Chen Xiaoru's fingertips trembled slightly. She suppressed the pain in her heart and used a cotton ball dipped in medicine to clean the wound bit by bit.

"Yuxuan, is it worth it?" Her voice was very soft, with a barely perceptible tremor.

Zhou Yuxuan's face was still pale, but her eyes were unusually gentle. She stared at Chen Xiaoru, a weak smile on her lips:

"Wife, don't ask me this question. There is no such thing as worth or not. I only know that I will die without you."

"You act like a fool."

Chen Xiaoru didn't expect him to say this. Her eyes turned slightly red and she lowered her eyelids to hide the moisture in her eyes.

"So do you like me, a fool?"

There was a hint of temptation and expectation in Zhou Yuxuan's voice.

"Yes, and I'm pregnant."

Chen Xiaoru said this calmly, as if she was stating an ordinary fact, but this sentence was like a blockbuster bomb, exploding in Zhou Yuxuan's heart.

"Wife, what did you just say? Say it again!"

Zhou Yuxuan sat up suddenly. Because the movement was too big, the wound on her back was affected, causing her to grimace in pain. However, she didn't care about that. She stared at Chen Xiaoru with her eyes full of shock and ecstasy, as if she couldn't believe what she heard.

"Forget it if you can't hear clearly, just lie down!" Chen Xiaoru glared at her unhappily, but there was a hint of imperceptible doting in her tone.

Zhou Yuxuan looked at Chen Xiaoru aggrievedly like a wounded puppy, took her hand and shook it gently, and said coquettishly with a nasal voice: "My dear wife, please say it again, I really didn't hear you clearly just now."

"I told you to lie down, don't you understand what I'm saying?"

Chen Xiaoru's voice rose a few degrees, but it was still cold.

Seeing this, Zhou Yuxuan knew that Chen Xiaoru was really angry, so he quickly lay back down obediently.

Looking at her like this, Chen Xiaoru sighed helplessly. She picked up a cotton ball, dipped it in the medicine, and continued to treat Zhou Yuxuan's wound.

Her movements were extremely gentle, for fear of hurting Zhou Yuxuan.

"Okay." Chen Xiaoru finished bandaging the last wound, put the things into the space, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Knock knock knock" There was a sudden knock on the door, interrupting Zhou Yuxuan's next words.

Chen Xiaoru stood up and opened the door. She knew it must be the original owner's parents. After finding them, Chen Xiaoru felt relieved.

The door opened and Chen Guodong and Li Cuihua stood at the door with lunch boxes in their hands.

"Dad, Mom, why are you here? I thought it would take a while, so I was just about to go out to get some food so we could eat together." Chen Xiaoru stepped aside and let them in.

"No need, I've already called. Let's eat together." Li Cuihua put the lunch box on the table and looked at Zhou Yuxuan with concern. "How is Yuxuan now?"

"Mom, she's fine. I've already given her medicine." Chen Xiaoru replied.

"If it weren't for Yuxuan's help this time, your mother and I don't know whether we could survive!" Chen Guodong sighed, his words full of gratitude to Zhou Yuxuan.

"Uncle and aunt, this is what I should do." Zhou Yuxuan came back to his senses and said hurriedly, with a hint of weakness in his voice.

Zhou Yuxuan struggled to get up, but was gently held down by Chen Xiaoru, with a look of unquestionable intent in her eyes.

"Don't move, be careful of the wound." Chen Xiaoru said with concern.

Zhou Yuxuan sat obediently on the head of the bed, looking at Chen Xiaoru with gentle eyes, like an obedient big dog.

"Mom, let's eat first. I'm hungry." Chen Xiaoru broke the warm yet somewhat awkward atmosphere. She didn't want to continue this topic.

"Okay, let's eat first, let's eat first." Chen Guodong also came back to his senses and quickly agreed.

Li Cuihua opened the lunch boxes one by one, and the aroma of food immediately filled the air.

"Xiao Ru, you and Yu Xuan, you..." Li Cuihua suddenly spoke, but stopped talking.

"Mom, we are fine." Chen Xiaoru said lightly. She knew what Li Cuihua wanted to ask.

"That's good, that's good." Li Cuihua nodded and said nothing more.

"Xiaoru, you eat too." Zhou Yuxuan put a piece of meat into Chen Xiaoru's bowl, his voice so gentle that water could drip out. In front of Chen's father and mother, Zhou Yuxuan still knew to restrain himself.

Chen Xiaoru glanced at her, said nothing, and ate the food in the bowl silently.

The meal ended in this silent and warm atmosphere.

"Dad, how did you get here?" Chen Xiaoru asked softly, breaking the brief silence.

Chen Guodong's eyes softened. He looked at Chen Xiaoru and spoke slowly, "That day, your mother and I were about to go out when we suddenly heard a commotion outside. There were all kinds of screams and cries mixed together. It was really scary."

Li Cuihua's body trembled slightly, as if she recalled the terrible scene again, and a trace of fear flashed in her eyes. Seeing this, Chen Xiaoru gently held her hand, silently conveying comfort.

"Your mother and I quickly returned to the house, locked the doors and windows tightly, and then ran to the bedroom balcony to see what was happening outside." Chen Guodong continued in a low voice.

"From the balcony, you can see that outside there are those...those man-eating monsters everywhere,"

Li Cuihua's voice was filled with fear, and her body couldn't help but tremble. "They bit everyone they saw. It was so scary. Your father and I were so scared that we quickly closed the balcony door and didn't dare to move, for fear of being discovered by those monsters."

"Then how did you get here?" Chen Xiaoru asked. She remembered that the original owner's home was very far away from here, and it was almost impossible to arrive safely on foot.

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