Chapter 178: The Calm Before the Storm
To the south of Xiling Snow Mountain, three miles away from the south gate of the base, there is a sunny flower field. Before the end of the world, it was a famous scenic spot in Xiling City.
Today, no one takes care of them, the flowers and trees have withered, and only wild lilies remain, breaking through the thin winter snow and poking their heads out.
Jiang Ran spread out the picnic tablecloth on the grass, looked around, and made sure there were no zombies before taking out thermal boxes of various shapes from his bag.
Shen Youyou ran around the grass, picked a bunch of wild lilies and returned to Jiang Ran, gently placing the white bouquet next to her hand.
Jiang Ran smiled: "Youyou, are you having fun out here?"
The little girl tilted her head, judging the girl's question, and after a long time came to a conclusion and nodded.
Jiang Ran asked her to sit next to him and hung the unfolded apron around her neck to prevent her from dirtying her clothes while eating.
After patrolling the area and finding no mutant beasts or zombies, Si Xu returned to the picnic site and saw the girl tidying up the little girl's clothes with a gentle smile on her face.
The man stared at the extra little girl silently for a long time, and regretted agreeing to Shen Bai's request immensely.
"Si Xu." Jiang Ran opened a piece of sushi, looked up at him, and smiled, "Come here quickly. I made sushi today with the sushi vinegar in your space. It's my first time making it. Come and try it."
Si Xu walked slowly to her side and sat down.
Jiang Ran picked up a piece, dipped it in sauce and fed it to him: "Ah——"
Si Xu opened his mouth and ate.
Jiang Ran looked at him expectantly: "How is it?"
The young man nodded: "Okay."
Jiang Ran was satisfied and took a piece and placed it on the small plate in front of Shen Youyou: "Youyou, Si Xu said it's delicious, you should try it too."
Shen Youyou obediently picked up a piece and put it in her mouth.
Watching the girl's actions, Si Xu was silent for a moment, then smiled slightly and asked her: "Jiang Ran, are you asking me to taste it for her?"
She fed it to the puppet only after he said it was delicious.
"Yeah." Jiang Ran answered as if it was a matter of course. "Only because you think it's delicious do I feel comfortable serving it to guests. Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing. You're one of my own, I'm not afraid of being embarrassed, hehe."
Si Xu was stunned for a moment, and his depressed mood was strangely smoothed out.
He snorted and stared at the sushi box in front of Jiang Ran, his meaning was very clear.
Jiang Ran understood and picked up another piece of sushi to feed him.
After the man swallowed it contentedly, Jiang Ran looked around curiously: "Si Xu, why are there no zombies here?"
Logically speaking, shouldn’t scenic spots be crowded?
But this place is clean, there are no zombies or mutant beasts.
After receiving the food, Si Xu was in a good mood and didn't mind explaining to his girlfriend: "The winter in Xiling is very cold, and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, making it inconvenient to enter and exit. The base took advantage of the heavy snow and the inconvenience of the zombies to arrange for the special power team to come out and clean up."
"Wow, before I even got to the base?"
"Um."
"Are you bringing anyone?"
"No." Si Xu said, "...it's Shen Yang."
"Oh, it's my cousin." Jiang Ran bit his sushi, thinking, "I can't believe my cousin would do such a thing."
Hearing the meaning of her words, which seemed to be praising Shen Yang, Si Xu turned the chopsticks over and knocked her on the head: "Your eldest cousin is a smart man, unlike you, who is very stupid."
Speaking of Shen Yang, Si Xu still did not hide his disgust.
Jiang Ran shrank his neck after being hit, and said vaguely: "I know he is smart, otherwise you wouldn't have handed Luo Rui to him."
Si Xu sneered: "If you leave Luo Rui to him, what do you think will happen to her?"
These words sounded sinister, and Jiang Ran blinked, feeling that she might have misunderstood what he meant.
She thought that Si Xu handed Luo Rui over to Shen Yang in order to put the Shen family in a dilemma, unable to get rid of the suspicion of killing Wei Yage, and to provoke the relationship between the Shen family and the members of the sixth team... So it seems that Si Xu has other plans?
The girl looked confused. Si Xu sighed and said, "You'll understand when you see Luo Rui again."
He didn't want to say more, and Jiang Ran didn't ask any more questions: "Oh." He glanced at the little girl beside him and found that she was staring at the other thermal boxes. Jiang Ran smiled and opened the remaining boxes.
"Youyou, come here, help yourself." She poured a bowl of soup for the little girl. "Corn and pork ribs soup, it's nutritious and good for growth."
Staring at the girl's movements, Si Xu smiled sinisterly: "She won't grow any more, so it would be a waste to eat her."
Shen Youyou didn't react. Jiang Ran glared at him and taught him a lesson: "Si Xu, don't bully Youyou."
Being scolded, Si Xu curled his lips and refused to repent: "I am telling the truth."
Jiang Ran poured him some soup and said, "Drink some soup."
This guy is really... Why does he always target Shen Youyou?
He didn't have such hostility towards other women around her - Qi Yao, Chen Yao... Why did he only reject Chen Youyou?
Just as Jiang Ran couldn't understand Si Xu's hostility, the young man also couldn't understand Jiang Ran's preference for Shen Youyou.
The man seemed to be drinking his soup obediently, but he was actually thinking about how to find an excuse to throw the puppet back to the Shen family.
Shen Yang seems to be quite free recently, so it just so happens that I gave A117 to him for training.
After enjoying lunch in the warm sunshine, the girl lay on the grass, squinting at the blue sky.
"Si Xu, if you just stay here, you might forget the disaster you're going through—beautiful things have the ability to heal the soul."
Si Xu sat beside her, with one leg curled up and the other stretched out, in a very lazy posture, and listened to her talk with his head tilted.
"Si Xu, after the disaster is over, we'll find a deserted place, preferably by the lake, and build a small wooden house with a fireplace, a large kitchen, and a balcony. I'll then hang wind chimes under the eaves so we can hear the sound of the wind..."
If, when the disaster is over, we are still alive.
The girl slowly stopped talking.
"What's wrong?"
"No." She shifted her body and rested her head on his legs. "I'm sleepy."
"Jiang Ran."
"Um?"
"When you are with me, you can rest assured." He leaned over and kissed her forehead, "I will protect you." Don't worry about conspiracies or crises and disasters, you can rest assured and leave yourself to me.
Jiang Ran closed his eyes, unable to hide the smile on his lips: "I know."
In the distance, a little girl who had been running around on the grass chasing a butterfly stopped and looked back at the man and woman not far away.
She hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked back to the two of them. Under the young man's cold scrutiny, she imitated Jiang Ran's posture and lay down, curling up beside him.
Rarely, Si Xu just stared at her for a moment without saying anything.
…
After a night of examination and treatment, the doctor came out of the room early in the morning, took off his mask and gloves, and looked tired.
Zheng Li frowned and looked at the closed door: "Doctor, how is the girl?"
"She has two broken ribs and a blunt force trauma to her head. We'll have to wait until she wakes up to see what happens next. The rest of her injuries are superficial and have been treated."
A skinny girl with so many injuries on her body? Zheng Li felt distressed and asked, "Anything else?"
The doctor shook his head.
"Um..." Zheng Li hesitated, moved closer to the doctor, and lowered his voice, "Are you pregnant?"
Shen Yang suddenly brought someone back, and the only thing Zheng Li could think of was that the girl was pregnant.
The doctor looked at the housekeeper in surprise and shook his head firmly: "No."
The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."
Then he sent the doctor out with a smile on his face.
(End of this chapter)
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