During these last few days of the apocalypse, his pregnant wife was at risk of miscarriage due to emotional instability, and he was alone on the raft.

He knew that some of his friends had access to drugs. He begged one of them, but they refused. He also asked his other brothers for help, but the end times reveal true character. They all treated him like dirt, kicking him around as if he were something to be avoided.

In the end, his wife still miscarried. Fortunately, he opened a treasure chest and found a Rejuvenation Pill, which could restore his body to its best condition. Otherwise, his wife might have left him too.

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[Sun Xiaoxiao: Brother Lin, I have a friend who also wants to help you. She studies martial arts and is a nice person. Brother Lin, would you consider taking her in?]

Sun Xiaoxiao spent a long time revising and rewriting this sentence before finally deciding to send it out.

She didn't know Lin Hu yet, and didn't know if Lin Hu would accept people, or if Lin Hu would kick her out because of this.

However, the two had been childhood friends, neighbors, schoolmates, and good friends since elementary school. Now the outside temperature had dropped to minus 10 degrees Celsius, and even if there was ginger soup, it would only provide temporary relief. Soon, the ginger soup would also be chargeable. So, she could only hope for the best and ask Lin Hu.

[Lin Hu: What's her name?]

[Sun Xiaoxiao: Willow catkins.]

Sun Xiaoxiao replied instantly, probably because she had been waiting for Lin Hu's message. After all, she had already eaten the food Lin Hu cooked, so she didn't need to find food herself. She just sat on her little stool, browsing the chat and transaction interfaces, occasionally glancing at the pot of ginger soup simmering in front of her.

Seeing the pot in front of her, she felt really embarrassed. The pot, the charcoal, and the ginger were all given to her by Lin Hu. The water and the little stool under her were given by Liu Xu, and she felt ashamed as well.

Her friends had already obtained intermediate water purifiers and weapon blueprints when she finally drifted to a place with supplies, and ended up working there, even though she was happy to do so.

But when you compare, you still feel that luck is something she'll never have.

On the other side, Lin Hu was stunned when he saw the name Liu Xu. Wasn't that the flying knife master who joined the protagonist's group in the middle of the story? And later she even got together with the male protagonist's childhood friend.

"He's the main character," Lin Hu immediately replied.

[Lin Hu: Give me her ID number, I'll add her.]

[Sun Xiaoxiao: Okay, Brother Lin.]

Because many strangers had requested to add him as a friend through his transaction records when he traded items in the market, Lin Hu simply turned off friend requests and only allowed him to add them.

The other party agreed in less than a minute.

[Liu Xu: Hello, Brother Lin, my name is Liu Xu, I'm 17 years old, and like Xiao Xiao, I'm a student. I have wood-type abilities.]

Although he was recruiting, it was the apocalypse, and many people had become less polite in their speech. Some even cursed him for not getting ginger soup. This sudden remark made Lin Hu burst out laughing at the interview-like tone.

"What are you laughing at?" Duan Linzhou sat closer. They had started looking at each other's system interfaces quite naturally, without realizing it.

Only Lin Hu could see 1097's system interface, so he wasn't worried about others seeing the extra system around him. Therefore, he generously let Duan Linzhou see his survival system interface.

"Not bad, young lady." Duan Linzhou was also taken aback when he saw the other party's name and introduction, and then gave his evaluation.

"Okay, then let's keep her." Lin Hu replied to Liu Xu after saying that.

[Lin Hu: Our boss Zhou thinks you're good. You can start working here. We'll provide you with lunch and dinner. Lunch is at 12 PM and dinner is at 7 PM.]

[Liu Xu: Okay, thank you, Brother Lin, thank you, Boss Zhou.]

"Well, Boss Zhou, I've left the person for you." Lin Hu turned off the chat and smiled at Duan Linzhou, raising his eyebrows.

"Isn't he yours? How did he become mine?" Duan Linzhou asked, taking out the treasure chests from his spatial storage one by one as he finished his work.

"You said he's a good person, isn't that why you want to keep him?"

"Stop joking around, let's open the treasure chest."

Lin Hu passed by happily, just like opening a blind box.

Because there were too many, the two of them opened it together.

[Ding! Congratulations to player 8848 for obtaining a refrigerator x1, meat buns x50, experience points...]

"Wow, we have a refrigerator now! We can freeze ice cubes now. I was thinking of putting some ice in when I was making peach smoothies." Lin Hu excitedly walked around the living room, trying to find a place to put the refrigerator out right now.

The refrigerator is a large double-door model, and the space originally reserved for it is a bit too small. Putting it anywhere else would look too ugly. Should we leave it for now and put it later, or secretly put it in the secluded garden area first, and move it down when we can upgrade and change the apartment type?

"Let's open the treasure chests first, and we'll put the rest in later." Duan Linzhou pulled Lin Hu down to continue opening the chests.