"Oh, that's fine then!" Qiu Jing didn't expect her to answer him without hesitation. It seemed that she trusted this young man quite a bit. Wait, does trust equal dependence?
Oh no, he felt his daughter was drifting further and further away from him, and he was heartbroken.
Zhao Yan'er stroked Qiu Hu's hair and said with satisfaction, "Our Ah Hu has grown up and is becoming stronger and stronger."
Powerful? Qiu Hu thought, maybe! That's reality, she has no choice but to become stronger.
The Qiu couple then chatted with Qiu Hu for a long time, about her affairs, their affairs, the changes in the people around them, and the changes in the outside world—it seemed like they could talk about everything.
At noon, they stayed, and Zhao Yan'er cooked for them. After more than ten years, they finally ate at the same table.
There weren't many dishes; just a small dish of vegetables, a plate of fish, and a little bit of coarse grains.
Is this all you're going to eat?
“Yes, we buy coarse grains and vegetables every now and then.” Life here is different from outside, and Zhao Yan’er was worried that Qiu Hu wouldn’t be used to the food. “Ah Hu, if you don’t like it, just eat less.”
Zhao Yan'er knew that although Qiu Hu wasn't picky about food, he was a glutton.
"It's alright, let's eat!" Qiu Hu replied, not wanting to spoil their fun.
"Okay, okay!"
Seeing everyone start eating, Ning Yizhan also picked up his chopsticks. He tasted the dishes Zhao Yan'er had made and found them delicious. He praised, "Auntie, your cooking is really good!"
"That's right, Ah Hu used to love cooking for me. I'm a very good cook," Zhao Yan'er said proudly.
Ning Yizhan glanced at Qiu Hu, as if to say: How come your cooking skills are so bad?
... Qiu Hu held back in front of his parents and didn't roll his eyes at him.
After the meal, Qiu Hu continued chatting with them about the things they hadn't finished discussing earlier.
“Dad, when we went to K country, we found your diary, and I brought it back to Qincheng.”
Qiu Jing recalled the diary he kept at the research institute, which recorded his emotional journey over those years. But when he thought of K Country and Qiao Ri, he couldn't calm down. "Were you injured back then?"
"No, no, besides, I'm perfectly fine now."
"That Qiao Ri has never let me go. Even if it's because he wants the antidote, he's probably driven mad with greed to attack you. Over the years, we've had a gentleman's agreement not to harm our families, but now he's gone back on his word..."
"So that's how it is. No wonder Qiao Ri suddenly appeared."
It wasn't until evening that Ning Yizhan took Qiu Hu back, since climbing the cliff would take some time.
"Ah Hu, we'll appear as soon as Xiao Xi wakes up, so don't worry. And Xiao Ning, I'll have to trouble you to take care of Ah Hu!"
The Qiu couple saw them off and warned them, "Also, be careful of Qiao Ri. That old man is cunning and treacherous; he probably has some bigger conspiracy up his sleeve!"
"Also, it's best not to tell anyone about our affairs; just a few of us should know."
"Okay, Uncle and Aunt, I will take good care of Ah Hu."
After getting to know the young man for half a day, Zhao Yan'er liked him very much. "That's good, thank you for your help!"
"Of course."
Qiu Jing, on the other hand, was furious when he saw that his wife had a very good impression of this young man who was not yet her prospective son-in-law.
Ning Yizhan was still figuring out how to climb up when Zhao Yan'er carried a huge ladder past them. Just as she reached the cliff face, she said, "Use this!"
They were both speechless. It turned out there was a ladder. "..." Their lives were quite complete, and they were still somewhat naive.
Qiu Hu then remembered something else, "By the way, why are the trees in the woods so dense lately? And why are there so many birds too?"
"Oh, your dad developed a growth-promoting drug, and he tested it on them. The results were unexpectedly significant."
Zhao Yan'er hasn't told Qiu Hu yet that they've secretly trained some birds, which they can then command.
"..."
They climbed up the ladder and returned to their original spot, where the others were already waiting for them.
Seeing Ning Yizhan and the others arrive, Ayi ran to Qiu Hu's side and asked, "Miss, do you have any over there?"
"No".
"Oh dear, we don't have any over there, and neither do they. What should we do? What if something happened to Zhao Shi?" Ayi was already familiar with Zhao Shi, who was Qiu Hu's younger brother, so she had to extend her affection to him as well.
"No, that won't happen," Qiu Hu said after a moment of silence. "Let's go back first. Since it's not here, we don't need to look here for now. Ayi, go back and send people to look for it!"
We still need to put on a good show. I'll tell Ah Yi later that we can just send someone to look around casually. The most important thing is to make sure we don't get discovered by others.
This time, they didn't go through the tunnel again, but walked straight out of the woods. On the way, Lin Ning caught up with them, "Chou Hu, why did you take so long over there?"
"Huh? We're a little lost!" Qiu Hu made up an excuse.
"Would you ever get lost with your sense of direction?" Lin Ning knew that Qiu Hu had a great sense of direction when they were in college.
"...", does this person really like to focus on the important points?
Ning Yizhan helped Qiu Hu reply, "Are you sure you want to hear what happened when we were a couple?"
"You," Lin Ning glanced at Qiu Hu, but Qiu Hu wasn't looking at him. He stopped and stared thoughtfully at Qiu Hu's back. She didn't deny it! Did she really like this man that much? She wasn't like this before; being arrogant and haughty was her style.
He ended up falling behind them, not chasing after them, and walked to the back of the group.
Seeing that the man hadn't followed, Ning Yizhan grinned wickedly, completely satisfied. Qiu Hu had seen everything he was doing and thought, "Childish!"
"You didn't stop it, did you?"
"I just didn't want to say more, unlike you, who speaks without thinking," Qiu Hu retorted, recalling Ning Yizhan's earlier words.
"How am I being outspoken? I didn't say anything!" Ning Yizhan looked innocently at the woman who was criticizing him.
Qiu Hu stopped in his tracks. "Stop pretending to be innocent!"
Does she think she can't understand anything?
"Oh, I didn't say anything. Do you think I wanted to say something?" He continued to feign innocence.
"No, so what are you going to say?" Anyone can play innocent.
"Wow, she can apply what she's learned to other situations!" Ning Yizhan said smugly. "I taught her pretty well, didn't I? She can even apply what she's learned to other situations!"
Ayi and his group listened the whole way from behind. "Stop talking, you guys can go back tonight and chat to your hearts' content under the covers!"
“Okay, Ayi,” Qiu Hu readily agreed.
"Chou Hu, you repressed woman!" Ayi really felt that Chou Hu had changed; she wasn't like this before.
"You'll get used to it eventually," Ning Yizhan said casually.
"You still dare to speak? This is all your fault!"
After a noisy journey, we finally emerged from the woods...
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