"This is delicious, this is really delicious! Good heavens, this old man has never eaten such tasty rations in his entire life."
"Xiao Liu, get lost! Don't take this old man's food."
"Water! I'm choking to death! Give me some water!"
Outside Blizzard Base.
Inside a wooden cabin in the forest, Blind Chen wolfed down his food. In the end, he choked and had to have Little Rascal pat his back to clear his airway.
Zeng Shan looked at the old man eating like a starving dog, the muscles on his face twitching nonstop.
Lin Cheng, who was wiping a knife in the corner of the cabin, glanced out the window before continuing to clean his blade.
Atop the cabin, Li Zi lay prone on a pile of hay with a sniper rifle braced before her, watching the distant woods.
Shen Yu happened to return from outside. He waved to Li Zi, then entered the cabin and set down his backpack. "The food's all here."
Blind Chen immediately shouted, "Give it to me!"
Luo Yan patted his shoulder. "Stop eating. You've been starving for days. Suddenly overeating will damage your body."
Only then did Blind Chen stop.
After Luo Yan found them underground in the Gray Street Chess and Card Room, he had them—along with Little Rascal and the two children, Ye Xiang—escorted out of the base.
They had come here to meet up with Zeng Shan and the others.
After eating and drinking his fill, Blind Chen let out a breath. "According to the physiognomy books, with a palm like mine, this old man can live to ninety-nine. I'm only sixty-five, so I still have more than twenty years left. I knew I wouldn't die in the base."
Little Rascal held out his hand. "Old Master, then see how