Tian Jing carried a wolf down the mountain, and the villagers were not surprised at all.
Actually, they were surprised:
"Team Leader Tian, isn't that the wolf cub from back then?"
"It's been more than ten years, hasn't it? How is it still alive?"
"What a question you ask, a wolf can live at least twenty years."
"It's injured, bringing it down to treat its wounds?"
Tian Jing waved her hand at the villagers: "Stop guessing, from now on, Xiao Hei will live in the courtyard. Those of you who are afraid, don't go in."
Passing by the clinic, Tian Jing called out to Yuan Man, "Yuan Man, grab the scalpel and medicinal powder and go to the courtyard. My Xiao Hei is injured, it's rotten."
Doctor Yang came out, "Xiao Hei is back, is it? Wait, I'll get the medical kit. Yuan Man is in the courtyard."
Tian Jing couldn't help but smile, "Each and every one of you treats my home as your own."
Doctor Yang smiled, "Hehe, isn't your home their home? You go ahead, I'll be right behind you."
As soon as Xiao Hei arrived at the courtyard, it was surrounded by several acquaintances.
Dama and Xiaomai, along with Li Weili, saw Xiao Hei so badly injured and lovingly consoled it.
Xiao Hei whined softly, which greatly intrigued Yuan Man, Afeng, and Zeng Jingliang.
Upon learning that the wolf had been raised by Tian Jing since it was a cub, they all relaxed and gathered around.
Doctor Yang carried over the medical kit and even discussed with Xiao Hei about letting his apprentice treat it.
Xiao Hei whined twice.
Doctor Yang smiled happily, "Xiao Hei says it's okay."
Li Weili and Tian Jing held Xiao Hei's head together, coaxing it to be obedient.
The unearthed flesh already smelled foul.
Li Weili cried, saying her mother was too careless for not letting her in to see Xiao Hei.
Tian Jing also felt guilty. If only she had checked on the new camp's location when they entered the maze last time.
"Alright, don't cry anymore. Xiao Hei is yours to take care of now. It will live here from now on."
Li Weili heard this and said she would move in later.
Xiao Hei was shaved bald and almost bandaged like a mummy.
Tian Jing tested it with vegetables, and seeing that it was still willing to eat, she felt relieved.
Xiao Hei ate a lot of the vegetables that Tian Jing had infused with her wood-element superpower.
It only ate a few bites of the village vegetables, and then some chicken soup noodles that Afeng had carefully prepared for it.
Seeing it regain its spirits, Li Weili, who had been guarding it for several days, finally felt happy.
Before going to the camp, Tian Jing first visited Xiao Song and told it about Xiao Hei's condition.
Xiao Song urged Tian Jing, "Go back and take good care of it. Don't come bother me if there's nothing important. I need to cultivate."
Tian Jing: "..."
The special team's new camp occupied three adjacent mountain peaks.
The special ability group and the martial arts group were separated, with training grounds and practice fields built according to their different needs.
Another mountain peak housed the administrative office and the cafeteria.
In the valley formed by the three mountain peaks, there was a comprehensive training ground and a competition arena.
Tian Jing said to Zeng Jingrong, who was accompanying her on the tour, "This competition arena is useless for special ability users."
"Hehe," Zeng Jingrong said with a smile, "the martial arts group won't use it either. This is for resolving personal grievances. When there are conflicts, you can't fight privately, so you arrange to meet on the arena."
"Before the competition, you take medicine to suppress internal energy and power, and fight with your bare bodies."
Turning to the administrative office, Tian Jing was stopped by two calls of "Auntie."
Wang Xin ran out of the cafeteria with her two sisters, "Is that really Team Leader Tian?"
Zeng Jingrong reintroduced Wang Xin, "This is our special team's Captain Tian, my own sister."
In the stunned gaze of the Wang sisters, Zeng Jingrong was entangled by vines that suddenly sprouted from the ground.
Having hidden for so long, she could finally openly subdue people with her superpower. Tian Jing no longer resisted the identity of vice-captain.
"Wang Xin, Wang Huan, Wang Xi, how are you doing here?"
The Wang sisters finally came back to their senses. No wonder the captain introduced Tian Jing as captain; it turned out Tian Jing was also a special ability user.
"We are doing well. It's still quite free here. As long as we don't enter their private spaces, we can go anywhere else."
Tian Jing observed Wang Huan, "Are the thoughts you had before coming here still there?"
Wang Huan shook her head, "I'm just an ordinary person. After coming here, my body felt confined, but my heart was free, without any constraints, and no one was staring at us."
This child probably cared too much about others' opinions, which had restricted her heart.
Tian Jing patted her, "People's thoughts change with their environment and age. It's good to be more spontaneous."
After seeing the living and working conditions of the three sisters, Tian Jing was relieved.
"Your mother asked about you, and I told her I didn't know where you were. She caused a scene at the Women's Federation..."
"Such a mother is a burden to anyone. You all be well, I'm going to see other places."
Tian Jing left the cafeteria and found Zeng Jingrong surrounded by several people, pointing and talking.
She planned to take a detour, but Zeng Jingrong's loud voice stopped her, "Captain Tian, quickly let me go."
As soon as he shouted "Captain Tian," the people surrounding him immediately turned their heads to look.
"Huh? Haven't you noticed that Captain Tian looks familiar?"
"Yes, yes! Where have we seen her before? We can't recall."
"Mom."
"Mom."
Two people came running from a distance.
Tian Jing opened her arms and hugged her two sons, "Li Weihao, Li Weibo, you've grown taller and stronger."
"Mom, it's been two years, and you're only visiting us now."
"Yes, Mom, have you forgotten you have two sons?"
Tian Jing patted her sons' backs and said with a mock scolding, "Isn't this what you wanted?"
The onlookers saw Li Weihao and Li Weibo rushing into their mother's arms like young swallows returning to their nests, and they understood why they found Captain Tian familiar.
They couldn't recall her immediately because the difference in gender had affected their judgment. It must be so.
Zeng Jingrong looked at the happy mother and sons, a smile on his lips, and called out again,
"Captain Tian, hurry up and let me go."
Li Weihao and Li Weibo were stunned for a moment, then they laughed.
Li Weihao glanced at Captain Zeng, who was bound by messy vines, and said to his mother,
"Mom, you should learn to weave. Next time, you can weave a basket for Captain Zeng."
"Okay!" Tian Jing readily agreed, "But why do you say that?"
Li Weibo put his arm around his mother's shoulder, "He always asks us to call him Uncle and says all sorts of nonsense."
Tian Jing remembered that Zeng Jingrong had just introduced her as his sister to Wang Xin.
"Captain Zeng, it's not that I dislike you approaching us, but it doesn't mean you can flaunt our relationship so openly."
"Hehehe," Zeng Jingrong gave a dry laugh, "I was just too happy. I've been struggling alone for thirty years, and finally, I have family."
This statement made Tian Jing pause. She sighed and said to her two sons, "This is your cousin-uncle."
"It's Uncle, biological Uncle."
Zeng Jingrong was unwilling to be called "cousin-uncle," as "cousin" implied a distant relationship.
Tian Jing immediately corrected herself, "Hao Hao, Xiao Bo, it's more appropriate for you to call him Captain."
Zeng Jingrong's face fell, "Tian Jing, you really... sigh, forget it. Hurry up and let me go."
As soon as the vines on Zeng Jingrong disappeared, he immediately pounced on Li Weibo.
"Xiao Bo, be good, call me Uncle."
Li Weibo dodged the pounce and immediately ran away, "Mom, I'm leaving."
Zeng Jingrong then shifted his attention to Li Weihao.
Li Weihao also ran away, "Mom, we don't want this weird cousin-uncle."
Tian Jing glared at Zeng Jingrong, "Why are you provoking them like this?"