Because the square was very noisy, Li Chenzhou and Duan Xue were practically whispering. Moreover, Li Chenzhou suddenly had the thought, so he reached out and put his arm around Duan Xue's shoulders, pulling her closer and speaking into her ear. From an outsider's perspective, it did look quite intimate.

Especially with Gray Bear's sudden remark, everyone's thoughts started running wild. There was no way for Li Chenzhou and Duan Xue to explain themselves. It was like finding a sweet potato in your pants – no matter how sweet it is, it's still shit!

Duan Xue hadn't paid attention to anything else because Li Chenzhou was talking about her skills. Only now did she realize that Li Chenzhou's arm was draped over her shoulder. Especially with everyone looking at them with such strange expressions, her pretty face flushed red. However… she didn't shake off the arm on her shoulder. Instead, she glared fiercely at Gray Bear.

"Say what you just said again? You think I won't smash two cars next time?"

"..."

Duan Xue's words shocked everyone even more. If Duan Xue hadn't been her normal size, they would have almost thought she had transformed again.

"Um… Boss, that skill… won't have any aftereffects, will it?"

Duan Lei looked at his older sister, then turned to Li Chenzhou, asking with a worried expression.

"If… it's only used on him, then even if there are aftereffects, it won't be a big problem!"

Li Chenzhou stared at Gray Bear and said.

Gray Bear: "..."

"Alright, you! What aftereffects? I just wanted to ask if there was a way to deal with my skill, since it causes a drastic personality change once activated. Old… he told me that Xiaoya's ability has something called Affinity with All Things, and it might be useful. He told me to find a chance to try it next time!"

Duan Xue glared at Duan Lei and said.

"Oh!"

Duan Lei nodded immediately, wisely ceasing to speak.

Among everyone present, perhaps only Duan Lei understood that this was Duan Xue's true nature. She was never a gentle girl to begin with. If Duan Xue were truly tender and weak, she and Duan Lei, her disabled brother, would have been taken advantage of by those who coveted her beauty long ago.

However, after the apocalypse, Duan Xue's presence had been weak because she had hidden her personality. One reason was Duan Lei's strength, which meant she no longer needed to shoulder everything.

The other reason was that she felt she was the weakest in the team. So, psychologically, she placed herself in the position of a follower. That was why, before, when the father and son wanted to get in the car, Duan Xue kept saying that they needed to wait for the owner of the car to return.

That was because Duan Xue felt that although she had driven this car before, and her brother was the closest person to Li Chenzhou, she still had no right to make decisions about anything concerning the car!

But now, because she had a skill, and coupled with Gray Bear's earlier words of encouragement, Duan Xue finally had confidence and began to find herself again – of course, perhaps her skill's effect on her personality also played a role.

In any case, Duan Lei was happy to see Duan Xue's changes, both her personality returning and her not shaking off Li Chenzhou's hand.

In this kind of world, if Li Chenzhou could become his brother-in-law, Duan Lei would have no objections at all. And he could also see what kind of person Li Chenzhou was.

Although he was incredibly ferocious when he turned hostile, even breaking the limbs of more than a dozen people in a row without changing his expression, he never actively bullied those who didn't provoke him. And he took extra care of those he liked. Fatty and Tianya were the best examples!

However, Li Chenzhou himself was actually quite embarrassed right now, because his arm was still on Duan Xue's shoulder, which was practically embracing her. Although it wasn't around her waist, it was still intimate enough.

But the problem was that Duan Xue hadn't taken the initiative to shake off his arm. If he retracted it himself, it would be a bit… too cowardly. But if he didn't, those guys were all staring at him with their sneaky eyes, which was also quite awkward.

"Right! Xiaoxue, I remember Duan Lei said that when Xiaoya was unconscious, you could sense the emotions in her heart?"

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck Li Chenzhou, and he suddenly found a topic to break the awkwardness. He turned his head and asked.

"Yes!"

Duan Xue also turned her head to look at Li Chenzhou, answering. The two faces were very close, and Duan Xue's fragrant breath made Li Chenzhou's body stiffen.

Damn it, miscalculated!

Li Chenzhou cursed inwardly. How could he forget that Duan Xue was right next to him? And he had taken the initiative to ask her, wasn't that even more awkward?

So, Li Chenzhou quickly looked at Xiaoya, waved her over, then took her little hand. He smoothly removed his other hand and grabbed one of Duan Xue's hands, placing their hands together.

"Xiaoya, now use your Affinity with All Things to sense your Sister Xue and see if there's anything between you two… something like that telepathic connection from before!"

"Okay!"

Xiaoya nodded, then looked at Duan Xue and activated Affinity with All Things. Immediately, both of their eyes lit up, and they looked at Li Chenzhou at the same time.

"We can sense it!"

"Good!"

Li Chenzhou was also very excited, because everyone else's attention had been successfully diverted!

"Then… let Xiaoxue transform one more time, and then see if it has any effect, right? Anyway, we're just going back to sleep in a little while. We don't need to save the skill!"

Gray Bear quickly said.

After all, Duan Xue had used a car to smash him before, and she had looked at him fiercely just now. Who knew if she would really pretend to be indiscriminate between friend and foe and smash two cars at him next time she transformed?

"Not here!"

Li Chenzhou immediately stopped him. They were still in the square. If the situation got out of control, they might have to use all their strength to control Duan Xue and Xiaoya. It wouldn't be a good thing for the survivors to see their power at this time, as it would be a blow to Wang Yuanqiang's prestige.

"Also… I feel that what caused Xiaoxue's personality change shouldn't be related to her talent. It's the skill's fault!"

After recalling Duan Xue's skill and talent descriptions, Li Chenzhou analyzed, then looked at Duan Xue.

"Xiaoxue, you remember that you only used the skill at the time, and didn't activate your talent ability, right?"

"Yes!"

Duan Xue nodded.

"Because the talent ability would cause my body to increase in size. I didn't know at the time that the combat suit could automatically adapt to my body, and I was afraid of tearing the clothes, so I didn't dare to use it!"

"That's right, but later, after you activated the skill, you took the initiative to use the skill, which shows that after the skill affected your personality, you didn't care anymore. And later, when your skill's duration ended, but your talent ability hadn't reached its time, you took the initiative to cancel it. This is enough to prove that although the talent ability can make your body bigger, it won't affect your personality!"

Hearing this, Li Chenzhou finally nodded and said with a definite tone…