"Welcome to-" Fang Yuanyuan raised her head, but before she could finish her sentence, her voice froze.
Jiang Chen, who was standing at the door, also paused as a strange expression appeared on his face.
He didn't think it would be such a coincidence to see this woman again.
Ayesha tilted her head and looked at Jiang Chen before looking at the front desk.
She seemed to have understood something as she gently tugged on Jiang Chen's hand and whispered, "Should we go to another place?"
"No need." Jiang Chen gently squeezed her hand with a smile.
Although he didn't like this person, it wasn't to the point where he couldn't bear to see her.
Seeing Jiang Chen walking towards her, Fang Yuanyuan lowered her head.
"Hello, what would you like?"
Her tone was a bit unnatural. Jiang Chen noticed that her fingers were trembling slightly.
She must be afraid.
"Cake, chocolate, and lemon … Whatever, just give me the menu." Jiang Chen let out a sigh. He didn't want to bully her, so he said straightforwardly.
Taking the menu from Fang Yuanyuan, Jiang Chen and Ayesha began to choose.
Looking at the girl beside Jiang Chen, for some reason, Fang Yuanyuan suddenly felt a lump in her throat.
At this moment, the door of the shop was suddenly pushed open, and a man in plain clothes walked in, carrying an exquisite insulated box in his hand.
"Yuanyuan, you must be hungry." There was a scar on the man's forehead, but his smile was bright, revealing his white teeth.
Fang Yuanyuan's face blushed as she nodded and silently took the box from his hand.
"Mhmm, thank you. I'm still working … "
"Then you go ahead, I have to go back to work. See you later."
Jiang Chen glanced at the two of them out of the corner of his eye. He watched the man leave the store with a happy smile on his face.
"This cake should be good."
Ayesha excitedly pointed at a chocolate cake decorated with fruits.
"Then this one will do." Jiang Chen put his attention back on the menu as he accepted her suggestion.
High-quality cake shops like this usually had a door-to-door delivery service. Taking the receipt from Fang Yuanyuan, Jiang Chen suddenly asked in a dubious tone.
"Your boyfriend?"
Fang Yuanyuan looked to the side with a complicated expression and nodded.
"Mhmm."
"Does he know about your past?" Jiang Chen smiled.
"I don't know," Fang Yuanyuan said in a low voice as she bit her lips.
"Do you regret it?"
Fang Yuanyuan didn't answer. She turned to look at him, her eyes pleading.
"Don't tell him, okay? I know you hate me, but Little Cong is a good person. I don't want him to — "
Jiang Chen raised his hand to interrupt her and smiled amiably.
"Firstly, there's no hatred. Secondly, I have no interest in causing trouble for others. I'm just curious … Forget it, I already know the answer. "
Looking at the cake hat on Fang Yuanyuan's head and the simple makeup on her face, he had an answer in his heart.
Fang Yuanyuan stared at Jiang Chen holding the girl's hand as they left. Her expression was complicated.
She had once fantasized about marrying into a wealthy family one day and living the life of a female lead in a TV drama. She almost did it. When she was working as a sales lady, a boss once proposed to her. However, she chose to wait for the best offer, thinking that she could use her beauty to obtain more, in exchange for more material enjoyment …
Unknowingly, she gradually turned herself from a green tea b * tch to a pure b * tch.
In the end, it was no different from being sold.
Just when did he wake up to this realization …?
Perhaps it was that night when she was thrown out of Hongyi Guild like a prop. The mocking eyes and the ten thousand RMB thrown at her like she was a beggar was like a bucket of cold water poured over her head.
It was already late at night, and she didn't have her phone with her. She waited on the side of the road for a long time without seeing a taxi. She had to drag her tired body and disheveled clothes as she numbly walked in the direction of her apartment.
On the way home, she encountered two thugs who reeked of alcohol. Those people had obviously mistaken her identity as a prostitute in that line of work and wanted to molest her. She resisted with all her might, but the more she resisted, the more excited the two became.
Just as she was about to give up, he appeared.
He wasn't tall, and he didn't look strong, but he bravely stood in front of her.
She was shocked that there was an idiot in the world willing to stand up for a dirty woman like her.
Of course, he couldn't beat the two thugs by himself.
After a few seconds, the beer bottle shattered on his head.
Blood gushed out like a fountain. The 'idiot' who acted bravely for a just cause didn't even have the chance to struggle before he fell straight to the ground.
Perhaps they were stimulated by the blood, the two men immediately sobered up from their drunken stupor. Due to the fear of taking someone's life, the two hooligans didn't care about anything else and ran away.
Looking at the man on the ground, the glass shards, and the blood, Fang Yuanyuan froze. Her "logic" told her that the easiest thing to do was to run away without saying a word, pretend nothing happened, and leave the "hot-blooded idiot" who was willing to stand up for her here.
But to her surprise, she didn't trust the "logic" that supported her to this day. Without thinking, she squatted down. She picked up the glass shards and cut a hole in her dress that was worth more than two thousand RMB. She tore off a piece of cloth and simply wrapped his head.
The shocking bloodstain caused her heart to tremble uncontrollably.
On the deserted street, she screamed for help, but the cars that passed by all stepped on the gas and left.
No one was willing, and no one dared to stop their car to help them.
It was midnight, and the safety of the rural area wasn't safe to begin with.
A man with blood all over his face was lying on the ground. If she stopped to give them a ride, what if the man died in her car?
She would be sued, and then pay a large sum of money. If she was unlucky, she would have to go to jail.
In this cold society, the price of kindness was too high.
Not to mention she had to go to work the next day.
But there were still good people in this world. A pickup truck stopped, and the driver enthusiastically helped carry the dying young man onto the truck. Then, he hurriedly drove the two to the nearest hospital.
After some resuscitation, the man finally came back to life.
She didn't know why, but she, who always loved money, didn't hesitate to take out the ten thousand RMB "reward" she got from Zhou Zihao to pay for the medical fees.
And until he woke up, she stayed by his side.
His name was Wang Cong, a very ordinary name. With his white shirt, he looked a bit rustic.
He had just left school this year, and was working as a programmer in an IT company.
When Fang Yuanyuan asked him why he stood up to help her, the man blushed and looked to the side.
"I didn't think much at the time. Seeing a girl like you being harassed by two obviously bad guys, I just acted on impulse."
"Did you think about the possibility of dying?"
Wang Cong looked at her blankly and forced a smile. "I don't think so. Killing people is too much."
She didn't know what was wrong with her, but Fang Yuanyuan suddenly asked, "If you knew you were going to die, would you still help me?"
There was a moment of silence.
Wang Cong scratched the back of his head and smiled.
"I guess so … I couldn't just watch a good family be ruined."
That night, she wore a snow-white dress.
Good family?
Hearing this word, for some reason, Fang Yuanyuan suddenly felt her nose turn sour.
She cried and also regretted it.
Later, she quit her job in the sales department and found her current job.
Later on, they got together.
Although he didn't have a house, nor did he have a six-figure savings.
One night, Wang Cong proposed to her.
She accepted.
As for the money, it was no longer important.
…
Walking out of the cake shop, Jiang Chen suddenly laughed.
Ayesha looked at him, confused, and tilted her head.
"Did something good happen?"
"Nothing, nothing good. I just think it's interesting." Jiang Chen gently rubbed Ayesha's head.
"Interesting?"
"Mhmm, an old friend received the ending that belonged to her."
"Ending?" Ayesha thoughtfully put her index finger on her lower lip. "What exactly is a person's ending?"
To Ayesha's question, Jiang Chen paused for a moment before a smile appeared on his face.
"It's hard to say, but from a bystander's point of view, the rest of the story has nothing to look forward to. It's probably the ending."
Ayesha nodded, not fully understanding.
…
The apocalypse.
Beside the Taifu River.
Heavy snow fluttered in the sky, the river was covered with a thin layer of ice. The bridge across the river was blown up, and the other side of the river was covered in white snow. On top of the snow, a few black dots could be seen.
"What are the mutated humans doing?"
Inside the bunker covered in snow, Zhang Ling held the digital binoculars as he stared at the other side of the river.
Zhao Gang on the side was silent, but his expression was also gloomy.
They originally thought that the mutated humans who lost their outpost and their supplies would be more obedient and at least wait until the next spring to plot again. But now, it seemed that they wanted to fight to the death.
Based on the information obtained by the drones, there were around two hundred mutated humans stationed on the other side of the river.
A large amount of construction materials were transported to the empty land to build a small supply station. Snow shovelers and slaves forcibly opened up a path on the road that was buried in the snow for dozens of kilometers.
Armored trucks formed a square formation, the terrifying quadruple anti-air machine guns formed a steel forest, and there were even black cannons.
"What do we do?" Zhang Ling looked at Zhao Gang on the side.
Zhao Gang took a deep breath and said calmly, "Report to the base.
If another five hundred people come, we might not be able to defend this place … "
The river here was the slowest. Once it entered the ice season, the river would be frozen solid. Even the mutated humans with steel armor could freely run on the ice.
By that time, if the mutated humans with the advantage in numbers launched an attack, with just five Tigers, Fishbone would have a hard time defending.
Once they occupied the river and repaired the blown up bridge, their armored force would cross the Taifu River and advance into Qingpu.
Zhao Gang's eyebrows twisted together as he stared at the snowy hills in the distance.
A fierce battle was inevitable.
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