The next morning, the boys packed their bags and said goodbye to everyone.

When Huang's parents learned that they were going to visit their parents, they didn't try to stop them. But the girls were very anxious.

"You don't even have a car, how are you going to get there? Are you going to walk?" Cheng Zhi asked anxiously.

Shen Lingfeng and Lu Yuan nodded seriously. It was about 40 kilometers from Huang Yiyi's house to their place, and it would only take two days to walk there.

Now Xiao Feiran and Chen Siyu were also getting anxious. They might not get home in two days, but they were sure they would encounter acid rain. If they got caught in the rain along the way, it would be terrible; they absolutely could not walk.

The girls exchanged glances, roughly understanding each other's thoughts. Cheng Zhi directly took out the RV key and handed it to Qi Yanche, saying, "You guys can drive this away first. We're not in a hurry to leave, and we don't need the vehicle."

This won't do. Although the guys took quite a few of their things, they were mostly small items, the most likely being a space heater. Now the girls are giving away a car; who can resist that?

Without a second's hesitation, Qi Yanche shoved the keys back into Cheng Zhi's hands. "This won't do. You're going to Qinghe later, and then you'll be going back to Pengcheng. If you give us the car, how will you explain it to your parents?"

Huang Yiyi quickly jumped in and said, "Oh, you guys should take it. There are a lot of dangers on the road. What if there's an earthquake or tsunami? Having a car is always better than going alone!"

Seeing that the boys were unmoved and even wanted to turn around and leave, Xiao Feiran quickly stepped forward and said, "You can take it. We...we don't need a car. Huang Yiyi's family has three cars. We can just drive one of them."

Mr. and Mrs. Huang, who only had two electric bikes: "...?!" When did they get so many bikes? How come they didn't know? Was Huang Yiyi spreading rumors outside?

Just as they were about to retort, they saw their daughter turn her head and wink at them, as if telling them to shut up.

After giving her parents a meaningful look, Huang Yiyi quickly turned back, putting on a nonchalant expression. "Yes, yes, we have three cars, we don't need any more. You can just drive away. Anyway, we don't have much gas left, it'll be just enough for you to get home."

The five girls pleaded with the four men until their lips were sore, but the men still wouldn't agree.

Finally, Xiao Feiran became completely annoyed. "Is your life more important or your pride? I know you don't want to appear so incompetent, but you have to consider the situation. If you really encounter some danger and lose your lives, are you still going to worry about this car?"

After saying that, he tossed the car keys aside and turned to go back to Huang Yiyi's room.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Feiran became so angry, and both sides fell silent. Cheng Zhi looked at the keys in her hand, sighed, and placed them on the coffee table. "You two handle it."

After saying that, he turned and left.

The situation had reached a stalemate, and the living room was completely silent. Seeing that the atmosphere had become tense, Huang's mother tugged at Huang's father's sleeve, signaling him to think of a solution.

Mr. Huang cleared his throat, came over and patted Qi Yanche on the shoulder, "What they said makes sense. Life is more important than anything else. You've had a tough few months. You're almost home, so it's good to be safe."

Aunt Huang picked up the key, opened Qi Yanche's palm, and gently placed the key in his palm. "Take it. I'm really sorry, you can drive it back and return it to Auntie when you have another chance."

Qi Yanche looked at the key in his hand and recalled the departing figures of Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

In other people's eyes, all of this was just being obsessed with saving face.

It turns out that what they considered to be backbone was actually worthless.

Qi Yanche finally gripped the keys tightly. "Then we'll accept them. Thank you, Uncle and Aunt, and thank you all. I'll drive the car back in a couple of days."

Hearing that they were finally willing to drive away, Chen Siyu and Huang Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief. Zheng Wan, who was quite close to Lu Yuan, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, wishing them a safe journey.

Xiao Feiran and Cheng Zhi, who were inside the room, heard the car start and knew that they had left.

Xiao Feiran lay down weakly and sighed silently, "Was I too hasty in my words just now? I was only trying to help them. Acid rain is very serious, and I don't want them to get cancer at such a young age."

Cheng Zhi shook her head and said calmly, "It's not that we're in such a hurry because they forced us. Once it starts raining, they'll know you have good intentions."

After saying that, Cheng Zhi seemed to be very tired, so she lay down and thoughtfully covered herself and Xiao Feiran with the blanket.

"I know what they're thinking. They feel like they've been eating and using our things the whole way, and now they want our car back. They feel like they have no dignity left." Cheng Zhi recalled how they had vehemently refused to accept it earlier and guessed about 70-80% of what was going on.

Xiao Feiran covered his head with a headache. "The problem is, now is not the time to talk about dignity. It's the apocalypse, and survival is the most important thing."

Cheng Zhi turned to look at Xiao Feiran helplessly, "But no one else knows. They are energetic college students now, unlike us who are old hands who have already died once."

She was the one complaining, and she was also the one speaking up for the boy. Xiao Feiran couldn't figure out what Cheng Zhi was thinking. "Whose side are you on? Why are you talking about one side and then the other? And if you understand them that way, why did you come in angry just now?"

Cheng Zhi stated that understanding and criticizing are not contradictory. "Just because I know what they're thinking doesn't mean I have to agree with them."

Xiao Feiran was really confused by her.

Before she could refute Cheng Zhi, Cheng Zhi continued on her own, "We're all so capable, yet they still won't listen to our advice. From the time we were in the dorm until now, every time we've been in danger, we've been able to lend them a hand. Don't they even realize it?"

It turned out that Cheng Zhi was angry about this kind of thing.

Xiao Feiran suddenly felt that this made a lot of sense, but then she thought that if she were the one without God's perspective, she would not know that she had friends who were cheating.

Just like them in their past lives, they didn't know at first that the apocalypse wouldn't end. Back then, they were full of hope and lived with their dignity intact.

Thinking of this, Xiao Feiran's anger subsided. "Give them some time; they'll grow eventually."