Zhang Tian and Pei Xiqing were sitting in an office. The space in the base was narrow, so outside the office window was an alley where everyone walked, and people would pass by from time to time.
She closed the window to block out some of the sound, "Is what you said true?!"
"It's true." Pei Xiqing nodded. "Someone will pick you up there. You can arrange the transfer of some of the people and leave the rest to them."
Zhang Tian nodded and asked curiously, "Is the guy here to pick us up the same handsome white-haired guy who came to the base last time?"
Pei Xiqing: "Yeah, how did you know?"
Zhang Tian chuckled: "I have a deep memory of this."
It's hard not to be impressed.
"He's been helping out there all the time, and he's been working very hard."
Zhang Tian asked, "Is he Brother Duan's younger brother?"
"yes."
"Brother? Why do I feel like he doesn't look like me at all?"
"Not a biological brother, but better than a blood brother."
Zhang Tian: "That's how it is."
She couldn't help but ask secretly, "Why do I feel like he's very fond of you, huh? Xiqing, you two have a pretty good relationship, right? I remember he was quite worried about you when we were out in the wild. When you disappeared because of the corpse spots on your body, I noticed he was also very worried."
"It happened a long time ago, sweet sister, you still remember it."
"No, I felt really bad for what I did to you back then." Zhang Tian couldn't help but sigh. "You should be in better shape now. I believe you're not a zombie. I've always believed in you."
"It's all over. It's okay."
"Then you're a zombie." Zhang Tian said, "How could you be a zombie? Zombies are all ugly and twisted, and you've always been a zombie."
Pei Xiqing smiled and lowered her eyes.
There were too many things involved, and she was not in a position to talk too much with Zhang Tian.
The less you know, the more it hurts her.
Seeing her stand up, Zhang Tian also stood up and said, "Then I'll go get busy. I look forward to seeing you at the newest base. You and Brother Duan must be very friendly."
Pei Xiqing hesitated a little: "Actually, we don't have to leave here. It's also very safe here."
Zhang Tian felt somewhat helpless, smiled, and said, "Well, that woman's fuss just now probably spoke for what everyone else is thinking. Who would want to live in this dark underground place when they could go to a higher base? If you stay here for too long, honestly, you'll get depressed. Every time I look up and see the pitch-black darkness and the increasingly thin air around me, even I feel like... I can't breathe."
At first, everyone was at a loss as so many people were squeezed into this small space.
At first, everyone was still happy to be alive, but as time went on, depression, claustrophobia, fear, suffocation... many negative emotions madly flooded everyone's heart.
Pei Xiqing expressed his understanding: "Then let's do as everyone wishes. If you want to stay, you can stay. If you want to leave, you can leave."
Zhang Tiantian's head.
Pei Xiqing walked out of the office and looked up to see only the dark roof and stone walls. She subconsciously recalled the last time at the headquarters, before the natural disaster came, Duan Xiaolin had taken her to see the last colorful sunset in this world.
She had seen that kind of sky many times in her previous life, but each time she could only take a quick glance and then lower her head to continue with the work in her hands. She didn't think those things were so precious at all.
After coming to the apocalypse, she realized that she couldn't look up and see the sky every day.
Pei Xiqing was still distracted when the door was knocked by the man standing outside.
She raised her eyes and saw Duan Xiaolin.
He was wearing a simple and low-key coat, which was somewhat inconsistent with the chief judge of Farrand, who was in charge of life and death. However, his temperament was still calm and outstanding. He asked, "What's wrong?"
Pei Xiqing walked forward, stood on tiptoe, and kissed him on the cheek: "I just suddenly miss the sunset we watched together before. I don't know when I can see it again, or if I can see it again."
He said yes very firmly.
Pei Xiqing smiled with her eyes curved, her eyes full of love for him: "Tuo."
Time is like the oxygen that keeps flowing away in the underground base, quietly becoming more urgent.
It was the second month that Pei Xiqing had lived in the base. Other residents had moved away one after another, but she was still in the deepest part of the ground, guarding it with Duan Xiaolin and some villagers.
Part of the reason is that this place is connected to the underground black market and is an important retreat route for the black market. Another part of the reason is that this place is also a part of the human race in the end times, and someone is needed to hold on here.
Pei Xiqing didn't really yearn for the ground. The natural disasters hadn't stopped yet and the cold was enough to freeze people to death. After she became pregnant, she often felt lazy and was too lazy to move at all.
When Long Yan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, appeared in front of her with a medicine box, she almost thought she was seeing things.
Long Yan raised his hand and waved it in front of her: "What are you daydreaming about? Are you surprised to see me?"
"Yes." She stood up from the recliner and gave Long Yan a big hug. "Sister Long Yan, it's been so long since I last saw you. I missed you so much!"
Long Yan was very cautious in her movements. As she hugged Pei Xiqing, she couldn't help but smile, "You're already a mother, why are you still so emotional? How childish!"
Pei Xiqing hugged her arm and said, "Who says you can't be yourself after becoming a mother?"
Long Yan nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, whatever you say is right."
"Why are you here?"
"Qiu Chao is busy at the base, so he asked me to come over and check on you. Then send the data to him and he'll take a look."
"Hmm."
Some inspection steps are completed.
Long Yan took off his gloves and said, "I feel like you've gained a little weight recently. The food here is pretty good. I heard... there's a star-rated chef at the base here who can both grow vegetables and cook. I wonder if I'll have the honor of trying her."
"No, I'll cook for you myself!"
"Come on." Long Yan leaned over the chair. "You dare to say it? I don't dare to listen."
She didn't dare let a pregnant woman near the kitchen.
"How about I do it?"
"Sister Long Yan can cook?"
"Of course, when it comes to cooking big pot meals outdoors, I'm the one who does it all," Long Yan said. "I just throw all the ingredients in, mix them up, and it's done."
Pei Xiqing smiled and leaned back in her chair, "Then you should let Mengxiang try it first. It won't be too late for you to try her cooking after you've tasted it."
"no problem."
It was not even seven o'clock in the evening when Ma Mengxiang hurried into the house carrying a basket of vegetables.
Seeing Pei Xiqing talking and laughing with a strange woman, she immediately greeted her warmly: "Hello, I'm Ma Mengxiang."
Long Yan stood up and said, "So it's you, the kid, who's called a top-tier chef, right? That's great."
Ma Mengxiang was stunned: "What?"
Long Yan smiled gently: "I'm praising you for your delicious cooking. You also have a talent for growing vegetables. You've even sent a lot of the vegetables to the base. Everyone is very grateful to you."
"...It's all, it's all my fault." Ma Mengxiang blushed at the praise. "And it wasn't entirely my fault. Everyone in the village contributed, and... Brother Yingzi also put in a lot of effort."
Long Yan keenly noticed something in her words, but he didn't say anything. He just smiled and nodded at her.
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