Fu Yunting looked at him for a long time, unable to recall who he was.
Lao Niao slicked his hair back, revealing his entire face.
Upon seeing the old scar above his eye, Fu Yunting finally remembered.
"It's you? Weren't you abroad? What are you doing hiding out here?"
"Hey, my market was snatched a year ago, so I thought I'd come back to evade my enemies. I didn't expect to stay until now. How is it, is my place alright? Self-sufficient, with ammunition, it's practically a paradise away from the world, right?"
An Nuan: "Who is it?"
Fu Yunting: "A small arms dealer. My father used to provide him with services when he was still alive."
"Smuggling?"
Fu Yunting blinked, implicitly admitting it.
Few business owners were truly clean-handed.
However, An Nuan never imagined that the Fu family had actually helped arms dealers smuggle.
Given the Fu family's deep roots, this business wouldn't yield much profit. If discovered, it could lead to serious trouble, potentially jeopardizing the entire family enterprise. The Fu family had no reason to take such a huge risk.
Fu Yunting said, "He saved my father's life, so my father helped him transport goods a few times."
Lao Niao jumped down from above, "That's right, I have an old friendship with him. I saw this kid when he was still a brat. He's been the same since he was little, that same ice-cold face!"
Lao Niao's hand landed on Fu Yunting's shoulder, only to be unceremoniously shaken off.
"My father had a good relationship with you, but we don't."
Fu Yunting scanned Lao Niao from head to toe.
Frankly, he found Lao Niao to be dirty.
"How many days has it been since you last showered?"
"Eight days."
Fu Yunting frowned and pulled An Nuan a step away.
Lao Niao raised his arm and sniffed his armpit, "There's no smell, right? What do you guys think?"
His brothers truly leaned in to sniff.
"Boss, besides the smell of a man, there's no other smell!"
"Haha, I told you there's no smell!"
Lao Niao's gaze fell on An Nuan, he sized her up, then suddenly ripped open his shirt, revealing his powerful muscles.
An Nuan was startled.
What did he mean? Did he want to crush her with his muscles?
He could probably do it, but An Nuan didn't want to be crushed.
Fu Yunting punched Lao Niao in the chest.
Lao Niao hadn't expected that a punch from a junior would send him flying over twenty meters. He was a sixth-tier Explosive Bear!
Lao Niao held a mouthful of blood in his mouth and blinked.
He was the boss of the base; what would it look like if he was made to bleed with a single punch? No, he couldn't spit it out. No matter what, he couldn't lose face.
Lao Niao forcefully swallowed the blood.
"Good one, kid, you've grown up! Your punch is strong!"
Fu Yunting impatiently threw him a robe, "Put it on. Don't be showing off your meager flesh."
"Xiao Nuan, weren't you scared? He's just like this."
An Nuan shook her head, "Not scared, exactly, but this is... a rather unique welcome."
Seeing this, Huang Xiaoting quickly smoothed things over, "It's his habit. When he's happy or angry, he can't help but rip his clothes."
"Heh, he has this fetish too? Think of all the wasted clothes!"
The brothers in the base all laughed.
"That's right, sometimes he rips five or six outfits in a day. Other bases lack food, but our base lacks clothes!"
"It's cold in the mountains; we all feel like crying when our boss wastes clothes like this."
"We've already made several quilts from the clothes the boss has ripped apart!"
Lao Niao sheepishly rubbed his chest and cursed, "Get lost, you bunch of brats, picking on my sore spot! I'm just happy to see my good friend's son marrying a beautiful wife!"
An Nuan quietly muttered, "We're not married yet."
"Not yet? Even better, send someone to let me know when you get married, and I'll prepare a grand gift for you! Brothers, prepare a table of food, I want to have a good drink with Xiao Lei Lei."
Xiao Lei Lei?
An Nuan and Xiao Yu shrunk their necks in surprise.
Fu Yunting's eyes were full of killing intent as he stared at Lao Niao.
If looks could kill, Lao Niao would have been dismembered a thousand times over!
"Xiao Lei Lei?"
An Nuan leaned close to his ear and sweetly called out.
Fu Yunting felt a strange comfort, but his stomach churned.
"Xiao Nuan, can we use a different nickname?"
"I think this nickname is quite cute, Xiao Lei Lei~~"
An Nuan's fingertips slid across his ear, the sensation cool and incredibly pleasant.
Fu Yunting lowered his head, leaning against An Nuan enjoyably.
He said with a hint of grievance, "Grandpa said a nickname makes a child easier to raise. Not just me, Yun Lei also has a nickname."
"What is it?"
"Xiao Shi Tou (Little Rock)."
An Nuan laughed heartily.
"Xiao Lei Lei, Xiao Shi Tou, quite descriptive."
Lao Niao: "What are you two doing, rubbing against each other like wolf cubs? Come over quickly, I'll introduce you to our local delicacies."
An Nuan walked onto the wooden plank road and followed them to a room on the third floor.
The house was built with a combination of wood and stone, and the furnishings were also made from local materials.
There were also structures and items left from the former resort.
An Nuan: "There's even smart furniture. The environment is quite nice."
"That stuff is useless now. There are some solar panels here, but the energy is barely enough to heat water for a bath, and maybe watch a romantic adult film occasionally. Anything more would be a waste."
The sun was setting, so Lao Niao lit a kerosene lamp.
To prevent wild beasts from attacking, the brothers had lit bonfires in various places.
An Nuan took a box battery from her spatial storage, and Fu Yunting found the power switch, methodically connecting the electrodes.
Xiao Yu's tail flicked the switch, and the room instantly lit up.
Lao Niao: "You have lithium batteries? I've never seen this model before."
Lao Niao was quite knowledgeable and had encountered many military supplies, but he had never seen this shape.
Huang Xiaoting chuckled, "These are nano-batteries, developed by Young Master Fu's research team. There are larger and smaller ones too. Our base uses these now."
"This battery can sustain the electricity needs of about ten households for a month. It can also be recharged when depleted, which is very convenient."
Lao Niao whistled, exclaiming, "Xiao Lei Lei, you've really made something of yourself, creating something so convenient!"
Fu Yunting coldly glanced at him.
Suddenly, he felt that his earlier punch hadn't been hard enough!
An Nuan: "I'll leave a few for you later. And a few UV lamps. Use them for lighting at night; they're more effective than bonfires and can also deter enemies."
"Xiao Lei Lei, you've really married a good wife!"
Fu Yunting rubbed his temples, "Can you use a different name?"
"Fine, Lei Zi, you're a lucky kid, marrying such a good woman, alright!"
An Nuan's lips curled. What a wife, how unpleasant to hear!
The brothers brought the food over. Wang Xiaotao was startled, "What... what is this! Is it edible?"
"Deep-fried eyeballs, stir-fried intestines, braised suction cups, salt and pepper centipede king. They're all our specialty dishes. Don't be shy, this meal is on me, eat to your heart's content."
An Nuan frowned. This... could they eat it?