Three minutes later.

Separated by the steel railings between the two houses, Gu Shaoyan took the glass that Qin Wan handed him, which contained a clear soup noodle dish that looked and smelled delicious.

Yes, Qin Wan divided the noodles into three glasses, the width of which was just enough to pass through the gap in the guardrail, and they landed smoothly in Gu Shaoyan's hands.

"You really are a beautiful and kind-hearted girl."

"Don't worry, you saved my life, I will definitely repay you!"

While wolfing down his food, Gu Shaoyan made a solemn promise to Qin Wan.

Looking at his simple and honest appearance, a faint smile flashed in Qin Wan's eyes.

"How can you repay me? This is the apocalypse, you have no food stored at home, and you need my help to survive. How can you repay me?"

Qin Wan looked at Gu Shaoyan expressionlessly.

Gu Shaoyan paused in his eating, gave Qin Wan a deep look, and then glanced down at the bloodied zombies that were still roaring and howling downstairs.

For a moment, he paused in his eating, his face turned pale, and he almost couldn't finish his noodles.

"You need to think this through. This meal of noodles might be your last." Qin Wan's words were cutting.

Gu Shaoyan: "..."

"To say such cold and heartless things to a handsome man like me, you really are..."

"Really what?" Qin Wan squinted at Gu Shaoyan, a faint smile playing on her lips.

Although she was smiling, Gu Shaoyan felt a chill run down his spine.

"I didn't say anything, don't slander me." Gu Shaoyan immediately backed down.

Are you kidding me? Gu Shaoyan is fearless, why would he be afraid of a woman?

He only refrained from arguing with her because she was kind-hearted and had shared her last ration of food with him.

"By the way, do you have any food at home?"

Would you mind if I came to your house later?

"You can rest assured, I have no ill intentions towards you."

"I just plan to leave this community and find a way to get to the survivor base."

After quickly finishing the noodles in his cup, Gu Shaoyan put down his water glass and chopsticks, and took the tissue Qin Wan handed him to wipe his mouth.

"Logically speaking, as a man, it's better for me to travel alone than to take a weak woman like you with me who can't even kill a chicken."

"But, as you know, you're obligated to help someone who pays your way."

"Furthermore, I'm traveling alone, so I'm bound to be without anyone to look after me. If someone or a zombie were to accidentally attack me from behind, I'd be finished."

"Furthermore, I have no food at home, and now that zombies are rampant, I will inevitably have to resort to violence if I want to leave alive."

"You know, fighting is physically demanding..."

"Although I just ate a bowl of delicious noodles that you cooked, which looked and smelled wonderful."

"But no matter what, I've been starving for two days..."

"If I run out of energy during the escape and there's no food or water to replenish my strength, then I'm definitely going to die."

"So, taking everything into consideration, I think that only by cooperating with you can we both escape this hellhole and survive!"

Gu Shaoyan is handsome, has a great physique, and is intelligent. The only flaw is... he talks way too much!

However, what he said makes a lot of sense.

"Do you have any self-defense tools?" Qin Wan asked directly.

Gu Shaoyan thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook his head.

"No."

"My home is just an empty shell."

"You know, I'm a celebrity, I'm flying all over the country all day long."

"I'm either filming on set or rushing to a photoshoot on a plane..."

"For me, this is just a place to live."

"To prevent me from stealing food, my family doesn't even have pots, pans, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, or tea."

Qin Wan: "..."

Gu Shaoyan: "..."

Feeling guilty and because of Qin Wan's silence, Gu Shaoyan also felt that he was quite useless.

It seems that Qin Wan wouldn't gain any real benefit from escaping with him.

She even had to share half of her last remaining food rations with him...

Thinking about it this way, Gu Shaoyan suddenly felt that his existence was superfluous.

But in order to survive, he decided to make one last attempt and give it his all.

"Take me with you, and I can protect you."

"Although we don't have any tools at home, we can go out and look for them."

"Besides, if you can cook, you must have a kitchen knife at home, right?"

"If all else fails, can you give me one of your kitchen knives? When we're escaping, I'll lead the way and protect you."

"I learned real martial arts on set for the filming. Although it wasn't very advanced, it was definitely much better than what a girl like you, who can't even kill a chicken, can do."

"Besides, it's better for two people to look out for each other than for you, a girl, to travel alone. What if you get targeted by bad guys?"

As he spoke, Gu Shaoyan's expression gradually became serious.

"Although I haven't experienced the apocalypse, I have watched apocalyptic movies and read apocalyptic novels."

"I am also aware of the cruel survival rules of the apocalypse."

"Girls like you, who are pure and pretty and live alone, are the easiest targets for scumbags in the apocalypse."

"Take me with you, let's travel together. Putting everything else aside, I, Gu Shaoyan, am a reliable person."

"We can pretend to be husband and wife along the way, which will make you relatively safer."

"Although I'm a bit pale and clean-cut, I will definitely prove myself with my abilities..."

"Eh eh eh..."

"I haven't finished speaking yet..."

Why did you leave again?

"Hello……"

"You still haven't told me your name?"

Did you hear what I just said clearly?

"What do you mean by going back inside without saying anything?"

"Are you going to say yes or no...?"

Behind him, Gu Shaoyan stood on the balcony, calling out and asking questions incessantly.

But because of the zombies downstairs, he dared not shout too loudly.

He tried to lower his voice while conveying his anxious and irritable tone perfectly, proving himself to be an actor who became a sensation after just one drama.

This acting skill, this command of dialogue, this ability to ramble on—these are qualities that most people don't possess.

Thinking of this, Qin Wan took out her schoolbag from the wardrobe, making sure to bring all the seasonings and some simple ready-to-eat foods.

Qin Wan simply waved her hand and stored the noodles and rice into her spatial storage.

In just half an hour, Qin Wan practically emptied the entire house, taking away the original owner's wardrobe, bed, computer desk, chair, cosmetics, skincare products, drinking water, and so on.

Looking at the house that had been completely ransacked, Qin Wan smiled with satisfaction.

Yes, it's perfect!

Thinking of this, Qin Wan tucked the kitchen knife into her waistband, grabbed a clothes pole, opened the door, and went out.

The zombies in the stairwell were all attracted away by the tablet playing music, and Qin Wan successfully appeared at Gu Shaoyan's door.

A knocking sound came from the door...

Gu Shaoyan, who was sitting dejectedly on the balcony, suddenly froze!