I don’t know how long it took, maybe an hour, maybe two.

Shi Jiaojiao knew clearly that this was an illusion, but she was still completely immersed in it. She looked at her parents' faces greedily, cherishing every minute and second with them, and she didn't feel the passage of time at all.

She didn't know how long it had been before she discovered with horror that her parents' figures were gradually becoming transparent. She stretched out her hands, desperately wanting to grab them, but when she waved her arms, she only grabbed a ball of air.

But the father and mother seemed to have not noticed this change at all, and they continued to give their daughter instructions one after another.

"Jiaojiao, no matter what happens, you must persevere. Mom believes that my daughter must be blessed by good luck, and mom will always pray for you in heaven..."

Father Shi also put away his nonchalant look, "If Mu Ci treats you badly in the future, you can secretly tell dad in your heart. Although I can't fight him now, I can sneak into his dream in the middle of the night and scare him to death..."

As soon as he finished saying this, his wife rolled her eyes at him again.

Their mouths were still moving, but the sounds were getting smaller and smaller until they could no longer be heard. The two of them also instantly dissipated into the air like mist.

Shi Jiaojiao watched her parents disappear before her eyes. At that moment, she felt as if a sword had pierced a hole in her heart. A cold wind blew past her, and the pain was so severe that she couldn't even straighten her back.

She tried to control her emotions, but tears still flowed out.

When people are extremely sad, they cannot make any sound. This is Shi Jiaojiao's situation right now.

She squatted there alone, completely losing her sense of the outside world.

Among the other three, Mu Ci was the first to wake up from the hallucination.

He looked at the corn in his hand which was obviously fatter, and couldn't help but curl his lips. Then he put the corn away and thought he could still eat it after rinsing it with water.

After all, food is so precious nowadays, and it is shameful to waste it.

However, he was reluctant to let Shi Jiaojiao eat it, so he just left it to Xiao Hei. Anyway, Xiao Hei wouldn't be able to taste anything if he wolfed it down.

Thinking of this, he began to look up for Shi Jiaojiao.

When he saw his girlfriend squatting there huddled together, a hint of confusion flashed across his face.

What did you see? Why did you shrink yourself into that state?

He was just about to go over to check, but as soon as he put down the corn in his hand, he heard a very faint whimpering sound.

It was sent by Shi Jiaojiao!

This is not right!

Mu Ci's face changed and he rushed over immediately.

When he saw Shi Jiaojiao's face, he was immediately shocked.

He saw the petite girl squatting there with her eyes tightly closed, but tears kept flowing out of the corners of her eyes. Her lips, which were bitten tightly, had already revealed a trace of blood. The key point was that her whole body was still shaking.

What did she see?

Mu Ci didn’t have time to think about it at this time, and directly pulled the person into his arms.

Then she kept calling her name in his ear.

"Jiaojiao... Jiaojiao... don't scare me..."

Perhaps sensing Mu Ci's panic and fear, Shi Jiaojiao finally opened her eyes after a few seconds.

She was the first one to wake up from the hallucination, but she was unwilling to wake up and even unwilling to open her eyes.

She also thought about eating a few more mushrooms to see if her parents would continue to show up.

But the amount of mushroom relief distributed by the base was limited. They had thrown away some of them because of Tang Tianlin's call, and they just skewered the remaining mushrooms and grilled them.

Shi Jiaojiao felt a little regretful why they didn't bring some back when they found mushrooms inside the military camp.

But it’s too late to say these now. We can only hope that the next relief food can be distributed sooner.

After all, now except for the staff inside the base, no one else is allowed to approach the mushroom field.

Shi Jiaojiao opened her eyes and saw the obvious panic on Mu Ci's face. She wanted to pull the corners of her mouth hard to comfort him and show that she was fine.

But for some reason, she couldn't muster any strength at this moment, let alone move the corners of her mouth. Even blinking required all her strength.

Mu Ci looked concerned. He held Shi Jiaojiao's face in his hands and made sure that she had returned to normal before he asked in a gentle voice.

"What happened?"

Shi Jiaojiao took a deep breath, then raised her head and looked directly into Mu Ci's eyes.

"I saw my parents."

Hearing this, Mu Ci was shocked.

No one understands Shi Jiaojiao's attachment to her parents better than him.

Although Shi Jiaojiao never mentions it now, it seems that she has forgotten the pain.

But he understood that the wound was always there, right at the tip of the other person's heart, and it would prick him from time to time and would never heal.

Mu Ci lowered his eyes silently, pursed his lips, pulled Shi Jiaojiao into his arms, and then hugged her tightly.

He didn't say a word, because he knew that what Jiaojiao needed at this moment was not his comfort.

He just wanted to tell her that he would always be there and would be with her until death.

When Tang Wei was awake, he saw the scene of two people hugging each other.

He wanted to make a few jokes, but when he saw Jiaojiao's red eyes, he immediately shut his mouth.

After a while, Wang Jia also woke up from the hallucination that the world was full of mushrooms.

When she saw Shi Jiaojiao's condition, she also frowned, feeling worried.

She and Tang Wei looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes. Neither of them knew what had happened to Shi Jiaojiao.

But in this situation, it is obviously not the time to ask.

Shi Jiaojiao was not prepared to explain. She was not used to exposing her wounds to outsiders, even if the other person was a friend whose fate was tied to hers.

Just like that, the four of them left the space in silence and returned to their respective bedrooms in silence.

The next day, when Tang Wei and Wang Jia woke up and came to the living room, they saw Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci who were fully armed and looked like they were about to go out.

"Where are you going?" Wang Jia asked puzzledly.

Shi Jiaojiao had not yet recovered from yesterday's emotions, so it was Mu Ci, who was usually a man of few words, who spoke up to explain.

"We're going to go out and look for some mushrooms. Don't worry, we won't go far."

Wang Jia was stunned after hearing this.

Because they had space, the four of them never lacked food.

For them, mushrooms are more like a small snack to spice things up. Is it necessary to go out alone to look for them?

Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci didn't plan to explain any further. They just said hello and left.

Now all the mushrooms they know about are surrounded by the base and are under very strict management.

On the one hand, this is food that can fill the stomach, and on the other hand, the base has never given up the plan of growing mushrooms on a large scale.

So even if they called Qin Jun, they wouldn't be able to get in through the back door.

Shi Jiaojiao didn't want to make things difficult for her friend, so she simply went somewhere else to see if there would be any mushrooms.

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