Ruan Ning lowered her eyes, her gaze dodged, not daring to look at the man beside her.

That day, Gu Yicheng asked her to give him an answer before entering the imperial capital. Ruan Ning always thought of this matter when she was free these days.

Reject? Do not reject? Ruan Ning was almost driven crazy by these two choices.

The reason why Ruan Ning couldn't make up her mind was that she had a premonition in her heart that whether she refused or not, there would be no good result.

She clearly just wanted to curry favor with someone at the beginning, why did it turn out like this?!

Sure enough, God doesn't look favorably upon those who get something for nothing.

So, she, who wanted to cling to the male protagonist in the apocalypse, was so quickly attacked by the backlash of evil.

…

Gu Yichen and Xiao Tu both changed into clean clothes and came out of the car.

After learning more about the situation, everyone realized that when the two captains were killing the mutant bear, they also encountered a third-level mutant zombie. In addition, this mutant bear evolved from a wild bear in the mountains and was very wild. The two of them really spent a lot of effort to subdue the mutant bear and the mutant zombie together.

Fortunately, neither of them was injured. The blood on their clothes was from the mutant bear. Gu Yicheng had chopped off its two paws with his Tang sword, so there was a lot of blood.

Seeing that both of them were fine, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. The two captains were now the pillars of the two teams. If even the two of them couldn't defeat the mutant bear together, no matter which of them was seriously injured, it would cause a big disturbance.

For Xiao Tu's team, with the protection of the Dawn Squad, their journey to the Hope Base will be more secure.

In fact, for the members of the Dawn Team, with the help of another team, they are more relaxed in some aspects. For example, they don't need to worry about some things anymore. They will only cooperate when they encounter some difficult problems, such as today's mutant bear.

The two teams have thus achieved their original goal - win-win cooperation and mutual benefit.

After Gu Yicheng had dealt with the others, Ruan Ning, whom he had deliberately kept, was the only one left by his side.

Now he washed the blood off his hands, reached out and touched her head. The soft and warm touch under his hand made Gu Yicheng couldn't help but squint his eyes comfortably, the corners of his lips curled up, and the smile in the corners of his eyes became deeper.

Ruan Ning stood aside uncomfortably. She still remembered what happened just now and felt that she should say something. "Brother, I just -"

"Ningning, I don't want to hear the explanation. I just need to know your final answer." Gu Yicheng's dark eyes were like a deep pool of water, as if they could suck people in. "Or maybe, Ningning, you already have the answer in your heart?"

Ruan Ning had nowhere to hide under his gaze, and couldn't say anything that would offend her. Yes, she hadn't thought of an answer yet... and a few days ago, she even had the idea of ​​just thinking of a way to get away with it, but in the end she held back.

Ruan Ning believes that doing so is not only irresponsible to her own feelings, but also irresponsible to the man in front of her who has taken care of her all the way.

Gu Yicheng hung up her phone call for help on the first day of the apocalypse, and after that, he never did anything bad to her. In fact, he was really good to her, leaving everyone speechless.

She would feel guilty if she treated someone so well just to get rid of the burden as soon as possible.

She should think about it seriously...

Ruan Ning secretly sighed and said, "...I'll think about it again." She felt that her hesitant behavior was really terrible!

Gu Yicheng didn't react much. A dark light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a gentle voice, "Okay. I'll wait for your answer."

We have now entered the central region of Province Y, and it will take at most ten days or half a month to reach the imperial capital.

He has waited for so long, less than half a month, he thinks he can still wait, right?

**

In the car.

"Aunt, are you feeling better?" Ruan Ning came to the back seat carrying a bowl of medicine.

Jiang's mother is not a supernatural person. She has been traveling for a long time and is old, so it is easy for her to catch a cold and have a fever under such a sudden change in temperature. Fortunately, it is not serious and she can recover as long as she takes medicine on time.

"Xiao Ruan, I'm much better now. Thank you for coming to take care of me every day these days. After all, it is my health that has dragged you down." Jiang's mother's eyes were filled with a little guilt. Because of her illness, the speed of the team slowed down a lot.

"Aunt, don't say that. The weather is getting colder and colder, and the ground is icy and slippery. Slowing down has nothing to do with you." Ruan Ning liked Jiang's mother very much. She was like a kind elder. She finally met a person of the same sex in the team who could talk to her, and she was so peaceful and warm. How could she say that she was a burden?

Ruan Ning's healing ability is only effective for external and internal injuries. It has no effect on colds and fevers, which cannot be cured quickly. So this time when Jiang's mother was sick, the person who treated her was Doctor An in the team.

Fortunately, they had anticipated the situation that one day someone in the team would get sick, so they bought a lot of medicines when they passed by the pharmacy, including those for treating various diseases.

The medicines that Dr. An prescribed for Jiang's mother were all commonly used in pharmacies before the end of the world.

Jiang's mother's illness was not serious. After taking medicine for a few days, her fever subsided and she was almost fully recovered.

When the weather changes suddenly, it is the easiest time to get sick. The people in the Dawn Team are fine. Except for Jiang's mother, everyone else is fine. The situation of the other team is more serious than theirs. Because they have more people, there are also more ordinary people. There are seven or eight ordinary people with cold and fever symptoms.

Since Gu Yicheng had agreed to take the team to the Hope Base, he would not be stingy with the cold medicine, so he asked An Yi to diagnose all the sick people and gave medicine to everyone.

So, after this incident, Xiao Tu was more certain of his inner choice and made another decision. He wanted to make the two teams no longer a cooperative relationship, but to merge the two teams into one team.

Hope Base is now one of the best bases before the end of the world, and many survivors are flocking to it. Even though their team is strong, it is not easy to take root there.

But it would be different if the two teams were merged.

When the two teams join forces, it will be more than just one plus one equals two.