Something She Shouldn't Have Seen

At Meng De's door, Chen Jiayi stood there, looking delicate and pretty.

Perhaps because the weather had turned scorching after the apocalypse began, Chen Jiayi was no longer wearing her professional office attire today. Instead, she wore a cool short-sleeved cropped top with tiny denim shorts. A few beads of sweat slid down her exquisite cheeks, trailing along her alluring collarbones. Her long, slender legs were dazzlingly bare, as though they shimmered with light, especially eye-catching.

Her long hair draped over her shoulders, and her tempting lips were pressed tightly together, as if she found it difficult to speak.

Meng De had never seen Chen Jiayi dressed like this before, but she was even more dazzling than when she wore black stockings.

"Meng De, can... can you lend me some food?"

Chen Jiayi looked truly nervous. Three days into the apocalypse, the supplies she and her sister had were completely exhausted.

More precisely, they had run out last night. They had endured it by going to sleep, but when they woke up, their phones still had no signal. With no other choice, Chen Jiayi came to Meng De.

"No problem!"

Chen Jiayi had prepared several arguments to persuade Meng De, but his straightforward answer left her stunned.

"Meng De, don't worry. I'll pay you back someday—"

Chen Jiayi wanted to make a promise, but Meng De waved his hand.

"It's fine."

"I was just about to cook anyway. Come have some."

With that, Meng De took out potatoes, several sausages, and some meat before heading off to cook.

"Then I'll help you."

Chen Jiayi said it instinctively, and Meng De gave an inexplicable smile.

"You sure?"

Only then did Chen Jiayi realize that it would be good enough if her cooking did not make things worse. She could only smile awkwardly.

Sunlight fell upon Meng De, making him seem especially warm. Just looking at him made one feel comfortable and safe.

Watching Meng De's busy back in the kitchen, Chen Jiayi suddenly realized that this man seemed much more handsome than before, brimming with masculine energy.

He could cook and was capable too...

Who knew what she had thought of, but Chen Jiayi's face immediately flushed scarlet.

Oh, Chen Jiayi, Chen Jiayi, what are you thinking?!

How could you have such filthy thoughts?

Ding! Congratulations, Host. Goddess Chen Jiayi's favorability toward you has increased by 5. Current favorability: 30!

Meng De often cooked, and in less than half an hour, he had made one meat dish and one vegetable dish. The fragrant smell of food soon drew Chen Jiayao out.

"Wow! It smells so good!"

"Meng De, your cooking is amazing!"

After eating snacks for three days, Chen Jiayao was practically sick of them.

Now, after taking a bite of meat, she was so moved she was nearly in tears.

"Delicious! So delicious! Meng De, your sausage is so good!"

Even as the steaming-hot sausage burned her so badly that she bared her teeth, Chen Jiayao did not forget to give him a thumbs-up.

Ding! Congratulations, Host. Goddess Chen Jiayao's favorability toward you has increased by 5. Current favorability: 25!

This girl really was adorable.

"Meng De, thank you. You're such a good person!"

Uh... the apocalypse was already here, and she was still giving me the good-guy card.

Chen Jiayi could not help smiling as well. Her younger sister truly was carefree, but as long as her sister was happy, she was happy too.

At the same time, she felt even more grateful toward Meng De.

Ding! Congratulations, Host. Goddess Chen Jiayi's favorability toward you has increased by 5. Current favorability: 35!

Meng De could not help smiling.

A sis-con was still a sis-con. He could even gain favorability from this.

Meng De had used up quite a bit of food for this meal, but it was still far from enough for three people.

Even after finishing, the sisters still wanted more. They were only mostly full, but in this food-starved apocalypse, that was already extraordinarily precious.

The sisters were not unreasonable people and did not complain about anything. After eating, they voluntarily went to wash the dishes.

They were already deeply grateful that they had eaten Meng De's stored food and had him cook for them. They truly could not bring themselves to make him wash the dishes too.

Watching the two girls' lovely figures bustling about in the kitchen, Meng De smiled faintly. Fortunately, they were not ungrateful freeloaders or spoiled princesses.

After washing the dishes, the three of them sat together and chatted.

The sisters sat together across from him. If one were not pure and sweet while the other was poised and elegant, Meng De might have had trouble telling them apart.

What they shared was light makeup that further accentuated their stunning beauty, along with cool outfits. Their two pairs of fair, long legs were pressed together, concealing the alluring view, yet merely looking at them was a pleasure.

He had to marvel at the strength of the sisters' genes.

Come to think of it, after sharing an apartment for more than half a year, this was the first time they had sat down together.

If he were still the old Meng De, he would probably have blushed so hard he could not say a word by now.

Of course, given the kind of work Meng De used to do, he probably would not have had the chance to sit with two great goddesses anyway.

"You both looked at your phones yesterday, right? This disaster is global."

"It's not just happening here. The same thing is happening in other countries too. It can be called an apocalyptic catastrophe."

The sisters nodded. Last night, while they still had internet access, they had gone online to look into it.

Even the internet had fallen into chaos. Netizens from all over the country had posted photos of zombies, and they were far more terrifying than what the sisters had seen yesterday.

"If I hadn't gone home to stay the night yesterday, I probably would have ended up like my classmates."

Most of her classmates had turned into zombies.

They bit anyone they saw. As long as one person in a dorm turned into a zombie, the rest might not be able to escape.

Chen Jiayi was the same. From the messages in her group chat yesterday, she had learned that several of her colleagues had died.

When the three of them shared everything they knew, Meng De did not feel much, but the sisters grew more frightened the more they heard. Their already haggard faces turned even paler, and rescue seemed increasingly hopeless. On the afternoon of the fifth day of the apocalypse, ever since they had eaten that meal the day before yesterday, the sisters had not eaten again.

"Sis, I'm hungry!"

Seeing her sister clutching her stomach, biting her lip through hunger, Chen Jiayi's heart ached terribly.

Over the past two nights, her sister had woken up hungry several times. Chen Jiayi had seen it all.

For two days, the sisters had only eaten one meal. The rest of the time, they had filled their stomachs with water.

"Sis, should we ask Meng De for some food again? He should still have plenty."

"Meng De is really nice."

Chen Jiayao looked pitiful, like an innocent little girl.

For some reason, ever since the three of them had finished talking, Meng De had not come out again.

He had stayed in his room the entire time, and no one knew what he was doing.

Besides, the sisters were thin-skinned and felt too embarrassed to knock on his door again.

Most importantly, Chen Jiayi knew full well that no matter how much food Meng De had, it was still his. Why should he feed the sisters for free? This was an apocalypse where supplies were desperately scarce! To put it bluntly, why should a stranger with no connection to them keep taking care of them?

They were not related by blood.

But seeing her sister so hungry that stars were practically appearing in her eyes, Chen Jiayi gritted her teeth, got to her feet, and walked toward Meng De's room.

"Yao Yao, wait a moment. You'll have something to eat soon."

After two knocks, Meng De's door opened. But in the next second, something she should not have seen appeared before her eyes. "Ah!!!"

Chen Jiayi's face instantly turned crimson...