When the bright moonlight finally shone on the snow and the world was bathed in white light, Jiang Wan finally strolled back with the twins.
They not only had a good dinner, but also finished their post-dinner walk to digest. Now they're skipping and hopping home, just waiting to take a nice bath, drink Grandma's milk, and go to sleep!
Jiang Wan immediately spotted the man standing at the window next door. He was expressionless, with a melancholy look in his eyes, staring straight at them.
She suddenly had a strange feeling that Cheng Zhen at this moment was inexplicably like a wife-boosting stone.
Forehead……
Jiang Wan was startled by the thought that flashed through her mind and quickly snapped it away.
But his gaze was so intense that she couldn't ignore it, so she could only greet him: "It's late, aren't you going to sleep? You have to get up early tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll wait for you," Cheng Zhen replied in a muffled voice, continuing to gaze at her with a deep, unsettling look.
Jiang Wan felt a chill run down her spine and quickly slipped into the house under the pretext that the two children needed to sleep.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but even with the doors and windows closed and the curtains drawn, she could feel his gaze, as if it were a tangible thing, piercing through all the obstructions and landing on her.
What the hell!
Are you possessed?
The twins were tired from playing and fell asleep quickly after drinking their milk.
Jiang Wan couldn't fall asleep for some reason, so she got up and resignedly started getting dressed.
Well, considering he's a patient, I'll go see him anyway. If he gets sick from hunger, it will affect my plans for tomorrow.
When she arrived, Cheng Zhen was no longer standing by the window. She was sitting quietly at the table, her back to the door, her figure desolate and lonely, looking rather pitiful.
"Cough cough."
Jiang Wan coughed lightly and asked, "What are you doing?"
Cheng Zhen seemed to only hear her approaching at first, turning around in a second with a look of joy on her face: "Did you come to have dinner with me?"
"You haven't had dinner yet?" Jiang Wan was taken aback, only then noticing that all the food on the table in front of him was frozen solid.
Forehead……
So when he said he wanted her to have dinner with him, he really only meant it literally!
It turns out she had overthought things and misunderstood the other person.
Tsk.
Jiang Wan touched her nose, feeling somewhat guilty towards him.
"I've been waiting for you." Cheng Zhen's tone was more melancholy than her eyes, and she even revealed a little expression of a lonely woman confined to her boudoir in ancient times.
Holy crap!
Jiang Wan directly broke through the defenses.
She's not afraid of being confronted directly; she'll either argue back or walk away.
What I fear most is this kind of subtle display of weakness. Even though I know the other party is doing it on purpose, I still can't help but soften my heart.
She resignedly picked up the two plates of ice cubes from the table and said, "Alright then, wait a moment, I'll heat these dishes up."
"Okay." Cheng Zhen instantly became happy, stood up and helped heat up the cold dishes. Her joy was comparable to Jiang Xiaoxin's when her needs were met.
Jiangwan is unbearable to watch, it's an eyesore.
Tsk, as expected of father and daughter, there's no need to doubt the genes, they're definitely related.
The next morning, Cheng Zhen led the team to set off. This time, Jiang Wan's RV was also brought along. Since the two places that are rich in cold arrow bamboo and arrow bamboo without buds are really far from Xiangcheng, they were bound to stay outside for a night or two. By driving her RV, everyone could have some hot soup and dishes.
"Why would they want pre-cut bamboo?" Cheng Zhen couldn't understand this question either.
Jiang Wan explained, "The cold arrow bamboo and the arrow bamboo without buds are food for giant pandas. I guess there should still be giant pandas surviving in Longcheng."
Cheng Zhen was quite surprised, but didn't say much.
In the post-apocalyptic world lacking oxygen, in order to survive and compete for limited oxygen, humans killed all living beings except humans. Even raising livestock was not allowed. In their camp, it was only because water hyacinths were later used as feed and the forest farm produced oxygen that Old Chen finally agreed to raise some chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep despite the pressure from above, but not many.
But who can say for sure whether this approach is right or wrong?
They traveled south, where the mountains became more numerous, the forests denser, and the mutated plants more abundant.
Cheng Zhen activated his purification ability the whole way, driving the car at breakneck speed.
"Wait, stop the car!" Jiang Wan had been sleeping the whole way. She had this habit of falling asleep in the car. She had just woken up and her gaze was fixed on the scenery outside the window. She was not fully awake yet when she suddenly called out to Cheng Zhen.
Cheng Zhen slammed on the brakes as if by reflex, and the radio crackled to life as Yu Fen and the others in the back asked, "Boss? What happened?"
"Holy crap! Boss, there's no cell phone signal here either!"
"Everyone be careful, get out of the vehicle and take your radios with you!"
Cheng Zhen also asked Jiang Wan, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Wan pointed to the woods by the roadside and said, "I think I just saw... a wolf?"
Wolf?
"Impossible...right?" Cheng Zhen subconsciously wanted to say it was impossible. This was in the wild, with no oxygen at all. How could the wolf still be alive?
But then a few possibilities occurred to him, and he instantly became alert, giving the order via wireless telegram: "Everyone, stay alert! Be careful of your surroundings!"
In this oxygen-deprived post-apocalyptic world, besides people suffocating to death, there are many more wild animals in the wild.
If the dead can turn into zombies, who can guarantee that animals won't too?
Moreover, since the emergence of Little Mobo and Little Mobi, the Earth's ecological environment can no longer be explained by conventional methods.
Anything is possible!
They did not get out of the car, and the convoy continued on its way, finally arriving at its first destination before dark, a place where arrow bamboo is abundant.
This area was once the place where wild giant pandas were most likely to appear. Giant pandas were once an endangered animal and a national first-class protected animal. However, thanks to the joint efforts of humankind, the number of giant pandas has gradually increased, and many have been released back into the wild. Gradually, the number of wild giant pandas has also begun to increase.
But now, with the arrival of an oxygen-deprived apocalypse, what about the wild pandas...?
Jiang Wan didn't have time to lament the panda cubs' plight. After finding the right bamboo and pointing it out to everyone, she started leading the felling of it.
Ten tons is no small amount.
Cheng Zhen divided the work into two teams: one for guard duty and the other for logging. The two teams would switch shifts every two hours.
The surroundings were quiet. Cheng Zhen instructed, "Everyone, stay alert."
This hill is full of cold-stemmed arrow bamboo. Surprisingly, after crossing this hill, there is a continuous stretch of arrow bamboo with missing buds.
After Jiang Wan finished speaking, Cheng Zhen sighed, "We're lucky. Let's hurry up and chop some more. Once the mission is complete, we can go back sooner."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a series of footsteps came from the depths of the bamboo forest.
Cheng Zhen silently made a hand gesture, and everyone immediately went on alert. Jiang Wan consciously retreated to the middle of them.
However, unexpectedly, what emerged from the depths of the bamboo forest was not the zombie humans or zombie animals they expected, but a group of living, yet extremely disheveled and miserable... living people?
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