Chapter 99 Li Huiyin's Background
"People get corrupted by the company of bad people."
Xu Zhiyang turned around and lay in Zhu Ci's arms, pinching his face and pulling it apart. "Say that again? You definitely didn't learn that from me!"
"Okay, okay." Zhu Ci patted Xu Zhiyang's back gently and said, "My Yangyang is an honest man."
Xu Zhiyang let go of his hand, chuckled, and proudly raised his hand to pat Zhu Ci's hair.
"Yeah, sleep."
"Okay." Zhu Ci leaned over and picked up the person sitting at the table, lying in the soft quilt.
Although the quilt in the cupboard has a slightly musty smell, it is much better than sleeping in the open air.
After a good night's sleep and a simple breakfast, the group set off again without wasting any time. It would be safer to arrive in City A earlier.
Near noon, Li Huiyin stood on Momo Dog's head, holding a piece of grass in her mouth and looking forward with a telescope in her hand.
"Potato Potato, I'm Sweet Potato. There's a large field ahead at one o'clock. The grass is so tall that I can't see the road!"
Xu Zhiyang was too lazy to cooperate with her: "Come down...you'll fall again later."
Li Huiyin slid down Momo's neck like she was on a slide. She hadn't cut her hair for a long time after the apocalypse, and her tomboyish short hair now went past her shoulders.
Although he looks like a girl, his every move is more manly than anyone else here.
"Hey Yangzi, do you know what kind of bugs are common in N City?"
Xu Zhiyang thought for two seconds, "It is said that there is a caterpillar called the itchy caterpillar that is very famous. It hurts and itches when it touches the skin."
"I also know this kind of insect." Qin Shiyu pushed his glasses.
"One year, my parents took me to City N for a trip. We went to the orchard to pick pomegranates, and I got hit on the forehead by a moth. Its nickname is 'green moth'."
Li Huiyin was quite excited. "Really? I heard that the more poisonous the insect, the more beautiful its color. I really want to see it. Let's catch one and raise it to see if it can turn into a fluttering moth and fly away."
Zhu Ci wiped his scimitar aside and said calmly, "If there are any, they may have turned into mutant insects."
Qin Shiyu: "Yes, very likely."
Lu Nian, the broad-eared fox, lay on Xu Zhiyang's shoulder, swishing his tail as he said idly:
"Is Huiyin afraid of any bugs?"
Li Huiyin froze when this was mentioned, and quickly denied it: "No! I'm not afraid..."
"She has." Xu Zhiyang's chance for revenge has come, and she is determined not to miss this opportunity to sabotage.
"She's afraid of bugs with lots of legs, like centipedes."
Hearing this, Qin Shiyu became interested: "Really? I heard that there was a kind of insect called hairy centipede in N time. It's similar to a centipede, but with long and thin legs."
“…”
Li Huiyin cried, "Hold on, I'm so scared!"
After walking a little further, just as Li Huiyin had seen, the original fields were covered with weeds as big as saplings.
Mu Ke picked up the telescope and flew up, observing for a moment before landing back on Momo's back.
"There looks like a village ahead. Let's go through it. The road will be easier to walk on wherever there are humans."
Qin Shiyu: "Okay."
Momo walked through the knee-high weeds with some difficulty. The environment here was humid and the soil was soft. The dog would sink into the mud every time he stepped on it.
It seemed a little uneasy, and Qin Shiyu noticed it. "Momo is also afraid of insects. Maybe there are smaller mutant insects in the grass."
Xu Zhiyang quickly reached out to control the weeds and pushed them to one side, clearing a path.
When he stepped down again, he could see the situation on the ground. Momo stopped whimpering and moved forward steadily.
"There are mutated ticks, be careful." Zhu Ci used the wind to blow away the tick as big as his head that was trying to crawl onto Momo's leg.
This thing sucks blood, and it's mutated so badly that it's too dangerous to get into the fur.
After a close call, Momo and a few others managed to cross the weeds. However, it took them nearly half an hour to walk through just one field, and it was almost noon.
Xu Zhiyang retracted his wood energy and said, "How about we stay in the village for a while, have lunch, and then continue on our journey?"
"Okay, there must be someone alive in the village."
Li Huiyin scratched her head and said, "I hope I can get some rice or noodles instead. I will lose my hair if I don't eat staple food."
Xu Zhiyang smiled faintly and continued, "I haven't seen you eat less meat."
Li Huiyin chuckled and climbed up the dog's head again, feeling that the view was good.
As everyone slowly entered the village, Li Huiyin could no longer laugh.
The reason was simple: the village was too desolate. Most of the plants had completely devoured the houses, and there were several mutated wild dogs and cats staring at them hungrily.
Fortunately, there is Momo, a dog that looks like a wolf, who makes these animals afraid.
"It seems that there is no one left alive." Zhu Ci frowned and looked around.
Mu Ke: "Even if there are living people, they are all superpowered, but it will probably not be easy for them to survive here."
The village is so desolate, a veritable ghost village.
Li Huiyin noticed a coffin in a half-collapsed house.
"Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. That's a bit scary."
Xu Zhiyang was squeezed and felt helpless: "Why did you come down? Continue to lie on Momo's head, it's so exciting."
Lu Nian slid down Xu Zhiyang's shoulder tremblingly, and hid his fox head in his arm.
There are seven people in the team, and three of them are afraid of ghosts.
Qin Shiyu was a little proud, "I am an atheist, I am not afraid!"
Fu Qingbai spoke softly behind Xu Zhiyang: "Do you know why there is a coffin..."
Three people: "I don't want to know!"
Qin Shiyu knew the answer to this question and quickly replied, "Actually, this is a custom in some rural areas of N City. Generally, elderly people who are alone will place a coffin at home, and after they die, the villagers will help bury them."
The terrifying atmosphere disappeared in an instant. Fu Qingbai curled his lips and lay back down with a slightly bored look.
Speaking of this, Li Huiyin thought of the old man in the cave and felt a little sad.
She also remembered how her mother-in-law held her hand tightly before she passed away, her eyes full of reluctance and worry.
"It's heartbreaking that unfilial children die without any relatives."
As soon as Xu Zhiyang heard it, she knew that she was thinking about her grandmother again.
Li Huiyin grew up in an orphanage before she was five years old. At that time, the orphanage was poor and the director was not kind to them. Every time kind-hearted people donated things, they were all sold by the director.
There are only two meals a day, and we eat whatever vegetables are the cheapest. Even the cabbage has more stalks than leaves.
Little Huiyin, who was still growing up, had no meat or rice to eat all year round. One night, she was so hungry that she tried to steal a steamed bun to eat, but was caught on the spot and severely beaten.
After escaping from the orphanage, Li Huiyin was adopted by her grandmother and lived a good life from then on.
Unfortunately, grandma was old and passed away before I could accompany her for a few years.
Xu Zhiyang patted her on the back and said softly, "Do you remember how we were both isolated in our class in elementary school? But in the end, we became good friends."
Li Huiyin suppressed her tears and nodded.
Xu Zhiyang continued, "You don't know why we're isolated, right? Boys hate me because I'm too handsome, and girls hate you because you're too manly."
Li Huiyin: "..."
Let’s break up this time!
Although she knew Xu Xiaoyang was teasing her, Li Huiyin couldn't help but say something in dialect.
"If Grandma could hold on until the end of the world, she could live longer..."
She was so envious of Fu Qingbai's dodder seed. If it was her mother-in-law, she would never leave...
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