Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

The New Year's Eve dinner consisted of eight dishes and one soup, and half of them were hard dishes. Even when Yan Fan came out of the vegetable shed in the yard after tidying up the yard, he could smell the delicious aroma of the rice.

Thinking about what happened last year, it was like a dream. If he had not accidentally "sneaked into" Sister Wanwan's yard, he would probably have to spend the New Year huddled in an abandoned unfinished building eating moldy compressed biscuits, or enter a rescue center with thousands of people and a harsh environment waiting for relief meals.

Now I can live in a warm and spacious house, sleep on a soft bed every day, covered with a thick quilt, and even have three meals a day with a combination of meat and vegetables. My special abilities are also improving day by day. These are days that I could never have imagined in the past.

I took a deep breath. The air was still mixed with the scent of freshly renovated soil. My face suddenly felt cold. I looked up and found that it had started snowing. The snowflakes were not big and disappeared into the air the moment they touched my skin.

"It's so good to be alive." Yan Fan muttered to himself suddenly, and then stood in the snow to look at the nearby scenery. There was some faint green in a corner of the yard, which seemed to be the tender sprouts of wild grass that had just broken through the ground in the past two days, but he didn't know whether they would succumb to the harsh winter in the future.

Chen Yanxi sat in the living room on the second floor and found that the colors of the decorations and curtains on the second floor were much warmer than the slightly dull colors on the first floor. The two dogs, Aoao and Tutu, were lying on both sides of the TV, one squinting as if sleeping, and the other licking the fur on his front paws.

The originally active Aoao was now as quiet as a large rag doll. If his sharp fangs had not occasionally been revealed when he yawned, no one would have thought that this was a mutated giant dog with wolf blood flowing in its body.

The main reason why Aoao was so quiet and docile was Chen Yanxi, who had been sitting quietly on the sofa in front with a pine-like posture.

The two dogs were very sensitive to the sounds, smells, and scents of the outside world. Chen Yanxiong attracted their attention as soon as he entered the yard.

The aura of an absolutely overwhelming strong man made the two dogs alert, but they soon distinguished that the aura belonged to that man. Both dogs were intelligent creatures. After only one battle together, they had already classified Chen Yanxi as a "non-enemy". In addition, Gu Tongwan had a close relationship with him, so the hostility that burst out from the two dogs in an instant dissipated in the air like a rapid retreat.

Although Chen Yanxi is not an enemy in the eyes of the two dogs, they will not be as naturally close to him as they are to Yan Fan and Liao Yunyun. The main reason is that even if Chen Yanxi restrains the pressure of his supernatural powers, they can still feel the powerful aura flowing through his body. This is a kind of suppression for sensitive supernatural people or mutant animals, and they will unconsciously become timid.

Liao Yunyun rushed into the kitchen with a gift and deliberately handed it to Gu Tongwan, "This is a gift from Chen Yanxi for you." Then she added, "It's a New Year's gift. I'll report it first. He also gave me one, but mine is a favor. As for yours..."

"He asked you to give it to me?" Gu Tongwan raised his eyebrows slightly.

Liao Yunyun immediately understood what he meant, and smiled ambiguously: "Why, I didn't give it to you personally, so you're not happy?"

"I'm not unhappy about it. Please put the gift in my room for me and I'll take a look at it later." Gu Tongwan was not actually angry. He just felt that since they were living under the same roof, it would be better for the gift to be given directly to him instead of going through someone else's hands.

"Then... can I see what it is? Can you check it for you?" Liao Yunyun blinked, her face showing the desire to open it.

If I hadn't known her for nearly twenty years and knew that this was Liao Yunyun's personality, she would not like someone who would dig deeper into the matter.

"Well, open it,"

After getting Gu Tongwan's approval, Liao Yunyun couldn't wait to open the box, and a crystal core bracelet made of almost transparent material appeared in front of her. The texture of the crystal core was actually between glass and diamond, and it could still refract several colors under the sun. It is currently known that the higher the level of the crystal core, the more transparent it is. The crystal core bracelet Liao Yunyun received just now was already an A-grade crystal core of excellent quality, but it is probably incomparable with the one from Gu Tongwan.

"Chen Yanxi is really generous. Is he planning to win him over with gifts?" Liao Yunyun could tell that the crystal core bracelet in front of her was probably made of a crystal core of grade A or above. When she touched it, she could even feel an inexplicable warmth.

"If I sell this, it should be worth a lot of money, right?" Gu Tongwan picked up the bracelet and compared it with his wrist. Suddenly, he thought that if he threw this bracelet into the space, it could probably be exchanged for a lot of system points.

Noticing her friend's eyes light up when she mentioned this, Liao Yunyun's mouth twitched for a while: "Sister, don't be silly. Although this crystal core has been cut, its color and texture are much more valuable than diamonds and gold. If you are short of money, just borrow from him directly. Don't be so desperate as to sell it."

“I know. That won’t happen.” Gu Tongwan looked away awkwardly. He absolutely couldn’t admit that he had this thought just now. He had killed so many snow ape mutants before, but the system didn’t offer any bounty rewards. He didn’t know if the system would have a “window period”. Could it be that he had to trigger a special task to get a reward?

The system space has been in existence for five years now, and the upgrade speed of the space has become slower and slower, and even lagged behind at one point, and even the original bounty missions are no longer issued. Fortunately, she had been frantically completing missions and hoarding supplies during the two years before the end of the world, so the things in the space are definitely enough for her to survive for another 10 to 20 years.

However, the uncertainty of the system also made Gu Tongwan start to worry about how long the space could continue to follow him.

After these thoughts flashed through her mind, she cheered herself up again. No matter what, even if the space no longer existed one day, she at least had the ability to protect herself in the base. She was always luckier than in her previous life.

Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner can be said to be unusually sumptuous. Everyone decided to eat directly in the living room on the second floor. Because there are two more heaters on the second floor, the indoor temperature is warmer than that on the first floor.

After all the dishes were served, even Chen Yanxi, who usually had a normal appetite and believed that eating was just one of the steps to replenish the body's energy, could not help but be dazzled. The fragrance in the air was even more appetizing than anything he had smelled in any high-end hotel before.

Gu Tongwan herself found it incredible that she managed to make eight dishes and a soup in more than two hours. If she was alone this year, she would probably just take out the ready-made dishes in the space. After all, she was not in the mood to cook these when she was alone. This year was also a rare gathering of friends, so she wanted to have some fun.

In addition to the gifts, Chen Yanxi also brought a bottle of red wine. The red wine was purchased by someone he asked to use his connections when he returned to the capital two days ago. It was the only alcoholic beverage that had not been damaged among the materials that were transferred before the apocalypse. Gu Tongwan still had some impression of this brand. It belonged to a certain large winery. It only sold for about two hundred yuan in the supermarket before the apocalypse, but it is a rare item in the apocalypse. Not to mention whether alcohol can be bought in the base, even the homemade rice wine sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives or some liquor stores costs more than one hundred points per bottle. The rice wine brewed with the base's rice tastes astringent and has a smell, while beer has no bubbles. It tastes neither malt nor foam. However, for some alcoholics, being able to afford the above two kinds of homemade wines is satisfying. As for the higher-end red wines, they are also brewed in rare vineyards in the base. Not only are they not of the right age, but the quality of the grapes is poor, so the brewed wine is not even as good as the wine that cost thirty or forty yuan before the apocalypse.

"Wanwan, I heard you have been busy in the kitchen from morning to afternoon, one, two, three, four... eight dishes and one soup, my God, and there are so many hard dishes. I think this is not only a reunion dinner, but also you and Chen..." Before Liao Yunyun could finish her words, Gu Tongwan glared at her and glared at her.

Yan Fan took the opportunity when Liao Yunyun was teasing about Gu Tongwan and Chen Yanxi's relationship to walk to the side and start serving food to everyone. However, his ears were perked up, after all, he was also quite curious about whether the two were going to make their relationship public.

Chen Yanxi poured a glass of red wine for everyone and said with a smile: "Today is New Year's Eve, and it is also the first time we have gathered together to celebrate the New Year in ten years. During this period, we have experienced a lot together and escaped death many times. I am very happy that my friends and the people I care about can always be by my side, and I wish everyone good health and success in the days to come."

"I won't say much about blessings. I'll just say the simplest thing. I wish you all good health and constant laughter in the new year!" Liao Yunyun took over the conversation happily.

Yan Fan also raised his glass and said to everyone: "I also wish you all a happy new year. Thank you Sister Wanwan for taking me in. In the future, as long as Sister Wanwan needs me to do something, I, Yan Fan, will do it without hesitation." In fact, there were many more words of thanks to say, but often when the words came to his lips, he always hesitated how to start. So he simply said what he wanted to say most in his heart, and then picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

The red wine tasted a little sour and astringent when it first entered his throat, followed by extreme bitterness, and then a little heat from the throat to the stomach. The overall taste was not bad, but it was definitely not delicious. Moreover, this was his first time drinking. After all, before the apocalypse, he was still a junior high school student and basically did not touch alcohol. After the apocalypse, alcohol became a luxury and he had no chance to touch it. Therefore, Yan Fan only took a sip and put down the glass.

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Gu Tongwan, and Gu Tongwan knew that everyone was waiting for her to say something.

"Well, I also wish you all the best in the future, happiness and health in the end times, and may all your wishes come true."

After listening to this, Liao Yunyun nodded and said, "Well said, everyone should be successful. Well, now that we have finished talking, let's start eating. I'm so hungry." As she spoke, she picked up the chestnut-braised chicken, the dish closest to her, with her chopsticks.

Maybe it was because it was a rare occasion for old friends to get together for dinner, Gu Tongwan drank two more glasses of wine this time. Originally, her alcohol tolerance was quite good, but for some reason, after a few glasses tonight, she started to feel a little tipsy and felt her cheeks burning.

Liao Yunyun also seemed to be drunk, but she was not completely drunk. In fact, her alcohol tolerance was much better than Gu Tongwan's. After all, when she was doing business, she attended many dinner parties in order to get to know more business partners. Therefore, after getting drunk, she pulled Yan Fan to play cards with her.

Gu Tongwan was worried that he would be affected, so he ran to the balcony early to cool down from the drunkenness.

"Drink some honey water, otherwise you will have a headache tomorrow morning." Just when Gu Tongwan breathed a sigh of relief, there was suddenly a person next to her. She saw Chen Yanxi holding a cup of warm honey water in his hand, and even thoughtfully gave her an extra slice of lemon. He knew that she didn't like the taste of honey, so adding some lemon would add a bit of fragrance.

"Why didn't you play with them? I remember you were very good at playing cards. I think you even participated in a poker competition when you were in middle school and won first place in the amateur group, right?"

Maybe he was a little drunk, and the drunkenness did not seem to subside immediately after he drank a sip of honey water. Even Chen Yanxi's face seemed to gradually soften, and the sternness and coldness in his body gradually turned into gentleness.

Thinking of the necklace he asked Liao Yunyun to give him, he deliberately smiled and said, "Your gift this time is too expensive. I don't have anything to give in return."

"No need to return the gift. I just wanted to give it to you, so I gave it to you." The wind outside made his bangs a little messy. Perhaps he was too busy during this period and he didn't seem to have time to get a haircut, so his hair had grown to his temples. Unlike his previous neat short hair, Chen Yanxi with slightly longer hair looked more handsome.

Although she knew that he was good-looking, but when she saw up close that face that was so perfect without any modification and was impeccable in both skin and bones, Gu Tongwan, who should have been pure and aloof, actually fell for it under the catalysis of alcohol.

"So now I can know the answer?" Chen Yanxi noticed that she had been staring at his face, and suddenly he seemed to be in a good mood, so he asked with a faint smile.

"What?" Gu Tongwan tilted his head slightly, pretending not to understand.

"Has the verification period we talked about last time ended?" Chen Yanxi hit a straight ball, with ripples in his obsidian pupils, like a flower gradually blooming in the darkness.

Gu Tongwan felt a little uncomfortable being looked at like that, but when she noticed the leisurely smile in the other person's eyes, she realized that he did it on purpose.

After a long silence, Gu Tongwan took advantage of his drunkenness to give the answer: "It's over, do you think you've passed?" Passing means that from this moment on, the relationship between the two of them has changed from "friends" to "people who depend on each other" in the future.

Chen Yanxi narrowed his eyes, but then the smile in his eyes became more and more intense, and he said softly: "I hope you will still remember what I said now when you wake up tomorrow."