Chapter 173: Dependence on Each Other

"This is really delivered to my doorstep," Lu Weiyi said with some excitement, "How about I go out at night too, I will definitely gain more this way."

"No." Zhuang Mingxu was in a good mood when he saw his happy and bright eyes, but when he heard what he said, his face immediately darkened. He relaxed and advised in a calm tone, "You can't see anything at night. It's not safe."

"I'm not in the water, I'm on the motorboat..."

"I don't agree," Zhuang Mingxu said in a firm tone.

Before the end of the world, Lu Weiyi seldom had conflicts with Zhuang Mingxu. At that time, there was basically nothing he cared about and there was nothing to conflict about.

After the end of the world, Zhuang Mingxu had problems with his legs. Although Lu Weiyi said nothing, he was still concerned about his feelings. In order to prevent him from feeling disappointed, he handed over all the matters of the team base to him and never took care of him as a disabled person.

Zhuang Mingxu has always been gentle with him, and most of their communications were calm and peaceful. Compared with lovers, they were more polite, but there had never been any conflicts. This was the first time that Zhuang Mingxu had such a strong attitude, and Lu Weiyi was a little stunned for a moment.

"...I'm sorry." Zhuang Mingxu was the first to give in. The flood restricted the travel of most people. Yun Lu was around almost every day, constantly reminding Zhuang Mingxu that there was a time bomb between him and Lu Weiyi.

Originally, he wanted to have a frank talk with Lu Weiyi, but when the flood happened, Lu Weiyi said he wanted to go back to Kyoto, all for him. Zhuang Mingxu didn't know what attitude to take to question him, so he could only put it off again and again.

"We can get so many crystal cores in one day, which proves that the zombies must be more dense than we imagined. We need to be cautious when going out during the day, and it is more likely to get into trouble at night. Xiaoyi, you can't get into trouble, you know that." Zhuang Mingxu tried his best to suppress his anger and reasoned with Lu Weiyi calmly.

Lu Weiyi nodded, put away the crystal core with some regret, and said, "Then I won't go."

Zhuang Mingxu breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was thinking that if we store more crystal cores, it will definitely be easier when we go to Kyoto, and we won't be restricted by others at that time." Lu Weiyi explained in a flat tone, as if he was punching Zhuang Mingxu in the heart.

The young man he protected behind him also began to think about these things. He had grown up, but Zhuang Mingxu was filled with heartache.

If he wasn't like this now, if he was stronger and could hold up the sky, then he would definitely still be the carefree boy he was before...

"When I left Kyoto that year, I said I would protect you. Now... I have broken my promise." Zhuang Mingxu grabbed Lu Weiyi's hand, lowered his eyes, his eyes were red from holding back, and said in a hoarse voice, "I... have been a burden to you."

Lu Weiyi leaned closer and placed his head on Zhuang Mingxu's shoulder, recalling the time when they left Kyoto.

At that time, Mr. Zhuang had secretly sent two groups of people to kidnap him, but they were discovered and stopped by Lin Yimu. Then Zhuang Mingxu was beaten half to death, his body was wrapped in bandages, and he was taken away from Kyoto in a panic with a fever on a rainy night.

When leaving the Kyoto toll station, Lu Weiyi looked back at the place where he grew up. Zhuang Mingxu was covered in blood, but his eyes were frighteningly bright. He said to Lu Weiyi, "Xiaoyi, we will depend on each other from now on. I will protect you for the rest of my life."

He said it and did it. Until his death in his previous life, Lu Weiyi was still the one he held in his hands. Even though Zhuang Mingxu was no longer as powerful in this life, Lu Weiyi never regretted or felt wronged. After all, compared to what he had gained in his previous life, what he had paid was far less.

"Have you forgotten? We depend on each other, there's no burden at all," Lu Weiyi said softly, reaching out to touch his leg, "Don't be sad, it will be fine."

Two people who depend on each other only have each other, so there is no such thing as a burden.

The depression in his heart was dispelled by such a light sentence. It has always been like this. As long as Lu Weiyi is willing to take a step forward, Zhuang Mingxu will be willing to complete all the steps.

Not to mention that he has really walked so much now. Zhuang Mingxu feels that he seems to be able to face Yun Lu calmly again. He sighs in his heart, but doesn't know what to do with Lu Weiyi.

**

There were zombies everywhere. I even heard that many zombies climbed up the buildings and attacked the living. Several places that were not guarded at night were attacked, and countless people were injured.

Lu Weiyi was immediately glad that he did not choose to go out at night. Fortunately, after the flood, they arranged people to keep watch every day, so no attacks occurred here.

With the harvest several times greater, Lu Weiyi reallocated the personnel, even offered a "high salary" of thirty crystal cores, divided the people who went out into two teams, and once again began a busy life from morning to night.

This group of people were very skilled and daring. They actually took advantage of the fact that no one else dared to come out and sneaked into several warehouses. After that, they destroyed some material storage areas so severely that it looked like they had been destroyed by a flood.

Although we needed to avoid people just in case, as long as we could get to a warehouse, there would be plenty of supplies, and we gained a lot in a few days.

After three or four days, Zhuang Aiyi's body finally recovered under the constant care of the two doctors, and he looked thinner.

The weather has completely cleared up and the flood is getting smaller and smaller. Now it is only up to the calf height. It feels like it will recede in a few days.

The water level dropped and the hidden zombies showed their heads. Everyone then realized that this place had become a palace of zombies.

People from various buildings united together and began to discuss whether to drive out the zombies together or choose a new base.

It was early in the morning again, and everyone hadn't eaten yet. Li Qing brought Lei Jun and a dozen other people to the door. They had to wade through water all the way and were chased by zombies. They looked as miserable as they could be.

The second floor had been flooded and there were traces everywhere. Everyone was still sleeping on the third floor. Looking at their wet mud spots coming over, more than a dozen people expressed their deep sympathy.

"You guys do this every day, aren't you afraid of something going wrong?" Xu Sa turned his indecent gaze to the two of them.

"Go away, stop cursing me, I'm fine." After Li Qing finished cursing with a smile, he saw a group of people eating, and hurriedly called out to Xi Shi who was serving the rice, "Brother Xi, Brother Xi, my dear brother, please give me a bowl, I haven't had a hot meal in several days."

Because they were about to leave, Lu Weiyi asked Xi Shi to start preparing meals for the journey. After Xi Shi recovered, he quickly resumed his role as chef. With more helpers, he was not so busy.

Early in the morning he cooked a big pot of tomato soup with chopped green vegetables and dried black fungus. He also fried a large plate of shredded potatoes and ate it with steamed buns.

"You are deliberately rushing us to eat. I'll make you some new food," Lin Yimu said with a smile. He handed his bowl to Li Qing and asked him to drink it. He took a bag of flour, washed some more vegetables, and prepared to boil another pot to give everyone a hot drink.

"Hehe, the captain still understands me." Li Qing took it without feeling embarrassed at all, and directly expressed his deep greetings and sincere gratitude to Lu Weiyi, his "breadwinner".

"Tell me, what's the matter that brings you here so early?" Zhuang Mingxu peeled the two boiled eggs that belonged to Zhuang Aiyi and put them in his bowl, then asked.

"Yes, there is something." Li Qing gulped down half a bowl of wine, took a breath of relief, and then said, "The surviving people from several major families in the base are discussing the reconstruction of the base. The meeting will be held this afternoon. I came here to tell you."

"New base? Where is it?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.

"It's not decided yet. Let's go over and discuss it together. We can either stay here and drive out the zombies together, or we can rebuild on the hill ahead." Li Qing shrugged, looked around, and finally looked at Lu Weiyi, "Are you...really going to leave?"

"Yeah," Lu Weiyi nodded, "wait for the water to go down."

"The water has basically submerged all means of transportation. We can only leave on foot. Zombies washed down by the flood are everywhere. There are people who want to leave, but I heard that none of them left or came back... How about you..." Li Qing told everyone what he knew. Knowing that they left in order to treat Zhuang Mingxu's leg, he couldn't bring himself to stay, so he could only persuade them, "Wait until the road is not muddy before leaving?"

Lu Weiyi shook his head and said, "We will leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It has been cloudy from time to time these days. No one knows if there will be another continuous heavy rain or another flood. You'd better not rebuild here."

In today's world, everyone is pursuing his own destiny and no one can say anything. While Li Qing was silent, Lin Yimu had already cooked a pot of soup and asked them to serve it themselves.

"Okay." Li Qing finished the rest in his bowl and filled another bowl of rice. While filling the bowl, he stared at Lin Yimu silently for a moment, but the moment he turned his head back, he looked away and said cheerfully, "I'll take you there when the time comes."

**

Instead of a farewell party, a group of people from the Ji family came to visit that day.

Lu Weiyi led the team to hunt zombies near the base. In addition to a few ordinary people, several people with special abilities were assigned to the villa to be alert to the surroundings and prevent them from being attacked by zombies.

As they were approaching, they were informed by Zhuang Mingxu, who was watching them from the second-floor window, looking around like a frightened bird and approaching cautiously.

Leading the group was Ji Heng. The flood made him look much older, with a hunched back and his clothes covered in mud. Jiang Fu, who was with him, no longer looked like a wealthy lady. Her delicate bun was so dirty that one could tell it hadn't been washed for a long time. Ji Li, who was holding her hand, no longer looked like a young master. He looked like a mud monkey that had rolled out from somewhere.

Ji Lin was wearing mud-stained clothes, and she didn't look like a young lady at all. She seemed no different from the women in the refugee area. Ji Jin, who was always arrogant and domineering, had marks of being beaten on her face. There was a black bruise on her cheek, which looked like it was caused by a punch.