With a "crack," the protective shield around Gu Mian's body shattered, its energy depleted and it was destroyed!

Fortunately, the protective shield blocked the attack, giving Gu Mian enough time to react and reach out to grab the black arrow.

"Hiss!" Gu Mian cried out in pain, not expecting that the black arrow also had a corrosive power.

[Health -30]

[Health -30]

[Health -30]

...

The system kept issuing prompts.

Gu Mian was so frightened that she quickly cast a healing spell on herself.

Although the black arrow possesses a strong corrosive power, it cannot keep up with the healing speed of the healing spell.

Therefore, Gu Mian's palms would always be healed instantly by healing magic as soon as they turned a little black.

...

Zhou waited patiently for a while, but did not hear the system notification that he had killed a player.

Seeing the conspicuous green tent in the vast snowfield, he decided to go and take a look.

After several hours of snowfall, the snow on the road was now up to his ankles, so every step he took left two deep footprints in the snow.

When they reached the tent entrance, there was still no movement inside. Zhou Ye became more vigilant and took out a bronze shield, each as tall as a person, from his backpack before suddenly lifting the tent flap.

"Bang!"

A dull thud rang out, and the shield in his hand was shattered into pieces!

Upon seeing that familiar laser bulb, Zhou Ye raised his hands at lightning speed: "Gu Mian, it's me!"

"Um?"

Gu Mian squinted at the person who was wrapped up from head to toe, looking like a bear.

"It's me, Zhou Ye!"

While shouting, Zhou Ye took off all his glasses, mask, and scarf and threw them on the ground.

The whole thing took less than a minute. He was genuinely afraid that Gu Mian wouldn't have the patience to listen to him finish speaking and would just shoot him into dust.

At such close range, he really wasn't confident that he could pull out his prop faster than Gu Mian could fire her gun.

"How come it's you?" Gu Mian looked at the red exclamation mark above Zhou Ye's head with a strange expression. How long has it been? He has already killed ten players.

With the crisis averted, Zhou Ye's tense body began to relax: "Sorry, sorry, I just thought this tent looked nice and wanted to take it, but I didn't expect it to be someone I knew."

Gu Mian: "..."

Good grief, did you say something outrageous?

Seeing Gu Mian's expression, Zhou Ye realized he had let something slip and quickly laughed it off: "Um... well, can I stay here until the snow stops?"

“Sure, I can,” Gu Mian said, shrugging. “But I only have one chair here, so I can’t give it to you.”

“It’s fine.” Zhou Ye took a two-meter-long and one-meter-wide sofa out of his backpack and placed it on the ground. “I’ll just sit on the sofa.”

Once the sofa was brought out, it immediately took up a third of the tent's area.

Gu Mian: "..."

I seem to have been speechless more often today.

...

Outside the tent, the wind and snow raged, but inside, Gu Mian and her companion were enjoying tea around the stove.

The ceramic stove, tea set, and tea leaves were all provided by Zhou Ye, so Gu Mian only needed to wait to drink.

Of course, she wasn't just waiting idly; she was eating a roast duck in her hand, and if she got tired of it, she could drink some tea to cleanse her palate.

Gu Xiaobei: "Sister, where are you now? Send me your location so I can come visit you if we're not too far apart."

Hearing the howling wind outside, Gu Mian almost thought she was seeing things. She blinked and looked again, making sure she wasn't mistaken, before replying with a speechless expression:

"With such heavy snow, what brings you here to play?"

Gu Xiaobei: "Anything is fine! If you want to play adult games, that's fine too!"

Games for adults?

Gu Mian thought for a moment and said, "Mahjong or poker?"

Upon seeing Gu Mian's reply, Gu Xiaobei's face immediately fell. "Sister, you'll never find a boyfriend like this..."

Gu Mian scoffed: "Boyfriend? You can't eat him, you can't drink him, and you might even need me to protect him. What's the point of having one?"

Gu Xiaobei: "..."

That makes so much sense, he couldn't refute it!

"Who are you chatting with? You look so resentful." Xu Kun sat down next to Gu Xiaobei, holding a freshly made instant noodle in his hand.

Gu Xiaobei sniffed and casually turned off the light screen: "We didn't talk about anything, but it smells so good! I want to eat instant noodles too."

Xu Kun looked down and slurped up a mouthful of instant noodles: "If you want to eat, just make some. I must say, it tastes pretty good."

"Okay." Gu Xiaobei responded, then got up, took out a bucket of tomato and egg flavored instant noodles, and went into the kitchen.

...

"Did you redeem the blind box today?" Gu Mian sat in the chair, resting her chin on her hands as she watched Zhou Ye clean the tea set.

"Not yet." Zhou Ye shook his head.

Gu Mian: "Why don't you exchange them?"

Zhou Ye: "The necessary supplies have been prepared, so it doesn't matter whether I redeem the blind boxes or not."

Gu Mian: "Okay."

It seems he doesn't have a hobby of opening blind boxes.

...

The blizzard didn't end until around 3 p.m.

Gu Mian lifted the tent flap, looking at the snow piled up on top of the tent with a sense of frustration, wondering what tools she could use to clear it away.

Just as he was frowning in distress, Zhou also came out. "What's wrong? Why are your eyebrows so tightly furrowed?"

Gu Mian: "I'm thinking about how to clear the snow."

"This..." Zhou Ye looked at the thick snow on the top of the tent and casually took out an entrenching tool: "Just leave it to me."

Gu Mian blinked: "Then I won't be polite."

He then lifted the tent flap and went inside, saying, "I'll make you some hot milk."

The milk was prepared in advance and placed in a 1L large package in the side pocket of the backpack.

Gu Mian unscrewed the lid of the milk carton and slowly poured the milk into the teapot that Zhou hadn't put away.

Then light a piece of charcoal and put it into the ceramic stove. Place the teapot filled with milk on the ceramic stove and patiently wait for the milk to boil.

As the milk heated up, the aroma of milk gradually filled the entire tent.

"It smells so good!" Zhou Ye, covered in snow, lifted the tent flap and walked in.

"It smells delicious, doesn't it? It's freshly made. Come and have a cup to warm yourself up." Gu Mian looked at him with a smile, her hands constantly pouring milk into the teacup.

“Okay…” Zhou Ye paused for a moment before somewhat flusteredly shifting his gaze. Only after seeing the teacup containing milk and the teapot used to boil the milk—

His face froze instantly.

"What's wrong with you?" Gu Mian looked at him, puzzled, and gently shook the teacup in her hand: "Take this, it's a bit hot."

"good……"

Zhou responded blankly, then mechanically reached out and took the teacup. Seeing that his porcelain-white, clear teaware was filled with milk, his heart felt as if it had been cut into several pieces.

"Hurry up and drink a couple of sips, you must be freezing after being outside for so long." Yet she looked at him with a worried expression.