Cheng Zhi and her friends smashed a big hole in the car window when they were stealing it. Now that the weather is getting cold, if they don't plug the hole, everyone in the car will freeze to death after driving only a few steps.
Xiao Feiran rummaged through his spatial storage and found a large bundle of tape. Then the five of them started wrapping the car window with it.
Only after it was barely drafty did Huang Yiyi agree to drive.
When it's hot, no one wears many clothes, so the bus is relatively empty. Now everyone is wearing down jackets, and underneath they're sweaters, thermal underwear, and so on, making the bus very crowded. Liu Liu can jump around on their laps without falling off.
Cheng Zhi huddled in the back seat by the window, listening to music with her headphones on and lost in thought.
Chen Siyu nudged Xiao Feiran, who was sitting in the middle, and asked in a low voice, "Why does Zhizhi seem a little uninterested?"
Xiao Feiran, acting as if he knew everything, said in a deep voice, "Isn't it obvious? This is clearly a breakup; the seed of love was just sprouted when the cold wind blew it off."
Chen Siyu looked utterly confused. When did Cheng Zhi start dating? And break up with her boyfriend? How come she didn't know?
Seeing Chen Siyu's bewildered expression, Xiao Feiran clicked her tongue in disdain. "With Qi Yanche, the two of them are exchanging glances and flirting every day. Can't you tell?"
"..." Seeing that Xiao Feiran spoke as if it were true, Chen Siyu was confused. "Did I time travel? How come I don't know anything about this?"
Xiao Feiran smiled mischievously, his face seemingly saying: Of course you can't kowtow as well as I can.
Just as Xiao Feiran was about to say something more, Cheng Zhi, who was next to her, patted her with a smile.
Cheng Zhi smiled and shook her phone. "Isn't it a coincidence? My hands were cold just now, and I was too lazy to take my phone out to adjust the music. There's nothing in my earphones."
"Exchanging glances and sending flirtatious signals?" Cheng Zhi was practically pressed against Xiao Feiran.
Xiao Feiran: "..." Is it too late for me to die now?
Seeing Xiao Feiran's cowardly appearance, Zheng Wan, sitting in the passenger seat, added fuel to the fire, "Zhizhi, if you don't say something, Xiao Feiran has arranged a scenario for you where you're about to get a divorce and have two kids!"
Xiao Feiran: "..." Having Zheng Wan as my roommate is such a blessing. I should give this blessing to someone else!
"I was wrong. I'll just secretly ship them by myself from now on. I'll never flaunt it in front of the real person again." Xiao Feiran admitted her mistake very quickly. Before Cheng Zhi even started hitting her, she had already finished speaking.
"Young man, bumping into everything will only hurt you!" Cheng Zhi lifted Liu Liu from her lap and placed her in Xiao Feiran's arms. "I need to sleep, or I'll get carsick."
Seeing that Cheng Zhi actually turned on the music and closed her eyes this time, Xiao Feiran breathed a sigh of relief and lamented, "My ship broke up before it even started, so sad..."
Huang Yiyi, who was driving, didn't think so. She believed that fate would bring people together from afar, and if it was truly the person destined for them, they would eventually meet again, no matter how many difficulties they faced.
Zheng Wan thought there was nothing wrong with what was said. If you are destined to be together, you can't stop this. If you are not destined to be together, you won't feel anything even if you are face to face.
At this point, Xiao Feiran sat up straight and leaned forward, "So you and Lu Yuan really have no chance?"
Why did the topic turn to her again? Zheng Wan turned her head helplessly. "It's the end of the world, can we stop thinking about these romantic things? Besides, didn't I already say that I don't want to find someone younger than me?"
Xiao Feiran's philosophy differed from theirs. With a wave of her hand, she said, "You said it's the end of the world, so why worry about anything else? Let's live for today!"
Both sides stuck to their own versions of events, and since they had nothing better to do, the two decided to start a debate. Chen Siyu grabbed a handful of melon seeds from her spatial storage to watch the spectacle.
By the end, Xiao Feiran was hoarse from talking. Looking at Chen Siyu, who was enjoying herself, she pretended to feel sorry for her, "You didn't try to persuade us at all! You just watched us ramble on and on!"
Chen Siyu, quite matter-of-factly, spat out a mouthful of sunflower seed shells and said, "This is also my first time watching a live performance of 'Qipa Talk,' how could I bear to interrupt?"
Xiao Feiran: "..." You do watch TV shows.
They followed the road signs southwards and finally saw a sign that read "3km from Shenzhen" just as it was getting dark.
They were exhausted after a long day, so they parked their car on the side of the road to replenish their energy before continuing their journey.
Cheng Zhi made instant noodles in her spatial dimension, one bowl for each person, and they ate them in the car. Soon, the small car was filled with the aroma of instant noodles.
Zheng Wan sat in the driver's seat, finished her soup, and wiped her mouth contentedly. "It still has to be braised beef noodles, forever the best!"
After Chen Siyu finished slurping up the last bite of noodles, they prepared to leave.
Just as the car started, a silver sedan drove up on the highway and stopped near them. A man in a military overcoat got out of the car.
Because they were dressed so thickly, Cheng Zhi and the others couldn't see the other person's face at all, but could tell from his voice that he was probably a middle-aged man.
"Are you going to Shenzhen?" he asked as they walked.
Who knows if the other person is a good person or a bad person? Cheng Zhi immediately shouted, "Just say what you have to say right there, don't come any closer!"
Hearing Cheng Zhi say this, the man actually stopped and continued, "Don't worry, I mean no harm. I just wanted to ask and also wanted to buy you some food. I've been starving for days."
Judging from the direction the man was heading, he had probably just come from Shenzhen. Cheng Zhi asked, "Haven't you eaten for days? How come there aren't even any small bread rolls left in Shenzhen?"
The man stood shivering in the cold wind, his words tinged with bitterness, "There are so many people in Pengcheng, everything was looted. Now, apart from the rich and powerful, ordinary people simply can't survive."
This was different from what she had imagined. Pengcheng is usually the most efficient city in handling affairs, and Cheng Zhi thought that Pengcheng would also be the quickest to provide a solution to this disaster.
"Where is the government? Where is Mayor Chen? Haven't they said anything?" Pengcheng is Cheng Zhi's home, and she was quite worried, so she asked three questions in a row.
Upon hearing the names of the government and the mayor, a deep sorrow welled up in the man's eyes. "You're probably from Pengcheng too, right? Then you must know that Pengcheng has the most businessmen. These capitalist bastards overthrew the government right at the beginning of the disaster, and the mayor died from his injuries."
“In Pengcheng now, capitalists have everything under the sun. If you want to enter the city, you’ll have to pay a toll.” As soon as the toll was mentioned, the man started to turn back. He figured the girl didn’t have much to eat and would have to pay a toll to enter the city, so he didn’t want to add to their burden.
To his surprise, the car pulled right up in front of him, and the passenger window rolled down. A girl, whose eyes were the only part of her body visible, handed him two pieces of bread and a bottle of milk.
The girl didn't say much, and the car drove away. The middle-aged man shouted "thank you" a few times at the car, silently praying that everything would go well for them.
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