Chapter 86 Shen Que, Stay Away from the Teacher in the Future

Chapter 86 Shen Que, Stay Away from the Teacher in the Future

"Alright, let's head back."

After resting, Meng Ci sat up and wiped the blood off his long knife and axe with a handful of snow before speaking to Mao Xinyu and the others.

Mao Xinyu's leg was injured, so it was already a struggle for her to walk back. They had to abandon the tied-up wood as they couldn't pull it.

She had a wound on her forehead from being hit by an ice block thrown by the little girl. Mao Xinyu limped behind the group, struggling with each step.

Meng Ci and the other three each pulled a bundle of wood, making their way back with difficulty.

As they approached, Yun Jingcen and the others saw them from a distance and hurried down to help.

Noticing that the group, who had left clean and tidy, now looked disheveled and weary, they asked if they had encountered any danger.

Mao Xinyu, not in good shape, did not answer the question.

Cheng Yu recounted the events, leaving everyone silent for a moment.

After all, in the eyes of these teachers, children were still innocent and pure; how could they have done something so deceitful?

Meng Ci and Shen Que didn't care about the impact this might have on the teachers' psyche. They moved the wood they had brought back into the corridor inside the iron gate.

Since the wood needed to be chopped, they didn't bring it into the house.

The two divided their tasks clearly.

Shen Que handled the wood outside, while Meng Ci went inside to cook.

In the morning, Meng Ci had put some braised pork ribs with potatoes in a clay pot. Opening the lid, a fragrant aroma wafted out.

Using chopsticks, he checked the dish; the meat fell off the bones, and the broth was thick and rich.

He plucked some green onions from a flower pot, washed and chopped them, then sprinkled them over the clay pot, stirred it, and set it aside.

Next, he started steaming rice and prepared stir-fried vegetables with ham.

Within half an hour, the rice was cooked, and Meng Ci called Shen Que inside.

Both were too exhausted to talk much during the meal.

Halfway through the meal, Meng Ci suddenly spoke.

"Shen Que, let's go chopping wood alone from now on. Don't go with Teacher Yun and the others anymore."

Teacher Yun and the others were upright and honest. Even though they saw Meng Ci's well-stocked room with vegetables and rabbits, they felt no jealousy.

But precisely because of their honesty, Meng Ci believed that continuing to associate with them might lead to danger.

For example, today's incident with the little girl. Thanks to having a gun and the small number of attackers, they managed to escape unharmed.

But what about next time?

"Alright." Shen Que kept eating, his expression unchanged, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Meng Ci's words.

Meng Ci remained expressionless but wondered if Shen Que thought him too cold-hearted.

After all, they had fought alongside Yun Jingcen and the others. Now, because of one incident, they were distancing themselves.

If this led to a rift between them, Meng Ci didn't think it was worth forcing a continued relationship.

"Shen Que, I'm laying down the law."

"No one can predict the dangers of the apocalypse."

"We might encounter danger and get attacked one day."

"If you're captured and I can't save you, I'll just run away."

"And if I'm captured, you can also run away."

"If you find me too heartless, you can leave."

"In the future, even if we meet, we'll act like strangers."

After saying this, Meng Ci sighed inwardly.

Goodbye, delicious and compatible man.

Goodbye, man I never got to confess to.

Upon hearing Meng Ci's words, Shen Que gripped his chopsticks tightly, staring at Meng Ci with a deep, unreadable gaze.

Meng Ci swallowed nervously.

Oh no, this guy wouldn't think his words were too harsh and want to punch him, would he!

Meng Ci had already found the grenade in his space. If Shen Que dared to make a move, he would detonate it.

"Bang!"

Shen Que slammed his chopsticks down on the table and stood up.

Just as Meng Ci thought Shen Que was going to hit him, he saw Shen Que turn and leave the room.

Sigh!

Meng Ci sighed, looking at Shen Que's chopsticks on the table, grateful that his table was sturdy.

Otherwise, given Shen Que's strength, it would have been crushed long ago.

Meng Ci put down his chopsticks, looking at the dishes on the table without any desire to eat.

Goodbye, my unspoken crush.

“Creak~”

Earlier, when Shen Que left, he didn't close the security door tightly, and now the wind was making it creak.

Meng Ci had no mood to get up and close the door.

Besides, Shen Que wouldn't be interested in his things, and intruders couldn't get in anyway.

Sighing again, Meng Ci felt utterly drained and just wanted to lie on the sofa for a while.

But as soon as he sat down on the sofa, he heard the sound of a door opening next door.

Meng Ci imagined that Shen Que must be furious and planning to move out.

Sigh, even the future possibility of secretly admiring him was gone.

“Bang!”

Unexpectedly, instead of hearing Shen Que leaving, Meng Ci saw him push open the door and walk into his room.

“You...”

Meng Ci's alarm bells went off; this guy couldn't possibly be so angry as to kill him, right?

Shen Que strode over to Meng Ci, one hand still in his pocket.

Damn!

Could there be a weapon in his pocket?

Shen Que couldn't be so petty as to kill him just because he said he wouldn't risk his life to save him.

Meng Ci placed one hand behind his back and took out a grenade.

If Shen Que really dared to attack him, he'd make sure the entire building went down with him.

Yes, by "this," he meant Shen Que.

After all, Meng Ci could enter the space.

“Bang!”

Meng Ci had already thought of countless ways to resist Shen Que, but he never expected him to kneel down in front of him on one knee.

And as his knee touched the ground, it almost squashed a little rabbit.

Hey, hey, hey, be careful!

You're not going to kill the rabbit to intimidate me, are you?

“Shen Que, what are you doing?”

Meng Ci imagined that this guy couldn't possibly be asking him to promise to save him if he were ever captured.

Actually, it wasn't entirely impossible, Meng Ci thought to himself.

All he needed was for Shen Que to give him his body.

Shen Que took out a red cloth-wrapped object from his pocket and unwrapped it layer by layer.

"Meng Ci, this bracelet was left to me by my grandmother."

Meng Ci looked down and saw a jade bracelet in Shen Que's hand.

"My grandmother said it's our family heirloom, which she gave to my mother."

"After my parents died in a car accident, it eventually came back to my grandmother."

"Later, she gave it to me, saying that if I ever met someone I liked, I should give this bracelet to them."

Meng Ci's eyes widened, and his heart raced.

What is Shen Que trying to say!

This, this, this...

"So, Meng Ci, I want to give you this bracelet. Will you accept it?" Shen Que looked up, his eyes fixed on Meng Ci.