Chapter 17 This is not my car...

If Zhou Yan wanted it, she could give it to him; after all, from now on, the two sisters would have to rely on him to survive...

Give it, she certainly could, but she hoped to give it to him as herself.

"Zhou Yan... I am the older sister!"

Zhou Yan nodded to show he "understood" while helping her remove her clothes.

Su Yanqiu had already given up struggling.

She couldn't push him away, and explain?

The more she explained, the more excited he became!

"Sigh..." She let out a long sigh, stretched out her weak arms, and wrapped them around his neck...

Forget it, let him do as he pleased...

...

Although it was still sunny outside the window, the wind had picked up...

The wind was strong, blowing ripples across the surface of the water, and some debris that had fallen from an unknown floor was hanging on the outdoor air conditioning unit, swaying and banging against the building with a "thwack-thwack" sound...

In fact, she could have told the difference long ago; it was like driving, even with two identical cars, the moment you opened the door and sat inside, you could tell whether the car was yours or not.

Was this his car?

Obviously, this was not his car.

...

After the shower, Zhou Yan carried Su Yanqiu and placed her on the sofa so she could bask in the sun...

Then, with a resentful expression, he looked at Su Yanyue, who had an ambiguous look on her face in the kitchen...

"Ahem!" Su Yanyue didn't want to dwell on this topic with Zhou Yan; after all, she had set the trap first...

She coughed lightly twice and pointed to the supplies in the kitchen, saying: "If we cut our daily food intake in half, we should be able to last a while longer. We..."

Zhou Yan sighed. Since things had reached this point, there was nothing to explain; after all, it was already done, and he didn't want to dwell on it too much... He would just take good care of the sisters from now on...

"Cut in half? Cut what in half? Don't eat these biscuits and damn canned goods anymore..."

Zhou Yan waved his hand generously. He was sick to death of those damn compressed biscuits! Every time he chewed them, he would choke so hard that his neck felt like it was stretching all the way to Building 17 across the way!

Besides, it wasn't as if they didn't have the means at home! Why suffer unnecessarily?

On the side, Su Yanqiu, her face flushed, felt a little panicked. Could it be that he really did it with Zhang Yajing when he went out?

How heaven-defying must her skills be! To hook Xiao Yan's soul in just one go?

Zhou Yan got up and walked to the kitchen island. With his back to the two women, he took out two boxes of pork knuckle rice and threw them into the alcohol stove to heat up.

Looking at the alcohol block burning beneath the stove, Zhou Yan had a brilliant idea.

What he worried about most was being backstabbed. Although the two women seemed trustworthy for now, worthiness couldn't be left to guesswork.

The system was with him; as long as he was around, supplies would be endless, but how was he supposed to explain it?

Superpowers? Or should he say he had a "portable space"?

Su Yanqiu on the sofa was a bit nervous; she was worried about hearing the answer she feared most from Zhou Yan.

Her gaze towards her younger sister became increasingly complicated.

That love-struck Yanyue! Still foolishly staring at Xiao Yan's back in a daze!

Move a little, will you!

A moment later, Zhou Yan returned to the living room with two boxes of steaming hot pork knuckle rice.

The rich aroma of braised meat instantly filled the room, and the pork knuckle, with its perfect mix of fat and lean meat, glistened with an enticing sheen.

Su Yanqiu frowned slightly. She and her sister had just inventoried the supplies in the kitchen and hadn't seen this kind of beautifully packaged pork knuckle rice.

At the time, she thought Zhou Yan had taken out some long-hidden pork knuckle rice to help her regain her strength.

"Let's eat first..." Zhou Yan opened the packaging nonchalantly and pushed the lunch boxes in front of them.

The older sister couldn't finish a whole box, and if Zhou Yan ate a whole box by himself, her remaining half would go to waste... He would just eat her leftovers.

Don't be fooled by the girl's delicate and boneless appearance; in reality, compared to others, her appetite was terrifying!

Zhou Yan had realized this a long time ago!

When the two of them went out to walk the dog and stroll around, Su Yanyue would walk and eat the whole way through the snack street!

It almost stuffed Zhou Yan to death...

She could even have a glass of cola after getting home...

Su Yanqiu took the lunch box, staring at it with a complex look in her eyes. The delicious pork knuckle rice tasted like wax at this moment, but she ate it mouthful by mouthful with a blank expression and mechanical movements.

She felt that Zhou Yan was hiding supplies, but she couldn't say what was wrong with that; after all, given his personality, it was inevitable that he would be on guard against others... Yet, a wave of disappointment welled up in her heart... Especially after the incident where the two of them had driven the wrong car earlier, the bitterness in her heart was even more intense...

"By the way, Xiao Yan... when we were counting the supplies earlier, how come we didn't see this pork knuckle rice?" Su Yanyue asked, biting on the fork from the lunch box, her tone natural.

Su Yanqiu was startled. Her sister was such a fool! How could she ask such a question openly?!

She hurriedly looked up at Zhou Yan's face, fearing that he might be displeased.

"Come, look..."

Zhou Yan sat between the two sisters and extended his hand.

Under the shocked gazes of Su Yanqiu and Su Yanyue, two bowls of pre-packaged pork knuckle rice appeared out of thin air in Zhou Yan's hands, identical to the ones they were currently eating!

Su Yanyue gasped, and the plastic fork in her hand snapped with a "crack" as she bit down on it! She exclaimed: "How did you do that? Is this magic?"

She was certain she hadn't seen things wrong.

It had just appeared out of thin air, even with a "fade-in/fade-out" visual effect.

She was very sure that Zhou Yan had no place to hide those two bowls of pork knuckle rice...

Besides, magic couldn't achieve that kind of "fade-in/fade-out" visual effect. Sorcery, maybe...

Su Yanqiu tremblingly reached out and touched the pork knuckle rice box in Zhou Yan's hand. She simply couldn't believe it!

Seeing the inquisitive gazes of the two sisters, Zhou Yan placed the two boxes of pork knuckle rice on the coffee table.

He flipped his hands, and four protein bars slowly appeared in them!

Su Yanqiu subconsciously rubbed her eyes and then pinched her arm hard to confirm she wasn't dreaming.

The scene before her completely overturned her perception—

Su Yanyue watched, incredibly excited. "What is this? How did you do that??? Superpowers, right?!"

Su Yanqiu's reaction was more complex. She first froze in place as if turned to ice, her mouth slightly agape in a perfect "O" shape, unable to make a sound.

As a company president, she was accustomed to analyzing everything with logic and reason, but the scene before her made her brain feel like it had crashed.

Her gaze swept sharply over Zhou Yan's hands and the surrounding environment, looking for any possible explanation or trick in the magic.

But when she confirmed that it had indeed appeared out of thin air, her face instantly flushed with excitement.

Immediately, her heart was filled with a deep sense of fear and astonishment!

The sisters realized the immense value of this ability almost simultaneously; in the apocalypse, they knew all too well what it meant to be able to obtain food at any time.

Because Zhou Yan could conjure food out of thin air, their chances of survival would greatly increase! But at the same time, this secret also meant great danger!

"Have you shown this ability to anyone else?" Su Yanqiu asked hurriedly.

"I'm not an idiot; why would I show it to anyone else?"

Hearing Zhou Yan say this, the uneasiness in Su Yanqiu's heart instantly dissipated, and she felt warm inside because she realized she was not "anyone else."

She understood even more that the reason Zhou Yan showed them this "ability" was to let them know the "source" of the supplies.

If Zhou Yan were gone, the supplies would disappear along with him!