"By the way, why don't you go in?"

Old An was a leader before the apocalypse, and even at only fifty years old after the apocalypse, his hair was already snow-white, which shows how much he cared about this zombie virus.

Pei Ke hummed twice, her voice hoarse from crying, and even her questioning voice sounded like a child's whining, "You'll have to ask this registrar."

Old An became serious, his weathered voice carrying a questioning tone, "Little Li, what happened?"

"I'm sorry, Professor An, I didn't know she was a researcher. I thought they were just causing trouble."

Xiao Li lowered his head and admitted his mistake, a hint of regret flashing across his face. Who knew that researchers could be so young?

"Didn't I tell you to ask your superiors first? So many of us are testifying, and you still don't believe us? If my sister hadn't been unable to contact Elder An, delaying the research on the antidote for the zombie virus, could you bear this guilt?"

Pei Ke's voice was soft, but her words carried great weight.

Xiao Li's lips turned pale and his legs went weak. How could he possibly bear such a crime? He immediately knelt before Mingyue and almost burst into tears. "Miss Ming, I was blind to your greatness. Please forgive me."

Old Master An's expression softened, and he looked at Mingyue with kind eyes, "Mingyue, why don't we just let it go?"

"Then let it go for Elder An's sake," Mingyue said with a faint smile.

Old Master An felt a pang of guilt. If he had been stricter in his management, this situation would not have occurred. Although Mingyue was young, she had won the Bedor Prize in Biology more than once. Such a talent deserved the highest level of treatment.

"There's a room near the lab for you to stay in alone. I'm finding someone to arrange a kind and gentle aunt to take care of you. You can just focus on your research."

Mingyue adjusted her glasses, a smile playing on her lips, and said, "Then please find someone who can cook well."

"No problem!" Old An led Mingyue forward. "How did you escape? We sent people to your research institute to look for you once before, but we didn't see a single person."

"I was locked in a closet, and they kicked the door open to get me out."

Old Master An suddenly realized, "No wonder. It's lucky you were in the cabinet, otherwise it would have been dangerous."

Mingyue responded, stopped, and turned to look at Pei Ke, "Come to the research institute if you need anything."

Old Master An looked at Pei Ke curiously, "And who is this?"

Pei Ke flashed a set of white teeth, her eyes, which were still moist with tiny pearls, looked both obedient and soft. "Elder An, I am Pei Ke, a dual-elemental ability user!"

"Good, good child, Mingyue has spoken. Do you know where the research institute is?"

Pei Ke nodded vigorously, her eyes sparkling with excitement, "I know!"

After the apocalypse, people were in chaos, and scheming was everywhere. It was rare to find someone like Pei Ke, whose emotions were always on his face.

Old Master An was touched by Pei Ke's pure and innocent smile and said repeatedly, "This is my contact information. Contact me if you need anything."

Although there is a global power and water outage during the apocalypse, everyone has a backup power source. The base has strict control over electricity use, and ordinary people don't have things like communication devices.

Pei may have received a communicator from Elder An, a gift of such precious value that he was overwhelmed with gratitude.

"Thank you, Grandma An, thank you, sister!"

Pei Ke's face was flushed as she held onto the small communicator tightly. She only had a communicator because of her older sister; even Song Jinyun didn't have that privilege. How could she not thank Mingyue?

Mingyue waved her hand dismissively, "Just give me a separate banquet when I get married in the future."