The atmosphere instantly froze.
Wu You tried hard to hold back his laughter. When it came to irritating people, Le Huan was truly skilled. Everyone present knew that Jiang Jingfeng had fallen into her trap and ended up unconscious for the entire afternoon yesterday. He had gone crazy with anger, searching everywhere for Le Huan.
Seeing that things were going wrong, Zhou Bai quickly stepped forward to smooth things over. They were about to head out to surround and eliminate zombies—it would be a tough battle. There was no need to waste energy on such trivial matters.
Jiang Jingfeng snorted coldly and glared fiercely at Le Huan, the woman he couldn’t have and who had made him lose face:
“I won’t let this go. Just you wait!”
When Zhao Yan heard him threaten Le Huan, his expression darkened to the point it seemed water could drip from it. His cold face instantly turned sharp and murderous. Without another word, he stepped forward and started fighting Jiang Jingfeng.
Zhou Bai and the team members were just about to break it up when Wu You and Wang Ni stopped them.
“Hey, hey, it’s normal to have conflicts. Let them fight it out—perfect chance to settle everything at once~”
Zhou Bai curled his lips. Of course they were relaxed—everyone in the base knew Zhao Yan’s free combat skills were unmatched. Since Zhao Yan wouldn’t suffer any losses, they had no reason to worry.
But letting Jiang Jingfeng suffer a bit wasn’t a bad thing either. He was young and capable, always arrogant and looking down on others, even showing faint signs of trying to overstep Zhou Bai as team leader. This was a good opportunity to curb his sharp edges.
So the group simply stood there watching the two fight.
Or rather, watching Zhao Yan suppress Jiang Jingfeng one-sidedly.
When Zhou Bai felt it was about enough, he stepped in to stop them. This time, Wu You didn’t say anything. Looking at Jiang Jingfeng’s handsome face now bruised blue and purple, it seemed the team leader had vented his frustration.
66 looked at Jiang Jingfeng’s miserable face. Zhao Yan had mainly targeted his face. With its not-so-bright little mind, it suddenly realized something…
Zhao Yan was jealous!
66 felt like it had uncovered the truth. Le Huan had only glanced at Jiang Jingfeng a few more times, and Zhao Yan must have noticed. Poor Jiang Jingfeng—his handsome face might get ruined. Zhao Yan didn’t know how to hold back…
Jiang Jingfeng hadn’t expected Zhao Yan’s real strength to be so terrifying. It seemed Zhao Yan had held back during their previous sparring at the training ground. Jiang Jingfeng’s skills were even slightly better than Zhou Bai’s, yet in front of Zhao Yan, he had no ability to fight back.
Seeing Yu Lehuan standing on the steps, smiling cheekily at him, he felt both furious and momentarily dazed by that smile.
When he came back to his senses, he felt humiliated—not because he had been beaten, but because even after Le Huan humiliated him like this, he still felt attracted to her. She must have drugged him. Yes—wasn’t she good at doing things silently? That had to be it!
Jiang Jingfeng gritted his teeth inwardly. After leaving the courtyard, he got into a car and refused to come out.
After that brief incident, they had to depart quickly, aiming to return before nightfall. More importantly, Zhao Yan insisted on coming back before dinner—he couldn’t let Le Huan go hungry waiting for him.
Once everyone got into the vehicles, they waited as Zhao Yan went on and on with his repeated reminders. Le Huan was the first to lose patience:
“So annoying. Just go already!”
Aside from allowing Zhao Yan to kiss her, she behaved no differently than before they had confirmed their relationship.
Zhao Yan hurried into the car, hoping to finish the battle quickly and return to accompany her. In front of everyone, he had already thrown away his pride, reluctantly reminding her to eat well and not go out.
After Zhao Yan left, Le Huan finished her meal and told 66 to feed the cat. Since no one was home, 66—who had no physical form—held up a milk bottle like a ghost, scaring Zhao Xiaoqiang so badly that all its fur stood on end. 66 felt hurt, thinking it was being disliked.
Le Huan didn’t comfort it. After being hungry for a while, Zhao Xiaoqiang eventually went over to 66 to drink milk anyway. Truly a starving ghost reincarnated—even being scared like that didn’t stop it from eating.
Le Huan noticed a bag on the shoe cabinet filled with toys and children’s picture books. She dumped them all onto the carpet—there were all kinds of things. Among them was an ugly-cute cloth doll, which she casually tossed to Zhao Xiaoqiang.
66 leaned over curiously, becoming especially interested in a small crocodile toy with its mouth wide open.
The green crocodile had a row of teeth inside. If one tooth was pressed, its mouth would suddenly snap shut, startling whoever was playing. Le Huan knew it was a jump-scare toy and pulled 66 along to play together.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Le Huan felt a bit troubled. She asked whether 66’s energy could keep her forever young. In this apocalyptic hellhole, she felt like she might turn into a weathered old woman from wind and sand before even making it back home.
66 naturally boasted that its energy could do anything—reach the heavens and dive into the earth.
That reassured Le Huan. She proposed they take turns pressing the crocodile’s teeth—whoever got bitten would have to agree to one request from the other.
66 readily agreed. It was just about reaction speed—it was going to make Le Huan call it “Lord Six!”
Seeing 66 puffing up its chest eagerly in her mind, Le Huan let out a snort.
When the crocodile toy was turned on, it even played unexpected music. Le Huan didn’t feel much, but 66 was so nervous it could barely breathe. Carefully, it pressed one tooth—
Safe.
66 instantly let out a breath of relief. After a few turns, it was its turn again. It secretly thought Le Huan had pretty good luck. But the next second, when it pressed a tooth, the crocodile suddenly snapped shut.
The speed, combined with its eerie laughter, startled 66 badly. It screamed in her mind with its mouth wide open, nearly giving Le Huan a heart attack.
In the end, 66 fulfilled its promise. It admitted it couldn’t keep her forever young, but just as Le Huan was about to get angry, it quickly added that it could secretly make her face become more refined day by day—even without skincare, she could maintain her looks.
That immediately caught Le Huan’s interest. What she cared about most, aside from her life, was her face.
No—her face came first. Her life came after.
66 told her to lie on the sofa, saying that absorbing too much energy would make her drowsy and fall asleep.
Le Huan lay down and soon dreamed that she had returned home—
She stood in the living room of the Yu family villa and saw the housekeeper directing the servants to set up breakfast. Her parents were very particular about dining—the arrangement of dishes had to follow a strict order.
“Miss, why are you up so early today? Didn’t sleep well last night?”
The housekeeper asked with concern. He had worked for their family for over ten years and had taken care of her since she was a child.
Le Huan realized the dream felt incredibly real. She could move and speak:
“I couldn’t sleep. Are Mom and Dad still asleep?”
“Sir and Madam haven’t gotten up yet. Would you like to eat first?”
She truly felt hungry. No matter how good Zhao Yan’s cooking was, it was still just home-style food. The Yu family hired foreign chefs and used air-shipped ingredients.
Just as she sat at the dining table, she saw her father holding her mother’s hand as they walked downstairs. Even after so many years of marriage, they were still as sweet and loving as ever.
66 always said she must have terrible parents, otherwise she wouldn’t have such a personality. That always made Le Huan so angry that she would argue with it.
But 66 was wrong.
Her parents weren’t bad at all. On the contrary, they were deeply in love. Her mother was beautiful, her father handsome—their affection resembled the married life of a novel’s main characters. They loved each other so much that they simply didn’t have extra love to spare for her. Le Huan had grown up surrounded by their constant displays of affection.
She didn’t mind. Her parents never restricted her materially—anything she wanted was within easy reach. Over time, she had grown bored with life in this world. This unexpected transmigration, however, had made things feel interesting.
Watching her parents walk down the stairs and smile at her, asking if she was enjoying university life and reminding her to tell them if anything troubled her—
Her father then cut the sandwich on the table into small pieces and fed them to her mother. The two of them leaned close again, whispering to each other.
Time had treated them well. Her father was much older than her mother, yet both looked very young. No one unfamiliar with them would imagine they had a daughter as old as Le Huan.
It felt like she hadn’t seen them in a long time, even though only a little over a month had passed. Le Huan realized she missed them deeply, staring at them without blinking.
Her mother noticed and said, “Go away, Huanhuan is watching—have some decency!”
Her father smiled without speaking and helped pour cream over the pancakes on Le Huan’s plate.
Le Huan spoke softly:
“I miss you…”