Back home, Xiao Chongyan was still asleep on the sofa. The unnatural flush and sweat on his face were gone, and he slept soundly. He even nuzzled the sofa as if he were a cat when he heard the sound, making one want to ruffle his fur.
Zhu Huan placed the food on the coffee table in the living room, sat beside him, and reached out to stroke his soft hair, a look of adoration on her face.
He was quite well-behaved when asleep.
If only he could always be this well-behaved.
Zhu Huan couldn't help but pet him again and again, like petting a cat, stroking his fur until Xiao Chongyan was almost awake and swatted her hand away.
Zhu Huan seemed to snap out of a dream. Seeing that it was almost dark outside, she got up and went to the kitchen.
On the third day of the apocalypse, the power went out. Yesterday, because Xiao Chongyan had killed Xiao's father and mother after they woke up as zombies, their relationship had plummeted to freezing point, and neither of them had eaten much.
Today, the original host had slept until noon. When she came out, she acted as usual, barking orders at Xiao Chongyan and acting imperiously.
His rebirth point was this morning. He was already harboring a deep resentment and wanted to kill her. Annoyed by her chatter, he slapped her.
Then, she arrived.
The price of that slap was her nearly killing him.
Zhu Huan thought about it and felt that Xiao Chongyan was truly pitiful. One of his greatest enemies in his previous life, the person he hated the most, the first thing he did upon rebirth was not to kill her, but to act only after being extremely annoyed by her.
As a result, after being slapped, he was almost beaten to death.
"Alas, how pitiful."
"But from now on, I will be here, and I will definitely let him feel the truth, goodness, and beauty of this world."
System: [……]
As if he didn't want to kill you.
His host's temper was truly explosive. In the last world, she wanted to kill the male protagonist the moment they met. In this world, she almost killed the mission target at first sight.
And it was choking both times.
What kind of perversion did his host have?
Zhu Huan couldn't hear his complaints. The kitchen was equipped with a gas tank, and there was still leftover food in the refrigerator. It was September, and the weather wasn't too hot yet, so nothing had completely spoiled.
She decided to cook a good meal first to comfort the poor boy.
However, after half an hour of busy work, she only managed to cook a pot of porridge, which she had to add water to three times.
The system listened to her saying "enough" every time, only to have it dry up while cooking, and it couldn't help but burst into laughter.
[You said you had enough? Why did it turn out like this?]
Zhu Huan, feeling a bit dejected, poured in more water: "I can cook. It must be her thoughts influencing me."
System: [……Don't you have any idea how capable you are? When you entered, she needed me to safely leave this body, so how could she influence you?]
Her soul was too powerful. When she entered this body, the original host's soul was almost shattered. It was only with his protection that she could safely reincarnate.
If only she could truly influence him.
Then she wouldn't do things so arbitrarily.
Zhu Huan snorted twice and didn't continue the topic.
She had no talent for cooking. In the previous few worlds, she never cooked herself. Occasionally, she would only wash rice, and the rest would be done by machines.
Now, using a gas stove was equivalent to cooking over an open fire. She couldn't control the temperature and made a mess of it.
It seemed she needed to find a cook.
"Alas."
She carried a bowl of porridge back to the living room. The person who had been asleep had woken up and was now sitting on the sofa with vacant eyes. Seeing her emerge, his eyes finally shifted, and he looked at her with a very complex expression.
Zhu Huan knew the plot and knew what that look meant.
Dislike, hatred, and frustration at being unable to kill her.
Xiao Chongyan found it very strange. In his previous life, this woman was only domineering and deceitful. She survived the apocalypse by selling her body in the early stages and later by impersonating him.
In short, she was useless.
But now, she had become capable.
Why? Had she also been reborn?
If so, how could he get revenge?
Like in his previous life, would he be bitten by a zombie and become a zombie king?
He couldn't do it.
"You're awake? It's time to eat."