355: Whose child is it???

Jiang Fei looked at the room number next to the door.

It was indeed Tongxin Community 5-101, Crippled Wang's home.

The baby's cries inside were loud, audible even through the security door.

Jiang Fei tentatively knocked on the door.

The door opened quickly.

"Boss, come in and sit anywhere; I'll pour you some water in a bit."

Crippled Wang hurried to the kitchen, and Jiang Fei and Lu Yu walked inside.

The layout was similar to theirs, but with an extra bedroom.

The crying came from one of the bedrooms.

The bedroom door was ajar, and Jiang Fei walked over to take a look.

Dao Rong stood by the bed, coaxing the crying baby in her arms.

"Lucky, be good, Lucky, don't cry, Papa is cooling the rice cereal."

Xiao Rong had a child?!

Only Dao Rong and Crippled Wang lived here, so the child was... "Mother Jiang!"

Suddenly, Dao Rong spotted Jiang Fei at the doorway, and she ran over with the child, her eyes clear:

"Mother Jiang, big brother said you went to heaven. When did you come back from heaven?"

Jiang Fei: "...Yesterday."

"Is this your child?"

Dao Rong shook her head: "It's Big Brother Wang's."

As soon as she finished speaking, Crippled Wang ran over, holding a bowl of rice cereal:

"Xiao Rong, the rice cereal is cool, quickly feed it to Lucky."

"Mother Jiang, don't go back to heaven. I'll come find you after I feed Lucky."

Dao Rong took the rice cereal with one hand and went to the bed to feed the child.

Jiang Fei was still in a daze.

"Whose child is that, exactly?"

Crippled Wang: "I don't know either. I found her last month, an abandoned baby at the entrance of the hardware and building materials store."

"She was lying in a plastic basin, almost starved to death. I originally wanted to send her to the orphanage at Huaxia Base; there are many abandoned children or those who can't find their parents there."

"But she giggled at me and kept holding my finger, not letting go. I gritted my teeth and adopted her, naming her Wang Xingyun. At worst, I'll just eat less in the future."

"Now I have Dao Rong as a younger sister and a precious daughter, so my family is complete."

In the apocalypse, it was difficult for people to survive, let alone raise a baby.

Jiang Fei said nothing, choosing to respect Crippled Wang's decision, and gave him the bag Lu Yu was carrying:

"It's for you. Don't be polite with me."

"Then I'll accept it."

Crippled Wang didn't stand on ceremony, placed the backpack on a chair, and asked Jiang Fei: "Boss, why is it just you and Brother Lu? Where are Su Liuyuan and the others?"

"Liu Yuan went to deliver things to his uncle and aunt; he'll be a bit late."

"Chu Xia and Zhao Rui went for an interview; they probably won't be able to come at noon today."

"No problem, then I'll treat them to a separate meal when I'm free."

As Crippled Wang was speaking, Dao Rong brought the baby out.

After eating the rice cereal, the baby stopped crying.

Taking the baby from Dao Rong's arms, Crippled Wang couldn't help but exclaim: "Boss, the medicine you gave me yesterday is truly amazing."

"I took it twice, and my throat is much better. Before, I didn't dare hold Lucky, afraid of infecting her, but now I don't have to worry about that at all."

"Do you want to try it?"

Jiang Fei: "?"

Before Jiang Fei could react, Crippled Wang had already placed the baby in her arms.

Jiang Fei stiffly held the baby.

The baby was about 5 months old, emaciated and sallow from hunger, but her large eyes were dark and bright, curiously gazing at Jiang Fei, gurgling.

Noticing the baby was about to grab her hair, Jiang Fei instinctively tilted her head to avoid it.

She wasn't used to it, but she felt a sense of novelty towards the baby in her arms.

Soft, tiny, fragile, yet carrying the hopes of others.

"Let me hold her."

"If we have one in the future, I can have some experience."

Lu Yu carefully took the baby, clumsily holding her in the same posture Crippled Wang had just used:

"Is this right?"

"It's right, but..." Crippled Wang was a bit confused: "Brother Lu, what did you mean by that just now?"

"What do you and Boss have?"

"A child."

Lu Yu replied earnestly: "Fei Fei and I are now lovers."

"What?!" Crippled Wang looked at Jiang Fei in disbelief, so shocked he stammered:

"Boss, he, he, he..."

Jiang Fei guessed what Crippled Wang was going to say and admitted: "What he said is true."

Crippled Wang immediately gave Lu Yu a thumbs-up: "Awesome, brother, you even managed to win over Boss."

"I don't have anything good to give you as a blessing, so I'll just add an extra dish later."

Knock knock knock—

A knock sounded, and Crippled Wang went to open the door.

It was Wu Dayong, Wu Xiaowei, and Su Liuyuan.

Crippled Wang: "How did you three run into each other?"

"I happened to meet Wu Dayong and Wu Xiaowei on the way. Hearing they were also coming to eat here, I drove them along."

Su Liuyuan's voice paused, and he looked at the baby in Lu Yu's arms in astonishment: "Did I go away for a year...? You all even have children now?!"

"She's mine."

Crippled Wang explained again, helplessly.

"Let me hold her."

Su Liuyuan stepped forward to hold the baby.

Everyone had arrived, and Crippled Wang went to the kitchen to cook.

Jiang Fei, Lu Yu, and Wu Dayong went to help.

After more than an hour of bustling, the four of them finished cooking.

There was braised eggplant, steamed potatoes, stir-fried ham sausage, spicy mouse meat, stewed radish, and sweet potato porridge.

These were all ingredients Crippled Wang had exchanged for other supplies.

Wang Xingyun was placed by Dao Rong in a wooden baby bed that Crippled Wang had made.

Everyone sat at the table to eat.

Wu Dayong and Wu Xiaowei held their chopsticks, hesitant to pick up any dishes.

After a moment, Wu Dayong mustered the courage to say: "Big Brother, when we return this time, we won't be working by your side anymore."

"Mo Yanan went to apply for a position at the Administration Bureau today, Mu Qingzhou went for an interview at the Research Institute, and I also want to do something for the base."

"I used to work in renovation; I want to apply to be a worker and help build the base."

"Xiao Wei will come with me."

Crippled Wang was stunned, then smiled: "That's a good thing."

"If only I wasn't useless, I would have gone to the base's official channels to find a job long ago."

"You two go ahead. If you need supplies for connections, just tell me."

"Even if we don't live together, we're still brothers."

Wu Dayong and Wu Xiaowei, moved, raised a glass of wine to Crippled Wang.

However, Jiang Fei was reminded of last night's events by the Wu Brothers' words.

She was out of sorts for the entire meal.

Dao Rong keenly noticed Jiang Fei's low spirits and came out of the bedroom carrying a small flowerpot.

A pure white jasmine flower was planted in the pot.

She quietly said to her:

"Mother Jiang, the flower is for you. Don't be unhappy."

Jiang Fei instinctively stroked Dao Rong's head: "I'm not unhappy, it's just... I've encountered a very difficult choice."

Dao Rong blinked:

"My big brother once said that people only live once, so they should do what they want to do."

"That's why Big Brother Wang saved Lucky, and I've returned to the Agricultural Park to plant flowers."

What she wanted to do... Jiang Fei's gaze fell on the jasmine flower, but she didn't speak.

After helping Crippled Wang clean the kitchen, Su Liuyuan drove the Wu Brothers home. Jiang Fei, on a whim, drove with Lu Yu to the orphanage at Huaxia Base.

They didn't go inside, parking the car outside.

Through the orphanage's fence, they could see children in the yard.

The older ones were using tools to hoe the ground, while the younger ones were playing.

Despite being abandoned, unable to find their parents, and wearing worn-out clothes, they smiled brightly.

Without a nation, where would there be a home?

The interests of the nation always supersede everything else.

How could a mother harm her own child?

She had been completely overthinking it before, overly afraid of being dissected and researched.

At worst, she could give up unlocking further areas, bring her friends into the Supermarket to live, and never come out again.

Perceiving Jiang Fei's thoughts, Lu Yu held her hand:

"If you want to do it, then do it."

"I will always be by your side."

Jiang Fei took out the walkie-talkie from the Supermarket warehouse and called Xu Qianyao.

"Captain Xu, I want to request a meeting with Director Ning and the Leader."

"It concerns the supplies in logistics warehouses across various regions."

"I have a way to safely transport them home."