Ye Chen heard some noises in the room, so he suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from his seat.
He glanced forward and saw the door of Lin Yaru's room was open, and the noises seemed to be coming from the kitchen.
Ye Chen looked up at the clock on the wall, surprised to find that it was already 10:00 in the morning.
He had thought he was just taking a brief nap here, probably about half an hour, but unexpectedly, he had slept for a full five hours.
He stood up from the sofa, stretched his body longly; although the sleep wasn't very long, it was enough to restore his energy and physical strength.
Ye Chen tidy up the sofa again and then quietly walked into the kitchen.
At this moment, he saw Lin Yaru wearing an apron, frying eggs, and the aroma of the eggs was already wafting throughout the room.
"When did you get up?"
Ye Chen walked forward and asked behind Lin Yaru.
"I just woke up too; I went to bed too late, couldn't fall asleep, tossing and turning on the bed, so I only fell asleep when it was dawn, and now I'm awake, and it's already this time. Let's eat something simple, fry an egg, have some bread, and there's milk in the fridge which I'll heat in a bit."
"Thank you for this."
"Haven't I always done this? Plus, living by myself all these years, this has been my routine."
"But I always feel that someone of your status should really have nothing to do with kitchen chores."
"Yes, if you put it that way, maybe you think I should be enjoying a young lady's life, but I've left that family behind so many years ago, frankly, being served by others, I really can't stand it, I'd rather take care of myself. That feels more comfortable."
"Yes, after all, everyone has their own way of living, and you certainly know better than anyone how to conduct your life. Alright then, I'll go freshen up a bit—aha, by the way, has there been any activity from Anying?"
"No, since I got up, there hasn't been any noise from Anying's room; I'm not sure what's up, she might be too tired and is resting now, we can't press her too much."
"Yes, I understand, but there's a time to rest and a time to work, and a time to eat too. I'll go and check on her shortly."
After finishing his words, Ye Chen turned around and went to the next room, gently knocking on the door.
"Come in."
He heard Anying answer from inside and then entered the room.
Actually, he knew Anying very well and was aware that she is very serious and responsible when it comes to her work.
Now, they were surrounded by unresolved mysteries and tons of work, so according to Anying's character, she definitely wouldn't be sleeping peacefully in bed.
After opening the door, Ye Chen observed that Anying was sitting at the desk, surrounded by various machines, with a large headset on her ears.
Ye Chen noticed the bed was immaculate, which confirmed that Anying had not rested in it since last night.
"How is it going, any findings?"
"Didn't you get some good rest last night? Also, can't you temporarily pause these signals, like let them auto-fetch, because manually monitoring them must be incredibly tough."
"I'm worried that once these signals are released, they might be high frequency and unable to be captured by signal recorders, only I can discern them, so I can't rest at all."
"That must be exhausting, moreover, you can't skip meals, how will you manage?"
"No worries, if I need to eat, I can bring food here and eat simply. Don't worry, it won't take too long, generally within 24 hours, we can capture the approximate range."
"It's really tough on you."
"Ha, what's tough? I've done this so often before, sometimes even for up to several days, so I'm used to it. I can't rest until it's figured out."
"Okay, I get it, Yaru has already prepared food in the room, I'll bring some to you momentarily, keep at it here, by the way, see if I can stand in for you, it really bothers me to see you handling this alone."
Ye Chen's words were genuinely heartfelt.
Being a man yet unable to do anything but stand and wait for updates.
Instead, putting such a heavy burden on a young girl, no proud man could accept such a duty.
"It's impossible, everyone has their own specialization, except for me, it seems no one could take over this task, so I must do it, rest assured, I'm used to handling these matters."
"Alright, just hang in there a bit longer, I'll bring you some food."
After speaking, Ye Chen turned and left the room.
After stopping by the restroom for a quick wash, he hurriedly brought the prepared meals to the room.
"What's wrong? Is there no time to come out for meals?"
Seeing Ye Chen coming to the dining room alone, Lin Yaru asked curiously.
"No, she said that we can't afford to miss any clues; mainly because we don't know the working hours of these machines, so we just have to keep watch like this."