Chapter 15
Lin Zhen looked at the sleeping old man Li, but in the end he did not wake him up to ask him clearly.
She turned to look at the two young men, and then met Tang Yu'an's piercing gaze as he looked at her—to be precise, at the parrot on her shoulder.
Lin Zhen smiled, let the parrot jump onto her hand, and then introduced it, "This is my partner, Amu."
The parrot puffed out its chest proudly.
"I am the smartest parrot in the world, Amu! You guys..."
The parrot spoke very fluently and clearly, but when it met Tang Yu'an's shining eyes, it paused for no reason.
Perhaps out of animal instinct, it flapped its wings and flew behind Lin Zhen, looking around.
Lin Zhen was a little surprised at her friend's shyness today, but she didn't take it too seriously. She looked at the two teenagers and asked, "What are your names?"
After Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi introduced themselves, she asked, "Can you tell me how you rescued Old Li?"
Tang Yu'an then withdrew his gaze from the parrot and looked at Zhou Qi.
"We found him on the roof of a building. His calf was bitten by something and the injury was quite serious," said Zhou Qi.
"Didn't you see that big lizard?" Lin Zhen frowned.
Zhou Qi shook his head.
Lin Zhen looked at Old Li's injuries again and saw that his calf was properly bandaged. The amount of bleeding on the bandage was not heavy and it also gave off a smell of medicine.
He had neither a fever nor any signs of poisoning, and his condition was much better than she had imagined.
"Thank you for saving him." Finally, Lin Zhen looked at the two teenagers again.
"You're welcome." Zhou Qi said.
"Grandpa Li has already thanked us." Tang Yu'an said with a smile, "Sister, do you want to stay and take care of him?"
"Yeah." Lin Yu nodded.
“That’s wonderful.”
Tang Yu'an said, taking out a bottle from his backpack, "Since sister promised to take care of Grandpa Li, this bottle of alcohol is for you."
Lin Zhen was stunned and took the half bottle of alcohol that the boy handed to her.
This was originally in the grocery store. It was almost used up when cleaning Old Li's wound, and only half a bottle was left.
"If Grandpa Li has a fever in the middle of the night, you can use this to cool him down, or you can use it to clean and disinfect wounds."
Lin Zhen looked at the white and transparent plastic bottle in his hand, smelled it, and was surprised to confirm that it was alcohol.
"This...are you really giving it to me?"
"Yes, Grandpa Li, please take care of him, sister." Then, Tang Yu'an added, "You have to return the bottle to me after use."
So generous indeed...
Lin Zhen hesitated for a moment, but nodded: "Okay."
[You completed a loss-making transaction with a new customer, experience points +3]
[Experience value is full, merchant level +1]
[Merchant level reaches lv2, and new exchanges for soybeans, matches, and cooking oil are available in the mall. For details, please visit the "Wholesale Market"]
[Portable storage slot +1, 7-day sale refresh card +1]
【Please select the delivery address】……
Wow, not only have new products been added, but the portable warehouse has also been expanded by 1 cubic meter, and there is also a refresh card for the seven-day sale!
Looking at the upgrade reward, Tang Yu'an cheered in his heart. Seeing that Lin Yu was still looking at him, he smiled and said to her, "Thank you, sister."
Lin Zhen felt like something was strange, but the smile of the child in front of him was so cute and he looked so well behaved that he unconsciously let down his guard.
When she reached out to touch Tang Yu'an's head, Zhou Qi took a step forward to block her hand.
"Thank you. We'll be leaving now."
Although he could still conduct two effective transactions with Lin Zhen, today's harvest was already rich enough, and Zhou Qi felt that he could take a break.
An An had already given half a bottle of alcohol, and if he took out more things, he was afraid that it would attract covetousness.
Lin Zhen's skills made him have to be vigilant. If he really fought, he might not be able to win, so it would be better for him to leave here as soon as possible.
"Sister, let's come back tomorrow."
Tang Yu'an did not sabotage Zhou Qi as soon as he said he was leaving, and he cooperated and said goodbye to Lin Zhen.
Before leaving, he couldn't help but look at the parrot again.
Although he really wanted to borrow it to hatch chicks and ducklings, since it was their first meeting after all, he knew he shouldn't be so abrupt, so he didn't mention it for the time being.
Lin Zhen did not try to keep them and personally sent them to the intersection.
Watching the two young men disappear around the corner, her eyes flashed slightly, and she suddenly twisted her body and followed them quietly.
The time for the light body technique had long passed, with only one last use left. Tang Yu'an used it on Zhou Qi as before, and then climbed onto his back.
"Are you ready?"
"Uh-huh!"
Tang Yu'an lay on Zhou Qi's shoulder, opened the map and excitedly told him about the rewards he got from leveling up.
After glancing at the map, he suddenly stopped and let out a light exclamation.
"Brother Xiaoqi, Sister Lin is following us."
Tang Yu'an didn't turn around, but leaned close to Zhou Qi's ear and whispered to him.
Zhou Qi paused, his expression slightly stern, and then said, "That depends on whether she can keep up."
After saying that, Zhou Qi exerted force on his feet, and his speed, which was already fast, increased a lot.
Lin Zhen was originally trying to hide her figure carefully, but after noticing Zhou Qi's acceleration, she also quickly sped up.
They shuttled back and forth through the ruins, one after the other. In the end, Lin Zhen even forgot to hide, and ended up losing them after four or five minutes.
Lin Zhen's face was full of disbelief.
I couldn't even catch up. Wasn't he running too fast?
She panted in annoyance, but did not leave immediately. Instead, she sensed the situation for a while and then continued to chase in a certain direction.
But when he was halfway there, the parrot Amu flapped its wings and flew back.
"Lost him! Lost him!"
Lin Zhen's eyes widened. "How come I lost you too?"
Having said that, she still took out a small piece of dried fruit from her waist bag and fed it to the parrot.
Amu turned his head away and did not accept her feeding. He jumped on her arms unhappily: "Lost! Lost!"
Lin Zhen stroked its feathers with his fingers and comforted it, "It's okay, you should be able to see it again tomorrow."
The kid named Tang Yu'an said that the bottle of alcohol should be returned to him, so they will definitely come to find Old Li again.
I don’t know where these two young men came from. If they came from the fortress, why did they appear in the deserted city?
In the fortress...are even kids this age so strong?
Lin Zhen frowned and thought, and did not follow the parrot any further. She let the parrot fly to her shoulder and stand firmly, then turned around and returned to Old Li's home the same way.
When she came back, Old Li, who had been sleeping in bed, had woken up. He was leaning against the head of the bed, holding a clay pot and eating something.
The faint aroma of bacon porridge filled the room.
"Old Li, what are you eating?" Lin Zhen couldn't help but come over and ask.
"Porridge, porridge with meat and salt."
The usually taciturn old man wolfed down his rice porridge, but he still found the time to answer her question with a hint of boasting in his tone.
"Those two kids made this for you?"
Lin Zhen hadn't noticed the porridge in the clay pot at all.
Old Li glanced at her. He woke up when Lin Zhen checked his injuries, so he knew that she had seen the two young men.
"Yeah." He nodded with emotion.
He had originally felt a little pain when he gave the crystal stone as a thank you gift, but now he didn't feel anything at all.
How many years had it been since he had eaten such delicious rice porridge? Old Li couldn't remember.
He scooped up another mouthful of porridge with the wooden spoon and put it into his mouth tremblingly.
The rice aroma has a light salty taste, mixed with a hint of meat. It warms the stomach and relaxes the pores of the body.
Old Li narrowed his eyes, his face full of happiness and enjoyment.
"Let me have a taste too!" Lin Zhen couldn't help but say.
"Go away."
"Ah, don't be so cruel..."
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"Sister Lin has gone back."
Tang Yu'an looked at the silver light spot on the map that was getting farther and farther away from them, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The real-time display function of the map is really convenient. As long as you have this map, you don’t need to worry about being followed.
"I don't know why she is following us..." Tang Yu'an said somewhat unhappily as he marked the light spot.
He also wanted to borrow her parrot to hatch chicks. If Sister Lin was a bad person, then his chicken-raising plan might be ruined.
"Maybe he's just curious." Zhou Qi comforted.
"Um……"
Tang Yu'an didn't dwell on this question any further, but instead looked at the map. "Brother Xiaoqi, are we going to do that clearing mission?"
The Light Body Technique still has two hours left. Based on Zhou Qi's speed, he will be able to return to the grocery store in more than half an hour. It always feels a bit of a waste not to do the task.
"Well, let's go then."
Zhou Qi did not object. The process of dealing with the giant lizard had already proved that the fighting method of using cat toy and frisbee was feasible.
It would be a good idea to finish this task quickly.
Zhou Qi continued to approach the location of the grocery store. According to the map, there were also dangerous creatures wandering around the grocery store.
The red dot closest to the grocery store appeared at the location where Zhou Qi first discovered that Grandma Guo had planted the sapling.
The small tree was bitten beyond recognition, and he thought it was Wangcai who did it before. Now it seems that there are still many mutant creatures near the grocery store.
They were getting closer and closer to the red dot.
Zhou Qi stopped after only a few hundred meters. He carried Tang Yu'an on his back and searched around. After finding an open space, he took out a plastic bag from his portable storage.
The bag contained the things that were previously stained with Old Li's blood. Because they were placed in a portable warehouse, the blood was still in the same state as when it was first put in.
"Brother Xiaoqi, are you going to lure mutant creatures here?"
"Um."
The location of the mutant creatures is likely to be their lair, which itself means danger to them, so it is more convenient to lure them to their home location.
While Zhou Qi was setting up the place, Tang Yu'an suddenly thought of something and said, "Oh, right, the rewards for the weekly missions and emergency rescues each give us one chance to draw a lottery. Should we use them now?"
"Well, use it." Zhou Qi nodded.
Tang Yu'an opened the lucky wheel, stared at the two grids of skills and props, and prayed in his heart.
Skills, skills, skills…
Props props props...
【Congratulations on winning 1 point】
Ah...did I win the guaranteed prize? Tang Yu'an clicked the lottery again with some displeasure. This time, when the system prompt popped up, he was stunned for a moment, then cheered out loud.
Zhou Qi had already poured out the contents of the plastic bag. A strong smell of blood spread out and was blown far away by the wind.
He didn't even bother to ask Tang Yu'an what he had drawn. He turned around and was about to take him to find a place to hide when he suddenly shuddered.
Almost in the next second, Zhou Qi picked up Tang Yu'an and jumped away.
"boom--"
On the map, the red light spot that was originally a little distance away from them suddenly overlapped with them without them knowing when!
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