Meng Xiao was making milk powder for the cubs, and Shen Qingli was not idle either. She took out a basin and cotton towels from the space and took turns cleaning the two little ones from head to toe.
The couple each picked up a cub and fed them milk powder, and they fell asleep while drinking milk. Meng Xiao put them down gently and began to prepare the things to take away tomorrow.
"How many days will you be gone this time?" She was sensible and didn't ask where they were going or what they were doing. She knew that this was all confidential.
"It's a month at least. It's quite far away. The enemy has been entrenched in the area for a long time and has a lot of equipment."
Meng Xiao didn't want to make her worry, but he also didn't want to hide it from her. After a month away, anyone could guess that the mission might be difficult. This was the most information he could reveal to Shen Qingli.
As for the fact that Ye Mingchuan lost contact while on a mission in the local area and his life or death was unknown for a week, it was a secret and he could not tell it. If he told it, it would only make Shen Qingli more worried.
Shen Qingli hadn't expected to be gone for so long this time. She suddenly remembered the saying circulating online: "There is no such thing as a peaceful life, it's just that someone is carrying a heavy burden and moving forward."
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She put her arms around Meng Xiao's strong waist from behind, and rested her face lightly on his back. Meng Xiao's hands, which were packing things, paused and did not move again.
"Then I'll prepare something more for you."
She spoke softly against his back, and the hot air from her breath touched his spine, making Meng Xiao feel quite uncomfortable.
"Actually, you don't need to bring anything. It's inconvenient to carry too much when you go on a mission. I can just eat whatever I want wherever I go. I won't go hungry."
Just as Meng Xiao was about to turn around, the arm on his waist disappeared the next second, and the feeling of close contact also disappeared. He knew that Shen Qingli must have gone to the space to find something for him.
He sighed softly. His wife was always worried that he wouldn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes when he was on a mission outside. Bringing too many things with him on a mission was also a sweet burden.
Shen Qingli left quickly and came out quickly. She knew that going on a mission was not a vacation, so she mainly filled Meng Xiao with a kettle of spiritual spring water and a small potion bottle.
There were two drops of spiritual spring liquid inside. The rest were some compressed biscuits, self-heating packets and instant rice, unwrapped Snickers and cereal energy bars, and a small, high-intensity flashlight.
In fact, she wanted to move all the space to him so that he wouldn't have to suffer from sleeping in the open air, but that was obviously not realistic. After choosing again and again, she came up with the experience she had accumulated from Meng Xiao's several missions. These items were the most practical and convenient to carry in the backpack without taking up space.
Their team would also distribute some outdoor supplies such as compressed biscuits, and he could eat at restaurants if he came across one during his mission, so what she brought was only enough for five or six days, at least enough for emergency use.
"Can you give me two more drops of spiritual spring liquid?" He knew Shen Qingli would not refuse, but he was a little hesitant to speak. If she asked the reason, how should he say it? This extra portion was prepared for Ye Mingchuan.
Fortunately, Shen Qingli just paused and didn't say much. She immediately took out another potion bottle from the space. She thought that he didn't say much, maybe there was a reason why he couldn't say it. She knew that Meng Xiao would not do anything with the spiritual spring liquid.
"Thank you, wife."
Apart from this, he seemed to have no idea what to say.
I suddenly felt lucky again that I had asked Aunt Liu to help take care of the children. Otherwise, how would she have managed with two hungry babies when he was away for so many days?
Shen Qingli held his bony hand and clasped and unclenched his fingers, clasped and unclenched them, playing with it repeatedly.
She lowered her eyelids and looked at the two people holding hands, and spoke softly:
"Just go ahead and focus on the mission. Don't worry about your family. I'll pack up and go back in two days. There are a lot of people at home, so I can help Aunt Liu with the kids, and I can focus on preparations during this final period."
Meng Xiao's arm, which was already around her shoulders, tightened slightly and he said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you for your hard work."
He knew that this sentence was nonsense and pale, but it seemed that no other sentence could express his complicated feelings better than this one.
"Nothing. When are you leaving?"
"I won't wake you up tomorrow if I get up at five in the morning."
Shen Qingli responded casually, feeling a little sad before the parting.
She thought it was because the two of them were too close to each other. Meng Xiao basically lived between two points, either at the camp or at home to be with her.
Suddenly having to separate for a period of time makes me feel a little uncomfortable and unaccustomed, not to mention that he is not on an ordinary business trip. Has every mission they carry out been full of dangers?
"Go to sleep."
"Um."
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