After seeing Zhao Yan leave, Yu Lehuan picked up the bowl and finished every last bit of the chicken soup and chicken leg. After finally eating her fill, she lazily sprawled across the bed like she was growing mold.
【Yu Lehuan, why did you deliberately make him angry?】
Yu Lehuan had indeed done it on purpose. Who told him to keep such a cold expression on his face all the time? The pampered young heiress had never been treated so coldly before. Everyone she met had always greeted her with a smile.
Zhao Yan was interesting.
His Goodwill Points toward her were so high, yet he still treated her with a cold face. One day, she would make sure that whenever he saw her, he would smile.
By the time Zhao Yan went downstairs, his anger had already faded.
Why was he arguing with a little girl?
Judging by her behavior, she clearly had no idea how precious water resources were after the apocalypse.
Most of B City’s supplies had already been scavenged by people sent out from other bases. Zhao Yan’s team had been fortunate enough to find supplies that had not yet been searched in the outskirts.
Yu Lehuan had been lucky as well.
She had encountered their team.
The base was also chaotic.
Women who were attractive but physically weak usually ended up in the red-light district. Spending a night with them required enough supplies in exchange. They never lacked food or drink and did not look as thin and malnourished as other women, but their exhaustion was obvious.
Zhao Yan had never been popular with girls since he was young, nor had he ever felt the need to be liked.
He had struggled to grow up in the orphanage, a place where people preyed on one another. Through hardships and countless fights, he had learned to protect himself with his ruthless fists, ensuring that no one dared to provoke him.
With financial support from a kind stranger and money he had saved from working part-time jobs, he eventually made it to university.
He was deeply grateful and had always hoped that one day he could repay that kindness.
However, not long after entering university, the zombie outbreak began.
Zhao Yan no longer wanted to remember those days.
Calling them a living hell would not have been an exaggeration.
If Yu Lehuan had seen what he had seen, she probably would have been terrified beyond endurance long ago.
At that thought, the last traces of Zhao Yan’s anger disappeared.
He silently finished his bowl of cold chicken soup.
The teammates had all gone to sleep, leaving Zhao Yan alone in the main hall. When he heard footsteps coming from the stairs, he turned to look.
Yu Lehuan wanted to take a bath.
Back home, she showered every day. Ever since arriving at this ruined little villa, she had not touched a drop of water from morning until night, and she was unbearably uncomfortable.
Yu Lehuan walked downstairs and approached Zhao Yan.
“I feel so uncomfortable. I want to take a bath.”
The moment she opened her mouth, she immediately gave him a difficult request.
The water in the buckets was for drinking. Where were they supposed to find enough water for her to bathe?
“No water.”
Zhao Yan sat on the sofa with his eyes half closed, resting lightly.
“But Zhao Yan, I really feel uncomfortable. My face is itchy, and I think I’m getting little red spots.”
Yu Lehuan was extremely dissatisfied.
She did not want to live anymore. She simply could not endure hardship.
Little Six kept trying to persuade her to put up with it in her mind.
But Yu Lehuan felt that she had already endured enough.
From morning until night, she had gone hungry, hidden under a bed, suffered from chest pain, and cried several times. Although the crying had been fake, her tears had been completely real!
Zhao Yan listened as Yu Lehuan continued complaining beside his ear and finally realized that she was truly a troublesome little nuisance who loved making things difficult for people.
“Miss Yu, there is no water nearby. Our water is for drinking. This is the apocalypse, and no one is willing to use drinking water to let you take a bath. Please face reality.”
After speaking coldly, Zhao Yan closed his eyes again and pretended to rest.
After a long while without hearing Yu Lehuan say anything, he opened his eyes.
She was leaning toward him, sitting very close and staring at him without blinking with her watery eyes.
This was the first time Zhao Yan had spoken so much.
Normally, he was as silent as a clam.
Zhao Yan shifted backward slightly.
Yu Lehuan rolled her eyes, straightened up, and muttered, “Then at least find me a cloth so I can wipe my face. My face really feels uncomfortable.”
Zhao Yan looked at her clean, fair face.
There were no red spots like she had claimed, only a little dust. Even so, her skin was still fairer and more delicate than the faces of the children in the base.
He stood up and walked toward the vehicle parked in the courtyard.
When he returned, he had a damp cloth in his hand.
Yu Lehuan immediately lifted her face toward him and closed her eyes.
Her actions clearly showed that she expected him to wipe her face for her.
Zhao Yan’s raised hand paused for a moment before he gently wiped her face clean.
He had already fed her, so there was no point wasting time and energy arguing over this. He only hoped that she would stop causing trouble and hurry upstairs to sleep.
After Yu Lehuan finished having her face wiped, she simply lay down on the sofa and closed her eyes, looking as though she did not want to say another word.
“Thank you.”
After saying that, she turned around and went upstairs.
Zhao Yan opened his eyes and watched her retreating figure.
She skipped upstairs as happily as a little bird.
He stared blankly at the ceiling for a moment before finally closing his eyes and falling asleep.
The next morning, Zhao Yan went upstairs to wake Yu Lehuan after finishing breakfast.
Wu You had been about to go up and wake her himself, but Zhao Yan stopped him and decided to knock on Yu Lehuan’s door personally.
Downstairs, Wu You exchanged meaningful looks with Wang Ni and the others.
“The captain is treating this girl so well. How many times has he gone upstairs since yesterday?”
The others remained expressionless and continued watching.
Wu You thought they were no fun, so he turned to discuss it with Xiong Gang.
“Do you think the captain likes this girl? She’s so beautiful. Is there really any man who wouldn’t like her? She just looks a little young…”
“I’ve never seen anyone as beautiful as Miss Yu. She looks like one of those fairies from the old operas. Do you think she might not like our captain…”
“How could that be?”
However, when Wu You thought about the captain’s permanently cold face and the scar across his brow, he suddenly became less certain.
…
Zhao Yan did not have any other intentions.
He knew that Yu Lehuan was not as innocent and adorable as she appeared. She was extremely good at ordering people around and was probably a pampered young heiress before the apocalypse. Her temper clearly had not changed yet.
He did not want his teammates to be ordered around by Yu Lehuan, which was why he had come upstairs to wake her himself.
Zhao Yan walked to the door and knocked.
Just as he expected, there was no response.
After waiting for a moment, he pushed the door open and entered.
The curtains had not been opened yet, leaving the room pitch-black. The blanket on the bed was raised into the shape of a small hill.
Yu Lehuan had already woken up when Zhao Yan knocked on the door.
Little Six had awakened her.
Her face was filled with displeasure.
The pampered young heiress had a bad temper when she woke up. Whenever she was disturbed in her sleep, she would be too groggy to react and would simply sit on the bed, silently sulking.
Zhao Yan watched as she sat there without moving or speaking.
After a brief pause, he walked over to the window and pulled open the curtains.
Only then did he turn around and clearly see what she looked like.