Song Ning’s Confusion

March 21st, the temperature was still twenty degrees Celsius.

In the master bedroom on the second floor of the villa, Song Ning woke up with a gasp, suddenly sitting up from the soft bed. The sound of the iron chains colliding was harsh, and the cold and hard alloy collar around her neck made her feel uncomfortable.

She hadn’t been able to resist again last night…

Endless remorse now appeared in her heart, and Song Ning reached out in frustration, scratching her soft black hair.

She must resist next time.

The bed had become sticky and wet again, and Song Ning sighed.

Where did Chengcheng go? She looked around the room, not seeing the girl, but she saw a bowl of stewed potatoes with meat and rice on the bedside table.

Next to it was a small purple clay bear, the new gift the girl had given her yesterday.

There was a sticky note in the empty space. Song Ning supported her sore body and gently sat on the edge of the bed.

Her clothes had all been taken away by the girl, so she could only be naked, which was always very uncomfortable. She awkwardly sat on the edge of the bed and turned her gaze to the sticky note, reaching out to pick it up.

There was a line of cute little characters on it:

‘Older Sister, I’m going to participate in the base’s pre-war meeting~ I’ve already prepared breakfast, so be good and eat~ (=^▽^=)’

Song Ning couldn’t help but laugh when she saw the emoticon at the end. Only at this moment did she see clearly.

What was Ping Chengcheng’s real face like?

The girl seemed a little moody, sometimes fierce, sometimes charming and lovely, but it didn’t seem like she was acting. Song Ning was stunned.

If Chengcheng could always be so cute and obedient, that would be great. Song Ning sighed.

Song Ning put the note into the bedside table and sat on the edge of the bed, picking up the breakfast the girl had made for her and eating it.

It smelled very fragrant and tasted very good. The stewed texture was also good, very much to her liking.

Song Ning ate quickly, and in about ten minutes, she had finished them all, and then smiled with satisfaction.

It wasn’t smoked meat, it was fresh meat. Very extravagant. Song Ning sat blankly on the edge of the bed, still a little dazed. This taste, Chengcheng’s cooking seemed very similar to what Ping Yan made.

She quietly savored it. It had been three months since the end of the world, and she hadn’t eaten such a satisfying meal that she loved for three whole months. The whole person unconsciously fell into memories.

She thought of Ping Yan.

Although Song Ning treated Ping Yan as a friend, she had known for a long time that Ping Yan liked her.

It was just that Song Ning had made many hints to Ping Yan, hinting that there was no possibility between them, but Ping Yan seemed not to understand, and continued to show goodwill towards Song Ning regardless.

Two years before the end of the world.

One day in the second year of high school, Wednesday, after the last class in the morning, she passed by Ping Yan’s desk to eat, but was puzzled to see Ping Yan still sitting in his chair and not leaving.

“Aren’t you going to eat?” Song Ning asked.

Ping Yan shook his head and smiled: “I’m not, I’m losing weight.”

At that time, Song Ning only felt it was funny. Losing weight? This guy was not a strong male to begin with, and he didn’t have much meat on his body. If he lost weight again, he would become as thin as a bamboo pole.

When she returned after eating lunch, when she passed by Ping Yan’s desk again, she found Ping Yan looking at her with a blushing face. Song Ning didn’t think much about it, and as a result, when she returned to her seat, when she was looking for the textbook for the first class in the afternoon from the table hole, she saw a pink envelope.

She paused curiously and took out the envelope, only to see a line of cute characters written on the cover that looked very serious: “To Song Ning”

She couldn’t help but laugh, who in the class would joke with her like this? Only Ping Yan.

However, when she opened the envelope and read the information inside, the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but twitch.

Did this guy really not know or was he pretending not to know? He had hinted at him so many times, but he still confessed to her?

So that day, Song Ning resolutely tore up this love letter. When she left school at night, she said the words of rejection to Ping Yan very thoroughly, without any sympathy.

Song Ning liked girls. Although she thought Ping Yan was quite to her liking, she would not be with a boy, and she had no feelings for Ping Yan in terms of love. She simply regarded Ping Yan as a friend.

That night, Ping Yan’s expression hidden in the night was very blurred. Song Ning couldn’t see clearly, but she felt that Ping Yan’s expression was a little… scary? Hmm… just like the feeling Ping Chengcheng gave her yesterday. However, Song Ning always felt that it might just be an illusion, after all, she didn’t see Ping Yan’s face clearly at all.

Ping Yan was rejected very thoroughly by her at that time, and he looked very embarrassed. In order to maintain his dignity, Song Ning treated all of this as if it had never happened at that time, and decided that she would never mention this to others, and would still get along as ordinary friends in the future.

Song Ning sighed heavily.

These memories were boring, and there was no need to recall them, but she suddenly thought that Ping Chengcheng’s handwriting seemed somewhat similar to her’s. Song Ning was surprised to find that the girl and Ping Yan had many similarities.

The taste of the dishes she made was very similar, the handwriting was also very similar, and even their names had the same surname, Ping. Did Ping Chengcheng really have nothing to do with Ping Yan? Song Ning racked her brains.

It wasn’t impossible. Forget it, don’t think about it… She had known Ping Yan since she was a child. If Ping Chengcheng was really someone who had appeared around Ping Yan, it was impossible for her not to have an impression. It should just be a coincidence.

The girl’s eyebrows were tightly locked. She didn’t know what Ping Chengcheng’s mental state was like, and when she could become more normal. Being locked in the room for the past two days, her feelings were about to break down. When Ping Chengcheng’s mental state was better, she would bring up the matter of breaking up.

S City Base, the first floor of the Command Tower, the Assembly Hall.

This pre-war meeting was different from the previous meeting.

Today was mainly a pre-war mobilization meeting. There were many people participating, from the small team leaders of various departments and groups to the large ones, such as Lao Gao, the chief scientist of the scientific research department, all entered the assembly hall on the first floor of the command tower.

This place could accommodate 400 people sitting at the same time, and at the moment it was only half full.

The entire large hall was very quiet, even the sound of a coin falling to the ground sounded extremely conspicuous.

Everyone’s faces were solemn, and a murderous atmosphere permeated the hall.

However, there was one very strange thing. Why had the General Commander of the Armed Operations Department, Xiao Lie, not come yet? Even the General Commander of the base had already taken his seat.

At this moment, Lu Linyuan was sitting on the podium at the front, facing all the personnel who came to participate in the meeting. He adjusted the microphone on the podium and opened his mouth in a heavy voice.

“… I think you have also discovered one thing.”

“Today, as one of the veterans who have been conscientious and dedicated to the base since the establishment of our base, Xiao Lie, the General Commander of the Armed Operations Department, has not come to participate in the pre-war meeting.”

In the third row of the hall, Ping Chengcheng narrowed her eyes and leaned back in her chair, listening to what Lu Linyuan said.

Lu Linyuan sighed heavily: “Last night, Commander Xiao was killed in his own home.”

This sentence was like a heavy bomb dropped into the calm lake.

In an instant, the entire assembly hall was whispering, and there was no longer the silence and tranquility that had just been there.

Xiao Lie was dead? Who did it?

Except for Ping Chengcheng, all the other members of the Armed Operations Department who came to participate in the meeting stood up with a swish, looking at Lu Linyuan with a look of astonishment.