Zhang Heping saw it and looked on in disbelief: "Old Shen, you're too cruel! How old are An'an and Nuan'nuan? You've already taught them this much?"
Shen Yanming remained unmoved, offering a few words of encouragement to the two children before saying, "If we don't teach them now, when will we? Do we have to wait until they're too young to understand and secretly put poisonous mushrooms in their mouths before we regret it?"
"But they're so young! An'an and Nuannuan aren't even that old yet... How can they understand?"
Zhang Heping didn't know why, but he just subconsciously didn't say the words "one year old." Perhaps he realized how smart the child was!
Shen Yanming smiled and picked up the two children: "Come on, tell Uncle Heping if you can understand me?"
The two little ones smiled and nodded, reciting bits and pieces of what Shen Yanming had taught them. Although it wasn't very complete, it proved that they had listened attentively and could remember most of it.
Zhang Heping was stunned. His eyes widened, he touched his hair, and after a long while he finally said, "Wow, that's amazing! You're way more awesome than me!"
Bi Qiaoan chuckled to herself, and Shen Yanming couldn't help but laugh as well.
"Alright, now that you know the gap, work hard, or you'll be left far behind by my An'an and Nuan Nuan."
Zhang Heping nodded, feeling he needed to say something to save face. "Well, I'm pretty good at my profession, the two kids can study medicine with me in the future."
Shen Yan rolled his eyes and said, "You can only be a second master, since Grandpa Lin has already taken the two treasures as his apprentices."
"No way, they're only..."
Shen Yanming hummed in agreement. "The old man took an instant liking to them. It can only be said that they were destined to be together."
Zhang Heping pouted reluctantly: "Fine, fine, second master it is. Anyway, I've at least gotten involved with the two treasures."
Shen Yanming smiled and said, "Even if we're not master and disciple, we're still uncle and nephew. Don't worry, my two darlings won't abandon you. But you should still find a partner soon."
Before Zhang Heping could say anything, Shen Yanming interrupted, "Don't mention Xiaoqian, it's happened too many times, she's unreliable."
Zhang Heping opened his mouth, but ultimately chose to remain silent.
"Alright, are you still picking mushrooms? If not, let's go home." Shen Yanming looked at his bag; there were only about twenty mushrooms, really not many.
Zhang Heping shook his head: "Let's go back. I don't have their eyesight. I went through a lot of trouble and only found this much."
"You'll get the hang of it after a few tries." Shen Yanming's words weren't very sincere, but Zhang Heping still nodded seriously.
The group said goodbye to Zhao Yu and then headed back.
On the way, Zhang Heping lowered his voice: "Are you really planning to buy milk for the two kids?"
Shen Yanming smiled and shook his head: "An'an and Nuannuan are all grown up now, they can eat as long as they want. I was just thinking that Chen Shunwei's two children need extra nutrition, so they might want some, that's why I said that."
However, I'm not sure about the quality of the milk, so I asked him to send two jin (1 kg) first. Come back tomorrow and get some samples for testing. As long as it's not adulterated or has any other additives, it'll be fine.
"Alright, you're really cautious."
“If it were an ordinary person, I definitely wouldn’t care so much. But the other party is a pregnant woman and a baby, so it’s impossible to be too careful. It would be troublesome if we meant well but ended up doing something wrong.”
"Hmm, you have a point. But, probably not?"
"Who knows? We've only met them a few times, so we don't really know them well."
Zhang Heping nodded and didn't say anything more.
Once home, Shen Yanming called Chen Shunwei and explained the whole situation. He didn't hide any of his concerns.
Chen Shunwei was deeply moved, and his voice trembled slightly as he spoke: "Yanming, thank you so much!"
"It's alright, we're just helping each other out. If the milk Zhao Yu brought is okay, you can contact each other directly in the future, and I won't get involved."
"Okay, no problem!"
Shen Yanming hung up the phone, glanced at the somewhat tired little baby, said something to Zhang Heping, and then packed his things to return to the guard team.
Before leaving, he gave all the mushrooms he had just picked to Zhang Heping.
Zhang Heping didn't refuse and helped carry the storage boxes to the underground garage. He then spent a lot of time cuddling with his two children before saying goodbye.
"Alright, let's go back, we're leaving too!"
Zhang Heping waved his hand, "Drive carefully."
Shen Yanming nodded, closed the car window, and started the car. An'an and Nuannuan quickly fell asleep in the stable car.
The streets were filled with puddles after the rain. They weren't deep, but they were covered with withered branches and fallen leaves. The wind and rain last night were so strong that they knocked down many newly sprouted flower buds.
Having learned his lesson before, Shen Yanming slowed the car down to its absolute minimum this time. The journey was incredibly slow, like a tortoise crawling, and they made their way back to the escort team without incident.
The two babies were taken out of the car without waking up; they just slept soundly until midnight.
After settling An'an and Nuan'nuan in, Bi Qiao'an asked Shen Yanming, "Are you really planning to travel next month?"
"Well, otherwise it'll be too late and too hot. But let's postpone it from the beginning to the middle of the month. Let's see if there are any disasters in Qinghua Kingdom during this time."
Bi Qiaoan nodded. "I hope everything is alright."
Bi Qiaoan was unaware that not only she, but also the bigwigs in the alliance were hoping for the same thing.
They were sitting in the conference room, having a routine meeting.
General Li asked, "Is there nothing else to report?"
The bigwigs shook their heads, saying there was really nothing to say.
In addition, "Sea levels continue to drop, and the continental shelf is now visible in some coastal cities. Local residents are very alarmed by this."
General Li rubbed his face, expressing his helplessness. They had never encountered this situation before and had no idea what countermeasures to take.
"Could it be that the sea level is continuously decreasing?" Everyone wondered to themselves.
"According to the laws of conservation of energy and matter, seawater will not disappear for no reason unless it hides itself." Dean Xu analyzed rationally: "Everything has a balance. Once this balance is broken, it will cause a devastating disaster."
"Then what should we do?" asked General Li.
Everyone fell silent; no one dared to utter a sound. Speaking recklessly carries its own consequences.
After a long pause, Dean Xu pushed up his glasses and said, "The safest approach is to evacuate residents from coastal cities."
"But this is a massive project, and it could easily cause panic among residents."
"Aren't they panicking now?" Dean Xu asked rhetorically.
"Instead of staying in a familiar yet unfamiliar environment facing unknown dangers, it's better to leave the coastal areas and start a new life. If you don't believe me, do a poll and see how many people are willing to leave. At worst, we'll let them choose for themselves."
Also, don't suppress the news; everyone has the right to know. Lower sea levels may well affect inland areas as well.
After Dean Xu finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.
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