Team 404 takes turns buying groceries. When it was Tong Ying's turn, she invited Yan Shi to go with her. Yan Shi has his own tricycle, so he doesn't worry about going too far to buy groceries and having to carry them back. As for going upstairs, he puts the groceries in his tricycle, and Zhuang Zhao and Quan Hou can carry them up when they come back. Yan Shi can carry as much as he can without having to force himself.
She was fine buying vegetables, but she couldn't pick meat. Tong Ying told Yan Shi what color and texture of meat meant it was fresh, and which cut of meat was best for which dish.
The thought of Chang Ge telling her that Tong Ying was a pampered princess raised by an extremely wealthy family before the apocalypse made her feel ashamed once again.
The other girl, who was like a fairy who didn't know the ways of the world, has now been molded into an all-around captain by reality. She, on the other hand, was raised in a poor family and her cooking skills are still not satisfactory. She is really a disgrace to children who have to take on responsibilities early.
Team 404 has five people in total. Although they are all young girls, their meals for two or three days still need to be calculated in large quantities. Yan Shi's group can barely be counted as two people's portions, while Quan Hou and Zhuang Zhao's portions can be counted as one person's portions, since one of them almost lives in the research institute and the other doesn't come back for dinner.
With bags and bundles, we made our way down to the first floor, then struggled against the strong wind, barely able to move an inch. Just as we reached the spot where the tricycles were parked, our tricycles were hit and sent flying by a car that had just stopped.
Yan Shi got angry and put the bag on the ground to go and confront the car owner.
"Didn't you see the car here? If you're not a good driver, don't drive. You'll only hurt yourself in the end. How am I supposed to ride back now that my bike is crooked?"
"Can't you see? Since when are bicycles considered vehicles? Hurry up and move, or your head will tilt to one side along with your broken bicycle's head." The woman was wearing sunglasses, and despite the temperature not even ten degrees Celsius, she was exposing her chest and thighs, making it look like it was summer.
"You think you're so tough? You're being unreasonable, refusing to pay compensation, and still putting on airs. Who gave you that right? Do you have a brain that would make even a zombie want to vomit?"
"Wu Qianying, don't think you can be arrogant just because you have 301 backing you. We people from 404 aren't people you can just bully." Tong Ying hadn't originally intended to get involved, and Yan Shi wasn't going to suffer a loss, but she didn't expect to run into someone she knew. She couldn't just stand by and watch anymore.
“404 really accepts all kinds of garbage. Riding a bicycle to buy groceries, are you all so poor now? If you can’t survive, tell me, call me grandma and I’ll buy you rice to eat.”
"You two know each other?" Yan Shi whispered to Tong Ying.
“Damn it, she’s backed by some shady gangsters. Don’t get involved, I’ll handle this.” Tong Ying said, pulling Yan Shi behind her.
“My great-aunt died young, do you really want to go looking for her? I told you before, avoid 404 cars, it seems you didn’t lie down enough after your fracture last time.” Tong Ying said, taking half a step forward. Wu Qianying, who was about to get off the car, immediately pulled her foot back. If Tong Ying hadn’t blocked her, she would have closed the car door.
"I'll pay you back however much it costs. Who wants to see you two? It's bad luck." Wu Qianying pulled out a few bills from her wallet and stuffed them into Yan Shi's hand.
"Not enough." Tong Ying lowered her eyes.
"This money is enough to buy a car. Fine, I'll pay. I guess I'm just unlucky today." She pulled out a few more bills, and as soon as Tong Ying left, she closed the car door and fled.
"Awesome!" Yan Shi gave Tong Ying a thumbs up. This woman was too charming, simply perfect. He wanted to marry her.
"What are you going to do with your car? Buy a new one or repair it? I do know a repair shop, but it's a bit far."
"Let's send the stuff back first. I'll call and see if I can hitch a ride."
Yan Shi called Yun Nuo to ask if she had time to pick her up.
"Okay, give me the address, I'll tell the teacher and go."
"You're doing pretty well, getting chauffeured around."
"It was earned by selling myself," Yan Shi sighed.
Tong Ying hesitated, then stopped asking further questions.
"No, it's because some madman wants to dissect me, so he sent people to monitor me first. It's not about selling myself in the conventional sense, but the literal meaning." Yan Shi immediately explained when he saw Tong Ying's complicated expression. It was one thing to be misunderstood by others, but he couldn't leave a bad impression on Tong Ying.
"Which lunatic?"
"It turns out that Quan Hou from District 11 is involved in zombie research."
"Him? No wonder. You should run away. This man is truly insane, the kind who isn't afraid of death." Tong Ying had heard of the Marquis's name before the apocalypse.
“My aunt is a lawyer. Her firm took Quan Hou’s case. At the time, Quan Hou was the defendant. It is said that the laboratory exploded. He went in to save the experimental data but ignored his assistant’s pleas for help, which resulted in the assistant being burned over 90% of his body and disfigured. During the trial, Quan Hou said with righteous indignation that the assistant’s value was not as high as the experimental data and did not think that his choice was questionable.”
“It’s definitely something he would do. I would believe him if he told me that he thought his assistant was in the way and even pushed me.”
During this time, Tong Ying told Yun Nuo about the connection between Team 404 and Wu Qianying.
"Wu Qianying is my roommate, as is Zhong Ling. We were all in the dorm during the apocalypse and acted together. Later, we met Chang Ge. Yanran is my childhood friend. Our homes are not far apart. Later, when I went home to get something, I found her locked in her room and almost starved to death."
"Poor Yanran."
"Team 404 is slowly building up, but I'm the only one who's not quite there. Plus, with Chang Ge's fighting ability, we don't dare to take on missions that are too dangerous, and since they're all girls, we always run into all sorts of trouble. That's when we accidentally provoked Team 301, who is now Wu Qianying's backer. They're a bunch of trash, especially the captain, Sun Yang, who took a liking to Yanran and insisted that she be his girlfriend. Then Wu Qianying tricked Yanran into going out and drugged her. If Zhong Ling hadn't been unable to contact Yanran, we definitely wouldn't have been able to save her."
"After being exposed, Wu Qianying left the team and joined 301, becoming Sun Yang's girlfriend. Wu Qianying and Team 301 became our enemies. Wu Qianying was beaten up by us several times when she was alone. Team 301 also blocked us. Later, Xinle came. She was a warlock, and her grandfather was quite influential. Gradually, Team 301 stopped bothering us."
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