In the guest room, Taozi had swept the table clean of food. Her little belly was round and full, and her small face was utterly satisfied.
"I'm full. Thank you for giving me food."
"Oh, you're welcome."
Chen Ming and the others smiled and shook their heads.
Taozi was even more moved by this. She thought they were truly good people—despite supplies being so scarce, they were still willing to give their food to her.
At the thought, her eyes reddened again.
But then Sun Xiaoqiang chuckled and turned his gaze toward Lin Dong.
"Lin Dong, she's full. Hurry up and bring out our good food."
"Ah???"
Taozi's touched expression froze, and she looked rather dazed.
What did he mean?
But Lin Dong looked outside. His keen sense of smell had already caught the scent of blood, and he could even faintly hear people's hysterical cries of battle.
"We can't eat for now. Let's get some exercise first."
"Exercise for what?"
Sun Xiaoqiang was baffled.
Before his words had faded, hurried footsteps approached from outside, and the door was pushed open.
Du Wentao and Xiaozhen rushed in, both looking exceptionally anxious.
"Everyone, monsters have broken in. This place might be dangerous."
"More monsters... What a pain."
Sun Xiaoqiang curled his lips.
"Mom!"
Taozi cried out and threw herself into Xiaozhen's arms, wrapping both arms around her.
Xiaozhen stroked her head and immediately comforted her.
"Mom's here. Don't be afraid. Mom will definitely protect you."
Only then did everyone realize that Taozi was actually Xiaozhen's daughter. Looking more closely, the two really did resemble each other somewhat.
Sun Yuhang lowered his voice.
"Uncle Chen, her child is already this grown."
"Oh, that's good. Saves trouble."
Chen Ming stared straight at them.
Cheng Luoyi stood up and picked up the longsword at