She was a rare mid-level dual-attribute ability user, and she was also beautiful. Her appearance made her a goddess in the hearts of many male ability users in the base.

Zhang Keqing chuckled repeatedly, but her gaze shifted to the man sitting silently across the conference table.

“What’s your name, sir?” she asked the man opposite her.

The man sitting opposite her was handsome and extraordinary. He usually smiled with his eyes crinkling when he saw people, but his smiles never reached his eyes. Most of the ability users in the base were afraid of him because his abilities were very strong, and he was truly ruthless.

In Shen Luohan’s base, there was a saying: If you have something, you’d rather ask Shen Luohan than Ji Yuanchen. He strongly disliked people who were incapable and held others back.

Ji Yuanchen lowered his eyes, as if something was distracting him.

“Yuanchen?” someone next to him called softly.

Ji Yuanchen raised his eyes, his phoenix eyes filled with nothing but gloom and endless coldness.

Zhang Keqing was stunned. A moment ago, he was always smiling, charming and captivating, but now…

“Zhang Meimei asked what your name is,” someone repeated Zhang Keqing’s question.

“Ji Yuanchen.” He got up from his chair and walked towards the balcony.

Zhang Keqing’s gaze followed him. Seeing him go to the balcony to seek some peace and quiet, she looked a little disappointed but didn’t bother him.

“Keqing Meimei, I have a mid-level zombie crystal here…”

“Meimei Zhang, would you like to watch a movie? I’ll take you…”

On the balcony, the conversation behind him was ignored. Using his abilities, Ji Yuanchen listened to Qiao Yanrou’s suppressed moans coming from the second floor. Her voice was soft, tickling his heart…

His eyes were dark and unreadable, his gaze falling on the only blooming flower on the balcony, being violently battered by the rain.

After the rain, the gray streets and buildings remained unchanged after the rain’s wash.

In a suite on the second floor, Qiao Yanrou woke up before Shen Luohan went downstairs for a meeting. Before leaving, he left a kiss on her forehead.

She woke up groggily; the sky was already gray.

After lying in bed for a while to recover her strength, she got dressed and got out of bed; she was too weak to even dress herself.

Shen Luohan was really… good to her in every way, except… he was unrestrained and terribly bad.

A few minutes later, she opened the door to the suite. The long corridor was dimly lit with only a few lights, making it look dark and eerie.

Before the apocalypse, this was a five-star hotel. Since being with Shen Luohan, she had been living with him in the presidential suite, giving up her original bed to someone else.

Next door lived Shen Luohan’s good brother, Ji Yuanchen.

Qiao Yanrou was a little afraid of him. Although he was always smiling, he was actually an extremely ruthless person.

Moreover, he hated people without strength who held others back, that is… people like her.

So every time she saw him, Qiao Yanrou tried to stay away.

She looked at the clock on the wall: 7 pm, just dinner time.

Because food was exceptionally precious in the apocalypse, only strong ability users in the entire base could eat dinner.

Having been in the apocalypse for half a month, she had already gotten used to not eating dinner. Since Shen Luohan confessed his feelings, she had been able to eat a hot dinner every night.

However, to avoid unnecessary trouble, she insisted on getting her own food and eating upstairs. After all, those sitting around the dining table were all strong ability users. A rookie like her wouldn’t fit in.

Shen Luohan couldn’t do anything about her, so he let her be.

Although she was with the leader of this base, Qiao Yanrou was very clear-headed and often helped with work, although the work was easier than before.

After Shen Luohan’s afternoon activities, she was very hungry now.

The suite door closed, and Qiao Yanrou walked down the long corridor to go downstairs to get food.

Walking down the corridor, which looked like something from a horror movie, she hadn’t even reached halfway when a tall figure appeared.

Qiao Yanrou saw the figure, almost hidden in the darkness ahead, her heart trembled slightly. It seemed to be… Ji Yuanchen.

Ji Yuanchen walked towards her at a steady pace.

The man walked through the corridor, his tall figure mysterious and unsettling under the flickering lights.

She wanted to pretend she hadn’t seen him and walk past him, but when she was about to pass him, her right wrist was grabbed.

Qiao Yanrou trembled, stopped, and looked up at him in surprise.

The two of them were in a dark place without lights. She could vaguely see the clear outline of Ji Yuanchen’s face but couldn’t see his expression.

“Brother Chen?” she called softly.

Soon, her wrist was released, and Ji Yuanchen handed her the lunchbox he was carrying in his left hand.

“I brought it up for you on the way.”

Qiao Yanrou breathed a sigh of relief. She thought she had offended him somehow and that he was going to kill her.

She took the lunchbox and touched the still-warm container.

She casually asked, “Did Luohan ask you to bring this to me?”

“Mm.” Ji Yuanchen seemed rarely to smile when facing her.

Qiao Yanrou thought he really hated her, so much that he couldn’t even maintain a smile.

“Thank you.” She didn’t dare to talk to him much, nor did she have any intention of getting close to him.

After thanking him, she turned and walked back, hearing his unhurried footsteps behind her. She walked faster. After all, she was the kind of person Ji Yuanchen hated most. It was better to stay away. If one day he didn’t like her and threw her into a pile of zombies, she wouldn’t know who to complain to.

However, with Shen Luohan around, Ji Yuanchen probably wouldn’t go that far.

“Click,” the door to the suite in front closed, and the graceful figure disappeared inside.

Ji Yuanchen’s figure stopped in the light, his right hand as if still feeling the softness just now, gradually clenching into a fist.

Qiao Yanrou had just finished her meal when a commotion came from outside the window, accompanied by the roar of zombies.

She immediately went to the window. From here, she could overlook half of the outside wall.