Surviving the apocalypse with a wife and a system! [GL]

After several trips back and forth, Bai Li was drenched in sweat. Yan Cijin was also sweating profusely, constantly placing supplies aside. The two of them were both busy, both occupied, and yet the atmosphere between them somehow kept getting stranger by the second. Bai Li wanted to laugh a little, but she did not dare laugh too openly because Yan Cijin was already looking uncomfortable. Yan Cijin, on the other hand, was trying very hard to pretend that she had not just nearly thrown herself onto Bai Li in a panic. Every time she looked up and saw Bai Li bending down to move things, she kept thinking about the dangerous little packet that had rolled out just now, and the more she thought about it, the more her whole body wanted to turn into a pot of boiling water.

Bai Li moved a box of instant noodles aside, then another box of canned meat, then a large bundle of bottled water. Every time she used her spatial storage, the supplies disappeared cleanly from her hand and popped back out in the room without much sound. That was still the strange part even after so many times. Yan Cijin had once watched Bai Li use her ability and had been stunned for a long time. Even now, every time Bai Li used it in front of her, Yan Cijin still felt like she was watching a magic trick that nobody had explained properly. Bai Li bent down to carry a carton and accidentally caught Yan Cijin staring at her. She froze for half a second, then asked, "What is it?" Yan Cijin shook her head very fast. "Nothing." She moved away two steps, but her face was still very red. Bai Li looked at her for a second, then suddenly felt a little amused. She already knew this woman had a habit of overthinking things, but she had not expected the misunderstanding to be this big. It was not just a little awkward. It was so awkward that Bai Li felt the corners of her mouth almost lift up on their own.

Yan Cijin squatted down beside a pile of folded towels and tried to act normal. She told herself again and again that Bai Li was probably just talking about work. Tidy the room, move things, make space, that was all. There was nothing else. Absolutely nothing else. But the more she repeated it in her head, the more her brain seemed to betray her. The way Bai Li had paused, the way she had said "first," the way she had told her to take the initiative, the way she had said they should go to the room first, and the fact that she had brought up showering right after, all of it sounded wrong once Yan Cijin had already started going down the wrong path. She nearly wanted to cover her face. How could she think like this? Yet the thoughts did not leave. Instead, they kept circling around in her head like a cat that had found a warm place and refused to move. Her ears were burning, and even the skin on the back of her neck felt hot. She secretly glanced at Bai Li’s side profile and then immediately looked away again. Bai Li had lowered her head while working, her expression serious and calm, and that alone made Yan Cijin’s heart thump twice as fast.

Bai Li did notice. Of course she noticed. It was hard not to notice when Yan Cijin was acting like she had swallowed her own tongue. Bai Li straightened slightly and looked at her. "Dr. Yan." Yan Cijin almost jumped. "What?" Bai Li took one towel from the pile and tossed it into another box. "You’re moving like you’re trying to hide something." Yan Cijin choked a little. "I am not." Bai Li gave her a very slow look. "Then why are you looking at me like that?" Yan Cijin immediately turned her head away. "How am I looking at you?" Bai Li leaned in just a little, the tone of her voice very innocent. "Like you want to say something but you’re scared." Yan Cijin nearly bit her tongue. That was exactly what she was doing. She wanted to say a lot of things, but none of them were the kind of things she could say out loud. She could not just ask if Bai Li had meant what she thought she meant. She could not just ask why Bai Li was suddenly talking about taking initiative in her room. That would make the whole thing even stranger. So Yan Cijin kept quiet, but the redness on her face only deepened.

Bai Li watched her for a second and then deliberately said, "If you’re tired, you can rest first. I still have a lot to move." Yan Cijin shook her head too quickly. "I’m not tired." Bai Li smiled a little. "Then why do you look like you are about to pass out?" Yan Cijin had no answer for that. She just bent down faster and started moving things with a kind of determined embarrassment that made Bai Li want to laugh even more. A box slid across the floor and nearly hit Bai Li’s foot. Bai Li caught it in time and looked at Yan Cijin with a raised brow. "Careful." Yan Cijin whispered, "I am careful." But her voice was too soft and too weak to sound convincing. Bai Li did not expose her. Instead, she casually asked, "Dr. Yan, do you need water?" Yan Cijin froze for another moment. Water. For some reason, that word now sounded very suspicious to her. She could not help thinking about how Bai Li’s gaze had been a little too direct just now, and because of that, even the word water made her think of other things she absolutely should not be thinking about right now.

The more Yan Cijin thought, the more chaotic her brain became. She started suspecting herself first, then Bai Li, then the room, then the whole house.

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TO BE CONTINUED.

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