Lin Xuan curiously leaned on the back of the chair and secretly peeked at the rich heiress.

Her large, milk-tea-colored waves were tied high on her head. She had the same big, almond-shaped eyes as Zhou Xinran, with long, curled eyelashes that sparkled. She also had a high, upturned nose and diamond-shaped red lips. With her head slightly tilted back, she was truly a stunning beauty.

The beautiful woman was also looking at Lin Xuan. This baby-faced girl was very cute, with skin as tender as a baby's, and droopy puppy eyes that made her look adorable and innocent.

Miss Zhou's fingers were itching to touch her; her chubby cheeks must feel amazing.

Looking again at Xia Feng's muscular arms in the driver's seat, I dared not move, I dared not move at all.

Meeting Lin Xuan's furtive gaze, Zhou Lerui suddenly started flamboyantly fiddling with the heart-shaped rhinestones on her nails.

That beautiful woman's nails are so pretty! But it's the apocalypse, how can manicures last this long?

“This is a protective armor, it’s just pasted on,” Zhou Lerui said, as if she could read minds.

Ten minutes later, the two people in the back seat became three. Lin Xuan happily held the short armor with a bear pattern that Zhou Lerui had given her.

"Your fingernails are so small, they need to be short like this to look cute. Oh, and I also have a pair with a little yellow chick design, I'll put those on you later."

As Peng Ze reached out to wait in line, Zhou Lerui said while sticking a little finger on Lin Xuan's finger.

Xia Feng has a bulge on his forehead, quickly give his wife back to him.

The three developed a friendship quickly, and before long they were all together, picking at their newly applied nail polish, eating snacks, and watching a TV series that Lin Xuan was showing on her tablet.

I don't know what TV series they were showing, but the woman in it kept shouting "Spain!" and the three kids were completely engrossed in it.

The playback only paused reluctantly after the car behind announced a break via walkie-talkie.

Lin Xuan invited the two of them to come over again in the afternoon to watch the show together, and Zhou Lerui happily agreed.

It was so much fun in Xiaobao's car! The air conditioning was on full blast, so it wasn't hot at all. There were TV shows to watch, and they even provided lots of snacks.

Their minibus always smelled of feces, and it was crowded and not cool inside.

More importantly, she didn't have to face her second brother who was always hitting her on the head and her two fake best friends. She was so happy and didn't want to go back at all.

Xia Feng looked visibly haggard, yet he still came in the afternoon—it was just the two of them, enjoying some alone time!

Well, it's rare for Xiaobao to make a few friends, so he'll put up with it...

Seeing that Lin Xuan was about to be tricked into eating instant noodles, Xia Feng finally snapped. He grabbed Lin Xuan by the back of the neck and pulled her back with a dark face.

"No instant noodles allowed, you have to eat proper meals."

Lin Xuan sat on a small stool, turning her head to look at the large pot of instant noodles cooking in the pot over there. Xia Feng was frying rice while turning her head back towards him.

"What's so great about instant noodles? Look at the rice I fried for you, it smells so good, and it even has beef bits in it."

Xia Feng used canned beef sauce, which was delicious even on its own, let alone when used in fried rice.

Lin Xuan continued to turn her head to look at the instant noodles cooking, indicating that she was not interested in the beef cubes.

Xia Feng is at his wits' end, wondering what to do when his child refuses to eat regular meals and only wants instant noodles.

Zhou Xinran, holding a bowl, leaned over mischievously. "Oh, little Bao, your brother made fried rice. It smells so good, and there are even bits of beef in it..."

Unable to bear it any longer, Xia Feng snatched Zhou Xinran's bowl and filled it to the brim. He then gritted his teeth and scooped a spoonful of rice each for Zhou Lerui and Peng Ze, who were lining up behind him with their bowls.

"Don't give Xiaobao instant noodles!" Xia Feng said fiercely.

The three of them nodded frantically, holding their rice bowls. "Wow, there really are beef chunks in the rice! And they're big ones, too. With such fragrant fried rice, who would want to eat instant noodles?"

This little girl is so lucky, yet she doesn't know how lucky she is.

Although three bowls of rice were divided up, there was still plenty left, enough for Xia Feng and Lin Xuan to eat.

Lin Xuan was shoveling rice into her mouth bit by bit when three private cars drove up from a distance and stopped behind the minibus at a short distance.

The group of men, women, and children who got out of the car turned out to be the same group who had stayed at the villa on the first floor the night before.

Zhou Xinran went over to say hello and then came back to continue eating.

The group also set up a stove on the spot and took out some firewood made from wooden furniture from the car to burn.

Seeing them roasting an unknown animal's leg, Zhou Xinran couldn't resist his curiosity and ladled out a bowl of noodles to join them.

"Uncle Zhou, we don't have much good food. Here's some instant noodles. Give the child a bowl."

"Oh, I can't accept this, I can't accept this." Zhou Li saw the longing look in his nephew's eyes and finally didn't refuse. The child had suffered along the way.

"Thank you very much. Come here, Zhuangzhuang, come and thank your brother."

Zhou Li beckoned the chubby boy over, but the boy's eyes were fixed on the bowl of instant noodles, and he ran over quickly.

"Thank you, brother." The chubby boy said shyly in Zhou Li's arms. Zhou Li poured the noodles into his own bowl and returned the empty bowl to Zhou Xinran.

The chubby boy carefully carried a full bowl of noodles back to share with his family.

Holding the empty bowl, Zhou Xinran finally asked the question that had been bothering him since last night.

"Uncle Zhou, what kind of meat are you grilling?"

It's been over a month since the apocalypse, and almost all the fresh meat has rotted.

Even if Pengze has space to store food, the food will still rot inside, just much slower than in the high-temperature environment outside.

“Oh, this is meat from a mutant dog,” Zhou Li replied.

"What? Mutant dog? This is mutated animal meat!" Zhou Xinran was shocked. Can you eat mutated animal meat?

Seeing Zhou Xinran's question, Zhou Li sighed and said, "We've run out of food and ammunition, so we had no choice but to eat this mutated beast meat."

Zhou Li and his group had run out of food a few days ago. Once, when Zhao Zheng and a few other young people went out to collect supplies, they encountered two mutated wild dogs.

After a fierce battle, the group that went out to find supplies were seriously injured, but they finally managed to drag back the carcass of a mutated dog.

At this point, everyone was so hungry that their eyes were practically glowing green. Regardless of whether the mutated animal meat was poisonous or not, they scraped off the rotten flesh from the surface, roasted it, and ate it.

The mutated beasts have a fishy and foul taste, and eating them will cause stomach pain for a while, but they can fill your stomach.

This meat is very filling; you don't need to eat too much to keep you full for a day.

In order to survive, even the youngest Zhuangzhuang eventually started eating this kind of meat.

Seeing that the meat was almost cooked, Zhou Li cut off a small piece for Zhou Xinran.

"Try it, it won't kill you. We've been living on this for the past few days. When you're starving, you can eat anything."

Zhou Xinran took the mutated beast meat, which was roasted until it was black and had a peculiar, fishy smell, and tried to take a bite.

It's so hard! It tastes awful!

After chewing the meat in his mouth and swallowing it with his neck stiffened, Zhou Xinran stared blankly at the remaining half piece of meat in his hand.

Their food supplies are almost gone, and they might have to eat this mutated beast meat from now on.

Stand up and take a deep breath. It's okay, it's okay. Uncle Zhou is right. When people are hungry, they can eat anything. At this time, finding something to eat is a good thing.