Reborn in the Apocalypse: A Commoner's Survival Log

The next day, Zhou Yang woke up with a sore back.

When she opened her eyes, she found herself still locked in Shen Zechuan's arms with both hands and feet, and they hadn't changed positions all night.

Haha, I knew he couldn't sleep well!

Looking at Shen Zechuan again, Zhou Yang saw that he still had his head buried in her neck, and she wanted to roll her eyes.

If he tries to talk to this guy again when he's drunk, he's a dog!

After staring blankly at the ceiling for a while, Zhou Yang couldn't lie still any longer, so he began to try to break free from his constraints.

But as soon as he moved, Shen Zechuan also woke up.

"Hmm... Good morning."

Shen Zechuan opened his eyes, still a little dazed, and said, "I'm not sure what to do." After speaking, he subconsciously nuzzled against Zhou Yang's shoulder.

Some stiff hairs brushed against the back of her ears, causing a ticklish sensation and making Zhou Yang shiver involuntarily. She could only awkwardly reply with a "Good morning."

"Now that you're awake, let me go. I need to get up."

"Hmm..." Shen Zechuan hesitated for a moment before speaking again, "Last night..."

Upon hearing the other person mention last night, Zhou Yang immediately thought of the suspicion that she might be gay, and felt a surge of anxiety. She interrupted him, saying, "Nothing happened last night! Let go!"

"Hmm, really? But what can I do? I don't have the habit of drinking until I black out." Shen Zechuan chuckled, then looked up at Zhou Yang and said slowly, "Yesterday I think I heard someone agree to be my wife."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang's mind went blank for a moment.

After a long pause, he finally realized what he meant and said, "Ahem, well, you were drunk last night and were just joking around. Don't worry, I didn't take it seriously. I was just trying to comfort you."

Shen Zechuan raised his upper body and looked into Zhou Yang's eyes: "Who told you I was joking? Although I was drunk, what I said was true."

"Huh??? No, you..."

Just as Zhou Yang was about to speak, Shen Zechuan interrupted him.

"Listen to me first."

"I can't say for sure when it started, but my eyes would involuntarily follow you. When I found out you were in trouble, I was more anxious than if something had happened to me. That's when I knew I had fallen for you."

"And last time at the granary, you asked me if I had a dream. Actually, I lied to you. I had a dream about you. I dreamt that we were in a world before the apocalypse, that we fell in love at first sight, supported each other through thick and thin, and went to the mountains together. We explored every inch of each other's lives..."

Seeing that Shen Zechuan was about to break the rules, Zhou Yang quickly kicked him. Shen Zechuan smiled and had no choice but to stop talking, then changed the subject:

"The end times are full of dangers and uncertainties. I don't want to wait until I regret it to tell you I love you. I'm even more afraid that before you respond, we'll have to say goodbye forever."

"So, I didn't want to wait any longer, so I deliberately tested your attitude by getting drunk. So, would you consider being with me?"

Zhou Yang was completely taken aback by Shen Zechuan's blunt words and couldn't react for a moment. After a long while, she hesitantly asked:

"Are you...serious?"

Shen Zechuan looked directly into Zhou Yang's eyes and said very seriously, "We've known each other for more than half a year now, you should know my temper, I wouldn't joke about something like this. I really want to date you and spend every day of the apocalypse together."

Zhou Yang scratched his head, momentarily at a loss for what to do:

"I don't know, let me think about it..."

"Ah."

"Then let go of me for a moment."

"it is good."

Shen Zechuan said it was okay, but he didn't actually do anything about it.

Zhou Yang couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Then why haven't you released it yet?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Zechuan smiled and looked at Zhou Yang with a roguish expression.

"You said you'd think about it, but you haven't given me an answer yet."

Zhou Yang: ? ? ?

"No, you only have a few minutes? Who would only have a few minutes to consider something so important? Are you kidding me?"

Thinking back to how she had enthusiastically stocked up on sanitary napkins and other such items in her spatial storage, Zhou Yang couldn't help but mutter to herself again:

"Besides, if I were with you, wouldn't all the things I've been saving up for my future girlfriend become a joke?"

Although he spoke very softly, Shen Zechuan still heard him.

The next moment, Shen Zechuan's gaze towards Zhou Yang suddenly took on a dangerous glint: "You're actually still thinking about finding a girlfriend..."

Under Shen Zechuan's gaze, Zhou Yang suddenly became hesitant to look him in the eye and stammered:

"Well... I wasn't gay before, I'm just preparing for finding a girlfriend in the future... Is there a problem?" He only realized last night that he might be deeply gay...

"A problem? This is a huge problem! What am I supposed to do if you get a girlfriend?"

Shen Zechuan snorted and continued, "Besides, I'm no less attractive than those women outside, am I? I have superpowers that can protect you, and I have a lot of supplies. Apart from not being able to have children, how am I inferior to those women? No matter how you look at it, it's more worthwhile to be with me."

"That's not how you compare them..."

Before Zhou Yang could finish speaking, Shen Zechuan interrupted him.

"So how do you want to compete? Or are you just looking for a woman to have your baby?"

After saying that, Shen Zechuan tightened his grip on Zhou Yang, looking as if he would beat her up if she said anything he didn't want to hear.

“That’s definitely not it…” Zhou Yang scratched his ear and retorted.

He had only thought about finding a girlfriend to have company in the apocalypse. As for having children, he only thought about it casually and didn't have much hope for it at all.

After the apocalypse, due to various reasons, the birth rate of children is extremely low, and even if they are born by chance, it is very difficult to raise them under such harsh conditions.

In fact, Shen Zechuan's words make some sense. Given that he doesn't need to have children, it is indeed more suitable for him to live with a man.

In the apocalypse of my previous life, there were many precedents of ordinary men living together.

First of all, everyone is a laborer, so the pressure to survive is much less compared to being with a woman, and you can help each other if you encounter any trouble.

Secondly, in the apocalypse, there are far fewer women than men who can survive, roughly a 1:5 ratio. After all, women have menstruation every month, making them more attractive to zombies, and they are also more prone to illness in extreme cold or heat.

Women with special abilities and a strong will are more willing to support themselves, but most ordinary women are unwilling to live a hard life and would rather depend on the strong or simply sell their bodies...

So if he's just looking for a companion, then there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with him choosing Shen Zechuan...

After figuring this out, Zhou Yang looked at Shen Zechuan again.

"Well, I've never been attracted to a man before... How about we give it a try?"

"no problem!"

Shen Zechuan agreed without even thinking.

Anyway, as long as Zhou Yang nodded, he was confident that he could win him over. Returning him after the trial period was not an option for him.

Seeing that Shen Zechuan had no objections, Zhou Yang gradually calmed down.

Although he had never dated a man and didn't know how, he had seen how two men lived together in his past life and thought it should be similar.

Now that she had decided to give it a try, Zhou Yang didn't stand on ceremony with Shen Zechuan. She gave him a disdainful look and urged him to get up.

"Get up and take a shower right now, you reek of alcohol and have been bothering me all night!"

"Okay, I'm going right now, honey!"

After Shen Zechuan finished speaking, he kissed Zhou Yang on the forehead, then immediately let go of Zhou Yang and got out of bed.

Zhou Yang, now free, grabbed Shen Zechuan's pillow and threw it at his back: "Who the hell cares about whose wife you are? You're still on probation!"

Shen Zechuan readily complied and immediately changed his tune: "Oh, okay, honey!"

"Shut up!"

"That won't do. How can I coax you if you shut up?"

"Damn it! I regret it!"

"That won't do! You have to keep your promise, or I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Shen Zechuan threw down a sentence and hurriedly rushed into the bathroom, closing the door behind him.

Zhou Yang felt a chill run down her spine after hearing Shen Zechuan's words. After a long while, she sighed, got up, changed her clothes, and went to the bathroom outside to wash up.

There was no one else in the living room; the blankets had been neatly folded and placed on the mattress.

Zhou Yang guessed that the others had all gone back to the other side, so he ignored them and simply packed up his things.

Looking at the restaurant and kitchen, everything had been cleaned up, and even the food waste had been packed up and taken away.

Zhou Yang nodded in satisfaction. It was great that his teammates were all so diligent; it saved him the trouble of cleaning.

After he finished washing up, he checked the time and it was almost 9 a.m.

It was a bit late for breakfast, so Zhou Yang simply cooked a pot of white fungus and oatmeal porridge.

When Shen Zechuan came out after taking a shower to wash away the smell of alcohol, he saw Zhou Yang just putting a pot of oatmeal porridge on the table. He came over because of the sweet aroma coming from the pot.

"What is this? It smells so good."

"White fungus and oatmeal porridge. Perfect timing. Go and call Yan Fei and the others over to have something to eat to fill their stomachs. They probably left without eating anything."

"Can't we just not invite them over? This is our first time having time alone together... They have hands and feet and ingredients, can't they cook for themselves?"

Zhou Yang: "..."

Your brother knows you're so popular with the opposite sex... Pshaw! Does having a partner mean you have no humanity?