In the distance, a dilapidated minibus covered in blood came and stopped at the entrance of the villa area.
The car door opened, and a young girl in a rhinestone-studded outfit rushed out of the car. Who else could it be but his youngest daughter, Zhou Lerui?
"Rui Rui, my Rui Rui!" Zhou's mother cried as she ran over, with Zhou's father following behind to protect his wife and prevent her from falling over in her excitement upon seeing her daughter and son.
"Mom, Dad, I'm back! Did you miss me...?"
Zhou Lerui stepped forward and hugged her trembling, sobbing mother, and started crying as well.
Mr. Zhou stepped forward and hugged his wife and daughter, his eyes filled with tears.
Zhou Xinran got out of the car and went over. The family, reunited after a long separation, hugged each other for a long time.
After calming down, Zhou Xinran quickly introduced his travel companions to his parents.
The text emphasizes the several times Xia Feng and Lin Xuan saved his life.
Zhou's mother held Lin Xuan's hand, quite fond of this soft-looking little girl.
"Is your nickname Xiaobao? Is it okay for Auntie to call you that?"
Zhou's mother was already a well-maintained lady, and now that she had found her children who had been missing for two months, she was even more radiant.
She spoke to Lin Xuan in a friendly manner, which made Lin Xuan feel embarrassed again.
"Sure, Aunt Zhou, you're so pretty!"
Lin Xuan sincerely praised Zhou's mother, who was almost sixty years old but looked like she was in her early forties. Her skin was delicate and fair, unlike Zhou Lerui's mother, and she looked more like her older sister.
She covered her mouth and smiled playfully, "Xiao Bao has such a sweet tongue."
"Don't just stand there, everyone. Let's go home first. You must be tired from your journey. Auntie will cook something delicious for you later."
Zhou's mother quickly ushered everyone into the car, which then headed towards the Zhou family villa.
The villas are built halfway up the mountain, and the surrounding mutated plants have been cleared away. On the somewhat bare hillside, there are more than a dozen modern villas.
Zhou Xinran's house is the outermost building, with five floors.
Upon entering the villa, you can see a European-style fountain in the center of the courtyard. The fountain has stopped flowing, leaving only the angel sculpture as decoration.
We drove around the fountain and into the underground parking lot. The ceiling was about eight or nine meters high, and it could probably fit five or six minibuses without any problem. The space was huge.
You can enter the house from the garage, and go up to the first floor by taking the stairs or the elevator.
Although there is a diesel generator in the basement of the villa, resources are now precious, and all unnecessary electrical appliances have been shut down.
A group of people walked up the stairs to the lobby on the first floor, which was decorated as luxuriously as they had imagined.
The ceiling height in the main living room was higher than that of the garage, and the space was also larger. Mr. and Mrs. Zhou quickly invited everyone to sit down.
Aunt Nie came out and set out coffee, tea, and fruit for everyone to choose from.
When she heard around noon that the second young master and young lady were about to return home with their friends, she immediately began shopping and preparations.
Fruits, vegetables, and meats are all supplied through special channels and are no longer available to ordinary households.
The meat is from normal animals from before the apocalypse; it's stock from cold storage.
Fruits and vegetables are grown hydroponically at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, or by wood-type ability users using pre-apocalyptic nutrient soil. They are very precious and generally do not enter the market.
Zhou Lerui pulled Lin Xuan and Peng Ze to sit on the carpet and frantically showed off the fruit.
She really suffered a lot of losses on this trip; she had never been so gluttonous in her entire life.
Peng Ze ignored his brother's frantic pleas for him to show some backbone, holding a banana in his left hand and a pear in his right, while Zhou Lerui stuffed a green grape into his mouth, eating without lifting his head or opening his eyes.
Lin Xuan didn't go hungry, though. These fruits weren't as delicious as the ones she grew in her space, and they weren't even as good as the stock she had collected from supermarkets before the apocalypse.
However, she always likes to join in on food; if she sees others enjoying their food, she thinks it tastes incredibly delicious too.
We haven't had fruit for over two months, and everyone else is craving it too, but no one dares to eat as much as they want.
Fortunately, Zhou Xinran and his parents were very hospitable, sharing bananas, apples, and other treats with them.
We'd almost finished eating the fruit, and Aunt Nie had finished preparing the meal.
Shredded pork with sweet bean sauce, roast duck, Kung Pao chicken, braised pork belly in a clay pot, braised eggplant, Mapo tofu, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and a cold cucumber salad, plus a seaweed and egg drop soup.
All the food was served in the largest bowls and plates, filling the entire table.
Aunt Nie, along with two of Zhou's father's guards and two more people transferred from the cooking squad by Zhou's elder brother, worked together to prepare the food and fruit to welcome Zhou Xinran and his family.
It was already past 3 p.m., and the team members were starving. They ate rice as their staple food, and there was plenty to eat.
Each person was given a large bowl of rice, and Zhou Lerui was so engrossed in eating that she didn't even have time to talk.
The others were in similar situations; the food tasted quite good even before the apocalypse, let alone in the current circumstances.
Many people in the room subconsciously felt that they might not have the chance to eat such delicious food for a long time to come.
After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou kindly told everyone to go to the guest rooms on the third floor to rest first, and that they would discuss the accommodation arrangements tomorrow.
Zhou Xinran was also very tired at this moment. After two months of dangerous travel, he finally returned home.
He hugged his parents again and went back to his room to rest, while Zhou Lerui was still full of energy.
Now that she had eaten and drunk her fill, she went back to her room to take a shower and change her clothes. After she came out, she went to tell her elderly parents about her adventures along the way and the highlight of rescuing her older brother.
Completely unaware of what they were about to experience, Zhou's parents held their little daughter's hands with loving expressions.
So the two elderly people, both over fifty, listened to adventure stories all night, their expressions changing from joy to exhaustion to blankness.
Zhou Lerui didn't finish until 5 a.m., still feeling unsatisfied, and let the two go back to sleep.
After a night of this ordeal, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou quickly reverted from their initial excitement at their children's return to their usual disdainful mode.
The Zhou family's guest rooms were on the third floor, and Xia Feng and Lin Xuan were arranged to have the best south-facing room.
The room has a private bathroom, and water and electricity are available. The room is equipped with central air conditioning, and the temperature is comfortable.
The two didn't enter the space; instead, they took a shower in the guest room and changed into their home clothes. When in someone else's home, one should always be careful.
After a long and arduous journey, they finally arrived in City A. Xia Feng relaxed and hugged Lin Xuan, touching her little hand, kissing her lips, and rubbing her for a while.
"Go to sleep, brother!" Lin Xuan was incredibly annoyed. Xia Feng was probably feeling pent up because he hadn't been able to touch Lin Xuan much on the way, and now he was addicted to sucking on her and couldn't stop.
"Okay, go to sleep, Xiao Bao." Xia Feng saw that Lin Xuan was about to cry, so he quickly patted her back and rubbed the back of her head to coax her to sleep.
That heartless little thing, after playing with Zhou Lao Er's noisy sister and that kid with autism all the way, has become wild and doesn't even respect him as her boyfriend anymore.
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