The group finished dinner while chatting. Bi Qiaoan didn't ask Shen Yanming for help and cleaned up the dishes by herself.
Shen Yanming led the three of them to sit in the living room, turned on the TV, and selected a movie to play.
"Old Shen, what other good food do you have at home? Can you give me some more?"
"You've eaten so much, aren't you full?"
"Pah, you know how much I used to weigh. Even though I've lost weight, my appetite hasn't decreased. Go get some more good food to help your buddy out."
Unable to bear Li Zhaozhao's nagging any longer, Shen Yanming got up and went to the storeroom, where he took a watermelon and a bag of dried strawberries.
"Here, dried strawberries. Eat these first, then we'll have watermelon."
"My goodness, this is incredible! Watermelons are so rare this year, where did you get them from?"
“We have a partner in Nanshi. Their orchards are doing quite well. Hmm, this melon is grown indoors by them. They don’t grow many and don’t sell it to the public.” After saying that, Shen Yanming took the watermelon to the kitchen to cut it into pieces.
The watermelon was taken from the space, but saying that is just to find a source for the watermelon. Of course, Shen Yanming often contacts Zeng Yiming and is quite familiar with the situation in Nanshi.
After the movie ended, the group finished all the dried strawberries, but the watermelon was quite filling, so they left more than half of it.
Instead of throwing the watermelon rinds into the trash can, Bi Qiaoan got up, took them to the kitchen, scraped off the remaining flesh and rind, washed them clean, cut them into strips, and arranged them on a plate to dry in the sun the next day.
Zhang Heping, Ji Kangyong, and Li Zhaozhao watched Bi Qiaoan process the melon rinds, and in that instant, they suddenly understood why Shen Yanming was living such a comfortable life.
Shen Yanming's good days were all accumulated little by little. He did not become complacent just because he was well-prepared.
They also need to reflect on themselves. From now on, they should forget about those supplies, treat themselves as ordinary people, make the most thorough preparations, and live a down-to-earth life.
If Shen Yanming knew what they were thinking, he would definitely laugh at their naivety. After all, would someone who has a space worry about not having enough to eat?
The reason for doing this is simply to have supplies in plain sight.
What they didn't know was that while Bi Qiaoan was cleaning up the melon rinds, she was recording a video on her phone. This was a habit Bi Qiaoan had maintained since she went out to find food, hoping to influence others through her actions.
Bi Qiaoan was simply following her heart, but she never expected that her videos would play a role in helping her escape Qiu Man's surveillance.
It was the middle of the night, and the three big guys were still holed up in the house, unwilling to leave. Shen Yanming had a sour look on his face and wanted to kick them out.
Things are different now than before. Everyone's a night owl; by 11 or 12 o'clock, most people are already asleep.
These shameless bastards, don't they know that thing is worth a fortune? Ugh, they're just deliberately trying to annoy themselves!
"Aren't you going home? It's getting late." At 11:30, Shen Yanming finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Hahaha, I told you he couldn't stand it! Look at his dark face, he must have wanted to throw us out for a long time." Li Zhaozhao pointed at Shen Yanming and laughed so hard he was bent over.
Shen Yanming threw the cushion next to him directly at Li Zhaozhao's face.
Ji Kangyong turned his face away and laughed for a while before saying, "I already told Zhang Heping that we would all stay at his place tonight."
Shen Yanming raised an eyebrow and asked, "This time you're willing to offer up your bedding?"
Zhang Heping snorted, "Can what I do willingly be the same as what I'm forced to do? Can a stranger be compared to a best friend?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhaozhao realized there was more to the story. "What happened that I don't know about?"
"Get lost, go home and sleep." When Zhang Heping saw Shen Yanming bring up the Song family, his face turned red, and he fled home.
Seeing this, Ji Kangyong and Li Zhaozhao also got up and followed Zhang Heping to the next room.
"The eyesore is finally gone," Shen Yanming said with a smile as he hugged Bi Qiaoan.
"It's just one day, look at your dark face." Bi Qiaoan poked Shen Yanming's cheek with her finger, laughing as she tried to break free. "Let go of me, I'm exhausted after a long day, I need to wash up and go to sleep."
Shen Yanming refused to let go, carrying Bi Qiaoan towards the bathroom, saying, "I'll go with you."
The next day, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan slept in late and didn't get up until almost noon.
Bi Qiaoan swiped her phone and mumbled a question to the man beside her, "I wonder if they've all left yet. Should we prepare lunch for them?"
Shen Yanming put down the towel and wrapped his arms around Bi Qiaoan's waist from behind. "Let's make something simple for lunch. They're not working today, so they probably haven't gotten up yet."
Shen Yanming waited for Bi Qiaoan to finish washing up. Looking at the two of them leaning intimately together in the mirror, he sighed softly, "What enviable good fortune to be able to marry Ms. Bi Qiaoan."
Bi Qiaoan leaned against Shen Yanming's chest, placed her hand on his hand, and said with a sweet smile, "Yes, Ms. Bi used all the good luck in her life to be able to marry Mr. Shen Yanming."
The two lingered in each other's arms for a while before finally emerging from the bathroom.
Bi Qiaoan touched her swollen lips and got up to go to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
Yesterday's dinner was quite sumptuous, so for lunch today, Bi Qiaoan decided to make something simple. After thinking about it, she decided on some seafood noodles. They tasted good, and she thought they would be nice to entertain guests.
Bi Qiaoan opened the refrigerator, took out shrimp, clams, and eggs, and then went to the vegetable market to pick a tomato, some cilantro, some leafy greens, and some shiitake mushrooms. She then started cooking according to the recipe.
These ingredients were all approved by the family, so taking them out wouldn't arouse suspicion. Bi Qiaoan had made seafood noodles before, so she was quite familiar with the process.
Watching Bi Qiaoan's busy figure, Shen Yanming touched the corner of his mouth and smiled contentedly. This kind of life is truly blissful!
Then he got up and went to the storeroom to prepare gifts for the three people.
Each person received a bottle of red wine from the Koller Winery, a packet of dried strawberries, a packet of dried blueberries, a packet of candy, and a bottle of rose jam. Shen Yanming packed these into a paper bag and placed it aside.
Then they took out three more plastic bags, each containing a watermelon, two cantaloupes, and five peaches—a treat for the three of them.
After preparing the gifts, I took them to the living room, called Zhang Heping, and invited the three of them over for dinner.
As it turned out, the three of them hadn't gotten up yet. When they were woken up, they weren't angry at all; on the contrary, they felt that life was pretty good.
After a quick wash, I rushed over.
The three of them could smell the aroma from a distance. Although there weren't as many dishes for lunch as there were last night, the seafood noodles that Bi Qiaoan gave them were incredibly generous with the ingredients.
I don't know how Bi Qiaoan made it, but it tastes incredibly delicious.
"These days are so wonderful, I wonder how long this will last." Zhang Heping finished his soup and sighed contentedly.
"How about we take a trip while everything is normal for now?"
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