Chapter 51

Qiao Yanrou saw the power switch and opened the cover. All the power switches in the entire house were turned down. Although she knew there was no possibility of electricity, she just wanted to give it a try.

She first turned on the switch of the light next to her, then turned on all the power switches. She looked up at the light above her head, where only the light bulb was left. As she expected, it was not on.

Qiao Yanrou anticipated the outcome, lowered the cover covering the switch, and walked into the basement.

She wanted to cook, but it was not safe because of the high-level zombies. She didn't know if it would kill someone back at Mamcang, so she had to give up.

After opening the partition of the basement, she was stunned by the light coming out of the basement, and then she climbed down the escalator into the basement in ecstasy.

When she saw the light from the light tube in the basement, Qiao Yanrou was stunned for half a minute before she could believe how lucky she was. There was actually electricity in the basement!

This was something she never expected. Qiao Yanrou quickly took out the rice cooker, induction cooker and kettle from the storage space and plugged them into the socket in the basement.

The lights of the appliances were all on, so she quickly washed the rice and cooked. Although there were a lot of instant foods in the storage space, she hadn't eaten rice for a few days and wanted to eat rice.

Qiao Yanrou looked up at the hard-earned light and finally calmed down. In the past few days, she was always worried that cooking would expose her whereabouts, but the current situation seemed to have returned to the days in the library.

I took out a book from the storage space. I took out more than twenty books when I was in the library before, and now I feel like taking them out and reading them.

She read very slowly. At this time, the sound of steam coming out of the rice cooker and the occasional sound of turning pages of a book could be heard in the basement.

In the manor at Xue Yu's base, Xue Yu sat in the hall with one hand supporting his forehead, looking helpless.

"Mr. Xue, why don't you just let her leave?" A psychic advised him. This psychic admired Qiao Yanrou too much. She once escaped from the hands of a strong man like Fu Chuqing, and once escaped from Mr. Xue. The key point was that she was not found both times. She was so good at hiding.

How could Xue Yu give up? She was in his dreams every night, and he couldn't live without her.

"Go look for her again, she can't run far." Xue Yu's voice was hoarse, because he didn't get enough rest.

"Yes, Mr. Xue."

In the basement of an abandoned house, Qiao Yanrou watched the vegetables in the field behind slowly emerge and was rubbing her hands, waiting for the first wave of vegetables to be harvested.

That day, she had just returned to the basement from upstairs when she heard the sound of a car outside. She was so scared that she hurriedly turned off the lights, plunging the basement into darkness.

The people outside were walking into the abandoned house. She put her ear to the partition, but because they were too far away, she could only hear the sound of talking but couldn't make out what they were saying.

There were four cars parked outside the house, and more than ten people got out of each car, including Ji Yuanchen and Shen Luohan.

Among the group of people, only Ji Yuanchen and Shen Luohan did not chat and laugh with them. The two of them first entered the abandoned house to search for any trace of Qiao Yanrou.

Chen Luohan and Ji Yuanchen walked to two sides respectively. The place where Ji Yuanchen was searching was relatively inner. He opened the rooms one by one, but there was no trace of anyone entering, let alone whether there was anyone there.

Even though he had been disappointed so many times, Ji Yuanchen's heart still sank uncontrollably. He walked into a master bedroom with a bathroom, but there was still no one inside.

The bathroom door was closed. He opened it casually and took a look inside without any hope. This look made him stunned. The bathroom was different from the previous few rooms which were covered in dust. It was very clean and it was obvious that someone was using it.

He walked in slowly. Although the bathroom was empty, the lingering smell of shower gel and shampoo was very familiar.

Ji Yuanchen's heart seemed to be grabbed by a hand. He was afraid that it would be in vain again. Because he was too expectant and afraid that the expectation would be disappointed, the fingers hanging on both sides were trembling.

There were footsteps behind him, it was the psychic in Shen Luohan's base.

"Brother Shen, what's going on?"

Ji Yuanchen calmly closed the bathroom door: "Not here."

The psychic who came forward had no doubts and comforted him: "Yan Rou must be fine, Brother Chen, we should be able to find her soon."

Ji Yuanchen said "hmm" without further response and walked out of the room with a bathroom.

The psychic followed behind him without going into the room to take a look.

The tall figure of Shen Luohan appeared in the opposite aisle, and he unhappily corrected the psychic following behind Ji Yuanchen.

"What do you mean by we? It's me." Then he glanced at Ji Yuanchen unhappily.

Ji Yuanchen ignored him, and the psychic next to him quickly smoothed things over: "I was wrong, it's Boss Shen who will find Yanrou soon."

After such a long time, the psychics who went out with them to look for Qiao Yanrou were speechless. They lived in dire straits every day and had to be on guard against the possibility of a fight between these two people at any time.

But it couldn't be prevented. Boss Shen and Brother Shen quarreled and fought with each other every day, and they would compete every few days. To put it nicely, it was a competition, but in fact it was just a fight. They often made big holes on the ground from fighting, and no matter whether the zombies passing by were high-level, mid-level or low-level, no one would survive.

Not to mention the zombies, they themselves are often injured and won't listen no matter what you say or persuade them. At the beginning, we would try to persuade the two of them, but after a while, when we see them fighting, we just watch the show.

Ji Yuanchen ignored their conversation and came to the last room, which was the innermost room with more light.

Most people would just take a quick look at the room to see what it looked like and leave. Few would notice the tiny crack in the corner of the floor.

But Ji Yuanchen noticed it. He stared at the inconspicuous gap in the corner and did not move for a long time.

He walked over, bent his fingers and tapped the ground in the corner twice. Although the sound was not loud, there was a clear hollow sound.

Qiao Yanrou in the basement did not recognize Ji Yuanchen and the others because she did not hear the voices of the people above clearly.

There was a knocking sound on the partition next to her ear, just a partition away. She was so shocked that her face changed and her mind went blank.

I finally found a place to stay, but will I be discovered again so soon?