As soon as Ye Ning and Xiao Jingchen entered the gate, they saw Brother Long Fei climbing out of the armored vehicle.
"Mr. Xiao, this armored vehicle is absolutely amazing! Where did you get it from?" Long Fei couldn't help but shout excitedly to Xiao Jingchen.
Long Fei has always been an armored vehicle enthusiast, and this time he really got his fill.
"Brother Longfei, can you drive this armored vehicle?" Compared to Longfei's excitement, Xiao Jingchen was much more indifferent.
"Of course I can do it if I want to do some research! Although I've never driven an armored vehicle before, I've been reading magazines for over ten years," Long Fei blurted out.
“Then you can operate it when we take action later!” Xiao Jingchen said.
"Really? Mr. Xiao, that's wonderful!" Long Fei was so excited he almost knelt down before Xiao Jingchen.
Xiao Jingchen turned around and went back to his room, sitting alone in a dark place. Ye Ning followed him in and sat down next to him.
“It was my grandfather who called!” Xiao Jingchen said.
"Your grandfather?"
“That’s right! He wanted me to return to the Xiao family, and he was the one who sent that armored vehicle,” Xiao Jingchen explained succinctly.
"He wants you to return to the Xiao family, do you want to go back?" Even though she knew Xiao Jingchen would never abandon this place, Ye Ning still asked with a hint of pettiness.
"Of course I'm not going back. What are you thinking?" Xiao Jingchen said reproachfully.
"Why would your grandfather suddenly want to find you?" Ye Ning remembered that Xiao Jingchen had been in the Ye family for more than ten years, but she had never heard of any family member looking for him.
"He's been looking for me for years! But I've just ignored him!"
"Has he been looking for you for several years? But I've never heard you mention it." Ye Ning asked curiously.
“I have no interest in the Xiao family, so naturally I haven’t mentioned it to you! Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. The Xiao family will have nothing to do with us in the future, and I will never go back! Let’s just live our own lives from now on!” Xiao Jingchen saw the unease deep in Ye Ning’s heart and comforted her.
Ye Ning nodded, then leaned on Xiao Jingchen's shoulder.
"Jingchen, don't overthink it. How about we have a seafood feast tonight?"
Last time, Ye Ning brought back a lot of seafood, and there were still many kinds of seafood that hadn't been cooked, especially some mutated species that Wang Ma and the others had never even seen before.
Ye Ning was in the kitchen instructing Wang Ma on how to clean the exotic fish.
"Wang Ma, for this kind of fish, just scrape off the scales, then put scallions, ginger, cooking wine, and dried chili peppers inside the fish's belly. Brush the surface with oil, and steam it directly in a pot. After it's cooked, add cumin, chili powder, and minced garlic for seasoning."
An hour later, under Ye Ning's guidance, the steamed kiwi was finally ready.
"Wang Ma, bring the fish into the dining room first. I'll go call Jing Chen to come eat!" Ye Ning took off her apron and instructed.
Ye Ning ran back to the living area.
"Jingchen, dinner's ready. Strange, where did he go? Did he go to the temporary workshop?" Ye Ning was about to run to the workshop to check when she suddenly heard the phone ringing in the room.
Ye Ning ran back to her room, not to Xiao Jingchen's satellite phone, but to her own.
Ye Ning tapped the screen and saw an unfamiliar number.
"Who would call at this hour?" Ye Ning struggled with the question for a moment before finally pressing the answer button.
"Hello! Who are you?" Ye Ning asked somewhat suspiciously.
"Hello!" A hoarse male voice came from the other end of the receiver, carrying an unquestionable air unique to those in a superior position.
Ye Ning had seen this kind of imposing aura in Li Churan before.
"I am Xiao Jingchen's grandfather!" the other party said bluntly.
"Jingchen's grandfather?" Ye Ning looked on with suspicion as to why Jingchen's grandfather would suddenly come to her.
"Hello! May I ask what brings you here?" Although he knew that Xiao Jingchen and he didn't have a good relationship, Xiao Jingchen was still Jingchen's elder, so he still had to be polite and respectful.
"Your name is Ye Ning, right? Jing Chen grew up in your Ye family." The other person seemed to be trying hard to make their tone friendly, but it only made it sound particularly awkward.
"That's right! You came to see me specifically just to catch up, didn't you?" Ye Ning, who never liked formalities, asked immediately.
“In that case, I’ll get straight to the point! I want Jingchen to return to the Xiao family. After all, he is a member of our Xiao family and should be recognized as a member of our clan.”
"He had some misunderstandings about our Xiao family before, and I hope you can help me persuade him." Xiao Zhengyan said on the surface that he was pleading, but his tone was actually full of condescension.
“Okay, I’ll give it a try, but whether Jingchen is willing or not is his own business!” Ye Ning said politely.
“I know about your relationship with Jingchen, but you have been divorced. Forgive me for being blunt, but you are not qualified to be the eldest grandson's wife of the Xiao family. However, Jingchen cares about you, and I don't object. As long as you don't have any public contact, I will turn a blind eye.”
His past failure in educating his son made him afraid to forcefully interfere in his grandson's love life. As long as Ye Ning didn't take over the position of the legal wife, he didn't care what they did!
Ye Ning was so angry she almost died when she heard that!
What?! That old geezer!
What does it mean to have unofficial dealings? What does it mean to turn a blind eye?
This means that she is not worthy of being a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, but in order not to offend Xiao Jingchen, he can allow Ye Ning to be Xiao Jingchen's mistress.
Even in the apocalypse, they still think they're the retired emperor!
She couldn't tolerate his bad habits. Her relationship with Xiao Jingchen didn't need anyone's permission. How could these people possibly break up their ten years of companionship in the apocalypse?
Her tone turned cold and hard. "I'm sorry, this is between Jingchen and me. It's none of your business. I will not agree to your request, and Jingchen will not agree to it either. I'm sorry, I cannot comply!"
“I can’t leave Jingchen!” Ye Ning added.
“I know you can’t accept this request now. You say that our Xiao family is a century-old family, which is incomparable to your small families. I hope you can understand that returning to the Xiao family is the best choice for Jingchen. I hope you will hinder Jingchen’s progress.” Xiao Zhengyan’s tone became colder and harder.
Ye Ning was about to retort when the satellite phone in her hand was suddenly snatched away by a hand.
It's Xiao Jingchen.
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