After the live stream ended, the team failed to effectively manage everyone's emotions. The survivors, who were both agitated and irritable, almost came to blows after a few disagreements.
It was only after the guard reminded them, "Showing blood will get you blacklisted," that they stopped.
After that, they went out in groups to search for space stones, but because no one led them, they encountered many dangers and gained very little.
Putting all that aside, after Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan returned to the cave, they felt that the black beans in their hands were a bit too hot to handle.
There were many guards at the scene that day, but none of them picked up the space stones.
I didn't realize it then, but now that I know the amazing effects of black beans, it's hard to guarantee that no one will feel resentful.
Even if no one comes to ask for them back, there's no guarantee they won't tell others. They already have space at home, and they've even secretly kept a few pieces the size of goose eggs; there's really no need to bring trouble upon themselves.
So after discussing it, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan decided to spend money to buy peace of mind. The two of them, along with An'an and Nuannuan, leisurely ate lunch in the space, then took a nap before getting up and strolling off to find Wen Mengguan.
When the family of four arrived, they happened to see Wen Chao angrily hanging up the phone.
Seeing Shen Yanming arrive, he felt quite awkward. Wen Chaohui explained with a smile, "That guy Qiu Man didn't explain things clearly when he gave the notification, so I wasn't prepared and the base residents almost demolished it. I just called him and gave him a good scolding."
Shen Yanming smiled but didn't respond.
Wen Chaohui didn't expect him to say anything, so she calmed herself down and asked, "Is something the matter? Why did you come here?"
Then, thinking of those black beans, she asked with a pang of regret, "Do I need to register to reserve the spatial storage?"
Because the production capacity in the capital is limited, even if the survivors find the space stone, they can only place an order. The final delivery date will depend on Jiang Ji obtaining the materials and successfully manufacturing it.
Of course, some suspected that the capital city would steal their space stones, but these things were useless to them; they had to hand them over to have any chance of obtaining a storage device. So even if they had doubts, they could only try to trust the other party. Otherwise, they wouldn't even have the possibility of possessing them.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan didn't think much of it; they simply took out a handful of black beans from their pockets and handed them to Wen Chaohui.
"Hey, report them all? There are quite a lot." Wen Chaohui had clearly misunderstood.
Shen Yanming shoved the gifts into his hand: "That's not what I meant. These are for the brothers who went on the mission back then."
Wen Chao raised an eyebrow in surprise: "What do you mean?"
"Brothers, you've worked hard. We can't just leave empty-handed. This is a small token of our appreciation from the four of us."
Wen Chaohui looked at Shen Yanming for a while, then couldn't help but laugh: "What, hush money?"
"Yes, otherwise how dangerous would it be for our family of four? Now that we have common interests, we're all in the same boat. Even if they're thinking of themselves, they can't push us into the eye of the storm."
Wen Chaohui thought about it and agreed, then asked Jiang Shulian to call the guards who had participated in the mission that day. Looking at the handful of black beans on the table, his heart finally felt a little less pain.
But: "You're giving away so much, don't you feel bad?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I said it didn't hurt!" Shen Yanming said with a grin. "You have to be alive to enjoy it, but you also have to be alive to spend it. Qiao An and I don't want anything else, we just want to live a peaceful and good life."
Wen Chao thought this attitude towards life was great, so he asked with a smile, "Didn't you two leave any for yourselves?"
"I've kept them. There are quite a few black beans. I've calculated that if we give one to each of the brothers who participated in the mission, we'll still have seven or eight left. My family of four will each keep one, and the rest are yours. You can decide what to do with them."
Anyway, it's not that big, and we don't even know if it's enough to make a spatial storage device. Consider these as a favor.
"You're quite generous," Wen Chaohui teased with a smile.
"Well, you can't be too greedy. Otherwise, if people find out I have so many black beans, I might get assassinated."
Although Shen Yanming was joking, everyone knew that if the news leaked out, the joke might come true.
Wen Chaohui remained silent, staying with the family of four while they waited. Soon after, the guards began to enter.
Many people looked at Shen Yanming with strange expressions the moment they saw him.
When they returned home and recalled what had happened that day, they thought the family of four was truly cunning. They had managed to obtain the space stone without making a sound.
But they were too embarrassed to say it, even more embarrassed to ask for it. But they felt resentful and uncomfortable.
I was quite puzzled when Jiang Shulian notified me to come to a meeting, thinking she had discovered a space stone somewhere. But seeing Shen Yanming instead was a huge disappointment.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan looked at the constantly changing faces of the crowd, exchanged a glance, as if to say, "See, we were right."
People are selfish when faced with self-interest; the difference lies in whether they can control themselves well or not.
Wen Chaohui didn't speak until everyone had arrived, then pushed the black beans in front of him forward and said, "Yanming understands everyone's hard work, so he's sharing what we got that day. One for each person, don't take more than that, and come up in the order you came to choose."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
It's for them, you really mean it?
"Why aren't you moving? There's still so much to do, hurry up! If it weren't for such a generous colleague like Xiao Shen, do you think this stuff is so easy to get? Just look at all those people who went that day, did any of you even pick up any black beans? Only one family of four, that's it!"
Without Xiao Shen and Xiao Bi, even if you found out afterward and went looking for it, would you be able to find it? This thing is only the size of a soybean; a gust of wind and it's gone without a trace. Then, if it gets covered by sand, dry grass, or leaves, it's really not that easy to spot.
"Only little Shen was worried you wouldn't be able to find it, so he brought it all out, thinking he'd picked up quite a few that day, and let you choose first."
Wen Chaohui explained things in detail, and in front of everyone, he also won over Shen Yanming's goodwill.
Everyone's faces lit up with joy as they stepped forward to choose their favorite black beans. Afterward, they thanked Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan, then stood aside eagerly to observe them.
Those who harbored dark thoughts felt quite guilty. They were too calculating and thought too badly of people.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan didn't mind; once things were settled, they prepared to leave.
But Wen Chao stopped them and asked, "It's all been divided up. Aren't you going to report what you have to the capital?"
The couple frowned as they looked at the four black beans left in their hand and asked, "With so little, if we give half as payment, will the remaining tiny bit be enough to make a storage container?"
Wen Chaohui didn't know either. He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll make a phone call and ask."
After he finished speaking, everyone stared at him intently.
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