Su Ling continued, not waiting for Shang Qi's reply, "You can leave if you want, I won't stop you. But after you've handled your affairs, please return to my side. I'll always be waiting—"
Before Su Ling could finish, Shang Qi pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.
Then, Shang Qi's voice echoed in her ear, "I'm not leaving. The island is short-handed, they'll fill the vacancies."
Su Ling's restless heart finally settled upon hearing this. She let out a long sigh of relief.
Shang Qi held Su Ling, his grip tightening slightly. "I wouldn't dare go too far from you either."
Su Ling remained silent. She took a deep breath, then gently pushed Shang Qi away. She looked at him, "Who are they?"
When asked about his identity, Wen Shang Sheng quickly waved at Su Ling and ran towards her enthusiastically, calling out, "Third sister-in-law, I'm Wen Shang Sheng, you can call me Xiao Wu."
At this point, he had already believed his third brother's words and recognized Gu Shang Se as his paternal half-brother, his fourth brother.
As Wen Shang Sheng spoke, he had already reached Su Ling and Shang Qi. Gu Shang Se walked slowly behind them.
Upon hearing Wen Shang Sheng's self-introduction and looking at Shang Qi, Su Ling simply said, "We'll talk about it when we get back."
As Shang Qi and the others left the dock, they didn't forget to retrieve Wen Shang Sheng's ship.
Wen Shang Sheng, whose ship was confiscated, was carefree and didn't feel any discomfort.
Instead, he was overjoyed the entire way, chattering incessantly with Gu Shang Se, like a nagging mother.
His demeanor, compared to the ruthless efficiency of destroying an entire base with a single command at the Lu Cheng survivor base, was like having two souls inhabiting one body, a stark contrast.
On the way back to the stationed troops, it began to rain.
When the raindrops fell, Su Ling knew that what was coming was not just rain.
She had already returned the electric scooter to her space. She sat in the car, which Shang Qi was driving.
Listening to the sound and impact on the car roof, Su Ling frowned. The hail seemed to have come even earlier than expected.
They were still some distance from the stationed troops. If they couldn't get back before the hail became severe to warn everyone to take precautions, it would inevitably lead to losses.
"Shang Qi, it's hailing, hurry up," Su Ling said to Shang Qi.
Shang Qi understood what her words implied and immediately accelerated the car to its maximum speed.
The vehicles behind them, Wen Shang Sheng and the others, saw the vehicles ahead accelerate and quickly followed suit.
The hail grew larger and larger. At first, it was like pea-sized raindrops, but gradually they became bigger, hitting the car roof with a thudding sound that could be heard inside the car. Eventually, they were so large they could dent the car roof.
Along with the hail came a howling wind, rustling the leaves.
Passing by the dense banana grove, Su Ling sighed regretfully. After the hail stopped, this area would also be ruined.
Su Ling and the others arrived at the stationed troops amidst the hail. Fortunately, everyone had been awakened by the tremors caused by the large hailstones and were already moving things, trying to minimize material losses.
Standing under the eaves, Su Ling and the others watched the dense layer of hail piled on the ground.
Zhang Wenbin walked towards Su Ling and the others and stood beside them, his face serious. "The previous heavy rain lasted for several days. Will this hail also last for several days?"
If that were the case, everything living and vegetated on this island would be finished.
"I don't know," Shang Qi replied to Zhang Wenbin, looking at the increasingly large and absurd hail. "Take appropriate measures, adapt to the changes."