes.
Xiao Feiran pushed open the door and looked the two people up and down. Why were they so far apart? Shouldn't they be embracing tightly?
Cheng Zhi tilted her head. "What are you doing out here? It's starting again, isn't it?"
Xiao Feiran quickly shook his head in denial, and said with a smile, "How could that be? I came to invite you in for dinner. The food is ready."
After saying that, Xiao Feiran slipped away. She had a feeling that if she stayed two more seconds, Cheng Zhi would kick her away.
Xiao Feiran went inside, leaving only the two of them at the door, creating an awkward atmosphere.
Cheng Zhi coughed awkwardly twice, not daring to look directly at Qi Yanche. "I didn't mean anything by it. They're just too gossipy. They can make up things that didn't happen."
Nothing like that? Could it be that she really doesn't like it at all? Qi Yanche took two steps forward, getting closer to Cheng Zhi and staring into her eyes, asking, "Nothing like that? Is that what you think?"
Stared intently into Qi Yanche's deep brown eyes, Cheng Zhi felt flustered. Her heart pounded, and her mouth opened but she didn't know what to say.
Finally, Zheng Wan shouted "Dinner's ready!" from inside the house, and they finally snapped out of their daze.
Qi Yanche lowered his eyes, looking somewhat disappointed, and ruffled her hair. "Never mind, let's go eat first."
As soon as they opened the door, they saw that the coffee table was full of food.
Spicy chicken, sweet and sour pork, cola chicken wings, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried lettuce with garlic, and braised beef made by Cheng's father—each dish exuded an enticing aroma.
Shen Lingfeng and Chen Yiyi hugged each other and cried. They hadn't eaten stir-fried dishes since leaving Xiashan, and now looking at this table full of food felt like a dream.
Zheng Wan had prepared such a large meal all by herself, and Lu Yuan refused to let her serve any more rice or soup. He pushed her towards the door, saying, "Go and rest for a while, I'll take care of the rest."
"Okay, okay, I'll wash my hands and leave right away." After washing her hands, Zheng Wan looked at Lu Yuan, who was diligently serving the food, and sighed, "You've grown up. Three months ago you were just a college student who only knew how to farm, but now you're like..."
Lu Yuan was somewhat expectant of what Zheng Wan would say next, but she hesitated to speak.
Finally, Zheng Wan slapped her forehead and exclaimed excitedly, "Like college students sent to participate in a reality show!"
"..." What kind of ridiculous description is this? Lu Yuan was so angry that he almost threw the bowl away. But food was precious, so he could only angrily push the culprit, Zheng Wan, away.
The nine people sat down together for a meal, filling the small coffee table to the brim, but they still raised their glasses to celebrate this hard-won reunion.
"Waaaaah, I miss my sister Wan's cooking so much!" Chen Yiyi scooped up a spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and mixed it with rice. Shen Lingfeng was speechless, grabbing a chicken wing with each hand.
Seeing them wolfing down their food, Xiao Feiran quickly told them to slow down, "No, no one's going to take it from you, eat slowly."
Lu Yuan held up his bowl and chopsticks and sighed silently, "This month has been really miserable. We have nothing left."
Following up on the conversation, Cheng Zhi asked, "Who exactly robbed you? How come you have no money left?"
The result was that they robbed everyone. Even before entering the city, people were robbing people at gunpoint. Once inside, regardless of whether they were young, old, weak, women, or children, anyone who had anything they wanted was stripped naked.
Upon hearing this, the girls sitting in the row opposite him inexplicably laughed. Lu Yuan was puzzled; what was going on? Why were they laughing at such a tragic situation?
Huang Yiyi tried hard to suppress her laughter, looking at Shen Lingfeng's fluorescent green down jacket, "Then Lingfeng must have protected this down jacket with all his might, hahaha..."
Shen Lingfeng, who was munching on chicken wings and was inexplicably dragged into the joke: "..." Stop laughing, stop laughing! It's just clothes to cover my body, stop making fun of me!
Shen Lingfeng pouted and quickly shoveled down a few mouthfuls of rice. "Don't worry about such details now, okay? It's good enough to have something to wear. This outfit of mine is great, no one will try to take it from me. You guys just don't understand."
Several girls tried hard to suppress their laughter. Cheng Zhi glanced around and noticed that everyone was dressed rather poorly. Qi Yanche's coat was all mushy, and Lu Yuan's white down jacket had turned gray.
Cheng Zhi was about to suggest giving them a few more clothes, but in reality, they didn't have much left. They were clearly not wealthy enough; they'd have to get something else next time.
Qi Yanche looked at Cheng Zhi and the others and asked them where they were staying and if they wanted to stay with them.
The girls had only been there for a day; they were still staying in the dormitory last night and hadn't even found a place to stay yet. Now that there was a place available, of course they were happy to accept it.
At night, they secretly took out a generator and a heater from the space.
Upon seeing these two enormous things, the boys' pupils dilated in shock again. "You brought these all the way from Xiashan to here, and they haven't been robbed yet?!"
Xiao Feiran nodded and said with great pride, "Not only that, we also subdued those two armed robbers outside Liancheng yesterday. If nothing unexpected happens, they're already meeting their maker."
"!!!"
Chen Yiyi was so excited that she was incoherent, gesturing wildly with her hands.
Xiao Feiran said with a smile, "I know, we not only subdued them, but also took their guns and bullets."
Chen Yiyi was completely convinced. How could those five be so omnipotent? They had abundant resources and explosive combat power. She was so envious!
Upon learning that they had subdued the armed assailant, Qi Yanche, while admiring them, looked at Cheng Zhi with some concern and asked, "That was too dangerous. Are you injured?"
Cheng Zhi smiled and shook her head, "We're very agile, not a single hair on our heads was hurt."
Qi Yanche pointed to the thumb-sized bruise on the back of her hand.
Cheng Zhi waved her hand dismissively, "Hey, I got this from running too fast during the snowball fight with them. Nobody could hurt me except myself."
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