Shen Yanming briefly recounted what had happened yesterday, then looked at Bi Qiaoan expectantly.
She shook her head: "I can't remember!"
"If you can't remember, that's fine. Anyway, you still have all your memories except for yesterday, right?"
Bi Qiaoan nodded: "That's true!"
Shen Yanming got off the bed, walked around to her side, and checked her over from head to toe: "Are you feeling alright?"
Bi Qiaoan had no memory of yesterday, so she couldn't grasp from his words how dangerous the tsunami was. She laughed dismissively, "It's nothing, just a slight headache. I probably bumped my head and it's not healed yet."
Shen Yanming parted her long hair and indeed saw a slight bulge.
"It's okay, it'll be fine in a couple of days," Bi Qiaoan comforted him.
Shen Yanming was preoccupied, but he didn't let his wife see it. "It might be a concussion." Or it could be a hemorrhage in the brain.
"Hmm!" Bi Qiaoan didn't think too much about it, but glanced at the time and, seeing that it was getting late, nudged Shen Yanming: "Aren't you going out?"
He told me that he and Zhao Zhaoping were together, and if they were discovered to be "missing," it would be very troublesome. Unlike me, who supposedly hid away on my own, and it didn't matter whether I went out early or late. Even if I stayed in the space for a few more days, it wouldn't have much of an impact.
However, it's best not to do that. Her husband said that Ji Kangyong is still looking for her. So she should leave as soon as possible, meet up with him, and go home quickly.
Seeing that his wife was chasing him away, Shen Yanming didn't linger and said to her, "Get me some live rabbits and chickens so I can release them."
“Okay!” Bi Qiaoan said, as she used her mind to catch a dozen or so common animals from the grassland and throw them into the storage area. For example, gray rabbits, roosters and hens, little yellow ducks, big white geese, white-skinned pigs, old yellow cows, and bleating sheep.
Animals that are not commonly seen, such as mallards, guinea fowl, and red deer, were not given.
Then they went to the pond and harvested a batch of fish, shrimp, and crabs, throwing them all into the storage area.
Shen Yanming used his consciousness to move these living creatures to a corner.
After tidying up, she took out several sets of identical clothes from the storage area: "Change into these. Wearing clothes soaked in seawater is uncomfortable."
Bi Qiaoan nodded and took the clothes from him and put them on.
Old Shen also changed his clothes quickly and efficiently, and then the couple picked up Nuannuan and prepared to change her clothes as well.
The two thought Nuan Nuan was sick and should be sleeping soundly, but to their surprise, the little girl woke up as soon as they took off her pajamas.
With misty eyes, she looked at the couple and called out in a soft, sweet voice, "Daddy, Mommy!"
"Oh, good morning, baby!" Bi Qiaoan smiled and ruffled her hair. "Tell Mommy, are you still feeling unwell?"
Nuannuan shook her head, "I don't feel bad anymore."
"Shall we continue changing clothes? In a little while, baby will be going out with Daddy."
Where is Mom?
Bi Qiaoan was a little unsure of what to say. After hesitating for a long time, she decided to tell the truth: "Mom and brother can't be with you yet because the sea has swept us in different directions. Mom has to find her way home so she can be with Nuannuan."
The little girl was a bit confused and asked with a frown, "But I'm with my mom right now!" As if to prove it, she grabbed Bi Qiaoan's hand.
Bi Qiaoan bent down and kissed her little face, explaining, "Yes, Nuannuan met Mommy in her dream, but we need to meet up outside. Listen to Daddy, and wait for Mommy to come find you, okay?"
Nuannuan shook her little head: "Isn't it nice to be in a dream? I don't want to go outside!"
"But there are Uncle Heping, Uncle Kangyong, Aunt Yajing, and so many other people who love Nuannuan outside. Although it's dangerous and desolate outside now, it's our home."
"Dreams are wonderful, but does Nuannuan really want to live here forever? If so, besides her parents and brother, Nuannuan will never see anyone else."
"Can't we bring other people into the dream too?"
"No, that won't do. If people find out what happened in our dreams, Mommy and Daddy will be arrested. Then An'an and Nuannuan will be pitiful little things that nobody wants. My darling is so obedient, she can definitely tell what's important, right?"
With tears welling up in her eyes, Nuannuan nodded. "I will be good and won't tell anyone about my dream."
Bi Qiaoan hugged her daughter tightly, her voice choked with emotion, "Okay, baby, be a good girl and listen to Daddy. Mommy will come find you as soon as possible. If there's a chance, Mommy will ask your brother to come see you in your dreams." For safety's sake, she decided to avoid entering the spatial dimension as much as possible.
Nuannuan didn't understand, but she curled her lips and kissed Bi Qiaoan on the cheek, then solemnly instructed, "Mom, come quickly, Dad and I are waiting for you."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "Okay!"
After Shen Yanming left, Bi Qiaoan didn't rush out of the space. She first sorted out her thoughts, then put away the things in the space that needed to be put away. It wasn't until 5:30 that she woke up An'an, and the two of them ate breakfast together.
"Mommy, where are Daddy and my sister?" An'an turned her little head this way and that, but she didn't see Shen Yanming. She thought that what happened yesterday was all a hallucination.
“They’ve gone out, and my daughter and I will be living alone for a while. It might be tough.” Bi Qiaoan looked at An’an, her expression serious. “An’an, are you scared?”
An'an was still young and didn't quite understand what her mother meant, but she still shook her head and said in a very firm voice, "I'm not afraid!"
Bi Qiaoan smiled and ruffled his hair without saying anything. She thought that if her son really couldn't handle hardship, she'd send him to live in her spatial dimension for a while, and then release him when she was about to meet Ji Kangyong. In any case, she didn't know anyone here, so it would be easy.
Bi Qiaoan didn't subscribe to the idea that boys had to endure hardship. After all, her son was not even two years old yet. What could a two-year-old understand? If it were someone else's child, they would probably be crying their eyes out by now.
So Bi Qiaoan was especially pleased, hugged An'an and kissed him twice, and encouraged him: "What a little man!"
An'an was overjoyed to be praised by her mother. Her little face was flushed, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.
"Alright, let's eat. Once we're full, we'll head out."
An'an didn't say anything more and focused on eating. The feeling of being hungry yesterday was still fresh in his mind, and he didn't want to go hungry again today.
Over here, the mother and daughter finished their meal, cleaned up the dishes, and changed into clean clothes before leaving the space. Meanwhile, Shen Yanming and Nuannuan had already come up with a reason for their disappearance for one night.
"Old Shen, where did this rabbit come from!" Zhang Heping was half asleep when he felt something furry pressing on his chest, making it hard to breathe. Just as he was about to turn over, he was woken up.
He exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the two rabbits that were tied up tightly.
“We caught him over in the woods,” Shen Yanming explained, without mentioning that he hadn’t returned in the middle of the night.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
