She had answered this question before when comforting her mother. With a stepmother comes a stepfather, and her mother only has her. Jiang Shuyin is especially grateful for her hard work in obtaining her current identity, which gives her the ability to protect her mother.
Don't worry, I'm here for you.
After replying with those five words, there was no response for a long time. Perhaps the signal was bad, or perhaps they were just silent.
After concentrating for a moment, Jiang Shu gathered her thoughts and went to find the remaining two mutants to complete the mission as soon as possible. Transportation was currently in a state of semi-paralysis, and planes were forced to stop operating after colliding with and crashing twice with mutant flying objects.
High-speed trains often encounter monsters that encroach on the tracks, leading to frequent accidents. It is even more dangerous when ships are sailing on the water, as small lakes are infested with piranhas and the seas are home to giant deep-sea creatures.
Nowadays, people's travel options have become limited, with only driving being an option, and it takes at least two days to get back.
Jiang Shuyin urged everyone to hurry, but the more anxious you are to do something, the more troublesome people will come to sabotage it.
After slowly slicing through the two tentacle monsters, Jiang Shuyin finally completed her mission. She threw the crystal core into her canvas bag and ran all the way to the parking lot, her face still covered in pink blood, and her clothes were naturally stained with large blood clots.
Afraid of getting the car dirty, she took off her coat as she walked, throwing it into the trash heap, and also took off her long skirt, revealing that she was wearing leggings that reached mid-thigh underneath.
As she turned the corner of the metal gate, she was overwhelmed by the stares of a group of people.
All those wolfish eyes turned to her, and Jiang Shu frowned, lowering her eyes to avoid their gaze.
The task points on the bracelet were credited to my account, which eased some of my tension.
Shen Xi opened his mouth as if to say something, but his gaze couldn't help but linger on her snow-white legs. With a "bang," the car door slammed shut, forcibly pulling Shen Xi's attention back. The car engine roared to life, and the car broke free from the encirclement at an extremely tricky angle and drove away.
"Captain, who is that?"
"Such a beautiful girl isn't mine!"
"I was so focused on completing the mission that seeing the beautiful woman was the last time I saw her."
He Bing picked at his ear and realized that the other elite teams weren't much better than his teammates. He chuckled twice, meeting Shen Xi's gaze.
Watching the captains of the Eastern Base and the Northern Base clash, Deng Youliang, the captain of the elite team from the Southern Base, who had never met Jiang Shuyin before, thought: "She's just a beauty. Once the mission is less demanding and we return to the base, plenty of women will be throwing themselves at us. In the current environment, even monogamy is a problem. What are they fighting over?"
"It's said that woman is very powerful; she's just as good at killing monsters as we are."
"I just asked a friend who works at the mission center, and they left after completing the mission."
Deng Youliang: "...What's the point of a woman being so capable? It's because the men she's married are useless."
"It seems like I haven't seen her partner come out."
"When the captain of the North Team went over to ask him why he wasn't doing his mission, the guy actually said he was doing something great. I even suspect he's mentally ill, probably just a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)."
Jiang Shuyin and Xie Yin, who had been criticized, were already on the highway home. Compared to when they left, there were more scattered mutants on the road. They would pounce on the car if they saw it. If they wanted to avoid the car, they had to avoid them, so they had to slow down.
Xie Yin gripped the steering wheel with both hands: "If you can sleep, then sleep for a while. I'll try to drive as fast as I can."
Jiang Shuyin obediently closed her eyes. She hadn't been sleeping well these past few days, but it was easier for her to calm down when she got back in the car. She yawned several times after getting in the car.
With her eyes brimming with tears, Jiang Shuyin closed them. She felt the car accelerate, and after peeking out from the corner of her eye, she slowly closed them again. It seemed they had avoided the mutants. The car swayed from side to side a few times.
Once he was sure she was asleep, Xie Yin released one hand and continued incubating the eggs.
......
"Wake up, we're here."
Xie Yin woke her up. The car was parked outside the gate of their residential compound, and the same security guard was patrolling outside.
Jiang Shuyin struggled to open her eyes and rubbed them vigorously with her hands: "Where are we? Should we stop at a service area to rest?"
"Your neighborhood." Xie Yin used some tricks and sped off.
Jiang Shuyin scratched her forehead and nodded unconsciously: "Oh, okay, I'll rest in the car for a bit now. Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry."
Xie Yin turned around, stretched out his long arms, and their shoulders touched. The other's body heat was intense, and Jiang Shu moved away from the car door.
A bag of snacks from the back seat was moved to the front seat; he had dug it out of the rubble. Jiang Shuyin picked out a bag of tomato-flavored fries, opened the package, and ate them while keeping an eye on the security guard in front.
The more I looked at it, the more familiar it seemed, yet the more something felt off.
"This...this is our neighborhood?" She opened the car door, looked around, and said, "It really is."
"You drive too fast. I got home in the time it takes to take a nap."
Jiang Shu glanced into the car. Heimei was still lying in the canvas bag, fast asleep with one of her dolls' arms wrapped around it. Qingwu was clinging to Xie Yin. Pink Egg... Pink Egg was gone?
She looked up at Xie Yin: "Did you see my pink and tender egg?"
Xie Yin pulled it out of his clothes: "Here it is."
Jiang Shuyin hesitated, then pursed her lips and waved to him, "You go back first. I'll send you a message after I've finished dealing with things at home."
Xie Yin handed her the snacks that filled the front seat: "I don't eat these, you can take them."
Jiang Shu guessed that he, like Qingwu, fed on crystal cores, and didn't stand on ceremony with him. He had contributed his share to completing the A-level mission, and the rest was all thanks to her.
Back home, her steps felt heavy. There was no sound from inside the security door. Jiang Shuyin stood at the door for a long time, until the other person came out to take out the trash and greeted her, "Little Jiang, you're back. Your mom's been going out every day lately, did she find a new job?"
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