China's Flower Country, S City Base.

Li Xin'er had originally asked Lu Chen to give her the list of medicines she needed the next day, but who knew that shortly after returning to the base that evening after dinner, he hurriedly brought the list with him.

"So eager?"

In front of Lu Chen, Li Xin'er glanced at the list. The quantity was indeed not large, and they were all common medicines.

Lu Chen looked apologetic.

"Sorry to bother you so late, but the base urgently needs these, so..."

Li Xin'er also expressed her understanding and nodded.

"No problem, I'll take 10,000 level 1 crystal cores from these medicines, how about that?"

Upon hearing the word "10,000 crystal cores," Lu Chen looked troubled. He knew these crystal cores were hard to find; he had secretly sent people to keep an eye out for them when clearing out zombies, and they were incredibly scarce.

"10,000? Isn't that a bit too many?"

Li Xin'er had already guessed that he would say that. Given Lu Chen's businessman-like personality, regardless of whether he thought the number of crystal cores was large or small, he would want to discuss it further.

However, she didn't have the patience to compromise little by little, and decisively shook her head.

"It's not much at all. Medicine is a rare commodity in the apocalypse, so it's definitely more expensive than other things. Besides, the zombies will start upgrading after tonight, so 10,000 pills are just a small amount."

On her way back from the hotel, she detected energy fluctuations from the zombie horde; some zombies were already leveling up.

At this rate, by tonight, level 1 zombies will be everywhere.

Li Xin'er's last words, spoken in a deliberately lowered voice with a hint of seduction, made her seem even more mysterious.

At this moment, Lu Chen's attention was instantly diverted. Compared to this tentative transaction between the two parties, this news seemed to be more important.

You mean after tonight?

Li Xin'er smiled and nodded, confirming her answer again, and then said:

“Since the base is in urgent need, I can provide the supplies first, and you can supply the crystal cores to me later. Of course, this is a one-time thing. If we want to cooperate again in the future, we can only exchange crystal cores for supplies.”

Lu Chen knew that Li Xin'er had indeed made significant concessions, providing supplies first, which clearly showed she still trusted them and was able to come up with this sum of crystal cores.

Without further hesitation, he readily agreed.

"Okay, we'll give you 10,000 crystal cores as soon as possible."

For Li Xin'er, 10,000 pills was just a small test, and she didn't experience much emotional fluctuation. She followed up by asking:

Where should we put these supplies?

Lu Chen asked with a look of surprise, "You can even specify the location?"

"Not necessarily, but this time it's possible."

Li Xin'er gave a half-joking reply.

Lu Chen probably hadn't thought about this issue before he came. After a moment's thought, Li Xin'er didn't urge him, but instead said:

"There's no rush to solve this problem. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

As she said this, she covered her mouth with her hand, yawned slightly, and her eyes became moist.

Upon seeing this, Lu Chen immediately realized his rudeness and quickly stood up.

"I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late. We can talk about the rest tomorrow."

"good."

Li Xin'er agreed, going along with his suggestion.

It wasn't that I was sleepy, it's just that Lu Chen was too cunning. Every word he said was a test, and he could find something out from any casual remark.

She was too lazy to deal with him; she was exhausted. Plus, she had drunk some baijiu at dinner tonight, which made her feel warm and cozy, making her even lazier.

After Lu Chen left, Ge Qiuxia, still worried, came over from the RV next door and knocked on the door.

After Li Xin'er opened the door, she immediately scanned Li Xin'er's entire body, and asked with some concern,

"Xin'er, are you alright? What brings the Lu family here to see you so late at night?"

She certainly wouldn't interfere so much with other peers, but Lu Chen is old enough to be Li Xin'er's father, and Ge Qiuxia is afraid that Li Xin'er will be bullied.

I deliberately didn't dare to sleep beforehand, and kept listening to the sounds coming from this side, just in case something happened, so I could help immediately.

She heard nothing, which made her even more worried.

Fortunately, Lu Chen left in time; otherwise, she definitely would have rushed over without a second thought.

Li Xin'er smiled and invited her in to sit down.

"It's nothing, what could possibly be wrong with me? He came to talk business with me. The two kids are already asleep."

"After drinking the milk, I slept for a while."

Ge Qiuxia responded and sat down in the living room. When she talked about the two children, her expression softened considerably.

After sitting down, she followed up with more questions out of curiosity.

"Business? What business can we possibly discuss at a time like this?"

She asked the question quickly and blurted it out, then immediately regretted it, covering her mouth with her hands and hurriedly adding, somewhat embarrassed:

"As long as everything is alright, I won't ask any more questions."

Ge Qiuxia felt that the situation was different now. She was extremely lucky to be able to help Li Xin'er take care of Wenwen and ensure their livelihood.

She shouldn't interfere or ask any more questions about Li Xin'er's private matters; it would only annoy people.

Li Xin'er, however, thought differently. She assumed that Sister Xia was being distant with her, after all, she had told Sister Xia that she wasn't the same Li Xin'er as before...

In any case, the two of them seem to be thinking on different things.

Li Xin'er raised an eyebrow slightly and joked:

"I can still call you Sister Xia as before, so I don't treat you like an outsider. You don't need to be so cautious and distant."

After Li Xin'er said that, Ge Qiuxia felt a little embarrassed, thinking that she was being dramatic and overthinking things.

"I was just afraid of causing you trouble."

There's another reason why she's being so cautious: it's because life isn't easy these days, and even for the sake of her son Ranran, she doesn't want to create any rift with Li Xin'er.

Li Xin'er saw all this. It's not true that people are unrealistic; everyone has something they want to protect. She didn't think Xia Jie was wrong for doing this.

She reached out and patted Sister Xia on the shoulder.

"You'll find out about the business later; I might need your help then."

Li Xin'er's affectionate gestures made Ge Qiuxia relax a lot, as if they had returned to their previous way of getting along.

She glared at Li Xin'er, feigning displeasure, "What trouble? Just ask if you can use my help."

"Okay, you said it yourself. Now that you're busy, don't come complaining to me."

Ge Qiuxia, from her faith,

"No way. Back in the day, your sister was a recognized workaholic in the company, the queen of involution."

Li Xin'er, of course, knew her work ability, and gave her a thumbs up in return.

"Yes, absolutely the top dog."

The two chatted and laughed for a while in a relaxed atmosphere, and later talked about Li Xin'er's two assistants - Mengmeng and Liu Lei.

Speaking of this, Li Xin'er also remembered that she had left Liu Lei the key to the warehouse, and she didn't know if he had taken the supplies.

I can stop by and take a look whenever I happen to be passing by.