Chapter 74 Newcomers
Qin Zhiyu didn't pay attention to Jiang Mo's complicated psychological activities.
She had never been to anyone else's shelter, and now that she had the chance, she naturally wanted to go in and take a good look. It was a pity that she didn't bring Qin Lan with her this time.
It must be looking forward to it very much. It didn't go last time and it won't have the chance this time.
"My shelter is closer to here. At that time, I was afraid of attracting monsters to the shelter, so I chose to escape in another direction. So, should we go to my shelter to rest first?" Jiang Mo asked tentatively.
Jiang Mo said with some nervousness and anticipation.
She also wanted to rest. She was beaten black and blue by the monster, and it was good to be able to sit down and drink some water. The sun was like a big fireball, and her face was red from the sun.
Fortunately, she has a good physique, otherwise she would have suffered from heatstroke.
"No problem, you arrange it." Qin Zhiyu had no objection.
"Boss, do you know what this monster is? Why doesn't it look like a mutated animal? Nor does it look like a human." Jiang Mo's wild imagination was unsettling. "Could it be a monster that escaped from a biochemical laboratory? Or is it an alien?"
"The monster is a lizard man, not from a biochemical laboratory, but it is most likely an alien species." Qin Zhiyu did not hide her thoughts. Sooner or later, everyone will know about this.
"Are we the first ones to encounter this? Why haven't I seen anyone discussing this kind of thing in the channel before?" Jiang Mo continued.
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe we met before..." Qin Zhiyu didn't continue.
"Have I become the monster's meal?!" Jiang Mo's eyes widened, and he was stunned for a long time.
But when you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. The monster will definitely not choose a place with a lot of people, or a shelter with a lot of people. It will only challenge those who are alone. With such a big monster, the small cabin can't withstand a few of its tails.
It is also very likely that the monster broke in through the door, or captured someone in the wild and killed and ate him. She was lucky to survive this time.
"How did you build a shelter in the suburbs by yourself?"
"Oh, don't tell me, sir. I was going on a picnic with friends, but I drove a car, and it ended up melting."
"Before I even arrived, all the surrounding buildings were gone, and I couldn't go back without a map."
"We couldn't even have a dinner together, and I can't go home. My home is now a refuge."
"Have you ever thought about looking for your family?"
"My family...is not in this city." Jiang Mo lowered his head and said a little depressed.
Qin Zhiyu asked what he wanted to know and stopped asking further questions.
The national channel is now open, but the option to add friends by searching for names is not yet enabled.
Otherwise, many people would feel a little relieved, knowing whether they would live or die.
"Drink a bottle of water." Qin Zhiyu took out two bottles of water and gave one to Jiang Mo.
"Oh?! Thank you." Jiang Mo felt a burning sensation in his ears after receiving the water, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Not only was she saved by the big guy, but she also kept taking advantage of him. Now it was so hot in the wild, and she was reluctant to drink her own water, but the big guy was willing to share his water with her. She was a little touched. The big guy was really a nice person.
Qin Zhiyu saw the cabin in front of her. There were no trees or weeds in the surrounding environment, just a bare wooden shelter, which reminded her of the fire around the shelter before.
"Have you cut down all the trees around here?"
"Yes, at first we had no food to eat, so we cut down trees to exchange for supplies. Then the high temperature disaster came, and all the trees had been cut down." Jiang Mo said, touching the tip of his nose.
"All the trees should be cut down." If the trees are not cut down, this shelter will be more likely to catch fire, Qin Zhiyu thought as he looked at the cabin from afar.
"Is it getting hotter?" Jiang Mo said after wiping the sweat off her face. Her forehead was now dark and shiny, and the area above her neck and below her chest was black and white, all due to tanning during this week.
"Indeed." Qin Zhiyu frowned and said, the temperature might be 50 degrees tomorrow.
"Oh no! It's bad, my shelter!" Jiang Mo screamed in surprise, which startled Qin Zhiyu for a moment.
"Is it on fire?!" Jiang Mo yelled and started running.
It was really unlucky. Qin Zhiyu felt sorry for him. He was thinking about the safety one foot and then caught fire.
"Boss, help me put out the fire!" Jiang Mo didn't forget to turn around and call her while running.
"Here I come." Qin Zhiyu twitched his lips and took two steps at a time to catch up with Jiang Mo.
With such a big fire, I’m afraid this wooden house cannot be saved. What will happen to this girl next?
Qin Zhiyu felt a little moved.
The fire was so big that the entire cabin began to burn.
When people get within five meters, they feel like they can't breathe, and the heat wave makes their hair curl up.
The wooden houses danced in the fire, and the crackling sound of buildings collapsing and the smell of burning could be heard.
The blazing fire in the wooden house and the magnificent and vast sky and earth reflected each other, and this scene made people sad.
"Wow, this is so hard for me. Not only was I separated from my parents, but I was chased by monsters and now I have lost my home."
How could she be so miserable? How could she possibly live like this? Jiang Mo’s heart was broken when she saw all this. She sat down on the ground and burst into tears.
"Well, the old must go before the new can come. You may be sad, but you're old enough now, so you should stand up and cry!"
"You, you, wow! How dare you bully others!"
Jiang Mo couldn't bear Qin Zhiyu's "barbaric" comfort from a straight girl. Thinking of her, she cried even louder.
"How about I invite you to live in my shelter?" Qin Zhiyu said what he had planned in his mind.
Jiang Mo was crying sadly, wondering where she would go. Her family was already poor, and now she had nothing.
I heard this suddenly and was unable to react for a moment.
"Burp, boss, what did you say? I didn't hear it clearly." Jiang Mo was afraid that he had heard it wrong, so he asked again.
"I said I am inviting you to live in my shelter." Qin Zhiyu curled up the corners of his lips and smiled slightly. He looked at Jiang Mo's tearful eyes and repeated every word carefully.
What? The boss wants to invite me to live in her house? If it weren't for the fact that the boss is a woman, she would have suspected that he was attracted to her beauty.
No, on the other hand, she is not beautiful at all now.
Is there some conspiracy? For example, tricking children into eating it!
Jiang Mo couldn't help but forget the sadness of her house being burned down. For a moment, she was so stupid that she was stuck in a dilemma and couldn't extricate herself.
"Don't you want to see what my shelter looks like? You only have this one chance." Qin Zhiyu said with a smile in his eyes, confident of victory, "You can think about it first. Let's go and see the pile of rocks you destroyed. There's still time to think about it."
"Come, let me pull you up." She stretched out a hand to Jiang Mo, who was still lying on the ground, and spoke without question.
She was leaning against the fire and the scorching sun, and her hair was reflected in gold.
Jiang Mo walked on the road with Qin Zhiyu, and still felt that everything that happened was incredible.
How did her home disappear? How did she agree to live in her shelter with the boss? Oh my god! They had only known each other for less than two hours.
Jiang Mo was standing alone on the side, his face like a palette, with many changes visible through the darkness.
"I wonder if there are any monsters out there, because when the lizardman was chasing me, he seemed to say, 'Take me back and give everyone a snack.'"
"How far is it?"
"Less than 500 meters."
Qin Zhiyu walked along and looked around, but didn't see any suspicious animals or plants.
"That's the pile of rocks I was talking about."
"The rocks are scattered on the ground, and it seems no one has come to clean them up."
"Could it be that this lizardman was originally on guard duty, and we ended up killing him?"
"Your guess is correct, but if this shift doesn't return for a long time, it will definitely attract other lizardmen to explore."
Jiang Mo was a little scared when she heard this, but when she saw Qin Zhiyu, dressed in black and with a high ponytail, walking in front of her, she felt inexplicably safe.
Qin Zhiyu was concentrating on observing the surrounding environment at this time. It didn't take long before other people arrived.
She looked at the ordinary pile of stones, called Jiang Mo over, and the two left first.
"Boss, are we leaving now?" Jiang Mo was a little puzzled. Just coming and taking a look would be enough? She still hadn't figured out anything.
"Let's find a place to rest and have lunch first." Qin Zhiyu took Jiang Mo to find a big rock, sat on the back, took out the familiar tables, chairs and benches, and lit a fire to heat up the food.
The hot ones are all vegetarian soups. Under high temperature, they are heated up in an instant. With this dried meat, a simple and nutritious lunch is ready.
Jiang Mo was deeply moved as she ate the "simple" lunch that the boss described.
Half a month had passed since the natural disaster, and this was the first time she had eaten a normal meal. In the past, she had either dry white rice or bland, messy meat soup.
It’s not like now, the vegetable soup contains mushrooms, greens, potatoes, and corn. Not only is it delicious, but if I’m not mistaken, the dried meat should have a cumin flavor.
There are tables, chairs and benches for camping outdoors, and the boss even took out a parasol, which is really thoughtful.
"Woo woo, boss, if I follow you, can I live like this every day? This is simply too happy." Jiang Mo licked the food residue at the corner of her mouth. If this is the life, she will do anything asked of her!
At this moment, Jiang Mo was completely overwhelmed by Qin Zhiyu's sweet words. If you ask her what she was thinking about, she would say Qin Zhiyu. This is what her heart desires!
Qin Zhiyu also felt that it was too easy to bribe Jiang Mo just like that. This kid looked silly (lack of) a hundred? (Heart) Sweet (eyes)!
"It's much better than this life." Qin Zhiyu couldn't help but smile for the Dawn Shelter - a master-level pastoral-style residential area. If Jiang Mo saw her shelter, she would not be able to keep calm!
"And the food is better than what you eat?!" Jiang Mo widened his eyes.
After the natural disaster, she went from being unwilling, sad, and complaining to being accustomed to the fear of the unknown darkness, the suffocating heat, and the roar of wild beasts outside the window while sleeping at night...
A series of hardships in life have made her numb. She is grateful as long as she can have a normal meal and a good night's sleep.
Although she keeps calling him the boss, this little girl looks even younger than her. Can he really bring all these to her?
Qin Zhiyu remained mysterious and kept silent.
As for her decision to take Jiang Mo back to the shelter, the first reason was that she let her go first when they met, and she didn't betray Qin Zhiyu and abandon him, which won Qin Zhiyu's favor.
Secondly, Jiang Mo is indeed comfortable to get along with and a pure person. There is nothing worthy of criticism about her at the moment, so she is emotionally willing.
The last and most important reason was that Jiang Mo's verbal agreement was nothing. The important thing was that after entering her shelter...
"Boss, how long are we going to rest here?" Jiang Mo sat there feeling a little uneasy.
"Why don't you want to rest? Want to go out for a walk?" Qin Zhiyu smiled playfully and teased Jiang Mo.
"No, no, I just sat there doing nothing. I didn't know what to do. I was very scared and felt empty inside." Jiang Mo said with a pout.
Qin Zhiyu looked at Jiang Mo, who didn't know what to do with her hands and feet, and inexplicably felt that she was a bit cute.
"How old are you?" She did not answer Jiang Mo's question.
"Ah, I'm 22." Jiang Mo said, "How old are you, sir?"
"I'm 21."
"Boss, you're younger than me? Is this scientific?"
"Why is it unscientific?"
"You are younger than me, how come you are so awesome? You must be cheating. People really can't be compared to each other." Jiang Mo's mood was almost brightening, but when she learned that this girl was really just a little girl compared to herself, her heart suddenly became gloomy again and she became sad.
“Does age matter?”
"Of course, the words 'young and promising' are very exciting just by hearing them." Jiang Mo was full of longing, but unfortunately the young and promising person was not her.
"You will too."
"I don't believe that."
Qin Zhiyu smiled and said nothing. There was no need to speak out loud about many things, nor was there any need to make them too clear.
"Have you rested well? Let's go for a walk."
"Okay, I'm rested."
Qin Zhiyu brought his little follower Jiang Mo with him, and without taking out any means of transportation, they walked slowly around Jiang Mo's burned shelter, the destroyed stone piles, and the place where the lizardmen died.
They chatted along the way, and soon Qin Zhiyu knew everything about her family background.
Jiang Mo lives in Cannes. There are four people in her family: her parents and her brother. She is the daughter of her parents who were born in their old age when the family was thriving.
She was regarded as a lucky star by her family from the moment she was born and was spoiled in every way. The loving family, dedicated education and wealthy life cultivated Jiang Mo's straightforward and cheerful character.
When she left home, her brother was taking his girlfriend and parents to attend a dinner party in another province. She didn't like socializing and ran out to party with friends for fun, so she was left alone.
So now, apart from her own safety, she is not too worried about Jiang's parents. After all, with her smart elder brother around, her parents will not suffer any loss in Cannes.
Thank you Dark Moon Eclipse
(End of this chapter)
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