Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Si Qi wakes up...

When Si Qi woke up, the warm color of the fire filled the entire room. Amid the crackling sound of burning firewood, Si Qi rubbed his eyes and saw the figure of someone carefully preparing seasonings not far away.

The woman was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt. A few strands of her soft long hair fell in front of her forehead, covering part of her face, while more of her hair was scattered behind her. The ends of her hair were lightly hooked on her clothes, rising and falling with her breathing.

Si Qi saw her hand tremble, and the seasoning spilled all over the barbecue. Si Ruxu seemed not to notice that she had gotten up, and was carefully wiping the seasoning off the barbecue, trying to get some off.

She didn't know how long it had been, but she continued to roast the prepared meat on the fire. The original side was a little burnt, so she scraped off the black part to avoid the charcoal grilling on that part. When the meat finally looked fine, she wiped the sweat from her forehead, turned around, and met a pair of dark eyes.

His eyes, which were clearly round and always smiling, were gentle and blank. Now, there was no emotion in them. The mist from sleep had completely dissipated. He stared for who knew how long. A flush rose on Si Ruxu's face, and a hint of red crept up the tips of her ears.

"We'll be eating soon. When did you wake up? Does the wound still hurt?" Si Ruxu came over and lowered her head to check the wound on Si Qi's arm. New flesh had grown there, and Si Ruxu had been secretly treating it every day. Now there was no trace at all.

Seeing her familiar look, Si Qi pulled his hand back. Seeing this, Si Ruxu let go of her hand.

"Did you give me some kind of drug? Why am I always so sleepy at this hour?" Si Qi looked outside. It was almost dusk. Layers of clouds enveloped the sun, and the sunset light was softer than ever before, casting thousands of golden rays through the intertwined clouds.

"Your superpower has been overdrawn too seriously and is recovering. It's normal to feel a little sleepy. You'll be fine after some rest." Si Ruxu smiled gently and handed a stack of cut barbecue to Si Qi's lips. Si Qi was a little curious about the taste of what Si Ruxu made. After rinsing his mouth, he picked up a little and put it in his mouth. He looked at Si Ruxu in surprise. She knew that Si Ruxu had never cooked before and she didn't expect that what she cooked would be edible.

Her eyes glanced at the piece of barbecue that was still roasting, and then moved to the charred meat that had been cut and discarded on the hay. A strange thought slowly came to her mind: "You, you can't roast it all day and this is all it takes."

Si Ruxu awkwardly pushed a strand of hair in front of her back. In fact, she had applied medicine to Si Qi's wound and spent time catching a wild boar, but she only roasted this piece of edible meat.

Si Qi sighed. In fact, this cave showed signs of having been cleaned up. The fireplace she had built was renovated, and the stones used for fitness were as clean as if they had just been wiped, and the dust and soot had been thoroughly cleaned.

"I'm just staying here for a few days, so I don't need to clean the place like I'm staying permanently."

Seeing that Si Qi had no intention of sending her away, Si Ruxu responded softly, "Maybe you need to stay longer."

Three question marks slowly popped up in Si Qi's head. Then, she heard Si Ruxu's serious voice: "Luo Feng and the psychics outside the base are evacuating in batches. According to the base's estimated cycle, the extreme heat wave may be coming."

Extremely hot.

In Si Qi's mind, the slums of the base were played like a slide show. Every day, countless people vomited blood and fainted on the ground. Their internal organs were roasted raw, and after being left on the ground for a long time, even the skin and flesh on the outside would rot, emitting a foul odor.

Si Qi was afraid of extreme heat. He had the impression that more people died from extreme heat than from extreme cold.

Noticing Si Qi's darkening expression, Si Ruxu pursed her lips slightly and carefully took Si Qi's hand. Si Qi showed no reaction, neither rejecting nor making any movement.

Si Ruxu was not quite sure how ordinary people survived when it was extremely hot, but the psychic would summon all the psychics who were familiar with ice, condense ice cubes, and collect them every day according to the level of their psychic abilities.

Even so, it was still so hot that it was difficult to breathe.

When it was extremely hot, they seldom went out. Once, Si Ruxu went out at night and smelled the stench of corpses and burning smell coming from the slums.

She suddenly realized that Si Qi didn't have superpowers from the beginning, but when she started paying attention to Si Qi, she had already survived the layers of hot soup and glaciers and was standing here intact.

The past that Si Qi had never mentioned was like an airtight thin thread, slowly winding around her heart, and at a certain moment it tightened unexpectedly, causing her sharp and excruciating pain.

Si Ruxu's finger stayed there for too long, and Si Qi looked over and was slightly startled.

Si Ruxu was feeling uncomfortable.

Her long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, as if tears would fall out at the next moment, and her eyes were slightly red and moist.

What was she suffering from? Did she also lose friends in the extreme heat?

She wasn't curious, but Si Ruxu squeezed her fingers tightly when she was about to pull them away. A few tears fell into her palm and spread out, feeling a little hot.

"How did you handle the extreme heat before?"

"Dig a hole and bury yourself, go out to grab water at night, and collect rainwater when it rains." Si Qi didn't want to talk about this, but Si Ruxu was in a bad mood, so he counted and picked and chose.

She looked at Si Ruxu's increasingly red eyes, and felt a little uneasy about the ambiguous atmosphere. She forcefully broke away from Si Ruxu's grasp and stood up.

The firelight cast her shadow over the half-squatting Si Ruxu. The woman's long hair fell softly behind her, and there was a wound on the back of her neck that looked very fresh.

I didn't notice it before, but now I see it and I can sense the faint aura of other psychics above.

Si Qi stared at the wound unconsciously for a long time. Was Si Ruxu being besieged?

She thought of the very faint blood energy on Si Ruxu's body.

That's right, even Luo Feng and others who helped her were surrounded. What's more, Si Ruxu now has no base and has left the research institute, leaving her alone.

Si Qi sighed and gently placed his palm on the wound. The body under his palm suddenly trembled slightly.

…

She remembered how sensitive this part of Si Ruxu's neck was.

Si Qi's fingers curled up slightly, and when he was about to leave, he was held down by a slender white hand. Si Ruxu leaned his back against the edge of the bed and raised his pale neck fragilely.

She curled up in Si Qi's shadow, her eyes filled with mist, as if to say that no matter what she did, she would not resist.

For too long, the memories have shrunk in a corner of my heart, but they overflow little by little in similar scenes.

She and Si Ruxu are very compatible in every aspect of life, including in bed.

Sometimes she would quietly come forward and place a light kiss on Si Ruxu's collarbone. Si Ruxu would then put down what she was doing and bury Si Qi's head in her soft embrace.

His voice was broken and unbearable, and he hummed softly for her to continue.

Sometimes, when I was too tired after work, I would push her with little force, and say in a soft and gentle tone, "No, I'm too tired today."

Then she buried herself in Si Qi's arms, and soon fell asleep with steady breathing.

She almost forgot that the collarbone and neck were the signals for them to start.

Si Qi withdrew his hand as if he was scalded, and took a few steps back awkwardly. When he stood firm, there was no emotion in his dark pupils.

Si Ruxu panted softly a few times and leaned there. The firelight once again reflected on her profile, allowing Si Qi to see the blush and affection in her eyes.

It's crazy.

"Si Ruxu." Si Qi felt a little anxious and impatient, perhaps because of the genuine throbbing in his heart. "We are just partners. This relationship is good enough for now. Let's not go any further, okay?"

The tone was soliciting, but there was no hint of retreat in the words.

Si Ruxu slowly calmed herself down, and after a long while, she finally revealed a pale smile: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

The air became quiet. Si Ruxu's steps were still unsteady when she stood up. She sorted out the remaining kitchen waste and added some dry firewood to the campfire.

Unlike any other time, she was so fragile, as if a single word from him could crush her.

For the first time, Si Qi realized that the gentle, cold, arrogant, and superior person in her memory, who was in love with her, had grown into a different person over time.

She thought that Si Ruxu was now strong, calm, mature, and used to manipulating people's hearts. She was still worthy of being loved, but she was no longer the same person she loved.

Who wouldn’t be dealt a heavy blow by the end of the world?

Si Qi has lost almost all of his friends and is struggling alone, while Si Ruxu no longer has any familiar faces around her.

She thought that this might be the reason why Si Ruxu wanted to end the apocalypse so much.

Because she was loved well by the world before the end of the world.

After packing up his things, it was already dark outside. Si Qi was measuring the area to dig another cellar in the cave. In extremely hot weather, the earth insulation layer could block out most of the heat.

As she thought this, she calculated the size in her mind and activated her spatial ability when her heart suddenly ached violently, as if being crushed by a thousand-pound object. Her brows knitted together in pain and she spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.

Urgent footsteps were heard behind her. Si Ruxu hugged her in her arms when she was about to fall down. Her eyelashes drooped, covering her anxious eyes. Her healing ability flowed through the meridians of Si Qi's body along her palms.

"Relax, don't use your superpowers." Si Ruxu's voice trembled slightly, as if she was extremely scared, but she forced herself to calm down and check Si Qi's body.

Si Qi was in so much pain that she had no strength to speak. Her lips were pale. She opened her eyes between breaths to look at the slightly red corners of Si Ruxu's eyes.

Why has Si Ruxu been so tearful lately?

She gave a comforting smile, "It's okay, you won't die."

Upon hearing this, Si Ruxu's tears, which were about to fall, finally fell. Her voice trembled slightly with tears, "Just because you said I can't die, does that mean I can't die?"

She didn't mean to provoke Si Qi.

She found a chaotic cluster of superpowers in Si Qi's heart, and that superpower almost cut off Si Qi's heart veins.

She was just a little bit away from losing the only person she cherished.

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