The soldier led Ye Jingmo and his group up the military staircase, which was now empty.

Only the footsteps of Ye Jingmo and his group echoed in the stairwell.

"Whoosh..."

Duoduo struggled to follow behind the adults with her short legs, panting heavily.

Jiang Li looked at Duo Duo, whose face was flushed from overexertion, but she didn't utter a single complaint of hardship or fatigue.

Still walking with its short legs, it tries its best to keep up with the adults and not cause its parents any trouble.

Jiang Li tugged at Ye Jingmo's sleeve, drawing Ye Jingmo's attention as he looked down.

Jiang Li pointed at Duo Duo with her finger, intending to hand the backpack behind her to Ye Jingmo and carry Duo Duo up the stairs herself.

Who knows.

Ye Jingmo simply wrapped his arm around Duoduo and pulled her into his arms.

The momentary weightlessness caused Duo Duo to let out a soft gasp.

Duoduo looked at Ye Jingmo's face so close to hers and buried her head behind Ye Jingmo, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Thank you, Uncle Ye... Brother."

Duo Duo thanked Ye Jingmo in a childish voice, remembering Ye Jingmo's instruction to call him "brother" last time.

They arrived at the fifteenth floor quickly, and Ye Jingmo put Duoduo down.

"Well, Mo-ge and I won't stay here any longer. Let's go straight to the 22nd floor."

Jiang Li said to Huang Caihe and the others.

Huang Caihe understood that he was doing this to get medical treatment for his wife, while Zhou Tian needed to see a doctor because of a leg injury.

Ye Jingmo and Jiang Li were both perfectly fine, so there was no need for them to go to the hospital.

Hospitals these days aren't exactly safe places either; there are even more people getting infected and sick than before the acid rain.

only……

Huang Caihe looked down at Duoduo and said apologetically, "Could you take care of Duoduo for me for a while?"

"After I finished taking my wife to the doctor, I went upstairs to pick up Duoduo. I was worried that the child's body wouldn't be able to withstand staying in the hospital."

Huang Caihe took a backpack and handed it to Jiang Li, saying, "This is the childcare fee I'm paying. Thank you for your help."

Huang Caihe's eyes were filled with pleading and hope.

Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo met eyes. "Brother Mo..."

She didn't know what to do.

Duoduo is a well-behaved child, and taking care of him doesn't require much effort.

But then they wouldn't be able to take things out of the space to cook special meals.

Ye Jingmo stepped forward and took the backpack from Huang Caihe. "We'll take care of him for a week. You'll have to pick him up after that."

Ye Jingmo understood the principle that a small favor is appreciated, but a large one breeds resentment.

They couldn't take care of Duoduo forever, nor would they agree to Huang Caihe's request without expecting anything in return.

This will only gradually increase a person's appetite.

Duo Duo's eyes filled with tears, but he didn't cry out.

He knew that his father had temporarily sent him to stay with Sister Jiang and Brother Ye in order to pay for his mother's medical treatment.

However, having never been separated from his parents before, he still felt uneasy and afraid.

"Dad...remember to come pick up Duoduo."

Duoduo walked up to Huang Caihe and said in a slightly tearful voice.

Huang Caihe's eyes reddened, and he squatted down to pat Duo Duo's head.

"Dad and Mom will go pick up Duoduo together."

Duo Duo tiptoed and kissed Huang Caihe's cheek before running to Ye Jingmo's side.

Duoduo waved to her father and then followed Ye Jingmo and Jiang Li up the stairs.

Huang Caihe, carrying his wife on his back, watched Duo Duo's departing figure until she was out of sight before he and Zhou Tian pushed open the door and entered the fifteenth floor.

"If Duoduo gets tired, just tell us, and your sister will carry you up the stairs."

Duoduo didn't want to be carried up the stairs anymore and insisted on climbing them herself.

Jiang Li knew that Duo Duo didn't want them to be too tired; he was a sensible child.

Ye Jingmo also disagreed with spoiling children, as it would only harm their future.

When Pudding sees Duo Duo struggling to walk, she pushes him from behind to give him the strength to move forward.

Despite Ye Jingmo deliberately controlling his speed, Duoduo persevered and climbed to the twenty-second floor.

Seeing the gate in front of him, Duoduo's legs trembled and his face was full of joy.

He climbed seven floors on his own.

Upon entering the building, Ye Jingmo and Jiang Li searched for their rooms.

"Halt, you in front!"

A voice suddenly came from behind.

A man wearing a floral shirt and black shorts, with sunglasses on his face, looked at Ye Jingmo and Jiang Li with an arrogant expression.

Behind the man were six bodyguards in black uniforms, their bulging muscles indicating their high level of training.

"what's up?"

Jiang Li didn't quite understand why the other person was wearing sunglasses in the dimly lit corridor.

Can you really see the road like that?

Neuropathy.

Jiang Li mentally made a diagnosis of the other party.

"I want your dog, name your price."

The man pulled his sunglasses down a crack, waiting for Jiang Li's offer.

In this godforsaken place, he hadn't tasted meat for a week.

The man looked at the tall Pudding with longing eyes, thinking that this dog would be enough to feed him for several meals.

When Duoduo heard that the man wanted to buy pudding, she immediately turned around, hugged the pudding, and looked at him warily.

“We don’t sell it.”

Jiang Li's eyes instantly turned cold, and she spoke without the slightest fluctuation in her tone.

She rescued the dog and raised it with great care, not to feed it to people.

Do you know who I am?

"I am the second young master of the Li family in S City, and my family's assets are worth hundreds of billions. If you please me, giving you a hundred or two hundred thousand is no big deal for me."

Li Jiawei revealed his identity and waited for Jiang Li to come to him.

In the past, whenever women heard the name of the second young master of the Li family, regardless of whether they were abstinent girls or sweet lolis, their eyes would light up.

Jiang Li was too lazy to pay attention to this kind of person, so she grabbed Ye Jingmo's hand and walked straight ahead.

Duoduo rolled her eyes at Li Jiawei and quickly followed with Pudding.

"Don't be stubborn. I'll give you 500,000 yuan, that should be enough to buy this dog. A Tibetan Mastiff only costs about that much. I can transfer the money to you right away."

Li Jiawei assumed they were afraid to quote a price, so he gave them one himself.

"roll."

Jiang Li turned around and uttered a single word.

Li Jiawei cursed out loud, and no one had ever dared to speak to him like that before.

"Bring that dog to me."

Li Jiawei, no longer wanting to feign elegance with Jiang Li, waved for his bodyguards to grab Pudding away.

Upon receiving the order, the bodyguard ran forward quickly and reached out to grab Pudding's neck.

Pudding dodged to the side, then opened her sharp teeth and bit down hard on the bodyguard's outstretched hand.

"Ah ah ah..."

The pain caused the bodyguard to collapse to the ground; a deep, bone-exposing wound appeared on his arm.

A bloody hole, a gruesome sight of torn flesh.

Seeing this, even the bodyguards hesitated, somewhat intimidated by the fierce Pudding.

This is a wolfhound.

Seeing this, Li Jiawei raised his foot and kicked the wall next to him.

"Go get him! Whoever catches this dog will get three times the reward."

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