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Luo Xiyun's foot was still not healed, so it was mainly Chen Xu who did the moving. He didn't bring everything down, as it was inconvenient in the pouring rain. He only took some daily necessities.
It was a two-story villa, luxuriously decorated and fully equipped, with a sizable yard outside. A house like this, Chen Xu could never afford to live in for his entire life.
Of course, what he cared more about was the commercial value of this villa, namely, how much it was worth. If asked to live here, he wouldn't want to.
Essentially, he was quite a lazy person, not fond of going out; he usually shopped online and often ordered takeout. Living in this mountaintop villa would pose a big problem, as getting deliveries past the community gate would be difficult. If he had to run down the mountain to pick up packages himself, he might as well go out to eat.
The first thing Chen Xu did after entering the house was to turn on the generator. This generator was different from the one in the previous restaurant. It was gasoline-powered, much quieter, and didn't require frequent water refills, offering many advantages.
However, it also had some downsides, like low power output and the fact that gasoline was more expensive and less efficient in burning.
Naturally, this didn't have a major impact on Chen Xu.
Once the generator was running and the lights in the villa were on, it seemed like they were back in modern society, feeling much more comfortable.
The first day in the villa was basically spent cleaning.
The next day, Chen Xu went out again and swiftly returned with a tanker truck as a reserve. After coming back, he didn't linger and went out again, returning in the evening with a large truck.
For several consecutive days, he went out mainly to scavenge various supplies, the most of which were water and various foods.
The heavy rain showed no sign of stopping, and the urban flooding became increasingly severe. More and more road sections were submerged, and Chen Xu found that with each passing day, the routes he could use were decreasing, and he was spending more time on the road.
If a section showed signs of water accumulation, the next day the water would become very deep, and he didn't dare to risk driving through it. If the car stalled in the flood, it would be dangerous.
By the fifth day, he stopped going out, as the supplies he had brought back were enough for the two of them to survive here for a year and a half.
And so, they settled down in this villa.
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In the morning, Luo Xiyun awoke on time, as usual, getting out from the warm bed, shivering involuntarily due to the bone-chilling air.
This year, the weather was extremely abnormal. The winter that should have arrived long ago came sweeping in at a startling pace after a continuous twenty-day heavy rain brought by the typhoon.
More bizarrely, this province at the southernmost tip of the mainland actually saw snowfall, lasting for a week, now making it seem as if the entire world was covered in ice and snow.
She didn't know if such heavy snow had ever fallen in this city in history. Anyway, in her memory, this had never happened before.
However, after experiencing so much, she had gotten used to it, or perhaps she had become numb.
Five months ago, when she discovered that the people around her had disappeared, her world had already collapsed. At that time, her only thought was to find her grandmother.
Throughout her journey, she didn't encounter a single person. Returning to her grandmother's place, she found the empty house and the bracelet her grandmother always wore was left behind. At that moment, she was in utter despair.
She always thought she was a strong person. But when she realized she was the only one left in the world, she knew she was much more fragile than she had imagined.
If she hadn't heard Chen Xu's broadcast on the car radio, she would have driven into the river to end it all.
However, when she knew there was still someone alive in this world, she was overjoyed. So she rushed back to this city, and the moment she saw Chen Xu, she was overwhelmed with excitement. In a moment of distraction, her car went out of control, crashed into a roadside vehicle, and she was injured and fell unconscious.
When she woke up from unconsciousness and saw someone, she finally reignited the courage to survive.
As she thought about this, Luo Xiyun put on a thick down jacket. While washing up, she heard two gunshots, "Bang, bang," from outside the house.
She wasn't surprised at all. She knew it was Chen Xu practicing shooting.
Shooting was one of Chen Xu's hobbies. Ever since she became his neighbor, she had been hearing the bangs of gunfire every day. She didn't know why he was so interested in it.
It was only during the recent heavy rain that he had to pause this activity. When the rain and snow stopped, he would go outside to shoot every morning.
After finishing washing up, she tied on an apron and went to make breakfast.
She made porridge, fried some luncheon meat, and prepared fried peanuts to accompany the porridge.
When they just moved to the villa, she would make sandwiches for breakfast until she discovered that Chen Xu's stomach wasn't very good and he needed to eat something hot in the morning, so she switched to making porridge.
To be honest, before the apocalypse, she had never cooked and had never thought she would one day cook for a man. Since moving to the villa, everything seemed to happen naturally.
When there were only two people left in the world, no matter how they got along, over time, they would both become indispensable to each other.
However, initially, that was not her mindset.
Inevitably, she remembered the situation when she first met Chen Xu. After calming down, she recognized Chen Xu, and there was a bit of disappointment in her heart.
She was the Director of Human Resources at the company and was quite familiar with Chen Xu's profile.
Chen Xu was two years older than she was, graduated from a vocational college, and had average work ability. He could perform his duties well but had no particularly outstanding qualities. He was somewhat introverted and seemed a bit unsociable.
Frankly speaking, in her view, he was a competent but dispensable employee.
As for his looks and demeanor, the word "ordinary" could describe him.
A man like this did not meet her criteria for a partner at all. Before the apocalypse, she wouldn't even have glanced at him.
However, this man became her only peer in the world. What could she do? Even if she wasn't very willing, she could only accept it.
But one must be cautious of others, and she was well aware of men's nature, especially in such an apocalyptic world where there were no legal or moral constraints. What if he went insane?
So, at the beginning, she expressed a slightly firmer attitude to protect herself while also testing to observe how he would react.
The result was reassuring; Chen Xu didn't display any of the dark sides of human nature.
However, what happened next was beyond her expectations.
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