Zuo Qingya hates this kind of person the most. It feels like putting someone on the hot seat, just waiting to see if they'll be soft-hearted.
Is this a way of making yourself pity him so you can then give him food? If she were someone without food or resources, and was being looked at like that, shouldn't she have given it to him?
Fortunately, I'm not someone with an overly compassionate heart, so I don't feel embarrassed being stared at like that. I'll just eat my food; look if you want.
Hmph, I'll make you drool.
The boy wasn't embarrassed at all; he just kept staring until Zuo Qingya and the others finished their bread before quietly walking away.
"I heard that Hope City, Steel Fortress, Survival City, Survivor Alliance Base, and Chosen Land Base all have small general stores that sell things for free and without crystal cores, and only accept garbage."
"Are there really good people out there? Who does business without taking a commission?"
"Maybe the garbage they collect is their money!"
"Do you believe that? Even if God himself came to say it, I wouldn't believe it."
"I wonder what this person is plotting."
What can you actually do with garbage?!
"Oh, stop guessing! We're starving, what's the point of guessing?"
"It's good enough to have something to eat."
Zuo Qingya fell asleep leaning against Xia Hua!
Xia Hua didn't sleep, staying by Zuo Qingya's side. Although Zuo Qingya was very powerful, Xia Hua couldn't help but worry.
The fire slowly died down, and darkness began to creep in. Xia Hua heard it—an untimely sound.
Xia Hua's face immediately turned red. Zuo Qingya was dressed in all black, and once the fire went out, she would be nowhere to be found. Unless someone bumped into her, she would be very easy to overlook.
The rustling sounds slowly approached, and Xia Hua looked around warily, then hugged Zuo Qingya tightly.
In the darkness, Zuo Qingya did not open her eyes, watching the person sneaking over. Zuo Qingya just watched, and the person's hand was about to reach out when it was broken by some force. There was a "crack" sound.
A wail rang out beside Zuo Qingya, startling Xia Hua and everyone else. The firelight began to flicker back on.
"What's wrong? Who's shouting so loudly?"
"I don't know!"
After checking and finding nothing amiss, everyone turned off the lights and went back to sleep.
"Zuo Qingya, what's wrong?"
Zuo Qingya shook her head and said lazily, "It's nothing, just a little mouse."
"Oh, okay!"
Zuo Qingya set up a barrier around herself and Xia Hua. Whoever tried to enter would have their head, feet, or hands severed if they touched the barrier first. If their head accidentally entered first, then sorry, separation of head and body was inevitable.
Just thinking about it is so exciting! Zuo Qingya wrapped her arms around Xia Hua and patted Xia Hua's head to comfort her, "It's okay! Go to sleep!"
For some reason, drowsiness began to creep over Xia Hua, and she fell asleep without realizing it.
The next morning, many people were looking for someone.
Nearly a dozen people disappeared overnight.
That's really strange, considering the door was already closed. How could someone still disappear under those circumstances?
"Mommy, my mommy is gone."
"And my father, my father is gone too."
"My sister is missing too."
"Where's my brother? Where did he go?"
"And Uncle, where are you? Please stop playing hide-and-seek with the kids!"
Over the course of one night, several people were decapitated. Zuo Qingya originally wanted to put them into her consciousness space, but then thought it was too dirty and didn't bother with it. But the decapitated corpses on the ground had disappeared? Where did they go?
How could anyone else see what happened inside the barrier? There wasn't even a sound. Who can you blame? Your own greed?
A woman walked straight toward Zuo Qingya and her group, excitedly trying to grab Zuo Qingya's collar, but Zuo Qingya dodged her with a sidestep.
"Tell me quickly, did you get rid of my husband? I'm going to kill you."
Zuo Qingya feigned ignorance, "What are you talking about, auntie? I've never even seen your husband."
"You little slut, you still dare to say you didn't? It must have been you. Tell me, where did you take my husband?"
Xia Hua pushed away the furious old woman, "Are you crazy?! Why did you come over and say that my sister got rid of your husband? My sister slept next to me last night, where could she have taken your husband? And your husband is a grown man, where could he have taken him? Maybe he's off fooling around with some mistress, what are you shouting about here?
“It must be you who killed my husband. Yesterday, you two were the only newcomers in this air-raid shelter. We had been living together for the past few days without any problems. Now that you’ve arrived, so many people have gone missing. It must be you who did this. Tell me where you took him.”
Xia Hua was speechless for a moment. "According to your logic, then tell me, why did we only take so few people? Why didn't we just get rid of all of you?"
“We don’t have that ability. If we did, we wouldn’t be starving like this. Look at us, we’re skin and bones. And look at my sister’s skin. She’s starving and eating mutated fruit to look like this.”
Unable to refute, the woman resorted to tantrums and wailing, "You two little sluts, if you don't give my husband back, I'll keep crying here and see what you can do to me!"
Xia Hua rolled her eyes: "Cry if you want to, as long as you don't cry tonight." With that, Xia Hua pulled Zuo Qingya out of the air-raid shelter.
"Wait... The matter hasn't been resolved yet, how can you leave? Come back right now, you're not allowed to leave."
The woman looked at the crowd and said, "What are you all still doing here? Arrest them right now! They must be the ones who killed the person. I guarantee it was them."
Xia Hua looked at the old woman with the eyes of someone who thought she was crazy: "You're crazy! You've really gone mad."
Zuo Qingya followed Xia Hua out of the air-raid shelter.
"What exactly happened? How could they all suddenly disappear? So many people?"
Zuo Qingya shook her head: "I don't know."
Xia Hua pulled Zuo Qingya along, saying, "If all those people have disappeared, there must be something wrong with that cave. Let's go back and check it out at noon. I'm worried that the air-raid shelter is old and dilapidated, and there might be ants, mantises, or something inside."
Zuo Qingya patted Xia Hua's head and said, "Don't worry, we'll go back and check on her at noon."
"good!"
"Let's go explore first. I wonder what there is to see around here, whether there is a market or something. This place doesn't look like a base, it looks more like a disaster victim hiding in an air-raid shelter."
"Um……"
Not long after Zuo Qingya and Xia Hua left, people chased after them. Those who chased after them were people whose families had gone missing.
Xia Hua said impatiently, "Are you ever going to stop? We've already said it wasn't us, and you're still going on and on."
At this moment, the middle-aged woman jumped out again, "It must be you who got rid of my husband. Last night, my husband said he was going to come find you."
Xia Hua gave a sarcastic "Oh," and the sound was quite long.
"Are you taking advantage of the fact that we're new here, that's why you're bullying us?"
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