"Dr. Dai!"
Unexpectedly, I saw Dr. Dai here. Three years have passed, and Dr. Dai has aged a lot, but she still retains the calm and capable demeanor she once had. Beside her are a man and a woman, who are Xiang Qing and Dr. Dai's son.
"Xu Lin!"
"Sister Lin!"
"Aunt Xu!"
Dr. Dai also recognized Xu Lin. She hadn't changed at all and was just like when they first met. The boy and girl next to her also recognized Xu Lin and greeted her.
"Did you just arrive at the base?" Xu Lin asked.
"yes."
"Weren't you supposed to stay at the Beijing base?"
“We did intend to stay at the Beijing base, but a year after you left, we encountered a severe insect infestation and could not survive. We had no choice but to relocate. Sun Wei and the others said that the southwest or northwest would be better, so we headed southwest and ended up here.”
Dr. Dai's words were simple, but Xu Lin knew how much hardship she had endured as a woman raising two children alone, yet she remained calm and composed on the surface.
"Settle in first, we'll come find you later."
Seeing that the staff were anxious, Xu Lin told Dr. Dai to go and settle things down first. She would go back and talk to Sun Wei and the others about it, and then come over later to have a proper chat with Dr. Dai.
Back at the camp, Zhou Pin was helping Sun Wei reinforce the livestock shed when Xu Lin told them about meeting Dr. Dai.
"It's not convenient for us here. Let's go find Doctor Dai later. The new survivors have all been settled in designated locations," Xu Lin said at the end.
“Sure, it’s been three years since we last met. I’ll bring some things over later,” Li Jingjing said.
By evening, presumably Dr. Dai had settled in, Xu Lin and the others left Shuke and Beta to watch the house and went to the base together. They asked around to find out where the new survivors were staying and headed straight for Dr. Dai's place.
Dr. Dai was assigned to a house in the northeast corner of the base, which was just a simple model room. She and her two children were staying there temporarily for a maximum of three days. Once she handed over the supplies to the base, she could exchange them for permanent accommodation.
Dr. Dai invited them into the house and looked at Xiao Youyou in Zhou Pin's arms. "Is this Zhou Pin and Xu Lin's child?"
Do you think we look alike?
"It doesn't look like it," Xiang Qing said from the side.
Xiang Qing is now 13 years old and has grown quite a bit taller. She's a young lady now. Perhaps to avoid trouble, when Xu Lin saw her this morning, her face and clothes were still dirty. Now that she's cleaned up, she's a graceful young lady.
“Our little Qingqing is right, this is Zheng Ming and Wang Jing’s child,” said Li Jingjing, who was standing to the side.
"Zheng Ming and Wang Jing? Didn't they break up?" Dr. Dai was a little surprised.
"How did you know?" Xu Lin asked curiously.
“We ran into Zheng Ming on our way here. He’s in Xi’an. His parents died trying to save him. We wanted him to come with us, but he was in a bad mood and refused to come with us, so we came by ourselves.”
"But he would probably be better if he knew he had a daughter."
Zheng Ming had experienced being abandoned by Wang Jing, the death of both his parents, and now, in this apocalyptic world, he felt he had no motivation. If he knew he had a daughter, he would definitely cheer up.
“I have a map here. Dr. Dai, can you tell me where we met Zheng Ming? Let’s go find him.” Xu Lin took a map out of her bag.
Based on Dr. Dai's description, Sun Wei and Zhou Pin gradually found the approximate location where they met Zheng Ming.
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