Chapter 53 There's a Granary (Bonus Chapter) Being Chased
"Orange, you didn't sleep well last night? Tsk tsk, look at those dark circles under your eyes." Tian Qiao leaned closer.
Cheng Zhiyu tried to keep a straight face: "Yeah, I'm having a bit of insomnia."
He didn't want to say why he had insomnia.
"It's okay, I'll drive with Zhou Min today, you can sleep in the back," Tian Qiao said considerately.
When they set off, Cheng Zhiyu went to the last row, and Cheng Mo naturally followed. However, before they could get on the bus, the door was closed.
Cheng Mo, who had been given the cold shoulder, was speechless.
What happened? Is Zhiyu angry?
He quickly went to the front row and tried to talk to Cheng Zhiyu, but the other person was already lying on the seat with his eyes closed, sleeping.
Cheng Mo hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't say anything to disturb him, and sat down in the front row feeling dejected.
As soon as Zhou Min got into the car, he saw Cheng Mo's cold expression.
"Hey, why aren't you sticking close to Brother Cheng?" Zhou Min found it a bit unusual.
Why bring up something you shouldn't talk about? Cheng Mo didn't want to say anything.
Zhou Min: Wuhu, are you having a conflict?
He didn't dare say much, glancing at Cheng Zhiyu and then at Cheng Mo, frantically giving Tian Qiao meaningful glances.
Tian Qiao: "? What are you doing? Are you trying to drive?"
Zhou Min: "..."
Tian Manman volunteered, "I... want to learn to drive."
That way he can take turns driving.
Tian Qiao immediately replied, "Sure, I'll teach you when we get to a place where the road is easy to drive."
Tian Manman nodded; he would definitely study hard.
Zhou Min: Sigh, nobody understands me.
Cheng Mo, who had been looking out the window with a cold face, couldn't help himself for a while. He turned around, leaned on the back of his chair, and looked at Cheng Zhiyu in the back row.
The other person was breathing steadily, and was obviously asleep.
However, the seat was a bit narrow and not long enough, and the other person's sleeping posture was somewhat awkward, which looked uncomfortable.
No, I'll be sore all over when I wake up like this.
Zhou Min watched helplessly as Cheng Mo transformed into a handsome big black dog, jumped to the back, and lay down in the gap between the back seats.
The originally narrow seats became much more spacious after Cheng Mo filled in the gaps.
Cheng Zhiyu slightly opened his eyes, saw the big black dog, and felt a little dazed. He lay down on the dog, hugged it, and rubbed against it, saying, "Big Black..."
Cheng Mo flicked its tail and wrapped it around Cheng Zhiyu's waist to prevent him from being accidentally bumped by the car's bumps.
Zhou Min, witnessing this scene: "..."
I felt like I'd been shown off.
When Cheng Zhiyu woke up again, he touched the soft fur for the first time in a long time. He opened his eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Big Black? So you can transform back into your beast form?"
Cheng Mo felt guilty: "Um... it's suddenly possible."
Cheng Zhiyu looked suspicious, but didn't say anything. He hugged the big black dog's head and rubbed it. He hadn't seen it for several days and missed it quite a bit.
Cheng Mo decided to temporarily change back into human form and wait until Zhi Yu was no longer angry with him before doing so.
Cheng Zhiyu glanced at the sky and realized how long he had slept. Feeling a little embarrassed, he asked, "You guys haven't eaten yet, have you? Why didn't you wake me up if you were hungry?"
The ingredients and everything else are kept in his space.
"I'm fine, not very hungry." Tian Qiao waved her hand. "Besides, I still have snacks in my bag."
Zhou Min was actually a little hungry, but he still said, "Superpowered people aren't that intolerant of hunger. Besides, it's only been a little over half a day."
Seeing how sleepy Cheng Zhiyu was, it wouldn't hurt for him to go hungry for a while.
Although Cheng Zhiyu usually cooks for them, they don't take it for granted. On the contrary, while Cheng Zhiyu is busy cooking, they always find something to do for themselves.
It has nothing to do with how good or bad the relationship is. No matter how good the relationship is, it is not right to take it for granted that others should be the ones to do all the work while you rest.
Anyway, they felt that it was the normal way to get along when Cheng Zhiyu was busy, and they should also do their own things.
There's nothing we can do; their cooking skills are simply not up to par.
They are willing to take on the cooking job as long as the food tastes even slightly good.
The car stopped, and they ate lunch first.
Cheng Zhiyu took out the meal he had prepared earlier from the storage space and ate it.
Those who just said they weren't hungry: wolfing down their food.jpg
Cheng Zhiyu placed the food in front of Cheng Mo: "Why don't you turn into a human and eat me?"
Cheng Mo circled Cheng Zhiyu's wrist with his tail: "Are you still angry with me?"
Cheng Zhiyu: "...I'm not angry, I'm just a little sleepy."
He was telling the truth; he wasn't angry. However, he was a little unsure how to face Cheng Mo.
Cheng Mo was still worried: "If I turn into a human, will you pay attention to me? You won't ignore me again, will you?"
Cheng Zhiyu said with a mix of helplessness and amusement, "If I ignore you, are you planning to turn into a human?"
Cheng Mo nodded, clearly thinking the same thing.
What could Cheng Zhiyu do? He could only promise, "I won't ignore you."
Cheng Mo, satisfied with the assurance, got into the car, transformed into a human, dressed, got out, and sat down close to Cheng Zhiyu.
Cheng Zhiyu was used to it, and the two ate together.
After finishing my meal, I washed the lunchbox and put it back in my storage space.
We got back in the car and continued on our way, without encountering any particularly powerful zombies.
As a result, Tian Qiao was teaching Tian Manman to drive on a flat road. Tian Manman was a little nervous at first, but she gradually found that driving was not difficult, and the car became much smoother.
Tian Qiao praised, "Manman is amazing! She learned it so quickly."
Zhou Min also exclaimed, "This is simply a naturally gifted player, absolutely amazing!"
Cheng Zhiyu listened to their chatter with a smile. He used to prefer quiet, but after the apocalypse, he had probably spent a lot of time alone and had come to enjoy liveliness.
“Zhiyu, your hands are smaller than mine.” Cheng Mo gestured with Cheng Zhiyu’s hands, their palms touching, and he looked at them over and over, as if he had just noticed this.
Cheng Zhiyu's palms were sweating, and he unconsciously clenched his fists.
Cheng Mo naturally wrapped his fist around it, beaming with joy.
Cheng Zhiyu shook his head, but couldn't shake him off. He then reached out his other hand and pinched Cheng Mo's waist.
It was rock hard, and the other person didn't feel a thing, as steady as a mountain, but it made his hand hurt from being pinched.
Damn it! Cheng Zhiyu was unwilling to give up. He had a sudden idea and stopped pinching. Instead, he started scratching Cheng Mo's waist.
Cheng Mo's hand trembled slightly: "Hahaha..."
Zhou Min, who was in front, turned around and curiously leaned over to look: "Brother Hei, what's making you so happy?"
Cheng Mo, tickled, let go of Cheng Zhiyu's hand, and said with a cool face, "It's nothing, you probably don't want to hear it."
Cheng Zhiyu nodded. "Well, let's not talk about it."
Seeing them like this, Zhou Min became even more curious: "What is it that makes you so happy?"
Cheng Mo coughed lightly, no longer pretending, glanced at Cheng Zhiyu, and then looked at Zhou Min: "You really want to hear it?"
Zhou Min nodded without hesitation: "Of course, of course."
Cheng Mo coughed lightly, crossed his arms, and said with a smug look on his face, "It's nothing, it's just that Zhiyu probably thinks I have a good figure, because he touched my waist just now."
Cheng Zhiyu, who was being falsely accused to his face: "...? I didn't touch it! I was just scratching an itch!"
Cheng Mo gave him an "Oh, I see" look: "So you were just scratching an itch? But it's pretty much the same thing."
Cheng Zhiyu emphasized coldly, "...much worse."
They talk like he's a pervert who would grope people in front of so many people.
Damn it, his innocence!
Cheng Zhiyu glared fiercely at Cheng Mo.
Cheng Mo nuzzled against him: "Zhiyu~"
Zhou Min: "..." I can't bear to look.
Is he the only one who thinks that Cheng Zhiyu and Cheng Mo are not getting along?
Sigh, there's a sense of loneliness, like being the only one sober while everyone else is drunk.
Just then, the car suddenly stopped. Cheng Zhiyu frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Tian Manman, who had just learned to drive, was startled and pointed to the road ahead: "There's someone there."
Seeing the other person standing straight in the middle of the road, even spreading their arms to block their car, Tian Qiao rolled down the window and cursed, "Are you crazy? What are you doing standing in the middle of the road? Get out of the way!"
This guy is deliberately blocking the road. If you accidentally bump into him, who's to blame?
No sooner had Tian Qiao finished speaking than the other party suddenly knelt down before them.
Tian Qiao was dumbfounded: "No, even if I'm blocking the way, there's no need to give such a big bow."
Cheng Zhiyu was puzzled, but seeing that the other person was an ordinary person, he got out of the car.
Seeing this, the others also got off the bus.
Cheng Zhiyu glanced at the kneeling man and said calmly, "What are you doing? You're blocking our way."
The man burst into tears and began kowtowing repeatedly, pleading, "Please, save me, save me! I don't want to die, sob sob sob..."
Cheng Zhiyu was speechless.
The man continued, "I...I'm being chased by a superhuman. Waaah, I don't know how I offended her. I'm just a pitiful ordinary person. I just want to live. Please, please help me. I really have nowhere else to go. I'll do anything for you, even be your slave."
Cheng Zhiyu and the others remained silent and looked at Zhou Min.
Zhou Min clicked his tongue and said bluntly, "He's lying."
The man's sobs stopped abruptly, and he looked at Zhou Min with teary eyes: "I... I told you the truth..."
Cheng Zhiyu clicked his tongue, too lazy to waste time: "Dahei, tell him not to block the way, let's go."
The man watched them get into the car, and one of the cold-faced superhumans raised his hand and instantly tossed him aside.
Just as they were about to drive away, the man immediately scrambled over and clung to the car window, pleading, "Please, I'm being chased! Please help me!"
Cheng Zhiyu: "We don't want to get involved in your personal grievances."
The man, Zhao Ming, never expected that he would encounter a group of superhumans while trying to escape. He thought that pretending to be pitiful might win their sympathy.
He was incredibly unlucky to run into such a heartless group of people.
Zhao Ming gritted his teeth. He estimated that the woman would catch up soon, and he couldn't let these people abandon him, or he would surely die.
Before the apocalypse, he was a rich second-generation heir. Who knew that when the apocalypse came, he would be so unlucky and just an ordinary person. What's worse, the woman with whom he had an old grudge suddenly developed superpowers and came to kill him.
Fortunately, he had bodyguards who had become superhumans. Now that the apocalypse had arrived, these bodyguards were no longer loyal to him. Moreover, he had always treated his bodyguards with disrespect and bossiness.
Zhao Ming also had a way to win them over. He told the bodyguards that his family had a large warehouse for storing grain, and that because his parents had become zombies after the apocalypse, he was currently the only one who could open the warehouse.
In the apocalypse, money is gone; it's just worthless paper. What's useful are resources, and food is the most important resource.
He didn't think the bodyguard wouldn't be tempted.
Sure enough, the bodyguards were tempted and agreed to protect him, but only if he led them to the granary.
Zhao Ming outwardly agreed, but inwardly he had his own plans. He did indeed have a granary, after all, his family had been in the food business before the apocalypse.
But he's not stupid. How could he possibly be willing to give the granary to his bodyguards? He was hoping to use the granary to win over some powerful superhumans, make them work for him, and make a comeback.
Even if he didn't have any superpowers, he would still command and control these superpowered individuals, making them obey him. When that time came, if that woman dared to come knocking again, he would make her taste the same bitterness she had experienced before.
He hadn't expected that his bodyguards would be so useless. Despite being superhumans, they couldn't even defeat the woman. As he fled, his bodyguards either ran away or died, and now he was all alone.
He desperately needed new bodyguards, but luckily, he encountered several more people with superpowers.
Since feigning helplessness didn't work, he had no choice but to use his trump card, revealing that he had a granary. He pretended to be generous and said, "As long as you are willing to protect me, I am willing to give you the granary."
Zhou Min said, "He wasn't lying about the granary; he did indeed have a granary."
Cheng Zhiyu pondered. Although they had no shortage of food and drink, how could they not be tempted by the existence of a granary?
He asked, "Approximately how much grain is in the granary?"
Zhao Ming gave a rough estimate of the quantity.
Tian Qiao's eyes widened slightly. So many? He was somewhat intrigued and asked Cheng Zhiyu, "Chengzi, what do you think?"
Under Zhao Ming's expectant gaze, Cheng Zhiyu said, "Sure, we'll guarantee you'll live."
Zhao Ming felt something was off about those words, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. He swallowed hard. "Only I can open that granary. Of course, I guarantee I'll live."
Cheng Zhiyu nodded. He was only paying attention to Zhao Ming because of the granary; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered with him at all. The other party's scheming was practically written all over his face.
Zhao Ming got into the car and sat in the last row next to Cheng Mo, who had been sent by Cheng Zhiyu to watch over him.
Unable to cling to Cheng Zhiyu, his mood was predictably cold. Zhao Ming, who had originally wanted to strike up a conversation and build a good relationship with him, dared not speak after seeing his expression. His mood was at its lowest point.
These people are really ungrateful. His granary could feed countless people, yet they don't even acknowledge him and treat him with such indifference!
Hmph, just wait and see. Once he encounters other superhumans and recruits new people, these few won't get a single benefit from him.
Zhao Ming was used to being high and mighty before the apocalypse, and even after the apocalypse, he failed to recognize reality and still clung to ridiculous ideas.
As he was thinking, he looked up and met Cheng Mo's gaze. He trembled for a moment, feeling as if the other person had already seen through him.
While waiting for dinner, Zhao Ming saw that they had stewed a large pot of meat, and also stir-fried vegetables and made soup. His mouth watered.
After the apocalypse, his life was simply inhuman. Every day, let alone eating well, even getting enough to eat was a problem. How long had it been since he had seen anything truly delicious?
Zhao Ming swallowed hard, looking forward to dinner.
Then, a dry piece of bread was thrown into his hand.
Zhao Ming was dumbfounded: "What does this mean?"
Tian Qiao said, "You're welcome to thank me for your dinner tonight."
After all, in the apocalypse, anything that can fill your stomach is precious.
Zhao Ming's expression immediately darkened. He pointed to the large table of fragrant dishes and said, "You're all so nice to me, and this is what you give me to eat?"
Tian Qiao was speechless. How could this person be so shameless? "We eat well, but that's our own food. What does it have to do with you? Our supplies are also very scarce. Besides, we're protecting you and even willing to give you food. We've already done more than enough, haven't we?"
Zhao Ming didn't know Cheng Zhiyu had a spatial ability; he just assumed they took these things from the trunk. Even so, how could they only give him bread? They should at least give him a bowl of meat.
Zhao Ming swallowed hard, his mouth watering unbearably: "Give me some meat, and when we get to the granary, I... I'll give you ten times the amount!"
The group laughed.
Zhao Ming was confused: "What...what are you laughing at?!"
Zhou Min asked in confusion, "We promised to protect you, isn't the granary your reward?"
Zhao Ming: "..." Did I run into robbers?
Although those bodyguards probably thought the same thing, who would say it so openly!
Zhao Ming wanted to say something, but the others ignored him, acting as if he didn't care whether he ate or not. He looked resentful, smelled the aroma, and ate the bread without any appetite.
"Haha, it feels so good to be the villain," Zhou Min muttered to himself.
Cheng Zhiyu stated, "I am not a villain."
Villains never have a good ending.
Cheng Mo agreed: "Zhiyu is kind-hearted. Zhao Ming doesn't look like a good person, yet Zhiyu is still willing to protect him."
Cheng Zhiyu coughed lightly, feeling embarrassed by the praise: "I'm only doing this because of the granary." He wasn't really that kind.
Cheng Mo smiled wickedly: "If it's for the sake of the granary, we can simply find out where it is, then kill him to save ourselves the trouble."
Zhao Ming, who was not far away, suddenly felt a chill down his spine; it was too cold at night.
Cheng Zhiyu patted Cheng Mo on the head: "Don't make killing sound like slicing a watermelon."
Even in the apocalypse, Cheng Zhiyu had no problem killing zombies, but he always felt guilty about killing people.
Cheng Mo took the opportunity to rub against Cheng Zhiyu's palm, just like a big dog.
Zhou Min: "..." I feel full.
Tian Qiao chuckled foolishly: "You two are so close that you're almost as good as my childhood friend."
Cheng Mo was unhappy. What did he mean by "catching up"? He and Zhi Yu were the best of friends in the world.
He nuzzled against Cheng Zhiyu and asked, "Zhiyu, who are you closest to?"
Cheng Zhiyu looked at Ueda Qiao and Cheng Mo with a blank expression.
He was speechless: "Eating your food? How childish!"
They're just like little kids, asking who they're close to.
Tian Qiao thought it was indeed a bit childish, and laughed as she touched her nose.
Cheng Mo looked at Cheng Zhiyu expectantly, and the latter sighed and gently squeezed his hand.
Cheng Mo's lips curled up. Zhi Yu was indeed his best friend and was even secretly coaxing him. He felt he had won and glanced at Tian Qiao with a hint of pride.
Tian Qiao: I really want to hit someone.
But if I can't beat them, I'll just give up.
"So how are we going to sleep tonight?" Zhou Min asked as he finished the last bite of his meal and tidied up.
They generally don't sleep in treehouses when there are outsiders around.
Cheng Zhiyu: "Sleep in the treehouse. As for him, just knock him out."
Tian Qiao clapped her hands: "Hehe, Chengzi, you're so smart, haha."
As he spoke, he gestured for Tian Manman to come over. She was strong enough to knock him unconscious in one blow, preventing him from waking up suddenly in the middle of the night.
Although Zhao Ming didn't want to eat the dry bread, he had no choice. He was too hungry, and seeing that these people really didn't care about him, he could only curse in his heart while eating the bread.
Ha, he had originally thought that if these people treated him well, he would be willing to leave a few positions for them under his command once he became the leader of the superhumans by relying on the grain in the granary.
But now, he has made up his mind: not only will he not give these people a place, but he will also kill them to vent his hatred.
Just as he was happily daydreaming, he saw Tian Manman walk over and raise her hand at him. He stammered, "What are you doing?"
Tian Manman was socially awkward and naturally wouldn't answer his question. Then, Zhao Ming felt a sudden darkness before his eyes and fainted.
After dealing with Zhao Ming, Cheng Zhiyu even found a quilt to cover him with in order to prevent him from freezing to death outside.
Cheng Mo sighed, "Zhiyu is so kind."
They went into the treehouse, while Little Roll stood guard outside.
When Zhao Ming woke up the next day, he realized that he had been knocked unconscious, and his complexion was not good.
After traveling for several days, Cheng Zhiyu received good news: Qiuqiu had reached level one maturity!
His system space expanded the field from 15*15 meters to 16*16 meters, and the storage space also increased to 40 cubic meters.
As for the ball cactus, it is a defensive plant. It is a cactus that is placed outside the treehouse. If any danger approaches, its thorns will shoot out.
Now, not only is Curly guarding the outside of the treehouse, but Ballball is also there, adding another layer of defense.
Cheng Zhiyu received a new plant and planted it. The seedling of this new plant was very peculiar, resembling a small umbrella, so Cheng Zhiyu named it "Little Umbrella".
Although Zhao Ming said there was a granary, Cheng Zhiyu still did not give up growing grain.
The wheat planted next to Xiaoqiang has matured, dried, and threshed; each grain is almost the size of my palm.
Cheng Zhiyu tried to grind a wheat grain into flour. A regular wheat grain has 30 grains, but barley grains, probably because they are larger, usually have more than 20 grains, sometimes as many as 26, and sometimes as few as 22 or 23.
Even so, because wheat grains are so large, the last grain of wheat can yield a whole bag of flour.
Wheat is quite filling; one large wheat grain is enough for several people to eat.
Cheng Zhiyu specifically tried the taste of barley and wheat. It was similar to regular wheat, but tasted a bit more fragrant.
Go back and try to see if the wheat and barley seeds can be grown in the fields outside.
He had previously tried growing these mutated plants in flowerpots, and they could be grown, but he still needed to expand the planting experiment to a larger scale.
They traveled without stopping, but on the night before they were about to arrive home, an accident occurred.
The superhuman who was chasing Zhao Ming arrived. Cheng Zhiyu went outside and saw that Zhao Ming had been rolled up by Xiao Juan, while Qiu Qiu was frantically spitting thorns at her.
The female superhuman raised her hand, and the spikes that the ball had sprayed at her were immediately corroded away. Then, the section of vine that was wrapped around her was completely corroded away, and the female superhuman successfully broke free from her restraints.
Upon seeing Cheng Zhiyu and his group appear, her face turned cold, and murderous intent flashed in her eyes: "Are you the new bodyguards that beast Zhao Ming hired? Perfect, I'll kill you all, and then kill Zhao Ming."
Zhou Min quickly said, "Sister, let me explain."
"There's nothing to explain. What good could people with Zhao Ming be?" The female superhuman concluded that they were no good and attacked them directly.
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