Chapter 60 On the Road
He Zhuo was about to retort to Chi Yanzhou's teasing when he caught a glimpse of Gu Qi's gaze out of the corner of his eye.
He Zhuo got goosebumps from being stared at.
He jerked violently, his lips twitching, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
"Old Gu, take your lewd look out of yourself!" He Zhuo exaggeratedly hugged himself and shrank back: "Your eyes look like you're lusting after my body."
Gu Qi's temples throbbed with veins, and he gritted his teeth...: "I'm worrying about you for no reason!"
Chi Yanzhou, always eager for drama, slowly added, "Aqi, even Lu Zhuo's mother probably doesn't look at him with the same loving gaze you have."
Gu Qi's face darkened, and he squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "I think you two are blinded by shit..."
By the window, Gu Wan, who was eating sunflower seeds with Lu Nange, suddenly shouted, "Brother, mind the occasion!"
Gu Qi choked, swallowing the rest of his sentence. His Adam's apple bobbed twice, and he managed to utter, "...I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you!"
Turning around, I saw Lu Nange and the others sitting in a row, cracking melon seeds noisily in their hands.
They looked like a group of badger waiting to watch a show.
Gu Qi: "..." Bad choice of friends!!!
At this moment, Wen Qing pushed open the door and entered, carrying a bowl of hot porridge. He said gently, "Young Master He, have some porridge to fill your stomach first."
Gu Wan clapped the sunflower seed crumbs off her hands, raised an eyebrow at Lu Nange, and drawled, "Lu Shi—He Zhuo—"
"Pfft—!" He Zhuo spat out a mouthful of porridge, choking and coughing.
"Gu Wanwan! Can't you be a little more cultured! Either call me Lu Zhuo, or He Zhuo, or if you really can't, you can compromise and call me Lu He Zhuo! What the hell is 'Lu Shi He Zhuo'? I'm not a son-in-law..."
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly noticed the gazes of Lu Xici and Lu Beiye, and choked up: "...I'd like to..."
The next second, she shook her head violently: "No, do I want to or not?"
Everyone said in unison, "Just drink your porridge!"
...
He Zhuo quickly finished the last mouthful of porridge in his bowl, wiped his mouth, and was then pushed and shoved by the crowd as he was led to the planting greenhouse.
He looked around and pointed to himself incredulously: "You've given me the opportunity to 'show my skills,' just to be a vegetable bath attendant?"
Everyone nodded in unison, their eyes filled with sincerity.
Gu Wan patted his shoulder and said sincerely, "The capable should do more, right? This job is really not something anyone else can do except for you with your earth-type ability."
He Zhuo's lips twitched: "Gu Wanwan, how can you say such cold words from that 37-degree mouth of yours?"
Lu Nange gave a thumbs up: "He Zhuo, keep it up, you're the chosen one!"
Lu Beiye leaned back with her small hands and looked up: "Brother He Zhuo, you're awesome!"
The others were bent over, busy in the vegetable garden.
He Zhuo sighed, resignedly raised his hand, and with a slight twitch of his fingertips, used his earth-based ability to precisely peel away every grain of soil from the vegetable leaves.
Gu Qi used his water-based superpower to rinse the vegetables again, and then waited for Lu Nange to put them away.
The day's work is tedious and repetitive, but as night falls, everyone sits around the dining table.
The scalding hot broth, coating the tender vegetable leaves, slid down my throat, and the burst of flavor on my tongue briefly relaxed my tense nerves.
--comfortable.
This word, which is almost a luxury in the apocalypse, now seems real.
After the meal, everyone took showers and went to bed.
...
The next morning, around 5 a.m., the light outside the window was blindingly bright.
Lu Nange raised her hand to shield her eyes, but couldn't block the scorching heat.
The days are getting longer and the temperature is rising day by day; even the morning breeze carries a suffocating heat.
The rustling sound of fabric rubbing came from beside me.
"Nan Nan, is it hot again today?" Gu Wan asked, seeing Lu Nange's eyes open and her short sleeves damp with sweat.
Wen Qing had already silently sat up, and paused in putting on her shoes.
"Yes, the days are longer now." Lu Nange's voice was a little hoarse.
The moment I pushed open the door, a wave of heat rushed in like a wall.
On the open ground, Chi Yi was doing push-ups with one hand, his arm taut with sharp lines.
Chi Yi is a training fanatic; he seizes every opportunity to do several sets of training.
"Good morning, Miss Lu, Miss Gu, Miss Wen." Chi Yi's voice was tinged with the heavy breathing characteristic of morning exercise.
After a brief response, the three went to wash up.
The cold water splashed on my face managed to wash away some of the drowsiness.
Once Wenqing had prepared breakfast, everyone got up.
They finished cleaning the vegetables yesterday and are preparing to continue their journey today.
The two SUVs did not enter the urban area of Ning City.
Instead, they drove straight along the national highway towards Quzhou.
Outside the car window, the scenery was desolate and oppressive.
There were many abandoned cars piled up haphazardly by the roadside.
Occasionally, one can see a few long-desiccated corpses, unburied, with only tattered clothes fluttering in the hot wind.
Most of the road signs were damaged, and the lettering on the rusted metal signs was blurred, but the general direction could still be discerned.
Most disturbing were the plants—they were much more lush than I remembered, their branches twisting and spreading toward the center of the road.
The roadside weeds had grown wildly to over two meters tall, rustling in the hot wind.
I passed by several self-built houses intermittently, most of which had broken doors and windows.
There was no sign of any living people, and even the number of zombies was unusually small.
The weather was hot, but thankfully the car had air conditioning, so it was relatively cool.
Looking out the car window, the distant horizon was distorted and deformed by the heat wave.
The asphalt road surface was steaming with visible heat.
Around noon, two SUVs parked side by side under a huge old tree.
Just as Lu Xici rolled down the car window to hand food to He Zhuo and the others, a wave of scorching heat rushed into the car, instantly swallowing up all the cool air.
"What kind of weather is this! I feel like I'm going to wilt!" He Zhuo's curses exploded from the walkie-talkie, mixed with the muffled sound of hitting the air conditioner vent.
'Bang!'
A deafening bang shook the entire vehicle.
Everyone looked up sharply, and in the dust ahead stood a fluffy, snow-white creature.
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