Xia Lunong's base has always been loosely managed. Apart from a property management committee, there is nothing else.

There are not many people in the base. It is just like a larger village. There is no need to set up a complicated system.

Xia Lunong wondered what big moves such a small base would make.

He gently touched Kong Zhi's leg with his leg, "What news did you receive?"

Kong Zhi asked, "Do you think that given my relationship with Captain Yan, he would leak the news to me in advance?"

Xia Lunong was silent.

It seems that he really wouldn't.

Kong Zhi watched him eat beef noodles and cooked ginger soup next to him.

Xia Lunong stood up and muttered, "I don't have a cold, so I don't need to drink ginger soup."

"It won't hurt to drink some."

Xia Lunong's protest was ineffective, and Kong Zhi still forced her to drink a large bowl of ginger soup.

There was honey in the ginger soup, which was sweet, spicy and warm.

After drinking it, sweat broke out on his forehead and he felt a little more relaxed.

Xia Lunong wanted to walk around nearby, but Kong Zhi pinched his little neck and pulled him back to the truck to rest.

Xia Lunong protested, "I haven't talked to Xia Huajiao today."

"It's growing there, and it's probably asleep. Let's talk about it when we have lunch."

The little Huajiao tree is conscious or not, but it is still a plant. It usually sleeps more than it is awake, so only Xia Lunong can wake it up by getting close to it.

Xia Lunong was obediently stuffed into the quilt and no longer resisted.

Kong Zhi took a book and stayed beside him, saying, "Go to sleep, I'll watch over you."

"No need to watch over you, just do your own thing, I'm an adult now."

Kong Zhi didn't even raise his head, "I'm happy to."

"Okay." Xia Lunong looked at the roof of the car, "Then I have nothing to say."

Kong Zhi patted him lightly, "Go to sleep."

Xia Lunong pulled the sleeping bag to his chin, closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep.

He didn't know if he slept too much last night or for some other reason, he tried to concentrate and sleep for a long time but couldn't fall asleep.

He opened and closed his eyes, closed and opened them again. He really couldn't bear it anymore, so he stretched out his hand and pulled the zipper of his sleeping bag, "Forget it, I really can't sleep, I'll get up and find something to do."

"What do you want to do?" Kong Zhi put down the book, crossed one of his long legs, bent the other, and asked him, "Let's chat?"

"It's okay to chat." Xia Lunong blushed a little when she met his focused gaze, and quickly realized the problem. In her heart, she cursed herself for blushing!

Xia Lunong coughed lightly, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Our relationship." Kong Zhi asked, "Have you thought it through?"

"?!!"

Xia Lunong's eyes widened suddenly. She didn't expect to talk about such an explosive topic as soon as she opened her mouth.

Kong Zhi waited for a while, but got no answer. He nudged Xia Lunong lightly with his bent leg, "Hmm?"

Xia Lunong: "Don't you think it's weird to go from brothers to lovers? It's like - I treat you as a brother, but you... um!"

Xia Lunong said as he tried to sit up. It was too embarrassing to talk about this topic while lying down.

Before Xia Lunong finished speaking, Kong Zhi turned over and straddled him, looking down at him, "Can't you really accept it?"

Xia Lunong's face turned even redder. She reached out to push him, but her hand was wrapped by the sleeping bag.

Kong Zhi was looking down and slowly approached.

The two could smell each other's breath.

Xia Lunong felt embarrassed and turned his head to avoid it.

But Kong Zhi pinched his chin without giving him any room to refuse and turned him back.

The two faced each other.

Kong Zhi looked into his eyes and whispered, "Why don't we try to find out what's strange?"

Xia Lunong swallowed and seemed to be stunned.

Kong Zhi stared at Xia Lunong while speaking, and slowly leaned over to give Xia Lunong time to escape or prepare herself mentally.

The temperature in the car rose a little.

Xia Lunong met Kong Zhi's bright eyes, clenched his fists in his sleeping bag, and his abdomen began to twitch.

It was a physiological reaction caused by being too nervous.

The process of Kong Zhi leaning over seemed very short, but also seemed very long.

Xia Lunong felt his mind go blank.

He watched Kong Zhi's handsome face getting closer and closer to him, and finally his forehead was sprayed with a little heat, and a soft object was pressed against his forehead.

Xia Lunong immediately realized what this was.

This is a kiss!

Kong Zhi gave him a kiss!

Xia Lunong's mind "exploded", countless complex feelings exploded in his mind, and finally all consciousness was blown into nothingness.

Kong Zhi's lips were soft, warm and tender.

His eyes were also very beautiful.

Xia Lunong didn't know why he noticed these things at this moment. His body temperature rose at some point, making him feel uneasy.

Sweat oozed from his body, he felt very hot and had difficulty breathing.

"Shall I continue?" Kong Zhi's hoarse voice rang in Xia Lunong's ears.

Xia Lunong finally remembered, pulled his hand out of the sleeping bag, and was about to refuse. Kong Zhi

held his head with his hand and lowered his head to kiss him.

This was a very green kiss.

The two of them just put their lips together and rubbed them lightly.

It was the first time in Xia Lunong's life that he kissed someone. He kissed the other person's lips, and his mind was in a mess. He regretted that his lips were too dry, and this first kiss experience might not be so pleasant.

Xia Lunong also realized that when people kiss, the feeling of lips against lips can be so strong.

The tingling pleasure rose from his tailbone and turned his brain into a pulp.

The two lips parted.

Kong Zhi said softly: "Breathe."

His low, sexy voice echoed in this small space. Xia Lunong suddenly came to her senses and realized that she had been holding her breath.

Xia Lunong panted lightly and fell on the pillow exhausted. She took her hands out of the sleeping bag and covered her eyes. She felt a little embarrassed for her rude and rude reaction.

Fuck! It was so embarrassing.

Kong Zhi lowered his head and kissed him on the lips.

Xia Lunong shivered at the kiss, bent her legs and pushed him, and said in a muffled voice: "Get out of the way."

"Okay." Kong Zhi got off him, sat next to him, and gently touched his cheek.

Xia Lunong covered her eyes, her voice filled with annoyance and depression, "You are very skilled."

Kong Zhi whispered, "I know what to do when I see you. How about being my boyfriend?"

Xia Lunong lay in the sleeping bag, his chest heaving violently, his facial expression changing again and again. After a long while, he whispered, "I have never been anyone's boyfriend."

"I haven't been one either, I can learn slowly." Kong Zhi touched his cheek lightly, "Hello, boyfriend."

Xia Lunong was silent for a moment, and responded softly, "You too."

The way they got along with each other did not change much, but the atmosphere became different because of the change in their relationship.

Xia Huoqu was the first to notice the subtlety between the two. He asked his brother privately, "Did you and Kong Zhi quarrel again?"

"No." Xia Lunong's eyes flickered, and he awkwardly avoided his brother's gaze, "We are together."

Xia Huoqu stared at him, "Is it the one I want?" Xia

Lunong nodded.

Xia Huoqu: "Okay, I know."

Xia Lunong originally thought that his brother would ask a few more questions, but unexpectedly, his brother didn't ask anything.

He quietly breathed a sigh of relief and felt uncomfortable at the same time. He looked at his brother, "Brother, you are not angry?"

"Why are you angry? Don't you feel the same whether you are together or not?" Xia Huoqu said, "Just get along well."

Xia Lunong was not used to talking about this topic. After answering, he looked around and said, "Brother, should we go back?"

Old Liu and Dr. Ou were all back and were sorting out the things they collected in the afternoon.

Xia Lunong looked at their trucks and saw that they were packed full, with no room for other supplies.

Xia Lunong's car was also full.

They drove three trucks out, and Liao Quannan and his team returned with a truck of oil halfway. Now there are two trucks left, one loaded with cattle, and the other loaded with computers, honeysuckle, pickled beef and other miscellaneous things.

Even if they don't go back, they don't have extra cars to load the collected supplies.

This place is so far from the base, it's not realistic for them to carry them back.

Xia Huoqu: "Go home after dinner. You have a cold. Go see Doctor Ou."

Xia Lunong shook her head, "No, I'm almost well."

The physical fitness of a beastly person is good. He sweated so much today, and he felt relaxed.

He would have to give Doctor Ou biological materials if he went to see him. It was unnecessary.

Xia Huoqu was reluctant, "Then come down to have dinner."

Today's dinner was beef and rabbit stewed with sauerkraut.

The rabbit meat was hunted by the female team members, and the sauerkraut was contributed by Lao Liu and his team.

The chef was a female team member named Li Yueling.

Xia Lunong went over to help, Li Yueling looked up and smiled at him, "Xiao Lunong, are you okay?"

"No problem." Xia Lunong turned around and looked, "I'll help. What do you need me to do?"

"Wash the dried winter melon?" Li Yueling smiled brightly, "Add some dried winter melon in."

Others in the team were sorting supplies, counting weapons, cooking and keeping watch, no one was idle.

Only a small prickly ash tree followed Xia Lunong around.

One side of the prickly ash tree's crown was eaten away by a giant bull, and even though Xia Lunong had been intensively inputting superpowers into it in the past few days, that side of its crown still hadn't grown out completely.

When it jumps, it always loses its balance and tilts to the side, but it will soon right itself.

Li Yueling looked at the small prickly ash tree next to it and said enviously, "This little guy is so cute, even more clingy than my son."

Xia Lunong didn't even raise her head, "This is also my son."

"Hahahaha, really." Li Yueling paused while flipping the food in the pot and asked the small prickly ash tree with a smile, "Xia prickly ash, do you recognize me?"

The small prickly ash tree couldn't fully understand all human conversations. It stood there, holding up its crown, as if trying to react.

After a while, it shyly rubbed Xia Lunong's back with a branch.

Xia Lunong was extremely sensitive today and could no longer withstand other people's touch.

He grabbed the branch of summer pepper and whispered, "Go play over there."

Li Yueling smiled again.

The stewed beef and rabbit meat with pickled cabbage was almost done, and the sour aroma filled the entire temporary base.

Li Yueling handed the spoon in her hand to Xia Lunong, "I haven't added salt yet, I'm not sure, you try it?"

The half-person-high soup pot was full of meat, and there were a lot of chili peppers in it, which was indeed difficult to season.

When making such a large-volume delicacy, if too much salt is added, the freshness inside will be covered up, and if too little is added, it will be less spicy and less sour, which is indeed very demanding for the chef.

Xia Lunong did not refuse. He took the spoon, added a full spoon of salt, a little sugar, and after stirring evenly, he added another half spoon of oil.

Kong Zhi came over and asked, "Why add oil?"

"It will be more shiny and beautiful, and have more aroma of soy sauce." Xia Lunong said, "The juice will be more perfectly collected, and it will not taste so watery. You will know after you taste it."

He scooped out a piece of rabbit meat with a spoon and handed it to Kong Zhi.

Kong Zhi pinched a corner of the rabbit meat with two slender fingers, put it into his mouth, tasted it, and nodded, "It's really delicious."

Xia Lunong lowered her head to flip the dishes in the pot, and her ears were a little red, "Really? After collecting the juice, add a little oil, it will have a dry pot effect, and because it has been stewed, it will be softer and more flavorful than a dry pot."

Li Yueling watched from the side and sighed, "I'm full."

"Hmm?" Xia Lunong looked up at her, not understanding what

was going on. "Why?" Li Yueling said, "They eat dog food."

Xia Lunong felt uncomfortable for a moment, and her face was about to burn again.

Kong Zhi calmly handed over the bowl of minced garlic, pretending not to hear.

The sauerkraut and rabbit beef stew was quickly ready, and with the large bucket of rice cooked next to it, the meal and dish for this afternoon were complete.

Old Liu and a few others came over with their own bowls, "It smells so good!"

Yan Xinian said, "Everyone should eat more, and we'll set off later. The next meal will be tomorrow morning."