Chapter 814 Who is the Queen?
"What?"
As they were talking, they suddenly heard Feng Tianyu speak, and Captain Nie and the others all looked over.
"You have one week."
Captain Nie's eyes brightened slightly: "Mr. Feng means that the flood scenes we just saw happened a week later?"
"Hmm." Feng Tianyu nodded. "There's a screen that shows the time."
It was a news report about the devastating floods, specifying the exact time.
However, Captain Nie and the others didn't have his sharp eyesight. They were too busy seeing the shocking scenes of being swept away by the flood to notice the time that flashed by and was only displayed in the corner.
Knowing the exact time, Captain Nie felt more confident.
"Thank you. A week is enough time for us to relocate the people in the town. On behalf of everyone in Water Town, thank you both."
"You're too kind. If there's nothing else, we'll be going now."
"I'll see you two off."
"No need, we know how to get back. Captain Nie, go ahead and get busy. Important matters need to be addressed."
Captain Nie and the others were indeed anxious at this moment, so when they heard Ye Wanxi and the other person say this, they did not insist any further.
Ye Wanxi and Feng Tianyu each carried one in their arms, with another following at their feet, and they marched out of the water plant gate in a grand procession.
After walking for a while, they suddenly sensed something, turned around and saw that there was someone following them.
It was completely dark by then, and the area around the water plant was mostly undeveloped wasteland. To suddenly see someone standing behind you was truly terrifying.
Ye Wanxi was startled. Upon closer inspection, she realized that the person following them seemed to be...an acquaintance?
"Grandpa Lü, why are you still here?"
That's right, the person following the two of them is none other than Grandpa Lü, who came with Captain Nie earlier.
Upon closer reflection, it seemed that the old man had also followed them into the water purification area, but he had blended in with the young men brought by Captain Nie and hadn't made a sound, which was why they had overlooked him.
Grandpa Lü's gaze had been somewhat complicated and regretful when he looked at them, but upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, he immediately exploded: "What do you mean, 'How come I'm still here?' I've always been here!"
"Yes, yes, you've been here the whole time. Look how dark it is, and you still haven't gone home. Your family must be worried. Why don't we take you home?"
It's so late, and the old man is so old, Ye Wanxi is really worried about him going home alone.
"I don't need you, I can manage on my own." Old Master Lü refused Ye Wanxi's suggestion, waving his hand defiantly.
Then, as if remembering something, he stared at the two of them and sighed softly, "You two..."
"What?"
"……nothing."
Ye Wanxi met the old man's inexplicably resentful gaze and could roughly guess what he was struggling with.
It seems he hasn't given up on taking them on as apprentices. He previously thought they were just ordinary minor celebrities, and that they were neglecting their proper art studies and only thinking about making money, which he considered a waste of time.
Now that we know they are not just minor celebrities, but also have other skills, and that these skills, if used properly, can save many people, his arguments suddenly become untenable. How can he not feel regretful and conflicted?
"Instead of focusing on us two who are destined never to become your apprentices, you should pay more attention to your existing apprentices."
"My apprentices?" Old Master Lü looked disgusted. "My few unworthy apprentices are all over forty years old. They're already fathers or even grandfathers. Why do I need to worry about them?"
"That's not necessarily true. Young people have their own troubles, and middle-aged people have theirs, just like you have yours. Maybe they just don't want to bother you with their troubles, which is why you think they've always been doing fine and don't need your help as their mentor."
Grandpa Lü frowned, seemingly lost in thought.
Ye Wanxi didn't dwell on the topic any further, and reminded her with a faint smile, "Please keep today's events a secret. At least until Captain Nie and the others officially evacuate the town, don't tell anyone."
Grandpa Lü snorted coldly and waved his hand impatiently: "I know, I know, you young people all understand this principle, how could I, a man with one foot in the grave, not know what I'm doing?"
"Yes, yes, I was overthinking it." Ye Wanxi knew that the best way to deal with an old man like Grandpa Lü was to coax him.
The old man may be proud and arrogant, but he still understands basic right and wrong. When giving advice, just make sure it's subtle and let him know what's going on.
At Ye Wanxi's insistence, the two of them eventually took him home themselves.
The old man's family was extremely worried when they didn't see him return home late at night. They made several phone calls and were almost ready to go to the homes of his friends to look for him.
Seeing that Ye Wanxi and the other person had brought him back, he couldn't help but express his gratitude and invite them to his home for a visit.
Ye Wanxi and her companion were in a hurry to leave, so they didn't linger and returned home that very night on the plane arranged by Xiao Jihui.
Just as they left the town with Xiao Feifei and Xiao Yingyu, a glass ball placed on a table on a mountain thousands of miles away suddenly shattered into several pieces with a crack.
The man, fully clothed and lying on the bench, suddenly opened his eyes, his deep, calm eyes fixed on the shards of glass on the table.
After a long while, he finally let out a soft sigh.
"So close..."
He didn't say anything about what was almost there, but his tone was filled with too many emotions, including regret, melancholy, and even a hint of inexplicable relief.
A moment later, he got up, picked up the broken pieces from the table, and threw them into the trash can.
The moment he reached out, his sleeve slipped down, revealing an ugly scar on his wrist and thick white bandages wrapped around it.
The matter in the water town was resolved, but after getting off the plane, Ye Wanxi discovered that the real problem was waiting for her at home.
The little rabbit, who had been left at home and was seething with anger, finally waited for its owner to return. It saw its beloved little owner and the big owner enter the house together, and the little black dog that had gone with them also followed behind them, trotting back happily.
But that's not the point. The point is that both owners were holding a small animal in their arms.
New favorites? Two of them?!
The little rabbit had been mentally prepared for new little imps to come to its house, but it never expected that two would come.
One of them was just like it, all white and covered in fur!
The little rabbit's sense of crisis instantly surged to its peak, and a red light flashed in its brain.
As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain, whether male or female!
No matter how many little devils there are in the house, she must be the queen, and she will never back down on that point!
Thinking of this, the little rabbit instantly unleashed her full power, determined to let these new little devils know who the rightful queen of this house is!
(End of this chapter)
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