Chapter 144: Night 144 Chapter 144: Night 144 Chen Xu glanced at Bai Jinxuan and said, “Since you think I’m fierce, why do you still want to follow ?”
“These fogs are so terrifying. If I were left alone, I would definitely not survive,” Bai Jinxuan thought of that scenario and couldn’t help but shiver.
Chen Xu had been watching her and felt she wasn’t faking it. Out of curiosity, he asked, “With your personality, how did you make it big in the entertainnt industry?”
Although he didn’t pay attention to the entertainnt circle, he knew she was very popular, and even Chen Ziqi was her fan.
“Because I am destined to beco a superstar.”
When Chen Xu saw her say this, her face was inexplicably confident, as if she had no doubt about her own words. He found it a bit funny; was her confidence being misplaced?
His interest piqued a bit, he asked her, “How many movies have you fild?”
“None.”
He was a bit surprised, “Not even one?”
“Mhm.”
“How did you beco famous then?” Chen Xu found it hard to comprehend. In his era, all stars beca popular through their work. To be so famous without having fild a single movie was unheard of to him.
Bai Jinxuan, hearing his doubt, said defiantly, “I’ve been on several variety shows, and I’ve released songs too.”
Variety shows?
Chen Xu suddenly felt, was he getting old?
“What songs have you sung… never mind.” It had been many years since he last heard new songs; even if he had heard so, he didn’t know the titles, so asking was pointless.
While they were talking, Bai Jinxuan had finished a chocolate bar. After hesitating for a mont, she handed the remaining one to him, “You haven’t eaten anything yet, right?”
“No need, I have food.” Chen Xu said, and picked up the cylindrical object on the ground, retracting the net at the top, and unscrewed the lid, which was filled with a transparent liquid.
Bai Jinxuan curiously asked, “What’s that?”
“A device for collecting moisture from the air, with a built-in filter,” Chen Xu casually explained and poured the water from it into a cup, then took out a packet of compressed biscuits from his backpack, took one out, and placed it in the cup.
These were high-calorie compressed biscuits exchanged with points, and a small piece could provide enough calories for the body.
In a short while, after soaking, the compressed biscuit expanded into a mushy paste.
He ate it in a few gulps and used the remaining water to rinse the cup clean.
Bai Jinxuan watched him the whole ti, and when Chen Xu took off his mask, there seed to be a hint of disappointnt on her face.
Chen Xu packed things back into his backpack and said, “What, don’t think I’m handso enough?”
“There is a bit of that.”
“Not afraid of anymore?”
Bai Jinxuan whispered, “Seeing what you look like, I think you’re a person worthy of trust.”
Chen Xu stared at her for a while and said, “I just think you don’t seem like soone with such low emotional intelligence. Alright, let’s go.”
“Where to?” She hurriedly stood up.
“Find a place to live.”
…
Through two dreams, Chen Xu had ample experience. Since he couldn’t find any crucial clues in the short term, the first thing was to find a place to live.
The key was food and water.
Water wasn’t much of an issue; first, he had exchanged points for a device that collected moisture from the air, so he wasn’t worried about the lack of a clean water source. Second, he had looked inside a supermarket, and the goods were largely still there.
Trouble was with the food, although he had exchanged for so high-calorie compressed biscuits, there weren’t many. Rationed carefully, one person could last about a month.
So, gathering food was of the utmost importance.
“This is the place you are talking about?”
Half an hour later, Bai Jinxuan pointed at a large truck in front of them, asking in surprise.
“Yeah.” Chen Xu was checking the fuel tank, which was about eighty percent full, to his satisfaction; enough to last a while.
Next, he opened the rear compartnt of the truck, and was even more satisfied; there was not much cargo, just about a dozen cardboard boxes, almost an empty vehicle.
Bai Jinxuan followed him into the truck, the air was a bit stuffy, and she couldn’t help but cover her nose, “Why can’t we just live in a house for a while? Why do we have to live in a vehicle?”
“If you’re not satisfied, you can go find a house to live in yourself.”
With one sentence, she was silenced.
Chen Xu opened the few cardboard boxes; they were tal components. He tried to lift them; they were quite heavy, so he left them alone.
Leaving the compartnt, he walked to the front and searched his backpack for a key-like object. It was a universal key that was said to unlock all vehicles, obtained by exchanging ten points.
The first ti he saw it, he thought it would co in handy.
He used the key to unlock the vehicle, climbed into the driver’s seat, and Bai Jinxuan got in from the other door.
“Where are we going now?” She asked after Chen Xu started the truck.
“The supermarket.”
…
At night, finally not being able to see the annoying dense fog, it was pitch black everywhere, and nothing could be seen.
Inside a supermarket, a few charging small desk lamps were lit.
Chen Xu sat on a recliner, holding a mobile phone, endlessly swiping through it.
Not far across, Bai Jinxuan, wearing earplugs, was flipping through a magazine in the incandescent light of the desk lamp; her face looked sowhat pale, and her hands trembling slightly as she turned the pages.
“Chen Xu.” Suddenly, she called out.
“Hmm?” Chen Xu responded without taking his eyes off his phone.
Bai Jinxuan closed the magazine and spoke seriously, “I think, we’ve traveled through ti.”
“Oh.” Chen Xu responded blandly.
Bai Jinxuan was unsatisfied with his indifferent reaction and stressed, “Traveled through ti, you understand? This is no longer Earth.”
Chen Xu said, “Shouldn’t you have guessed that when we saw that robot?”
She looked confused, “Then what do we do? We might not be able to go back. Wah, I don’t want this, I just beca a star, I haven’t had enough ti yet.”
She beca more upset as she spoke, resting her head on her knees, “It’s all over, I’ve only just secured a few endorsents, I haven’t even received the paynt, and, and, I haven’t been in love yet…”
“Alright. Can’t you just be quiet for a bit?” Chen Xu felt a headache coming and tossed his phone aside. The phone couldn’t make calls or access the internet. No useful data was to be found on the storage card either.
Bai Jinxuan didn’t dare speak any further and rested her chin on her knees, not knowing what to think about.
After a few minutes.
She spoke again, “Chen Xu.”
“What now?”
“I need to use the bathroom.”
“We just went to an office that had a bathroom, go by yourself.”
“…I’m too scared to go alone.”
“…”
“And, I also want to take a shower.”
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