That night, it rained heavily. The storm mixed with periodic rain violently hit the eaves, doors, windows, along with the car roof. The sound was chaotic and loud, almost making people feel that these sounds of wind and rain were all there was left in the world; as if the world could collapse in the next moment.
Water flooded under the door cracks, and even leaked through the window cracks.
However, Bai Xiaohu and Lu Ye were not affected at all.
They were all in Bai Xiaohu’s spatial treasure.
Inside the space, it was still bright and sunny. The sound of wood chopping continued non-stoppingly. Lu Ye’s clothes were completely drenched, all wet with sweat.
As he swung the axe, his sweaty shirt revealed his well-built muscles. With each swing, the axe wrapped in the power of thunder and lightning chopped deeply into the tree trunk size so large that one person could not hug fully around it. He pulled the axe out forcefully and chopped it back into the same spot.
The axe was not a big one, but in Lu Ye’s hand, he chopped it with momentum like a sky-splitting legendary axe. Even for such a giant tree, he only needed three to four strokes to knock it down. After the swing, he kicked it with his foot and the tree trembled to fall in the other direction.
Then he walked to the next tree Bai Xiaohu had picked out and raised the axe again.
Bai Xiaohu had her basis for choosing trees. There were hundreds and thousands of year-old trees all over this space, and the same was true for the Firewood Tree. The age of trees was particularly easy to determine – the tree rings were grown so neatly, they could just count it.
She felt that it would be a bit exaggerated to use hundred-year-old trees for this matter, so she chose young trees to chop.
For example, the trees she picked were only a little over ten or twenty years old.
Looking at several hundreds of trees that had been chopped down, Bai Xiaohu asked Lu Ye to rest: “These are enough for the time being, take a break. Why don’t you take a bath in the lake? The clothes are outside, you want to go and get them yourself, or should I get them for you?”
Bai Xiaohu was very satisfied with such a diligent and capable employee, and it was right to show her courtesy.
Lu Ye glanced at her and finally understood that it was useless to be sentimental with her. It would be better to do her a day’s work.
He said, “Then I’ll bother you to grab them for me.”
“Not a bother, not a bother.”
Bai Xiaohu left the space and opened Lu Ye’s suitcase. The things in his suitcase were very simple, mainly clothes, shoes, and socks. He probably prepared a lot of them in case he had no clothes to wear, but his styles were plain, and there was only one color. They were neatly stacked, clothes with the clothes, pants with the pants.
Looking at the pink suitcase next to her, her things inside were so messy.
She touched her nose in shame and took a set of clothes back to the space.
Lu Ye had already soaked himself in the lake. Bai Xiaohu ran over and put down his clothes: “You should soak in this water for a while. It’s your first time. The spiritual energy in this lake is good for you. I’ll take you to a place with more rich spiritual energy later. You can cultivate there with half the effort but double the result.”
She glanced at the man’s broad and smooth shoulder lines and couldn’t help poking him: “It’s so hard.”
Lu Ye: “……” Lu Ye has become a Buddha. As long as she doesn’t jump in and bathe with him, he will remain calm.
When he found out that her “interest” in him was to make him cultivate with her, he was really disappointed and lost. He felt that he was self-indulgent and his heart sank to the bottom.
Thinking about it now, it’s completely unnecessary. With her personality, if she doesn’t have any thoughts about him, she won’t have any thoughts about others. Anyway, it’s enough that he is the person she is most close to. Over time, it will for sure bear fruit.
After poking, Bai Xiaohu said: “You can also swim in the lake and catch a few fish. You can catch whatever fish you think is delicious.”
Lu Ye said: “Okay.” Then he followed through and dived into the water without any hesitation. He is a good swimmer, and swimming is a sport he likes very much. Unfortunately, he has not swam since the end of the world. Today, he got to swim happily here.
The white cat Dapan was very envious on the shore. He sat solemnly for a while, meowed a few times, and then carefully tried to go into the water and began to swim on the surface.
Bai Xiaohu sat on the shore, holding the fat demon chicken and combing its feathers. It began to grow hard feathers. Looking at the man and the cat in the lake, she suddenly felt a little dazed, as if she was back on Baishou Mountain. At that time, there was only her and Mengmeng, sitting like this for a whole day. At that time, she hoped that there would be more people on the mountain, but there was never any.
Today, there was only one more person and one cat, but everything seemed to be lively all of a sudden.
The environment in the space is very similar to that on Baishou Mountain. Seeing them here, it seems that the self on Baishou Mountain in the past few hundred years has also been satisfied and is no longer lonely.
Bai Xiaohu raised the corner of her mouth and said softly, “So nice.”
Suddenly, she felt something in her heart, took off her hat, and touched her head. Her ears shrink back!
After a while, Lu Ye came out of the lake carrying several fish tied with waterweed. He was shirtless, showing a perfect figure, but his pants were well-worn. His hair was wet and dripping with water. He stroked it carelessly and was stunned when he saw Bai Xiaohu’s head: “Your ears…”
“The ears have retracted!”
Lu Ye nodded: “Do you have a pot?”
“Yes, yes.” Bai Xiaohu ran into her cabin and found the small pot.
This pot was made of a certain type of stone, not too big or too small. It is a magic weapon in essence, but it had no other characteristics except being sturdy.
Lu Ye handled the fish neatly, added water, and put the pot on the fire to cook. Bai Xiaohu sat aside and watched while wiping the wet white cat’s fur with a towel.
Three fishes, one for soup, two for roasting, then Lu Ye killed a chicken and made the beggar’s chicken that Bai Xiaohu wanted, and picked some fruits. Both of them had a joyful meal. After eating, Bai Xiaohu led Lu Ye to the place with rich spiritual energy that she used to cultivate before and asked him to practice there. However, there was still no progress, unfortunately.
When it was almost dawn outside, the two finally left the space.
Bai Xiaohu half lay on the table, although she hadn’t slept all night, her eyes were still bright. She looked at Lu Ye and said, “Lu Ye, can you accompany me in the space when you are free in the future?” She liked the feeling of how they get along just now as if making up for the past lonely years bit by bit.
Lu Ye smiled and said, “Yes.”
Soon there was movement in the barracks, and people began to get up.
The two also packed up and opened the door, and the cold wind and rain rushed in. It was just dawn, the wind was strong, the rain was heavy, the sky and the earth were gray, and the water on the ground could reach the middle of the calf.
The soldiers were moving some things to the car, when Du Jing came in the rain, and said to Bai Xiaohu, “Let’s get in the car, we will leave soon.”
Bai Xiaohu looked at the armored vehicle with camouflage skin that was said to be amphibious, and she was dejected.
Of course, they can’t ride a motorcycle or a scooter on a typhoon day. Letting her get into an armored vehicle is also to protect her safety. There are only a few of these vehicles here. Even if there are falling objects from high altitudes, they will definitely be unharmed. They will not drown even if they drive to the bottom of the water. They are very safe, but the thought of riding in a car makes her feel uncomfortable.
She touched the motion sickness patch that Lu Ye had put behind her ear in advance and got in the car reluctantly. Of course, Lu Ye went with her. Once the door was closed, it was a completely enclosed space, and the sound of wind and rain could not be heard at all.
Bai Xiaohu was a little restless, and Lu Ye comforted her: “Sleep for a while, you didn’t sleep last night.”
Bai Xiaohu nodded: “You are also tired all night, sleep too.”
She lay on the narrow bed specially arranged for her, thinking that she would not be able to sleep, but while holding Lu Ye’s hand, hugging a cat in her arms, and with a chicken squatting beside her head, all of which were familiar and liked by her, she gradually fell asleep.
Lu Ye let her hold his hand, looking at her tenderly before closing his eyes beside her.
The convoy gradually set out from the military camp and drove into the empty streets, with dozens of cars and hundreds of people.
Because mutant insects had appeared, the base recalled everyone guarding the three cities outside, fearing that a sudden insect tide would appear, and thousands and tens of thousands of people would be stranded by the insects out there. They braved the storm and rain and took risks to head on the road. This was happening across all three cities of Tong, Yue, and Ning.
The only difference among those in Ningcheng, Du Jing’s team, was that they were also responsible for escorting Bai Xiaohu back safely.
Due to the typhoon, the convoy moved very slowly, stopping and restarting, and it was quite uncomfortable to be in the car. Every time the car stopped, Lu Ye would open his eyes to look at Bai Xiaohu. Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, he felt relieved, and seeing that she frowned, he became worried. Bai Xiaohu woke up before hitting the one-hour mark, her face was pale, showing her motion sickness had returned.
“How do you feel?”
“Pull me up, I feel uncomfortable lying down.” Bai Xiaohu said.
Lu Ye pulled her up, she just sat there blankly, her whole body was listless.
Lu Ye let her lean on him distressingly. If there was a better way, he would not want her to suffer, but in this kind of weather, it was too dangerous not to be in the car. The helicopter could not fly, and if she stayed in Ningcheng, he would also be worried that the insect tide might become fierce.
He suddenly paused: “How about we just let them transport the trees back, I will stay with you, and we can stay in the space. We wouldn’t need to worry about the insects this way.”
Bai Xiaohu shook her head: “How can they transport this many trees, I’m fine.”
The person who said she was fine leaned on Lu Ye for a day and a night.
The next morning, the convoy arrived at the base in the accumulated rain.
After getting out of the car, Bai Xiaohu looked like she had a serious illness, which scared the people who came to greet her at the base gate in the wind and rain. Bai Xiaohu ignored everyone and followed Lu Ye’s instructions. She put all the trees on an open ground and leaned against Lu Ye.
Lu Ye picked her up and said to General Xu, “Sorry, she’s not feeling well. These trees are firewood. They can be light to burn right after being split. Even rain can’t put them out.”
General Xu also knew that Bai Xiaohu had motion sickness, a quite serious one, so he was very considerate and told Lu Ye to take her back to rest.
Lu Ye carried her back in the car driven by the Baishou Team.
Leaving quickly.
In the storm, the group of people stood at the base gate and watched the car leave silently. Some showed a dissatisfied expression: “This is too rude.”
General Xu said coldly: “If any of you can solve crises for the base at will, I will support you.”
Everyone shrank their necks and didn’t speak.
They all looked at the piles of trees.
Such thick and tall trees, and there are so many of them, piled up like a hill. How big of a space does Bai Xiaohu have? Did she cut these trees from somewhere else?
General Xu didn’t think about these things and straightforwardly ordered the people to saw the trees and act according to the plan.
Bai Xiaohu slept for a long time. At first, she was still restless. She constantly felt like a leaf floating in the vast ocean, rolling with the tide, which was very uncomfortable. Gradually, she felt better. The sea became calm, and then she felt like she was standing on land, very solid.
Just like this, little by little, she slept more and more deeply. When she woke up, it was still daytime. She lay there for a while and found that this was an unfamiliar room, so she sat up from the bed.
Shi Jian, who was sitting by the coffee table in the room, dozing with her arms folded, opened her eyes: “Xiaohu, you’re awake.”
“Shi Jian? Where is here?”
“This is our dormitory building. This is your room. Since you weren’t here and I don’t know your preferences, I only decorated it simply.” Shi Jian asked with concern: “Are you still feeling uncomfortable?”
Bai Xiaohu shook her head: “I’m fine. How long have I slept?” Her last memory was getting out of the car. It seemed that many people were waiting for her. Her mind and vision were a mess. She was tired and dizzy. She didn’t even want to look. She let go of the tree and then seemed to be picked up by Lu Ye, it seemed like it was princess style too. Ahem.
Then she has no memory of what happened afterward. Shi Jian said: “You have slept for a whole day and night.”
Bai Xiaohu was stunned: “It’s been so long, where is Lu Ye? Did Lu Ye carry me back?”
Shi Jian glanced at her expression. Shi Jian also heard that she and Lu Ye had “broken up”. As someone close to Bai Xiaohu, she spent a lot of time with her every day before she left the base. She was vaguely aware that something was going on between Bai Xiaohu and Lu Ye, but since Lu Ye took the initiative to say that nothing was going on between them, she didn’t want to mention it. It wouldn’t be good to be attached in this circumstance.