Xu Qian smiled faintly, finding this life truly colorful.
Cheng Liangqing found a hidden spot at the foot of the mountain to park the car and decided to rest there for the night.
Xu Qian volunteered to take the first watch. The smell of human flesh still made her feel nauseous, and she genuinely couldn't sleep.
Mei Yuebai intended to go with her, but Xu Qian sent him back. He had just leveled up his ability to grade two, and his physical strength was still unstable, so he needed to rest more.
To avoid making him jealous, Xu Qian could only keep watch with Li Lili.
They had originally sat in the car, but the snoring of the burly men was too loud, forcing the two women to take their small stools and sit outside.
A cool breeze swept through, and Li Lili couldn't help but sigh, "Before the apocalypse, I never got to enjoy the mountain breeze. Now I do."
Xu Qian smiled, "Yeah, I was actually looking forward to the lovers' bridge in H City, but sadly, it's broken."
Li Lili chuckled, "Were you hoping to walk across it with Mei Yuebai? I heard that couples who walk across it together can stay together until they're old and grey."
Xu Qian wanted to protest that she really hadn't thought that. She simply wanted to see the sea.
Seeing Xu Qian fall silent, Li Lili immediately understood. Sister Qian was just too shy to say it.
Li Lili rested her chin on her hand and asked, "Sister Qian, I want to ask, why does Mei Yuebai love you so much? Do you have any tricks you can teach me? Mei Yuebai is a celebrity at our B University, handsome and rich. Who wouldn't want to chase him? But all those girls went in with joy and came back with tears, and not a single one succeeded."
Xu Qian couldn't help but laugh. Was it really that terrifying? In her eyes, Ah Bai was just a... little wolfdog. Sweet and wild.
"This... what methods could there be? Aren't you and Cheng Liangze doing well?"
Li Lili sighed, "What do you mean? Nothing like that. I wish we were, but he just won't have it. He says he only sees me as a sister."
Xu Qian was stunned. They weren't together? She had initially thought Cheng Liangze was a fickle scumbag, but he hadn't even been with Lili.
Li Lili clasped her hands together, her eyes teary, "Sister Qian, please! Teach me some secrets, okay? I really like Brother Liangze. I've liked him since I was little, okay, okay?"
Xu Qian couldn't resist a girl's pleading. As a thought crossed her mind, two books appeared in her hand: "Secrets to Chasing Men." Fortunately, she had bought both volumes. She had already finished the first one, so she could give it to Lili.
"Here, read this."
Li Lili dazedly took the book. "You used this to chase the little king of our school?"
"...I never chased Mei Yuebai."
Those words hit home. She was still struggling on the path of pursuit, while Xu Qian had already reached the pinnacle of life.
"Fine, I'll study it."
"Mm."
The two sat on their small stools, one holding the first volume, the other the second, studying and discussing until dawn. They finally came up with a strange theory: good men needed bad women to subdue them, and bad men needed good women to subdue them. That was basically the operation.
At dawn, Mei Yuebai woke up early. If he hadn't been unable to refuse Xu Qian, he would never have let her stay up all night. The moment he got out of the car, he saw the two women huddled together, whispering about something. As he drew closer, he heard them discussing how to chase men. His heart felt heavy, and his voice was low, "Xixi-daren, what are you two talking about?"