68: Ideas that should not be had

When Shi Xu saw Su Mianmian's eyes light up, he couldn't help but reach out and pinch her face, asking curiously, "What did you think of?"

Su Mianmian shared her guess, and Shi Xu, hearing it, raised a hand to his chin and began to ponder.

Su Mianmian kept her eyes on Shi Xu's face, a little curious if he would believe her guess was correct.

"I think your guess might be right."

"Let's see where he goes first."

Shi Xu looked down at Su Mianmian, his eyes devoid of any extra emotion.

Su Mianmian didn't know what he was thinking. She opened her mouth, wanting to ask, but seeing his gaze, she closed it again.

Never mind, it's good to observe first. What if the current Yao Yin is different from the one in the book? Then it wouldn't work out.

Yao Yin and his group were now living in the building next door. Shi Xu had everyone pull all the curtains in their house to prevent being spied on from that side.

Those people definitely had equipment; they couldn't afford to be careless.

When Su Jinxuan learned that Yao Yin had arrived, his face turned red with anger.

If Shi Xu hadn't told him what happened after he fell unconscious, he wouldn't have dared to believe Yao Yin was such a person.

"Shi Xu, do you think he'll be surprised to see me?"

"I bet he never even thought I'd wake up!"

Su Jinxuan held an apple in his hand. Su Mianmian watched, feeling as if the apple would be crushed in his grip the next second.

She reached out and tugged on Shi Xu's sleeve, signaling him to quickly comfort Su Jinxuan.

Seeing this, Shi Xu nodded at her.

He walked over to Su Jinxuan, patted his shoulder, and said, "I know you hate him very much right now, but we don't know his current strength. So, until we know his specific strength, our best approach is to recuperate."

Su Mianmian nodded, in full agreement.

"Brother, Shi Xu is right. Hatred won't solve problems; on the contrary, it will make you explode."

"Let's approach this with a calm mind."

Su Mianmian walked over to Su Jinxuan, patted his shoulder, and offered comfort.

Of course, she knew that the grudge of betrayal was irreconcilable, but Shi Xu's words made perfect sense.

They didn't know Yao Yin's strength. Provoking him rashly would put them in a very passive position.

The most important thing now was to increase their strength. Then... a hint of killing intent flashed in Su Mianmian's eyes.

Someone like Yao Yin didn't deserve to live in this world.

Embezzling military rations and framing heroes—he deserved to die!

Listening to Shi Xu and Su Mianmian's advice, Su Jinxuan calmed himself down, then looked up at them with a wry smile and said, "Alright, alright, I was just venting a bit. You don't have to worry about me."

Seeing him like this, Su Mianmian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She patted him and said playfully, "Wasn't I just worried you'd go to your death alone?"

Su Jinxuan immediately bristled. How could he be that foolish?

The siblings bickered on the side. Shi Xu watched them, his eyes full of tenderness.

Having his parents, siblings, and the person he loved by his side—this feeling was truly wonderful.

Just then, Xu Qing rushed over in a hurry.

Seeing his flustered expression, Su Mianmian couldn't help but stop smiling and become serious.

Su Jinxuan was the same; both of them stared at him with solemn expressions.

"Boss, someone opposite is actually watching us with a telescope."

"And someone is pointing a gun at us."

"What are they trying to do?"

Xu Qing stomped his foot, looking annoyed.

Shi Xu showed no expression after hearing this.

"It's nothing. This must be what that Yao Yin requested."

"He's just like that, probably has too many enemies, always suspicious."

"Ignore him, let him do whatever he wants."

Su Jinxuan waved his hand, looking indifferent.

He had just thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be just this.

Xu Qing was still a little uneasy, "What if they start shooting at us?"

Su Mianmian didn't think they would do that, unless they had so many bullets they couldn't use them all.

"This won't do them any good."

"Unless Yao Yin knows that Su Jinxuan and I are here."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't go to such great lengths."

Shi Xu said, disagreeing.

After hearing Shi Xu's words, Xu Qing's face lost its earlier panic and returned to normal.

"That's good then. As soon as these people arrived, it felt like our peaceful life was going to be disrupted."

"So annoying."

Xu Qing crossed his arms, looking annoyed as he glanced towards the window. Although it was covered by curtains, his eyes seemed to be able to see through them to the opposite side.

That irritable gaze made Su MianmianI couldn't help it smile.

She could empathize with Xu Qing because she was also very annoyed right now.

Xu Qing went back to continue watching the monitors over there. Shi Xu stayed for a short while before turning to go back as well.

Su Mianmian knew he was going back to cultivate his abilities and didn't stop him.

"Brother, aren't you going back to cultivate your abilities?"

"What are you still doing here?"

Su Mianmian looked at the motionless Su Jinxuan. She reached out and pushed him, asking curiously.

Su Jinxuan had been lost in thought and was startled when Su Mianmian suddenly pushed him.

"Mianmian, if you keep scaring your brother like this, you won't have a brother anymore."

"I was just thinking, can we just blow up that building?"

"Wouldn't they all die then?"

Su Jinxuan rubbed his hands together, looking excitedly at Su Mianmian as he spoke.

Su Mianmian: "..."

What kind of terrible idea was that?

Su Mianmian's mouth twitched, and she looked at Su Jinxuan as if he were an idiot.

"Brother, I don't even want to say you're my brother anymore."

"If we do that, what difference would there be between us and Yao Yin?"

"That building isn't full of bad guys, and some of the soldiers around him might not even know what kind of person he is, just like you guys back then."

"Are you willing to kill them all?"

Su Mianmian said helplessly.

She didn't understand what Su Jinxuan was thinking; in any case, she couldn't accept such indiscriminate killing.

Although she considered herself not a good person, she also didn't want to do such things as indiscriminately killing innocents.

Seeing Su Mianmian's unhappiness, Su Jinxuan quickly surrendered, saying, "I was wrong. I was just mentioning it casually; I wouldn't actually do that.

Shi Xu and the others would know and definitely wouldn't agree.

Mianmian, you're right, we can't do things like indiscriminately killing innocents.

We only kill our enemies."

Su Jinxuan looked at Su Mianmian ingratiatingly, his tone full of flattery.

Su Mianmian reached out and patted his shoulder, saying with a laugh, "As long as you know."

She checked the time and saw that it was already five in the afternoon.

"Why isn't Butler Li out cooking yet?"

"Did something happen?"

Su Mianmian glanced at the kitchen, looking worriedly at Su Jinxuan.

Upon hearing this, Su Jinxuan couldn't help but laugh.

"Mianmian, what could possibly happen here?"

"You didn't come for lunch today, and everyone said they wanted hotpot tonight."

"They should be coming to set it up in a bit."

Su Jinxuan recounted what they had discussed today.

Su Mianmian breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Butler Li was not in trouble.

Looking at the excited Su Jinxuan, she couldn't help but retort, "You discussed it without telling me, that makes me so sad!"

Su Jinxuan knew she was joking and smiled ingratiatingly at her.

Before long, Butler Li came out with Mother Shi and Father Shi to prepare the ingredients.

Seeing this, Su Mianmian also went over to join in the fun.

With many people, many things were prepared. Soon, baskets of vegetables were brought out.

When Su Mianmian went out, the aroma of hotpot broth already permeated the entire house.

She took a deep sniff, her face filled with happiness.

There was nothing happier than being able to eat a hotpot meal peacefully in the apocalypse.