Cooking porridge in the morning, meeting an old friend

Anne cleared her throat and said, "Thank you for today."

Hearing such a solemn thank you, Anding suddenly felt embarrassed again, "No, no, it's obviously me who has implicated you." After all, the little thing was looking for him.

"Let's put things in perspective. We'll remember your brave act today." Annie patted her chest. "Don't worry, if you sense your bones again, we'll find them for you."

"That's not necessary." It sounded a little strange.

The two of them just thought he was embarrassed.

The surroundings became quiet, and Anding disappeared. Annie fell asleep with her head resting on Li Ping'an's legs. Touching her unconsciously wrinkled brows, Li Ping'an realized that she was still worried.

With a light sigh, Li Ping'an gently picked up Annie's arm and carefully looked at the black wound on it.

That night, Li Ping'an slept very restlessly. She would open her eyes and look around at the slightest movement. When it was almost dawn, Anding came back. Seeing Li Ping'an with two dark circles under his eyes and his lifeless eyes looking at her, she said, "You go to sleep, I'll watch you."

Li Ping'an didn't bother to be polite with him. He closed his eyes, and after a while, his breathing became relaxed.

When she opened her eyes again, Annie was no longer on her lap. Not far away, Annie and Anding were arguing in low voices around a pile of straw.

Li Pingan walked over and found that the two were arguing about lighting a fire.

"Can you do it?" Annie whispered, snatching the lighter from Anding's hand. "You're so slow."

Seeing this, Anding let go of his hand and stood aside waiting for Annie to light the fire.

Not long after the fire was lit, a gust of wind blew, and the ashes from the burnt straw rolled up, as if they were about to fall on Anne.

Annie knew at a glance that it was Anding who was behind this, and she pretended to beat him up. When she turned around, she saw Li Pingan coming towards her.

Annie rushed over and pulled Li Ping'an's arm, "Ping'an, are you awake? Did you sleep well?"

Li Ping'an nodded, but didn't ask what had happened. Instead, he grabbed Annie's arm and rolled up her sleeves.

Annie knew what she was worried about as soon as she saw her movements. She quickly pulled up her sleeves and stretched them in front of Li Pingan, "Ping'an, look."

The wound hadn't changed at all, it was still just two black teeth marks, but no change was the best change. After all, it had been almost a day, and Annie still hadn't reacted.

Li Pingan breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at the fire, "Are you making a fire?"

Annie nodded, then took out a familiar black bag from the side. Li Pingan took a look and recognized that this was the bag that Anding was holding when he came back in the early morning.

"He found some glutinous rice and I thought you worked too hard yesterday, so I made a pot of porridge to nourish you." Annie said as she raised the glutinous rice in her hand in front of her.

Li Pingan glanced at the glutinous rice in Annie's hand, thinking for a moment. He glanced meaningfully at Anding, who was standing behind Annie, and said, "Isn't this a coincidence? Your wound also needs glutinous rice. I'll give some to heal your arm."

When the glutinous rice touched the wound on Annie's arm, it made a sizzling sound and turned black in a short while. Annie's expression was also a little painful, as if she was enduring the pain.

It was not until it was changed several times that the glutinous rice finally stopped turning black. Looking at the black glutinous rice on the ground, Li Pingan and his friend finally believed Anding's words.

The porridge in the pot was bubbling with a "plop plop" sound, and Annie was frantically scraping at the edge of the pot to prevent it from sticking to the bottom.

Li Pingan looked at Anding beside him and couldn't help asking, "Who are you? What was that little zombie yesterday? Why are you following us?"

Anding looked at Li Pingan for a while, then shook his head, "I really don't know. My memory is too fragmented and I can't put it together."

Li Ping'an's face turned cold. "I don't care who you are, I just hope you don't implicate Annie." She is not from this world, so she can't die. At most, she will suffer some superficial injuries. But Annie is not like that. As a person from this world, once she dies, she is dead.

Hearing Li Ping'an's warning, Anding lowered his eyes and nodded, "Don't worry, something like this won't happen again."

Li Pingan wanted to say something else, but Annie suddenly called out, "Pingan, come quickly, the porridge is ready."

The two walked over, and Anding said with a smile: "I brought back the glutinous rice, and I found the pots and pans. Why didn't you call me for some porridge?"

Annie pretended not to hear and picked up a bowl to help Li Ping'an serve porridge.

I have to say, after going through so much, drinking a mouthful of porridge can bring great comfort to my stomach.

There were no benches, so the three of them could only stand in a row and drink porridge while holding their bowls.

Thanks to Anding, the two were now one step closer to Beiji City. As for why he didn't let Anding carry them directly to Beiji City, Anding explained that his ability was limited and that he would need to rest for at least ten days or half a month for such a trip.

Helplessly, Li Pingan and Annie had to continue on their journey on their motorcycle.

Fearing that they would encounter the same thing as yesterday, Li Ping'an took Annie around any larger town. As a result, at the end of the day, the distance did not shorten much, but instead seemed to be farther.

Neither Li Ping'an nor Annie had any objection to this. After all, safety is the most important thing.

As it was getting dark, Li Ping'an found a deserted village and planned to stay there tonight.

After entering the village, Li Ping'an realized something was wrong. There was a car parked in the middle of the road. Looking at the tire tracks on the mud, the car must have just driven in not long ago.

Along the way, the two have not met anyone in the true sense.

So, the two stopped at the entrance of the village, not knowing for a moment whether they should continue going inside.

The two looked at each other for a while, and decided to find another place to be on the safe side.

Unexpectedly, just as the two turned and took a few steps, a young woman's voice suddenly came from behind, "Excuse me, are you from Nanlin City?"

Hearing this, Li Pingan and the other man turned around. A gate of a courtyard not far away opened. A young woman of medium height was leaning against the gate and sticking her head out, staring at the two of them. To be more precise, she was staring at the motorcycle that Li Pingan was holding.

Li Pingan and Annie didn't answer. After staring at the woman for a long time, Annie tugged at Li Pingan's sleeve and whispered, "Ping'an, they look like the trapped family we met after leaving the gas station in Nanlin City."

Neither of them responded to Zhang Xue's question, but Zhang Xue suddenly smiled and said excitedly, "My benefactor, I didn't expect to meet you here."

As she spoke, Zhang Xue opened the door and walked over. "In Nanlin City, it's really thanks to you guys."

In this environment, the two sides could be considered semi-acquaintances. Zhang Xue was too enthusiastic, so Li Pingan and Annie were forced to socialize.

Even though Li Ping'an and the others tried their best to refuse, they could not resist Zhang Xue's enthusiasm and were half pushed and half pulled into the yard.

When they entered the yard, Li Pingan and the other man were startled. After all, anyone would be startled to see a grown man hiding behind a door.

At this moment, the two of them thought that the group of people in front of them were bad guys.

Just when Li Pingan and the other two were about to strike first, they turned around and saw Zhang Xue, who seemed to be frightened as well. She patted her chest and said, "You want to die? Hide behind the door."

Then, she turned around and introduced them, "This is my husband, Yang Lin."

"I, I'm afraid it's not safe for you to go out alone." Yang Lin quietly defended his behavior.

Zhang Xue knew what kind of person he was, so she turned around and apologized to Li Pingan and the others on his behalf.

Li Pingan and the other man looked at Yang Lin and said nothing.

"Come in and sit down. We've checked this house inside and out, and there are no zombies. Feel free to sit down."

"You guys sit down. It's a rare opportunity to meet you. Let my husband prepare some delicious dishes tonight so we can celebrate." With that, Zhang Xue pushed Yang Lin into the kitchen.

Zhang Xue pulled Li Pingan and they chatted for a long time. Li Pingan and the other man kept looking at Anding beside them. Since they met, Zhang Xue had never looked at Anding. Could it be that other people could not see Anding?

Li Pingan looked over so frequently that Zhang Xue also looked over curiously. There was nothing there. "What's wrong? Is there anything over there?"

After hearing this, Li Pingan understood that there really was no stability.

Just when Li Ping'an was trying to find an excuse to get away with it, there was a noise coming from the inner room. Zhang Xue quickly stood up and walked over. Li Ping'an and the other man turned around and saw a small figure walking out.

Li Pingan and the other man had some PTSD about the little thing because of what happened yesterday. They stood up quickly, and the stool made a harsh sound on the ground.

Fortunately, Zhang Xue was busy holding Mimi and didn't pay attention to what was happening here.

Li Pingan took this opportunity to say to Annie and himself, "It's okay, it's okay, don't panic."

When Zhang Xue came, she was holding a small glutinous rice dumpling in her arms. Probably because it had just woken up, the little dumpling was still a little listless and yawning.

After seeing Li Ping'an and the other person, he suddenly struggled in Zhang Xue's arms, obviously trying to get down.

Zhang Xue couldn't persuade her, so she had to put Mimi down. As soon as she landed, Mimi ran to Li Pingan and the others, raised her head, looked at them, opened her arms, and muttered, "Sister, sister, brother."

Li Ping'an and Annie had never encountered such a situation before and were suddenly at a loss.

After Zhang Xue saw this, she immediately picked up the little girl again and said to Li Pingan and the others embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, she wasn't like this before."

After the little dumpling was picked up again, he stopped struggling, but his big grape-like eyes were still staring at the two of them, and he giggled from time to time.

Li Pingan suddenly remembered that the little girl seemed to have called him brother just now. Could it be that she could see Anding?