Chapter 2

Beef noodles, xiaolongbao, oden, octopus balls, fried rice noodles... Xie Yang ate as he walked, from the time the sun set until the lights came on in every home.

His stomach was bloated and uncomfortable, but he felt satisfied.

Pollution is serious in the apocalypse. All the food that was everywhere before the apocalypse has become a luxury now. Xie Yang can't remember how long it has been since he tasted these foods with artificial seasonings.

He walked out of the busy night market carrying the barbecue he had just bought, sat down on a flower bed, and opened a bottle of beer.

The phone has been silent for a long time, it must be out of battery. The street lights are dim, mosquitoes are flying under the lights, the night market not far away is bustling with people, the aroma of barbecue and crayfish floats in the air, cars are coming and going on the road, it is late at night, but the city is still awake.

This is what life should be like.

Xie Yang moved the beer to his lips, paused for a long time, and then moved the beer away again.

He slapped his face.

What's going on? It's almost the end of the world, why are you still so afraid of losing clarity?

The sudden ringing of the cell phone disturbed his leisure. The ringtone came from the backpack behind him. It was pure music customized by the system and obviously not coming from the old phone of the original owner which had been carefully set with various ringtones. Jie Yang put down his beer, pulled over his backpack, followed the sound, and pulled out a new phone from the interlayer of the backpack, without even the protective film on the back cover removed.

The phone screen flashed with an incoming call from "that person".

In the novel, the note that cannon fodder Jie Yang gave to Qiu Xing was "that person". After discovering this, the heroine suggested that cannon fodder Jie Yang change his remark to a more respectful one, but cannon fodder Jie Yang bluntly refused and asked the heroine to stay away from the villain. The conversation between the two happened to be overheard by the villain, and the result was naturally that the cannon fodder was unlucky, while the heroine successfully attracted the villain's attention.

In a fictional world, what is the probability that a passerby happens to have the same name as a cannon fodder and, like the cannon fodder, gives someone the note "that person"?

zero.

Xie Yang asked and answered his own questions, hung up the call, picked up the beer and took a sip.

Two minutes later, a pair of feet wearing leather shoes appeared in front of Jie Yang.

"Mr. Xie."

Jie Yang retracted his fingers slightly and looked up.

The serious man who looked like a bodyguard bent down slightly, pointed to the black car parked on the side of the road, and said, "The boss is here to take you home."

Xie Yang looked towards the car. The car door was closed, so he couldn't see who was sitting inside, and there was no information in his mind that could tell him who the "boss" was. He made some reasonable speculation and felt that if he was the cannon fodder Xie Yang, then there were only two possibilities for the boss mentioned by the bodyguard. One was Xie Yang's father Xie Xiu, and the other was Xie Yang's cheap husband, the villain Qiu Xing. The former will only sell his son, and the latter will only bring endless trouble to his spouse. Neither is a good choice.

He squeezed the beer can: "You're here too early." At least he should be allowed to enjoy this new night before coming with bad news.

The bodyguard was respectful, but his tone was warning, "Mr. Xie, the boss has been lenient enough with you. Please don't continue to be willful. Get in the car."

"What will happen to you if I don't get in the car?"

The bodyguard was silent and said, "The boss has accepted the chairman's invitation to lunch tomorrow and promised to bring you along. Please consider this carefully."

It seems that Qiu Xing is sitting in the car.

Xie Yang packed up the barbecue and stood up. He stuffed the beer he had only taken a sip of into the bodyguard's hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Here's a reward for you." Then he walked over, opened the back door of the car, and squatted down to get in.

"Throw it out."

Xie Yang turned his head and looked at the man sitting next to him.

"Throw that thing in your hand away."

As the biggest villain in this article, Qiu Xing has a handsome appearance and a very powerful aura. He is especially scary when he looks at people coldly. The corners of his eyes are upturned, the corners of his lips are downturned, his features are deep and thin, his lips are dark, his pale face is matched with an overly gloomy expression on his face, and he is wearing a black shirt and black trousers. At first glance, he looks like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, who can stop children from crying at night.

Xie Yang is not a child.

He stared into Qiu Xing's eyes, pushed the door and got out of the car, walked around to the passenger seat and pulled down the bodyguard who had just sat down, and stuffed the barbecue into his hand: "This is also a reward for you, eat it well and don't waste it." After saying that, he sat on the passenger seat, slammed the door, and continued to close his eyes to rest.

The atmosphere in the car quickly became gloomy. The driver didn't understand why Xie Yang, who was so timid the last time they met, suddenly became tough this time. He didn't dare to look at Qiu Xing's expression in the back seat and tried to talk to Xie Yang: "Mr. Xie, why don't you sit in the back? The front passenger seat is the most unsafe position..."

Xie Yang lowered the seat a little and lay down with his arms around his chest.

driver:"……"

Qiu Xing: “Drive.”

The driver hesitated: "Then Wu Shui..."

"drive."

The driver shut up and started the car.

"Turn down the air conditioning a little."

The driver did as he was told.

"A little lower."

The driver hesitated and lowered the speed by another degree.

Qiu Xing was impatient: "Turn it to the lowest setting."

The driver was shocked: "Boss, the lowest temperature is 10°."

"open."

The driver wanted to cry but had no tears. He glanced at Jie Yang who still had his eyes closed and wanted to bite his handkerchief. The boss is obviously crazy again. He was fine before...

The temperature inside the car dropped quickly. In the late summer and early autumn weather, Jie Yang was the most heavily dressed person in the car, a thin coat, while the driver and Qiu Xing were both wearing single layers. But at 10°C, a single layer and a thin coat are equally effective and both will cause freezing.

Having finally escaped from the end of the world, Xie Yang was not prepared to abuse himself. He opened his eyes and said, "Turn back."

The driver didn't dare to move.

Xie Yang turned around and looked at Qiu Xing: "Let him be transferred back."

Qiu Xing smiled grimly: "Can you still sleep?"

“…”

Neuropathy.

Xie Yang frowned: "Before I got on the bus, I ate a bowl of beef noodles, a basket of steamed dumplings, a portion of oden, a box of octopus balls, and a portion of fried rice noodles."

Qiu Xing stopped laughing: "Are you showing off?"

"..." Xie Yang pointed at his stomach, "What I mean is, if I keep freezing like this, I'll vomit after overeating." He pointed down at his body, "I'll vomit in the car."

The two looked at each other, and Qiu Xing looked away first with disgust: "Turn up the temperature."

The driver let out a breath and hurriedly turned up the temperature.

Xie Yang lay back down.

The car continued to move forward. After two minutes of peace, Qiu Xing became unhappy again.

"Open the window and smell cumin."

The driver did as he was told.

The night wind blew in, blowing away the cool air in the car. Xie Yang moved comfortably. Compared to air conditioning, he actually prefers the natural cool night breeze.

Qiu Xing became even more upset: "That's enough, close the window."

The driver closed the window silently.

Xie Yang pulled the hood on his head and hid his face in the shadows.

There is a constant low air pressure in the car. Not long after, the car stopped in front of the municipal hospital. Qiu Xing got out, but Jie Yang did not move.

The driver opened the passenger door attentively and called out, "Mr. Xie, we're here."

Xie Yang opened his eyes, without taking off his hood, and got out of the car and asked, "Aren't you going home? What are you doing here?"

Qiu Xing smiled sinisterly again: "Let me wash your stomach."

Xie Yang looked at him calmly: "You pay, and I'll wash it."

The driver quickly lowered his head, unable to bear to see his boss getting humiliated again.

Qiu Xing stopped smiling, looked at Jie Yang coldly, turned around and walked towards the hospital without saying a word.

Xie Yang followed.

Qiu Xing was tall and had long legs, and he took big steps. Apart from looking a little pale and being thin, he did not have the weakness of a terminally ill patient at all. Xie Yang followed behind Qiu Xing and looked at him carefully.

The two were admitted to the inpatient department. When he arrived at the single ward area, Qiu Xing suddenly stopped. Xie Yang also stopped. Qiu Xing looked back at him and asked, "Does it look good?"

"Ugly." In the end times, there are too many skinny dying people everywhere. Xie Yang is fed up with seeing so many of them.

Qiu Xing pulled the corner of his mouth in an ambiguous way and said, "Hold on to your courage. My nephew had a car accident this afternoon and I came to see him. Please be quiet for a while and don't talk nonsense."

The villain’s nephew, isn’t that the male protagonist?

According to the plot, the male protagonist Feng Qinglin will be reborn after this car accident. In his previous life before his rebirth, Qiu Xing finally swallowed up the Feng family's Fenghua Group.

This should be the time when the male protagonist hates Qiu Xing the most.

Jie Yang put his hands in his pockets.

There's something interesting to watch.

When the two entered the ward, Feng Qinglin was preparing to rest.

When he saw Qiu Xing, Feng Qinglin's expression obviously darkened for a second. But he was the male protagonist after all, so he quickly controlled his expression and greeted Qiu Xing affectionately as usual. Qiu Xing's reaction was rather cold. He sat down beside the bed and asked about his injuries.

No one greeted Jie Yang, so he found a single sofa and sat comfortably, looking at the uncle and nephew who each had their own plans.

It is said that nephews resemble their uncles. Feng Qinglin's eyebrows and eyes are indeed somewhat similar to Qiu Xing's. Both of them have eyes that look very sharp when they are serious. Although they are uncle and nephew in terms of generation, they are actually only 5 years apart in age, and they look more like brothers when sitting together. Feng Qinglin is 24 years old this year. He has just worked in the Feng family company for a year. He is not favored in the Feng family. The reason why he is not favored is precisely because his mother is a member of the Qiu family.

The Feng and Chou families have old grudges and also compete in business, and their relationship is like fire and water. Against this background, Qiu Jing, the only daughter of the Qiu family, happened to fall in love with Feng Dian, the youngest son of the Feng family. She ignored her parents' advice and married into the Feng family in disrespect of her parents, which made Qiu's father and mother so angry that they broke off relations with her. Later, Qiu's mother, despite her advanced age, gave birth to Qiu Xing through artificial insemination and made a will, stating that everything in the Qiu family would be left to Qiu Xing, and Qiu Jing would not want a single cent.

Qiu Jing was greatly traumatized by this and suffered a miscarriage out of grief, which damaged her health. It was not until several years later that she had another child, the male protagonist. Not long after giving birth to the male protagonist, she became depressed and committed suicide. After she committed suicide, Feng Dian quickly remarried and gave Feng Qinglin two younger brothers and a younger sister...

"Uncle, how did my mother die?"

Xie Yang came back to his senses and looked at the male protagonist lying on the hospital bed.

Qiu Xing's face darkened: "Why are you asking this again? I've already said that your mother was forced to death by your father. Don't let your imagination run wild. I will help you get back what belongs to you. Just take care of your wounds."

Feng Qinglin lowered his head to hide his expression and changed the subject: "By the way, uncle, how are you? I heard that your condition has worsened again."

This question reminded Qiu Xing, and he waved to Jie Yang.

Now to the plot.

Xie Yang cooperated and stood up, walking to Qiu Xing's side and standing still.

Feng Qinglin acted very convincingly, as if he had just discovered Jie Yang's existence, and asked, "Uncle, who is this..."

"Your aunt." Qiu Xing pushed Jie Yang in front of Feng Qinglin and raised his chin towards Feng Qinglin, "Call someone."

Feng Qinglin: "..."

Xie Yang: “…”

Wait, that's not what's written in the book. Isn't it "she casually answered Feng Qinglin's question with the phrase 'a newly hired nanny'"?

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