75: It's your fault, you didn't know the seriousness of the matter.

When Su Yuran woke up, it was already past nine in the morning.

She stretched her back, feeling a bit lethargic, but her mood was exceptionally pleasant.

She had slept very deeply last night, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

After washing up and walking out of her room, there was already someone in the living room.

Qin Lin was sitting on the sofa studying the System interface.

Everything was as usual, but Su Yuran keenly sensed an unusual atmosphere.

Then she saw Han Qing.

Han Qing was coming out of the Medical Room, leaning on a crutch, walking very slowly, every step looking somewhat stiff.

Her brow was slightly furrowed, and her lips were pressed tightly together, as if enduring some discomfort.

“Aunt Qing, your foot...”

Su Yuran walked over quickly and asked with concern.

“Has the injury gotten worse?”

“Why is your walking posture so strange?”

Han Qing's body visibly stiffened.

She subconsciously glanced at Qin Lin.

That look was fleeting, but Su Yuran caught the anomaly.

Qin Lin also noticed that look.

He immediately lowered his head, pretending to focus intently on the System interface.

“It's nothing.”

Han Qing quickly adjusted her expression, her voice calm.

“I drank too much last night and accidentally bumped into the bedpost while sleeping.”

“My foot injury is fine, it's just... I bumped my thigh, it hurts a bit.”

She spoke naturally, but this explanation sounded a bit forced to Su Yuran.

Bumping into a bed could cause this?

Limping like that?

But Su Yuran didn't press further, only nodding.

“Then be careful, Aunt Qing. Do you want me to help you?”

“No need, I can manage.”

Han Qing shook her head and continued walking slowly toward the sofa.

She sat down very carefully, letting her injured foot touch the ground first, then slowly lowering her body.

But even so, the moment her buttocks touched the sofa cushion,

She couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath, her brow furrowing even tighter.

Qin Lin's head buried even lower.

Su Yuran looked at Han Qing, then at Qin Lin.

What happened to them?

There was definitely a story.

One that happened last night.

The corners of Su Yuran's mouth curled up slightly, but she quickly suppressed it.

She walked over and sat down beside Qin Lin, asking softly:

“What are you looking at?”

“New features.”

Qin Lin turned the System interface toward her.

“Lv4 added a lot of things, I'm researching them.”

Su Yuran leaned in to look, the two of them very close.

Qin Lin could smell the fragrance from her hair, and a wave of tenderness welled up in his heart.

He reached out and put his arm around her waist, the gesture natural and intimate.

This action fell into Han Qing's eyes, making her heart feel a slight pang of bitterness.

She quickly looked away and picked up the water on the coffee table to drink.

She felt only one thing right now: pain.

It was all that brat's fault... Han Qing cursed in her heart, but felt powerless after doing so.

Could she blame him entirely?

Although she was drunk last night, her consciousness hadn't been completely blurred.

That was the part that made her feel most ashamed.

As a thirty-seven-year-old mature woman, a single mother who had been widowed for many years,

To actually... this realization made Han Qing's cheeks burn.

She gripped her water glass tightly.

Breakfast was ready.

Lin Wanwan had made simple pancakes and porridge, served with a fresh lettuce salad picked from the ecological box.

The five of them sat around the expanded dining table; the space was much roomier.

“The living room really got bigger!”

Han Yu Rou said excitedly.

“It wasn't this big before I went to sleep last night, and it changed as soon as I woke up. It's so magical!”

“The RV upgraded,” Qin Lin explained. “Lv4, it added many new features.”

“What kind of new features?”

Han Yu Rou's eyes were sparkling.

“Weapon Systems, Active Defense, Climate Recognition, and...” Qin Lin paused, “Space Jump.”

“Space Jump?!” Han Yu Rou exclaimed. “Like in sci-fi movies?”

“Similar, but the distance is limited, only five hundred meters, and the cooldown time is very long.”

“That's still amazing!”

Han Yu Rou looked at Qin Lin with admiration.

“Brother Lin, you're so incredible, being able to upgrade the RV!”

“How did you do it? Didn't you say it needed some kind of crystal stone?”

Qin Lin smiled and said nothing.

He certainly couldn't say.

Especially to her.

Breakfast proceeded amidst Han Yu Rou's chirping questions.

The girl was full of curiosity about all new things and kept asking away.

Qin Lin answered patiently, Lin Wanwan occasionally added comments, and Su Yuran listened with a smile; the atmosphere seemed harmonious.

But Han Qing remained very silent.

She kept her head down, sipping her porridge, rarely picking up food, and almost never participating in the conversation.

Only when Han Yu Rou asked her a question would she give a brief, one- or two-word answer.

Qin Lin tried to find a topic to talk to her a few times, but seeing her cold profile, the words died in his throat.

He knew Han Qing was angry, or rather, feeling awkward.

After breakfast, everyone went about their business.

Lin Wanwan went to organize the newly arrived supplies.

After the supermarket space unlocked to 55%, many more good things had appeared.

Han Yu Rou continued tending to the ecological box; now that the area was larger, her workload had increased.

Su Yuran said she was a bit sleepy and went back to her room to catch up on sleep.

Only Qin Lin and Han Qing were left in the living room.

Qin Lin sat on one side of the sofa, continuing to study the System interface.

Han Qing sat on the other side.

The air was so quiet it was almost suffocating.

Only the sound of the air conditioning System's ventilation could be heard.

Qin Lin stole a glance at Han Qing.

Today she was wearing a light gray turtleneck sweater paired with black trousers.

These were all purchased from the System Store.

Although Qin Lin had only said he'd give them each two sets,

To please his own eyes, he couldn't help but add more clothing for them.

After all, surviving in this dull apocalypse, besides filling one's stomach, one's eyes also needed to be fed.

It could be considered one of his survival conditions.

Moreover, he now had over two thousand survival points, which was more than enough.

Han Qing's hair was neatly tied back, revealing her smooth forehead and the elegant lines of her neck.

Her eyelashes drooped, casting faint shadows on her cheeks.

She was beautiful.

But Qin Lin knew that beneath this calm exterior were surging emotions.

He wanted to say something to break this awkward silence.

But what?

Apologize? Explain?

Or pretend nothing happened?

Just as Qin Lin was hesitating, Han Qing suddenly moved.

She seemed to want to change her sitting position and turned her body slightly.

But halfway through the movement, she suddenly froze, letting out a suppressed cry of pain:

“Hiss—”

“What's wrong? Aunt Qing,” Qin Lin asked immediately.

Han Qing looked up and glared at him.

There was obvious anger in that look, and a hint of... resentment?

As if saying:

It's all your fault, not knowing your own strength.