Chapter 68 I Want a Hug

"The person who took this photo said that he met them at the Nangu Base." Yao Dong put the water cup on the table, making a crisp sound.

"Nangu Base? It moved out of the province." Chu Wanyue paused while pouring the water. From the information she had obtained from various sources, Nangu Base was one of the largest bases in the country. "Nangu Base doesn't seem to accept survivors from other provinces."

Tang Yichao wondered, "If it doesn't accept survivors from outside, how can it still be a large base? If I remember correctly, one of the criteria for judging a large base is the number of survivors."

Chu Wanyue nodded, "That's right, but Nangu is an exception."

"The permanent population of Nangu Province is half of that of our province. It has mountainous and plateau terrain, with a significant difference in altitude and steep terrain. The construction site of Nangu Base is located deep in the jungle."

Having said that, Tang Yichao finally figured it out. Before the end of the world, netizens had been teasing Nangu Province, asking whether all Nangu people knew how to use insects.

"Then they are isolated from the world?"

Yao Dong supplemented, "No, the Nan Gu base is actually two bases. The one located in the jungle is the mother base, which is full of psychics, administrative personnel and scientific researchers, almost all of whom are local residents of Nan Gu Province."

"The sub-base is at the foot of the mountain. Most of them are ordinary local survivors, but there are a few survivors from other provinces."

Long Yilan listened and asked curiously, "Didn't they say they would not accept outsiders?"

"How can they really not accept them?" Yao Dong knew more inside information. He leaned over and whispered, "Some time ago, about a month ago, the old base chief of the Nan Gu base died, and the new base chief is his son."

Tang Yizhao and Long Yilan both showed expressions of eating melons, and they were just about to grab a handful of melon seeds to eat.

"The old base commander was quite stubborn. It was he who gave the order not to recruit outsiders."

"The new base commander is his eldest son, who seems to be a top student. He has always opposed his father's dictatorship. After he took office, he immediately revoked this law."

Yao Dong said this until his mouth was dry. He took another big sip of warm water. At the urging of Long Yilan and the others, he coughed twice and continued: "There are supporters and there are opponents. Those who strongly oppose are the old people who followed the old base commander to build the base. Those who raised their hands to support the reform are mostly young people who agree with his son's views."

Chu Wanyue suddenly realized: "No wonder I heard that there seemed to be an internal conflict in the Nangu base some time ago. So this is the case."

"No...nothing?" Tang Yichao blinked. He always felt that this melon was not good enough to eat, and it seemed to be a rotten melon.

"What else do you want to hear? You're so noisy." Gu Bingchen pinched his brows and glanced at him calmly, "It's late, go cook."

Tang Yichao dared not say anything, he lowered his head and said "oh", and went to the kitchen to wash rice and vegetables.

Gu Bingchen was always thinking about Jiang Yunqi who was unconscious upstairs, and he really didn't have the heart to entertain guests. He drank the cool water in the cup, looked at Yao Dong, and asked, "Is there anything else?"

This was obviously an order to leave.

Yao Dong laughed and said, "Don't be anxious, talk for a while."

"I know that Miss Huan is researching vaccines." As he spoke, he took out a file bag from his briefcase and put it on the table, "It's a telegram from the Imperial Capital Base."

"They are gathering scientific research talents from all over the country to go to Imperial Capital and devote themselves to conquering the vaccine."

Gu Bingchen frowned, very puzzled: "Why don't you give it to Gu Huan, why give it to me?"

Yao Dong smiled and said nothing.

"Want me to escort her there?" Gu Bingchen refused without thinking, "I'm busy and don't have time."

"Don't worry, the Dijing base has sent someone over and they will arrive in two days." Yao Dong stood up, tidied his clothes, picked up his briefcase, and walked out slowly, "You can talk to that kid Yunqi."

Chu Wanyue had just opened the document, and when she heard this, she asked, "Uncle Yao, how about staying for dinner?"

Yao Dong laughed heartily, "No, your grandpa Yao has prepared dinner at home and is waiting for me to go back. See you tomorrow."

"Be careful on the road, see you tomorrow." Chu Wanyue retracted her gaze and looked through the documents again. Most of them were experimental reports. She couldn't understand some of them. She thought only Xie Er and Gu Huan understood them, so she carefully put the reports back into the file bag.

"Well, put it away first, I'll go make some porridge."

Gu Bingchen went into the kitchen and worked for more than half an hour. Seeing that it was getting darker and darker, the person upstairs had not woken up yet.

"How is he?" Gu Bingchen pushed open the door, holding a bowl of boiling shredded chicken and meat porridge in his hand, and asked softly.

Xie Er walked forward and checked on Jiang Yunqi's condition again, and said, "The fever has gone down. He should be able to wake up later."

"Well, let me take care of this place. You go downstairs to eat first."

"Okay, call me if you need it."

The steady footsteps gradually faded away. Gu Bingchen slowly pulled out a chair, sat down and turned on the bedside lamp. He stretched out his warm fingertips and carefully depicted Jiang Yunqi's facial features. The steaming meat porridge placed aside exuded an alluring aroma. The soft light fell on the two of them, and the atmosphere was particularly warm.

"You haven't woken up yet. What beautiful dream did you have that made you reluctant to wake up?"

Gu Bingchen pinched Jiang Yunqi's face and sighed, "You haven't woken up after sleeping for so long. The porridge is about to get cold."

The characters on the book jumped in front of his eyes. Gu Bingchen couldn't read a word and closed the book after a while.

He could hear the low hum beside his ear. Jiang Yunqi struggled to wake up from the chaotic dream, but no matter how hard he struggled, it was like a huge rock was pressing on his body, forcing him to fall into a deep sleep.

The dream was chaotic, sometimes the faces of the marshal and the old emperor appeared, and sometimes the scene of fighting with the insect tribe on the front line flashed by. As time passed, the memories of the past were gradually covered with a layer of mist, sometimes far and sometimes near.

"Jiang Yunqi... are you interested in having a love affair with me?"

The last scene of the dream was frozen in the dilapidated starship, where the two of them confessed their feelings to each other.

His mind became clearer and clearer, and he heard the sound of a chair being moved. Jiang Yunqi subconsciously grabbed the things in his hand and murmured, "Don't... don't go."

Gu Bingchen, who was about to get up to wash up, was stunned for a long time, and suddenly turned his head. The man who had closed his eyes slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were confused, and he didn't seem to be completely awake yet.

"Awake?"

Gu Bingchen looked calm and indifferent, as if these two absent-minded people were not him.

He calmly sat back in the chair, but his heart was beating non-stop. It was not until Jiang Yunqi tried to sit up that he came to his senses: "Don't move. What do you want? I'll get it for you."

Jiang Yunqi smiled softly on his slightly pale face, and his clear voice was a little hoarse because of his illness: "I want a hug."

"You are an adult, and you still want a hug after you are sick." Gu Bingchen couldn't suppress the smirk on his lips, bent down, gently put his arms around Jiang Yunqi's waist, and the two hugged tightly.

Gu Bingchen buried his face in Jiang Yunqi's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice: "I almost thought you would not wake up."

Jiang Yunqi didn't say anything, but put his palm on Gu Bingchen's back and patted him softly twice.

"Hey, you're still holding him? I told you we were superfluous."

A familiar teasing came from behind. The two let go of each other's hands and looked at the door together. Long Yilan was leaning against the door frame with her arms folded. A curly-haired guy was trying hard to squeeze in from outside, muttering, "Let me in, show me if my brother is crying?"

After being disturbed, he was in a bad mood. Gu Bingchen had a sour face and a bad tone, "What are you doing up here?"

Long Yilan weighed the tray in her palm and said, "To deliver medicine."

"You're going to buy a broken cup?" Chu Wanyue said faintly, "You love to destroy things so much. Go and experience it with Tang Tang."

"I...I didn't mean it." Hearing this, Long Yilan carefully placed the tray on the desk, then returned to Chu Wanyue's side and stretched out her hand to pinch her shoulder.

This servile and attentive look made Jiang Yunqi feel suspicious.

"Don't pay attention to her, she's so clumsy, she broke all the dishes when she was washing them tonight." Xie Er came in from the door, holding one in each hand, and his gentle tone seemed to add a bit of threat to the ears of the two, "Can't sleep? Then let's go out of the base to get some crystal cores to make up for tonight's loss, how about it?"

Long Yilan pried Xie Er's hand away and said depressedly: "It's not entirely my fault that the bowls were broken. Who asked Tang Xiaochao to tell me ghost stories?"

Tang Yichao retorted: "Who knew you were so easily scared."

He is also innocent.

"Okay, everyone get out." Chu Wanyue was the first to walk out of the room. "The room is not big enough. If everyone goes in, the air won't circulate."

"Brother Yunqi, have a good rest. I'll take them downstairs first. Why don't you hurry up?"

The latter sentence was obviously directed at Tang Yichao and the others.

Jiang Yunqi took the medicine handed over by Gu Bingchen, and nodded after hearing it: "Good night." Long

Yilan and Tang Yichao looked at each other, said "good night" to Jiang Yunqi very obediently, and then ran out with their heads down.

"Two funny guys." Xie Er shook his head with some amusement.

"Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" He stood in front of the bed, and warned again seriously, "From now on, you are not allowed to use any mental power. You can only use it again after the crystal core has repaired your spiritual consciousness."

"Gu Bingchen, you should keep an eye on him."

Xie Er's tone was a little heavy. This time he was really scared by Jiang Yunqi's condition. Now that he is fine, it's time to settle the accounts.

"I won't disturb your world of two. Go to bed early." Xie Er cleared the garbage on the table and closed the door.

Xie Er's attitude made Gu Bingchen a little confused: "He...he seems to be different from before?"

Jiang Yunqi: "Is that so?"

Gu Bingchen: "I can't tell, it's weird anyway."

"Well, everyone has left, and it's just the two of us. Shouldn't you explain it to me?" Gu Bingchen sat back in his chair, his tone lengthened, his eyebrows slightly raised, especially sinister, "Tell me about it, great hero."

After getting Jiang Yunqi's repeated assurances, Gu Bingchen generously and reluctantly forgave him.

"Don't do it again next time."