Yu An is very close to Pei Si.
Pei Si was the first person he met after waking up in the laboratory, and it was Pei Si who led him out of there.
As these people started talking, Yin Feng, standing at the back, felt completely superfluous.
Pei Si folded his hands behind his head and told Xie Chiyuan about the changes at the base: "Several infected humans have appeared in various places, and the base is recruiting them."
"This is good news. Zombies are constantly evolving. If we humans remain stagnant, we will eventually be wiped out."
Xie Chiyuan didn't know as much about the base as Pei Si did, so he asked, "Have we recruited any superhumans at our base?"
"There are two, which isn't many."
Pei Si was quite optimistic: "The number of superhumans will definitely increase in the future, so there's no need to rush. We can recruit them slowly. By the way, the two superhumans in the base weren't recruited; they were our own people. They got infected during a mission, but they're lucky. They've had a high fever for a while, but they haven't shown any signs of infection."
"After burning for two days, when I woke up, one of them was as fast as a cheetah, and the other was as solid as a rock."
After Pei Si finished explaining the situation of the superhumans, she started talking about Yu An.
"An'an, are you getting used to being with Brother Xie on the island? I hope Brother Xie hasn't been bullying you."
"I'm used to it, the island is great."
They chatted and laughed, while Lu Chao glanced at Yu An and then at Xie Chiyuan, seemingly sizing up the relationship between them.
Yu An felt a little better. With familiar people by her side, the bumpy ride in the car wasn't too bothersome.
Yu An would fall asleep as soon as he got sleepy, and couldn't be woken up even at lunchtime.
They were very close to the place they had agreed upon with Chi Niao. Xie Chiyuan got out of the car to eat and sat down with Pei Si and Lu Chao.
Lu Chao couldn't resist gossiping, "Brother Xie, can we call An'an 'Sister-in-law' or not?"
Xie Chiyuan glanced at him and said calmly, "Don't shout."
Pei Si and Lu Chao were both taken aback. Then, Xie Chiyuan added slowly, "Call me that later."
Lu Chao was overjoyed.
Last time when they called her "little sister-in-law," Brother Xie didn't even admit that he had a relationship with An'an. I didn't expect his attitude to change so much this time!
Xie Chiyuan chewed on a compressed biscuit, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally scanning Yu An's movements.
Yu An was still asleep and hadn't woken up.
Sitting in the car was uncomfortable, and Yu An had been in a bad mood for the past few days. At this critical moment, Xie Chiyuan had no choice but to coax her more.
Despite being tired from the journey, Xie Chiyuan was not weary.
Looking at Yu An, who had slept on his shoulder the whole way, he felt a growing clarity in his heart—
He fell in love with Yu An.
I don't know when I fell for it, maybe it was the first time I saw this well-behaved and naive boy, the moment he handed him the lunchbox.
Perhaps when they met again, he vaguely mistook him for his own child's father.
Or perhaps, in the abandoned old city, he said he would exchange his wife's savings for a wife.
Too many possibilities made it impossible for Xie Chiyuan to pinpoint exactly when he fell in love, but at this moment, he knew that he liked Yu An very, very much.
Even if it means becoming love-struck like his father, he still wants to love.
"Brother Xie, if I remember correctly, An'an was your first love, right? Tell us, how exactly did An'an win you over?"
Lu Chao was incredibly curious. Xie Chiyuan had been pursued before, and the pursuit was quite intense. The girl openly confessed her love, asking for nothing in return, just wanting to be with Xie Chiyuan.
He pursued Xie Chiyuan for over a year, but Xie Chiyuan remained unmoved, his heart as hard as iron.
Yu An has only been around for a short time, and their Brother Xie has already fallen for him willingly and obediently.
Xie Chiyuan smiled slightly and replied, "An'an is doing well, I can't let him down."
Upon hearing this, Pei Si finally stopped remaining silent.
He finally asked the question he'd been holding back: "Brother Xie, although An'an and I don't spend a lot of time together, An'an is simple-minded, and I feel like I understand him a little bit."
"Well, I have a tiny question... How exactly did you confirm that An'an likes you?"
Xie Chiyuan swallowed the biscuit in his mouth, revealing an expression that said, "You really want to hear me continue?" with a hint of smugness hidden in it.
Pei Si and Lu Chao exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.
Xie Chiyuan shrugged and said calmly, "Since you're so eager to hear it, I'll just say a few words."
Under their gazes, Xie Chiyuan continued slowly, "An'an will steal kisses from me while I'm asleep."
The child was both bold and shy; when he was injured, she felt so sorry for him that she secretly kissed his wound.
Pei Si: "?"
Lu Chao: "?"
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Ignoring their stunned expressions, Xie Chiyuan continued, feigning confusion, "Actually, I'm quite surprised too. How could An'an, who's such a well-behaved girl, do something like this?"
"I think it's probably because teenagers of their age are prone to impulsiveness and have difficulty controlling their emotions."
Xie Chiyuan delved into the psychological process of teenagers, and in the process, he clearly emphasized one thing to the two people in front of him—
Yu An likes him, and he likes Yu An.
Their relationship is settled.
After some time, Pei Si didn't want to listen anymore, so he quickly ended the conversation: "Okay, Brother Xie, I know you and An'an are a couple, you don't need to say anymore."
As a single guy, he didn't want to be fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).
From initially being gossipy to now being bombarded with displays of affection, Lu Chao felt utterly hopeless and huddled close to Pei Si, equally unwilling to speak to Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan enjoyed the fast food lunch, but Pei Si and Lu Chao couldn't taste anything at all.
They had just finished eating when Yu An woke up, still half asleep.
He reflexively checked his pockets to make sure the two cubs were still there before his body suddenly relaxed.
Xie Chiyuan, who had been watching him closely, noticed that he had opened his eyes and got up to go over to him.
Because of Yu An's picky eating, Xie Chiyuan now has to carry at least a carton of his own specially supplied milk with him whenever he goes out.
He knew that the ingredients of his specially supplied milk were special, but he didn't know exactly what made it special.
"Awake?" Xie Chiyuan inserted a straw into the milk he had taken out and handed it to Yu An, who had just woken up.
Yu An stared blankly, and when the milk was handed to her, she opened her mouth and bit the straw.
Xie Chiyuan: "..."
Xie Chiyuan choked, but then helplessly served him the milk himself.
Yu An's state after waking up is either groggy or sulking. The fact that she can quietly drink her milk right now is already considered well-behaved.
Not far away, Pei Si and Lu Chao watched the scene in the car. Lu Chao held back for a while, but couldn't help but complain, "Brother Xie is doomed, he's fallen in love."
well.
After venting his frustrations, Lu Chao sighed, "I wonder when I'll finally fall in love. I've been single for so many years, I really want to dive right in!"
Pei Si remained silent. As a fellow single person, who wouldn't want to fall in love?
No one can resist a wife who is sweet and soft!
Yu An's tailbone went numb from sitting in the car for so long. After he was fully awake, he got out of the car with Xie Chiyuan and moved around for a while.
"Xie Chiyuan."
Yu An turned to look at Yin Feng and whispered, "Why don't you care about your brother? It must be so boring for him to be all alone like this."
Xie Chiyuan said calmly, "He's not that fragile. He'd rather be alone than have me talk to him."
Yu An still had some doubts.
However, Xie Chiyuan and Yin Feng were brothers, so he definitely knew Yin Feng better than he did. Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, he didn't say anything more.
Time is like inverted quicksand; no one can hold it back.
When Yu An and Xie Chiyuan arrived at the transaction location, they were already past the agreed time.
On the other end of the phone, Akatori seemed quite displeased with their lateness.
Xie Chiyuan calmly shifted the blame: "You were the ones who suggested the transaction location. We even wrecked two of our cars trying to get here."
Upon hearing this, Red Bird almost lost his composure.
The location for their transaction was chosen jointly by both parties for safety reasons, to prevent either side from doing anything underhanded.
Xie Chiyuan continued to make up stories. His voice was naturally cold and aloof, and his fabricated words sounded strangely serious.
"If you think it's too slow, you can come and pick us up."
Xie Chiyuan finally hung up the phone before he could infuriate Chi Niao to death. With the nutritional paste in hand, Chi Niao could only suppress his dissatisfaction.
On the evening of the third day.
The car drove into Z City, which was almost a ruin. Z City is not large, and it was in Z City that the outbreak of the infected was most severe at the beginning.
Upon learning of the situation, the authorities immediately dispatched troops to evacuate the civilians. However, due to limited information about the infection rate at the time, the evacuation process was not smooth.
In the end, the people here were evacuated, but the evacuation was too tragic.
Looking at the current scene in Z City, Yu An could easily connect it to what had happened in the past. He tugged at Xie Chiyuan's arm and asked, "Is anyone still here?"
"It's gone."
They chose this location for the transaction precisely because there was no one else around.
There are no people, but there are still a few zombies occasionally.
Yu An and his group didn't pay much attention to the zombies. The zombies here had been starving for too long and looked more listless than the zombies in other places.
Having stayed in Z City without food for so long, Yu An felt that their chances of evolving were slim; they were probably just a bunch of stupid zombies.
Even though no one lives here, they've come in, so they'll definitely need to find a place to settle down temporarily.