The Door to Rebirth in Apocalypse

n him! The seat was so wide yet she had to lean on his side, she might be doing this on purpose and faking sleeping.
Zhao Lin thought that in her mind and when she saw Ji JiuZe’s brow frowning slightly, it reinforced her thought.
Thus, she asked in a very understanding soft voice: “Sir, do you need me to remind the lady next to you?”

Ji JiuZe froze for a moment and glanced at her before replying: “No need.”

Zhao Lin was stunned for a while then immediately thought that this man was truly a rare gentleman.

Her smile became even sweeter as she leaned down slightly, showing the most graceful curves of her body while her gaze was subtly encouraging: “Do you need anything else?”

“Nothing.
Thanks.” Ji JiuZe didn’t even glance at her graceful body line and replied coldly.
Then he picked up the magazine in front of him and put it on his lap to flip through it.

Zhao Lin’s smile paused before saying: “Alright.
Please feel free to call me if you need anything.” Then she stood up and retreated to the back aisle.

She waited until after an hour later before he finally called her again.

The woman sitting next to him was already awake, and from her direction, only the side profile was visible.
The woman’s skin was very pale like someone with an illness and she looked very young, about twenty-one or two years old.
However, strangely enough, she looked a bit familiar.

Afterward, she saw Ji JiuZe take the glass from her hand and handed it to the woman next to him naturally.
So the two of them actually really knew each other?

The woman seemed to have not fully woken up and turned around with some confusion.
Zhao Lin immediately froze when she saw the front view of the woman.
She looked like someone she knew but why couldn’t she remember?

After Gu Ning took a few sips of water, she felt a strong gaze on her so she glanced over and saw the stewardess staring at her with a frown.
When their eyes met, both of them were stunned.

Zhao Lin asked with some hesitation and incredulity: “Gu Ning?”

Gu Ning also recognised Zhao Lin at this moment as she was actually a classmate from the university.

“Oh my god——“ Zhao Lin covered her mouth incredulously: “How did you become like this?” As soon as the words left her mouth, she instantly felt a somewhat icy gaze being shot over by Ji JiuZe.
Zhao Lin thought that it was her fussiness that had upset him and hastily collected the shocked expression before turning to Gu Ning and asking; “Gu Ning, when did you come back? Didn’t they say you went missing previously? We went around searching for news about you, how come you didn’t contact us even when you returned?”

To be honest, Gu Ning had never bothered to manage her relationships in her four years of university apart from following in Lu JiaZi’s footsteps.
She had always stayed at home and had no close friends who lived in the same dormitory.
When she first joined the school, she had joined a club because of novelty but she was removed three months later due to absences.
Most of the time in the university consisted of a small circle of friends hanging around and since Gu Ning had always been wandering alone, it resulted in her not having any deep friendships with anyone.

Thus, after she had returned, the most troublesome thing she felt was that someone still asked her about her disappearance.
Apart from her parents notifying her relatives’ family and Lu JiaZi without her knowledge, she had made a point of explaining to Father Gu not to spread the news of her return.

Gu Ning had never thought that she would meet her university classmate here.
This Zhao Ling, back in the days, was a class flower.
There were always one or two people in a class who were the core focus of the whole class and she was one of them.
Most of the class activities were organized by her and Gu Ning still remembered that Zhao Lin had once said that she wanted to become a teacher in the future……

Gu Ning smiled politely and answered: “I’ve been too busy lately so I’ve missed informing you all.”

Zhao Lin pouted: “Really, you made us worry about you for so long! Even if you’re busy, you should have at least called us!” After saying this she stopped exchanging pleasantries and asked slightly impatiently: “Where are you heading?” Her gaze shifted to Ji JiuZe then asked tentatively: “Who is this?”

Gu Ning replied instantly without any thought: “My boss.”

Ji JiuZe raised his eyes and looked at her silently.

Zhao Lin’s eyes immediately lit up and said eagerly: “Gu Ning, give me your number so that we can get together some time with the other classmates too.”

Gu Ning smiled faintly: “Sorry, I changed my number recently and I don’t have my phone with me now.
Why don’t I give you a call some other time.”

Zhao Lin couldn’t tell if Gu Ning’s speech was true or not and she could only agree to it: “Alright, make sure you do call us!”

Zhao Lin stopped chatting too much as it might make Ji JiuZe dislike her for being too noisy.
Thus, she just gave a polite nod at him with a sweet smile before retreating to her seat.
As she sit down, she couldn’t help but think of what kind of luck Gu Ning had gotten to go on a business trip with such a boss.
Moreover, having her hair dyed in such non-mainstream colour.

Gu Ning didn’t know those little thoughts Zhao Lin had in her mind and all she wanted to do was to send her off as soon as possible.
Gu Ning was slightly relieved when she had left and as for the call, she definitely won’t phone it.
Right now, she was really busy and didn’t have the leisure to deal with those people that whom she didn’t have many friendships, to begin with.

When she was alighting, Zhao Lin stiffly pulled Gu Ning to the side to chat a little while more.

Ji JiuZe had already alighted the train and glanced at his watch, then showed a few hints of impatience between his brows as he said to Gu Ning: “Secretary Gu, It’s going to be late.”

Gu Ning was stunned for a moment before realizing as she hold back her laughter and pretended to look anxious as she replied: “Okay boss!” Then gave an apologetic smile at Zhao Lin as she rushed off the carriage and followed Ji JiuZe without looking back.

“Thank you, Captain.” Gu Ning sincerely thanked Ji JiuZe.

Ji JiuZe replied: “Then buy me dinner.”

Gu Ning froze for a while then answered in a matter-of-fact: “Captain, have you forgotten, I didn’t bring any money.”

At noon, Ji JiuZe took Gu Ning to a Chinese restaurant with a very beautiful décor of the ancient.
The environment was very quiet and there was no main hall as all rooms were separated by screens.

The dishes were all very delicate, even the plating was very elaborate as well as the chopsticks were all silverware.

Ji JiuZe likes sweet food and Gu Ning prefers spicy food, so they had half of the dishes ordered were sweet and half were spicy.
All the spicy dishes were meat dishes plus two plates of small green vegetables.
The restaurant kitchen had probably never seen such an order before.

After Ji JiuZe took a bite of the sweet and sour ribs, he suddenly spoke: “The sweet and sour ribs you made last time were very good.”

Gu Ning instantly understood: “…… Then I’ll make them for you again the next time?”

Ji JiuZe gave Gu Ning a satisfied look, fortunately, the disciple he had taken in was not too stupid.

Both of them said very little during the meal and ate with great concentration.
Ji JiuZe ate more dishes and only had one bowl of rice whereas Gu Ning ate three bowls of rice in a row.
As long as the dishes had meat in them, they were all picked out and eaten, leaving only some vegetables left,

When the bill came, the waiter smilingly quoted the figures which made Gu Ning stare in awe upon hearing it.

“The meal is delicious but it’s also very expensive.” Gu Ning muttered and as she went out of the door, she deliberately glanced back at the signboard above it.
Gu Ning silently remembered the name in her mind and dragged it into her blacklist.
When she looked back at Ji JiuZe, she felt profound about what it meant to be rich and unrestrained.

An S-rank mission was worth tens of millions but for two people to have a meal for over five thousand was just a bit too exaggerating.

Over five thousand, how many supplies could she buy and bring back to the post-apocalyptic world?!

Gu Ning’s heart jolted as she suddenly remember that Ji JiuZe had told her that he wanted her to treat him to a meal.
Please, it wouldn’t be of such standard right? Now Gu Ning had a small fortune but spending five thousand on a meal would be like drawing her blood away, especially when converting it into supplies, it could even be piled up into a small mountain.

With a plan in mind, Gu Ning immediately walked two steps faster and alongside Ji JiuZe as she asked: “Captain, previously you think that my cooking skill is kind of good right? How about the meal which I suppose to treat you,  I’ll cook it for you at home instead?”

Ji JiuZe glanced at her as he asked: “Are you very short of money?”

Gu Ning dryly chuckled and replied: “A little.”

Ji JiuZe paused before continuing slowly: “I heard from Zhuang Chen that you have a Celadon Sunflower Wash?”

Gu Ning: ……

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(T/N: Late update again… Really can’t drag out more free times..
Sorry all! Anyway, this chapter is light and funny with JiuZe and Gu Ning interaction hahahaha.
Alright, that’s all for now.
Thank you all for reading and your kind patience in waiting.