Chapter 1001: Doomsday Big Boss 5

Hearing Hu Tongxia’s words, Tang Wan raised her brows slightly, clearly surprised.

Given his usual personality, shouldn’t he be mocking her as a scheming woman again? Shouldn’t he be warning her not to keep deceiving Liu Feifei right under his nose?

But today… it sounded like he was trying to distance himself from Liu Feifei instead.

Just as Tang Wan was thinking about it, a familiar voice rang out.

“Ding! Villain Hu Tongxia’s favorability +50. Current favorability: 0.”

At that, Tang Wan narrowed her eyes.

Earlier in the car, his favorability had inexplicably increased by 20 points. Now it had jumped another 50?

Based on the original Hu Tongxia’s deep dislike of the original host, there was no way his favorability would rise by 70 points so quickly.

There was only one explanation—

This Hu Tongxia wasn’t the original one.

This was her Tong Tong.

With that realization, Tang Wan felt much more at ease.

But afraid of giving herself away, she deliberately kept her expression indifferent.

“Really?” she said lightly. “To me, you look like you’re pretty attached to her.”

After throwing him a glance, she turned and walked briskly toward her room.

Her body still carried the unpleasant smell from earlier—she needed a shower immediately.

…

Watching her leave with that cold, dismissive attitude, Hu Tongxia scratched the back of his head.

“Since when?” he called out after her. “I’m not! Seriously!”

But even he couldn’t explain why he felt the need to clarify things to Tang Wan—or why he was so intent on distancing himself from Liu Feifei in her eyes.

He just had a strong instinct—

He couldn’t let Tang Wan think there was anything between him and Liu Feifei.

It had been half a year since the apocalypse began. The reason he’d survived this long wasn’t just his strange ability.

His sharp and accurate instincts had played a huge role.

What he didn’t know was that, with her back turned to him, Tang Wan’s lips had already curved slightly upward at his hurried explanation.

…

Water was scarce in the apocalypse.

Fortunately, the original host had been socially adept and maintained good relationships with water-type ability users in the base, so she never lacked bathing water.

Not long after Tang Wan finished her shower, someone knocked on the door.

“Wan Wan, are you there?”

Hearing Liu Feifei’s voice, Tang Wan walked over and casually brushed her damp, wavy hair back.

She opened the door.

“Feifei.”

According to the original plot, Liu Feifei was genuinely kind.

Even in a world where most people had revealed their darker sides, she had managed to retain her original innocence and goodwill.

Unfortunately, in the end, she would be raised by Xu Jintang like a dependent vine clinging to a tree—a canary kept in a gilded cage.

As for Xu Jintang, after securing his position as the base leader, he would eventually take several powerful female ability users who admired him as his partners.

If the original Tang Wan hadn’t died, she might have even achieved her dream of becoming one of them.

…

After entering, Liu Feifei looked Tang Wan over anxiously.

“Wan Wan, are you hurt?” she asked with concern. “I got caught up talking to Jintang earlier and forgot to check on you. I’m really sorry. If you have any injuries, you must tell me!”

Tang Wan smiled and shook her head.

“I’m fine. Don’t worry.”

She had encountered plenty of naive, overly soft female leads before.

But this time, Liu Feifei wasn’t annoying at all.

On the contrary, her temperament was genuinely pleasant.

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