"Teacher Bai, I'm sorry. I... I can't go with you..."
Jiangnan Yan turned her head away guiltily, lacking the courage to face Bai Xinyi's disappointed expression.
Actually.
Bai Xinyi was not only her teacher.
She was also the person she had feelings for.
Yes.
The person she had feelings for!
They both had lesbian tendencies, so they had naturally grown close.
It was only because of their ages and identities that they had never made their relationship official.
But if they had continued getting along, they might have ended up together before long.
Only, an apocalyptic disaster had struck.
Everything had changed.
There was no time for romance anymore. How to survive had become the most important question.
And compared to survival, things like hating men were not problems at all.
Just like now, Jiangnan Yan, who usually despised men, felt no disgust at all while being held in Shen Yi's arms...
Instead, the scent of meat on Shen Yi made her feel safer.
In the apocalypse, having enough to eat and drink was the greatest sense of security.
All of a person's joys, anger, sorrows, and pleasures were insignificant compared to survival.
"Hehe, I understand."
Bai Xinyi smiled.
But her smile was pale and powerless.
Even so, she did not say a single word blaming Jiangnan Yan. She simply helped the fat pig away.
Naturally, Shen Yi did not stop them.
He had named his price. If they did not accept it, he would not force them.
There was no need.
It was not as though he lacked one woman.
Besides, he had already gained something today.
And—
Jiangnan Yan in his arms was far more sensible than Xu Wanting.
After making her choice, she no longer showed even a trace of rebellion, at least not on the surface.
Unlike Xu Wanting, who had been full of little schemes from the very beginning.
She had even had plenty of little schemes today.
She had locked the dorm room door from the inside.
Shen Yi released Jiangnan Yan and said, "Go eat first. Once you're full, we'll do it."
"Th-thank you..."
Jiangnan Yan's cheeks flushed crimson. Such blunt words made her incredibly shy.
After all, this was only her first time meeting Shen Yi.
Jiangnan Yan had always been proud and had never dated before. Just thinking about what would happen later made her heart race.
But no matter what, she had to fill her stomach first!
At this moment—
Shen Yi was also appraising Jiangnan Yan.
This woman was even prettier than Xu Wanting.
Her features were exquisite, and her skin was smooth and tender, glowing with a natural sheen.
Though she looked a little dusty from not washing her face these past few days, she was still beautiful overall. Her straight, delicate nose in particular made one want to kiss it.
Jiangnan Yan's figure was also quite good. She was slim where she should be.
It was just that she was not particularly curvy where she should have been, barely a B-cup and rather flat.
However, her exquisite face made up for that shortcoming.
And Jiangnan Yan had a very good temperament.
Temperament was difficult to describe. One glance was enough to make people feel that she was somehow different.
Shen Yi did not get that feeling when he looked at Xu Wanting.
Though Xu Wanting was also a fair-skinned, rich beauty, her awful, arrogant personality left her with no temperament to speak of.
Temperament was nothing more than being raised well by wealthy parents—eating well, dressing well, receiving a good education, even being trained in how to sit and walk.
Otherwise, it was impossible to have.
All in all, Shen Yi was quite satisfied with Jiangnan Yan.
He was not stingy with rewards either, giving Xu Wanting two roasted chickens.
Only by keeping his word could he motivate his subordinates to work for him.
To Shen Yi, women were also a type of subordinate.
"Husband, thank you!" Xu Wanting happily kissed Shen Yi.
And, for the first time ever, she had called him husband!
She was probably trying to show something off in front of Jiangnan Yan.
A shura field had quietly begun.
Naturally, Shen Yi did not mind.
As long as his harem did not catch fire, he could accept a minor shura field.
"Um, where did you just get that chicken from?"
Jiangnan Yan stared at Shen Yi in shock, her mouth and hands slick with grease.
She had only seen Shen Yi move his arm, and two roasted chickens had appeared on the table.
What kind of magic was that!?
Even while shocked, Jiangnan Yan did not forget to keep stuffing meat into her mouth.
It was so delicious!
She did not know whether it was because she had been starving for so long, but this chicken tasted like the most delicious thing she had ever eaten in her life!
"This is our husband's superpower. He can conjure food and water. Amazing, right? Don't tell anyone else so casually, or husband and I won't let you off!" Xu Wanting warned seriously, carrying herself like the first wife.
Borrowing the tiger's might!
Shen Yi did not mind.
Jiangnan Yan said in surprise, "A superpower? There's actually a superpower like that??"
"Of course! Why do you think husband can keep us from worrying about food and drink? As long as you behave, husband can conjure whatever you want to eat in the future!"
"So that's how it is..."
Jiangnan Yan fell into thought.
Now that she was full and hydrated, her intelligence had returned.
Was this really a superpower?
Conjuring food out of thin air should count as one.
After all, magic tricks could not be this incredible.
But she felt that this superpower was somewhat strange.
She could understand conjuring chicken out of thin air, but why was the chicken cooked and still steaming?
This did not seem like a superpower. It was more like storing cooked food away and taking it out when needed...
At that thought, Jiangnan Yan suddenly had an epiphany.
She remembered an apocalypse novel she had read before.
Could this man be like the protagonist in that novel, someone who had returned from the future?
And perhaps he had an infinitely large ability space, where he had stored vast amounts of food and water before the apocalypse descended?
Because there was no concept of time in an ability space, anything placed inside would not spoil.
That would explain why the chicken was cooked.
But it was only a guess. Jiangnan Yan did not dare say it aloud. What if she was right and he killed her to keep her quiet?
When Shen Yi saw that Jiangnan Yan had finished eating, her mouth and hands covered in grease, he said, "Go brush your teeth, rinse your mouth, and wash your face clean."
"Um, wasn't the tap water contaminated?"
Jiangnan Yan froze for a moment.
Could it be that the water in the boys' dormitory had not been contaminated?
"You're so stupid. Can't you just use bottled water?" Xu Wanting took several bottles of mineral water from beneath the bed.
"Huh? Using bottled water to wash my face? Th-that's too wasteful!" Jiangnan Yan was stunned.
It would have been one thing before, but this was the apocalypse!
Bottled water was so precious!
How could it be used to wash her face!!
"It's fine. With husband around, we won't run out of water!"
Xu Wanting smiled faintly.
Seeing that there was not much bottled water left, Shen Yi casually waved his hand and took out another dozen or so bottles from his space. Then he said to Jiangnan Yan, "Wash your hair too. I don't want to get grease all over myself."
"Th-this... What an incredible superpower! It can even conjure bottled water!"
While Jiangnan Yan was shocked, she felt even more certain that her earlier guess might be true!
This man might really be the kind of character from novels who had returned from the future!
But that was even better!
Following a powerful man who had returned from the future, she at least would not need to worry about starving to death.
And perhaps she might even get the chance to find her parents and family!
At that thought, Jiangnan Yan's gaze at Shen Yi no longer contained any disgust.
No matter what, she was not losing out in this deal!
Unless the apocalypse ended right now...
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