Fortunately, she came back.
"Come in quickly." Ning's mother hugged Shen Wangshu and cried for a long time before wiping away her tears and pulling her inside. She held Shen Wangshu's hand tightly, her face still showing lingering fear, as if she was worried that Shen Wangshu would disappear at any moment. As she led Shen Wangshu inside, she kept saying, "It's good that you're back. We're a family, we're together no matter where we are."
The Ning family is the most famous wealthy family in the city. They had naturally considered security issues before moving here, so the villa's exterior walls were very sturdy. Moreover, although the chaos was terrifying, Ning's mother was not too worried.
Once the government reacts, there will be rescue. They just need to wait patiently for the rescue and not run around at this time.
Upon hearing this, Shen Wangshu gave a bitter smile.
Ning's mother was too optimistic.
The spread of the zombie virus is just the beginning. It will soon reach a full-blown outbreak. By then, this highly contagious virus will be breaking out all over the world, and countries will be powerless to stop it.
However, the Ning family's villa was indeed a very good refuge in the early stages. Shen Wangshu still clearly remembered that it wouldn't be long before the country would begin to establish several safe zones in the east, west, south, and north for survivors to live in and protect them in a unified manner.
She knew she should go there immediately. She heard Ning's mother busily preparing food for her, and saw Ning's father stagger out and hug her, crying again. After comforting Ning's father and watching Ning's mother go to cook, she whispered to Ning's father, "It's too chaotic outside. Although our villa is sturdy and can keep out zombies, when the world is in chaos, people's hearts are unpredictable. We can keep out zombies, but we can't keep out people's hearts."
The collapse of order can twist and terrify people's hearts. Shen Wangshu knew that the so-called safe zones were meant to protect the safety of civilians.
This safety comes not only from the threat of zombies, but also from the threat of humans.
That's why she suggested that Ning's father go to the location of the safe zone base in advance so that he could join in as soon as possible.
Moreover, although zombies are a disaster, they are also a form of evolution for humanity. During this disaster, many people awakened various abilities and became superhumans who could fight against zombies.
"Where do you think would be a suitable place?" Ning's father was a well-informed man who, apart from worrying about his daughter, was always shrewd. Hearing Shen Wangshu mention the safe base, he couldn't help but start thinking.
“If we really do establish a base, we can choose the one closest to us. The farther away it is, the more dangerous the journey will be,” Shen Wangshu said after thinking for a moment.
Mr. Ning thought it made a lot of sense and nodded. Seeing Shen Wangshu's calm expression, he sighed and said, "Our Rou Rou has grown up too."
Shen Wangshu lowered his eyes and responded softly.
"That girl Song Xi, did she really ruin you?" Ning's mother placed a plate of stir-fried pork slices and a bowl of white rice in front of Shen Wangshu. Seeing her eating the rice in big mouthfuls, she was obviously starving. She hurriedly poured her a glass of juice, which she drank in a few gulps. She looked so pitiful, hungry and thirsty, and Ning's mother felt even more sorry for her.
Because the Ning family usually lives in the suburbs, it's not very convenient to buy groceries, so they always keep at least half a month's worth of food in the villa. After hearing Shen Wangshu talk about the chaos outside and the cannibalistic zombies, Ning's mother began to take stock of the food in the house.
"What's that sound?" Shen Wangshu asked, twitching her ears as she ate.
She was really starving.
Ning Rou is not a person who likes to exercise. She is physically weak and thin. Although Shen Wangshu was sitting in the car the whole way, he was highly focused and mentally tense, which took a lot of strain on his body.
She doesn't feel it when she's stressed, but the smell of food makes her incredibly hungry.
"I'm filling the tank to store some water," Ning's mother said worriedly. "What will we do if the water is cut off?"
Seeing that Shen Wangshu was about to speak, she stopped her and told her to continue eating. Then she said to Ning's father, "There are still five bags of rice, two bags of flour, some cornmeal and millet, and a little bit of pickled vegetables, cured meat and ham. We don't lack anything." As long as there was food, Ning's mother wasn't worried about making ends meet. She counted the odds and ends in the house, stroked Shen Wangshu's soft hair and sighed, "If the four of us eat sparingly, we can last for two months." That wasn't a short time, but she still felt it wasn't enough.
Her concern was what to do when the food was gone.
We can't exactly go out and search for food, can we?
With so many zombies outside, and the elderly at home, plus Shen Wangshu being a frail girl, she'd probably be devoured by zombies if she went out.
"Four?" Shen Wangshu suddenly asked.
She had originally intended to tell Ning's mother that she had plenty of food in her space and there was nothing to worry about, but upon hearing this, she immediately forgot about the topic and hurriedly asked, "Why are there four?..." She suddenly asked in surprise, "Hasn't that benefactor left yet?"
The stranger who had saved Ning's parents' lives earlier was nowhere to be seen after Shen Wangshu entered the house. She assumed he had already left, but it turned out he was still there. If there were outsiders present, it wouldn't be appropriate to so openly reveal the secret of her spatial ability. Of course, she was grateful to that person and would repay him, but she didn't want to hastily expose her own secret to others.
“No,” Ning’s mother said, pointing to Ning’s father. “Your father won’t let them leave. That child doesn’t seem to have a home of his own. It would be better if he stayed with us.”
Ning's mother meant well, and Ning's father coughed softly.
He did mean well, but more than that, he was attracted by the man's skills.
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