One person and one wolf were roasting clothes and fur. During this ti, Wen Ran felt bored, so she found a fork, speared three fish from the river, tidied them up a bit, and began to roast them.
When the clothes dried, the fish was also cooked. Wen Ran took out so seasoning, sprinkled it generously, and took a big bite, her face twisting.
Damn!
When she was spearing the fish earlier, she must have punctured a bile sac—what a bitter taste!
She forced herself to swallow the fish with a strained neck and then, pretending to be calm, handed the fish to the lead wolf.
"Here, have a taste."
The lead wolf had too much trust in Wen Ran and opened its massive jaws, "Aowoo~"
"Aowoo, aowoo~"
The wolf howled, echoing throughout the valley.
It seed delirious, as if possessed.
Wen Ran, looking gentle and refined, chewed the fish in small bites, occasionally flipping a small jacket.
Ah~ what a beautiful scene.
~
Having vented her frustration, Wen Ran felt much better.
anwhile, in the mountain hollow.
"My God, is this soone from around here? This girl sure is sothing else," a man in camouflage cautiously hid his presence, observing Wen Ran through binoculars.
Three others, dressed exactly the sa, lay next to him. "Probably, but isn’t she a bit too bold?"
Being so close to a wolf, and...
The person chewing on a young grass root sneered, "Want to know who she is?"
"You know her?"
"Of course I know her," snatching the binoculars away, he watched Wen Ran’s every expression, clever and quirky, as Shao Ping couldn’t help but smile, "Rember that kid from New Year’s?"
"Tss~ what do you an?"
"Nothing special," Shao Ping said leisurely, "They’re from that family that sent sothing over."
"My God, the bureau chief even ntioned wanting to co over specially to thank them."
Shao Ping frowned, "Specially?"
"Yes," the soldier said mysteriously, "You have no idea how big their background is—they’re from the Capital City. Families like ours can’t even compare."
After so gossip, the soldier took off his straw hat, "Brother Ping, have you decided yet? Are you really going to join the military?"
Shao Ping didn’t respond, lowering his eyes, slightly frowning, lost in thought.
"There are benefits to being a soldier, but being in public security is pretty good too—close to ho so you can look after your mom. If you join the military, you won’t make it back even twice a year."
The soldier sighed, "If I didn’t luck out with a mission that brought close to ho, I wouldn’t have been able to co back either."
Mission?
Shao Ping looked at the soldier, "I need to think this through."
"Alright."
~
Xiao Chenye didn’t return, but Xiao Chengguang did. When Mrs. Xiao saw her son, her first reaction was joy, quickly followed by an eye-roll up to the sky.
"Seriously, why is it just you again?"
Xiao Chengguang: "..."
Even if he understood what his mom was saying, he had to play dumb at this point.
"Ah? Mom, you’re too harsh. Do you really expect to bring Chenyue and Minmin back on such a long journey?"
Still playing dumb?
Mrs. Xiao got up, seized a firewood stick, and chased after Xiao Chengguang, "You little rascal, you’ve grown up, and now your wings are hardened."
Xiao Chengguang felt bitter. He wished he hadn’t tried to be clever with his mom.
He couldn’t fight back; he could only cover his head, running around the yard chased by his mom.
Mrs. Xiao chased her son, cursing and swearing, scaring the chickens in the yard, causing them to flap their wings and fly everywhere; even the Red Army couldn’t help but play with the chickens.
What a proper chaos of chickens and dogs.
When Wen Ran and Shao Ping’s group of four returned, they were dumbfounded by the scene in the yard.
"Auntie, what happened here?"
Mrs. Xiao stopped, tidied her clothes, took a deep breath, and forced a fake smile on her face, "Hahaha, nothing, nothing, this kid was just joking with , I smacked him a couple of tis for fun."
Xiao Chengguang coughed lightly, "Right, it’s nothing, but..."
He looked at Wen Ran, smiling tenderly, "I heard about you and Chenye—guess that’s settled. That brat sure got lucky."
Wen Ran scratched her head, "You know about it too, third brother."
Xiao Chengguang thought to himself; it was hard not to know since his mom had just given him a scolding over it.
"Yes," his gaze moved past Wen Ran to Shao Ping and his group, "But you guys are..."
"Ah," Wen Ran, recalling the incident, still felt a lingering fear—it’s lucky she was cautious and didn’t recklessly use the space outside; otherwise, she would surely have been dissected.
From now on, if she wants to use things from the space, she should just take them directly, no more going inside—too risky, she’d eventually screw up.
"I was up the mountain gathering pigweed and ran into them halfway, so we ca down together."
Initially planning to wander around the mountain to see if she could find so good stuff, but thanks to the big stupid wolf, she ended up with nothing but a cold bath.
Just the thought of it made Wen Ran gnash her teeth.
But, there was so good news too.
The three baskets of pigweed weren’t gathered by her; Shao Ping’s group of four helped.
Thinking about it, Wen Ran was puzzled, "Brother Shao, if I rember correctly, aren’t you in public security? Why are you wearing camouflage?"
"Oh," the soldier scratched his head, "My Brother Ping perford outstandingly, and he kind of wants to join the army."
Shao Ping smiled, "Yeah, I have you all to thank for it."
This familiar voice, this lingering gaze, Mrs. Xiao finally saw sothing familiar on that multicolored face.
My God! It was an old acquaintance after all.
"I rember now," Mrs. Xiao said in surprise, "You’re the one we t at the train station police station when we ca back from the Northwest!"
Shao Ping grinned, showing his bright white teeth, "Auntie rembers ?"
Mrs. Xiao spoke warmly, "Of course I rember! I rember clearly, such a handso young man is rare.
At that ti, you even mistook our family’s Ranran for He Caiwei, right? Hahaha."
In her mind: Yeah right, as if I rember you without a reason. Don’t you know yourself why you’re morable?
Humph, another wolf.
Wen Ran’s smile was barely maintained and awkward; in a sense, it wasn’t quite a mistake.
’He Caiwei’ was also her.
Shao Ping, however, remained unfazed, "Hahaha, I didn’t expect Wen Qing to look so similar to my cousin. I was quite embarrassed after mistaking her."
Soldier: "?"
He looked at Shao Ping, then at Wen Ran, earnestly, "Brother Ping, you don’t even... mmm mmm mmm..."
At this point, anyone with functioning eyes could sense sothing was off.
Mrs. Xiao thought, Little rascal Xiao the Fifth, who knows who this daughter-in-law was brought ho for. Always chasing after cars, not noticing when soone’s taking your wife.
Poor , at my age, still having to protect my daughter-in-law and match wits with youngsters.
Oh, life, such lantation~
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