What does it feel like to be a queen in the apocalypse?
Chu Liuyue could only tell you one word.
Busy.
During the great battle that day, the Kyoto Research Institute was completely reduced to ashes, and the dozen or so mutants originally locked up inside all escaped.
They were different from ordinary zombies, possessing far greater lethality.
Chu Liuyue had to gather the remaining superpowered individuals to form squads, sending them out at irregular intervals to search and destroy.
Additionally, there was an underlying mystery: the origin of the spore plants.
With the Kyoto Research Institute destroyed, they had no way of knowing how it actually appeared.
They could only guess that perhaps on the day the meteorite fell, Director Zhou and the others discovered alien plant seeds and brought them back to the institute for careful cultivation.
Gradually, they extracted a liquid from this special plant, which led to the series of events that followed.
Even though Chu Liuyue had destroyed the mother plant.
It had managed to reproduce before its death. Countless seeds had fallen, and they were capable of moving and escaping through the soil.
This meant that.
These fallen seeds would spread to various cities.
The apocalypse would become even more difficult for ordinary people.
After dealing with the mutants, they had to deal with these seeds, all while managing the daily affairs of the base.
Fortunately, Zhou Yu'an was there to help.
Chu Liuyue sat at the desk and rubbed the space between her eyebrows. She had stayed up for five or six nights in a row.
Three months had already passed.
Their squads had only eliminated four mutants.
The rest might have already left Kyoto.
The cleanup work would only get harder and harder.
"Drink some water."
A hand slowly reached out from the side, pushing a glass of warm water in front of her.
Chu Liuyue followed the movement and met Zhou Yu'an's gentle eyes.
"An'an," she sighed softly.
She waved him over.
Zhou Yu'an obediently walked forward.
The next second, he was pulled into a hug.
Chu Liuyue rested her head on his shoulder and murmured softly, "I'm so tired."
Zhou Yu'an's body suddenly stiffened.
Then, the corners of his lips curled up slightly as he hugged her back, his hand slowly and gently patting her back.
He comforted her:
"If you feel tired."
"Then take a rest."
"Don't push yourself too hard."
Chu Liuyue suddenly laughed out loud.
She tilted her head up, her beautiful eyes staring straight at him.
"Do you still remember the scene of our first meeting, Dr. Zhou?"
Zhou Yu'an nodded.
Chu Liuyue curled her lips again.
"Even though that was only half a year ago, it feels so long, as if many years have passed."
A trace of warmth flashed through Zhou Yu'an's eyes.
He softly agreed, "Yes."
"Other than 'yes,' don't you have anything else you want to say?"
Chu Liuyue's hands, which were wrapped around his waist, naturally moved upward.
Suddenly, they wrapped around his neck.
This posture was extremely trusting and carried a hint of ambiguity.
Zhou Yu'an's lips moved.
After a moment, he took out a chocolate bar from his coat pocket.
Before he even spoke.
The tips of his ears had already turned red.
"Do you want to eat it together?" His voice trembled, but his tone was firm.
"Eating sweets late at night will cause cavities, won't it?"
Chu Liuyue tilted her head slightly.
Deliberately teasing him.
Zhou Yu'an explained seriously:
"It's not that late."
"Plus, we can brush our teeth."
A soft chuckle escaped Chu Liuyue's throat.
She curled her lips.
"Then Dr. Zhou can brush my teeth for me."
"Hmm?"
Zhou Yu'an's face grew even redder.
But he slowly nodded his head.
"Okay."
The wrapper of the chocolate bar was torn off.
The air was filled with the rich aroma of cocoa mixed with nuts.
This time.
Zhou Yu'an took the initiative.
"Open your mouth," he said.
Chu Liuyue smiled faintly and opened her mouth slightly.
He placed the chocolate stick into her mouth with gentle movements, his fingertips accidentally brushing against her plump lips.
As if electrocuted, he quickly pulled his hand back.
Immediately after.
He earnestly and reverently lowered his head, biting onto the other end of the chocolate stick.
He moved closer, bit by bit.
The sweet scent of chocolate filled their mouths, and the hot breath exhaled from their noses grew closer and closer.
At some point.
Chu Liuyue had been lifted and placed onto the office desk by him.
Zhou Yu'an rested his hands on the desk, a different kind of light flashing in his gentle eyes, just one inch away.
Their lips and teeth could touch.
But he suddenly stopped.
Chu Liuyue tilted her head slightly, expressing her surprise.
Seemingly wondering why he didn't continue.
Suddenly, Zhou Yu'an let go.
A small piece of the chocolate stick was still left in Chu Liuyue's mouth.
He asked:
"What is the relationship between us?"
Oh.
So he was asking for a title.
Ever since Chu Liuyue became the sole controller of the base, besides handsome ordinary men, some male superpowered individuals in the base would also occasionally manufacture chance encounters.
They just hoped to gain Chu Liuyue's favor.
Who wouldn't want a beautiful and powerful partner?
In response to this, Li Xichen's approach was to secretly put a sack over their heads afterward and beat them up.
Yan Qingdu was quite wicked; he wouldn't take action himself, but he would silently record the names of these men and then give the updated list to Li Xichen every time.
As for Zhou Yu'an.
He seemed to act very magnanimous and tolerant.
In the survivor base, he was the best deputy. Whenever Chu Liuyue led the superpowered squads out on missions, he could always properly manage the logistics of the base.
It was just like his personality, gentle and uncontentious.
Chu Liuyue softly called out to the system.
The system provided the current affection progress.
Zhou Yu'an 99.9%.
"Why is there a fraction?" she communicated with the system through her mind, expressing her dissatisfaction.
The system replied, "This is related to the capture target. Zhou Yu'an is an extremely meticulous and precise person, so his affection level can be accurate to 0.01%."
Seeing her remain silent.
Delaying her answer.
A trace of disappointment flashed through Zhou Yu'an's eyes.
He whispered:
"I know I'm not as outstanding as Yan Qingdu, who can reorganize the research institute for you and continue studying the giant plants."
"Nor is my superpower as formidable as Li Xichen's, allowing him to stay by your side on every mission."
"My superpower is just the most ordinary strength enhancement. It seems... I can only be your assistant here in the base..."
It wasn't until this moment.
That Chu Liuyue realized why Zhou Yu'an didn't react as intensely as Li Xichen or Yan Qingdu when he saw other men approaching her.
As it turned out, he felt inferior.
He felt that his current self was no longer worthy of her current self.
Chu Liuyue found it a bit funny.
Yet also a bit pitiful.
So he had been silently doing the logistical work behind the scenes without any complaints or regrets.
When you needed him, he would appear to give you a glass of warm water or an embrace.
When you didn't need him, he would silently retreat into the shadows.
Her Dr. Zhou.
He was truly so cute.
Chu Liuyue curled her lips and smiled.
She suddenly raised her hand and pressed it against his lips.
"Wait."
"I... mm..." Just as Zhou Yu'an parted his lips slightly, feeling confused.
Chu Liuyue suddenly leaned forward.
Turning the tables.
She pinched his jaw.
And took the initiative to kiss him.
Her movements were gentle.
The liquid mixed with the sweet scent of chocolate was exchanged between their mouths.
Zhou Yu'an's pupils trembled slightly at first, and then, as if in disbelief, he fiercely responded to the kiss.
Their hair intertwined.
The temperature of their breaths gradually rose.
The documents on the desk were swept aside as Zhou Yu'an leaned over and pressed down on her.
The kiss gradually grew more aggressive.
His palm slid across the small of her back.
At that moment, he asked again in a low voice,
"Liuyue, what are we to each other?"
Even though Chu Liuyue was the one pinned against the desk, her long raven hair fanned out like a waterfall. Her posture was so lazy and relaxed that it seemed as though she was the one looking down from high above.
She curled her lips into a smile.
Gently, she took his earlobe between her lips.
And whispered,
"An'an."
"I allow you to be my man."
...
The sky grew darker and darker.
Yet, the lights in this room never went out tonight.
In a hazy daze.
Chu Liuyue heard the voice of the system.
"Congratulations, Host. The affection level of your capture target, Zhou Yu'an, has reached 100%!"
