After Han Yu left, Fatty, Rou Yi, and Jennifer never saw or heard from her again.

It was as if Han Yu had vanished into thin air.

In the month after he last saw her, Fatty tried every possible way to contact Han Yu, but all attempts failed.

Later, Fatty sought out Li Decha for help. Li Decha remained tight-lipped and even expressed that he couldn't even pass on a message. No matter how Fatty pleaded, Li Decha shook his head.

Li Decha finally revealed to Fatty, "Brother Shi Chuan, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I really don't know Dr. Han's whereabouts. I've always had a one-way connection with her. She contacts me directly when she needs something, and sometimes it's not even her personally. Last time I came to see you, I only knew about it after I arrived. After Mr. Strange's death, the Z Organization has taken the confidentiality and protection of its leaders' movements to the extreme. I really can't help you..."

Hearing Li Decha's words, Fatty had no choice but to accept his fate.

...

Fatty recovered quickly. A little over a week after waking up, although his legs weren't very agile, he was able to get out of bed and walk.

Jennifer stayed by Fatty's side during this time. Fatty understood Jennifer's feelings; two lonely souls accompanying each other.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed, and Fatty was discharged from the hospital.

Fatty had recovered well enough to be discharged in the second week, but he kept clinging to the hope that Han Yu would visit him again, so he stubbornly dragged it out for over a month.

After Fatty was discharged, Rou Yi, Jennifer, and Dodge, who had returned from Brazil, celebrated for him at Rou Yi's mansion.

Rou Yi prepared a copper pot for Old Beijing hot pot, which she had acquired from who-knows-where. She also obtained a large amount of fresh, high-quality mutton and seasonings, intending to treat everyone to the mutton hot pot that Fatty had mentioned in the rainforest, which everyone had been longing for.

Eating was Fatty's forte. No one was more qualified to speak about food than Fatty.

Fatty was recovering from a serious illness, so he could have just sat at the table and waited for others to prepare the mutton and put it into the pot, only needing to move his hands and mouth. But he insisted on cooking himself, despite Rou Yi's objections.

"Don't underestimate your Fatty. It's just cooking, it won't tire me out. I'm a former reconnaissance soldier and an active boxer."

Fatty felt a little guilty when he mentioned being an active boxer.

When he turned on his phone again after two years, his inbox was filled with messages from his coach. He didn't read them one by one, but only looked at the last one, which said that Fatty had been removed from the Boxing Federation because he hadn't registered for more than a year.

Surviving this rainforest adventure had greatly changed Fatty's mentality. Seeing Derrick die, he thought, being alive is good enough.

"Look, this mutton slice has to be cut to this thickness. If it's too thin, it has no texture. If it's too thick, it's too hard to cook."

Fatty picked up a slice of mutton he had personally cut and showed it to everyone. Amidst their praises, Fatty's chatterbox mode was activated again, and his joy returned.

"For mutton hot pot, the fire, copper pot, soup base, and ingredients are all important, but the soul of mutton hot pot is the dipping sauce. A good dipping sauce can bring out the freshest flavor of the mutton, while a bad dipping sauce will cover up the original taste of the mutton, thereby ruining its deliciousness..."

With that, Fatty personally mixed a dipping sauce, took a few chopsticks, and had Rou Yi, Jennifer, and Dodge dip their chopsticks in the sauce to taste it.

Dodge had the biggest reaction, after all, he had never eaten a proper dish made by Fatty (Fatty's cooking in the cannibal tribe was all about using local ingredients, leaving little room for creativity). His eyes widened, and he couldn't help but give Fatty a thumbs up: "My God, this is too delicious. Just mixing a few sauces can create such a wonderful flavor, it's amazing."

Fatty smiled at Dodge. This was the first time they had faced each other since they came out of the rainforest.

If there was any change, Dodge's was the biggest. He had transformed from a timid, cowardly person into a truly responsible man.

Dodge's trip to Brazil showed that his character had been changed by everything that happened in the simulation space.

Fatty and Dodge's attitudes towards each other had both changed.

Now, Rou Yi and Dodge were still in the Z Organization.

Rou Yi stayed in the Z Organization not because she had any attachment to it, but because she wanted to continue searching for the young master's whereabouts through the Z Organization.

Dodge, on the other hand, was always one of the most loyal members of the Z Organization. Even after Strange's death, he remained loyal to the Z Organization.

However, the Z Organization after Strange's death had changed greatly. Dodge's current identity and status had become very awkward. He had been "kicked out" of the circle of power, and Li Decha had replaced him in his original position.

However, Dodge's temper and personality were now very stable. He didn't make a fuss or get angry.

The rainforest allowed Dodge to be tempered anew. He lost a lot (mainly making a fool of himself by urinating naked during the tribe's ceremony), but his courage in the face of the lizardmen at the critical moment earned the trust of Fatty, Rou Yi, and Jennifer.

The water in the copper pot bubbled, and Fatty put the mutton slices evenly into the pot at the right time. Then, he placed the prepared dipping sauces in front of Rou Yi, Jennifer, and Dodge. Everyone waited eagerly for the mutton slices to cook.

After the mutton slices were put into the pot, the bubbles quieted down, and the red slices quickly changed color, turning brownish-white. After about a minute, the bubbles reappeared, and the mutton slices were cooked.

The four of them took turns scooping out the mutton slices from the hot pot. Fatty picked up a steaming slice of mutton, dipped it lightly in the dipping sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth: "Hiss, this flavor, authentic."

This was the first time that Fatty, as well as Rou Yi, Jennifer, and Dodge, had eaten such an authentic Old Beijing hot pot in America.