What's wrong with being cold-blooded in the end times? Anyone who messes with my wife will die.

While Gu Zhenyan was cooking, Cao Jian came with his men, holding food boxes and wine.

Song Shu stood by the door, watching them go from chaos to calmness and then to drinking from the bottle with great satisfaction, and turned back to look at Fu Ying.

"Why do you think they solved the problem so easily?"

Fu Ying and she walked back.

"It may be because of different progress." Fu Ying said, "Although there was a conflict, Ren Derenfa and Ma Zeyang have not known each other for a long time after all, and their feelings are not very deep. Having a meal and drinking a few drinks can actually enhance their friendship."

"So what you mean is, if the relationship is too deep and there is a conflict, it will not be easy to reconcile, right? Because the relationship is too deep, one cannot accept the existence of conflicts between each other." Song Shu pinched his chin and thought.

Fu Ying's eyes stayed on Song Shu's eyebrows. She watched quietly until the two of them entered the house, then she answered:

"If there is a conflict, it must be a problem based on love."

Song Shu smelled the fragrance in the kitchen and said, "Well, it's possible... What did you burn?"

"The chicken is cooked." Fu Ying said, "Go sit down and rest, you can eat soon."

Luo Ze and Kong Sisi lay on the sofa, their heads together watching cartoons. When they saw the warriors in the cartoons using their ultimate moves to defeat monsters, they cheered together.

"I also want to be a very powerful warrior." Rose said.

"Then I will be the Ice Queen and you will be the Queen's warrior." Kong Sisi said.

Luo Ze thought about it and nodded: "Okay, I can protect you and prevent the monsters from approaching you."

"Oh, you two little ones are making an agreement now?" Song Shu bent down to look at them, his eyebrows curved, "Luo Ze, you really like Sisi."

Kong Sisi hugged Luo Ze and explained solemnly: "I like Luo Ze more, more than Luo Ze likes me."

Luo Ze's nose turned red, and he murmured softly, "I like Sisi too, very much."

Kong Sisi grinned proudly at Song Shu. Song Shu sighed and patted their two little heads: "You two have a good relationship, so spend more time with each other. But you should also pay attention to safety on weekdays and don't go to the outer wall protection area to play around."

"Okay, I will protect Sisi." Luo Ze patted his chest confidently. The little black cat snored under the coffee table and slept soundly.

Song Shu looked at the blue sky outside the window, as pure as a painting.

She took the hand-cranked radio she got from the Rose Hotel, listened to the crackling sound of the radio, and patiently changed channels.

Winter is almost over.

……

Until March came, the disaster did not break out again.

More importantly, the temperature is gradually warming up. Although it is still very cold, ordinary people can wear thicker clothes and go out for a stroll.

"March 5th is the Waking of Insects." Song Shu stood on the balcony, the sky was clear and cloudless, "I thought there would be spring thunder and a little rain today."

"There is no way to refer to the 24 solar terms for the current weather. You can see how extreme the weather is in winter," said Fu Ying. "But the only good thing is that the temperature at this time in spring is not too unpleasant."

"What about summer? Will it become extremely hot again?" Song Shu said, "Since winter can strengthen the strength of the zombies, will summer weaken their strength? Corpses are prone to dehydration, decay, or carbonization under high temperature and exposure."

"But you also have to know that the spirit crystals of the strange zombies will provide them with the power to protect their bodies." Fu Ying said, "The white zombies will probably be like what you said, but the higher-level strange zombies can be ignored."

"Besides, the zombies are not unintelligent. They will instinctively seek out cool places." She spread out her hands and continued, "By then, you might find little zombies 'escaping the heat' in any house."

Song Shu said: "You know how to joke now."

"It's good to be humorous and make you happy, isn't it?" Fu Ying held half of the iced watermelon and handed her the spoon, "Here, eat it."

"You eat first." Song Shu saw Luo Ze and Kong Sisi pass through the passage under the inner wall and slip into the outer wall protection area. "These two little guys are really not afraid of the monsters at all."

"How can a child not be afraid? He's just been trained and his mentality is much stronger than before." Fu Ying used a spoon to scoop out the sweetest part in the middle, and with her fingers she exerted force flexibly to make a heart shape and handed it to Song Shu's mouth.

Song Shu: "Hey, you really are——"

She took a bite and tilted her head back to signal Fu Ying to eat it by herself. The sweet juice of the watermelon flowed through her mouth, and the cool feeling extended along her throat all the way inward, filling her entire chest with a refreshing breath.

Fu Ying smiled at Song Shu.

Although her smile was very faint, Song Shu could feel that she was in an exceptionally happy mood at the moment.

As a result, I was also infected by her emotions and couldn't help but smile.

"During this period, I have thought about some things, such as... those voices that guide me towards the future." She said, "Indeed, if I keep clinging to the idea that I am being controlled, I will not be able to move on. No matter what, there is no way to support myself to live."

Fu Ying just looked at her quietly, with tenderness in his eyes.

"To be honest, I really had a feeling at that time... that my existence was meaningless. I never knew what kept me alive until I grew up. Maybe it was an inexplicable will that pushed me forward. Even now, I still can't understand what it was."

Fu Ying placed her cold and wet fingertips on her forehead and rubbed it gently.

Song Shu was almost made to forget what he was going to say by her action, and his thoughts came to a standstill for a moment.

After being stunned for a moment, he lowered his voice and continued what he was saying.

"My defense mechanism is to escape," she said. "I wanted to protect myself, so I escaped from everything in the past and moved to a new city. I was afraid of being betrayed after giving my feelings, so I avoided any opportunity that might allow me to encounter love."

"Because I was afraid that the trust I had given was actually a pre-arranged process, I wanted to avoid any situation that would hurt me. I even thought that it would be better if I had not cared about anything in the beginning."

"That way, you won't get hurt."

Song Shu's eyes, which had drooped due to depression, were suddenly covered by a warm palm, and his vision became dark.

"So, you were thinking about running away from me before, right?"