"Hiss~ It's so cold!"

Su Su, who didn't want to get out of bed, rolled around in her blanket and fell asleep again.

When she woke up again, it was because she was hungry.

With her eyes closed, she reached out to the bedside table to find her phone and turned on the screen.

The light from the screen made her eyes uncomfortable.

She squinted at the time on the phone screen, which showed 11:28.

Feeling the hunger in her stomach, she reluctantly got out of bed.

She felt she was getting into the habit of checking the thermometer first thing every morning.She put on four layers of clothing and shivered as she ran to the balcony.

With just one glance, she couldn't help but sigh. "Can this damn weather stop dropping? It's already minus 38 degrees, it's getting colder and colder."

After muttering, she went to turn on the faucet, only to find that the water had frozen.

She had to take out some previously boiled hot water from her space and mix it with cold water to wash up.

Since she woke up late, she combined breakfast and lunch.

Deciding what to eat every day was a real dilemma for her. After thinking for a while, she decided to have beef noodles.

With nothing else to do at home, she decided to cook the beef noodles herself.

She could cook more and store some in her space.

This was her usual practice, as her space had a cheat-like constant temperature preservation, so she didn't have to worry about food spoiling.

The weather was so cold that she didn't want to leave the stove, so she moved it to the kitchen.

She cleaned a large pot and placed it on the gas stove, added cold water, and turned on the heat.

Soon, the water in the pot was boiling. Su Su took out two packs of knife-cut noodles from her space, gently tore open the packaging, and put the noodles into the pot.

She stirred the noodles gently with chopsticks to prevent them from sticking together.

While the noodles were cooking, she took out a piece of braised beef.

This braised beef was the kind sold in the supermarket's freezer section, and she had tried it before and found it quite tasty.

She sliced the beef thinly, prepared some greens, and chopped some scallions and cilantro.Many people didn't like cilantro, but she thought it was delicious with beef noodles.

The noodles needed to cook for another three minutes. While waiting, she warmed her frozen hands by the stove.

She didn't forget to stir the noodles a few times during this period.

Three minutes passed quickly. She added the greens to the pot, along with salt, oil, and a packet of concentrated beef bone broth.

The aroma instantly filled the air, making her even hungrier.

She quickly took out a large bowl and several takeaway containers, divided the noodles into each bowl, and topped them with beef slices and chopped scallions and cilantro.

This pot made five bowls of beef knife-cut noodles. Next time she wanted to eat, she wouldn't have to cook again; she could just take it out from her space.

She put four bowls into her space, leaving the large bowl for today's breakfast and lunch.

She carried the bowl into the living room, took a sip of the hot soup, and felt the coldness in her body dissipate.

The air was so cold that the noodles cooled quickly, so she ate them in big mouthfuls before they got cold.

She quickly finished the large bowl of beef knife-cut noodles, washed the bowl, and put it away in the kitchen.

Passing by the balcony, she glanced outside.

She happened to see a familiar figure shoveling snow outside.

Su Su was stunned.

Could it be him?

She looked at the figure a few more times, still unable to confirm if it was him.

So, she decided to go down and take a look. If it was really him, she couldn't just ignore him.She put on her down jacket and went out.

After walking for five minutes, she arrived at the place she had seen from upstairs.

From a distance, she saw the familiar back.

There were a dozen people around him shoveling snow as well.

They were wearing thin clothes, shivering as they stood by the roadside, clearing the snow that others had shoveled.

As she got closer, she heard a suppressed cough from the person.

Her heart was filled with mixed emotions. Although she had prepared a survival kit for him before the disaster, she hadn't expected to see him again looking so much older.

"Uncle Jiang?" Su Su called softly.

Su Su's gentle voice echoed in the cold snow, and everyone who heard it turned to look at her curiously.

Hearing the familiar "Uncle Jiang," Jiang Liben's body stiffened, hesitating to turn around to see if it was the person he thought it was.

After a moment, he turned around in disbelief and saw Su Su standing there, looking at him.She was really okay!

He knew she would be okay.

He was so sure because, after the tsunami, when he was starving, he found the supplies Su Su had prepared for him.

Since she had prepared supplies in advance, she must have believed the warnings online.

Therefore, she might have planned how to deal with everything that could happen in the apocalypse.

He had held on to the belief that Su Su was still alive, no matter what desperate situations he faced. He had to see her safe and sound to be at ease.

He had persisted until now, and finally saw Su Su standing in front of him.

His eyes suddenly became moist. He never dreamed he would meet her here.

He turned his head, blinking hard to force back the tears.

When Jiang Liben turned around, Su Su recognized him immediately.

He had lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets were sunken, his face was haggard, and his complexion was pale without a trace of blood.

Seeing him turn his head, seemingly not recognizing her.

"Uncle Jiang, don't you recognize me?" Su Su smiled.

Jiang Liben immediately turned around, his eyes glistening with tears. "How could I not recognize you? I'm so happy to see you that I don't know what to say."

"Uncle Jiang, it's rare to see you at a loss for words." Su Su laughed.

"You little girl, are you making fun of me as soon as we meet?"

Seeing Su Su teasing him, Jiang Liben pretended to be angry and glared at her.

However, it was like a loving elder scolding a beloved junior, without any real intimidation.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore." Su Su raised her hands in surrender with a smile.

"That's better... cough cough cough..."

Jiang Liben started coughing violently in the middle of his sentence.

Seeing him cough so badly, the people around him immediately jumped back five steps away.

"Why are you shoveling snow when you're coughing so badly!" an older woman scolded.

"Exactly, you can't even do the work and you're taking up a spot," someone complained.

"He's coughing so badly, could it be something contagious?"

At these words, everyone moved further away from Jiang Liben and Su Su.

Even the slightly chubby supervisor with a face as big as a plate looked over.