In a frigid apocalypse, I went on a shopping spree with the reborn.

Jiang Qingyue looked at these messages, and each one of them surprised her.

She had seen the so-called second uncle's family and then forgot about them; they didn't leave much of a mark on her mind.

Unexpectedly, without her knowledge, a cousin had shown her kindness and tried to help her.

Another issue is this hidden mission. She had already prepared herself to grit her teeth and do it in a crisis, but it seems a bit too easy.

The main god most likely won't bother to check if they're truly in love; in other words, as long as two women go through the motions, this hidden mission can be completed.

Then you get 60,000 trading coins and a special item for free.

Liu Yuyao herself is a woman, which means she could easily find any woman to complete this task, so why would she offer it up for trade?

After hesitating for a moment, she sent two messages in quick succession.

"What's my cousin's name?"

"The hidden quest is so simple, why don't you do it yourself?"

Liu Yuyao: "Jiang Qingtian. She's very quiet, and I don't know much about her."

"As for the hidden quest, the trading currency can't solve my fundamental problem right now. I already have my own weapon, so that bow is superfluous to me."

"Compared to weapons and trading currency, what I need is a life-saving treasure in a crisis. I would rather trade with you than with other unfamiliar people."

Liu Yuyao was quite frank, so frank that Jiang Qingyue was somewhat dazed, as if they had once had a very good relationship.

Perhaps it was because she had been silent for so long that Liu Yuyao was getting impatient.

"Boss Jiang, do you have any more questions? If not, I'll get back to work now."

Jiang Qingyue replied, "Okay, I'll tell you the location after I've placed the Plant Doctor's essence."

After lunch, Jiang Qingyue told him about it.

"marry!!!!!!!!!"

Long Jiuxing's round almond-shaped eyes radiated a unique brilliance.

The two sat side by side, and Jiang Qingyue didn't see them. She simply said, "I originally thought it would be one of those difficult hidden missions to complete, but I didn't expect it to be so simple."

"It's still early today, and to avoid any unforeseen problems, if someone accidentally completes it, we'll be at a huge loss. So I've decided that we should get married today."

Jiang Qingyue was somewhat excited. Apart from the hidden quest involving shaving one's head, this was the easiest hidden quest she knew of to complete.

Not to mention, the reward was actually the very weapon they desperately needed.

If someone else steals it from her, she might as well hang herself with a noodle.

"Today? Isn't that a bit too fast?" Long Jiuxing was a little nervous. "I heard that you have to confess your feelings, establish a relationship, date, propose, get engaged, and then get married."

Jiang Qingyue: "That's normal dating. We're different. We're friends. We're getting married to complete a hidden mission, so we can skip all the steps."

Upon hearing this, Long Jiuxing's bright eyes dimmed. The slight upturn of his lips returned to their usual tense state.

"Get married." Jiang Qingyue pondered to herself, "Based on the hidden missions that Wang Dawei, Chen Sanyang, and Liu Yuyao completed, we have to actually accomplish them, which means our names have to appear on the marriage registration book."

"Change your clothes, let's go straight to the Civil Affairs Bureau. There should be some ready-made forms there. We can just fill them in and it should be fine. Also, let's find a place to put the three essences we promised to give Liu Yuyao."

She had already packed a lot of things in her spatial backpack, so she could leave anytime without having to prepare for so long as before.

The clothes we wear in the shelter are very thin, but now we have to change into professional cold-weather clothing if we want to go on a long trip.

He quickly put on his winter clothes, tucked Jiang Qingyan into his arms, and closed the door to the shelter.

"Set off."

Jiang Qingyue led Jiang Qingyan ahead, while Long Jiuxing lagged a few steps behind. The snake cub poked its head out from her arms.

"Hiss~" Master, you want to get married, and she's taking you to get married now, so why aren't you happy?

Long Jiuxing patted the small snake's head, glanced at Jiang Qingyue's back in front of him, pursed his lips, and said nothing.

Perhaps people are always greedy.

she thought.

Mingming's life is already very good now, and Sister Xiaoyue is extremely kind to her, but one day in the future, Sister Xiaoyue may also be extremely kind to others.

Just thinking about it makes my heart, which hasn't ached in a long time, start to ache again.

Although she doesn't have much contact with normal people in society, she knows that friends and spouses are different.

A person can have many, many friends.

However, a marriage certificate can only have one person on it.

It represents two people being forever united in heart and soul, and it represents that these two people are the best in the world.

Although Sister Xiaoyue is taking her to get that marriage certificate, it's not because she wants to be the best person in the world with her, but because she wants to complete that hidden mission, which is different from what she wants.

As Jiang Qingyue walked, she noticed that Long Jiuxing had been lagging behind all day, so she stopped and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Why don't you go back with Snake Baby first? I can handle it by myself."

Long Jiuxing shook his head, looking at her concerned eyes, he hesitated for a long, long time, and finally asked, "Sister Xiaoyue, if there were a third woman in our refuge today, would you still go and get that marriage certificate with her?"

Jiang Qingyue was taken aback. What was this question?

"It's just you and me in our shelter."

"What if there's a third person?" Long Jiuxing seemed particularly fixated on this question: "Is it anyone who can complete that hidden quest?"

"It's fine, it's just a name, it's not real..." Jiang Qingyue had barely finished speaking when she saw Long Jiuxing's beautiful big eyes fill with tears. Looking at her pouting little mouth, she belatedly realized that the girl was jealous.

He quickly explained, "That certificate is just a piece of paper; it doesn't mean anything."

Long Jiuxing tilted his head slightly, holding back his tears.

Seeing how heartbroken she was, Jiang Qingyue couldn't help but have that same thought come back to her.

"Longlong, do you... prefer boys or girls, in the romantic sense?"

Long Jiuxing shook his head, then nodded.

Jiang Qingyue: "What do you mean?"

"I don't know," Long Jiuxing said in a low voice. "I've never liked anyone else. I only know that I like Sister Xiaoyue. I like you whether you're a boy or a girl."

Jiang Qingyue was also a little confused by her.

Although Long Jiuxing looked innocent, she had been through that age herself and understood the thoughts of these young people. That's what love in the hazy early stages of life is like.

However, Long Jiuxing's upbringing is quite unique, and he may not be able to distinguish between love, friendship, being moved, and being touched.

After thinking for a moment, she changed to a more direct way of asking the question.

"Besides liking me and wanting to be with me, do you have any other impulses?"

Long Jiuxing blinked. "What impulse?"

Jiang Qingyue looked into those clear, bright eyes and coughed lightly: "Um, well, you know... have you ever wanted to... kiss me?"

She paused, then added, "Not like the way I usually kiss Yanbao, but mouth to mouth, tongue to tongue... or even further."

Long Jiuxing: "Sexual activity?"

"That's what I mean. Have you ever thought about doing this kind of thing with me?"

Long Jiuxing didn't rush to reply, but thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook his head: "No, I just want the two of us to be the best in the world."

"I understand." Jiang Qingyue completely understood: "The two of us are now the best of friends in the world."

"Look, we support each other in the apocalypse, fight side by side, and are the people we trust the most. We are sisters and family."

"We even have two babies. What else could we be but the best of friends in the world?"

Long Jiuxing's eyes brightened and then dimmed: "Then you just said that you could also complete this hidden mission with other people."

Jiang Qingyue took her hand and explained as they walked, "That's because I don't value that certificate."

"The process of completing this task is not important; what matters is the reward, understand?"

"Don't look at what a woman says, look at what she does."

"Completing this task will reward you with 60,000 trading coins and a bow, a special type of weapon, quite rare. I'll give you this bow as proof that I value you..."

Along the short road, Long Jiuxing's mood went from gloomy to stormy, from stormy to cloudy, and then from cloudy to sunny.

The two were in excellent physical condition, and it didn't take them long to walk to the city.

They led Long Jiuxing to the former Civil Affairs Bureau, which is now abandoned.

Since there weren't many supplies, people were too lazy to go there.

Actually, it wasn't just here; as soon as they entered the city, Jiang Qingyue and her group discovered that most of the city was empty.

This was caused by a variety of reasons. In addition to the population decrease after the apocalypse, the main reason was that there was a shortage of heating supplies, so everyone gathered together.

Jiang Qingyue searched around and found a large number of marriage certificates in a cabinet, with several pieces of paper under the glass mat on the table.

Jiang Qingyue glanced at it and saw that it was a guide on how to correctly fill out marriage registration information.

This thing is pretty useless now; the computer can't be operated anymore.

Jiang Qingyue took a pen and filled in her and Long Jiuxing's information on the marriage registration book.

There were no photos, but that didn't stump Jiang Qingyue at all. She drew her own and Long Jiuxing's portraits on the photo page.

Soon, two girls with stubble and buzz cuts appeared on the paper.

Jiang Qingyue looked up and was very satisfied with her painting skills.

He handed the certificate in his hand to Long Jiuxing, who was trying hard to suppress the corners of his mouth from turning up, and then picked up the second one.

"Longlong, why don't you try drawing it yourself?"

"No," Long Jiuxing shook his head, "My drawing isn't good."

Jiang Qingyue didn't force him. She picked up her pen and finished drawing the second book in less than two minutes.

The announcement came the moment I put down my pen.

[Congratulations to Jiang Qingyue, the leader of Jiang Qingyue's Little Nest, for completing the hidden quest: I married my best friend! As a reward, you will receive 6 Transaction Coins and the special item Snow Concealment Bow.]

"Haha, Liu Yuyao is indeed a straightforward person, she didn't lie to me."

Before Jiang Qingyue could finish speaking, a second announcement followed.

[Congratulations to Jiang Qingyue's team member Long Jiuxing for completing the hidden quest: I married my best friend! A reward of 6 Transaction Coins and the special item, the Burning Heaven Fire Staff, is given.]

Jiang Qingyue: "Huh? There are still some left."

She and Long Jiuxing exchanged a glance; this unexpected joy was truly wonderful.

"I understand." Jiang Qingyue slapped her forehead: "The hidden missions that Wang Dawei, Chen Sanyang, and Liu Yuyao completed before were all done by one person."

"Our hidden mission requires both parties to complete it together, and at the same time."

"So the main god system defaulted to us being the first people to complete the hidden mission, tied for first place, and we both received rewards."

After the hidden quest was completed, the rewards squeezed out of the void like eggs from a hen.

Jiang Qingyue hurriedly caught it; the 60,000 trading coins were in a small box, while the special item, the Snow Shadow Bow, was a sphere.

Long Jiuxing, who was standing next to him, also received his own reward: 60,000 trading coins and a sphere.

Through the translucent sphere, the two could see the item encased in the center of the sphere.

Long Jiuxing's weapon was a stick, and Jiang Qingyue looked at it strangely: "Why does this look so much like the golden cudgel that Monkey King wields?"

Jiang Qingyue's bow was an ice-blue one, with patterns resembling ice crystal feathers, making it quite attractive.

Seeing Long Jiuxing staring at her, Jiang Qingyue handed it to her.

Long Jiuxing took it, looked at it, and then returned it.

"You don't want it?"

"I have it," Long Jiuxing said.

Jiang Qingyue: "I see you like this bow more, we can swap. Also, I merged Wang Dawei's quantum computer before, and we agreed that I would give it to you first after I got the treasure, so if you like both, you can have both."

Upon hearing this, Long Jiuxing's face turned from sunny to cloudy again: "Sister Xiaoyue, can you please stop being so calculating with me?"

Jiang Qingyue was both amused and exasperated: "I'm not trying to settle scores with you. I just don't want my best friend to suffer a loss."

"I didn't lose out."

"Okay, okay, I got it. Then I see you prefer bows, let's switch."

Long Jiuxing definitely preferred that beautiful bow.

But then she thought about it. Before the apocalypse, Sister Xiaoyue was an ordinary person who lived a very peaceful life. When she took action before, she actually sensed that Sister Xiaoyue was not used to killing.

This bow is a long-range weapon, allowing Sister Yue to shoot from a distance without having to face the discomfort of bloodshed.

Although this staff is not aesthetically pleasing, it is clearly more suitable for her fighting style.

After thinking it through, Long Jiuxing didn't look at the bow again.

"I like sticks. That bow is hideous, it even has two wings, it looks like a child's toy."

"real?"

"real."

Jiang Qingyue could see that she was being hypocritical, so she smiled and changed the subject, "Actually, it doesn't matter which one I use. This stick is pretty good too. When I was a kid, I watched TV and dreamed that I could have a magic staff like the Monkey King. Unfortunately, I've never been able to have that dream."

"Now it's come to me in kind. It seems my lucky star is indeed incredibly powerful."

Long Jiuxing rubbed the sphere encasing the Snow Shadow Bow, then shoved it back into Jiang Qingyue's hand and snatched his own.

"Sister Xiaoyue, I admit... that bow looks nice, but it's just for looks. My fighting style is more suited to heavy weapons. I excel at close combat, with wide, sweeping attacks. This stick is more useful to me than the bow."

Seeing her serious expression, Jiang Qingyue nodded: "Okay, just tell me if you need to use a bow in the future. We can take turns using it. It's not impossible to be proficient in all eighteen weapons."

"Let's go find a place to store the essence for Liu Yuyao, then go home, otherwise we'll miss dinner."