The next morning, the people who were delivering the supplies went up the mountain. However, the one who came today was not Captain Liu, but Zhang Yu.
"Why are you delivering supplies today? Where is Captain Liu?" Lu Qin was curious.
After Zhang Yu finished moving the things, he leaned in and whispered, "Little Sister Lu, please comfort our team leader! When I went back yesterday, his face was as cold as the snow outside. I couldn't stand it anymore."
Lu Qin was completely confused.
In fact, she could still guess it. Qu Dongbo didn't say a word when he left yesterday and didn't even talk to her.
But she was too busy to leave, so she gave up.
"What are you talking about? What does your boss have to do with me?" Although she was a little worried, she still insisted.
"Oh my dear sister, others may not see it, but I know it!" Zhang Yu said with a look of "Don't hide it from me". "Please, Captain, this 'The Cold Leader Falls in Love with Me' plot is too cliché. I see it at a glance."
“…”
How many melodramatic novels has this kid read?
Lu Qin was speechless: "Will it be useful if I go there?"
"Why is it useless? Sister Lu, according to the plot, they will be awkward for a few days and then they can make up. In order to prevent me from freezing to death next to the captain, you just need to coax me a little bit, just for a while." Zhang Yu looked pleading.
Okay.
Lu Qin nodded. Since she hadn't been home for several days, it was time for her to go home and resolve someone's jealousy.
I just don’t know if it’s easy to coax her?
Lu Qin suddenly smiled. Why did she always feel anxious and worried?
She couldn't even remember if this was the case with her last relationship, but after thinking it over, it didn't seem like there had been any unpleasantness.
Can love also be full of worries and fears?
......
At night, Lu Qin deliberately worked overtime in the office, hoping to wait for Qu Dongbo to go home together. However, Lu Qin went to check on him several times, but only saw candlelight in the office, and had no idea what was going on inside.
"Sister Lu, the team leader is inside." Zhang Yu pushed the door open and ran into Lu Qin who came to inquire about the situation. He reported to her in a low voice.
Lu Qin nodded, and seeing that there was no one around, she knocked on Qu Dongbo's door.
"Come in." Qu Dongbo's voice came.
Lu Qin pushed open the door and saw Qu Dongbo frowning and looking at a document intently.
The candlelight was a little dim, and when it shone on Qu Dongbo's face, it seemed to make his facial features more profound.
If Zhang Cong's beauty was that of an androgynous man, then Qu Dongbo, by comparison, was that of a handsome man with sharp edges and corners. However, because he usually had a blank expression and a serious military temperament, people would subconsciously ignore his appearance.
Lu Qin chuckled. Actually, if he wasn't so serious, he would still be quite good-looking.
Qu Dongbo heard the sound and looked up.
"Ahem." Lu Qin coughed twice deliberately when she saw someone was silent. "I heard someone was jealous, but I don't smell any sourness."
"……"silence.
"Okay, stop being jealous and have something sweet." Lu Qin took out a small box from behind, opened it, and inside was a box of cookies.
“…” Silence continued.
"You really don't want to eat it? I made it myself." Lu Qin picked up a piece and waved it in front of him as if showing off.
They say that if you want to capture a man's heart, you have to capture his stomach.
It’s a pity that Lu Qin has never been able to cook in both of his lives.
But fortunately, she seemed to have some talent. After tinkering with it for half the night, she finally made a batch of cookies.
Although it looked a bit ugly and there was no oven, it was baked in a coal stove, which resulted in it being baked unevenly, slightly bitter, and oddly shaped, but Lu Qin was still very satisfied.
"...You are so ugly." Qu Dongbo finally spoke, but did not give her any face at all.
"Tsk, then don't eat it. It's not like no one wants to eat it. These days, many people want to have cookies but can't." Lu Qin curled her lips, rolled her eyes, and said deliberately: "At worst, I can take it to the planting base and let everyone try it. Hey, I don't know if Professor Zhang likes cookies?"
Qu Dongbo finally couldn't help it. Looking at Lu Qin shaking her little hand in front of him, he held Lu Qin's wrist and used her hand to bring the cookie to himself.
"...bitter." He commented after taking a bite.
But the smile at the corner of his lips could not be concealed.
You still enjoy eating so much hardship!
"Xiao Qinqin."
"Huh?" Lu Qin thought she had misheard.
"nothing."
"What did you call me just now?"
"Xiao Qinqin." Qu Dongbo narrowed his eyes, looking quite satisfied. "I just wanted to call her that and see if it sounds nice."
"so what?"
"It really sounds nice when you call it that. No wonder others like to call you that."
Lu Qin blinked and thought for a moment: "So, you're actually just unhappy when others call me that?"
Qu Dongbo didn't say anything, but the expression on his face betrayed his thoughts.
Lu Qin shook her head helplessly: "Okay! As long as you don't find it corny, I approve of you calling it this name!"
She knew Qu Dongbo was angry because of Professor Zhang, but she didn't expect that Qu Dongbo was only bothered by the title. Lu Qin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His focus was too strange.
…
The two of them took turns eating the cookies, and Lu Qin sat down and sorted out the documents for him.
The reason he was working late into the night wasn't entirely because he was sulking.
Things are very busy and most things have to go through his hands, so he really doesn't have much free time.
Qu Dongbo was reading a report at the moment. Out of trust, he did not deliberately hide from Lu Qin, so Lu Qin accidentally glanced at it twice and vaguely saw words such as "large numbers of refugees" and "acceptance".
Refugees...
Lu Qin jumped up, she remembered.
Refugees have always been one of the major problems of the base.
There are always disaster victims who are stranded outside, and after a period of time, they will move to major bases.
However, the number of disaster victims is already huge, and the resources of each base are very limited. Once the number of people is too large, it will inevitably lead to a break in the resource chain, causing major impacts.
Moreover, most of the refugees are thugs who wander around without the ability to protect themselves and most of them will die.
The biggest problem is the viruses carried by the refugees.
After the end of the world, due to various ecological changes, even microorganisms are quietly changing.
She remembered that three years after the apocalypse, not long after she arrived at the Rongcheng base, a large-scale viral infection broke out.
This virus is resistant to low temperatures, has a long incubation period and is highly contagious.
In mild cases, people may experience dizziness, sudden fainting, and vomiting. In severe cases, people may fall into a cerebral coma and become a vegetable.
Once a patient becomes a vegetative state, treatment can only be abandoned when resources are scarce.
No one knows the death toll in this disaster because it is so huge.
This virus, which was later named the cold wave virus, was not completely eliminated until her rebirth.
Later, researchers pointed out that the virus may have been prevalent in various places in the first year of the apocalypse, but it had a long incubation period and was not discovered.
The survey also showed that refugees living abroad had a 71% chance of contracting the virus, while the likelihood was much lower for those living in the base.
Lu Qin immediately realized that if the virus had a three-year incubation period...
Does it mean that it has already started now?
She shuddered at the thought of the consequences of the virus.
But... she couldn't say she wouldn't accept these people.
Lu Qin was also a refugee in his previous life.
She knew the hardships of living outside. Without the protection of the base, human lives outside were worthless.
She had stumbled along in her previous life, but she was lucky enough to follow a convoy whose captain was a good person, so she was able to reach Rongcheng Base safely.
Even so, she still endured hunger and cold, and almost died when she arrived in Rongcheng.
In addition, the virus broke out after she entered Rongcheng. Because she was an outsider, she was quarantined for a long time.
Even though the cold wave virus was not detected in her body in the end, she was still excluded from Rongcheng for a period of time. It was not until much later that she slowly integrated into the community.
Refugees...
Cold wave virus...
Vegetative state...
These things flashed before her eyes like a kaleidoscope.
She couldn't, couldn't let this happen again!
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