Everyone's on a time-travel adventure! I'm raising city beasts in a post-apocalyptic world

"A long time ago, there was a little boy next door to me named Shen Yu. He was younger than you, no, he should be younger than me. He always liked to call me Sister Min. But when he went to high school, he stopped calling me Sister and started calling me Minmin. I called him Little Kid."

"The year he finished his college entrance exam, his parents invited me to dinner. He told me that he had applied to a university abroad and had already received his acceptance letter. I was stunned for a moment, and then I smiled. He smiled too, but it was a forced smile. When he saw me off, he glanced at me, as if he wanted to say something but didn't say it."

"Later he left, and I took him to the airport. When he was going through security, he suddenly ran back and hugged me very tightly. I could feel his heart beating very fast. Then when he let go of me, he took a letter out of his pocket and handed it to me, and then ran away without looking back."

"What did the letter say?" Lin Feng asked softly, his hand involuntarily loosening its grip slightly.

"I won't tell you now. I'll tell you when you stop being such a jerk."

Lin Feng did not press further.

"After he left, we kept in touch by phone and video. He sent me a lot of photos, snow and seas abroad. Every time we ended a call, he would say, 'Wait for me to come back,' and I would say, 'Okay.'"

"We lived like this for four years. The day he came back, I went to the airport to pick him up. He had lost a lot of weight and gotten much darker. The moment he saw me as he walked out of the exit, he threw down his suitcase, ran over, picked me up, and spun me around. He said, 'Minmin, I did it.'"

"and then?"

"Later, he went abroad to pursue a master's degree for a year!"

"I said, aren't you afraid I'll run away?"

He said, "You dare."

"On the day he left, he said, 'I have something very important to tell you.'"

"I asked him what it was about, and he said he'd tell me when he got back."

"I cursed him a hundred times in my heart, but I still waited."

"On the 100th day before the end of the 365-day period, he said he bought a plane ticket for next month. I asked him why he bought it earlier."

He said he missed me.

The next day, I received a call from him. He said, "Sister Min, I lied to you. I bought a plane ticket for today to surprise you. I'm about to board, and I have something very important to tell you when I get back."

I asked him, "What is it? Say it now."

He said he wanted to talk to me in person, and then he hung up.

That day, my eyelids kept twitching, my heart was beating fast, and I had a very uneasy feeling.

"I sent him a message, and he said he'd call me when he landed."

No reply

"I'll post it no matter how late it is."

No reply

"Send it again, you brat, don't scare me."

Still no reply

The next morning, I called him, but his phone was off.

At noon, I turned off the computer.

In the afternoon, I turned off my phone.

"That evening, I received a call, not from his number, but from an unfamiliar landline number."

"Are you Ms. Chen Min?"

"I am"

"I am a staff member of the Embassy of the United States in China. I regret to inform you that Mr. Shen Yu's flight..."

The plane crashed, and there were no survivors.

"I waited, and found a cardboard box filled with my belongings. Inside was an engagement ring, and a message I'd never hear again..."

"In the days that followed, I lived alone. One year, two years, five years, eight years passed like this. I turned myself into a wall, and no one could get in, nor could I get out."

"Then the apocalypse came, and when the world collapsed, I actually felt relieved. Until you first appeared in the convoy, I was standing on the roof of the car in a daze, and you walked over from a distance, your hair blown all over the place."

"The first time I saw you, I thought, how come you look so much like him! No, you're a little taller than him, you're the kind of... wild, stubborn, and handsome guy that makes you want to bully him."

Lin Feng opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a single word.

Chen Min continued, describing how Shen Yu was awkward, nervous, and both eager and afraid when he first confessed his feelings to her.

You see the same look in my eyes; they're clearly lecherous, wanting to strike up a conversation, yet afraid of me.

"You're just as stupid as him."

"So I started teasing you, deliberately hanging around in front of you, deliberately saying things that would make you blush. I wanted to see you flustered and speechless. I wanted to see you speechless because of my flirting."

She paused for a moment.

"I want to see you, just like him."

The air remained quiet for a long time.

"Sister Min," Lin Feng finally spoke.

"Hmm~"

"I am not him!"

Chen Min's body stiffened slightly.

"I know," she said in a low voice, as if she were talking to herself.

Lin Feng turned her body around so that she was facing him.

"Look at me."

Chen Min looked into his eyes.

"I am Lin Feng."

"I know."

Chen Min didn't answer immediately; she looked into his eyes for a long time.

"You little brat, the person I like is you. I've liked you ever since you ripped my buttons..."

Lin Feng felt a mix of emotions and speechlessness. He was very clear about his own personality: lazy, lustful, pleasure-seeking, unambitious, and preferring to lie down rather than sit up... He had to admit that he had felt a moment of emotion just now.

But what I was really thinking was, "Sister, this is the end of the world. I was after your body, but you're playing with my feelings. Don't you know I fall in love with every girl I meet? Whatever, enjoying the present is the most important thing. Whether I'll even survive tomorrow is uncertain."

Lin Feng lowered his head and kissed Chen Min's red lips passionately.

Just as Lin Feng was about to make his next move, the convoy's loudspeaker blared.

"Attention all personnel! Attention all personnel! The convoy will rest for two hours before departing. Convoy members are responsible for gathering supplies; the convoy will not interfere. We are now recruiting hunting team members. Those interested should go ahead and register with Captain Wang Lie. Repeat..."

Before a bus had even come to a complete stop, five or six men were sitting together inside.

"Did you guys see that?" a skinny man said in a low voice. "That car convoy that joined today, that's Mo Qingluan and Michelle! Big stars! In person! That figure, that face, tsk tsk..."

"It's even better than on TV."

"You mean... how did they survive until now?" A young man wearing glasses pushed up his glasses. "Two big stars, completely defenseless, survived the apocalypse until now... who knows..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the men in the car all let out knowing laughs.

"Don't underestimate them. That Mo Qingluan, she's an Awakened One, she can heal injuries. Didn't you hear what the people in front said? Healing Awakened Ones are even rarer than combat Awakened Ones."

"So what if you're a healer?" a crew-cut man scoffed. "You can't fight or kill, and when real danger comes, you still have to rely on men. Besides..."

He gestured towards the Alphard with his lip, "So what if they're Awakened? I've heard that their convoy doesn't even have a single Awakened with combat capabilities. With supplies so scarce right now, when they're starving, it'll just be a loaf of bread. I'll bring the brothers along..."

The laughter inside the car grew even louder.

"Big brother is right. We'll bring the brothers along to support her business and enjoy the treatment of a big star."

"Yes, yes, brother is so righteous!"

Count me in!

"Me too! Me too!"