Chu Yunxiao saw the car that had been closely following behind suddenly accelerate, quickly run ahead, and disappear from his sight.
"You slipped away really fast!" Chu Yunxiao sneered.
Liu Anran said knowingly, "It's human nature to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, which is understandable. However, such a person is not suitable to be a friend."
“An Ran is right,” Chu Yunxiao said.
"Mom, why don't we go inside the space and hide?" Yunlong suggested.
"Yunlong, a real man should face danger and difficulties head-on and find a way to solve them. He should not retreat and choose to escape, as that is the behavior of a coward," Chu Yunxiao instructed.
“Dad, I’m still a little kid,” Yunlong said.
"Yunlong, if you choose to run away now, you will get used to running away in the future..." Chu Yunxiao earnestly advised.
Liu Anran lowered her eyes with a complicated expression. She finally understood why her child needed a father.
“Yunlong, your father is farsighted and insightful. You can’t go wrong by listening to your father.”
"Oh!" Yunlong said.
"Yunxiao, I'm entrusting the child's education to you from now on," Liu Anran said.
Chu Yunxiao's eyes lit up with surprise; An Ran was willing to spend her life with him.
"Okay! I will raise the child well."
As soon as Chu Yunxiao finished speaking, he saw a car appear in his rearview mirror, followed by a truck. Then he heard gunshots. Fearing that he would be hit by stray bullets, he simply pulled the car over to the side of the road.
Jiang Cheng drove forward nervously. When he saw the car parked on the side of the road, he was overjoyed. His car had run out of gas, and the car in front of him was just the right thing to solve his immediate problem.
Jiang Cheng stopped the car, got out, ran to the car, reached for the door, and found it locked. He then fired a shot at the door.
Chu Yunxiao opened the car door and pushed it hard, causing the door to hit Jiang Cheng and knock him down.
Chu Yunxiao's long legs landed on the ground, his submachine gun pointed at Jiang Cheng, and he coldly shouted, "Jiang Cheng, you fucking want to die."
When Jiang Cheng saw that the person getting out of the car was Chu Yunxiao, he exclaimed with wild joy, "Big Brother!"
The truck stopped, and Song Hui jumped off. When he saw Chu Yunxiao, he exclaimed in surprise, "Third Young Master Chu, I never expected to meet you here."
Song Hui's teammates also got off the truck, holding guns and on guard.
Chu Yunxiao saw the people chasing Song Hui and his group approaching in a car and asked, "Whose men are chasing you?"
“It’s Duan Yi from the White Tiger Base,” Song Hui said.
Chu Yunxiao paused for a moment when he heard Duan Yi's name, then asked, "Duan Yi is a ruthless man. How did you get involved with him?"
“Right now, supplies are scarce, and whoever is quick gets what they want. But Duan Yi insisted that everyone who sees it gets a share, and he wanted a piece of the pie. We didn’t want that, so we started fighting,” Song Hui explained.
"You'd better shed some blood, otherwise he'll keep at it until he kills you all," Chu Yunxiao said.
"Impossible." Song Hui firmly disagreed.
“Song Hui, An Ran is pregnant, Yunlong is young, and Duan Yi saved An Ran’s life. I will not help you,” Chu Yunxiao said bluntly.
All he wanted now was to get Liu Anran and Yunlong home safely; he didn't care about anything else.
Song Hui's expression immediately changed. He thought Chu Yunxiao would help them out of respect for Qin Ruixu, but he never expected that Chu Yunxiao would ignore them.
Song Hui looked at Jiang Cheng, hoping that Jiang Cheng would persuade Chu Yunxiao.
Jiang Cheng immediately stated, "Song Hui, my elder brother has a wife and children and cannot take risks. We cannot force him."
When Song Hui saw Duan Yi arrive with his men, he immediately led his men to surround the truck to prevent them from seizing the supplies.
Duan Yi got out of the car with his men, and when he saw Chu Yunxiao, a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
Duan Yi glanced around, and when he didn't see Liu Anran, a faint disappointment appeared on his face.
Duan Yi's men, armed with guns, confronted Song Hui and his group, both sides prepared to fight to the death to defend their own interests.
"You've angered me and I was planning to kill you all, but for Chu Yunxiao's sake, I'll let you off the hook. Leave half of the stuff, or you'll die and everything will be mine," Duan Yi said coldly, his face expressionless.
Song Hui looked at Chu Yunxiao and saw him leaning against the car window, not saying a word. After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, he finally compromised and said, "Okay, I'll give you half."
Liu Anran opened the car door and got out, smiling slightly at Duan Yi, "Duan Yi, long time no see!"
Duan Yi looked at Liu Anran's protruding belly and said jealously, "Chu Yunxiao is so lucky to have you as his wife."
"I was lucky to run into An Ran first," Chu Yunxiao said with a smile.
Duan Yi frowned and said, "After the apocalypse, for some reason, women's fertility has declined. In the past few months, we haven't heard of a single woman getting pregnant at our White Tiger Base. You'd better keep a close eye on An Ran; it would be troublesome if someone started targeting her."
Newborns represent the future and hope of a base, signifying a sufficient workforce. If a base has no newborns and its population is aging, how can it resist zombies and develop its future?
Duan Yi felt troubled when he thought about this.
Liu Anran's expression darkened slightly. Many post-apocalyptic novels mention that after the apocalypse, many women find it difficult to conceive, especially female superhumans, whose chances of getting pregnant are even lower. It seems that superhumans have a higher chance of having children when they are with ordinary people.
"If a person with superpowers marries an ordinary person, the chances of getting pregnant might be higher."
Upon hearing this, Duan Yi's eyes lit up. Perhaps Liu Anran was right; ordinary people who marry people with superpowers are more likely to get pregnant and have children.
Liu Anran, worried that Duan Yi might do something reckless, immediately said, "Women are more likely to get pregnant if they eat well, live well, and are in a good mood. If the environment is harsh, even if they get pregnant, they are more likely to miscarry."
Song Hui watched with a gloomy face as half of the supplies were moved away, feeling extremely distressed.
Duan Yi's subordinate walked up to Duan Yi with a big smile and said cheerfully, "Boss, the stuff has been divided up, you can go now."
Liu Anran walked to the trunk and said to Duan Yi, "You saved my life, so these two bags are for you."
Duan Yi looked at the two pockets in the trunk, touched them with his hand, and said in surprise, "It's rice. You really want to give it to me?"
“Of course, my life is worth more than these two bags of rice,” Liu Anran said.
Duan Yi ordered his men, "Carry these two bags of rice away."
"Alright, boss!" Duan Yi's subordinate laughed and carried away the two bags of rice.
Jiang Cheng felt a sharp pain, as if his own flesh was being cut off, as he watched the rice being carried away.
It's the apocalypse now, and food is the most valuable commodity. A handful of rice can make a pot of porridge, which is equivalent to two sacks of rice, enough to make a lot of porridge.
"Brother, aren't you going to stop your wife?"
Chu Yunxiao said disdainfully, "It's just two bags of rice, you're acting like it's going to kill you. You're really getting worse as you get older."
Jiang Cheng looked at Chu Yunxiao speechlessly. In this apocalypse, with food and clothing scarce, how could things be the same as before?
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