Shen Yanming asked with a smile, "When did you arrive?"
"Just arrived, not long ago," Wei Liang said.
"Come in and sit down!" Shen Yanming ushered them into the house, and Bi Qiaoan quickly got up from the bed to invite the family of four to sit down.
"Come on, have some fruit." Shen Yanming opened the lid of the small saucepan and warmly invited the Wei family to start eating.
Wei Liang came to express his gratitude, so how could he eat the fruit offered by his benefactor? If it weren't for that, the two of them wouldn't have hesitated about coming over.
"Yanming, Qiao An, thank you so much. If it weren't for you two, Wei Liang and I might be separated by death. I heard from him that if your Yanming hadn't found them in time, he and Jiahe would both be dead."
As Song Wenwen spoke, her eyes involuntarily reddened. Thinking back to those difficult days, her heart still ached.
"Okay, it's not that serious, sweetie, don't cry!" Bi Qiaoan stepped forward to hug Song Wenwen, but Song Wenwen took two steps back and pointed to Bi Qiaoan's clothes, saying, "You just changed these, I don't want to get them dirty."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "Alright, shall we sit down and have some fruit?"
This time, the group didn't stand on ceremony and sat down on small stools. They took small bowls, divided the food among themselves, and ate it in small bites as if savoring a delicious treat.
Bi Qiaoan asked, "What did the base give us to eat last night?"
"Fruit soup. They said there wasn't enough to go around, so this is the only thing we can make, so everyone can have a taste."
Looking at the small milk pot beside her, Bi Qiaoan suddenly realized that Wen Chaohui was quite generous to them.
Song Wenwen noticed her gaze and said with a smile, "Your husband saved so many people in Suzhou, it's only right that he eats some fruit."
"It wasn't Old Shen who saved him, it was the guards. I heard that they found your Old Wei at the same time."
As for Wei Jiahe, she'd never heard her husband, Lao Shen, mention her before. If it weren't for the young man appearing before her, she would have completely forgotten about him.
Actually, Shen Yanming didn't pay much attention either. He was busy chatting with Chen Shunwei and the others at the time, so he probably overlooked the child.
Wei Jiahe is something else; he doesn't even know to come up and make himself known. Otherwise, he could at least get some good stuff from him.
"No, no, no, Yanming deserves all the credit. Jiahe and I had just returned to Haishi when we were sent to the base hospital. The doctor said that we had been suffering from hunger and cold for a long time, and normally we should have been sent down to the ground long ago."
But neither of us had it, nor did the others who were rescued. Although Captain Liang didn't say it explicitly, I know that without your medicine, we would never have been able to return to Haishi so smoothly. Your status as our savior is truly well-deserved.
Shen Yanming frowned, thinking to himself that it really wasn't true!
The reason Wei Liang and his group were able to hold out for so long was entirely due to the energy crystals. Although they would have eventually died even without his intervention, he felt embarrassed to accept the title of their savior.
It's mainly useless and incredibly troublesome.
So he shook his head and said, "This matter is complicated, and there are some secrets that you shouldn't know. But I can tell you clearly that I only played a part in your waking up. The other half is simply good luck."
Wei Liang smiled and didn't refute, but in her heart she had already ruled out the possibility of her other half.
His greatest stroke of luck in life was probably marrying Song Wenwen, which led him to meet Shen Yanming.
The Wei family of four stayed there for more than half an hour before leaving.
Shen Yanming tidied himself up, picked up a bucket, and went to the well to fetch water. His four dirty coats needed washing. Even if he didn't scrub them by hand, they had to look presentable enough to fool others.
Along the way, he noticed that many people greeted him. Shen Yanming guessed that part of their experience in Suzhou might have been leaked.
He responded with a smile, but didn't say anything more. When they returned, they found that there were quite a few people sitting in the cave.
The Yu Shui family, the Zhu Shiliang family, the Chen Shunwei family, and Wang Lai all came to express their gratitude.
After exchanging pleasantries with the person for a while, Shen Yanming saw them off.
I just put the dirty clothes in the basin, added laundry detergent, and before I even washed them properly, the water turned black.
He didn't rush to pour it out. Instead, he put the waterlogged clothes into his spatial storage, washed them clean, and then carried the basin outside, swaggering out to splash the water into the bushes.
That evening, Zhang Heping and Ji Kangyong came over with their families. The two grown men burst into tears as soon as they saw Shen Yanming.
"Hey Lao Shen, can you please stop doing such dangerous things in the future? It scared me to death, I've been so restless all the time, I've even lost several pounds."
"Yeah, it's one thing for you to go on an adventure, but why did you take An'an with you? It's just that you two are lucky and came back safely. Otherwise, how would Qiao'an and Nuannuan have fared? Wouldn't they have been devastated?"
Shen Yanming smiled but didn't speak. He felt somewhat guilty for not being able to tell the truth. But given the importance of the space—a matter of life and death—he wouldn't voluntarily reveal it.
"It's okay, I'm back now, everything's fine."
Zhang Heping composed himself and asked Shen Yanming, "Did you have a good haul this time?"
Shen Yanming raised an eyebrow: "Of course!" He then took out two egg-sized space stones from his bag: "Here, these are for you!"
As for the energy crystals, he dared not take them, fearing they would leak the secret.
Zhang Heping's eyes lit up when he saw the stone. After a few seconds of drooling, he seriously refused: "Old Shen, this is something you risked your life for. How can you give it to us? You should keep it for yourself!"
“Yes, Yanming, you’ve already given us one, that’s enough. Now that we’ve finally found a space stone, you should send it to the capital and have Engineer Jiang make you a large storage device so you can pass it down to your descendants.”
Shen Yanming laughed when he heard this, thinking that it was good enough to live well in the present, why bother thinking about things decades later.
I was quite touched, though, that my two brothers aren't the type to be blinded by greed, and that's why we can be friends.
Even Qin Yiren, Li Wanwan, Xiao Pidan and Xiao Dousha glanced at it and then looked away, without the slightest bit of longing or reluctance.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan were quite happy and were about to say a few words of encouragement when they heard someone knocking on the door.
The group exchanged glances, wondering who this was, coming over in the middle of the night.
Shen Yanming opened the door without even asking any questions. As expected, it was the Li family members outside.
Li Zhaozhao still lacked energy, while Xu Yajing had developed a sharp and mean expression.
Old Man Li is shrewd, but he's not young anymore. Old Woman Li is a freeloader and has no real say.
That boy, around ten years old, was lazy and greedy, and mischievous all day long. But Xu Yajing treated him like a treasure, better than any other child.
With these few more people in the already small cave, it suddenly felt incredibly cramped.
Li Zhaozhao's gaze swept over everyone, and he sneered, "You two families came here, and you didn't even call me? Don't you consider me a brother? Especially you, Zhang Heping, you're supposed to be my brother-in-law, but you didn't even call me brother-in-law."
Zhang Heping's temples were throbbing with veins; he had no idea how this person had become like this!
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