Looking at Jiang Shiyuan, who was so stingy that he only showed her the back of his head, Lin Qiye still didn't understand why Jiang Shiyuan treated him like he wasn't even looking at him. After thinking for a while, he thought it might still be because of the time he broke his promise.

"Are you still angry?" Lin Qiye sat down next to Jiang Shiyuan.

"What are you angry about?" Jiang Shiyuan turned around, looking confused.

Lin Qiye touched his head apologetically, "I'm sorry, although I really wanted to come out and watch the snow with you, Dr. Li said I need to stay in the hospital for another six months for observation, so I can't come out. I didn't keep my promise to you, so it's understandable that you're angry."

"You mean that?" Jiang Shiyuan suddenly realized, and said casually, "I wasn't angry. Later I found out that it was perfectly fine for one person to build a snowman, so I wasn't angry in the first place."

One person... is perfectly fine...?

Lin Qiye stared intently at Jiang Shiyuan's face, and after confirming that she really didn't mind at all, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed. In just half a year, she seemed to have changed a lot.

He tilted his head slightly, utterly puzzled. They had only been separated for six months, not for half a lifetime, hadn't they? How could she have become so open-minded?

In the past, given Jiang Shiyuan's personality, if he broke his promise and didn't properly apologize, she definitely wouldn't forgive him. So when Lin Qiye learned that he couldn't leave the fasting center for the time being, he had already planned to build her ten times the size of a snowman as an apology after he got out. Now that Jiang Shiyuan had let the matter go so easily, he was really not used to it.

"You've already forgiven me?" Lin Qiye swallowed hard and asked again, as if to confirm.

"What's there to forgive or not forgive?" Jiang Shiyuan didn't know what Lin Qiye was concerned about, so she patiently explained, "I don't know what's wrong with you, so of course I won't force you to do something as trivial as watching snow. You can watch snow with anyone, right? I'm not so outrageous as to be so upset about something that isn't even that important."

"..." For some reason, when Jiang Shiyuan said it was just an unimportant agreement, Lin Qiye felt as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. He looked away and said, "It's good that you're not angry."

"Gululu~"

Having not eaten all day and after a battle, Jiang Shiyuan's stomach was rumbling. She clutched her stomach and waved dismissively at Lin Qiye, "I know, I'm really not angry. But you really shouldn't make promises you can't keep... sigh?"

The calm voice, tinged with a hint of complaint, abruptly stopped.

"Fatty, didn't you say you were done eating? Where did these potato chips come from? Hehe, can everyone have some?" Jiang Shiyuan's eyes lit up when she saw the potato chips in Baili Fatty's hand, her attention diverted.

"We've finished our dry rations, but we still have enough potato chips for one bag each." Baili Pangpang handed out a bag of potato chips to each person.

"You're out of food? Didn't you bring a lot? I should have stored some food in your space." Jiang Shiyuan took the potato chips; it was a small bag, better than nothing.

"Uh..." Baili Pangpang felt guilty and sweat beaded on his forehead. They had already finished their rations on the way here, and he had eaten most of them. He looked around, trying to find another topic to change the subject.

Seeing the fish swimming under the ice boat, Baili Pangpang was overjoyed, as if he had seen a savior. He excitedly pulled out his greatsword and said, "Compressed biscuits are nothing special. Today, I'll treat you to fish."

"Splash, splash~"

Baili Pangpang held his sword and swung it around in the water for a while, but he didn't manage to spear a single fish. Jiang Shiwang, seeing his efforts, chose to keep quiet.

Lin Qiye couldn't stand it any longer, so he stepped forward and took over [One Transformation into Three Thousand]. He locked his mental power onto the school of fish, and a moment later, six lively fish were thrown onto the ice boat one after another.

Jiang Shiyuan looked at the six fish and thought, "Hmm... I understand."

To cover up the fact that he had shown off most of the food, Baili Pangpang volunteered to skewer the fish and use the firewall on his body to grill it.

"Fatty! Fish innards!" Jiang Shiyuan hesitated, then sighed deeply, "Oh well, as long as it doesn't kill me."

The benefits of having a wet nurse are evident here; even if the fish is poisonous, she can save it, let alone something as trivial as grilling a fish without removing its internal organs.

Baili Pangpang, a young master who had never cooked before, naturally didn't know that grilling fish required removing the internal organs. However, thanks to his experience grilling meat skewers at the training camp, he managed to grill the fish reasonably well.

He turned the fish skewers in his hand and suddenly asked with some doubt.

"Huh? How come there's an extra one in Seven Nights?"

……

……

An ice ship floats on the vast sea, with five people sitting on it. One of them is holding a skewer of grilled fish and eating it.

Baili Pangpang's barbecue skills are pretty good; each skewer of sea fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with an irresistible aroma.

Jiang Shiyuan ate the grilled fish in small, delicate bites, eating with exceptional refinement. She couldn't help it; she was genuinely afraid that taking a large bite would result in a mouthful of fish innards. The fish, without any seasoning, smelled fragrant, but its taste was far from delicious. If she were to eat a mouthful of fish innards, the flavor would probably be described as 'a bloody, gruesome experience'...

Just as the five of them were eating grilled fish to replenish their energy, Lin Qiye suddenly stood up and stared sharply at the sea in front of him.

"Seven Nights, what's wrong?" Baili Pangpang asked, chewing on the grilled fish in his hand.

"There are people ahead..." Lin Qiye said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately turned to look in that direction, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Under the watchful eyes of the five men, a middle-aged man dressed in the Night's Watch three-piece suit slowly walked out from the misty sea. His gaze swept over the people on the ship, and he smiled slightly.

"Your vigilance is quite good."

Jiang Shiyuan instantly relaxed upon seeing the newcomer, inwardly criticizing him: "Where is their vigilance? Among them, only Lin Qiye, who possesses the [Mortal Divine Realm], discovered him, yet they're just praising him for nothing."

"No need to be so nervous," Ye Fan said with a smile. "Let me introduce myself. I am Ye Fan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Xia Night Watch."

"How can you prove your identity?" Lin Qiye remained vigilant and asked calmly.

Jiang Shiyuan raised his hand, "Um, I can testify that I met Commander Ye in Beijing, and Cao Yuan should be able to as well?"

Cao Yuan, who was standing to the side, had already put down his knife. "That's right, this is Commander Ye. He was the one who transferred me from the fasting center to Mount Jiuhua back then."

Lin Qiye was instantly embarrassed. "So it was Commander Ye... We were unaware of the situation just now. Please forgive our rudeness."

"No need to be so nervous." Ye Fan smiled, then looked at Jiang Shiyuan, "Jiang Shiyuan, is the Phoenix Squad not on a mission today?"

This question... sounds like an accusation.

Lin Qiye's expression immediately turned serious. This was none other than the Commander-in-Chief of the Great Xia Night Watch! Such a high-ranking official—were the consequences of Jiang Shiyuan's absence from work today so severe that her direct superior had come to catch her in the act?

The special team even has performance evaluations. No wonder it's Beijing. Master Wen was right, there are so many rules and regulations in big cities. I wonder if there's a perfect attendance bonus.

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