Lu Zong didn't say anything, just sat next to her and stayed with her.
After a while, Shen Youzhi finally spoke.
"Xiaomei knows how to hide delicious food."
"Hmm."
"The beef jerky I hid last time has not been found until now."
"Hmm."
"This time it's braised pork."
"Hmm."
Shen Youzhi took a spoonful and put it in his mouth.
Chewed it.
"It's okay." She said, "It's not broken."
The setting sun slowly sank, making the shadows of the two people very long.
After eating the can, Shen Youzhi put the empty can next to him and looked at the sky in the distance.
"Lu Zong."
"Huh?"
"Tell me, what are they doing now?"
Lu Zong was silent for a while and said, "I don't know, maybe I'm playing cards."
Shen Youzhi thought for a while and said, "Lao Chen must be winning, he has never lost in poker."
"Xiaomei must be scolding him for cheating."
"Da Qiang is watching the excitement, waiting to pick up the leaks."
After the two people finished speaking, they fell silent.
After a while, Shen Youzhi said softly, "If there really is a next life, let them reincarnate at a better time."
Lu Zong did some mental preparation before taking something out of his pocket.
It's two rings.
The gold one should have been dug out of some ruins. You must die before the end of the world.
But now no one wants to give it away.
The ring has words engraved on it, crookedly, as if it were carved by hand.
One side is "L" and the other side is "S".
Shen Youzhi stared at the ring and didn't move for a long time.
"What is this?"
Lu Zong turned away slightly uncomfortably. "I engraved the words."
Shen Youzhi took it and looked closer.
The carving is indeed not very good, with different shades and some burrs on the edges.
"When did you carve it?"
"Those few months when you ran away." Lu Zong said, "When you have nothing to do, just play."
Shen Youzhi looked up at him.
Lu Zong's ears are a little red.
"I thought the carving was too ugly, so I didn't have the nerve to give it to you. I thought I would find professional tools one day and carve it better again."
He paused.
"But then Zombie Horde came, and I thought that if he died, this thing would never be given away."
The surroundings became quiet.
She looked down at the ring and rubbed the incisions with her fingers.
Ugly is really ugly.
"Later Zombie Horde came." Lu Zong continued, "After the battle, I went to dig through the ruins. It took me a long time to dig out."
He paused and looked at Shen Youzhi.
"When I pulled it out, my legs were weak. Lao Li next to me thought I had lost the key to the warehouse."
Shen Youzhi was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud.
He smiled, his eyes a little sore.
"Are you stupid?"
Lu Zong looked at her and smiled.
"Maybe." He said, "Fortunately I found it."
Shen Youzhi said nothing, looking at his face that was roughened by the fatigue of the past few days, at the red bloodshot eyes under his eyes, and at the redness on his ears that had not faded away.
Shen Youzhi lowered his head and looked at the ring in his hand.
Then she put it on her finger.
Not too big, not too small, just right.
"It's so ugly," she said.
Lu Zong smiled, "I'll just wear it."
Shen Youzhi also laughed, but for some reason he couldn't laugh anymore.
She suddenly said, "That day Zombie Horde retreated. I stood on the ruins and looked at the dawn. There were dead people around me, Lao Chen, Xiaomei, Da Qiang, and many more that I couldn't name. I walked into the base, and every step of the way I looked, they were all dead."
She took a breath.
"Then I saw you."
"You stood there, covered in blood, looking at me."
"I thought, okay, there is still one alive."
Shen Youzhi was so hot that he put the ring on.
In this era, everyone is enjoying themselves.
She didn't even think much about the atmosphere at that time.
Woke up early the next morning, Shen Youzhi scratched his butt in confusion, and only now did he realize what the difference was between this and agreeing to propose.
She thought she was just going to have sex.
There were footsteps at the door, and Lu Zong came in carrying a bowl.
"Are you awake? Have some porridge."
The one who was shy yesterday was Lu Zong.
Now it becomes Shen Youzhi and I feel uncomfortable.
Shen Youzhi sat up and took the bowl.
The porridge is hot and has some minced meat in it.
She took a sip and looked up at Lu Zong.
"You did it?"
"Hmm."
"Can I eat it?"
Lu Zong was silent for a moment. "Didn't you just take a sip?"
Shen Youzhi looked down at the porridge in the bowl and took another sip.
"It's okay." She said, "The poison won't kill you."
Lu Zong smiled.
He sat on the edge of the bed and watched her drink porridge.
The sun shines in through the window and falls on the two people.
Shen Youzhi After finishing the porridge, he put the bowl next to him.
He raised his hand and looked at the ring.
"Lu Zong."
"Huh?"
"The 'L' and 'S' are your name and mine?"
"Otherwise?" Lu Zong said, "It can't be 'old' and 'dead'."
Shen Youzhi rolled his eyes. "Okay, go and do your work quickly. We are very busy. They are waiting for you outside."
Rebuilding the base and re-operating, there are so many things to do that I hate having to sleep.
Shen Youzhi only slept for a few hours after changing shifts with others.
When you wake up, you have to get up and do it again.
There were piles of zombie corpses under the fortifications, and it took a long time to move them.
Finally it was time to serve dinner.
Lu Zong turned on the stove for Shen Youzhi and brought a lunch box.
Shen Youzhi ate directly next to Lu Zong.
While we were eating, a little girl who was new to the base approached us.
He looked seventeen or eighteen years old, and was a high school student before the end of the world.
She held her rice bowl and stood carefully beside her, looking at Shen Youzhi.
"That...Captain Shen."
Shen Youzhi looked up. "Huh?"
The little girl held it in for a long time, her face turned red, and finally she whispered, "Thank you."
Shen Youzhi was stunned for a moment. "Thank me for what?"
The little girl's voice became even softer, "My parents are both dead. I came here alone and you took me in. That day Zombie Horde, I thought I was going to die, but you all stayed in front and didn't let those things in."
She raised her head, her eyes red.
"I just wanted to say thank you, and thank you all."
Shen Youzhi looked at her and said nothing for a long time.
Then she put down her chopsticks and reached out to pat the little girl on the head.
"Okay, let's go eat."
The little girl was stunned for a moment, then smiled, nodded vigorously, and ran away with the bowl.
Shen Youzhi looked at her back and was silent for a while.
Then he lowered his head and continued eating.
While eating, he suddenly said, "Lu Zong."
"Huh?"
"I want to turn the hillside where Lao Chen and the others are buried into a memorial place."
Lu Zong looked at her.
"In the future, for every new batch of people arriving, take them for a tour." Shen Youzhi said, "Let them know that the place where they are standing now was bought by many people with their lives."
Lu Zong nodded.
"Okay."
"During the holidays, we go and burn some paper, although I don't know if they can collect it."
"Okay."
Shen Youzhi raised his head, speechless.
"Why are you so good at everything?"
"That's not okay? You're going to punch me again."
Lu Zong is always like this, every time she is particularly sad she will make a joke.
As a result, the atmosphere that Shen Youzhi had worked so hard to create was gone.
Lu Zong thought for a while and said, "I feel like you are more human than before."
"What do you mean?"
"I used to feel like you were not from this world."
Shen Youzhi:"..."
That feeling of Lu Zong is quite right, it is worthy of being from the perception system.
After dinner, it was completely dark, but lights were on everywhere in the base.
Some people are still reinforcing fortifications, some are patrolling, and some are sorting supplies.
Shen Youzhi originally wanted to continue helping.
She is very strong and there are not many heavy equipment in the base, so she can help a lot.
But before she could walk over, she was picked up by Lu Zong.
Lu Zong: "Come with me to catch up on some sleep, I'm exhausted."
Shen Youzhi hesitated for a moment. "Should I sleep too?"
She originally thought that it would not be good if she went back to take a nap at noon, but then went to fish and sleep again at night.
Lu Zong: "I haven't slept for more than thirty hours. Captain Shen, I can't even wake up if you ask me to."
Shen Youzhi:"..."
She suddenly became angry and raised her hand to beat Lu Zong.
Lu Zong was beaten many times by Shen Youzhi, and his reaction ability was greatly improved.
Just start running.
The shadows in the base had obscured the crowd for a long time. When they saw the two people fighting, they couldn't help but follow them with their eyes and started laughing.
Shen Youzhi caught up and grabbed Lu Zong by the back collar.
The inertia almost caused the two of them to collide. Lu Zong turned around with a smile and took her into his arms.
"Murder your husband, Captain Shen?" He raised his eyebrows, his voice was heavy with fatigue, and the red bloodshot eyes were particularly obvious under the dancing lights, but his smile was real.
Shen Youzhi: "My husband is a hammer. If you snore, I will kick you down."
Lu Zong smiled and carried Shen Youzhi back to the dormitory.
Behind him, the lights of the base were still bright.
The outline of the fortifications outlines hard lines in the night, guarding this small land that has just experienced the baptism of blood and fire and is being stubbornly reborn on the ruins.
The tombstones on the hillside silently overlook all this, like eternal watchers.
The breathing space they exchanged for their lives is now being clumsily and stubbornly maintained by the living people.
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