Actually... let me be shameless, Suwan also looks at the face.
Lin Mengyu's face makes people naturally like her, and Suwan is the same. She is still a polite person who knows how to get along, but she is also a belletrater, which means she is more rational. Lin Mengyu hides something, so Suwan is suspicious of her, which is enough for Suwan to distance herself from her.
Zoe was milling around next to him in a bulky blue down jacket. She was cold, so she put her hands in her sleeves. Her upper body was in the down jacket, and her lower body was exposed with the half-grown hem of her scientific research uniform that had turned dirty and gray. Suwan suddenly thought of pufferfish.
Still a puffy pufferfish.
Because Zoe is very angry now.
"What are you talking about?" Zoe tilted her head back, trying to express her unhappiness with a stern face.
"Nothing to talk about," Suwan said casually. There was nothing to talk about in the first place.
But to Zoe's ears, it meant something very different.
What do you mean by "didn't talk about anything"? She had just chatted with Lin Mengyu, and the two of them chatted for several sentences! If they really didn't talk about anything, why didn't she tell her what they talked about!
Zoe was very angry because she couldn't understand Chinese. She was even angrier when she thought about it. Suwan must be bullying her because she couldn't understand Chinese! Ah, I'm so angry. Why is Chinese so difficult to learn? In almost half a month, she can already communicate with everyone in Chinese. Liu Xiaoying also lamented her high IQ, but Zoe just found out that her high IQ is useless. Zoe couldn't understand what they meant by "military fan"! Although it's just two words, Zoe knows that Chinese culture is profound and extensive. One word contains many meanings, let alone two words! Who knows how many meanings it may have!
This is women's logic, it is totally unreasonable.
Suwan is also a woman, but she and Zoe have different ideas. She didn't take the matter seriously at all. She sat down in a corner and checked her equipment. Seeing that Zoe was still standing there angrily, of course, Suwan didn't notice that Zoe was angrily.
"Come here," Suwan opened his arms to Zoe, "My arms are warm."
Zoe wanted to stay angry and ignore Suwan to express her firm stance, but she noticed that Lin Mengyu was looking over here. Hey! Wouldn't it make Lin Mengyu proud if she was angry with Suwan? Thinking of this, Zoe was very undecided and jumped into Suwan's arms like a pufferfish.
Zoe obviously forgot something. Not everyone in this world is gay.
Suwan grabbed Zoe's hand, clenched her palm into a small fist, and blew gently on her hand. Zoe's hands were used for scientific research and to operate precision instruments with scalpels. Her hands were originally white and delicate, but in the past half month, she had followed Suwan in digging wild vegetables, climbing trees, fighting zombies, and sleeping on asphalt roads. There were already many new and old scratches on the fingers of these hands. It was estimated that in another half month, these hands would be so rough that no one could tell that they were the hands of a researcher.
Suwan felt guilty as she gently stroked the scabs on Zoe's fingers with her thumb. If she hadn't followed her, Zoe wouldn't have to endure all this. She tried her best to protect and take good care of Zoe, but in such harsh conditions, being able to survive was already the minimum luxury. Suwan couldn't do much else. But even so, Suwan still blamed herself. She deeply felt what it meant to be powerless.
Zoe looked at Suwan intently with her big, blinking eyes, her eyes flashing with the innocence of a child. She never said a word of suffering, never complained a word, never blamed Suwan. Her feelings for Suwan were just like the beginning, and did not diminish because of the suffering.
But because of this, Suwan felt unspeakable panic in his heart.
People cannot live on dreams. The blows brought by life will constantly consume people's emotions. Otherwise, why would so many couples separate because of poverty and suffering? Do they not love each other? No, if they did not love each other, they would not choose to be together. When they were together, they must have been full of hope for the future, believing that no matter how great the hardship was, the two of them could bear it, but the emotions will always be exhausted one day.
Suwan couldn't believe what she would do once Zoe's feelings were exhausted and she no longer liked her.
Suwan was terrified just thinking about the day when the two of them would become strangers.
Suwan didn't know if everyone would experience gains and losses when in love. All she could do now was to treat Zoe better to make up for the grievances she had suffered.
That was all she could do.
Suwan blinked his eyelashes, half-closed his eyes, and kissed Zoe's fingertips affectionately.
"It's itchy," Zoe bit her lip and smiled, then she moved forward and pouted at Suwan, so Suwan pecked her lips quickly again. This time Zoe completely forgot that she was still angry.
Suwan covered Zoe's hands for a while, and Zoe's cold hands became warm. When she covered Zoe's fingers, she casually hooked one of Zoe's fingers with hers, and Zoe laughed.
"What is this?" Zoe raised her hand stupidly, shook it and asked, "Finger ring?"
Suwan didn't follow Zoe's train of thought. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Zoe's hand before he reacted. He couldn't help but laugh, because Zoe was still cheerful and positive at this time.
Zoe's personality always gives Suwan a lot of hope when Zoe doesn't know.
"Are we safe once we reach the military zone?"
"Yeah, it'll be safe," Suwan comforted Zoe in his arms.
"After it's safe, will you propose to me?" Zoe asked expectantly. She changed the subject so quickly that Suwan couldn't react. "What?"
"Proposal!" Zoe was excited. She gestured excitedly, "You know, every girl has dreamed of being proposed to by a handsome prince when she was a child..." Zoe paused for a second, looked at Suwan, and said indifferently, "Of course, what I like now is a handsome princess."
Zoe went on to describe her dream of being proposed to: "A handsome princess walked over from the other side of the red carpet, then knelt on one knee in front of another princess, took out a ring, and asked affectionately, 'Will you marry me?' Wow, so romantic!" Zoe held her heart with both hands.
Suwan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Why does one princess kneel while the other doesn't? It's so unfair," Suwan joked.
Zoe thought about it and agreed. "Because my previous idea was that the princess would marry the prince, who would have thought that I would fall in love with a princess now? It doesn't matter, then both princesses should kneel down, that way it's fair."
Suwan's original haze in his heart was dispelled, and he couldn't help laughing: "You know, this is called worshipping in the hall in China."
"Wedding ceremony?" Zoe was extremely curious about things she didn't understand.
"Yes, both of them kneel down and worship each other."
"Okay, okay, then we'll have a wedding ceremony," Zoe was easy to talk to. If Suwan said it was a wedding ceremony, then it was a wedding ceremony. She didn't notice that because she said the word "worship" in English, everyone else's eyes were looking at her. She was still fantasizing about the wedding scene: "We'll worship each other, kneel down, exchange rings, ah, rings..." Speaking of rings, Zoe felt a little lost. In this world now, rings are like scrap metal, useless, and she didn't know where to collect them. But a wedding without a ring seems to lack a sense of ceremony and is very incomplete.
"It's okay, I can weave a grass ring."
"A straw ring?" Zoe was curious.
"You are just trying to fool me," Zoe puffed up her face angrily, and then asked, "If my grass ring breaks, will you weave another one for me?" Seeing Suwan nod, Zoe nodded very easily and agreed, "Well, the grass ring is not bad. Oh, by the way, close your eyes," she suddenly said to Suwan.
Suwan nodded.
"What? Are you giving me a surprise? Is it a ring?" Suwan closed her eyes obediently and joked with Zoe. Then Zoe kissed her lips gently and a small sour and sweet pill was pushed into her mouth. It tasted like vitamins. Suwan immediately opened her eyes to push the pill out. As soon as she opened her mouth, Zoe's tongue pushed the pill into Suwan's mouth, and the small pill melted in Suwan's mouth.
"You didn't take the vitamins I gave you?" Suwan was a little angry.
"I ate it, it tastes sweet and sour," Zoe said innocently. She smacked her lips and saw Suwan remained silent, so she hugged Suwan and said, "You have to protect me. This vitamin is much more suitable for you than for me."
Suwan hugged Zoe quietly, unable to speak.
Zoe didn't see that Suwan's eyes were a little red.
Suwan is a person who rarely shows his vulnerable side, but Zoe is an exception. She can always sneak past Suwan's high walls of defense and touch the softest part of Suwan's heart.
The two of them were bored for a while, and as time went on, they felt tired. Zoe fell asleep next to Suwan, and the others were no different. Suwan could regard the recent hiking as a long-term perseverance training, but the others couldn't. They were used to driving instead of walking, and their legs and feet were already sore from exhaustion. They hadn't felt safe at all even resting on the road these days. Finally, they felt so happy that they had a place with a shed and walls to rest. Even lying on the tiled floor was more comfortable than lying on a big bed in a hotel room, and it was better than lying on a concrete road anyway. Now they no longer had a tool like a mobile phone to kill time in their spare time. When it got dark and there was no entertainment, they might as well rest early to replenish their energy for tomorrow's progress.
But Lin Mengyu hadn't fallen asleep yet. She kept her eyes wide open to prevent herself from feeling sleepy. Until it was completely dark, listening to the loud and low snoring sounds all around her, Lin Mengyu quietly got up from the ground and stood up. As soon as she stood up and took a step, she was startled by voices coming from the corner.
"Where are you going?" Suwan asked, her voice very soft as she was afraid of disturbing or waking up Zoe in her arms.
Lin Mengyu didn't know whether Suwan was woken up by the noise or hadn't slept since then. She was confused for a moment before she stuttered and whispered, "I, I'm going to go out for a while."
"It's dark now and it might be dangerous. Aren't you afraid?" Suwan stared at Lin Mengyu scrutinizingly.
Lin Mengyu felt guilty, she didn't expect to be caught by Suwan: "I, I'm afraid of disturbing everyone..."
"Your foot is injured. Can you walk alone?"
Lin Mengyu gasped. She had just forgotten that she was a person with an injured foot. For a wounded person who had to be supported all the way here, she had just stood up too quickly. Suwan should not have noticed it, right? Lin Mengyu could only hope for the best.
Lin Mengyu was at a loss for words when Suwan asked her. Just when she didn't know what to do, a voice came from another corner: "I'll go with you."
It's Yang Wei.
Suwan raised her eyebrows. She certainly knew what Yang Wei was planning.
Lin Mengyu's answers to her questions just now were illogical, and anyone could tell that there was something wrong with Lin Mengyu. But Yang Wei was trying to help Lin Mengyu out and even offered to accompany her out. It was obvious that he had ulterior motives.
Of course Lin Mengyu could see it, but she didn't refuse.
She did not ask Suwan to accompany her, but chose Yang Wei. It was she who chose to rely on Yang Wei and stay in the family team for shelter.
Everyone has their own choice, Suwan didn't make any fuss.
Even though he knew that Lin Mengyu had problems, but with Zoe by his side, Suwan didn't want to leave her, so Suwan didn't stop the two of them from leaving.
This was the last time Suwan saw Yang Wei.