Lei Chunyan and the others said they needed to go back to get some things. Liu Yi, feeling indebted to them, offered to drive them back.
After they left, Yun Xiaoxiao and Ling Jing went to the hospital cafeteria together.
It was just lunchtime.
Qin Zhi, Grandma Niu, and Du Juan had already prepared the meals.
"Wow, it smells so good!"
Just as Yun Xiaoxiao and the others arrived, Nie Yizhou's voice sounded from behind.
"I'm starving. What's for lunch today?"
Nie Yizhou rubbed his stomach and stood on tiptoe to look at the dishes on the table.
"Braised pork! My favorite! And there's garlic shoots with meat, sweet and sour ribs, boiled fish! All my favorites!"
He swallowed hard.
"Is there anything you don't like to eat?"
A disdainful voice came from the doorway.
It was Xiao Feng and Mu Yang, who had just finished their work and returned.
"Tch... You talk as if you don't love eating. Who knows who eats more than a pig," Nie Yizhou retorted.
Xiao Feng glanced at him sideways, "You're talking about yourself, aren't you?"
Just as Nie Yizhou was about to snap back, he noticed Ling Jing standing nearby.
"Oh, isn't this the little dummy?" He chuckled.
Still oblivious to the danger, he waved his hand in front of Ling Jing.
"Hi, little dummy."
Ling Jing: ......
His eyes darkened, "Who are you calling a little dummy?"
"You, of course."
Nie Yizhou replied without thinking.
Then he realized what he had said.
He looked at Ling Jing in shock, his mouth agape.
"You... you've recovered?!"
Ling Jing gave him an ambiguous smile, "What do you think?"
Nie Yizhou: Uh... (⊙o⊙)
"Well... I'm really hungry, so I'll go eat first, okay? Do you want to eat?"
Nie Yizhou acted as if nothing had happened, still grinning at Ling Jing like they were best buddies.
Ling Jing glanced at the food on the table, "Not hungry."
Nie Yizhou suddenly remembered the scene from last night when Ling Jing said everything smelled bad, and how he ate raw meat bite by bite.
He immediately felt nauseous, his expression changing like a kaleidoscope in a second, becoming as colorful as it could be.
"Heh... hehe..."
He laughed awkwardly, trying to cover up his discomfort.
"I see, well... suit yourself, I'll go eat first, okay?"
"Idiot..."
Xiao Feng rolled his eyes beside him.
Soon after, Lu Chen and Zhong Mingsheng also returned.
"Big brother, how's Xiong Xiaomin?" Yun Xiaoxiao walked up to Lu Chen and asked.
Lu Chen replied, "Dr. Ye and the others have treated her, and she's sleeping now."
Yun Xiaoxiao nodded.
After Nan Yi and Fat Uncle returned, everyone gathered to have lunch.
Qin Zhi and the others had prepared many delicious dishes, perfect in color, aroma, and taste.
After a busy morning, everyone ate with great satisfaction.
Of course, this is if you ignore Ling Jing, who was leaning on his hand, watching everyone eat with a bored expression.
Aside from that, lunch was quite warm and harmonious.
"By the way, our base doesn't have a name yet. Does anyone have any good suggestions?" Yun Xiaoxiao looked up at everyone while gnawing on a chicken wing.
Nie Yizhou poked his head out from his rice bowl.
"How about we call it the Mighty Base?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone turned to look at him in unison.
"Don't you all think this name sounds powerful and imposing?"
He laughed heartily, feeling quite proud of himself.
He hadn't noticed the strange looks everyone was giving him.
Everyone remained silent, just staring at him.
After a few seconds, he finally realized something was off.
He rubbed his nose, "What's wrong? Isn't this name good?"
"What do you think?" Xiao Feng gave him a look of disdain.
Nie Yizhou counterattacked, "Well, why don't you come up with one? I'd like to see what brilliant name you can come up with!"
"Fine, I will."
Xiao Feng thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly lighting up.
"Let's call it the Proud Dragon Base!"
"Hahahahaha..."
To everyone's surprise, as soon as he finished speaking, Nie Yizhou burst into laughter, slapping the table.
"Who do you think you are, Dragon Pride? Hahahahaha, Proud Dragon Base, that's even worse than my Mighty Base."
Xiao Feng: ......
If looks could kill, Nie Yizhou would have died a thousand times over.
"Xiaoxiao, do you have any ideas?" Zhong Mingsheng smiled at Yun Xiaoxiao.
Yun Xiaoxiao chewed on her chicken wing, frowning in thought.
"Werewolf Base."
Zhong Mingsheng: ......
Others: ......
Seeing everyone's expressions, Yun Xiaoxiao knew this name wasn't great either.
"I'm terrible at naming things, that's why I asked for your ideas," she shrugged, indicating she was helpless in this matter.
After that, everyone started offering suggestions, coming up with all sorts of names.
Like Flower Base, Happy Base, New Hope Base...
In the end, only Lu Chen's suggestion was approved by everyone.
It was 'Yun City Base'.
'Yun' was taken from Yun Xiaoxiao's surname. Since the base was her creation, it made sense for it to follow her name.
Everyone could tell at a glance who this base belonged to.
Moreover, 'Yun' (cloud) also represents beautiful dreams, which aligned with everyone's desire to build the base into something even more wonderful.
Additionally, the base itself was already a city.
So, these three characters together not only sounded good but also had a good meaning and could point to the core leader of the base.
Therefore, everyone unanimously agreed on this name.
"Great, from now on we'll be called Yun City Base!"
Yun Xiaoxiao raised her paper cup, "Come on, let's have a drink to our base!"
"Cheers!"
Everyone raised their cups and drained their drinks in one go.
Yun Xiaoxiao also told everyone about her plan to go to Xiang City TV Station.
"If you're going there, I might be more familiar with the route," Xiao Feng spoke up after Yun Xiaoxiao finished.
Seeing everyone look at him, his eyes flickered.
"My dad is the director of Xiang City TV Station, I often go there."
"But don't you live in Rong City?" Nie Yizhou asked curiously.
He remembered that when he first met Xiao Feng, it was at his grandmother's house.
Xiao Feng explained, "I only lived with my grandmother in the countryside of Rong City when I was little. When I was ten, my dad brought me back to Xiang City."
He stopped there, not saying anything more.
But everyone could clearly feel that when he mentioned his father, the atmosphere around him instantly became very gloomy, as if someone owed him eight million dollars.
Everyone was tactful enough not to ask any more questions.
After that, everyone went back to their tasks or rested as needed.
Zhong Mingsheng called Yun Xiaoxiao and Lu Chen over.
He glanced at Ling Jing, who was standing lazily to the side, seeming hesitant to speak.
"Grandpa Zhong, if you have something to say, just say it. He's an adult, he can handle it," Yun Xiaoxiao said directly.
Ling Jing, standing to the side, slightly pursed his lips.
This little one understood him quite well.
Indeed, it was better to tell him the facts to his face than to hide things from him.
He didn't like it when everyone knew something but kept it from him.
"Alright then, I'll tell you the research results," Zhong Mingsheng pulled two A4 papers out of his pocket.
