Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Zhang Zhongmin looked at him suspiciously: “Did you really eat it?”
“Uh…” Lu Xun answered him with a long burp. Coupled with Lu Xun’s satisfied look, it was not known whether he had eaten Dongpo pork, but he definitely ate something.
“Fu Ke said that the food tasting is free, but you must give the crystal core if you want to eat it in the future.” After thinking about it, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his sparkling eyes were as bright as light bulbs.
It was so bright that Zhang Zhongmin’s eyes were blinded: “Fu Ke also said that I would be the one to try out the dishes she learns from now on!”
“…” Zhang Zhongmin immediately recalled the bright orange color and tempting smell of the Dongpo pork. He believed in Lu Xun wholeheartedly now, but then he felt a little regretful.
He had long known that Fu Ke had no ill will towards them, even though her behavior was strange and she was hiding some secret. But it was true that Fu Ke had no intention of harming them.
At this moment, Zhang Zhongmin regretted very much that he suspected Fu Ke and did not eat Dongpo pork.
Although he felt regretful, he didn’t show it on his face and nodded slowly. He just said seriously: “Since you are full, you don’t need this half bag of instant noodles.”
“Yeah.” Lu Xun waved his hand nonchalantly. He was really full, and the long-lost feeling made him feel a sense of happiness. There seemed to be a hint of smile on his face all the time: “I won’t eat, you eat it, Squad Leader Zhang.”
“…” Even more depressed, Zhang Zhongmin tried hard not to let his emotions show, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but pull down.
“She said she was trying the food. Could it be that she was planning to sell it in the future?” Zhang Zhongmin suddenly remembered what Fu Ke said that if he wanted to eat it in the future, he would have to give crystal cores.
“Yes, she plans to earn crystal cores this way.” Lu Xun and Zhang Zhongmin went back together, talking as they walked.
“How many crystal cores does she plan to collect for one dish?” Zhang Zhongmin asked with pretended curiosity.
Lu Xun, who was walking beside him, turned his head to look at Zhang Zhongmin, then smiled: “Fu Ke said that one crystal core can be used for a vegetable dish, and two crystal cores can be used for a meat dish. But this is just the initial price and it will change later. But if you go, Squad Leader Zhang, you have to pay ten times the amount of crystal cores.”
“!” Zhang Zhongmin looked at Lu Xun in shock. He had just heard about one crystal core and two crystal core and was still calculating carefully. Who knew that before he could figure it out, he was knocked out by Lu Xun’s stick.
“Ten, ten times?” His face could no longer remain calm.
“Who told you, squad leader Zhang, not to believe Fu Ke before?” Lu Xun was in a very good mood at the moment.
“……” Even if he was wrong, she couldn’t be so cruel, right? A normal person would suspect something was wrong in that situation, right? Who would be so stupid as Lu Xun to just start eating?
Zhang Zhongmin thought with a sour feeling in his heart.
Fu Ke, who had watched everything with her mental power, grinned and her mood improved. She then picked up a crystal core and started to munch on it, making a creaking sound.
Who let him not believe in her, just suffocate him to death!
Fu Ke, whose mental power completely covered the entire school, discovered that someone was actually doing some kind of exercise at a certain place, and her fair cheeks instantly turned red.
She blinked and quickly withdrew her mental strength.
In her previous life, she was ignorant and had once used her mental power to watch a man and a woman exercising from all angles. At that time, she was very curious about what they were doing.
However, although she did not understand due to her great mental strength, she could still hear the joy in the voice. So she didn’t rush to interrupt others.
Now that Fu Ke had recovered her memory, she naturally knew what was going on. With red cheeks, she threw the crystal core into her mouth and swallowed it in two or three gulps.
She was a zombie, so it seemed she couldn’t find a boyfriend…
Early the next morning.
Everyone gathered in the cafeteria to get food, but Liu Guo’an looked at Lu Xun strangely as he was actually walking out of the school.
He said to Zhang Zhongmin curiously: “Sergeant, why is Lu Xun walking so fast? And why doesn’t he come to get food when it’s time for dinner? Why is he running outside? Isn’t he hungry?”
“…” Zhang Zhongmin looked at Lu Xun’s back and knew what he was going to do.
Trying food, what else can he do! I feel very depressed.
“Even if it’s something important, you have to eat before going out. I’ll go call him.” As he said that, Liu Guo’an prepared to call Lu Xun back.
“Come back!” Zhang Zhongmin scolded in a low voice.
“Ah?” Liu Guo’an realized belatedly that Zhang Zhongmin’s face was not very good. He looked at Zhang Zhongmin in confusion: “Squad leader, are we not going to care about Lu Xun?”
In public, it was impossible for Zhang Zhongmin to say that Lu Xun went to taste food. You know, the school would be in chaos, right? He couldn’t guarantee that every student in the school was a person of good character after all.
He couldn’t help but think of the male classmate who was guarding the gate of Dongdaemun yesterday.
“Don’t worry about him.” Although he was jealous of Lu Xun, he knew that it was better not to let others know about this, because even if Lu Xun hid it in the future, they would know about it.
But at least they must not know that Lu Xun could go and eat without giving crystal cores.
“How are the mother and daughter who were sent here by Fu Ke yesterday?” Zhang Zhongmin changed the subject.
It was obvious that he wasn’t very good at changing the subject. But for a careless person like Liu Guo’an, he could not feel it at all. When he heard about Chen Ju and her daughter, his attention was immediately diverted.
He hadn’t noticed anything yet.
“They adapted very well, including the child. Although she is young, she can endure the cold and hardship. She was so tired that her eyes were full of tears, but she didn’t say a word or cry. It made me feel sad to see her.” Liu Guo’an said with a click of his tongue. He initially thought that the child would definitely cry and make a fuss after being trained.
After all, the child looked to be only five or six years old, still very young.
“It’s good to be able to endure hardship but be careful not to over-train her.” In the end times, it was not okay to be a delicate being, unless you had powerful supernatural powers.
Otherwise, you could only survive through your own efforts.
He could certainly protect them for a while, but no one knew what would happen after the apocalypse. Therefore, no matter who you are, you must improve yourself through your own efforts and at least don’t let yourself become a person who can only drag down others and can only be protected.
Zhang Zhongmin firmly believed that as long as everyone trained well, those zombies would not be a problem.
It was dinner time, and everyone received their food and ate their own food in an orderly manner. They ate very carefully and were reluctant to waste anything. They even used their hands to catch any leftover food. If food did spill, they would put it back into their mouths and eat it.
At this time, Qiu Yinlan came over.
“Team Leader Zhang.” Qiu Yinlan was a female teacher in the Department of Mathematics, who looked to be in her thirties. She worked very hard during training. So they wondered what it was that could make her walk over with red eyes.
“What’s the matter?” Zhang Zhongmin looked at her slightly red eyes, holding a piece of bread in his hand but not eating it yet.
The current situation in the school was still very good. Everyone was eating their own food in an orderly manner and there was no situation of scrambling for food.
Qiu Yinlan bit her lip and looked around. There were a lot of people around her. It was obviously inconvenient to talk here, so she whispered, “Squad Leader, can I talk to you alone?”
There was a hint of pleading in her eyes. In this apocalypse, she was actually quite rational.
Zhang Zhongmin hesitated for a moment, looked at the pleading in her eyes, and nodded. He asked Liu Guo’an to watch over the others and then took Qiu Yinlan to the small hill beside the grassland.
“Tell me, what’s the matter?” The sun hadn’t come out yet and the weather was not hot.
Standing under the solitary tree on the hillside, the breeze blew over. Qiu Yinlan’s eyes became even redder: “Squad leader, I want to go see if my son is still there.”
Zhang Zhongmin looked at Qiu Yinlan in surprise: “Your son?”
Qiu Yinlan nodded. She now regretted very much that she did not accompany her son to school on September 1st but asked the nanny to take him there instead.
She got married right after graduating from college, and her husband cheated on her two years ago. She divorced her husband and took her son with her. Qiu Yinlan’s parents died early, and after the divorce there was no elderly person to take care of her children, so she hired a nanny.
For the sake of her son, she also had to work hard. So when her son was supposed to start first grade on September 1st, he was sent over by the nanny she hired.
At first she didn’t understand what was happening, but by the time she found out it was the end of the world, D City University had been blocked by Zhang Zhongmin.
For the sake of everyone’s safety, no one could go out.
Qiu Yinlan knew very well that at the end of the world, children would be in the most danger. Because their ability to protect themselves was very low, she also clearly understood this.
Maybe by the time she arrived, her son would have turned into a zombie. And if she started making a fuss, who didn’t have a few relatives?
Once one person started making a fuss, everyone would worry about their loved ones, and everyone would definitely become more and more anxious. By that time the school would be in chaos and even more people might die.
Qiu Yinlan felt like she was living a year in a day during this period. She trained very hard just because she wanted to go back to find her son. Regardless of whether or not he had turned into a zombie, she had to confirm it with her own eyes before she could feel at ease.
Especially after seeing the young Lin Xiaoya yesterday, she missed her son even more. But she also saw that many people were secretly looking at Lin Xiaoya.
After seeing Lin Xiaoya, their eyes were slightly red.
Qiu Yinlan forced a smile. After she explained the whole story clearly, she looked at Zhang Zhongmin firmly and said, “So, squad leader, I suggest that the action be divided into two groups. One group will lead everyone to find their relatives in City D, and the other group will go to collect supplies.”
Her suggestion was indeed good, but it was really unrealistic to implement it now.
Zhang Zhongmin sighed: “I understand your feelings, and I understand everyone’s feelings. But it’s not possible now.”
Hearing Zhang Zhongmin’s words, Qiu Yinlan’s tears instantly fell. She then roared in a hoarse voice: “Why?”
Why not now? If it was not possible now, when would it be possible?
Her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and tears kept flowing out.
Seeing her crying, Zhang Zhongmin felt uncomfortable: “I also have relatives, and I am as anxious as you. However, now we have not grown up yet, and there is a shortage of supplies in the school. The top priority now is to find food. With enough food and everyone has practical experience, we can rescue others.”
“But what about Chen Ju and Lin Xiaoya! Didn’t they get rescued?” Qiu Yinlan, who had always been rational, couldn’t help but feel resentful.
“We didn’t rescue them. Don’t worry. We will hurry up to collect supplies. It will only take a few days at most. After a few days, we will first look for survivors in City D and then expand the search area.” Zhang Zhongmin said seriously.
However, Qiu Yinlan noticed that Zhang Zhongmin was talking about the survivors.
She felt very upset, but she couldn’t say that Zhang Zhongmin was wrong. After all, those who survived and did not turn into zombies were all human beings as were their family members.
Qiu Yinlan grabbed Zhang Zhongmin and asked, “Who saved Chen Ju and her daughter?”
Zhang Zhongmin looked at Qiu Yinlan quietly, and there seemed to be a glimmer of hope in her eyes. But he pulled her hand away: “Calm down, believe me. We will definitely rescue the survivors. As long as they are still there, we will try our best to rescue them and bring them back.”
Her mood was obviously not right, and Zhang Zhongmin didn’t dare to say that it was Fu Ke who rescued them.
Zhang Zhongmin was afraid that once he said it out loud, it would bring trouble to Fu Ke, so he thought about it for a while and then went to find Chen Ju.
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