Upon returning to the base, Xiao Xu helped her carry her belongings upstairs. Yang PeiMin, grateful, handed him a package of pastries and said, awkwardly, "Thank you. You have no idea how I could have struggled until dark and not known if I could even make it back."
Xiao Xu smiled and replied, "Today, after escorting the officer out of the city, I rushed back and reached the town by noon. Before Brother Cui's arrival, he specifically told me to take a couple extra rounds to see if I could pick up you all. It got delayed because we had to take an elderly person who fainted to the clinic. Luckily, we ran into you all, otherwise Brother Cui would've thought I was inefficient."
It turned out that Shen Yiguang had also reminded them.
With a sweetness in her heart, Yang PeiMin sent Xiao Xu off and energetically began tending to her meat.
