In the evening, there were only two beds left in Liu Ruyan's room.
Yes, two beds, because Zhang Yuan was going to sleep in the same room as Liu Ruyan tonight.
Although in her previous life, the earthquake occurred on the second day after the temperature rise, to avoid any accidents, the two decided to sleep in the same room at night, in case they couldn't react in time if something unexpected happened.
The two had been in a relationship for over a year. Although it was the first time they were sleeping in the same room, they didn't feel awkward at all.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and they slept soundly until the alarm clock rang the next day.
As soon as Liu Ruyan opened her eyes, she saw Zhang Yuan lying on his side on the opposite bed, looking at her with his eyes wide open.
Liu Ruyan smiled. "When did you wake up?"
"I woke up quite a while ago."
"Then why didn't you wake me up?"
"I think you look really cute when you're sleeping. Your fair and tender face is like tofu, and it looks delicious."
The two had been together for so long that Liu Ruyan was already used to Zhang Yuan's obsession with food all the time.
Hearing this, Liu Ruyan didn't have any special reaction. She just sat up and said, "In that case, let's have tofu pudding for breakfast!"
The temperature of around ten degrees Celsius was very comfortable. The two went to the bathroom to wash up respectively, and then came back to have breakfast together.
There were white and tender tofu puddings, deep - fried dough sticks that were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, steamed buns with sauce - flavored meat, and pickled vegetables.
After breakfast, Liu Ruyan put away the two beds. Looking at the empty room, she sighed.
"Looking at it like this, it's no different from when I first moved in."
Without dwelling too much, although Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan carried a big hiking backpack, they walked downstairs.
Liu Ruyan's car hadn't been driven for a long time, but fortunately, cars don't break down from being left idle.
After adding fuel to the tank, Liu Ruyan drove the car to the small building.
Zhang Yuan also drove his car over.
The two cars were parked side by side. The two of them went up and down the stairs several times, carrying a lot of things downstairs and putting them in the cars.
Moving things to the cars in advance was to ensure that their food, clothing, and daily necessities would not be affected after the earthquake.
This was mainly to deal with Kong Rui and the situation at the base.
Otherwise, even if they left the base empty - handed, they could still live very comfortably.
After filling both cars to the brim, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan were about to drive away.
At this moment, someone came out of the unit door.
Liu Ruyan glanced casually, was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the people coming out were Wu Kangjian and Zhang Mingzhe.
Over the past year or so, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan had lived a secluded life and hadn't run into these two again.
The few times they met before, both of them were wearing masks.
Now that they weren't wearing masks, Liu Ruyan didn't recognize them immediately.
Wu Kangjian looked at Liu Ruyan, then at the two cars beside her, moved his lips, but didn't say a word.
Liu Ruyan quickly withdrew her gaze, got into the car with Zhang Yuan, and drove away.
Wu Kangjian stood there, staring blankly as the two cars drove further and further away.
Zhang Mingzhe, who was beside him, sneered. "You were daydreaming about getting the girl. Look at what they're wearing and what they're driving, and then look at yourself. I advise you to give up this thought as soon as possible. Don't bring trouble to yourself."
Zhang Mingzhe's words reached Wu Kangjian's ears clearly, but they didn't arouse any reaction from him.
Seeing that Wu Kangjian didn't respond, Zhang Mingzhe pouted. "There's free food outside the base today. If you don't go, I'll go right away. I don't know if there will be such a good thing next time."
With that, Zhang Mingzhe quickened his pace and left, and Wu Kangjian slowly followed.
Like them, many people were walking towards the outside of the base. Everyone was wearing light clothes, chatting and laughing along the way, and looking much more energetic.
It was as if they saw the hope of a new life.
The temperature had returned to normal. Did this mean that their lives were about to return to normal too?
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When Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan were driving towards the base entrance, they saw many cars also driving out of the base.
These cars were all trucks or large freight cars. Even though they couldn't see exactly what was inside, Liu Ruyan could more or less guess.
Following the motorcade out of the base, Liu Ruyan saw that the large square outside was already crowded with people.
Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan didn't stop. As they had discussed before, they drove onto the main road.
Driving on the road, Liu Ruyan noticed that there were many SUVs like theirs, and there were also quite a few RVs.
Presumably, quite a number of people in the base had gotten the news of the earthquake.
After driving quite a distance, Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan found a place and parked their cars by the roadside.
Liu Ruyan locked her car and then went to Zhang Yuan's car.
Sitting in the passenger seat and looking at an RV not far ahead, Liu Ruyan felt even more complicated.
"Actually, I also bought an RV. It's just a pity that I don't have an excuse to take it out now."
Before, there was no proper way, and now that they still had to stay in the base, there was no way to take out the RV and use it openly.
Zhang Yuan reached out and pinched Liu Ruyan's face. "You can think from another perspective. Since we don't have an RV, we're not that conspicuous, and we won't make others jealous."
Liu Ruyan gave Zhang Yuan an approving look. "You really think right at the critical moment!"
The two didn't stay in the car for long. As time passed and it was almost noon, they got out of the car.
Almost as soon as they got out of the car and before they could even stand firmly, they felt the ground shaking violently.
"Liu Ruyan!"
Liu Ruyan only heard Zhang Yuan's voice. Before she could open her eyes to look at him, she was pulled into his arms.
The two supported each other and walked towards a place a little farther away from the car.
The ground was shaking so violently that they didn't walk far before they both fell to the ground.
Even lying on the ground, they still felt the earth shaking, and their heads were dizzy, and their ears were ringing.
Not to mention opening her eyes, Liu Ruyan felt her mind was in complete chaos. The violent shaking made her feel nauseous and on the verge of vomiting.
They didn't know how long it took for the shaking to gradually stop.
Even though the earthquake had stopped, Liu Ruyan lay on the ground with her eyes closed, still feeling dizzy.
After a while, Liu Ruyan heard Zhang Yuan's voice.
That voice seemed to come from a very distant place, as if separated by something, and it was hazy and not very clear to hear.
Liu Ruyan slowly opened her eyes and turned to look at Zhang Yuan. She saw that Zhang Yuan had three heads, and the three mouths were opening and closing, and she didn't know what he was saying.
Liu Ruyan closed her eyes, took a while to recover, and then opened them again.
This time, Zhang Yuan finally had only one head.
Liu Ruyan felt much more at ease and grinned.
Zhang Yuan looked at the smile on Liu Ruyan's face, a little worried. "Liu Ruyan, how are you?"