Chapter 49 A Sleepless Night

After everyone else had finished checking, Shao Wei led them inside and introduced them carefully:

"This is the prison's administrative area. Behind the administrative area is the factory building, and behind that is the prison area."

"We've converted the front administrative area and factory area into a temporary shelter for survivors, but the shelter is overcrowded right now, and the rooms with beds are basically full, so we have to ask everyone to sleep on the floor for now."

Yan Chu nodded and asked curiously, "Where are the prisoners?"

Shao Wei thought the girl was worried that the prisoner would escape, so he patiently explained:

"The prisoners are all held in the innermost ward, which has a dedicated safety passage and each cell has a separate safety door, so there is no need to worry about safety issues."

Everyone followed Shao Wei into one of the brick-red buildings. When they were going up the stairs, the intercom on Shao Wei's chest rang.

"Captain Shao, there are more survivors."

"Got it, I'll be right there."

After Shao Wei put down the intercom, he took them to an empty room on the fourth floor.

He took out a key and rummaged through it, found the key to this room, took it off and put it in Yan Chu's hand.

"Here are the keys. I'll have someone deliver the quilt later. If you have any questions, please contact me."

After saying that, Shao Wei turned around and left in a hurry.

Yan Chu turned around and used the key to unlock the door. As soon as he pushed it open, he was choked by the damp and moldy smell that hit him in the face and coughed twice.

This is probably an office that has been idle for a long time. The room is divided into two parts, inside and outside.

There were two old desks and a chair outside, and the inside was empty, probably used as a lounge.

There is also a small bathroom in the corner of the inner room.

There was a thick layer of dust on the floor and the table in the room, and the wall paint in the corners was peeling off a little, making it look old and mottled.

Yan Chu just took a quick look and quickly retreated out of the house.

Luo Yu opened all the windows inside and outside to ventilate the room, then went to the bathroom and tried turning on the faucet.

Clear water flowed out instantly.

"There is water here!" Luo Yu was surprised.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qianxing pressed the light switch on the wall.

The light also turned on with a "click".

You should know that the water and electricity in Anshi next door have been paralyzed for a long time, but this place can still maintain operation.

No wonder it became a refuge.

Cleaning is much easier if there is electricity and water.

When Luo Yu was thinking about where to find a broom, he saw Yan Chu standing alone in the corridor outside in a daze.

She paused, walked to Yan Chu and asked curiously: "What's wrong with you? Are you unhappy?"

Yan Chu's eyes drifted slightly, and he said awkwardly, "I don't want to live here."

Although survival is the most important thing in the apocalypse, the strong should not despise the environment.

But she really didn't want to live here.

It's not like she had never slept on the floor in a supermarket before, but at least it was clean and the smell wasn't so bad.

Luo Yu was a little surprised.

This was the first time Yan Chu had clearly shown disgust since he had been on the run for so long.

Although Yan Chu didn't say it directly, Luo Yu could guess from her behavior and other people's words that Yan Chu must be a rich girl from a wealthy family.

So at the beginning, Luo Yu was very careful about his words and actions, fearing that he would make the young lady unhappy.

However, it didn't take long for Luo Yu to discover that Yan Chu was not the kind of spoiled child from a wealthy family. In fact, it could even be said that he was the complete opposite.

She is capable, calm and rational.

Most importantly, she is also the only one who would give Luo Yiyi snacks.

"It's okay, it's just a little old here," Luo Yu said with a smile, "We'll just clean it up later."

Yan Chu nodded.

The next second, Yan Chu saw Luo Yiyi coming in with a wet rag to wipe the table.

Yan Chu: “…”

Doesn't this make her seem even more ignorant than other kids?

In the afternoon, Shao Wei brought in neatly folded green military blankets as their temporary mats.

When Yan Chu took the quilt, he touched it casually. It was thin and seemed to be a summer quilt.

Shao Wei saw the dissatisfaction in Yan Chu's eyes and explained helplessly: "The only spare quilts left in the warehouse are summer quilts. Next time I go out to collect supplies, I will ask someone to bring back some more daily necessities."

Yan Chu didn't count on Shao Wei either.

There are so many people in this shelter. Even if we bring them back, it won’t be their turn to use them.

After the room was cleaned, it looked much better than at the beginning. Moreover, the musty smell in the room was mostly gone after the windows were opened for ventilation all day.

Although there was still some residual smell, Yan Chu was able to convince himself to go in and sleep.

The inner room was reserved for a few women, while the others were in the outer room.

While there was water, everyone took turns taking a shower and changing into clean clothes. Only then did they feel that the fatigue from so many days of running around had finally been swept away.

When Yan Chu came out of the shower, Luo Yu had already made the bed in the inner room.

She dried her half-wet hair with a towel and relaxed on the bed.

After lying down for only a few minutes, she sat up quickly.

“…So hard.”

The thin quilt was like no cushion at all, and her bones ached from the hard floor.

Yan Chu glanced at Luo Yu and Luo Yiyi who were already asleep beside him.

In fact, her card album also contained several large, soft and comfortable mattresses, complete with quilts and pillows, all of which she had looted from her previous residence.

I just don't know how to take it out.

Yan Chu's eyes turned, and he quietly stood up, opened the small door and took a look outside.

The other people outside also lay down and fell asleep, and Hu Zi was even snoring quietly.

Only Gu Qinyuan stood by the window, looking at the bright moon outside with a calm expression.

Hearing the noise, he looked back and happened to meet Yan Chu's eyes, who had half of his head stuck out.

Yan Chu tilted his head, his freshly dried hair hanging softly on his shoulders, looking very cute.

Gu Qinyuan chuckled softly: "Can't sleep?"

"yes."

After Yan Chu closed the small door to the inner room, he tiptoed up to him and said, "Since you can't sleep anyway, come for a walk with me."

Gu Qinyuan raised his hand to lift the long hair scattered by her ear, and the soft hair slipped through his fingers.

"Okay, you have the final say."

There didn't seem to be many people living in their building, with only a few windows having lights on.

Walking out of the small building, Yan Chu saw from afar across the playground that there was someone on duty at the sentry post high on the wall.

Even in the middle of the night, the defense here was not relaxed.

After the two chatted for a while, Yan Chu couldn't help but complain to Gu Qinyuan about how hard the bed was and how he couldn't sleep at all.

"Fortunately, I brought my own big, soft mattress, but why should I use it?"

"That's easy," Gu Qinyuan said calmly, "Just say your master left you a storage bag that can hold a mattress."

Yan Chu: “…”