Lei Chunyan and the others said they needed to go back to get some things. Liu Yi, feeling indebted to them, offered to drive them back.
After they left, Yun Xiaoxiao and Ling Jing went to the hospital cafeteria together.
It was just lunchtime.
Qin Zhi, Grandma Niu, and Du Juan had already prepared the meals.
"Wow, it smells so good!"
Just as Yun Xiaoxiao and the others arrived, Nie Yizhou's voice sounded from behind.
"I'm starving. What's for lunch today?"
Nie Yizhou rubbed his stomach and stood on tiptoe to look at the dishes on the table.
"Braised pork! My favorite! And there's garlic shoots with meat, sweet and sour ribs, boiled fish! All my favorites!"
He swallowed hard.
"Is there anything you don't like to eat?"
A disdainful voice came from the doorway.
It was Xiao Feng and Mu Yang, who had just finished their work and returned.
"Tch... You talk as if you don't love eating. Who knows who eats more than a pig," Nie Yizhou retorted.
Xiao Feng glanced at him sideways, "You're talking about yourself, aren't you?"
Just as Nie Yizhou was about to snap back, he noticed Ling Jing standing nearby.
"Oh, isn't this the little dummy?" He chuckled.
Still oblivious to the danger, he waved his hand in front of Ling Jing.
"Hi, little dummy."
Ling Jing: ......
His eyes darkened, "Who are you calling a little dummy?"
"You, of course."
Nie Yizhou replied without thinking.
Then he realized what he had said.
He looked at Ling Jing in shock, his mouth agape.
"You... you've recovered?!"
Ling Jing gave him an ambiguous smile, "What do you think?"
Nie Yizhou: Uh... (⊙o⊙)
"Well... I'm really hungry, so I'll go eat first, okay? Do you want to eat?"
Nie Yizhou acted as if nothing had happened, still grinning at Ling Jing like they were best buddies.
Ling Jing glanced at the food on the table, "Not hungry."
Nie Yizhou suddenly remembered the scene from last night when Ling Jing said everything smelled bad, and how he ate raw meat bite by bite.
He immediately felt nauseous, his expression changing like a kaleidoscope in a second, becoming as colorful as it could be.
"Heh... hehe..."
He laughed awkwardly, trying to cover up his discomfort.
Others: ......
Seeing everyone's expressions, Yun Xiaoxiao knew this name wasn't great either.
"I'm terrible at naming things, that's why I asked for your ideas," she shrugged, indicating she was helpless in this matter.
After that, everyone started offering suggestions, coming up with all sorts of names.
Like Flower Base, Happy Base, New Hope Base...
In the end, only Lu Chen's suggestion was approved by everyone.
It was 'Yun City Base'.
'Yun' was taken from Yun Xiaoxiao's surname. Since the base was her creation, it made sense for it to follow her name.
Everyone could tell at a glance who this base belonged to.
Moreover, 'Yun' (cloud) also represents beautiful dreams, which aligned with everyone's desire to build the base into something even more wonderful.
Additionally, the base itself was already a city.
So, these three characters together not only sounded good but also had a good meaning and could point to the core leader of the base.
Therefore, everyone unanimously agreed on this name.
"Great, from now on we'll be called Yun City Base!"
Yun Xiaoxiao raised her paper cup, "Come on, let's have a drink to our base!"
"Cheers!"
Everyone raised their cups and drained their drinks in one go.
Yun Xiaoxiao also told everyone about her plan to go to Xiang City TV Station.
"If you're going there, I might be more familiar with the route," Xiao Feng spoke up after Yun Xiaoxiao finished.
Seeing everyone look at him, his eyes flickered.
"My dad is the director of Xiang City TV Station, I often go there."
"But don't you live in Rong City?" Nie Yizhou asked curiously.
He remembered that when he first met Xiao Feng, it was at his grandmother's house.
Xiao Feng explained, "I only lived with my grandmother in the countryside of Rong City when I was little. When I was ten, my dad brought me back to Xiang City."
He stopped there, not saying anything more.
But everyone could clearly feel that when he mentioned his father, the atmosphere around him instantly became very gloomy, as if someone owed him eight million dollars.
Everyone was tactful enough not to ask any more questions.
After that, everyone went back to their tasks or rested as needed.
Zhong Mingsheng called Yun Xiaoxiao and Lu Chen over.
He glanced at Ling Jing, who was standing lazily to the side, seeming hesitant to speak.
"Grandpa Zhong, if you have something to say, just say it. He's an adult, he can handle it," Yun Xiaoxiao said directly.
Ling Jing, standing to the side, slightly pursed his lips.
This little one understood him quite well.
Indeed, it was better to tell him the facts to his face than to hide things from him.
He didn't like it when everyone knew something but kept it from him.
"Alright then, I'll tell you the research results," Zhong Mingsheng pulled two A4 papers out of his pocket.