Chapter 6 was not a wasted trip.

He only just realized... So soft... Wait, no! Why did he reach out and touch her?

But it was precisely this subconscious action that caused Su Yanyue's pretty face to flush bright red in an instant!

Su Yanyue lowered her head. From her angle, she couldn't see those few drops of water at all... It looked exactly like Zhou Yan was taking advantage of her.

She bit her lower lip but ultimately didn't say anything. She just stood a little closer to Zhou Yan... Her sister's condition was very bad right now, and if he wanted to, she could...

But after she moved closer to Zhou Yan, the smell on her body instantly hit him right in the senses...

Zhou Yan could only say helplessly, "I'm not short on water here. You can take a shower first... But there's no hot water."

Zhou Yan reached out and pointed toward the bathroom, then gently tucked the quilt in for Su Yanqiu.

Su Yanyue knew she smelled, and fearing Zhou Yan would be unhappy, she walked straight into the bathroom. Looking at the lock on the doorknob, she wanted to lock it, but her hands felt as if they weren't listening to her; she couldn't lift them at all.

She had never taken a shower at Zhou Yan's place before. She had used the restroom here, and she would lock the door then, but the situation was different now...

She sighed and slowly removed her clothes...

The water wasn't as cold as she had imagined. After all, the temperature outside wasn't low—it was summer—so the water actually felt warm.

The water flowed down, washing over Su Yanyue's body, yet it couldn't wash away the heavy burden in her heart. Everything was so different from what she had imagined...

Zhou Yan was vigilant and suspicious. He guarded a large amount of supplies yet lived alone. In this building, even someone like Fifth Uncle—an old man with a mouth full of yellow teeth—could get a refined and elegant woman like Mrs. Li with just a few bags of biscuits, while Zhou Yan...

Zhou Yan didn't trust others; loneliness must be his greatest weakness—and she happened to be able to fill that void...

She remembered her confession from a few months ago. Whenever she dreamed of it in the middle of the night, Zhou Yan's expression from back then would reappear... Conflict—joy—disappointment; it was a very conflicted and complicated expression.

He must have had an unavoidable reason for rejecting her back then... He wouldn't be... impotent, would he?

In the bedroom, Zhou Yan opened the emergency medical kit and took Su Yanqiu's temperature with a thermometer.

"40 degrees?!" If she kept burning like this, wouldn't she be burned into an idiot?

Zhou Yan opened the medical kit, found fever-reducing medicine and cooling patches, and administered them all to the woman on the bed. Although she wasn't wearing any clothes, the situation was special... Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures...

After feeding her the medicine, he applied cooling patches to her forehead, the soles of her feet, and her armpits. He then helped her sit up and fed her two large bowls of water before tucking her back into the quilt...

After drinking the water and taking the medicine, Su Yanqiu, bundled up in the quilt, soon began to sweat. Zhou Yan hurriedly peeled off the cooling patches and checked her temperature again.

"38.5 degrees... Still burning!"

He gently wiped her sweat with a towel; her scorching forehead made Zhou Yan extremely worried. He knew how close the sisters Su Yanqiu and Su Yanyue were, after all, they had relied on each other for so many years. If something happened to Su Yanqiu, what would Su Yanyue do?

He picked up the water glass and fed her a few sips from time to time. She had been terribly thirsty these past few days; whenever she was conscious, she only knew to ask for water... Zhou Yan held her in his arms, continuously feeding her water. When running a high fever and sweating, the human body consumes water rapidly!

In the bathroom, Su Yanyue wrapped her curvaceous body in a bath towel. She roughly dried her beautiful hair, with water droplets still dripping from the tips, and walked slowly into the living room.

Outside the window, the rain poured down like a deluge, beating against the glass. The brief moment of tranquility was suddenly broken by an unusual sound outside the security door—that sound, it seemed to be the harsh noise of their own battered security door being forcibly pulled open!

Su Yanyue's face turned pale in a flash. She lunged at the door, her ear pressed tightly against the cold door panel, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst out of her chest! She leaned gently against the peephole and looked out...

Because the two apartments faced each other, this angle allowed her to see her own living room... Four or five figures were rummaging through cabinets and drawers in her home...

She didn't hesitate at all, turned around, and rushed to Zhou Yan's bedroom.

"You..." Su Yanyue looked on with a complex expression as Zhou Yan sat on the bed, holding her naked sister in his arms, gently wiping her body with a wet towel.

He kept changing the wet towel on her sister's forehead, gently wiping the sweat from her neck and arms, and checking the thermometer under her arm from time to time.

Seeing the scene before her, complex emotions welled up in Su Yanyue's heart. She was happy that her sister was receiving such careful care. Secondly, she was a bit worried about her sister; how would her sister view her after she woke up?

In fact, Su Yanyue understood very well that while it was said to be using herself as a condition for the exchange, once the sisters entered Zhou Yan's house, it was highly likely that both would...

Zhou Yan looked up, looking at the rushing-in Su Yanyue with surprise. "What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic? I'm just feeding her some water; I haven't done anything else..."

"No! No... someone has broken into my home!" Su Yanyue had to wave her hands repeatedly, signaling that she wasn't here to "stop" Zhou Yan's actions.

"Again?" Zhou Yan was stunned.

That wasn't right; the sound of the gunshot should have traveled very, very far. Let alone this building, the nearby Building 17 and Building 15 should have been able to hear it, so how could anyone still have the guts to come?

After all, as someone who frequently traveled abroad, he didn't understand the average person's level of familiarity with firearms. Even if Zhou Yan fired a few shots with a sniper rifle, some people would still run over to watch the commotion, wondering if someone's liquefied gas tank had exploded. In the country, very few people had heard a gunshot with their own ears...

Zhou Yan gently tucked the quilt in for the woman in his arms and got out of bed. Looking through the peephole, the people in the opposite room had been searching for a long time. They kicked the simple evaporation device Su Yanyue had made with disappointment—there was no food, no water...

One of them stood in the hallway, pointing and gesturing at Zhou Yan's door, while another stood at Su Yanqiu's door, checking the edges that had been pried up by a crowbar... Although he couldn't hear the conversation, they clearly didn't want to leave this floor.

Zhou Yan couldn't figure out what they wanted to do for a moment. Why would they want to live in the room opposite that didn't even have a door? If the monster in the water came up, could they handle it?

Soon, the group, chatting and laughing, took out crowbars and discussed how to pry open this door at Zhou Yan's doorway... Again? Was there no end to it? He just killed Yang Shu, and now another group? They couldn't be the same group, could they?

Under Su Yanyue's terrified gaze, Zhou Yan opened the front door directly.

Before him were five men, all somewhat familiar; they were likely residents from the upper floors. Seeing Zhou Yan open the door, the group was clearly somewhat surprised. When they saw Su Yanyue behind Zhou Yan, they couldn't contain their expressions of delight!

"It's one of those two sisters! I told you she must have hidden in his house!" one man shouted in surprise. "Oh my, oh my... This trip wasn't in vain! It wasn't in vain at all!"

Before the words had even faded, Zhou Yan raised the gun in his hand. The short, balding man standing behind the group looked panicked. He had said that the loud noise sounded like a gunshot, but those four idiots didn't believe him! He had guessed right! My life is over!

The man sighed bitterly and wanted to hide behind the others. The chatting and laughing of the group came to an abrupt halt. Seeing Zhou Yan holding a gun, his cold gaze filled with clear killing intent made them feel fear.

The aura of a professional killer was not something people with low mental fortitude could withstand! Plus, Old Zhang had previously said that the loud noise sounded like a gun and suggested everyone lie low for a few days to see the situation, but no one believed him! After all, this was the country, not Syria...

The group looked at each other, and not a single one dared to say a harsh word. Seeing that no one wanted to be the first to stick their neck out, the scene became eerily quiet...

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" Not in vain, not in vain at all! One bullet each, and don't you dare take more!

Zhang Limin wanted to run; he was only two meters away from the fire door. But his legs, he didn't know what was wrong with them today, had gone soft to such a degree. In his panic, he even had to lean sideways against the wall just to barely stand; otherwise, his legs would give out and he would drop to his knees...

"Xiaobai! Xiaobai! Bring a rope over!" Zhou Yan shouted toward the room behind him.

A pure black Doberman ran over from the bedroom, trotting happily with a hemp rope in its mouth. This pure black Doberman was named Xiaobai. It was Zhou Yan's pet and partner.

Seeing that he was receiving special treatment, Zhang Limin wasn't a fool. He knew what he was facing and immediately spoke up, trying to intimidate the other party. "Little brother, illegal possession of a firearm is already a crime... Holding a gun... and killing people is an even greater crime... You need to think clearly! Let me go! I can pretend I didn't see anything!"