Watching the beautiful woman at the ship’s bow, her face already streaked with tears, Fang Chenyi’s lips curved into a slight smile as he forced back his own tears.

He raised his arm and waved vigorously at Bai Menghan.

On the ship, Bai Menghan looked at the scruffy, unshaven Fang Chenyi in his tattered suit, and her heart felt like it was about to shatter.

She didn’t know how her beloved had managed to survive this past week.

She didn’t know how much her beloved had suffered during this past week...

But compared to the fact that he was alive and she could see him again, none of that mattered.

However, just as the two were gazing at each other with deep affection from a distance, some tactless fellow had to go and ruin the atmosphere.

SLAP!

Fang Chenyi, who was still waving at Bai Menghan, felt a sharp pain in his arm, followed by a loud "AOOO AOOO" from beside him.

He turned his head in confusion, only to see an annoyed-looking Vajra, who was howling while pointing a finger at the grill in front of Fang Chenyi.

The roast goat on the grill, which Fang Chenyi had forgotten to turn in his excitement, was now giving off a burnt smell.

A quick look revealed that a large chunk on the bottom was already charred black.

Seeing this, Fang Chenyi had no mind for the roast. After telling Vajra, "It’s all yours," he strode toward the shore.

Three minutes, ten minutes.

Finally, the transport ship docked at the shore.

By now, everyone on the ship had run out onto the deck.

"Menghan! Why did you come all the way out here?"

He asked with a smile, grabbing the mooring rope thrown from the transport ship as he spoke to the tear-streaked Bai Menghan on deck.

Once the ship was secured, the crew members immediately set up a wooden gangway to the shore.

"Chenyi!"

The very moment the gangway was in place, Bai Menghan was the first to rush down, throwing herself into Fang Chenyi’s arms and sobbing uncontrollably.

Seeing her like this, Fang Chenyi’s heart ached. He knew Menghan must have been worried sick the entire time he was missing.

He gently patted Menghan’s back, whispering words of comfort in her ear:

"It’s okay, it’s okay now. Don’t cry, baby. Um... look, I’m perfectly fine, aren’t I? Come on, stop crying. You’ve made your pretty face all streaky."

Soothed by Fang Chenyi’s comfort, Bai Menghan’s crying gradually subsided.

But just as Fang Chenyi was about to get a good look at her, he discovered she had already fallen asleep.

Despite the constant rushing around for days, Bai Menghan had forced herself to eat and sleep. Eating was the easy part; she could just shove food into her mouth.

But sleep was another matter. Even when she lay in bed with her eyes closed, she simply couldn’t fall into a deep sleep.

Almost every night was the same; she would close her eyes and toss and turn the whole night, unable to sleep.

But now, seeing the person she cared for most in the world, her heart finally relaxed, and the exhaustion from the past several days swept over her all at once.

"Brother Fang, we were too late."

Seeing Bai Menghan asleep in Fang Chenyi’s arms, Qi Xiaotian walked up from behind, his face a mixture of joy and self-reproach.

He felt especially bad when he saw that Fang Chenyi’s suit had been reduced to tattered strips of cloth.

"Xiaotian, thank you. Thank all of you!"

To Fang Chenyi, however, Qi Xiaotian wasn’t late at all. The fact that the dolphins had led him here first proved that he had been searching for him all along.

AOOO~

Just as everyone was busy chatting, a sudden roar made Qi Xiaotian and the men behind him jump. They immediately raised their assault rifles and went on alert, scanning their surroundings.

"Brother Fang, get your wife back on the ship, quickly! Based on that roar, whatever it is, it’s very close!"

Seeing Qi Xiaotian’s grave expression, as if facing a formidable enemy, Fang Chenyi couldn’t help but chuckle. He quickly explained:

"Everyone, relax. The one making that noise is my friend, a gorilla."

A gorilla? A friend?

These two questions popped into everyone’s mind at once. But since Fang Chenyi had said so, they had no choice but to lower their weapons.

Still, they remained on guard. After all, no matter how intelligent a gorilla was, it was still an animal.

And the biggest difference between animals and humans was that animals were unpredictable. If it really turned on them, it wouldn’t hesitate to attack anyone.

Besides, gorillas could be very fierce omnivores.

Fang Chenyi could clearly see the expressions on their faces. So, as he lifted Bai Menghan into his arms, he called out to them in a soft voice:

"Come on, let’s go. Vajra has prepared some delicious food for you. It’s already noon, so there’s no need to rush. We’ll eat first and then set off!"

With that, Fang Chenyi led the way in Vajra’s direction.

Along the way, Fang Chenyi borrowed Qi Xiaotian’s phone and dialed his mom’s number as he walked.

RING... RING... RING... The phone rang for a long time before it was answered. He heard his mom on the other end, asking in a puzzled voice:

"Hello? Who is this?"

Hearing his mother’s voice, Fang Chenyi, who had just been through a life-and-death ordeal, felt his eyes well up. His voice trembled slightly as he said:

"Hello, Mom? It’s me, Chenyi."

His mother was clearly stunned to hear his voice. Just as Fang Chenyi thought she was about to cry tears of joy, her annoyed voice came through the phone: