Chapter 38
"Master, Senior Brother?"
When he saw the figure, he stood there in a daze, his voice full of disbelief.
"A Zhao." Ji Mingting's voice was a little choked. He stretched out his hand to hug his junior brother whom he had not seen for thousands of years, but his outstretched hand passed through Liu Huaizhao's body.
Liu Huaizhao gradually came back to his senses, and his eyes turned red as he looked at his senior brother's untouchable figure.
"It's okay." Ji Mingting raised his hand and lightly touched his face, saying, "Senior brother knows everything that happened along the way. Ah Zhao did very well. Our Ah Zhao can now stand on his own."
Liu Huaizhao smiled, turned around and introduced: "This is my new friend, this is Qin..."
"Qin Zunyue." Ji Mingting interrupted him, "I told you, I know everything that happened on your way."
When he said this, everyone could hear a hint of gnashing of teeth, and Qin Zunyue felt a chill on his back.
Although others didn't understand what senior brother meant, Qin Zunyue and Liu Huaizhao knew it clearly. Liu Huaizhao blushed slightly, and Qin Zunyue took a step forward and said hello, senior brother, with a smile.
The senior brother ignored him.
Liu Huaizhao called softly, "Senior Brother."
Ji Mingting sighed and wanted to rub the head of his junior brother whom he had raised, but he put his hand down the moment he raised it.
He said nothing more and turned back to the other three.
Tong Le and the others were already accustomed to this kind of thing, but Xiaoze and Lianlian encountered it for the first time, and were looking at Ji Mingting in amazement.
Ji Mingting bowed to the old man and said, "Old man, I'm really sorry for scaring you."
"It's okay." The old man waved his hand, looked at Ji Mingting and then at Liu Huaizhao, and said, "Anything is possible in this world. Since you two have such a deep connection, you can take this book."
"Grandma! How can we give this book away like this?" Lianlian was a little anxious. That half of the book was picked up by them at the beginning of the apocalypse. After the initial chaos, it was grandma who stayed in the house for a long time without eating or drinking before she found a way for them to survive in the apocalypse. This book meant something different to them and she couldn't just give it to them like this!
"Grandma! The neighbors will definitely not agree. If it weren't for this book, we would have died long ago. How can we just give it to them like this!"
"Lianlian," the old man said calmly, "This book has been fused together. We can't tear it apart. Besides, we've already thoroughly studied and copied down the spells in this book. It doesn't matter whether we have the original or not."
Lianlian also understood this logic, but she just felt unfair. When she thought of those people who had wanted to snatch the book before, she became even more angry.
"This... Madam." Qin Zunyue considered the address carefully and said, "We do need this book, but we certainly won't take your things for nothing. Do you know about the Safe City?"
"Safe City?" Ozawa and Lianlian asked.
"Ever since that group of monsters appeared, we won't leave here except for hunting. We really don't know about the safe city you mentioned." The old man said slowly.
Qin Zunyue introduced the safe city to them as briefly as possible.
The two young men's eyes lit up when they heard this. If it was really as Qin Zunyue said, that the planting industry had stabilized and could ensure food supply for every resident, then at least they would be able to have enough to eat!
The old woman was also tempted, but she couldn't make a decision on her own on such a big matter, so she asked Ozawa to notify the people in the building and let everyone discuss it together.
Ji Mingting's existence could no longer be known to others, so he returned to the book. Liu Huaizhao put the book in his arms and cast a sleight of hand on himself, making his clothes look more "normal".
Soon, the originally spacious living room was packed with people, all listening to the old man analyze the pros and cons of going to the safe city for them.
The benefit is naturally that you can return to human society and have enough food to eat.
But the disadvantages are also what the elderly are most worried about - whether they can reach the safe city alive and whether those people can really accept them.
Qin Zunyue also couldn't make any guarantees. Although they were not yet at the point where time was running out, it was impossible to send all of them to the safe city. As for whether they could truly integrate into the safe city, Qin Zunyue couldn't guarantee it even more.
But compared with the temptation of having a full meal, this little hardship was nothing, so everyone chose to go without hesitation!
"Go! Give it a try. We can't stay in this place forever!" A girl shouted excitedly, and others echoed her.
"Professor Li! Don't worry, we will definitely get there alive! We have suffered a lot over the years!" The woman standing next to the old man cried for joy, comforting the old man with tears and encouraging herself at the same time.
Professor Li saw everyone's excitement and said to Qin Zunyue with a smile, "Thank you for your help, young man."
Qin Zunyue smiled and shook his head, then turned around and went to the car to contact Yan Ming.
Liu Huaizhao followed him down without saying a word. Ji Mingting was unable to leave the vicinity of the ancient books and could only look at the backs of the two people, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
"Commander Yan." Qin Zunyue dialed the phone and told her what happened.
"I understand. Send me the location and I will contact the nearest safe city to pick them up. Wait for my reply." Yan Ming said simply and clearly and hung up the phone.
"That's great." Liu Huaizhao said, "I was worried she wouldn't agree."
Qin Zunyue rubbed his head and said, "How could that be? Last time, there was really no need to send people here just for a few guilty people, but this time we have found survivors, so they will definitely come."
Liu Huaizhao breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If they hadn't picked up the ancient book and kept it well, he wouldn't have been able to see his senior brother again. Thinking of this, he looked up at Qin Zunyue and said, "My senior brother is a very good person. He didn't do this to you on purpose today. It's just because of our relationship that it's inevitable that he's angry. Don't mind it."
"I know." Qin Zunyue's tone was a little depressed, "but I'm still a little sad."
"What?" It was the first time Liu Huaizhao heard him speak in such a tone, and he became anxious for a moment. "I will talk to him and ask him not to talk to you like that in the future."
"I'm just kidding." Qin Zunyue grabbed Liu Huaizhao who was about to rush into the building and pulled him into his arms. "I know your master, brothers and sisters are very important to you. I'm so happy that you're reunited. How could I mind this?"
"Oh." Liu Huaizhao's voice sounded a little muffled because he was completely in his arms. "Then why did you say that?"
"Because... we are in love?" Qin Zunyue thought for a moment and admitted, "Actually, I don't know. I just wanted to tease you. It's so cute to see you worrying about me."
Liu Huaizhao in his arms said nothing, pushed him away and was about to leave.
"Hey." Now it was Qin Zunyue's turn to get anxious. He quickly walked in front of Liu Huaizhao and pressed his shoulders. "I'm sorry, I lost my temper. I..."
He didn't finish his words because Liu Huaizhao was laughing happily, "I think you're also cute when you're anxious because of me."
Qin Zunyue also smiled and kissed his forehead.
Both of them cherished this rare time together. After Qin Zunyue kissed his forehead, he kissed down little by little.
Until their lips touched, a buzzing sound drowned out the heartbeats of both of them.
"...It must be Commander Yan. Don't make her wait anxiously." Liu Huaizhao took a step back with a red face.
Qin Zunyue had no choice but to quickly kiss his cheek again and obediently answer the phone.
The person who called was not Commander Yan, but the person in charge of the nearby security city. He told Qin Zunyue that he had sent military personnel to meet them and they were expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon. He asked them to be prepared and not to lose contact.
Qin Zunyue agreed not to lose contact, which meant that they had to let Professor Li and the others mix with the people in the safe city at least until the afternoon tomorrow before they could leave.
The two men brought the news back and said they would stay here until the contact arrived.
Cheers rose from the packed house.
After the crowd dispersed, Professor Li asked Lianlian to prepare a place for them to rest.
Lianlian agreed and led them upstairs.
The elevator was out of service, so they had to climb the stairs. Lianlian talked to them as she climbed.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken to you like that just now. I didn't expect you guys to be such bad people."
Tong Le, who had always disliked her, was no longer so angry after hearing this. He asked curiously, "Oh, by the way, I've always wanted to ask, how did you find this ancient book?"
Lianlian said, "We didn't find this book. It was one of my grandmother's collections. After the apocalypse, she couldn't eat, so she started studying this book, which she had never understood before, to distract herself. Who knew it contained so many magical things? She learned a few spells from it, drew them on paper, and had my father throw them at the monster through the window. The monster really disappeared, so she developed a few other spells, which at least allowed us to protect ourselves in this situation."
"So that's how it is." She originally thought that the book was picked up in a cave like them, but she didn't expect that the book appeared in their home before the end of the world.
"You don't want us to take the book away because someone else tried to steal it before?"
"Yes." Lianlian's voice was filled with anger, and she gritted her teeth as she spoke, "It happened a few years ago. A few injured people passed by here and were attacked by the foul monsters outside. My grandmother had someone rescue them, gave them food, and let them heal their wounds here. But these ungrateful people actually stole the book after they recovered! They almost hurt my grandmother. If Brother Ze hadn't just come home from hunting, who knows what they would have done!"
After Lianlian finished speaking, they also stood at the door of an empty house. When they pushed the door open, everyone found that it was full of various vegetables.
"The empty rooms in this building are all used for growing vegetables. You guys just have to make do with what you have."
After Lianlian gave them a quick cleanup, she hesitated for a moment before asking, "Can you really get enough food in that safe city you're talking about?"
After receiving a positive answer, Lianlian breathed a sigh of relief, and her smile grew even wider. "That's great! You don't know, these past few years we've only been able to eat these easy-to-feed vegetables. Hunting is too dangerous, so we rarely go hunting, and when we do, we can only catch small ones, which are simply not enough to eat."
When Tong Le heard this, she recalled the days when people couldn't eat meat at the beginning of the apocalypse, and she felt deep empathy. The two girls started chatting enthusiastically, forgetting all their previous unpleasantness.
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The house was not small. The original owner had divided it into four rooms. Wei Zhirong dragged Qiao Lang into one of the rooms. The remaining three girls also chose their own rooms. Only Qin Zunyue and Liu Huaizhao were left standing there.
It’s not like we haven’t slept together before, but sleeping together after confirming the relationship is definitely different.
"Go to bed, it's getting late." Qin Zunyue pretended to naturally take Liu Huaizhao's hand and walked into the remaining room.
The room is not big and the bed is not big either, only 1.5 meters.
Qin Zunyue looked at the small bed and suddenly felt a little regretful.
"Or I'll sleep in the living room." He turned around and wanted to leave.
Liu Huaizhao grabbed him and whispered, "We can sleep even if we squeeze in."
Qin Zunyue placed his palm on the back of his neck and imitated him in a low voice: "Do you really want to squeeze it?"
Liu Huaizhao nodded and was about to say something when he felt a burning sensation on his chest.
…
It's over.
The next second, the figure of the senior brother appeared in front of the two of them, looking at them coldly.
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