"But Brother Long, the higher-ups have started investigating recently, and they might find out about me soon. Now that we've collected enough supplies, shouldn't we leave?"
"Wait a little longer."
"Wait for what?"
"The base is researching a special drug. We'll take some with us once it's successfully developed."
"Didn't the authorities send someone to Hong Kong to retrieve it before?"
"That's what they told everyone on the surface. In reality, they returned empty-handed from the trip to Hong Kong. They're currently re-developing the formula, but several key Chinese herbs are missing, so they've substituted them with other medicines, but the effects aren't as good as those from Hong Kong. We don't know who took the medicine from Hong Kong..."
"Brother Long, do you think it's possible that there's someone in Hong Kong who was reborn like you?"
Xu Lin thought to herself, "You big oaf, you've got it right! There's not just one, there are two of us!"
"Don't talk nonsense. My rebirth is already defying the heavens, there can't be anyone else!"
Xu Lin imagined that Brother Long must have patted the big guy on the back of the head, but given Brother Long's height... patting the big guy on the head just seemed ridiculous.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Pin asked.
"Laughing at this Brother Long patting his big, dumb head, he'd have to jump to reach it, hahahahahahaha..."
Zhou Pin: ...
The two chatted for a while about the base's basic situation, then finished moving their things, locked up the cellar, and left. The big guy drove, and Brother Long walked.
“You were right, this person really is a reincarnation. What do we do now?” Xu Lin said.
"What do you think?" Zhou Pin asked rhetorically.
“He hasn’t done anything to harm us or endanger society yet, so there’s nothing we can do to him. We can only wait and see. And we’ll have to be extra careful in the future so he doesn’t find out.”
"Okay, I'll investigate this person's background tomorrow. Also, they said that Zheng Ming and Dr. Dai have the special medicine in Hong Kong, so we can't let them be exposed."
"Go back and talk to them later. They should know the importance of the medicine and won't say anything wrong."
The two men and two dogs waited until "Brother Long" had gone far away before heading back. They first went to Zheng Ming and Wang Jing's house, since Old Zheng happened to be off work today.
"What rare guests! What brings you here?"
"I just came out to walk the dog and stopped by for a bit," Xu Lin said, pointing to Shuke and Beta beside her.
"These must be the Shuke and Beta who Zheng Ming was talking about catching mice. Not bad, not bad."
When Shuke heard that he had been praised, he couldn't sit still. He wanted to show Old Zheng his skills in catching mice. Taking advantage of Xu Lin's inattention, he broke free of the leash and ran straight to the kitchen. After a series of bangs, he came out with a big mouse in his mouth.
Xu Lin wished she could disappear into a crack in the ground. Why did she have to raise this stupid dog!
“We really do have mice in our house! Your aunt said the food was running low these past few days, and I thought Zheng Ming was stealing it, so I beat him up. It seems I was wrong to blame him.”
Zheng Ming: Finally, a dog has cleared my name.
Xu Lin: "I'm so sorry, Uncle Zheng, this dog keeps causing trouble when I'm not paying attention, I..."
"Hey, it's nothing. I should thank your dog for catching mice for my family. Otherwise, we don't know how much food we would have lost!"
"By the way, Uncle Zheng, there's something I need to tell you." Afraid that this back-and-forth would go on and on, Xu Lin quickly changed the subject. "When we were in Hong Kong, we collected supplies and all the special medicines there. Zheng Ming must have told you about that, right?"
"I have said it before. We owe it all to you. Otherwise, we wouldn't have this life-saving medicine. Besides, I heard from the supply department that this special medicine is now in high demand but not available at all."
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