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If you don’t know, then it’s fine to stay silent. But ignoring the issue won’t help solve it.

However, Jiang Ning had some doubts about the words of the three.

It’s not that she’s slow, but she feels… how should I put it, Huo Yishen seems to have some intentions, yet not quite that kind of intention.

What should she do now?

He hasn’t confessed yet, so she can’t possibly reject him first, right?

What if she misunderstood!

Living next door and seeing each other all the time, they still have to team up in the future, but it’s really awkward if it’s true. To the point that she wants to dig a hole with her toes.

After she said that, the three also felt a bit troubled.

Lu Yu, who made the declaration of love, said, “When you love someone, it’s hard to hide it in your eyes. Otherwise, shall we help you find out?”

Jiang Ning felt a bit annoyed, “No need, I can figure it out myself.”

Back home, she lay down on the bed feeling frustrated.

Jiang Ning touched her face, indeed she’s pretty, but she’s not top-notch beauty. Did Huo Yishen really take a fancy to her?

It feels like if they hadn’t met by chance, they would be two people from completely different worlds.

Before she could figure it out, the walkie-talkie rang, “Anning, do you want to practice today?”

Jiang Ning thought for a moment, “Yes.”

She had to find a chance to figure out whether he really had that intention or not.

After changing her clothes, she went to 1801.

While practicing, Jiang Ning observed secretly. In the meantime, she intentionally almost fell.

Huo Yishen acted quickly and instinctively held her waist to support her, “Are you having trouble?”

“No.”

“I feel like you’re absent-minded. Pay attention and concentrate.”

Jiang Ning swore, he really maintained his composure, even though he held her waist, there was no hint of anything inappropriate or ambiguous eye contact.

She’s now feeling a bit reluctant, she made an excuse to stay and teach Doudou how to cook.

Several times, she suddenly looked back, only to see Huo Yishen training the dog in the living room, without any distraction.

Lu Yu was indeed unreliable. Saying that when you love someone, you can’t hide it, yet he will still secretly pay attention to that person.

Nonsense, let’s just say all three of them got it wrong!

It was a false alarm, and Jiang Ning finally relaxed and couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief.

Turning off the gas, she scooped the dishes onto plates, and as she turned around, she found Huo Yishen looking at her.

Jiang Ning was startled, almost dropping the bowl in her hand, and exclaimed, “What are you looking at me for!”

After saying that, she felt she was too harsh, she’s embarrassed to the point of wanting to dig a hole and hide.

Huo Yishen pointed to the window outside the kitchen, “It seems like it’s snowing heavily.”

Jiang Ning turned to look out the window. Indeed, it was.

What kind of eyesight does he have? He can even see from this far away!

Declining Doudou’s invitation for dinner, Jiang Ning took her dog home.

She’s a bit neurotic now. She always felt that Huo Yishen had ulterior motives.

Lying in her warm bed at night, she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

After finally falling asleep, she dreamed that Huo Yishen suddenly confessed to her and insisted that she couldn’t refuse, and then she woke up to find it was all a dream…

Waking up, her heart was pounding.

For three consecutive days, Jiang Ning not only observed him during practice but also while training the dog, but the result was nothing.

Saying there wasn’t any, but a woman’s intuition told her otherwise.

In short, she was so restless that she couldn’t sleep continuously.

It was not her character to hesitate, so she sent the dog back to the room and closed the door. Facing Huo Yishen, she took a deep breath, “Do you like me?”

Huo Yishen didn’t rush to answer but looked at her for a while before saying, “A bit.”

Jiang Ning’s heart skipped a beat.

“I’m actually fine being single. I’ve never thought about getting married, and living alone is fine by me.”

Huo Yishen pondered for a moment. “Jiang Ning, I’m sorry for causing you trouble. Since you don’t have that intention, I won’t insist. I hope you won’t have any concerns.”

She didn’t expect him to be so open-minded, which made her breathe a sigh of relief. “You’re great; you’ll find someone you like.”

“Um, you too.”

“So, are we still going to team up in the future?”

“Of course, if you don’t mind.”

“I certainly don’t mind. You’re the best partner on the 18th floor.”

Having opened up, Jiang Ning felt considerably lighter.

But at the same time, she felt a bit regretful. If the disaster hadn’t happened, she definitely wouldn’t have let him slip away.

Watching Jiang Ning back to her room, Huo Yishen turned around to open his door, only to find his palms were sweaty.

There was no end to this disaster. Actually, he hadn’t thought of confessing to Jiang Ning; after all, he still had his younger sister to take care of, and no one knew what would happen in the future. Unexpectedly, she was the one who brought it up.

This was the first time in his life that he felt attracted to a girl, and it was extinguished just like that.

Opening the door, Doudou rushed over. “Big brother.”

Huo Yishen lowered his head, his deep eyes filled with gentleness as he gently rubbed her head. “Did you study today?”

“I did, but I don’t understand a few words. Can I ask Sister about them?”

“What don’t you understand? Big brother will teach you.”

…

After opening up, she felt incredibly relaxed.

Jiang Ning slept in, catching up on the sleep she missed in the past two days.

After brushing her teeth and washing her face, just as she came out of her space, she vaguely heard some wailing downstairs.

As soon as she opened the door and looked up, she saw Huo Yishen coming out at the same time.

Their eyes met; he was as calm as usual, and she smiled. “Morning.”

Actually, she felt a bit awkward inside.

The two listened at the staircase; the collectors of grain protection were here again.

This time, it wasn’t for food, but for revenge. They violently kicked open the doors of the survivors.

Huo Yishen’s expression was serious. “They’re not here for good.”

Having expected this day to come, Jiang Ning went back to her room to get her weapons.

They chose their timing well. Zheng Weili and the others had gone to collect firewood in Fengshan early, and the Zhong father and son had started reporting to the new unit two days ago.

To compete with the disaster, the researchers stayed and ate at the unit, and they only go home once every half month.

Mrs. Zhong had also started working, reporting for duty two days ago.

Yesterday, more than a dozen people came. Besides the bodies piled up on the ice, they would also enter each building to clean up and load them onto vehicles to be incinerated at a centralized location to avoid causing epidemics or other diseases.

It could be seen that the government was actively responding to the disaster.

Now, only Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen on the 18th floor were capable of fighting, along with the combat dog.

Jiang Ning had a bad premonition and felt that they were well prepared; she put on her bulletproof vest and locked the dog in the room.

“Woof, woof, woof!”

Coke, who had been deceived, was impatient and pulled at the door desperately: Pooper scooper, open the door quickly!

Pooper scooper, pooper scooper!!!

If the door wasn’t opened soon, it would smash it down.

Jiang Ning came out, and Huo Yishen was also locking the door, with Doudou trapped inside.

“Anning, stay here and watch Doudou for me.”

Huo Yishen lowered his head and loaded his gun.

Jiang Ning also took out her gun. “What’s coming can’t be avoided, and you can’t protect everyone.”

Huo Yishen hesitated for a moment. “Alright.”

The two walked downstairs, and the group of people was already trying to break into the stairwell on the 16th floor.

Grandma Zhong was anxious on the 17th floor; beside her was a man holding a stick, the head of the household of Unit 1703, Zeng Nianlun.

“Little Jiang, they’re here, what should we do?”

This group of people really had their information well-informed. The Zhong father and son had quietly left, except for mentioning it to the 18th floor, no one else knew they weren’t at home.

Unfortunately, Zheng Weili and the others were also not around. Now only Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen were left, and the other side had brought more than a dozen people.

Jiang Ning glanced at Zeng Nianlun and said nothing.

Zeng Nianlun felt a bit embarrassed and explained proactively, “Last time, my family went out to find supplies.”