Chapter 15 Temporary team, discuss compensation first
Yao Tao happily ate a large bowl of oil-splashed noodles, drank half a bowl of the water used to cook the noodles, and took out a tissue to wipe her mouth.
Comfortable!
Meng Bao was stunned by what she saw. "She lives such a delicate life."
Hagrid couldn't stand it any longer. "It's really annoying to still be bothered with these things at this time."
"You are obviously jealous!" Meng Bao curled his lips.
Hagrid was not annoyed when he was exposed, "Hmph, none of your business."
Wen Jiming hurriedly tried to stop the fight, "Stop it, I think we can team up with her."
Meng Bao's eyes sparkled, "That's a good idea, I like it."
Wen Jiming looked at Hagrid.
Hagrid snorted, feeling very dissatisfied, but he did not refute Wen Jiming's proposal.
Not far away, Yao Tao was packing up after dinner when Wen Jiming walked over.
Yao Tao stopped what she was doing warily and looked at him, "What's wrong?"
Wen Jiming stopped when he was three steps away from Yao Tao. He smiled sheepishly and asked, "Do you want to join our team?"
Yao Tao had expected this, but she pretended to be shocked. "Are you guys targeting my food?"
"No, don't get me wrong. We don't want your things. We just want to team up with you. It's too dangerous outside... It's safer to act together."
Yao Tao shook her head, "No need, I'm used to acting alone."
Wen Jiming didn't expect the other party to look for Jue, and was at a loss for a moment.
Meng Bao came over and asked Yao Tao curiously, "Aren't you afraid when you encounter mutant animals when you're traveling alone?"
Yao Tao shook her head. "Mutated animals are not scary. Humans are the scariest."
Meng Bao choked and turned to whisper to Wen Jiming privately: "...What should I do? I think she is right."
Wen Jiming scratched his head in embarrassment, "The three of us are not bad people."
"But I want to be a bad guy." Yao Tao raised an eyebrow. "What exactly do you want to do? It's better to tell me directly. I don't like beating around the bush."
Wen Jiming didn't expect the other party to be so direct, but instead he breathed a sigh of relief. "Let me introduce myself to you first. My name is Wen Jiming, and I'm a coach at the archery hall."
"He's Hagrid. We've known each other for ten years. His hobby is fitness."
Yao Tao glanced at Hagrid.
No wonder Hagrid looks "fat", it turns out that there are muscles under his clothes.
"She is Mengbao, a member of our archery hall..." Wen Jiming was interrupted by Mengbao just as he was about to introduce himself.
"Let me tell you myself." Meng Bao looked at Yao Tao with a smile, "I'm a sports anchor. I've been learning recurve archery from Coach Wen recently. I didn't expect to encounter a natural disaster while I was out playing, and I happened to meet them here."
After the three of them finished speaking, Yao Tao introduced herself, "My name is Yao Tao, nothing special."
"What did you do originally?" Meng Bao asked.
"Working people."
Her answer was obviously not accepted by Mengbao.
How can a worker be so powerful? Are you kidding me?
"The three of you are quite strong, so it seems meaningless for me to be alone." Yao Tao said lightly.
Wen Jiming's eyes fell on the air rifle slung over Yao Tao's shoulder. "Actually, I want to ask you for help."
"Tell me, if I can help...but I won't charge you." Yao Tao added.
Hagrid snorted grimly.
Wen Jiming and Meng Bao didn't think it was a big deal.
At times like this, it's a favor for others to help you, and not helping you is their duty. No one will help you for no reason.
"Well, we were planning to go back to the archery hall, but the road was impassable due to vegetation, so we decided to take a boat to get around it," Wen Jiming explained. "The boat at the dock was occupied by a group of people. The three of us tried to negotiate with them but to no avail, so we decided to just rob a boat."
As Yao Tao listened to Wen Jiming's narration, a hint of doubt flashed through her mind.
Going out to sea?
Are these people afraid of dying too early?
Oh... by the way, there are few mutated plants here, and they don’t know that the city center has turned into a primitive jungle.
Do you think you can pass through smoothly by sea?
Innocent!
Land plants have mutated, so are plants in the sea not considered plants?
If Wen Jiming and the others really got on the boat, they would only end up being eaten by fish.
But she didn't say this out loud.
Because she knew that Wen Jiming did not die here in his previous life, so things must have changed.
"I'll help you rob the boat, right? Okay." Yao Tao nodded.
Wen Jiming was very happy to see that she agreed. "What kind of reward do you want? We don't have much supplies right now. If you want food, we only have two loaves of bread and a can of luncheon meat left."
"I don't need these." Yao Tao pretended to think, "How about this, if the archery hall is still there, give me two sets of bows and arrows, and you also have to teach me archery, which will be my fee."
Wen Jiming didn't expect Yao Tao's request to be so simple, so he agreed on the spot, "No problem, I promise to teach you until you learn it."
Yao Tao was secretly happy.
The four of them formed a temporary team, left the haunted house and headed towards the pier.
Along the way, Yao Tao saw many survivors, who were gathered in groups of three or four on the roadside to rest. They all had some food in their hands.
"There are a lot of food in the vending machines at the amusement park. There's also a small two-story restaurant on the beach that has a lot of food there too. We won't starve to death for now." Wen Jiming introduced the surrounding situation to Yao Tao as they walked.
"I don't know when someone will come to rescue these people." Meng Bao said worriedly.
"No one will come." Yao Tao said quietly.
Meng Bao was surprised, "How did you know?"
Yao Tao glanced at her and said, "You don't know what the city center has become, right?"
Meng Bao was stunned. "Is it... the same as here?"
"It's worse than this."
Meng Bao's face turned pale. "I don't know what's happening to my parents. There's no cell phone signal at all."
Yao Tao remained silent and did not respond.
"Are your parents okay?" Meng Bao asked Yao Tao.
"They died of illness a few years ago." Yao Tao said this with a cold expression, and Meng Bao didn't know how to comfort her for a moment.
"Who are you? Stop!" Two young men suddenly jumped out from the front, holding sticks in their hands, and stopped them aggressively.
Wen Jiming took the initiative to walk to the front and said politely: "Is your boss here? We want to borrow a boat."
The two young men scoffed, "Borrow? You're so shameless."
"Those ships didn't originally belong to you." Meng Bao said indignantly.
"Don't worry about the past. This pier belongs to our boss now. If you want to borrow it, it's impossible. But our boss said that as long as you exchange it for a pretty girl, he can give you a place on the ship." As the two young men spoke, they looked at Meng Bao and Yao Tao in an improper manner.
Hagrid blocked Meng Bao behind him, but ignored Yao Tao's intention.
Yao Tao was not angry either.
It was a makeshift team, and she didn't expect to get protection from others.
Anyway, as long as her goal can be achieved, she will live her own life and will not participate in Wen Jiming forming his team.
"Which girl do you plan to exchange for a place on the ship?" the young man asked Wen Jiming.
Wen Jiming turned around and glanced at Yao Tao.
Although they had agreed in advance to approach the dock under the pretext of using her to exchange for a place on the ship, he still felt a little reluctant.
"It's me." Yao Tao couldn't stand Wen Jiming's hesitation, so she took the initiative to speak.
The two young men looked at Yao Tao with malicious smiles on their faces. "Well...it's okay. You all come with me. The boss is at the dock."
As they spoke, they reached out to grab Yao Tao.
Yao Tao waved their hands away and said, "Don't touch me, I can walk on my own."
"Oh, you have a strong temper, but it doesn't matter. Our boss likes people with strong tempers. The stronger the temper, the better..."
The two men said some unpleasant things and walked forward with Yao Tao.
Wen Jiming and the other three followed behind.
Meng Bao popped his head out from behind Hagrid and asked in a low voice, "Do you know where Yao Tao hid her air gun?"
Hagrid shook his head.
None of them noticed where Yao Tao had hidden the air gun that had been slumping on her shoulder.
How could they know that Yao Tao had a space where anything she wanted to hide could not be discovered even with her X-ray vision.
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