Pin Her to the Bed and Kiss Her Senseless

Xie Li leaned in close, one hand braced beside Jin Zhaoye's ear, and asked softly, "Jin Zhaoye, are you doing this on purpose?"

Jin Zhaoye's eyelids drooped lazily, her voice equally languid: "Weren't you the one asking what I wanted to eat? Can't a sick person even choose what to drink?"

"No!" Xie Li refused outright. "Can you have some porridge? I have a lot of instant porridge stored."

Jin Zhaoye raised her eyelids and met Xie Li's gaze. She curved her lips into a careless smile, with a hint of flirtation she wasn't even aware of: "Xie tongxue is so domineering, not even letting me have any choice at all."

Xie Li's breath caught. Her ear tips slowly flushed red, and it felt like all her blood was rushing to her head.

Jin Zhaoye was deliberately flirting with her like this, and she really couldn't handle it. She really wanted to pin the woman to the bed and kiss her senseless.

Her gaze fell on the woman's pale lips, and her runaway reason returned.

Jin Zhaoye was sick. What was she thinking here? That was too much.

Xie Li pulled back a bit, took out two cans of oat instant porridge from her Space, opened them, and fed her slowly with a small spoon.

After one can of porridge, Jin Zhaoye couldn't eat any more. Xie Li didn't force her. After waiting a while, she took out cold medicine and water, and watched Jin Zhaoye take her medication.

Only after she fell asleep again did Xie Li quietly leave the room.

The sky had completely darkened. There was no electricity in the house, only a small candle in the downstairs living room providing dim light.

Xie Li felt her way downstairs in the dark and sat around the candle with everyone, each person holding a bowl of thin, watery porridge, slowly sipping alongside a碟 of pickled vegetable strips that was nearly empty.

While eating, Fu Yunsheng held her bowl and scanned the crowd. Her brow slightly furrowed as she asked, "Has anyone seen Dr. Jin? Why didn't she come to eat?"

"She's not feeling well. She took medicine and went to sleep." Xie Li replied without looking up from her porridge, her tone so familiar it was as if she were family.

Fu Yunsheng's movement paused. Her gaze fixed on Xie Li.

The young person sat at the edge of the candlelight, half her side face illuminated, features distinct, expression calm. Apart from being good-looking, there didn't seem to be anything particularly special about her.

But Fu Yunsheng always felt something was off. This wasn't the first time. From their first meeting at school, she'd had an indescribable feeling.

Somewhat讨厌, somewhat 别扭—just a hunch from somewhere deep down. This person simply shouldn't exist.

The thought was absurd. What was even more absurd was that Fu Yunsheng's intuition told her this person would take something that belonged to her. Or rather, this person had already taken some things that should have belonged to her.

Xie Li was aware of Fu Yunsheng staring at her. She kept her face calm and let the other woman examine her, continuing to drink her porridge, not even wasting the rice grains stuck to the bowl's bottom.

Every grain is precious. Can't waste food.

In the early days of the catastrophe, they could still eat braised pork with white rice. Now it was one meal of dry food, one of thin porridge. Later, even plain rice porridge would become extremely precious.

After finishing her porridge, Xie Li carried her bowl to the kitchen, washed it, and put it back in the cupboard.

Back in the living room, she greeted Lan Ran, who was holding a bowl and feeding Xiaobao: "I'm going upstairs to sleep."

"Okay." Lan Ran looked up and responded.

Fu Yunsheng listened to Xie Li's footsteps gradually disappear. She drained the rest of her porridge in one gulp, stood up, and said, "Ning Meng, come to my room after dinner."

"Yes, shaojiang." Ning Meng immediately agreed. "Are you full? I'll collect the bowls?"

"Collect them." After Fu Yunsheng said this, she felt her way back to her room in the dark.

Fu Yunsheng left, and the people remaining in the living room relaxed a bit. The atmosphere had been strangely awkward just now; everyone had been holding their breath.

Liu Zhaoyang, Zhou Yu, and Luo Peishan quietly exchanged glances. Several people lowered their heads in understanding and drank their porridge.

They had escaped from school together with Jin Zhaoye and Xie Li, roughly guessing what was going on. But without evidence, it was better not to speak recklessly.

...

In the bedroom on the second floor, Xie Li lay in bed, not feeling sleepy for the moment.

She placed her hands under her head and stared at the pitch-black ceiling. Suddenly she thought about the seeds stored in her Space—the land couldn't be wasted. Plant early, harvest early.

She closed her eyes and probed her consciousness into her Space. A square plot of land appeared before her eyes. The soil was dark black, extremely fertile.

She directly divided the hundred square meters of land in half—half for staple crops, half for vegetables.

As for what staple crops to plant, Xie Li had already decided. No food was more perfect than potatoes—they could serve as both staple food and vegetables, and they were delicious no matter how they were cooked.

Working in the Space didn't require physical strength, only spiritual power. Tilling soil, sowing, watering—all could be done with spiritual power.

However, farming consumed spiritual power just as heavily. Just after planting half the vegetable plot, her head hurt so much it felt like it was about to split open.

She quickly mobilized those green light points, letting them travel slowly along her body, alleviating that splitting headache.

After the green light points circulated through her body once, her body gradually became warm and comfortable, so comfortable she felt drowsy.

While recovering her energy, Xie Li continued tilling soil and sowing. When her head hurt after tilling for a while, she would stop and circulate the green light points. After several cycles like this, she finally planted all hundred square meters of land.

As for the livestock area on the other side, the chickens, ducks, and geese that had been thrown into the Space hadn't been fed all this time. They seemed to be in decent condition. After thinking about it, Xie Li still took some wilted vegetable leaves from her storage Space and fed them.

After feeding the poultry, she began organizing the messy things in her Space. She didn't even notice when she fell asleep.

...

On the other side, in Fu Yunsheng's bedroom.

Ning Meng stood in the center of the room, her posture straight, hands pressed to her trouser seams, reporting seriously.

She started from when Fu Yunsheng collapsed, covering everything that happened during the time she was unconscious, including the box of engineer shovels that appeared out of nowhere, reporting it all without missing a single word.

Fu Yunsheng sat leaning back in a chair, long legs crossed, listening silently.

Ning Meng finished and made a final summary: "Shaojiang, this is everything I know. Although Dr. Jin and Xie tongxue have gotten somewhat close, there shouldn't be any special relationship between them. No Omega would look at another Alpha after having such a perfect fiancée as you."

She said this with absolute certainty, genuinely believing that with her shaojiang being so excellent, Jin Zhaoye couldn't possibly change her affection, let alone look at a young person who hadn't even graduated from university.

Fu Yunsheng slightly nodded: "Are you certain that when you first saw Xie Li, she was already half-dead, or even dead?"

Ning Meng tried hard to recall and replied: "I'm not very certain. At that time, you were injured too severely. Dr. Jin and I were focused on you. But Xie Li recovered very quickly, so I imagine her injuries at the time weren't serious."

Fu Yunsheng lowered her eyes and was silent for a moment before saying: "I understand. You may go."

"Yes, shaojiang, you should rest early."

...

For several consecutive days, the rain didn't stop.

Occasionally the rain would lighten, making people think it was about to stop. But before long, it would switch back to heavy downpour.

The air was filled with a damp, moldy smell. Clothes felt sticky when worn. Walls and floors were covered with condensation. The air humidity was probably already over 100%.

After several days of rest, everyone's injuries had improved a lot. Bai Jingning could already walk around the house with a crutch.

Jin Zhaoye's cold had also recovered after two days of medicine. Things seemed to be improving, but everyone's mood was somewhat heavy.

A large group of people trapped here, even eating only two meals a day, Shen Huaijin's stored food was quickly running out. There was no surplus grain left at home.

If the rain continued, they would have to leave, rain or not.

At lunch that day, Xie Li held her bowl, eating somewhat distractedly.

Looking at the few rice grains remaining in the bowl, she pondered how to reasonably take out supplies.

The vegetables in her Space grew faster than outside. The bok choy had already grown into a patch of green. The potatoes had sprouted. They would probably have a harvest in a few days.

But how to take them out was a problem.

The water had already risen. The entire world had turned into an endless expanse of water. They were trapped in this desolate mountain village, looking in all directions was just water. She simply couldn't explain the source of the food.

Fu Yunsheng put down her bowl and looked at everyone eating silently at the table: "After eating, everyone come with me to the back mountain to cut some bamboo and make a few rafts. We're preparing to leave."

At her command, except for the two kids who were left in the house to be looked after by the aunties, everyone moved.

The group was divided in two. Fu Yunsheng took Xie Li, Lan Ran, Liu Zhaoyang, Ning Meng, and several Young Alpha to the back mountain to cut bamboo.

Shen Huaijin, Jin Zhaoye, Bai Jingning, and others stayed home to collect things that could be used to tie the rafts, like electrical wires, and to clean up the courtyard to make space.

Xie Li shouldered the woodcutting axe and followed the group toward the back mountain.

The vegetation in the mountain grew very densely, so dense that even the small paths previously trampled by villagers had disappeared. Everyone walked very carefully, probing each step with a wooden stick before daring to put their foot down.

Having the experience of being attacked by a snake group before, now looking at such lush green dense grass, they were all terrified. Like the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, they feared the rope for ten years.

After walking along the mountain path for about fifteen minutes, they reached the bamboo forest.

Fu Yunsheng selected a uniformly thick old bamboo and cut twice at the root with the axe. "Select according to this standard."

"Understood, Fu shaojiang." Everyone responded and scattered, each choosing a bamboo they liked.

With more people, the work went faster. After cutting enough bamboo, everyone began carrying the bamboo down the mountain in trips.

The bamboo was soaked with rainwater and extremely heavy. If their physical素质 hadn't become stronger than before, they really might not have been able to carry this bamboo down the mountain on empty stomachs.

In one afternoon, the courtyard was filled with the cut bamboo and twisted fabric strips and old electrical wires. Everyone worked in the rain and made four bamboo rafts.

Everyone worked together to carry the rafts to the water's edge. After testing, the rafts floated steadily on the water surface, looking quite stable.

Fu Yunsheng nodded in satisfaction: "Pull the rafts up, go back and take a shower. No night watch tonight. Everyone rest well. We'll set out after breakfast tomorrow."

Braving the rain to return home, after everyone showered and drank a bowl of hot porridge made by Pang Ayi, they各自 returned to their rooms to rest.

After going upstairs, instead of returning to her own room, Xie Li stood in the corridor for a while. She pricked up her ears and listened to the surrounding sounds. Confirming no one was paying attention, she tiptoed to Jin Zhaoye's door, gently turned the door handle, and slipped inside.

Jin Zhaoye was already in bed. Hearing the sound, she turned to look at the door. Seeing Xie Li sneaking into the room, she said helplessly: "Why aren't you resting properly? What are you doing coming here?"

Xie Li locked the door and sat down beside the bed: "You left the door open, weren't you waiting for me!"

Jin Zhaoye couldn't be bothered to respond. At dinner, Xie Li kept kicking her under the table. If she didn't leave the door open, this person would probably knock in the middle of the night.

"You must be exhausted from the afternoon. I was afraid you didn't eat enough. I brought you some food." As Xie Li spoke, she took things out.

She took out all high-calorie snacks—small cakes, cream rolls, Snickers, energy bars, and so on.

Jin Zhaoye looked at that small pile of snacks on the blanket and twitched the corner of her mouth.

"Are you feeding a pig?" She picked up an energy bar. "Stop taking things out. Put them away. One energy bar is enough for me."

"I took more out for you to choose from." Xie Li left her one more small cake and put the rest back into her Space.

She picked up the flashlight and turned it on. The beam hit the wall beside the bed, spreading into a circle of white light, not harsh, enough for both to see each other clearly.

"Hurry, eat. I'll hold the light for you."

Jin Zhaoye glanced at her, about to pull back the blanket and get up. She wasn't used to eating in bed.

Xie Li pressed her down: "Just eat in bed. Once we leave, in a few days this room will be covered in mold everywhere. No need to be so particular."

Jin Zhaoye complied and leaned against the headboard. She opened the energy bar wrapper and took a bite.

After so long with just thin soup, her taste buds had become more sensitive. An ordinary plain energy bar had become a rare delicacy.

The rich wheat flavor spread in her mouth, becoming more fragrant the more she chewed. The subtle sweetness mixed with the wheat aroma was perfectly sweet.

Xie Li watched her eat and couldn't help swallowing.

Jin Zhaoye raised her eyes. There was a hint of teasing in her gaze: "Want some?"

Xie Li shook her head: "I'm fine."

"Then why are you swallowing?"

"My throat is a bit dry. This energy bar is choking." Xie Li said without changing expression. "Forget it, drink some yogurt. Otherwise I'll choke watching you."

Jin Zhaoye didn't expose her. She held the energy bar near Xie Li's lips: "Take a bite?"

Xie Li looked at the bitten energy bar. There were tooth marks left by Jin Zhaoye at the break. Feeling awkward, she said: "This is you inviting me to eat, not me insisting on eating."

"Yes, yes, my invitation." Jin Zhaoye's tone was as gentle as coaxing a child.

Xie Li took a bite from her hand, chewed, chewed, and couldn't swallow for a long time. This thing was indeed dry.

Jin Zhaoye picked up the yogurt, opened the bottle cap, took a sip, and casually passed it to her: "Here, take a sip."

Xie Li drank from the same bottle mouth she had used, barely managing to swallow what was in her mouth.

"Actually, I don't usually like drinking yogurt that much, but since you strongly requested it, I'll give you face and take a sip."

"Come closer." Jin Zhaoye waved to her.

Xie Li moved closer, puzzled but obedient.

Jin Zhaoye reached out and wiped away a bit of milk residue from the corner of her mouth: "Since you don't like it, don't take it away. Can't eat and take things!"

Xie Li: ....

She was really speechless. No wonder this woman would have her fiancée stolen. She really doesn't know how to chat!

She glared hard at Jin Zhaoye.

Jin Zhaoye lowered her eyelashes and didn't meet her gaze. She seriously gnawed on the energy bar in her hand, feeling dry so she took sips of yogurt, slowly finishing this heartfelt snack.

Xie Li helped her collect the trash bag and gave her a pack of mouthwash. After she rinsed, she still lingered, not wanting to leave.

These past few days, everyone living together, their overt interaction time had reduced significantly. In front of others, they tacitly maintained some distance.

Now that they had rare time alone together, both treasured it.

Jin Zhaoye lay in bed, blanket pulled to her chest, long hair flowing, her whole person sinking into the soft bedding. Xie Li sat beside the bed. The flashlight was already off. Only faint daylight filtered into the room, making everything look rather ambiguous.

Neither spoke. They stayed quiet together. The room was too quiet, making the wind and rain outside seem louder.

Gale winds howled. The window frames constantly trembled in the strong wind, as if they might fall off at any moment. Raindrops struck the window glass, crackling loudly.

"Is this rain getting too heavy?" Xie Li muttered softly.

Jin Zhaoye didn't speak. Lying in bed, her perception was even more acute than Xie Li's.

Her back against the mattress, she could feel that continuous vibration—very subtle, not obvious, but it was indeed shaking.

"Something's wrong." Jin Zhaoye sat up, pushing aside the blanket. "Xie Li, you first go out and wake everyone."

Without a word, Xie Li stood up, pulled open the door, rushed out, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Get up, everyone's up! The storm is here!"

After a whole day of exhausting work, everyone was sleeping deeply. Even such loud noises outside couldn't wake them.

Only Lan Ran, living next door, was awakened by Xie Li. She opened her door, rubbing her eyes and asking groggily: "What's wrong, Li Wu?"

"The storm is here, the house is shaking. Can you feel it?" Xie Li shouted.

"What feeling is there, just run! Earthquake's here again!" Lan Ran's drowsiness vanished instantly. She quickly ran back to her room and pulled Xiaobao out from the blankets.

Xie Li followed her into the room, took the backpack and hung it on her chest. "I'll carry it. My stamina is better than yours. Go wake everyone up."

Lan Ran didn't argue. Xie Li was indeed much stronger than her. She ran out of the room, knocking on each door.

Soon, more and more people woke up, putting on clothes while running outside. Everyone gathered again on the first floor. The weak candlelight flickered across each face, making them appear intermittently bright and dark.

Everyone's expression was unpleasant. After finally having a few peaceful days, another problem had emerged.

Jin Zhaoye analyzed: "We're located on a hillside with dense vegetation. Logically, there shouldn't be a mudslide."

She paused, quickly searching her knowledge about this. "There's another possibility: the recent heavy rain has saturated the soil's water content."

"Could it be an earthquake?" Xie Li guessed along. "But the tremors aren't strong. Is the earthquake far away from us?"

The group couldn't figure out what was happening outside. They only knew the house was shaking more and more violently.

"Everyone, put on clothes and bring weapons." Fu Yunsheng said. "We need to be ready to leave at any time. First, go wait by the rafts."

Bai Jingning supported herself with a crutch, looking at the doors and windows being torn by the wild wind, hesitating: "This... with such heavy wind and rain outside, won't we be blown away?"

Fu Yunsheng looked at her, softening her tone to explain: "This house has experienced an earthquake. The foundation may already be loose. It's not as sturdy as we think. If it collapses, we might not even have a chance to escape."

After saying this, her gaze swept over everyone, her tone becoming cold and hard again: "Everyone, obey orders. Move."

With no other choice, everyone pushed open the door against the wild wind.

The moment the door opened, the wild wind and rain rushed in, directly slapping everyone's faces.

Xie Li choked on a mouthful, wiping the rainwater from her face. The wind was so strong she could barely open her eyes.

She groped to take Lan Ran's wrist, silently moving to Jin Zhaoye's side, shoulder to shoulder, pressed tightly together, ensuring she could rescue at any moment if anything happened.

More importantly, she needed to make sure she and Jin Zhaoye could stay on the same raft.

"Move!" Fu Yunsheng carried Bai Jingning on her back and walked out first.

Bai Jingning's two hands tightly wrapped around Fu Yunsheng's neck, her cheek buried in her shoulder, eyes tightly closed, a small pale wet face, breathtakingly beautiful in the storm.

Ning Meng protected Shen Huaijin beside her, acting like a love bodyguard, helping her shaojiang take care of women all day.

Against the wild wind, the group moved extremely difficultly.

The flashlight's light was almost useless in the rain curtain. They couldn't see the waterlogged ground beneath their feet at all.

They could only rely on memory, stepping carefully through the water to where the rafts were stored. Upon arrival, everyone was startled.

The water had already risen. Turbid muddy water rolled, only a short distance from where the rafts were stored.

A wave surged and drowned the rafts. If everyone hadn't woken up tonight, by tomorrow morning, even the rafts' shadows would be gone.

"Use the remaining wire to tie all the rafts together." Fu Yunsheng turned around, shouting at the top of her voice.

Everyone quickly placed the four rafts side by side, using some remaining wire to string the rafts together.

The rain was too heavy, hitting their faces so they couldn't open their eyes. It was also dark. They could only feel around by hand. Plus the water accumulation, the wire and rafts were all wet, and they couldn't tighten them no matter how they twisted.

While everyone was busy bending down, a dull sound suddenly came from the direction of the mountain top.

In the darkness, nothing could be seen, but everyone could feel the ground beneath their feet shaking, as if some huge object was rushing down from the mountain top.

"Mudslide!" Jin Zhaoye shouted loudly. "Push the rafts into the water quickly. We need to leave here right away!"

Not caring whether the wire was tight or not, everyone desperately pushed the rafts into the water. Liu Zhaoyang, Lan Ran, and several Young Alpha even jumped into the turbid muddy water, holding the raft edges to stabilize the rafts for everyone to board.

"Quickly, everyone board!" Fu Yunsheng stood on the shore, shouting loudly while also counting the number of people.

One by one, people jumped on. Fu Yunsheng was the last to board.

Xie Li stood on the raft, watching her carry Bai Jingning and jump onto the raft with her and Jin Zhaoye with a running start, momentarily speechless.

Is this the attraction between protagonists?

Even though it's so dark, she can still find Jin Zhaoye at once and jump to her side.

Liu Zhaoyang and others climbed up as well. The moment the raft left the shore, it was swept violently by the rapid water current, and everyone on the raft fell over in an instant.

"Lower your center of gravity. Don't get shaken into the water. We don't know what's in the water." Jin Zhaoye reminded everyone loudly.

All the survivors crouched on the raft, their palms firmly gripping the gaps between the bamboos to stabilize themselves.

Behind them, the rumbling sound had already reached near them.

Xie Li held up the flashlight and looked back. She could vaguely see turbid mud carrying broken logs and huge stones chasing behind them.

It was like a race against death. Ahead was a rapid water current of unknown destination. Behind was a mountain flood and mudslide that could swallow everything. The survivors on the raft were caught in the middle, struggling to survive.

The water current was really too rapid. The raft that was hastily tied together couldn't withstand such impact. Before drifting a few hundred meters, the wire started coming loose. The four rafts suddenly scattered with a "whoosh".

"Grab on tight! Don't fall into the water!" "Shaojiang!" "Sister——!"

The raft rotated on the water surface. Everyone was desperately grabbing the bamboo beneath their feet.

Xie Li grabbed the raft edge with one hand, and with the other hand instinctively pulled Jin Zhaoye's arm, pulling her to her side.

"It's Nian Nian's voice. What's happening? What's wrong?" "It seems like Shen Huaijin fell into the water. What do we do?" "I can't see! Where did she fall?"

Everyone was like headless flies, bumping around in the rain. The flashlight's light swept randomly through the rain curtain. Wet, pale faces flashed by in the darkness.

Some people leaned over the raft edge and reached into the water, trying to find the person who fell in.

Fu Yunsheng turned to look at Jin Zhaoye: "A Ye, I need to go rescue Officer Shen. If we get separated, we'll meet at the Base."

After saying this, she didn't give Jin Zhaoye a chance to speak, nor give Bai Jingning a chance to refuse. Carrying her, she leaped into the water.

Fu Yunsheng disappeared into the rain like a fish swimming upstream, with only a few rises and falls before vanishing.

Xie Li looked in the direction where Fu Yunsheng disappeared, puzzled. She hadn't really noticed these past few days—had her relationship with Shen Huaijin progressed so quickly?

She withdrew her gaze and looked at Jin Zhaoye beside her.

Jin Zhaoye looked at the surging water surface, her wet long hair clinging to her cheeks, making that face even paler and more bloodless. She seemed to be thinking about something.

Xie Li guessed in her heart. She must be somewhat sad, right? Her fiancée ran around other women all day.