Wei San kept his word and returned in less than twenty minutes with a bulging backpack: "Brothers and sisters, sorry to have kept you waiting."

“It’s cold,” Nanxing said, not bothering with formalities. “Let’s make the deal as soon as possible.”

“Alright!” Wei San opened his backpack. “Here are seventy-three level-three attribute crystal cores…”

Banxia took out the necessary supplies, and Wei Sanxi's eyes almost narrowed into slits with joy: "Great job! I, Old Wei, am now friends with you!"

Nanxing remained noncommittal: "Since there's nothing wrong with the items, we'll be leaving now."

"Brothers and sisters, take care!"

Wei San waved goodbye to the two men cheerfully, but as they walked away, his smile vanished instantly: "Have the manpower arrangements been made?"

The younger brother nodded and bowed, "Don't worry, big brother, everything is arranged."

As soon as Banxia and Nanxing got home, they entered the space. Several fluffy creatures greeted them affectionately and patted their heads. They went back to the bathroom and took a hot shower to get rid of the cold before sitting on the sofa to take stock of the goods they had exchanged that day.

Most ordinary people don't have the habit of buying gold bars for investment, so there isn't much gold, about 120 grams; next are a few antiques and jade jewelry; and finally, crystal cores. Apart from the part traded with Wei San, the ones in Nanxing's bag are all first- and second-level crystal cores.

Banxia stuffed the crystal core into the box: "I'll give it to you after I purify it when I have time."

"Mmm," Nanxing hugged her and kissed her, "It's getting colder and colder lately, so we need to prepare some warm clothes."

When he got home, he specifically checked the thermometer hanging in the living room, and the room temperature had dropped to thirteen degrees Celsius.

"Get ready in a bit," Banxia said, flipping through the tablet's planning document. "It's been raining heavily all month, so we haven't been able to go down the mountain to fight zombies and collect crystal cores, which has slowed down our ability upgrade speed. We need to find a way to collect more crystal cores."

Nanxing thought for a moment and said, "We have enough supplies, so we can exchange them, but it would be best to find a reliable long-term partner."

Exchanging crystal cores on their own at the trading market is not only slow, but also prone to causing trouble, which contradicts their original intention of keeping a low profile.

Banxia also has this meaning, but reliable and clever people are hard to find.

Nanxing held her hand and played with it: "No rush, we can find partners slowly. I bet Wei San will definitely come looking for us with his men tonight. What should we do?"

Banxia yawned: "I won't offend others unless they offend me."

Judging by actions, not intentions, regardless of what Wei San is thinking, as long as he doesn't covet the supplies in her possession and try to forcibly seize them, she won't bother to call him.

"Honey, take a nap," Nanxing said, carrying Banxia to the bed. "I'll go pack the clothes."

I don't know if it's because of the rainy season or because of the sleepy Tian Tian, ​​but Ban Xia has been drowsy for the past two months.

"I'll sleep for an hour first, and we'll pack the clothes together when I wake up."

Banxia snuggled against the pillow and fell asleep in a second.

Nanxing carefully tucked the blanket in, kissed her forehead, and took out clothes from the storage cabinet for late autumn and early winter, sorting them and putting them into the washing machine for washing and drying.

*

"Boss, the guy on patrol just came back and reported that those two live in the East District. Shall we sneak in and raid them tonight?"

Qiu Wu took a sip of the tea aroma and respectfully reported to Wei San.

Wei San instinctively wanted to throw the teacup in his hand, but luckily he instantly realized that this was not the pre-apocalyptic world. With lingering fear, he cursed, "Easy for you to say! What are you going to use to hit me? Is your skinny body that doesn't have two ounces of meat or your stupid head full of tofu dregs? Bah!"

It was an open secret among all the survivors that three powerful figures, known as "Living Yama," lived in the eastern section of the villa complex. Rumor had it that they possessed not only formidable supernatural abilities but also devastating firearms. Even when these survivors fought fiercely, they only ever used axes and cleavers to hack and slash. If anyone dared to approach one of these "Living Yama," they'd likely be shot dead before even getting close!

Therefore, although many people guessed that the three families had plenty of supplies, no one dared to go up and cause trouble. They would even deliberately avoid them, for fear of accidentally offending someone and being killed for no reason.

Wei Sanyou pulled out a cigarette from the pack, lit it, and took a deep drag: "This is the taste, awesome!"

He looked at Qiu Wu, who was standing in the corner, with disdain. "Go and call the brothers back. Be polite when you encounter the living devil in the future, otherwise you'll die in vain. I'm not going to offend the big boss for you guys."

He squinted as he savored the aroma of the cigarette, secretly relieved that he had only sent his men to gather information about the two men and had not truly offended anyone, leaving room for maneuver between them.

The big boss has no shortage of resources. He can get crystal cores from the survivors. As long as we stick to the big boss's golden thigh, it will be easy to live a life of luxury in the future.

Thinking this, Wei San instantly became so excited that his face turned red, and he shouted towards the door: "Qiu Wu, tell the brothers to collect as many crystal cores and gold and jewelry as possible during this time. Whether we can live a life of luxury in the future depends on this!"

*

When Banxia woke up, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. She patted her face to wake herself up.

"Meow--"

Silver, who was guarding the door, poked half its head out and barked. Banxia quickly waved to it, "Silver, come in."

Silver walked gracefully into the bedroom, lightly jumped onto the bedside table, and pressed her paw against Banxia's forehead.

After Banxia finished examining the kitten, she grasped its right paw and smiled, "Dr. Doctor, I'm not sick."

Ever since she became lethargic, whenever Nanxing wasn't by her side, Jinzi and Yinzi would take turns guarding the bedroom door, looking worried that something might happen to her.

Silver flicked its tail and ran out of the bedroom with a haughty look on its face.

My sister calls it the Divine Doctor, how embarrassing!

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