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Chapter 810 You Must Have a Reason to Leave, Zhu Heng Offers Her Own Thoughts
This time we weren't in the mountains.

The four of them found a quiet spot at the village entrance where they wouldn't be disturbed or bother anyone else. They took out all the cooking utensils and ingredients from the trunk of their car and busied themselves making a simple dinner that wasn't particularly lavish or tasty, but which they finished completely.

After finishing her meal, Zhu Heng put down her bowl and then pulled Ye Mingxin aside to walk around and whisper secrets to her.

The two men, left behind, exchanged a silent glance, resignedly rolled up their sleeves, and began to clean up the mess in front of them.

They walked in one breath to a nearby hillside. Apart from them, there was no one else around, only a cool breeze blowing around them.

Zhu Heng squinted, about to take a deep breath, when she heard the sound of a gentle breeze blowing past her ear.

"Aren't you going to ask me why I'm still the same after all these years?"

Zhu Heng turned her head and smiled at her, "When I first saw you, I really wanted to ask, but after that I didn't want to."

"Huh? Why?"

“I don’t think anyone would leave their beloved partner and newborn child without a reason, but she still chose to leave. There must be some unspeakable reason that she had to leave.”

At this point, Zhu Heng smiled again, "Now I'm more inclined to believe that you are a little elf who secretly ran away from the mountains! My goodness, thinking about it this way, I'm so lucky. Most people don't have the chance to be best friends with an elf."

You really haven't changed at all!

"Yes, I haven't changed either."

After the two men who had stayed behind finally cleaned themselves up, they were about to go find their wives when, as if on cue, their wives returned hand in hand.

Before Li Xingchuan and Que Bingchen could speak, Zhu Heng waved her hand and said, "I'm going to sleep with Mingxin tonight!"

Li Xingchuan: "..."

Que Bingchen: "..."

There are two SUVs right next to us. If you sleep in one, then the two grown men will have to sleep in the other one.
Unless you're outside in the freezing cold all night, even though it's spring, the temperature is still quite chilly at night.

Which one to choose?
I don't want to choose either of them!
Unfortunately, they weren't given a chance to object. As soon as Zhu Heng finished speaking, she reached out and opened the back door of the nearest car, letting Ye Mingxin get in first, then getting in herself, waving her hand out of the car, and then neatly closing the door.

The two left outside: Xiao Se!

"Wait, the car that Ah Heng and I chose has seats that can be folded flat, but yours..."

Li Xingchuan felt like crying even more: "It seems like my car can only lie at an angle."

The seats had been reclined and a folded mattress had been laid out in the car, where Zhu Heng and Ye Mingxin were already comfortably lying down.

"Mingxin, about that Qiaoqiao... wait, I've already signed a confidentiality agreement, so I should be able to talk about it now, right?"

"Yes, just say what you want to say."

"As you know, Ah Chen and I usually like to go deep into the mountains. Over the years, we've seen many strange phenomena and creatures in the mountains. Let me share my humble opinion: the changes in that girl Qiaoqiao don't seem like a disease in the conventional sense. They're more like... parasitism, or symbiosis, you could say."

“Parasitic symbiosis…” Ye Mingxin stared at the car roof, which was simulated as a starry sky, and fell into deep thought. “Qiaoqiao’s situation is indeed very special, but it’s not impossible. Let’s wait until tomorrow and I’ll mention it to my master first.”

"Yes, I hope I haven't misled you."

"No, the three experts leading the team, including my mentor, are encouraging us team members to boldly put forward all the hypotheses we can think of, and then deduce and verify them one by one. You have inspired everyone's thinking."

"Sigh, it's just a pity I have to leave first thing tomorrow morning."

"I can't plead for him, my master has very strong principles."

Zhu Heng rolled over and hugged Ye Mingxin tightly. "Yeah, I'm scared when you get serious, but luckily this time it wasn't a loss."

My sweet and soft best friend is so cuddly, isn't she?

The atmosphere in the car next door was completely different.

The car seats, which had been awkwardly reclined, met with silent stares. After a while, Que Bingchen, unable to bear the awkward atmosphere any longer, suggested, "Um, how about we play some chess on our phones?"

At least the car he and Ah Heng rented had a screen where they could watch movies, but this car had nothing but art supplies.

You can't exactly ask the person next to you to open the canvas and paint a portrait of him, can you?

Li Xingchuan, who had just been thoroughly thrashed by his older brother in the game of Go before coming here, said: "The suggestion is good, but let's not bring it up again next time!"
But I wasn't sleepy at all, so I nodded and said, "Okay, let's play a game."

As Zhu Heng was holding Ye Mingxin and she was almost asleep, she glanced at the car next door where there was still some light shining through. "I didn't expect your man and my man to have so much to talk about."

Li Xingchuan, who really wanted to roll down the car window and throw his phone and the chessboard on it out: Is it too late to sleep under or on the roof of the car now?

The night, which felt incredibly long to me, has finally come to an end.

As dawn broke, the two, whose backs ached from sleeping too long, quickly opened the car door and got out.

After stretching their stiff limbs and bones in the open space, and seeing that there was still no movement in the car next to them, the two quietly boiled a kettle of water in the electric cooker and cooked breakfast before going over to knock on the car window.

After Zhu Heng and Ye Mingxin quickly tidied up and got out of the car, their simple breakfast was ready to eat.

"We won't go over to say goodbye to your master."

Zhu Heng took a sip of instant soup, thought for a moment, and then said, "When we get back to the city, I'll have someone send you some supplies. I don't think you can stay here for just a few days."

"Need not……"

Zhu Heng stuffed a piece of braised meat into Ye Mingxin's mouth, "The truck delivering supplies is parked at the village entrance. I'll call you in advance so you can come out and receive it. Besides, we came here so abruptly yesterday, and although the others in your team didn't say anything, they might still have some complaints. You know, if you accept someone's food, you're bound to be indebted to them. We need to be careful about these social niceties."

Ye Mingxin ate the fragrant braised meat and finally nodded, "Okay."

Li Xingchuan, who had wanted to send some supplies to his wife early in the morning but had been beaten to it again, was speechless.

Zhu Heng, his lifelong enemy!
After breakfast and tidying up, it was almost dawn, and it was time to leave.

Before Li Xingchuan could react, Zhu Heng grabbed Ye Mingxin and said, "Be careful here, and call me if anything happens."

Ye Mingxin rested her chin on Zhu Heng's shoulder, just in time to meet Li Xingchuan's expectant gaze. She smiled and gently patted Zhu Heng's back, "I will, don't worry. Be careful driving on your way back."

"Hmm." After lingering in the embrace for a while, Zhu Heng reluctantly let go, glanced at Li Xingchuan standing silently warning her from the side, snorted softly, and stepped into the car with triumphant strides.

Li Xingchuan: "..."

Fortunately, before he could even get angry, his wife took the initiative to hug him tightly.

He instinctively pulled the person into his arms, saying, "I also want to bring you supplies. The dormitory you're living in is so poor, it breaks my heart."

“Okay,” since one person had already agreed, adding another wouldn’t hurt, “but it can’t be too exaggerated.”

Li Xingchuan, who was just thinking about renovating the dormitory from the beds to the desks and chairs, from the floor to the walls, said: "Okay, and about the patient you're going to see this time, I have a feeling..."

Ye Mingxin glanced at the villagers who had already gone out for some activities not far away, and covered his mouth, saying, "Don't say anything about this, I know what I'm doing."

"Ok."

As the morning light grew brighter, the three of them first watched Ye Mingxin return to the nearby clinic before reluctantly starting the car and turning back.

Zhu Heng drove on the way back, while Que Bingchen took a nap in the passenger seat.

Not only did Li Xingchuan not sleep well last night, but he did too.

"what?"

Que Bingchen was groggily awakened by his wife's voice. Before he even opened his eyes, he asked, "What's wrong?"

“A campervan just drove by from the opposite direction, escorted by two bodyguard vehicles in front and behind. I just glanced in the rearview mirror at the direction they were heading, and it looked like they were going to Changhe Village.”