Pudding, who hadn't seen Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo all day, wagged its tail frantically and ran back and forth excitedly.

"OK OK."

Jiang Li hugged Crazy Pudding into her arms and stroked its fur from head to tail.

Pudding reluctantly emerged from Jiang Li's arms.

Ye Jingmo stood quietly to the side, watching Jiang Li and Pudding get close, his gaze never wavering, his cold aura softened with warmth.

For some reason, Qin Yu suddenly felt an urge to go home.

He didn't take off his shoes before going inside; he simply opened his backpack, took out the contents, and placed them at the doorway.

"I'll leave these things here. You can take them inside and organize them after you've disinfected them."

Jiang Li then realized that she had forgotten about Qin Yu's presence, and scratched her head sheepishly.

After a moment's thought, she took out three bars of soap, two tubes of toothpaste, five bottles of mosquito repellent, and three steamers from the things she had dug up and handed them to Qin Yu.

"Consider this your payment for transporting supplies for us. Thank you for your help."

Qin Yu took a step back and quickly waved his hand in refusal.

"The two boxes of milk you gave me are enough; I can't take any more of these."

If you consider me a friend, you don't need to be so polite.

His words were sincere, and his eyes were full of honesty.

Jiang Li blinked. "That's why we're acting this way, since we consider you a friend. Now it's you who's being polite to us."

These daily necessities were dug out of the ruins and are not worth much compared to food.

We won't use all of this stuff.

Qin Yu had not yet said anything.

Ye Jingmo parted his thin lips slightly: "Take it."

Qin Yu gave a wry smile after being persuaded, "Our family owes you so much kindness that we can hardly repay it all."

Okay, I'll be going now. See you at the entrance tomorrow.

Qin Yu put the items Jiang Li had given him into his backpack, waved goodbye to the two of them, and went back to the next room.

After seeing Qin Yu off, Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo did not immediately sit down to rest.

Jiang Li took out an alcohol spray from her spatial storage and began spraying various types of alcohol.

Before long, the alcohol mist enveloped Jiang Li and Ye Jingmo.

Pudding couldn't help but sneeze twice and then ran straight onto the sofa.

Jiang Li then felt relieved and put away the alcohol spray.

"Brother Mo, you must be tired after so long in the rescue today."

Go take a shower first, and don't wear those clothes anymore; change into something else.

Jiang Li looked at Ye Jingmo's sunburnt and peeling face and felt a little sorry for him. She urged him to take a shower quickly and get some rest later.

She took out clean clothes from her storage space and placed them in the bathroom.

Anyway, she has a lot of clothes, enough to last a lifetime if she changes one outfit a day.

Ye Jingmo nodded, thinking he would finish showering as soon as possible and come over to change Jiang Li's clothes.

When he came out of the bathroom, he saw Jiang Li squatting on the ground sorting things, her face full of happiness.

Hey!

Today's harvest was quite fruitful.

There are fifteen cartons of milk, twenty-two bottles of soy milk, and various kinds of soap, mosquito repellent, and toothpaste...

Jiang Li was carefully calculating on her fingers, her eyebrows curving into a smile, like a fox that had just caught a pheasant, cunning yet adorable.

Ye Jingmo leaned close to Jiang Li's ear and whispered:

"A very fruitful harvest?"

Jiang Li was caught off guard and shuddered.

She subtly shifted her head and rubbed her ears, which felt tingly like they'd been electrocuted.

Her voice carried a coquettishness she hadn't realized: "Brother Mo, why did you suddenly scare me?"

You know, people can scare each other to death.

Ye Jingmo chuckled, "I was wrong, I shouldn't have scared you. Can you forgive me, Brother Mo?"

Jiang Li pursed her lips. "Fine, I'll reluctantly forgive you. But if you do it again, you'll have to make it up to me."

Ye Jingmo lightly flicked Jiang Li's forehead with his fingertip. "Hmm? I apologized that time but didn't compensate you. You stingy person."

Jiang Li stuck out her little tongue, looking like she was being unreasonable.

"I've packed everything up, I'm going to take a shower."

Jiang Li rushed to the bathroom without waiting for Ye Jingmo's reply.

She ran as fast as a middle school student who was about to be late for school, and disappeared in a flash.

The Qin family next door.

As soon as Qin Yu opened the door, he saw Qin Yue sitting at the doorway with a stool.

When she saw him return, she stood up, leaning on a stool.

"Brother, you're back? Are you tired today? Do you want to tidy up first? Or are you hungry and want to eat first?"

A barrage of questions left Qin Yu unsure which one to answer first.

"I'm definitely tired. How can you not be tired when you're working? Let me clean up first before eating. I'm too dirty."

Qin Yu was too dirty to touch his sister, afraid of infecting her with bacteria or viruses.

He used the rainwater he had stored to simply wash off the dirt on his body.

While it's not as clean as a shower, it's at least better than being completely filthy.

When Qin Yu came out, Qin Yue had already opened his backpack to check what was inside.

She took out the milk and asked in shock:

"Bro, your rescue team even gives out milk? That's amazing!"

Qin Yue felt she wanted to join the rescue team too; she hadn't had milk in a long time.

I used to dislike the fishy smell of milk, but now I can't even taste it if I want to.

"No, it was given by Jiang Li. She went to the rescue site with us today and found some food and supplies while scavenging."

Everything inside was given to you by her. The milk was a special gift for you, saying it would help your leg recover faster by providing calcium.

Qin Yu explained the origin of these items.

"Sister Jiang Li! Scavenging?!"

A longing flashed in Qin Yue's eyes; she also wanted to go scavenging and digging for things with Jiang Li.

But as she swept her hand over her sprained ankle, a feeling of utter uselessness washed over her.

She's really holding us back.

If she hadn't been injured, she could have gone scavenging and digging with Jiang Li, and her brother wouldn't have had to work so hard.

"Brother, am I really useless?"

Qin Yue lowered her head in frustration, her face showing bewilderment.

Qin Yu wouldn't tolerate her attitude, so he gave her a sharp rap on the head.

"What are you saying? You're my sister, isn't it only natural for me to support you?"

"Once your leg heals, does that mean you can't go out anymore? It's not like your leg is broken and you can't move. Don't give me that sob story."

Qin Yue rubbed the large bump on her head, her eyes brimming with tears.

This is truly a brother; he showed no mercy whatsoever.

"Couldn't you have hit me a little lighter?"

She muttered complaints about Qin Yu under her breath, but all her unease and disappointment vanished in that moment.

She needs to work hard to recover so that they can go out together to earn supplies.

"Come and have some bread."

Qin Yu took out the bread he had gotten that day, and he and Qin Yue each ate a piece.

As Jiang Li stepped out of the bathroom after taking a shower, she smelled the aroma of food.

"Perfect timing, the food is ready by the time you come out."

Ye Jingmo brought out pan-fried dumplings and radish and beef offal soup to the table.

The dumplings have thin wrappers and plenty of filling, and after being pan-fried, they have a beautiful yellow crispy crust on the bottom.

The radish and beef offal soup is white and rich, and its light flavor makes it irresistible to eat bowl after bowl.

Jiang Li took a bite of the dumpling, and the juice burst in her mouth.

"Hot, hot... phew!"

She fanned her mouth, her facial muscles contorted, but she refused to spit out the dumpling in her mouth.

Ye Jingmo quickly poured her a glass of water.

Jiang Li drank it down in one gulp, only then did she feel the heat in her mouth subside.

Ye Jingmo said, "No one's going to take it from you, eat slowly."

"Brother Mo's cooking is so delicious! I'll be careful later."

Jiang Li enjoyed a delicious meal and comfortably leaned back in her chair.

She felt the day's fatigue vanish under the comforting influence of the delicious food.

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