260: Don't show off your wealth

“It’s a girl you know.”

Xiao Chuxia hinted to Jiang Fei.

While Jiang Fei was still wondering who it was, the woman hiding behind Xiao Chuxia couldn’t help but step out.

Her eyes curved into crescents, as bright and beautiful as a red plum blooming through winter snow.

“Fei Fei, long time no see.”

“Wan Qing?” Jiang Fei was surprised, “Please, sit.”

Zhou Wanqing sat in the seat next to Jiang Fei.

Outside, Lu Yu, Ling Zhaorui, and Mother Xiao also came in and sat down.

Jiang Fei cooked a pot of wild vegetable dumplings for the five of them before asking, “How did you all meet Wan Qing?”

Xiao Chuxia: “She was asking for directions to Ping An Small Mall on the road, and my mother and I happened to be driving by, so we picked her up.”

“As for Brother Lu and Zhao Rui, we ran into them at the mall entrance.”

“Miss, Sister Wan Qing is very impressive now; she’s the manager of Lin City Base, with over a thousand subordinates.”

Zhou Wanqing’s cheeks flushed slightly from the praise: “Actually, I just picked up the slack. My former boss died of illness not long ago, and the base fell to me, the Second Leader.”

“It’s quite a coincidence. After Fei Fei and I parted ways last time, I took my people to choose a location for a base, and we accidentally arrived in Lin City and settled there.”

“Just now, I heard Chu Xia say in the car that Lin City was the city you all used to live in.”

“The Yulan Garden where I live is your former home.”

Jiang Fei was stunned.

Fate truly is marvelous.

Meeting two representatives from other bases in one day, Su Liuyuan curiously asked, “Wan Qing, why did you come to Kyoto?”

“To attend a discussion meeting.”

“A week ago, Kyoto released news that it would hold a discussion meeting to talk about how humanity should respond to the apocalypse. Any base that received the news could participate.” Zhou Wanqing’s expression turned serious:

“Today is the first day of the discussion meeting, and we already know that the next natural disaster is the polar day.”

“Kyoto’s experts predict that the polar day will last for at least half a year, or even longer, so they gathered people from various bases to brainstorm solutions.”

“This matter is confidential; you must not tell anyone else.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Xiao Chuxia: “No wonder most of the Research Institute’s projects have been halted recently. The higher-ups told us to quickly research and develop immunity-boosting medicines. So it was because of the polar day.”

“At first, I thought it was just because the sun suddenly came out.”

Mother Xiao’s brows furrowed into a frown: “The polar day might become the most difficult natural disaster for us to deal with.”

“Twenty-four hours of daylight will not only affect human routines and mental and physical health but also global climate, leading to more severe ecological imbalance.”

“Extreme cold and high temperatures, like those that appeared before, might happen again.”

Jiang Fei silently ate her dumplings.

The reality was that the temperature would be even more extreme than Mother Xiao described.

After the polar day arrived in her previous life, there was a period of extremely abnormal temperatures.

One moment it was scorching, the next it was windy, alternating between cold and hot, determined to make people catch colds and fall ill.

Jiang Zhengkang was too worried to eat: “When it’s cold, we can add clothes; when it’s hot, we can turn on the air conditioner. What do we do about the polar day? Learn from Hou Yi and shoot down the sun?”

Niu Er: “We can be like rats, hiding underground, and only come up when we want to bask in the sun.”

“Not only will it not disrupt our routines, but it also won’t be affected by the series of impacts brought by the polar day.”

Lu Yu killed Niu Er’s idea: “Kyoto, in order to resist earthquakes, filled many basements with concrete and buried a lot of anti-seismic materials underground, making it impossible to dig them up again.”

Han Yang: “So we can only tough it out?”

Xiao Chuxia comforted them: “Everyone, trust the Research Institute, trust Kyoto Base; there will definitely be a good solution.”

Just then, Su Liuyuan bent down, took off one shoe, and pulled out a small key from the sole.

“Wan Qing, this is the key to my family’s warehouse. It contains supplies, weapons, fuel, and medicine. They should still be well-preserved. You can go and take a look.”

“If there’s anything useful, take it.”

“Anyway, I can’t go back to Zean County anymore, so I might as well give it to you to develop your base.”

Su Liuyuan told Zhou Wanqing the detailed address and even wiped the key with a wet wipe.

“Thank you.” Zhou Wanqing gratefully accepted the key, not minding that it had previously been in his shoe.

However, Ling Zhaorui, who was beside them, looked at Su Liuyuan subtly: “You always hid the key to the desolate mountain villa in your shoe?”

“That’s right! That’s all my worldly possessions; I must carry it with me. I’ll endure the discomfort.”

Ling Zhaorui couldn’t help but complain: “When you were injured, I wiped your feet and found a small indentation on your sole.”

“I asked you how you got it, and you even lied to me, saying it was a scar from childhood.”

“Hehe, I had to keep it a secret, you know, don’t show off your wealth.” Su Liuyuan guiltily put some dumplings on Ling Zhaorui’s plate:

“Eat more, grow as big as Xiao Shi.”

The others were amused by Su Liuyuan’s words, and the atmosphere at the dinner table returned to being relaxed.

Just as they finished eating, a voice came from outside the lounge.

“Is anyone there?”

Jiang Fei and the others walked out of the lounge.

It was Mo Yan’an.

He was with Uncle Liu and four bodyguards, each carrying a sack.

“Sister Jiang Fei, many wild vegetables, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots have grown on the mountains in the suburbs. My people dug some up. My family can’t finish them, so I brought you ten sacks.”

Jiang Fei: “What a coincidence, we were planning to go dig for bamboo shoots tomorrow.”

“Wait for me here for a bit; I’ve made shepherd’s purse dumplings. You can take them back and eat them with Old Mr. Mo.”

Saying that, Jiang Fei returned to the lounge kitchen to pack the raw dumplings.

The bodyguards, meanwhile, moved the sacks into the storeroom.

Zhou Wanqing stared at Mo Yan’an, who was heading to the kitchen, and narrowed her eyes.

Where did this stinky man come from?

And calling her Benefactor ‘sister’?

She couldn’t help but walk over to Xiao Chuxia and quietly asked, “Chu Xia, who is that person?”

“Mo Yan’an from the Mo family, Miss’s business partner.”

“The villa we live in and the mall we operate were given by him.”

Xiao Chuxia told Zhou Wanqing everything she knew.

Upon learning that Jiang Fei also had a good relationship with Mo Yan’an’s father, a warning bell went off in Zhou Wanqing’s heart.

How was this any different from meeting the parents?!

No stinky man was worthy of her Benefactor!

She absolutely had to make Mo Yan’an stay far away from her Benefactor.

Seeing Lu Yu alone tidying the dishes on the table, Zhou Wanqing walked over, pretending to help, and whispered:

“Brother Lu, I feel like that Mo Yan’an isn’t a good person.”

“Giving away villas and malls, and constantly bringing all sorts of things, I think he has ulterior motives towards Fei Fei.”

Zhou Wanqing instigated Lu Yu to drive Mo Yan’an away.

What if Benefactor got angry if she were the one to say it?

The best way was to let a stinky man deal with a stinky man.

Afterward, if Lu Yu complained to Benefactor, she could feign innocence and get away with it.

Lu Yu glanced at Zhou Wanqing, a hint of calculation flashing in his eyes.

He spoke in a voice only they could hear,

“You answer me one question first.”