Qin Jun, Du Ningde, and the other workers laughed too. Seeing that Monkey hadn't turned his nose up at their gift but had put it on right away and clearly treasured it made them all happy.
"Guys, hang on a second. I've got presents for you too!" Monkey suddenly said.
Qin Jun and the others hurriedly waved their hands. "No, no! Ours was just a little token. We couldn't accept anything from you in return! We're heading off!"
With that, they turned to leave.
Monkey stepped in their way. "Come on, don't! If you leave, I'll have to get Xiao Yufei to track you down. Wait here for me!"
Hearing that, none of them dared move. Base Chief Xiao was so busy; they couldn't make him worry over something so trivial.
Once Monkey had convinced them to stay, he hurried over to Bai Yaoyao.
"Sister Yao! Sister Yao! You two aren't the only ones who got flatbreads. Look at my new padded jacket!" Monkey said, showing it off.
Bai Yaoyao had naturally noticed what was happening over by Monkey. Seeing him so ridiculously happy, she couldn't help feeling happy too.
"Sister Yao, could you give me some food or something? I want to... well... you know..."
Monkey suddenly grew bashful.
Bai Yaoyao understood, of course. Monkey's fellow workers were all ordinary people who did hard manual labor. Pooling their points to buy him a padded jacket was already quite a gesture.
So she didn't skimp, packing two large bags with practical things like common medicines, instant noodles, compressed biscuits, chocolate, and gloves.
Monkey excitedly picked up the bags, went back, and tossed them to Qin Jun and Du Ningde.
"This... this is far too much! We can't accept it!" Qin Jun and the others flushed red with anxiety.
"No! You