57: Man-eating monster

Su Jinxuan rarely showed such an expression, and Su Mianmian felt that something major must have happened.

She looked at him anxiously, and the next second, she was tightly embraced by Su Jinxuan.

Su Mianmian looked bewildered, not understanding why he was suddenly like this.

"Brother, what exactly happened?"

"Tell me, okay?"

Su Mianmian struggled, wanting to see him, but the more she struggled, the tighter he held her.

Eventually, she gave up. She was anxious inside, but she could only let Su Jinxuan calm down first.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Jinxuan finally let her go.

"Brother, did you cry?"

"What exactly happened?"

Su Mianmian saw Su Jinxuan's slightly red eyes and looked at him, at a loss.

She felt that this matter was very tricky.

The key was that Su Jinxuan wasn't speaking, and her rushing alone was useless.

Su Mianmian was almost at her limit.

Just as she was about to say something, Su Jinxuan spoke first, sounding wronged: "Where did you go just now? I couldn't find you."

Su Jinxuan had almost been scared to death. When he found Su Mianmian wasn't in her room, he went to look for Shi Xu, but he didn't know where she was either.

The two of them searched the house thoroughly but couldn't find Su Mianmian.

Su Jinxuan's heart turned completely cold.

If Shi Xu hadn't said she might have entered the space and told him to check her room again, he would probably have collapsed.

Su Mianmian hadn't expected Su Jinxuan to be so anxious because of her disappearance, and she felt a little guilty.

"Brother, I just entered the space for a bit."

"Next time you can't find me, try not to panic, okay?"

Su Mianmian stood on her tiptoes, reached out, and patted Su Jinxuan's head, saying gently.

She felt that Su Jinxuan was acting like a pouting child right now, needing to be coaxed back into obedience.

"I know. I won't be so flustered again."

"It was my first time, no experience. I'll have it next time."

Su Jinxuan scratched the back of his head awkwardly, turned his face away, and mumbled.

Seeing him embarrassed, Su Mianmian couldn't help but laugh.

Shi Xu watched the two siblings from a distance, a slight smile playing on his lips.

To compensate Su Jinxuan's wounded little heart, Su Mianmian specially made his favorite braised pork for him.

"Today, we're also basking in Jinxuan's glory, otherwise, we wouldn't get to eat Mianmian's braised pork."

"Thank you, Jinxuan."

Mother Shi knew what had happened, and she thought the siblings had such a good relationship.

But she wouldn't miss a chance to tease them.

Su Mianmian looked at Mother Shi with a smile, shaking her head. She couldn't control her, so she could only let her tease Su Jinxuan.

"My sister is the best to me."

"Right?"

Su Jinxuan looked at Su Mianmian with a slight smile, his tone carrying a hint of a small threat.

Su Mianmian chuckled, then nodded helplessly: "Yes, yes, yes, hurry up and eat, or all the braised pork will be gone soon."

After Su Mianmian's reminder, Su Jinxuan realized that half of the braised pork was already gone.

He quickly picked up several pieces with his chopsticks, grumbling, "How can you all snatch my meat?"

Dinner was very enjoyable. Su Mianmian's face was stiff from smiling. She looked at them with a beaming expression, feeling very pleased.

"Mianmian, I was also scared today. Why don't you compensate me?"

"Do you really only care about your brother?"

Shi Xu's voice suddenly rang in Su Mianmian's ear. The hand holding her chopsticks paused, and she turned her head to look at Shi Xu suspiciously, as if checking if he had really just spoken.

Shi Xu's face was full of grievance, and he didn't dodge her scrutiny.

Su Mianmian confirmed that it really was Shi Xu speaking, and she felt completely off.

She now desperately wanted to open Shi Xu's head and see if anything was missing or extra inside.

He wasn't like this before, was he?

Give her back the normal Shi Xu!

"What?"

"Does not speaking mean you're tacitly agreeing?"

Shi Xu saw Su Mianmian just looking at him without speaking, so he shook his head, looking disappointed.

Su Mianmian: "..."

Alright, she'd finished coaxing one, and now there was another... "How could that be? You're my husband, how could I not care about you?"

"What do you want to eat tomorrow? I'll make it for you."

Su Mianmian's mouth twitched, but when she looked up, she asked Shi Xu with a smile.

Her expression was flawless, yet Shi Xu felt that she was definitely complaining about him in her heart.

He chuckled inwardly, thinking that Su Mianmian still didn't understand him.

For him, as long as he achieved the desired outcome, the method used to achieve it didn't matter.

"I like everything you make."

"As long as you personally make it for me."

Shi Xu specifically emphasized the words "personally." Su Mianmian thought this wasn't difficult, so she nodded, agreeing to his request.

The others watched the two of them whispering, pretending to eat their dinner nonchalantly, though their ears, if they weren't perked up, would have made it more perfect.

After dinner, Shi Xu arranged for people to go outside. They carried things that Su Mianmian couldn't see clearly. She walked to Shi Xu's side and asked, confused, "Shi Xu, what are they carrying?"

Why did it look a bit like meat to her just now?

"They're carrying smoke bombs."

"What's wrong?"

Shi Xu saw Su Mianmian's shocked expression and asked curiously.

"...Uh, nothing, I just thought..."

"The things they were carrying looked a lot like meat, that's all."

Su Mianmian didn't even want to admit that she had mistaken them for meat just now; it was so embarrassing.

A hint of a smile flickered in Shi Xu's eyes. He couldn't help but reach out and rub her head, teasing, "Didn't you just eat dinner?"

Su Mianmian: "..."

She felt Shi Xu was repeatedly testing the limits of getting hit.

Su Mianmian turned her head away, ignoring him.

Shi Xu reached out and poked her cheek. Su Mianmian slapped his hand away.

Now Shi Xu knew that Su Mianmian was truly angry.

"Alright, I didn't mean to. The smoke bombs they're carrying really do look like meat, used to confuse observers."

"You weren't wrong just now."

Shi Xu reached out, turned Su Mianmian's head back, and said dotingly.

"Aha, I knew you were teasing me."

"Hmph!"

Su Mianmian pushed Shi Xu away and walked out.

Shi Xu shook his head and quickly followed her.

Teasing Su Mianmian was fun, but if he overdid it, she would be difficult to appease.

A faint smile flashed in Shi Xu's eyes.

Su Mianmian wanted to go downstairs to check, but Shi Xu was a little worried about her.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

"If you follow me, that's when I'd be afraid of danger."

Su Mianmian said, amused.

When others saw her, they only thought she was a harmless woman. But when they saw Shi Xu, they wouldn't think he was harmless.

Su Mianmian just wanted to casually check the situation; she didn't want to cause trouble.

Seeing Su Mianmian's insistence, Shi Xu nodded, agreeing to her decision.

After Su Mianmian left, Shi Xu was still a little worried about her.

"Boss, don't underestimate Sister-in-law. She's very capable."

"None of us are worried, so you shouldn't be either."

Xu Qing said with a smile.

Shi Xu glared at him, as if his thoughts had been exposed, looking a little embarrassed and angry.

Xu Qing wasn't scared; on the contrary, he felt that Shi Xu was becoming more and more approachable.

The old him would never have such small expressions. Indeed, Su Mianmian's presence had brought Shi Xu back to earth.

Su Mianmian had deliberately disguised her face a little so that others couldn't see her true appearance.

In the apocalypse, the prettier you were, the more dangerous it was.

Su Mianmian knew this well: if you didn't want to cause trouble, the more ordinary you looked, the better.

She walked downstairs, finding all the doors tightly shut, and no sounds coming from inside the houses, as if no one lived there.

Su Mianmian pondered why no one was coming out, and before she knew it, she had reached the tenth floor.

The water had now flooded between the fifth and sixth floors. She had initially thought no one would live on the tenth floor, but unexpectedly, she saw several children playing outside.

When they saw Su Mianmian, a hint of wariness flashed in their eyes.

Su Mianmian smiled at them, and only then did their guard drop.

"Auntie, there are man-eating monsters outside. Why did you come out?"

A little boy asked Su Mianmian in a childish voice.