The Rookie Returns: Soaring in the Apocalypse

On the brink of the apocalypse, Zuo Ling is brought back to her distant relatives' Ding family and safely survives countless disasters through the chaos.

However, on the verge of death, s...

Chapter 253 Welcome Home

Before he could ask, Zuo Ling preemptively struck:

"Brother Yang, when did you leave Kyoto? What are you doing here?"

She was afraid that Yang Chengang would ask some difficult questions, so she took the initiative first.

To everyone's surprise, a seemingly ordinary remark caused Yang Chengang's expression to change drastically. Zuo Ling immediately realized something was wrong and quickly changed the subject:

"Brother Yang, the gel capsules you sold me are amazing, they've helped me a lot, and that stun phone, wow, it works incredibly well..."

Her words were exaggerated, and she exuded a fawning attitude from the inside out.

Pei Nansheng stood to the side, his face dark, grumbling. "He's never called me that affectionately before. Look at that fawning face of his, so shameful! So shameful!!"

Yang Chengang extended his hand to Pei Nansheng, "Hello, I am Yang Chengang."

"Hello, Pei Nansheng."

Pei Nansheng, as always, refused to say a word more.

Yang Chengang smiled and said, "It's a pleasure to see you again."

Zuo Ling felt awkward, but pretended to be very surprised, "Oh my god, you two know each other? Brother, I've never heard you mention me before?"

Yang Chengang: "..."

Pei Nansheng: "..."

Could it be any more fake?

Pei Nansheng coughed twice, "Ah, we're not close, so I didn't mention it."

Since he's the older brother, he has to pick up the pieces of his sister's face that's fallen on the ground.

"Oh, I was wondering why I'd never heard you mention that before."

Yang Chengang watched the brother and sister's back-and-forth performance with a cold eye, and thought, "Hmph, let's see how you two can keep up this act."

Guo Qi and He Xiao circled the SUV. There was no luggage in the car. They exchanged glances and sighed, "Tangren Village can't keep talented people."

But he pretended not to know:

"You've moved over. That place is reserved for you. We know it's your spot, so no one dares to take it."

The direction Guo Qi pointed was the location where Zuo Ling's family used to live.

Not only was it uninhabited, but it was also surrounded by several strips of cloth, which Zuo Ling saw when she arrived.

"We...have some things to do, so we won't move for now."

Guo Qi and He Xiao appropriately showed a hint of disappointment, "Ah... I see. Everyone has been looking forward to your return."

"Yes, once we've finished taking care of things, let's move back. It'll be more lively living together."

"Look, Xiao Hao and Li Tian are having a great time together."

Xiao Hao brought some candy and shared it with his friends.

Children are easily satisfied; they chattered and surrounded Xiao Hao, asking him questions incessantly.

They figured it out: of the three siblings, only Xiao Hao wanted to move back.

After a few casual words, Guo Qi changed the subject:

"Brother Pei, could you please help us get some seeds?"

Yang Chengang's eyes flashed. "All things are extinct. Where are we going to get seeds? You really dare to ask for this. No wonder my sister doesn't want to come back."

Pei Nansheng frowned and glanced at Zuo Ling. Zuo Ling didn't show any expression, and he didn't know what his sister was thinking.

"Seeds are hard to come by, let's...think of a way."

Pei Nansheng did not refuse outright and spared their lives.

"Okay, thank you, thank you."

During the coldest times, so many experts from agricultural research institutes couldn't grow plump, round, cold-resistant sweet potatoes and potatoes, but Noah's Ark was able to.

Guo Qi had a deep impression of what happened back then. The crops had been growing well for several times, but suddenly they stopped growing. Strangely, no cause could be found.

He participated in the final planting and even negotiated with Bai Hongwei for it.

As a result, the output was completely disproportionate to the input, which was very disappointing.

At the time, I didn't know there were people with superpowers. Now that I think about it, if it was someone with superpowers who did the trick, then it makes sense.

Many things, when pieced together, make one wonder about Pei Nansheng and his sister.

Of course, it's not to say that Pei Nansheng and his sister did it, but who told them that the only superhumans they knew were the siblings?

With so many mouths to feed in Tangren Village, how could they survive without finding a way?

Asking for a kiss might result in rejection, but there's no real loss.

Besides, Yang Chengang and the others were brought back by Zuo Ling. Can we just abandon them and leave them to fend for themselves? We have to take some responsibility.

Once a person becomes thick-skinned, they can become thick-skinned countless times.

Zuo Ling never glanced in Zheng Ming's direction, but Zheng Ming's wife's gaze followed her closely, making her very uncomfortable.

There were only a few people in the village, and the rumors about Pei Nansheng and his sister quickly reached the ears of Zheng Ming and his wife. Zheng Ming's reaction was similar to Yang Chengang's.

How could that be? Zuo Ling could never be a superhuman. She's just an ordinary girl!

Then he thought of the woman who rescued them from the American base. Zheng Ming felt that the woman looked familiar. Later, at sea, she was rescued by Zuo Ling's family, and the images became clearer and clearer...

Even without further evidence, Zheng Ming was almost certain that the woman was Zuo Ling!

"You...you really don't know anything?"

Faced with his wife's questioning gaze, Zheng Ming smiled wryly and asked her in return:

"If she really were a superhuman, do you think we would be living such a hard life?"

Yes, if Zuo Ling were a superhuman, she wouldn't be living such a frugal life, and Zheng Ming wouldn't have divorced her.

"Then...why? Why do they all say she has superpowers?"

Zheng Ming shook his head. "I don't know either. Maybe it wasn't her, or maybe she had some kind of extraordinary encounter."

...

I returned to Chinatown a month later.

I brought a bag of sweet potatoes, a bag of potatoes, and a small bag of short-growing-cycle vegetable seeds.

Zuo Ling didn't take out any seeds for grains or similar crops, as the current climate wasn't suitable. It would be good enough if Tangren Village could grow these things well.

"We finally found it, so please be careful. If you ask for more, we might not have any left."

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