58: make out

Su Mianmian was startled when she heard the address "Auntie," but then she remembered her disguise and instantly relaxed.

Wasn't she an "Auntie" right now?

"Then why are you playing outside?"

"Aren't you afraid of monsters?"

Su Mianmian walked over to them, squatted down, and asked with a curious expression.

Their bodies were dirty, indicating they hadn't bathed in a long time.

Their faces were also gaunt, all bone.

Su Mianmian rubbed their heads and found it uncomfortably bony.

She shook her head, feeling a bit distressed.

Children growing up in the apocalypse had it too hard.

"A strange uncle came over, and Mama kicked us out of the house."

"She told us to play here and wait until she opened the door to come back in."

"Auntie, why do strange uncles keep coming to our house all the time?"

The boy's innocent and curious eyes stared at Su Mianmian, making her instinctively look away.

Listening to what he said, she understood why his mother had kicked them out.

But understanding was one thing, and not being able to say it was another.

Su Mianmian shook her head, pulling out two candies from her pocket—actually from her space—and gave them to the children.

"Auntie doesn't know why your mother does that."

"But it's not safe outside right now. If you encounter danger, you must quickly knock on the door and call for your mother."

"If your mother doesn't open the door, then you should run quickly, run to a safe place before stopping."

"Auntie has to go now. Please protect yourselves well."

Su Mianmian stood up, gave them some instructions, and then went upstairs.

With her back to them, she heard their thanks and couldn't help but shake her head.

Children in the apocalypse, they looked so pitiful.

Su Mianmian was a little absentminded as she went upstairs.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind her to her front. Seeing this, Su Mianmian instantly sobered up.

She grabbed the hand, pulled, and gave the person behind her an over-the-shoulder throw.

The man fell to the ground with a "bang" and let out a painful groan.

Su Mianmian looked at the man groaning in pain on the ground, frowning. Why did she feel like she had seen him somewhere before?

"Who are you, and why did you ambush me?"

"We shouldn't know each other, right!"

Su Mianmian didn't want anyone to know her true identity, so she deliberately used a more neutral tone when speaking.

Seeing that the man didn't speak, she kicked him.

"If you don't speak, don't blame me..."

Su Mianmian held a small knife in her hand, which she had just snatched from the man.

She toyed with the knife in her hand, looking as if Satan was claiming a life.

When the man looked up and saw Su Mianmian like this, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

"I... I just saw you had candy, so..."

"I thought you definitely had something, and I wanted to..."

The man didn't finish the rest of his sentence, but Su Mianmian understood everything.

He must have wanted to hold her hostage and make her give him all her food.

Too bad he miscalculated; she wasn't an ordinary person.

Su Mianmian snorted coldly, bent down, and looked at the man with a mocking expression.

The knife in her hand traced across the man's face, and he didn't dare to breathe loudly.

He was afraid that the knife in her hand might accidentally slice his face.

Seeing his cowardly look, Su Mianmian suddenly lost interest.

"How boring."

"What's your name?"

Su Mianmian stood up and asked casually.

She wanted to confirm whether she knew this man.

It shouldn't be her; it was the Original Body's Owner.

The Original Body's Owner seemed to know this man.

Su Mianmian's eyes narrowed slightly, a cryptic expression flashing in their depths.

"I... my name is Zhu Xinyu."

"I'm just an ordinary college student. If it weren't for this disaster, I'd still be in class at school."

"Sister, please let me go!"

"I just want to live!"

Zhu Xinyu reached out and hugged Su Mianmian's calf, shaking it while begging for mercy.

When he hugged her leg, Su Mianmian instinctively kicked him away.

She frowned, disliking being touched by strangers.

"Stay away from me, don't touch me."

"If you dare to touch me again, you're dead."

Su Mianmian looked at Zhu Xinyu with a threatening expression.

Zhu Xinyu was kicked so hard he almost vomited blood. He coughed several times, and hearing Su Mianmian's words, he suppressed the pain and quickly nodded.

Su Mianmian rested her chin in her hand and thought for a while, finally remembering who Zhu Xinyu was.

This person was one of Li Qingqing's boyfriends abroad. Later, because of him, Li Qingqing was almost killed by her current man.

It could be said that if it weren't for Zhu Xinyu, Li Qingqing would have lived a very comfortable life.

Su Mianmian smiled. How could she let Li Qingqing live comfortably?

This Zhu Xinyu couldn't die.

Su Mianmian looked at Zhu Xinyu lying on the ground, as if checking if he was seriously injured.

Confirming that he was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll let you off this time. Next time you try something like this, weigh yourself first to see if you're up to it."

"Now move out of my way."

Su Mianmian looked at Zhu Xinyu, who was blocking her path, with an annoyed expression.

Zhu Xinyu hadn't expected her to let him go, and he thanked her gratefully.

Su Mianmian listened to his grateful voice, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips.

She wasn't being kind; she just wanted to... watch the show.

After Su Mianmian left, Zhu Xinyu was about to drag his aching body back into the house when he saw a knife nearby.

That woman actually didn't take the knife?

Zhu Xinyu paused, then started to smile.

He picked up the knife and tucked it into his embrace.

Without a weapon, he had no sense of security at all.

He just hoped his father would send someone to rescue him soon.

When Su Mianmian returned upstairs, her lips were still curved upwards.

Seeing this, Shi Xu asked with a curious expression, "Mianmian, why are you dressed like this?"

If he weren't so familiar with Su Mianmian, he wouldn't have recognized that the woman in front of him was actually Su Mianmian.

"Huh?"

"You're sister-in-law?"

Xu Qing was about to question how she had a key, but then he heard Shi Xu say she was Su Mianmian, and he felt like the sky was falling.

How did Su Mianmian become like this?

When she went down just now, wasn't she fine?

Xu Qing's face was full of confusion, the kind that couldn't be ignored.

Su Mianmian brushed her wig and said with an amused expression, "Xu Qing, don't you recognize me?"

She deliberately used a fake voice, and Xu Qing looked even more surprised.

He looked at Shi Xu, as if asking, 'Is she really Su Mianmian?'

Shi Xu smiled and reached out to take off Su Mianmian's wig.

"Mianmian, not everyone can recognize all of you."

"But I can."

Shi Xu's words seemed to say that no matter what she became, he, who understood her best, would always recognize her.

Su Mianmian smiled, noncommittally.

Xu Qing scurried away with his tail between his legs, praying that Su Mianmian wouldn't be angry that he hadn't recognized her.

Su Mianmian didn't bother with him. Xu Qing not recognizing her only proved how good her disguise was, didn't it?

She was too happy to be angry with him.

Shi Xu was an exception; she couldn't hide it from him.

He was too clever, not easy to fool.

"What are you doing here?"

"It feels like you've been here for a long time."

Su Mianmian removed her disguise and came out to find Shi Xu and Xu Qing still tinkering with something outside the door. She walked out with a puzzled expression, looking around but not understanding what they were doing.

She couldn't help but wonder, asking curiously.

Shi Xu turned to look at her, noticing that she had returned to her original appearance, and nodded with satisfaction.

"We're installing bombs!"

"Sister-in-law, do you want to try?"

Xu Qing held up a bomb and looked at Su Mianmian with a smile.

Su Mianmian: "..."

She really wanted to ask if Xu Qing was serious.

Were they really burying bombs?

Were they planning to die together?