Chapter 12 Feeding

Outside the window, the heavy rain continued to fall. Gale-force winds, mixed with torrential rain, relentlessly battered the white building, causing the window glass to rattle with a rhythmic 'patter-patter-patter.'

In the master bedroom, Su Yanqiu had been plagued by nightmares all night long, with a female ghost screaming incessantly in her dreams...

The screaming was so miserable...

Several hours later,

Afternoon sunlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, spilling onto the messy bed.

Su Yanyue woke up, because Zhou Yan had noticed that the breathing of the woman in his arms had shifted from automatic to manual mode...

The strange odor in the room and the discomfort on the bedsheets made the atmosphere in the bedroom exceptionally scorching at that moment.

Zhou Yan's hand was still resting on Su Yanyue's waist.

Seeing the sunlight, Zhou Yan was pleasantly surprised; it meant the rain had stopped.

Zhou Yan slowly sat up.

The girl's body stiffened instantly, but she didn't dare move, even making her breathing extremely light.

Zhou Yan deliberately tightened his arm, pressing her soft body even closer to his own.

"Awake now? Is anything uncomfortable?"

His hot breath sprayed onto Su Yanyue's earlobe, causing her body to flush with a pink hue.

"Mm... No..." Under Zhou Yan's gaze, Su Yanyue's ears rapidly turned red at a visible speed. Although she answered Zhou Yan in a low voice, she still maintained her position with her back to him, not daring to turn around.

Looking at the side profile before him, which was so beautiful it felt like a hallucination, Zhou Yan felt a surge of heat in his heart.

Just at the critical moment when he was slowly leaning in, a weak cough sounded from the living room, followed by the crisp sound of a water glass hitting the floor.

Su Yanyue snapped back to reality. Taking advantage of the moment Zhou Yan was getting up to put on his clothes and had no time to attend to her, she frantically grabbed the clothes scattered on the floor by the bed.

But she grabbed nothing...

Last night, she had been wearing that "pajama," but it was nothing more than a piece of sheer gauze!

Looking at the sheer gauze torn into shreds by the side of the bed, Su Yanyue's cheeks turned so red they were almost dripping blood.

Zhou Yan casually threw on a pair of oversized boxers and pushed open the bedroom door.

In the living room, Su Yanqiu was weakly leaning against the wall, pointing somewhat helplessly at the glass that had fallen to the floor.

Seeing Zhou Yan's bare upper body, she scrutinized him meaningfully.

"Didn't you say yesterday that you would feed me dinner last night?"

Su Yanqiu's voice was resentful, her gaze fixed gloomily on Zhou Yan as she spoke.

"Ahem! I went to bed early yesterday!"

Looking at Zhou Yan, who was covered in "battle scars" but seemed completely unaware, Su Yanqiu couldn't help but pout.

Judging by the situation, her sister had been happy last night.

It was just a pity for herself, waiting bitterly for two hours without anyone coming to feed her. If she had been able to get up, why would she have waited for someone else to feed her?

No one had come to bring her water early in the morning either, so Su Yanqiu had forced herself to drag her weak body up from the bed.

But she had no strength in her hands and couldn't hold the cup.

Afterwards, the thought that she and her sister now had to rely on Zhou Yan to survive made her nervous. She was afraid that by dropping the cup, she might anger Zhou Yan. The feeling of living under someone else's roof was not easy...

Zhou Yan bent down to pick up the glass shards from the floor. Worried that Su Yanqiu might step on them with her bare feet, he had no choice but to scoop her up and carry her back to the bedroom...

Carried in Zhou Yan's arms, a strange sense of security welled up in Su Yanqiu; she even closed her eyes slightly in comfort...

She was recovering well; although her body was still weak, she already possessed a certain degree of self-care ability.

After placing Su Yanqiu on the bed, he used an alcohol stove to boil a pot of hot water, intending to toss in the "pork trotter rice" he had unpacked yesterday to heat it up.

After all, the pre-made meals came in boxes, so there was no need to worry about them soaking in water.

Looking at the emergency canned goods and compressed biscuits piled up in the corner of the kitchen, Zhou Yan found himself in a dilemma.

He had considered using these emergency rations to hire other residents to help him fish—it would be even better if they could catch mutant merfolk...

After all, the blind box system required Zhou Yan to loot corpses to obtain blind boxes...

But on the other hand, he was worried that those residents were too weak...

Zhou Yan had seen those mutant merfolk once before.

They were still humanoid, but their entire bodies were covered in blue-gray scales, and the texture of the scales was hard. Zhou Yan had watched with his own eyes as a man swung a fire axe with all his might, and even though that axe strike knocked the merfolk back several meters, it only cut a small gash on its shoulder... This was enough to show the defensive capability of those scales!

Moreover, there was a layer of mucus on their skin that was toxic!

It was a case of 'whoever touches it mutates.' This was like playing a biohazard mode!

Given the combat effectiveness of the residents in his building, it was hard to say who was the hunter and who was the prey...

Taking two boxes of pork trotter rice, he gave one to Su Yanyue in the second bedroom, then quietly took the other one and slipped into the master bedroom.

Su Yanqiu was much smarter than her sister. Watching Zhou Yan peel open that portion of pork trotter rice, her eyes were filled with curiosity and probing interest.

Just how many supplies had he hoarded?

How long would it last their "family of three"?

Shouldn't they start considering how to obtain future food supplies?

Besides, Zhou Yan's ammunition was ultimately limited, and weapons were also a big problem.

Su Yanqiu leaned against the headboard, but seeing that Zhou Yan was holding the lunch box without handing it to her, she had to change her posture to make it more convenient for Zhou Yan to feed her...

Zhou Yan looked at Su Yanqiu on the bed with satisfaction.

This stuff really does depend on talent!

Just look!

She knew how to pose with just one look!

"Holy crap!"

"What's wrong?"

Su Yanqiu looked at Zhou Yan, who had exclaimed in surprise, feeling somewhat puzzled.

"No... nothing!"

He used a fork to spear a piece of pork trotter and fed it into the cherry-red mouth of the woman in his arms. A sense of satisfaction from "feeding" filled Zhou Yan's entire body.

The reason he had exclaimed was that he realized this pork trotter rice was truly thoughtful!

Every box came with a few pieces of "Laba garlic"!

But because it had been boiled in hot water, the Laba garlic had become soft and mushy, losing its crisp texture.

Moreover, looking at the box, there was quite a lot of "pork"!

Produced by the system! Truly a quality product!

If anyone opened a shop and sold it like this, they'd go bankrupt sooner or later!

After eating half the box, Su Yanqiu couldn't eat any more.

She really couldn't eat any more; the portion size was just too generous!

Looking at the half-box of pork trotter rice in Zhou Yan's hand, Su Yanqiu was visibly a bit guilty.

How could she have leftovers at a time like this? In the apocalypse, every grain of rice meant a possibility of survival; wasting food was almost a crime!

Shameful!

What would Zhou Yan think of her?

But she saw Zhou Yan take the spoon she had used, scoop up a large mouthful of rice, and put it into his own mouth.

Sauce stained the corner of his lips; he chewed very naturally, without any disgust, and certainly without blaming her for leaving leftovers.

She wasn't shy; on the contrary, she was very surprised. Zhou Yan's actions clearly made her re-evaluate this boy.

From the moment she woke up, she had believed that Zhou Yan taking the two sisters in was merely for the sake of desire.

She even had suspicions deep down that the reason Zhou Yan agreed to take them both in was nothing more than wanting "both of them."

She had even secretly prepared herself for this...

But desire wouldn't make him eat someone else's leftovers—that rice, the fork, and even the pork trotter she had gnawed on all had her saliva on them...

After finishing the half-box of pork trotter rice, Zhou Yan wiped the corners of his mouth.

"Try to rest as much as possible. In such difficult times, ensuring your own health is very important. Just recuperate for a few days, sleep!"

As he spoke, he tucked the blanket in for Su Yanqiu.

Feeling the hot, heavy hand on her body, Su Yanqiu's body stiffened slightly for a moment, and an indescribable shudder spread throughout her entire body.

She suddenly realized that she didn't seem to hate Zhou Yan's intimacy!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!" "Little Zhou! Little Zhou?"

The sound of the security door being knocked echoed in the quiet room.

That call—both Su Yanqiu and Zhou Yan were very familiar with it; it was the wife of Li Dalong from next door, Zhang Yajing...