The moon is full over the branches, and the sound of cicadas chirping is particularly irritating on a windless summer night.

As soon as Mingmei came out after handing over her shift with the night shift staff in the cafeteria, she saw Mu Chen leaning against the wall, looking up in a daze.

As her footsteps drew closer, he turned to look at her, smiling as he extended his hand. Mingmei took two steps forward and placed her hand in his palm, asking, "How long have you been waiting?"

"Not long ago, I just arrived myself."

Mingmei noticed that his hair was still damp, as if he had just taken a shower, and she could even smell the fresh scent of soap.

"Give."

"What?"

Mingmei took the plastic package from Mu Chen, opened it, and found it contained dried fruit.

"I found these supplies while searching outside the city today. With the current weather, the shelf life of these foods is greatly shortened. I checked the date, and they were manufactured not long before the zombie outbreak, so they should be fine for now."

"Thank you, I like it very much."

As she spoke, Mingmei took out a piece of dried fruit and handed it to Mu Chen's mouth. Mu Chen took the dried fruit from Mingmei's hand and ate it, his eyes always on Mingmei. After seeing her, he also took the dried fruit and ate it himself.

She looked up and met Mu Chen's gaze. The two smiled at each other.

"Where is your dorm room? I'll go with you."

"It's quite close to here~" Mingmei raised an eyebrow, staring into Mu Chen's eyes as she asked, "Are you really going to take me back?"

"Then..." Mu Chen chuckled, "Walk with me a little longer~"

"Okay~"

...

Hehehehe~

At this moment, in the virtual conference room, as all the teachers frowned and stared intently at the live broadcast screen before them, gazing at this incredibly oppressive otherworldly game, a very obvious "outlier" emerged among them.

As Mingmei's sister-in-law, Ms. Cheshire never expected to witness Mingmei and Muchen's sweet moments. Her smile was practically on top of her eyes.

knock!

No wonder Lu Xiaoyao is obsessed with this stuff every day!

Tsk! I feel like I've missed out on so much.

"What are you doing...?"

Dennis turned his head and noticed the expression on Cheshire's face beside him, his eyes flashing with a subtle glint.

All the teachers are worried about their students, but then—you say your students are performing very well?

He couldn't help but glance at the live stream camera of Chesil, his expression becoming even stranger. When he looked at Chesil again, his gentlemanly demeanor prevented him from feigning surprise, as if to say, "So this is the real Chesil."

Dennis could only silently turn his head and continue watching his students' cameras.

As Dennis watched his live stream, something inexplicably went wrong. He even had a terrible thought: "I should have sent Bai Xiao and Yuan Fang together."

On the other side, Xu Wensong noticed that Cheryl was looking at the camera, and exclaimed in surprise for a moment, then asked curiously, "Are they a couple?"

“Yes, that’s right,” Cheshire replied with a smile, “quite a few people in my family have a pretty good impression of Mu Chen.”

"That's great, they look like a perfect match!"

Xu Wensong smiled and praised her, of course he knew about the relationship between Mingmei and Cheryl.

Then he looked at his only student, who was still outside the base, and continued to focus his attention on Wang Wenfei with the same concern an old man would have.

At this moment, Wang Wenfei and several other fleeing NPCs were spending the night in an abandoned building. By the campfire, she stared blankly at the face of the NPC next to her who was related to her in the game.

That face really looks like her sister, Wang Wenying.

Unlike the sister she could only see when staring blankly at her reflection in the mirror in "Prelude to Bloodshed," this is from a third-person perspective.

At this moment, Wang Wenfei was looking at an NPC in the game who looked exactly like her sister. Coincidentally, her name was "Aying," and they were actually sisters in the game.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Aying reached out and touched her forehead, her expression turning puzzled. She muttered, "You don't have a fever, so why do you look pale?"

"Perhaps he used his powers too much during the day and is a bit exhausted..."

Wang Wenfei shook her head to indicate that she was fine, but her words caused a moment of sadness to flash in Aying's eyes.

"I wish I had superpowers too, then Feifei could have it so much easier~"

Aying sadly added another piece of firewood to the fire in front of her. Noticing the fleeting look of anxiety on Wang Wenfei's face when she looked over, she smiled and said before Wang Wenfei could speak, "Feifei has grown up and can take care of people. I'm really happy... But I'd rather be there for Feifei when something happens, so that Feifei can always be a little child."

The firelight illuminated that gentle, familiar face. In that instant, Wang Wenfei broke down, tears streaming down her face as a flood of images flashed through her mind.

Her parents' worries and expectations, her grandfather's expectant eyes—she retreated, only to be forced forward time and again…

But after experiencing so much, she decided to move forward on her own.

No matter how bumpy the road ahead, she will always be at the forefront, sheltering her family from the wind and rain.

"It's okay, I can do it. Sister, I want to grow up and protect you too."

Wang Wenfei cried, but the corners of her mouth forced a smile. She sat up straight, her eyes blurry with tears, and looked at Aying. She sobbed and forced a very awkward smile, saying, "Sister, don't worry~ I will protect you!"

...

"I've met quite a few players while searching outside the city with my team these past two days."

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