Wen Le crouched in the vegetable patch, slowly picking cucumbers one by one. Every time he picked one, it disappeared, only to be replaced by a new member of the cucumber army in the warehouse pile.
After picking a row, Wen Le stood up, stretched his waist, and the harvester was still roaring in the rice paddy.
Wen Le looked back at the vegetable patch he had picked today, nodded his head, and decided to just pick these for now. The others could hang in the field for a while.
Pinching his waist, Wen Le walked towards the threshing ground between the villa and the farmland.
“Wow! So many!” Wen Le looked at the small golden mountain in front of him and the large area of unharvested rice in the distance, feeling depressed. He didn’t realize he had planted so much when he used the machine to sow the seeds and make earth dams to prevent water from flowing into the field. He thought he had only planted a few.
“Xiao Wen! Let’s take a break. We’re not in a rush to eat, and we still have to stay in the mountains for a while. We’ll continue later,” Wen Le shouted towards the rice paddy. In his space, everything that was not alive could move according to his thoughts, but things with life couldn’t. He couldn’t teleport within the space either, unless he left the space and thought of a location inside before coming back in. But Wen Le thought it was unnecessary. What harm was there in walking a few extra steps?
He heard Xiao Wen respond from afar, and the sound of the harvester stopped.
“You really planted a lot,” Xiao Wen shook off the mud on his shoes and sighed.
Wen Le felt embarrassed and looked away. He didn’t think he had planted so much.
“Let’s go change clothes,” Wen Le said, looking at his dirty clothes. The two walked back to the villa together.
They couldn’t go out wearing clothes covered in mud, it would be hard to explain. Xiao Wen took the opportunity to eat some tofu while Wen Le changed his clothes. After they finished, they left the space confidently. As soon as they stepped out, they were greeted by heavy snow, and Xiao Wen sighed.
“Compared to here, the space is like heaven.”
Wen Le rolled his eyes. “Do you want to live in heaven forever?”
“Don’t bother, forget it. Occasionally going there to rest and relax is fine, but if we live there our whole lives, we’ll be bored to death. Oh well, what can we do, we’re social animals after all!”
After the two returned to the cave, Huang Yao sealed the entrance. Ignoring the suspicious looks from Zhou Quan and Mo Yan, Wen Le stared with wide eyes as Yin Chengyang skillfully stirred the pot by the stove.
“He can cook?”
Xiao Wen chuckled and pressed Wen Le onto a chair. “Yin Chengyang is the only one among us who can cook. Don’t you think we had to eat takeout all the time when we were at headquarters without Uncle Mo?”
“Han Ya and Zhou Quan can’t cook?”
The two who were named looked at Wen Le and shook their heads with a smile.
Wen Le smirked and looked back at Yin Chengyang.
Looks can be deceiving!
“If you feel uncomfortable, just tell me. Don’t be shy. Don’t eat spicy food tonight,” Zhou Quan patted Wen Le’s head and gave Xiao Wen a sideways glance.
Wen Le looked at him confusedly.
“Not the first time?” Zhou Quan raised his eyebrows and asked when he saw Wen Le’s expression.
Except for the night when the boss went to see Wen Le more than two months ago, they had been together all the time. Did the two take advantage of their inattention and do something?
Wen Le didn’t understand what Zhou Quan was saying and could only look at Xiao Wen.
Xiao Wen turned his gaze away awkwardly, cleared his throat, and pulled Zhou Quan to one side.
Wen Le still looked at them blankly, while Zhou Quan’s eyes went from surprised to relieved, and finally had a hint of disappointment.
“Let’s eat.” Yin Chengyang finished the last dish and brought it to the table, interrupting Wen Le’s confused thoughts.
Wen Le shrugged and decided to ask Xiao Wen alone later.
At the dinner table, everyone was happily grabbing food from each other. If they didn’t look at the environment around them, it didn’t seem like they were living in an apocalypse.
“By the way, I saw a small hole behind that big rock today. Chengyang and I will go take a look tomorrow,” Mo Yan opened his mouth, which was a rare occurrence after dinner.
Xiao Wen and Wen Le looked at each other and said nothing. They could go and see.
“This cave is like a beast’s den. Be careful when you go,” Uncle Mo reminded them with some concern.
“Okay, don’t worry.”
Huang Tao hesitated and looked at Xiao Wen.
“What’s wrong?” Xiao Wen continued to peel the apple, not looking up.
“I feel like… there’s someone in the mountains…”
After Huang Tao finished speaking, everyone was stunned and put down what they were holding to look at him.
“Everyone came back this evening, and I saw there was a lot of garbage in the cave, so I thought about taking it out to throw away. Because I was afraid the bones and vegetable stems might attract something, I walked a bit far. When I was close to halfway up the mountain, I vaguely saw smoke in the mountain valley. Because it was too far and the snow was too heavy, I didn’t continue to walk over there, and I wasn’t sure if I saw it wrong when I came back.”
“The residents in the mountains?” Han Ya muttered to himself and furrowed his brow slightly.
“It shouldn’t be. After finding this cave, Wen Le and I walked around the nearby area, but we didn’t see any signs of people living here,” Xiao Wen shook his head.
“Maybe it’s people fleeing,” Uncle Mo sighed.
“Let’s go and check it out tomorrow. Don’t wander around outside,” Huang Tao said.
Everyone nodded and prepared to sleep. There were no entertainment facilities in the cave, and after dinner, there was nothing else to do but sleep.
Just as they had fallen asleep, they heard a scream coming from the partition where Xiao Wen and Wen Le were sleeping.
Zhou Quan blinked and thought that the boss must have told Wen Le something before dinner. Then he calmly buried his head under the covers and went back to sleep.
Xiao Wen, on the other hand, finally calmed down the person who was going crazy, but he was scratched painfully in many places. He felt wronged. If he had really done it, it would have been fine to scratch him, but the meat hadn’t even gone into his mouth!
Wen Le, who was tightly hugged, became more and more aggrieved as he thought about it. He couldn’t help but fiercely pinch the culprit behind him. Hearing the gasping sound in his ear, he felt a sense of balance.
Why did he think he was the one who was being pressed down?!
He was also a man!
Moreover, from what Zhou Quan said, it seemed that the one who was pressed down was in a very pitiful situation. He definitely wanted to be the one on top!
Xiao Wen behind him breathed a sigh of relief when the person in his arms finally calmed down. But if he knew what was going to happen after this night, he didn’t know if he could still sleep so peacefully.
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