Is she answering me? He was delighted, because this meant that her consciousness had partially recovered.

"Hello."

He reached out and patted her face gently, "Hey."

"Um?"

Yang Jinxia's long eyelashes trembled a few times. She pushed his hand away in annoyance, then slowly opened her eyes and looked at Chen Xu who was sitting in front of her with some confusion.

Chen Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her wake up. He turned around and said to 2003, "Go get me a cup of hot water."

"Since Ms. Xia is awake, I won't bother you any more." S01 said goodbye at the right time.

Chen Xu stood up and said, "Let me see you off."

After walking out of the door and taking a few steps, Chen Xu said, "Thanks to you for notifying me in time this time. Otherwise..."

"Saving humanity is our duty." said S01.

Chen Xu nodded and said, "There is something I want to discuss with you. I want to stay and I want to ask for your consent."

S01 said, "Yes, the original purpose of setting up the shelter is to provide a place for the surviving humans to stay. Welcome, sir."

"Thanks."

"You're welcome. I will upgrade your status from tourist to resident. You can choose one of the rooms here to live in."

"It's troublesome."

Chen Xu returned to the room and saw Yang Jinxia had sat up, holding a glass of water in her hand and drinking it in small sips. Her originally pale face finally had a hint of redness.

When she saw him come in, she stopped drinking water and looked at the steam rising from the cup, wondering what she was thinking.

There was an awkward silence in the room.

Chen Xu walked over. There was no stool in the room, so he could only stand. He felt his cheek was a little itchy, so he scratched it and asked, "Are you hungry?"

Yang Jinxia shook her head slightly.

"Well, have a good rest, and let 2003 stay here with you. I'll be outside." He reminded her, and before leaving, he said, "Don't let your mind wander."

He didn't ask anything. Everyone has a past that they don't want to be revealed, let alone a past that is serious enough to endanger their life.

He walked to the opposite room and tried to put his hand on the access control sensor beside the door. With a beep, the door opened automatically. He couldn't help but secretly praise, "S01 is quick enough."

The room is not very big, similar to Yang Jinxia's, so it should be a single room. The facilities are complete, and the bathroom and toilet are fully equipped, except for the lack of a stool.

He couldn't help but sigh, "They couldn't even afford to put a stool there. What kind of life did the people in this shelter have in the past?"

It was still the middle of the night. He had been tossing and turning for several hours and was exhausted. He lay down on the bed with his clothes on, without closing the door, and fell asleep.

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When Chen Xu woke up, it was almost nine o'clock. He stood up and looked out the door, and saw that Yang Jinxia's room opposite was closed. Since she didn't come to call him, it should be nothing.

He got up, washed up, and went out, and ran into 2003, "Chen Xu, it's time to eat."

He asked, "Where is she?"

2003 walked up to him and said, "She's over there in the restaurant."

"Is she better?"

The restaurant is not far away and is very large, with dozens of tables. It looks like a collective canteen.

Yang Jinxia sat at a table in the middle. She looked much better than last night, but her lips were still a little pale.

Chen Xu walked over and sat down opposite her. The table was empty and the food had not been served yet.

"Wait a moment." 2003 went straight into the kitchen.

The restaurant also maintained the usual style of this refuge, except that there was a light on above the table where they were sitting. Under the soft light, she had a fragile beauty that was completely different from before.

She spoke, her voice very soft, "Thank you."

Chen Xu said with emotion, "We are from the same place after all. Even if there are conflicts, I don't want to see you get into trouble. If I can help, I will."

"It was my fault for what happened before."

Yang Jinxia held his hand and said, "From now on, no matter what happens, I will not act on my own and will always ask for your opinion. I'm sorry for making you so unhappy."

Chen Xu listened to her apology in a soft voice and his expression became a little dazed.

"What's wrong?" She asked with concern when she saw that he didn't respond.

"nothing."

Chen Xu came back to his senses and said, "I just remembered something."

He had two girlfriends, and no matter what the cause of the conflict was, they never took the initiative to admit their mistakes to him. There was a time when he really hated the idea that "girlfriends are always right".

In fact, in his dreams, whether he was facing Luo Xiyun or Yang Jinxia, ​​he unconsciously took out the anger he had received from his previous two girlfriends on them.

After all, this was in a dream, and when he faced them, he showed his truest thoughts from the bottom of his heart. There was no need to hide it.

Yang Jinxia looked at him and said, "Why don't you ask me?"

"What do you want to ask?"

"Don't you want to know why I became like that?"

At this time, 2003 came over with breakfast, interrupting their conversation. It made seafood noodles, put the noodles down, and stepped aside.

"Eat it while it's hot." Chen Xu picked up the chopsticks and said as he ate, "I always feel that if you cut open a person's heart, the innermost part is probably black."

"If you look at it through a magnifying glass, it will seem even uglier."

"But if you don't cut so deep, you can actually see some beautiful things in a shallower area."

"It's like a couple who have just started to fall in love and have the best impression of each other. Then they get together and it's sweet at the beginning. But the longer they are together, the more dissatisfied they become, and sometimes they even think the other person is hateful."

"Then, either you can't stand it anymore and break up. Or you accept the unsatisfactory parts of the other person and continue to be together. However, the initial beauty can only be found in memories."

Chen Xu stopped using his chopsticks when he said this. "It's the same when interacting with anyone. If you don't want to ruin the good image of the other person in your mind, don't get too close. And don't try to dig deep into the other person's heart."

"It is very important to maintain an appropriate distance."

Yang Jinxia stared at him blankly, with a strange light flashing in her eyes, and said softly, "It must be very painful for you to live like this, right?"

"Ha." Chen Xu couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't be so pretentious. You can still find a lot of fun in life."

(End of this chapter)