Chapter 10: Cards
"Don't ask me about what happened just now, and don't laugh at me!"
Shu Xin was afraid that Yan Mo would question her, so she walked out of the bathroom and gave up.
"Okay, come and have breakfast." Yan Mo smiled dotingly.
He didn't need to ask why Shuxin's face turned red when she saw him, it must be related to the kiss last night.
The breakfast that Yan Mo brought was already placed on the dining table.
They didn't spend much time together, but the atmosphere when they were together was unexpectedly warm and harmonious. Even if neither of them spoke and just did their own things, they didn't feel awkward.
When Yan Mo and Shu Xin appeared together downstairs of the girls' dormitory, it unsurprisingly caused a sensation in half of the school.
In just one hour, all the discussions on the school forums, BBS, and Weibo were about the two of them being together.
The protagonist of their gossip was sitting in a secluded corner of the cafeteria, eating lunch together.
The reason was that Shu Xin said she couldn't imagine Yan Mo eating in the cafeteria, and felt that the cafeteria didn't match his temperament.
Yan Mo glanced at his silly girlfriend and made the decision to eat in the cafeteria at noon.
From the moment Yan Mo brought her to the cafeteria, to the moment she picked up the plate to get her meal, to the moment he sat down, Shu Xin, who had watched the whole process, said that her boyfriend was so down-to-earth!
There is no sense of disharmony at all!
Today is also the first day I discovered new characteristics of my boyfriend!
"Yan Mo, look, now everyone in school knows that you have a girlfriend. Even if I'm not by your side in the future, you have to keep your distance from those girls and observe male ethics."
Shuxin posted the discussion she saw to Yanmo.
"Yes, yes, I will definitely stay five meters away from them. Eat first, and stop looking at your phone. Be careful of indigestion and stomachache later."
After scanning the content on the phone, Yan Mo couldn't help laughing at the words that spoke to him. What else could he do with his own child? He could only pamper him.
Yan Mo did not pay much attention to the content on the Internet and tacitly acknowledged that the two were in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.
Not only Shu Xin wanted to assert his sovereignty, he also wanted to.
My girlfriend only thinks about being popular and completely forgets that she also has many suitors.
Yanmo felt extremely satisfied with Shuxin's possessiveness and assertion of sovereignty.
In the blink of an eye, a semester has passed, and the supermarket and pharmacy that Shuxin had taken over have long resumed normal operations.
The professional manager that Shuxin had spent a lot of money to find was worthy of the high salary that Shuxin paid him.
Although supermarkets’ business is not as good as that in the city center and residential areas, they are able to operate normally without losses.
After realizing that Shuxin would take away about one-third of the goods from supermarkets and pharmacies every time, I didn't ask any questions and would deliberately add more goods every time I made purchases.
The biggest taboo in their line of work is knowing the secrets of the master's family.
From the first time they discovered that there were more goods in the warehouse than before, no one asked too many questions, and this became a tacit understanding between the two.
There are quite a lot of festivals in the second half of the year, and Shuxin does not miss the opportunity to stock up on every festival.
Many things were borrowed to provide benefits to employees and as an excuse for the company to have a dinner party.
It's not just an excuse. All the benefits that should be given have been distributed to the employees.
Most of the items given are vacuum-packed rice, noodles, oil and other long-lasting items. As long as these items are not opened, they can be stored for a long time.
With these reasons, I can feel at ease and order a large amount of prepared food from the store with a clear conscience.
Shuxin has to attend classes on weekdays, so the meals distributed to employees are delivered directly to supermarkets and pharmacies, and the food she stocks for herself is brought home by car on weekends.
Each store also delivers the products directly to supermarkets and pharmacies to increase authenticity and dispel the doubts of some people.
Thanks to Shuxin's almost constant online shopping, Shuxin has now stocked up a large number of prepared meals, self-heating hot pots and rice of various flavors and brands, various favorite snacks, nuts, chocolates, energy bars, and even compressed biscuits, which are very filling.
When no one is around, she can eat well, but when in front of others, she also needs something to hide her identity.
She still understands the principle of not showing off one's wealth.
The relationship between Shu Xin and Yan Mo progresses rapidly. One wants to curry favor with someone, while the other wants to trap his prey.
As the two of them opened their hearts intentionally or unintentionally, their relationship seemed to have accelerated, and Shuxin's trust in Yanmo deepened little by little.
On the day when the two of them celebrated New Year's Eve together, Shu Xin decided to confess to Yan Mo about the end of the world.
The New Year's Eve fireworks have just ended, and the remaining stars let people know how beautiful the fireworks were.
"Actually, I have been hiding something from you."
Shu Xin turned her head and looked at Yan Mo, who had just watched the fireworks with her.
"I know." Yan Mo turned his head and looked into Shu Xin's eyes.
Yan Mo, who paid 100% attention to his child, had long discovered that Shu Xin was hiding something from him.
She would go on her own one day a week and never let herself be followed.
He also thought about sending someone to follow her secretly, but he didn't. He wanted to hear Shu Xin tell him her secret in person, instead of sending someone to investigate himself.
There is a world of difference between trying to find out for yourself and being comfortable speaking up.
"Yeah, you're so smart." Looking at Yan Mo's deep and gentle eyes, Shu Xin suddenly felt relaxed.
"More than half a year ago, after my parents passed away, I had nightmares for seven consecutive days. The content of the dream was always the same, which made me panic and scared."
"Later, the scenes in my dream appeared in reality and were confirmed one by one. I realized something was wrong. Those dreams seemed to be more than just dreams. They seemed to foreshadow the future."
Yan Mo's brows wrinkled slightly, but he did not interrupt Shu Xin's words and listened quietly.
"In my dream, our world ushered in the end of the world. When the heavy rain first started, no one took it seriously, and everyone thought it would stop soon like usual. It was not until the heavy rain continued for more than half a month without stopping that people gradually realized something was wrong."
"The heavy rain continued for more than three months, submerging many buildings and inevitably soaking and washing away the food. Before people could celebrate the rain stopping, the temperature began to drop rapidly that night, soon breaking through the minus 30 degree mark and continuing to drop."
"The temperature of minus fifty degrees Celsius made the whole world seem to be in a dead silence. But the disaster is far from over. After four months of extreme cold, what awaits people is the extremely high temperature and the zombie virus that breaks out after the extreme heat."
"Social order completely collapsed, and a civilization that belonged to the end of the world was rebuilt. The fittest survived. Humans, animals, and plants all began to mutate in order to adapt to this world."