"It's not impossible for us to give you something to eat." Lin Yang said.

The woman was delighted after hearing this, thinking that they were willing to give her food.

"But we are a little curious and want to take a look at your child." Before the woman could be happy for long, he added.

When the woman heard his words, a trace of panic flashed across her originally happy face, and her voice became hesitant: "Well... my child is asleep, it may not be convenient. Can you change your request?"

"We'll just take a look. We won't disturb your child's sleep." Lin Yang said, "As long as you agree, this bag of beef jerky is yours."

In the end times, beef jerky is even more popular than canned meat. Because beef jerky has less water content, it can be kept for a long time even if it is opened, and the meat is chewy, so it is more delicious and easier to fill up.

The woman had not eaten such delicious food for a long time since the end of the world. Now that she had such an opportunity, she not only did not agree, but also backed off. However, she was reluctant to give up the bag of beef jerky in front of her.

Exchanging a bag of beef jerky for a look at the child is a sure-win deal for anyone, but the woman in front of me hesitated again and again, saying it was inconvenient because the child was asleep, and then saying she didn't want the beef jerky.

Seeing this, Lin Yang couldn't help but think of what happened yesterday. He became impatient and was ready to put the things in his hand back, then drive away and let this woman perform alone.

However, when the woman saw him trying to take the things back, she suddenly reached out and snatched the package of beef jerky. In the process, the blanket that was wrapped around the child in her hands also fell down.

Ruan Ning thought of her guess and was afraid that she might accidentally witness a bloody scene, so she tugged at the male protagonist's sleeve to avoid him, closed her eyes and lowered her head to lean towards him.

"Brother..." She frowned and called out with a somewhat uneasiness.

Gu Yicheng looked out the window at the woman running away with the beef jerky, then he lowered his head and patted her shoulder soothingly, saying softly, "Ningning, this child is fake."

When Ruan Ning heard this, he didn't react for a moment. He let out an "ah" and then glanced furtively towards the place where the quilt had fallen.

She saw that the scene she had imagined did not exist at all. Lying under the quilt on the floor was a rag doll, about the same size as a newborn baby, and wearing child's clothes, pretending to be the child the woman was talking about.

With a "child" like this, it's no wonder that the woman just now refused to show it to them.

But seeing this fake child disguised as a doll was much better than she had imagined. Ruan Ning was glad that she didn't meet someone who used a real child to deceive sympathy this time.

A person like Ruan Ning really couldn't stand seeing that kind of scene. It was pitiful enough for her, a person living in a peaceful era, to suddenly travel to the end of the world. If she had to see these dark sides with her own eyes, she was afraid that her heart would also become cold and hard.

What Ruan Ning didn't know was that while she was sleeping yesterday afternoon, the team encountered something similar to what happened today on the road.

And yesterday's situation was far darker than today's, even more incredible than the possibility she had just thought of.

The woman who was holding her child and asking for help in the city not only used a real child, but she was not alone in the street. There was a team waiting around her, and as soon as someone or a team stopped, they would immediately bring people to surround the opponent. After robbing all their supplies, they would kill all the men and keep the women for other purposes, or for them to relieve their sexual desires, or force them to do things like intercepting passers-by on the street.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the passing cars are unwilling to stop. This group of people have already thought of other ways. They spread a handful of nails on the road, and when the nails puncture the tires, they can naturally force the team to stop.

At the beginning of the apocalypse, there were still many people with a bit of kindness in their hearts, so this team deceived many people in that place. Sometimes they would change their strategy and let beautiful women stand on the street to ask for help, attracting some people who were greedy for these women.

Ruan Ning was so exhausted from the treatment that he slept so soundly that he was completely unaware of this. In addition, the battle ended quickly, and the men were only good at fancy moves, and the few psychics among them were not very powerful. They didn't kill zombies, but only humans, and they didn't know the function of the crystal core. The team didn't have to fight all the way, and they knocked them down in no time.

However, after everyone learned everything from the innocent women who were kept in captivity in their team, a strong feeling of disgust arose in their hearts.

It was precisely because of this that after Ruan Ning woke up last night, they all tacitly did not tell her about this.

Lin Yang looked at the woman who was about to run down the hill and asked, "Brother Gu, should we catch up with her?" The woman looked like she hadn't eaten for several days, but she was very strong. She actually snatched the beef jerky from his hand.

Gu Yicheng said calmly: "No need."

It was just a bag of ordinary beef jerky. Although it was harder for their team to obtain than supplies like biscuits and bread, it was not a rare item.

Lin Yang thought about it and felt that it made sense. He had just seen the woman tear open the package and stuff it into her mouth while running. Even if he chased after her, he would definitely not be able to take the beef jerky. And he couldn't let him beat up the woman just for a bag of beef jerky.

While the male protagonist was talking to Lin Yang, Ruan Ning quickly moved the half of his seat towards herself.

Thinking about how everyone else in the car was calm about this, and comparing it to how she almost rushed into the male protagonist's arms just now, Ruan Ning realized belatedly that she seemed to have overreacted.

She sat back in her seat, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her behavior was too stupid. She didn't know if the male protagonist took it to heart, and how he would look at her. Ruan Ning was very thin-skinned, so after the car started again, she simply closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Gu Yichen noticed her entire movement, with a barely perceptible smile in his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and then quickly suppressed.

Gu Yicheng had figured out early on that the child the woman was holding was fake, otherwise he would never have asked Jiang Jingchao to stop the car.

He just wanted to let the girl beside him understand the difference between before and after the end of the world, that not all people in this world are good people, and not to trust others easily.

She just had to trust him.

Gu Yicheng's eyes were slightly narrowed, with uncertain emotions in his eyes.

Since they had sufficient supplies, Ruan Ning and his group did not just rush on their way like other teams that were also rushing in the apocalypse. Generally speaking, as long as they could find a place to stay before dark, they would settle down there that night and have a steaming hot meal together.

The last dinner the team had before entering Province G was noodles.

Tomorrow they will leave City S and enter the suburbs of City B in Province G. After finding Jiang Jingchao's family there, they will head north from City B all the way to the imperial capital.

The good thing about having space is that it has all the utensils, tables and chairs for eating. If it weren't for the background that was so shabby and desolate, they would look just like they were on an autumn outing.

"Ningning, eat more." Gu Yicheng frowned as he looked at the girl beside him who had only half a bowl of noodles and was eating it in small bites, with a helpless look on his face.

"But I can only eat this much," Ruan Ning said hesitantly. She couldn't eat too much, but she didn't want to waste food.

After the days of traveling, Ruan Ning's body may not be able to adapt well, and his appetite has become smaller and smaller. The little weight he had put on in the safe zone has now been lost again. He even has a tendency to lose weight.

In fact, Ruan Ning was not treated unfairly in terms of food, and her food conditions have been getting better and better recently. Specifically, whenever she said she wanted to eat something, that food would appear on their table the next day or even that day.

Of course, the food was provided by the male protagonist beside her. She didn't have the ability to get so many good things, but she collected a lot of useful materials on the way, and finally all of them entered her space.

Suddenly, there were some rare foods in the team that were not easily found in the apocalypse, and they were in broad daylight. Naturally, the male protagonist didn't want to hide it anymore.

With Gu Yicheng having a larger reserve of supplies than Ruan Ning, the team's life was not much different from the end of the world except that they had to rush to find accommodation and kill zombies.

After much persuasion, Ruan Ning also saw the diversity of the types of supplies in the male protagonist's space, and she was envious and amazed at the same time.

When she first discovered that the male protagonist pampered her so much in terms of food, Ruan Ning was worried that she was too special in the team and would make everyone feel uncomfortable.

Later, seeing that everyone's meals were like this, the male protagonist did not treat her specially, and everyone's attitude towards her was as kind and friendly as before, Ruan Ning accepted these delicacies with peace of mind.