Ye Wenjie, watch my moves closely.

Chapter 18 Unexpected Visitor

After the safety rope incident subsided, Li Youyu returned to the edge of the cliff. When he looked again, the folding hacksaw he had thrown into the dense forest was gone. There were trampled marks on the surrounding weeds, indicating that someone had deliberately come in to look for it.

Lei Zhicheng knew nothing about this matter; the only answer was Yang Weining.

Having been murdered by his wife, whom he had given his whole heart, Li Youyu, being a man himself, could understand how Yang Weining felt when he learned the truth.

Yang Weining understood everything, but he said nothing.

As Li Youyu listened to the man's heartbroken account, he thought of Ye Wenjie's words from the original novel:

Yang Weining is a good person.

This is the highest praise she could give to humanity.

Li Youyu also agreed.

Yang Weining's love for Ye Wenjie carries a sense of redemption; it is a treasure that Ye Wenjie, struggling in darkness, has always overlooked.

Seeing his dejected appearance, Li Youyu couldn't bear to tell him any more of the truth.

In the original novel, even though Ye Wenjie's heart was as hard as ice, she still confronted her mother, Shaolin, and the four young men who had killed her father after Yang Dong was born.

She wasn't just concerned about the past; she was also trying to find a legitimate outlet for her betrayal of humanity and alleviate her guilt.

No one repented for their mistakes.

Ye Wenjie has no need to repent.

If Yang Weining were to learn that Ye Wenjie had betrayed human civilization, the guilt he would feel would be far greater than Ye Wenjie's.

Furthermore, Yang Weining's extremely high sense of morality and right and wrong left him with nowhere to vent his feelings.

Good people shouldn't be held at gunpoint, much less get stuck in a dead end.

"There's not much I can do to help."

Li Youyu took out a brown paper bag and handed it to Yang Weining, saying, "This is some money, enough for your food, clothing, and other necessities for two years."

Making money was actually the simplest thing Li Youyu did in the Three-Body world.

Other things I want to do are currently being hindered by my status and position, and progress is slow.

It's been half a year since Li Youyu entered the Three-Body world. During this time, he has mostly acted as a spiritual mentor, helping Ye Wenjie to rediscover the kindness of humanity.

If her trauma isn't healed as soon as possible, decades later, even if you force her at gunpoint, you won't be able to make her a Wallfacer.

The leather bag contained some receipts and three thousand yuan.

In an era when a household with 100 yuan could cause a sensation, it was enough to cover Yang Weining's family's expenses for two years.

Yang Weining glanced at the brown paper bag and his eyes widened immediately.

Inside, grain coupons, cloth coupons, and sugar coupons were all stacked in bundles, along with several large stacks of ten-yuan banknotes.

Yang Weining's monthly allowance is less than 100 yuan!

He had never seen so much money before.

Yang Weining looked at Li Youyu with amazement, pushed the things back, and laughed, "I can't accept them, Comrade Youyu, I can earn money myself."

"This isn't something of dubious origin."

In the early days of the market, a dual-track system of planned and market economy was in operation. The exchange of coupons and currency was nothing new. Since Li Youyu was able to make money, he could naturally buy coupons.

"No, Comrade Youyu, you misunderstood me. Life is always full of difficulties. You have already helped Wenjie and me a lot. If we need your help with even basic necessities like food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, how will Wenjie and I face the future, right?"

"Sigh, men."

Knowing he couldn't persuade Yang Weining otherwise, Li Youyu took the leather bag back.

It seems that Yang Weining's emotions are relatively stable. He harbors no resentment towards Ye Wenjie and still loves his wife as always.

Before Ye Wenjie is exonerated and returns to the city, Li Youyu can rest assured that Yang Weining will stay in Qijiatun, using his kindness and the simplicity of the people of the black soil to soothe Ye Wenjie's trauma.

Time flies, and eight months after replying to the Three-Body Problem, Ye Wenjie went into labor.

Because of the breech presentation and her weak body, the delivery process was very difficult. After experiencing severe pain and heavy bleeding, she fell into a coma. In her delirium, she saw three scorching, blinding suns slowly rotating around her, cruelly scorching her.

In her hazy state, she thought that this might be her eternal destiny, with the hellfire composed of three suns eternally burning her as punishment for betraying humanity.

The bond between mother and child vanished under the scorching heat; she could no longer sense the little life within her. Ye Wenjie once again plunged into an abyss of helplessness, overwhelmed by intense fear.

Is the child still in her womb? Or has she been abandoned, left alone in this hell to suffer eternal torment?

After an unknown amount of time, a mottled figure appeared beside her, shielding her from the sun with his body, his hand mimicking the action of drawing a bow, shooting an arrow at the sun like Hou Yi.

Three suns sank below the horizon, a cry rang out, and a bright moon hung in the sky, its white light making her feel cool and refreshed.

Ye Wenjie opened her eyes with difficulty, turned her face, and saw a pink, wet little face.

In the corner of the ward, Yang Weining leaned back in a chair, his face pale.

The doctor told Ye Wenjie that she had lost more than 2,000 milliliters of blood. Her husband was so anxious that he rolled up his sleeves and asked the doctor to draw blood.

The amount of blood that can be drawn from a person is limited. When the doctor told Yang Weining not to have his blood drawn, he took the needle and tried to stick it into his vein.

At this critical moment, dozens of villagers from Qijiatun came and took turns donating blood.

Many of their children had been tutored by the couple, but many more were complete strangers, having only heard about them from their children and parents.

If it weren't for them, Ye Wenjie would be dead.

After a week in the ward, Ye Wenjie was discharged. It was freezing cold, and Yang Weining carried her onto a sled, wrapped her in a thick coat, and Ye Wenjie held her newborn child, snuggling in her husband's arms.

Ahead, Headhunter Qi was herding cattle, the cowbells jingling.

For the first time, Ye Wenjie realized that the snow in the Greater Khingan Mountains was not blank, but rather a rich, unyielding color.

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Meanwhile, inside the Red Coast base.

Upon learning of Ye Wenjie's delivery, Cheng Lihua summoned her accompanying secretary:

"Ye Wenjie is a key classified personnel; she hasn't been released from quarantine or transferred. Why was she allowed to stay in Qijiatun for so long?"

The secretary, who hadn't paid much attention to Ye Wenjie, was momentarily speechless. Cheng Lihua continued, "Forget it, no matter what happened before, now, go and bring her back. Keep her in Hong'an. Without my permission, she can't go anywhere!"

The secretary understood and was about to leave when he bumped into a female comrade in military uniform, who looked to be around fifty years old.

Cheng Lihua's gaze also turned. She found the woman, who was about the same age, to be a complete stranger, but she recognized the person outside the office.

"Comrade Xiao Lei, didn't you already report to the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of National Defense? Why are you in this remote corner again? And who is this?"

"I heard Hongan is going to be merged into the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Come and see, what, aren't you welcoming it?"

The woman did not answer Cheng Lihua's question, but instead walked into the office and began to look through the documents in front of Cheng Lihua.

"Welcome? Red Coast is a classified unit, not a vegetable market. Do you have permission?"

Cheng Lihua was about to drive the two away, but when her gaze swept out the window, her pupils suddenly contracted.

In the open space in front of the office building, a number of military vehicles appeared out of nowhere. The secretary, who had been ordered by her to go out on business, was stopped and led to a car on the side before she could even leave the building.