Whether they are truly asleep or not, it cannot be hidden from those who have experienced countless battles in the apocalypse.

Yu Wei was puzzled: "Isn't she too naive? In a place like the Nie family, would there really be such an innocent person?"

I adjusted my posture while holding Kongsang to make it more comfortable for her to lean against me.

Lin Changli sneered: "Which eye saw that she was naive? It's just that her heart has rotted away, so nothing else matters to her anymore!"

Yu Wei clenched her fist: "If...she's different from the Nie family, I..."

"Don't hesitate about whether you hurt others. Having returned on the blood and sacrifice, you have no right to retreat."

Yu Wei's heart skipped a beat, and her eyes reddened.

Lin Changli clicked his tongue: "I was the last to join your team. I was tricked by him and owe him a favor from before the apocalypse."

"Just a word of advice: even if someone is gone, look forward. There are still people around you who are watching over you, and they don't want you to never move on."

The image buried deep in her heart resurfaced, and Yu Wei shook her head, her lips turning pale: "Don't say anymore, I won't forget him..."

She picked up her handbag and walked out of the coffee shop, looking utterly dejected, showing no trace of the apocalyptic charisma she once possessed.

Lin Changli didn't stop him. He only said one thing out of respect for that person. He didn't care whether the world was going to end or not.

Lin Changli could live well anywhere, but the current standard of living is incomparable to that of the apocalypse, and he has indeed benefited from it.

His gaze lingered on the girl's face in his arms, a hint of azure flashing in his pupils: "Meeting across time, this is quite a fate."

He tore off the gauze from his neck, squinted at the two scratches, and...

Kong Sang hadn't slept so soundly in a long time. Whether before or after her rebirth, her dreams were always filled with pain...

He lazily sat up, stretched, and looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings without any panic.

Even if she were to die the next moment, she could probably accept it calmly. The system's voice carried a strange undertone: "Isn't being alive good enough?"

Nie Kongsang was surprised: "It's fine."

But I feel that even if you were reborn, you wouldn't truly be alive.

"What are you saying? Aren't you part of a survival system? Don't you know whether I'm alive or not?"

Living with a rotting heart doesn't count as living. Your main quest, "Living," remains unchanged. Now, a new side quest has been issued: Restore Your Heart!

Nie Kongsang threw off the covers and went to the ground barefoot, without responding to the system, simply because... this was an impossible side quest.

Her survival system is quite humane, completely different from the cold, mechanical voices in novels, which is quite interesting!

The gauze on his neck was gone, and he had applied ointment. What... what's going on with this person?

Pushing open the door, the expensive decor was nowhere to be seen; this must be the upper floor of the villa…

Taking a few steps forward, I leaned against the handrail and looked downstairs. A familiar man sat back on a pure black leather sofa, his legs crossed, looking so alluring that he seemed inhuman...

He waved to her: "You're awake. Come down and have some juice."

The overly familiar tone made Nie Kongsang raise an eyebrow and pause for a second before descending the stairs.

The huge villa was unusually quiet, as if there was no one else besides men.

Her fair and slender instep, her pink and rounded toes, and a delicate silver chain dangling from her fragile ankle, swaying on her alabaster skin as she walked, caught someone's eye...

With such an undisguised gaze, it was impossible for Kong Sang not to notice. She walked up to the man and slightly lifted her small foot: "Beautiful?"

Before Lin Changli could speak, Nie Kongsang teased, "Want a kiss?"

The soft laughter was as melodious as the sound of a zither. Lin Changli asked playfully, "After kissing here, can I kiss other places?"

The air was silent for a moment, then Nie Kongsang reverted to her haughty demeanor as a young lady: "Thank you, President Lin, for bringing me here to rest. I should go back now; it's late, and my family will worry."

"Oh? Is it the older brother who's worried, or the younger brother?"

Nie Kongsang gave Lin Changli a strange look: "Of course everyone's worried. Don't you have any family?"

"No, haven't you heard that I bring bad luck to my family?"

Now that you mention it, Nie Kongsang does remember. This head of the Lin family was an illegitimate child. After being approached by the Lin family when he was young, the entire Lin family, starting with the main branch, was wiped out...

Rumors circulated that Lin Changli was a jinx, destined to bring misfortune upon all his relatives.

A normal person would apologize immediately after saying something offensive, saying that they had no intention of offending anyone.

Lin Changli then heard someone say, "I really envy you!"

The call connected, and Kong Sang walked to the entrance and changed into her high heels.

As he was leaving, he added, "I meant I envy your power and influence, don't get the wrong idea."

The door closed, and Lin Changli lay back on the sofa with his arms outstretched, a look of interest on his face.

She slept soundly, but by the time she got into the Nie family's car to go home, it was already dark, much later than the time she had told Nie Jingxing.

As I got off the bus, my fingers clenched for a moment, then quickly relaxed, and I entered the house with a smile on my face.

In the living room, Nie Yan's face was full of schadenfreude.

Nie Jingxing did nothing but sit in the seat directly opposite the door, looking at her with a cold expression.

"Do you know what time it is?"

"Brother, I..."

"I only care about the results, I don't need your explanations. Starting tomorrow, no one is allowed to leave the Nie family villa for a week. Anyone who dares to let anyone out will have to consider the consequences."

All the butlers and servants in the living room bowed their heads in response.

Nie Kongsang remained unchanged: "Brother, I'm quite tired today, can I go upstairs to rest?"

Nie Yan said with a smile, "Sister, aren't you too energetic during the day? That's not good..."

"I heard you came back from Mr. Lin's house. When did you two meet? Are you so close that you can visit each other at his home?"

Her dear younger brother really knows how to talk a lot...

"Bang!"

He crushed the teacup in his hand, the shards of porcelain piercing his bulging, veiny fingers. Bloodshot veins appeared in Nie Jingxing's eyes as he growled, "Get out!"

Nie Yankongsang's expression changed, and he immediately went upstairs. No one dared to stop for even a moment.

At night, the door was opened, and a tall shadow fell over the beautiful figure on the bed.

Her slender hands clenched tightly under the covers, and that beastly gaze seemed to pierce through her bones—it hurt!

As time passed, Kong Sang felt herself suffocating. When she could no longer hold on, she turned and left, her back soaked with cold sweat.

If she hadn't failed to see the system's red warning light, she probably would have spoken up...

Yu Wei hadn't been able to contact Nie Kongsang for several days, which made her wonder if she had been tricked.

After Lin Changli left home, the team gathered. Yu Wei frowned and said, "Something's not right... Did you make her angry that day?"

Lin Changli sat lazily to one side: "No, she's in a good mood. She even said she wanted me to kiss her feet!"

"puff!"

"Cough cough..."

The three of them looked at Lin Changli in surprise.

Si Yu dropped his nonchalant attitude and asked with curiosity in his eyes, "You kissed him?"

This guy is not a normal person at all. After experiencing the apocalypse that shattered his worldview, even normal people are not normal, let alone Lin Changli.

Maybe if lust takes over, he might actually do it.