I took advantage of Rou Yi's soup-making to take a good shower in her guest bathroom, then shaved. Looking at myself in the mirror, I still looked like a young man, except for the long, messy hair. I was satisfied, but I didn't know what Rou Yi thought.

I didn't bring any clothes to change into, so I just put on a guest bathrobe. Rou Yi threw my dirty clothes into the washing machine.

After the shower, Rou Yi's fish soup and a plate of braised beef were ready and placed on the dining table.

"Come on, young master, try my cooking." Rou Yi generously pushed the fish soup and beef in front of me, her big eyes flickering as she looked at me, expecting me to taste it and give her my opinion.

"Then I won't be polite!"

I hadn't eaten much all day, and I was feeling hungry, so I picked up the cutlery and started to enjoy the meal.

In the past, when Fatty, Rou Yi, and Han Yu were together, cooking was generally Fatty's job. Rou Yi had hardly ever cooked, and I had never eaten a meal made by her. Today, I had the chance to taste it, and I felt that Rou Yi's cooking skills were quite good.

"Mm! Your cooking skills are amazing. I didn't expect you to be such a good cook." I looked at Rou Yi with a smile, savoring the delicious fish soup in my mouth.

Rou Yi's face showed an uncontrollable smile when she heard my praise.

She sat opposite me, and the two of us began to eat dinner together.

Although we hadn't seen each other for a long time, it felt like our last meeting was just yesterday, intimate and familiar.

During dinner, Rou Yi and I talked a lot about what had happened in the past two years, about her experiences in the rainforest, the primitive tribes, the adventure in the simulated space formed by the meteorite in the rainforest, the red and white robes, the lizardmen...

I told her about many of my encounters on the road after stumbling out of the desert. However, I held back, not telling her about the hidden dangers in the "unease" I felt or about transferring the shares to Liu Wei and exchanging them for two million.

After dinner, I helped Rou Yi put the dishes in the dishwasher and cleaned the table.

Rou Yi seemed to have a lot more to confide in me, but it was getting late.

I looked up at the watch and saw that we had been eating from 7:30 p.m. to past 10 p.m.

If we continued talking, we might end up chatting until dawn. I had come this time because I needed Rou Yi's help with something.

I interrupted Rou Yi in time, "Rou Yi, I need your help with something."

Without waiting for Rou Yi to respond, I took out a stack of rubbed, yellowed, old papers from a broken bag I had brought and handed them to Rou Yi, "I need you to decipher the text on these papers."

Rou Yi was a little surprised, and she didn't take the stack of yellowed old papers.

After I said that, her mood changed immediately, becoming much lower and more depressed. Of course, I knew why her mood had changed like this.

"What is this...?" Rou Yi asked, looking at the stack of yellowed old papers.

I gently hugged her and whispered in her ear, "This is the key to unlocking the secret of the meteorite."

Rou Yi slowly pushed me away, her eyes wide, staring at me with an extremely complex expression, her tone a little surprised, "The meteorite?"

I nodded and met her gaze with an incredibly firm look.

Rou Yi hesitated for a moment. I saw some resistance and disappointment in her eyes. She didn't seem to care about the meteorite that much.

"Han Yu said... she would take care of the meteorite and not let us participate in it anymore." Rou Yi told me her inner thoughts truthfully. It seemed that she completely trusted Han Yu.

"What about you? Have you completely given up your obsession with the meteorite?" I looked at Rou Yi seriously, expecting her response.

"I..."

Rou Yi fell into deep thought. My question made her waver a little.

"Actually... Young Master, no, Chenguang, since we came back from the Brazilian rainforest, I have been looking for you. I used the organization's resources to find your whereabouts, but my authority is very low, and this search is like looking for a needle in a haystack, but I still did it. I looked for you for a long, long time. Just when I thought I would never find you again, you appeared... Now I really don't want anything to do with the meteorite anymore. Now I just want to..."

At this point, Rou Yi stopped. She looked straight at me, expecting me to guess the words she hadn't said and respond to them.

Rou Yi rarely called me by my name, so it seemed that this sentence was her very serious and carefully considered answer.

Rou Yi's confession, or rather, her confession in another sense, made me a little at a loss.

Rou Yi's gaze was scorching, but also revealed a hint of tenderness. She stood there, her eyes seeming to send a signal: Chenguang, let go, don't be obsessed with the meteorite anymore.

I reached out and touched Rou Yi's hair, looking at her gently, and said in a gentle tone, "Rou Yi, I know... I know what you're thinking, but I have reasons why I have to do it. I'll tell you slowly later. I hope you can understand my current situation. I wasn't always like this stubborn person from the beginning. You know me back then, and you know what kind of person I am... If you want to stay out of it, I can understand you, but I came across the ocean to find you, hoping you can help me this last time."

I handed the stack of yellowed old papers to her again, expecting her to agree.

At the same time, I also said the words that would change her mind: "The Han Yu you know is no longer the simple and lovely little girl she was two years ago."