Everyone moved their things out, and Cheng's father also moved the coffee table to the other side.
Using the dim light of a flashlight, Cheng Zhi and the others made up the beds. Cheng's mother and father each occupied a sofa, so they didn't need to make beds.
Seeing the three children on the ground, Cheng's mother felt a sense of temporal displacement. It was as if she had returned to when Cheng Zhi and the others were young, when they sat on the sofa chatting, the children played on the floor, and when they got tired, they simply fell asleep.
Cheng Zhi saw the smile on her mother's face, took two steps closer, and lay down on her mother's lap. "Mom, what good news are you thinking about? Tell us so everyone can have a laugh."
Cheng's mother reached her hand out from under the covers and gently rubbed Cheng Zhi's face. "What wonderful news! I have three such adorable children! What a wonderful news! Hahahaha—"
Just then, Cheng Ye returned from heating up the milk and made a cup for everyone. A sip of the warm milk helped to dispel some of the fear.
However, Cheng Ye himself was still very panicked. He said somewhat uneasily, "I really want to know what's going on. Could it be an earthquake?"
Cheng Zhi held the warm milk in her hand, thought for a moment, and said, "I don't think so."
There's no scientific basis for it; it's just intuition.
Although there was no scientific basis for this statement, Cheng Ye inexplicably believed it because it was Cheng Zhi who said it, and her heart calmed down considerably.
They didn't discuss the issue much, since everyone was just an ordinary person and all the discussion would just be speculation, so they might as well go to sleep early.
So they quickly turned off the lights, and gradually the sound of everyone's breathing became steady. Cheng Zhi's eyelids grew heavy, and she fell asleep.
There were no more loud noises or tremors until seven or eight in the morning.
Cheng Zhi woke up the earliest. After she woke up, she even drew back the curtains to look outside. The thick fog had not yet dissipated, as if the loud noise and tremors from last night had not changed anything.
She yawned, drew the curtains, and snuggled back into bed, snuggling close to Xiao Feiran to absorb her warmth.
Xiao Feiran was chilled by the cold and unconsciously frowned, wanting to move away. But the next second, she seemed to remember Cheng Zhi next to her and stopped moving, letting Cheng Zhi stick to her.
For the rest of the day, everyone tried to keep their activities within the vicinity of the door, so that if any problems arose, they could simply open the door and run away.
The family had packed their belongings, including food, drinks, and other necessities, filling three bulging suitcases.
But nothing went wrong all day; everything was calm and uneventful.
That night, they stopped sleeping on the floor and went back to their rooms to sleep. But Cheng's father still reminded them to wear thick clothes to bed so they could run away if anything happened.
Everyone nodded obediently and returned to their rooms. Cheng Zhi and Xiao Feiran then slipped into the spatial dimension.
They had been holding it in all day, and were especially eager to know if the other women knew what had caused the loud noise.
Unexpectedly, upon entering the space, I saw Zheng Wan and Chen Siyu.
As soon as they saw Cheng Zhi, the two women rushed over and asked, "What happened last night?"
After learning that Cheng Zhi and the others didn't know either, the four of them sat down and quietly waited for Huang Yiyi's arrival.
Huang Yiyi hadn't come yet, and Cheng Zhi and the others were quite worried. Zheng Wan was restless, pacing back and forth in the space.
Finally, just as Zheng Wan was about to make Cheng Zhi and the others dizzy, Huang Yiyi finally appeared.
She looked incredibly excited, skipping and hopping towards them. "Friends, have you been waiting for me for a long time? Hehehe, I'm here! Flowers and applause! Come welcome me! Ah!"
Before Huang Yiyi could finish speaking, she screamed in pain as Zheng Wan chopped at her waist. She clutched her waist in agony, asking, "What's going on? Why did you attack me right away?"
Xiao Feiran shook his head and told Huang Yiyi to sit down quickly. "Hurry up and share. Your face is practically screaming 'I have the latest news,' so stop showing off and just tell us, or Zheng Wan will beat you up again."
Upon hearing this, Huang Yiyi immediately raised her head proudly. After gossiping about her entire building, she did indeed learn something.
“You all probably thought that loud noise was thunder or an earthquake, right?” Huang Yiyi shook her finger when she saw them nod. “Neither. It was caused by a meteorite impact, just over ten kilometers from my house. I don’t know how big it was, but it must have been quite large, since you all felt it.”
Upon hearing that a meteorite had struck Earth, everyone's eyes widened in surprise. Zheng Wan, in particular, was so astonished that she could barely speak properly.
"A meteorite hit the Earth, and I really think humanity is going to be wiped out." Chen Siyu said, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Cheng Zhi was more composed. "Humanity will eventually go extinct, but it shouldn't have happened last night. If it had, the object that hit Earth wouldn't have been a meteorite, but an asteroid."
Huang Yiyi also agreed with this statement, saying, "That's what I think too. The thought that it was a meteorite and not an asteroid gives me a feeling of surviving a catastrophe. Humanity has dodged another calamity and can survive for a while longer."
Zheng Wan, who was standing next to her, thought for a moment and asked, "This should be a low-probability event, right? Will it not happen again for a while? My heart can't take it if I'm so worried every day."
Cheng Zhi usually watches a lot of documentaries. After recalling it, she remembered that scientists seemed to have said that meteorites falling to Earth is not a low-probability event, and that meteorites of different sizes fall to Earth almost every day.
Hearing Cheng Zhi say that, Zheng Wan started to worry again.
"Relax, we have a script! The fact that we survived for eight months in our past lives means that Earth won't be destroyed by an asteroid during those first eight months," Chen Siyu, sitting next to Zheng Wan, comforted her.
After discussing this matter, everyone chatted about their own families and then left the space.
Lying in bed, Xiao Feiran couldn't fall asleep. Thinking about how she had been worried and scared all day and hadn't even gone into her space to take care of the fruits, vegetables, and poultry in the yard, she simply slipped into her space and started watering, harvesting, and feeding the chickens, keeping busy until after 1 a.m.
When people are busy, they don't think too much. Working also consumes physical energy, so Xiao Feiran fell asleep quickly after she finished.
Cheng Zhi, who was next to her, felt the bed sink and finally fell asleep peacefully.
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