121: Completely under their control

"Brother, I'm not angry. I just think you were too close to the door."

"You can't do that again."

"How many foreheads do I have for you to bump?"

As Su Mianmian said this, she felt a faint pain in her forehead.

She raised her hand to touch it and found that a bump had actually formed.

Su Mianmian stopped, looking bewildered. She raised her head to look at Su Jinxuan, asking with confusion, "Brother, look, is my forehead swollen?"

She didn't want her forehead to be so weak, but when she saw Su Jinxuan glance at her forehead after hearing her words, followed by an expression of endless apology, she knew that her forehead really was that fragile.

Su Mianmian looked at Su Jinxuan helplessly. She wasn't blaming him; she was actually just speechless at how uncooperative her forehead was.

Unfortunately, Su Jinxuan misinterpreted her expression.

He thought Su Mianmian was upset with him, and he couldn't help but say apologetically, "Mianmian, I'm sorry. I bumped your forehead and made it swell.

I'll carry you back."

Su Jinxuan squatted down, signaling for Su Mianmian to get on his back.

Su Mianmian didn't know what to say when she saw Su Jinxuan's expression, as if he were facing a formidable enemy, upon seeing the bump on her forehead.

She was the one who was hurt, so why did he seem even more... dramatic than her?

Su Mianmian was at a loss for words for a moment, so she just looked at him with a confused expression, signaling for him to explain.

When Su Jinxuan came back to his senses and saw her confused expression, he leaned close to her ear and pleaded, "Mianmian, I was wrong. Can you please not tell Shi Xu that I caused the injury on your forehead?

I'm afraid if you tell him, you'll never see me again."

Su Jinxuan looked at Su Mianmian pitifully. If he could kneel, he would have knelt for her.

Su Mianmian thought it was something serious, but upon hearing Su Jinxuan's request, she nodded without hesitation and said, "Brother, don't worry, he'll definitely never know."

She also didn't want to tell Shi Xu about such an embarrassing incident, so she didn't need to hesitate at all.

Su Jinxuan didn't expect Su Mianmian to agree so readily. He looked at her with immense gratitude.

Su Mianmian didn't say much more to him. She brought up Wu Yao's idea and also mentioned that she had agreed to give him supplies.

Su Jinxuan didn't know that the current Wu Yao was completely different from the original Wu Yao. When he heard that he wanted to join them, he still felt a little nervous and uneasy.

"Mianmian, do you think he might be a spy sent by Li Mei to be among us?"

"He's been with Li Mei for so many years. When I arranged their first meeting, I could tell he still had feelings for Li Mei."

"I didn't pay much attention to them during subsequent arrangements."

"I don't know why Wu Yao changed so quickly. I'm a little worried..."

Su Jinxuan didn't finish his sentence, but Su Mianmian understood everything.

She hesitated for a moment, understanding Su Jinxuan's worries in her heart, but there were some things she couldn't tell him.

Su Mianmian thought for a moment and came up with a good idea.

"Brother, how about we use this incident as a test for him to join us?"

"If he performs very well and no longer has feelings for Li Mei, we'll let him pass the test and give him the opportunity to join us."

"If he doesn't pass, then we won't have any loss, don't you think?"

Su Mianmian looked at Su Jinxuan with a smile, her lips curved upwards.

She thought her idea was excellent. This way, Su Jinxuan wouldn't suspect anything, and Wu Yao wouldn't be directly denied an opportunity.

Su Mianmian felt it was truly killing two birds with one stone.

Su Jinxuan didn't understand why Su Mianmian was so special to Wu Yao. She wasn't someone who liked trouble.

Could it be that this Wu Yao really caught her eye?

As Su Jinxuan thought of this, he couldn't help but become a little curious.

"Mianmian, you want Wu Yao to join us, is it because he has some extraordinary qualities?"

Su Jinxuan raised his hand to rub his chin, looking puzzled.

He had interacted with Wu Yao for so long, and besides thinking he had good combat skills, he hadn't learned much else.

Su Mianmian had only met Wu Yao twice, so why did she want him to join them?

This was something Su Jinxuan couldn't figure out.

Su Mianmian looked at his confused expression, her eyes smiling, and said with amusement, "Isn't having good combat skills the best reason?"

The apocalypse was a cruel world. Without good combat skills, one couldn't even protect oneself.

If Wu Yao were a man who couldn't carry anything or lift anything, even if he was someone she knew in another world, she probably wouldn't help him, much less want him to join them.

But he had good combat skills, a decent personality, and most importantly, he was a loyal person.

Su Mianmian didn't think there was any reason not to let such a person join the team.

Su Jinxuan didn't understand these things, and Su Mianmian didn't blame him. After all, there were some things he didn't know much about yet.

Su Jinxuan looked at Su Mianmian's smiling expression, and he seemed to understand something deeper from it. He lowered his head and smiled, feeling that his little sister had truly grown up.

This was also a good thing.

Su Jinxuan reached out and ruffled her hair, a smile on his face, "You've convinced me, but as for Shi Xu, you'll have to handle him yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt as if he had said it in vain.

Shi Xu doted on Su Mianmian even more than he did. Whatever she said, could he possibly refuse?

Su Jinxuan chuckled, feeling that he had truly spoken in vain.

Indeed, when Su Mianmian finished listening to his words, she revealed a subtle smile.

The smile seemed to say, how could he possibly refuse her?

Su Jinxuan smiled and pinched her face, saying helplessly, "Shi Xu is truly wrapped around your finger."

Su Mianmian pouted. Wasn't she also wrapped around his finger?

They called this a mutual pursuit.

When Su Mianmian and Su Jinxuan returned to the seventeenth floor, they happened to run into Shi Xu, who was about to go out.

"Shi Xu, are you going out?"

Su Mianmian looked at Shi Xu with curiosity, asking with confusion.

At this time, why was he going out?

Could it be that Ren Tingfeng was looking for him?

Su Mianmian was full of curiosity.

Shi Xu didn't expect that just as he was about to go look for her, she had returned.

He looked at her confused expression, shook his head, and said, "I saw you hadn't come back for a long time, so I was about to go look for you, but I didn't expect..."

He stopped speaking there.

Su Mianmian smiled. She didn't expect Shi Xu to be so clingy.

"I didn't expect to be late either. We talked about some things."

"Oh, right, Brother, you should take the supplies to Wu Yao first."

"I'm afraid he'll get anxious waiting."

Su Mianmian remembered that the supplies Wu Yao wanted hadn't been delivered to him yet. She turned to Su Jinxuan and reminded him.

Su Jinxuan nodded and walked directly towards the kitchen.

When Su Mianmian saw him leave, she turned to Shi Xu and noticed that the dark circles under his eyes had faded considerably. She couldn't help but say with satisfaction, "Shi Xu, you're quite obedient."

Shi Xu, of course, knew what she meant. He looked at her reproachfully, not speaking.

Su Mianmian sensed that Shi Xu was acting strangely. Her mind quickly turned, and she suddenly understood why he was acting strangely.

"Alright, I left too early today, so I didn't tell you where I was going."

"I was wrong. Next time, even if it's late at night, I'll wake you up and tell you where I'm going, okay?"

Su Mianmian reached out and took Shi Xu's hand, squeezing it, and said coaxingly.

She felt that the more she was with Shi Xu, the more she realized that sometimes Shi Xu was like a child and needed to be coaxed.

Shi Xu saw her trying so hard to please him, and he couldn't help but let out a satisfied "Mm."

The reserved "Mm" made Su Mianmian almost laugh out loud.

She looked at Shi Xu with a smile, thinking how could he be so cute.

The two chatted for a bit, and then Su Mianmian brought up Wu Yao's desire to join them.

Shi Xu listened, then fell silent for a long time.

Su Mianmian looked at him and also fell silent.

She was a little curious about what he would be thinking during this period of silence.

She didn't know if he would agree, and Su Mianmian was a little worried at this point.

She had always known that Shi Xu was a person with his own opinions. If he didn't agree, even if she could make him agree, he probably wouldn't have a good feeling about Wu Yao later on.