That night, Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran lay in bed watching a movie together, while Liu Liu played with toys by the bedside.
It was extremely quiet outside. Xiao Feiran could only hear the sounds from the tablet and Liu Liu chewing on something. Without any warning, she suddenly felt deflated.
Seeing that Xiao Feiran's mood was off, Cheng Zhi immediately pressed pause. "What's wrong?"
Xiao Feiran didn't really know what she was thinking. This feeling of dejection came suddenly, and she couldn't figure out why. But she still tried to express her feelings. "I don't know. I just suddenly became emo. I felt like a lot of negative energy attacked me just now."
If this were before the apocalypse, Cheng Zhi would definitely have laughed at her for being out of touch with reality, but not now. She understands that feeling very well.
Cheng Zhi quickly grasped Xiao Feiran's hand. "Don't think too much. What we need to do now is survive. You might feel that our reopening is unreal, or you might be worried that we'll dislike you if you keep living in our house. If you're worried about these things, then stop now. I will never abandon you."
Cheng Zhi spoke as if she could read Xiao Feiran's mind, revealing all her anxieties of the past few days. Xiao Feiran couldn't hold back her tears and they streamed down her face.
Xiao Feiran quickly wiped away her tears with a tissue, took two deep breaths to calm herself down, and said, "I don't want to think about it, but I just can't control my mind. Sometimes I dream about these things. There are no rebirths or scenes of death replaying from my past life. Sometimes I just see you letting go of my hand and leaving me."
It was all a nightmare. Cheng Zhi felt terrible just listening to it. She immediately patted Xiao Feiran's hand and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. From the moment we decided to bring you home, we were family. You are my sister! When society returns to order, we'll change your name immediately. From now on, you will be called Cheng Feiran."
Cheng Zhi wasn't good at offering grand pronouncements or comforting words, but every word she spoke was sincere, and Xiao Feiran felt truly warm inside.
Xiao Feiran's mood improved considerably. She leaned on Cheng Zhi's shoulder and started joking with her, "Oh dear, what am I going to do? My little sister is so good to me. I'll be so lonely if she gets married in the future."
Seeing that Xiao Feiran's mood had improved and she could even joke around, Cheng Zhi was also very happy. She went along with her words, "Then I won't get married, and neither should you. Let's go sweep the floor at Ganlu Temple together!"
Xiao Feiran thought she was going to say something about hiring male models, but she didn't expect her to go to Ganlu Temple to sweep the floor. She looked at Cheng Zhi with an incredulous look, "Da Chengzi, your ideological awareness has improved! You've finally stopped thinking about hiring male models and are preparing to dedicate your life to Buddhism?"
"Hmm, not really." Cheng Zhi said, exiting the movie and opening the various novels she had downloaded. "The main thing is that I just happened to see some crime dramas these past two days, like cases of wives being murdered and dismembered, or women being stabbed eighteen times by their boyfriends after a failed breakup and having their bodies dumped in the wilderness. After reading them, I'm starting to feel hostile towards all men in the world."
After saying this, she added, "Amitabha."
Xiao Feiran usually enjoys reading this type of novel, so the two of them immediately changed the subject and picked up their tablets and phones to start reading.
They hadn't stopped reading the novel until 2 a.m.
When Cheng Zhi came out to use the restroom, she ran into Cheng Ye. Cheng Zhi said she was used to it, as both of them were night owls who liked to stay up late, and the apocalypse didn't stop them.
At this moment, Cheng Zhi acted more like an older sister, saying softly, "Go to sleep early. You're still growing. You'll regret it if you stop growing later."
If it were during the day, Cheng Ye would definitely have argued back, but now he just obediently nodded and went back to sleep.
Back in the room, Xiao Feiran's phone was still lit up, but it had already been tossed aside by its owner.
Cheng Zhi tiptoed over, picked up the phone, covered Xiao Feiran with the blanket, and then got into bed herself to go to sleep.
Unexpectedly, just as I closed my eyes, a huge roar resounded across the earth, followed by a tremor that lasted for less than five seconds.
Xiao Feiran had just fallen asleep when she was suddenly woken up by the noise. She sat up abruptly and grabbed Cheng Zhi, "Holy crap?! What's going on? Was that thunder or an earthquake?"
The two looked at each other in bewilderment. The sound disappeared, the tremor subsided, and the world returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened.
Although Cheng Zhi had stayed up all night, she was convinced that this was not a hallucination caused by her staying up late. She drew back the curtains to see what was happening outside, but the thick fog had not yet dissipated, and it was still late at night, so she couldn't see anything at all.
Xiao Feiran, lying on the bed, regained her composure. She thought back carefully; there had been a major earthquake in her past life, but it definitely hadn't come with the dense fog. She couldn't be mistaken. And was that an earthquake just now? Compared to thunder, she felt the latter was more likely.
Cheng Zhi thought so too, "It's hard to be sure. Let's ask Huang Yiyi and the others in the space every day. They must have heard it too."
As soon as the topic of asking her sisters came up, Xiao Feiran, being an impatient person, couldn't sit still any longer. "They must have been woken up by the noise too. Let's go now, maybe we can run into them!"
Seeing how anxious she was, Cheng Zhi immediately reached out and pressed her down, "You definitely won't meet them now. This really is an earthquake. The whole family must be on edge all the time, afraid of another earthquake."
Upon hearing this, for some reason, Xiao Feiran's mind flashed with the faces of Cheng's parents and Cheng Ye, and her heart suddenly calmed down.
Right now, she should be with her family and protect them; that's the most important thing.
Xiao Feiran nodded, put on her clothes, and went out. "I'll go see how Uncle and Aunt are doing, whether they were frightened. Let's all sleep on the floor in the living room tonight, that way we'll be closer to the door, and if there's another tremor, it'll be easier for us to run away."
Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran went out together; one went to find Cheng's parents, and the other went to find Cheng Ye.
The lights were indeed on in Cheng's parents' room. Xiao Feiran knocked twice, and after receiving their permission, he pushed the door open and went in, intending to call them out.
Seeing Xiao Feiran's worried face, before Xiao Feiran could speak, Cheng Ma immediately pulled her to her side and hugged her. "Feiran, you must be scared. Don't be afraid, it's just thunder, there's nothing to be afraid of."
Cheng's father chimed in, "That's right, Feiran, don't be afraid. If you're still scared, just wake up Zhizhi and keep you company."
Held in Cheng's arms, Xiao Feiran smelled the faint scent of pine wood emanating from her mother. Her comforting words flowed into her heart, and Xiao Feiran felt a warmth spread throughout her body.
On the other side, Cheng Zhi also knocked on Cheng Ye's door. He saw Cheng Ye and his sister looking at each other, and he breathed a sigh of relief. "It's true, right? I thought I was hallucinating from staying up all night."
Cheng Zhi walked over and patted his head to comfort him, "Let's go, take the blanket, we'll sleep on the floor in the living room."
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