239: Chapter 003 Small Gift

A night of tenderness.

Chu Yuhang looked at the beautiful girl sleeping in the crook of his arm, right beside the pillow.

Her breathing was soft and even, and her long eyelashes made her face look like an exquisite doll.

Enough to stir pity and affection in any man who saw her.

But Chu Yuhang felt a slight sense of surprise. Despite her slender figure,

her stamina was exceptionally good.

It seems she really has been well-trained during this period.

As he was lost in these random thoughts,

Yu Keke also woke up. Fluttering her large, dewy eyes, she playfully smiled while reaching out a slender hand to stroke his face, "Captain, when did you wake up?"

"Did you just lie here quietly watching me sleep after waking?"

Chu Yuhang returned a gentle smile and said slowly, "I just woke up not long ago myself!"

"You were sleeping so soundly, I didn't want to wake you."

"You look quite well-behaved when you're asleep."

Hearing praise from the man she fancied, Yu Keke's heart instantly bloomed with joy.

Her small body kept snuggling deeper into the man's embrace.

Her lovely face rubbed against his broad chest as she murmured, "I'm glad you like it, Captain!"

"Actually, I've been worried... that you came here because you heard what Chen Lanlan said,"

"thinking this was the number one item on my bucket list!"

"That you came out of pity for me."

Chu Yuhang immediately cut off the beautiful girl's words, replying firmly, "What nonsense are you talking? A girl as pretty as you doesn't need anyone's pity!"

"I've told you before, this kind of arrangement—a union without an emotional foundation—is something I personally don't adapt to well."

Yu Keke brought her mouth close to his ear and asked mischievously, "And now? Have you adapted now?"

"You were amazing last night! Surely you haven't failed to adapt even after a whole night?"

Chu Yuhang was amused by her adorable demeanor. His expression held both helplessness and sincerity, "At this point, if I said I still wasn't adapted or that there's no emotional foundation or something like that,"

"it would be utterly laughable. However, it's highly unlikely I'll come again in the future."

"We are not a couple or husband and wife."

"Of course, the affairs of the Resistance Army are also very demanding. I will stand firm until the universe perishes. So I won't be considering personal matters."

Upon hearing these words, a flicker of dimness passed through Yu Keke's eyes, which had been full of smiles and happiness just moments before.

But she quickly recovered, trying her best to put on a happy face as she said slowly, "It's okay."

"I'm just happy you came this once and fulfilled my wish."

"This one night has been the happiest time for me since the destruction of Earth."

"Really, truly, thank you, Captain!"

Listening to the lovely girl's thanks, Chu Yuhang felt somewhat awkward.

He slowly sat up in bed, and Yu Keke, who had been in the crook of his arm, got up as well.

Picking up a nightgown, she wrapped it around her naked body and then hurried straight to the kitchen to make breakfast for the Captain.

She then hopped all the way back and presented it at the bedside.

Chu Yuhang smiled, "Eat in bed? I can tell you cleaned this room specially for the visit."

"I'd better get up to eat."

Yu Keke's face was full of tenderness, "As you wish, but I think..."

"I think you should stay in bed for now."

"You still have some time before your shift. After you finish eating, stay with me a little longer, please."

Listening to Keke's plea,

Chu Yuhang naturally found it inconvenient to refuse. After a slight hesitation, he took the breakfast tray.

and began eating in big mouthfuls.

Yu Keke watched with a beaming smile. Over this period, more than a dozen men had come and gone,

but the only one who had ever eaten a meal here was the Captain she fancied.

So, in her eyes at this moment, the entire room was filled with an atmosphere of happiness.

Suddenly, Chu Yuhang stopped eating and pointed to a pile of gift boxes in the corner of the room.

He asked curiously, "I see you've tidied up every other part of your room so well. Why is there such a big pile of these things?"

Yu Keke stuck out her tongue sheepishly and quickly ran over to the pile of gifts.

She began restacking them, placing the larger ones at the bottom and the smaller ones on top.

As she busied herself, she said, "These are all gifts from them."

"Before, only two of my pursuers would give gifts. Now... many people give me presents."

"I don't know how to refuse, so they just keep piling up at home. I really didn't have time to tidy them up properly before you came."

She recounted them slowly, as if enumerating family treasures, "This is from Fatty Li, this is from Glasses, this is from Old Man Luo..."

Chu Yuhang laughed, "You really are a kind-hearted girl. You remember everyone's kindness towards you."

"But Old Man Luo... his health really is getting weaker. He's been to the infirmary several times lately."

"At this rate, he won't last until the apocalypse a year from now."

"So, you really should learn to refuse when you need to."

Yu Keke blushed crimson with embarrassment.

She stammered in reply, "How can I refuse? I don't want to treat people differently."

"Besides, Old Man Luo is really quite nice. He's very gentle when we... do it."

"He gives me water, and he reminds the others to be gentle, not to hurt me."

Chu Yuhang thought for a moment and said nothing more.

He wasn't the type to interfere in his subordinates' private lives.