Before leaving with Lan Yao, Gu Zixiao didn't let anyone else follow. If others were with him, how could he spend time alone with Lan Yao?

To be honest, he hadn't spent any time alone with Lan Yao yet.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that we certainly can't miss.

Besides, Lan Yao has probably already resolved everything.

If that's the case, she might buy a train ticket and run away.

To prevent her from running away, Gu Zixiao would do anything to get her out of his sight.

Therefore, Gu Zixiao quickly and decisively dismissed the others and followed closely behind Lan Yao.

"Have you finished your business? Where are you going now? I drove here, I'll drive you there."

Lan Yao ignored him and continued walking forward.

Gu Zixiao seemed to have gotten used to Lan Yao's attitude and continued to chatter in her ear: "It's already noon, are you hungry? I know that the braised pork ribs and meat buns sold at the state-run restaurant are especially delicious. Oh, and their pickled cabbage and blood sausage soup is also very tasty."

Would you like something to eat before we think about what we need to do this afternoon?

Lan Yao stopped in her tracks and looked at him with hostility: "Why are you following me? Aren't you going to work?"

"I just finished my job and have a long vacation. Besides, you're the lover I've chosen, how could I possibly leave you? What if you run away? Who will I cry to?"

Lan Yao smiled enigmatically: "If I really wanted to run, you couldn't stop me even if you tried."

"...Yes, I admit it. What you said is true. But if I really make up my mind to pursue her, no one can escape my pursuit. No matter how capable she is, if I go after her for the rest of my life, she'll get annoyed, right?"

After all, if someone wants to bother me every day, they'll have to hide and run away.

Lan Yao: ...

really.

She narrowed her eyes, a murderous glint in them: "I can kill you, that will eliminate any worries I may have."

Gu Zixiao: "Yeah. That's right. But if I really risked my life to fight you, I might not necessarily lose. At worst, we'd both be badly injured."

Lan Yao: "You seem quite confident."

Gu Zixiao: "I didn't. Besides, I don't think you're the kind of person who kills innocent people indiscriminately. As long as I don't do anything to kill you, at most I'll just bother you and annoy you, and you won't kill me."

Lan Yao raised an eyebrow: "You seem to know me quite well."

Gu Zixiao smiled smugly: "Of course. If I didn't understand you, how could I be attracted to you, how could I want to marry you?"

Lan Yao: ...

To be honest, she's become numb to Gu Zixiao's frequent confessions.

Or rather, she had become accustomed to hearing it.

My God, this kind of feeling is terrifying.

Seeing Lan Yao remain silent for so long, Gu Zixiao shamelessly asked, "What's wrong? Are you embarrassed? Don't be embarrassed, I'll say it every day from now on, you'll get used to it eventually."

Lan Yao: ...

The jade pixiu grinned from ear to ear: "Hahaha, Master, this beauty is so funny. It seems you won't be able to shake him off easily."

Jade Abacus: "Waaaaah, Gu Zixiao is such a nuisance! Even Master can't get rid of him. Does that mean Master will be bothered by him for the rest of his life? What should we do?"

Lan Yao took a deep breath: "Let's take it one step at a time. We'll talk about it later."

Lan Yao didn't want to spend her whole life chasing after Gu Zixiao; the thought of it was terrifying and troublesome.

Lan Yao continued walking forward, and Gu Zixiao followed beside her, saying, "Aren't you hungry? Let's go eat! I guarantee the food at that restaurant is really delicious. If you eat there and don't like it, how about you beat me up? If one time isn't enough, you can beat me up a few more times, anyway, I can take a beating."

Lan Yao: "...You're so annoying. Can you shut up?"

Gu Zixiao: "No. It's lunchtime now, and I'm worried you'll go hungry. Unless you come with me to eat, I'll keep talking until you do."

Lan Yao: ...

You win!

However, she was indeed hungry.

She rolled her eyes at him: "Where is the place?"

Gu Zixiao perked up immediately upon hearing this: "Come on, let's drive there, it's not far."

Lan Yao took a deep breath and finally gave in.

There's no reason to force yourself to endure hardship when there are cars to replace walking.

Lan Yao readily compromised, and under Gu Zixiao's smiling gaze, she got into the car with him and went to the state-run restaurant that Gu Zixiao had mentioned.

There were a lot of people at the state-run restaurant at this time. When Lan Yao saw this, she regretted it a little because she hated queuing the most, even if the food sold here was delicious.

"...This is the delicious restaurant you were talking about? The line is so long, when will it be our turn?" Lan Yao said expressionlessly.

Gu Zixiao rubbed his nose: "There are indeed more people today. Why don't you go back to the car and I'll queue up?"

Lan Yao replied matter-of-factly, "Of course. Otherwise, you wouldn't expect me to stand in line in the cold wind, would you? Dream on."

"Yes, yes, yes. It's all my fault. It was my first time eating out with my partner, and there were indeed many things I didn't do or pay attention to. I promise I won't do it again next time."

"Am I your boyfriend?" Lan Yao pointed at herself and asked Gu Zixiao coldly.

Gu Zixiao pretended to be confused, her face innocent: "Isn't that right?"

Gu Zixiao touched her lips and made a gesture towards Lan Yao, the implication quite obvious.

You've already kissed me four times. I'm a perfectly innocent man, and you've kissed me four times for nothing, taking such a huge advantage of me. How can you say you don't want me?

That's indecent!

Even if you're a woman, it won't work.

Lan Yao's face darkened instantly upon understanding Gu Zixiao's meaning. She turned and left without hesitation, getting back into her car.

Jade Pixiu: "Master, I never thought that one day you would be manipulated by someone."

Yu Suanpan asked worriedly, "Master, are you angry? If you are angry, then beat him up."

Lan Yao: "I'm not angry."

She played with the jade pendant in her hand, thought for a moment, and then threw it into her spatial storage.

After a while, when her spiritual energy entered again, a spiritual spring well appeared in her space.

With this spiritual spring well, Lan Yao's long-stalled farming plan could finally be implemented.

She was already used to using her mental power to work, so she naturally sowed the seeds she had obtained from other worlds on the plowed land.

Many of these items were obtained through trade during the apocalypse. It seems that the other side was thinking that if she could actually cultivate the land, they could then exchange it for food, groceries, and the vegetable seedlings she grew.

Lan Yao said there was no problem.

The first crop she planted were tomatoes, spinach, and sweet potatoes, which she liked to eat. She would plant these first and then look at other crops after this batch was harvested. Ideally, she would be able to buy some vegetable seeds or Chinese herbal medicine seeds from this world.