Chapter 34 Join
Luo Zhenzhen waited for a while, but didn't hear Qiao Yu's answer. Thinking she was silently rejecting her, she hurriedly said in a panic, "I, I eat very little. I've collected supplies, and I only need 10%! I won't take your crystal cores. I'll use as many as I can get myself. If I can't get any, I won't use them. And..."
Luo Zhenzhen lowered her head, seemingly desperately trying to think of what other chips she could add.
Suddenly, she raised her head, turned around and pointed at the house behind her where she currently lived. "And this villa. There's a box of bagged snacks, two boxes of water, and a box of vacuum-packed sausages in this house. If you need them, I can move them to you. Just leave some for me to fill my stomach! I only ask... I only ask for shelter..."
"Puchi." Cheng Sinian, who was standing by, couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard this.
Luo Zhenzhen looked at him blankly, as if she didn't understand what he was laughing at.
Cheng Sinian raised his eyebrows, leaned against the car and said lazily: "Why don't we not let her follow us? This is too stupid... She tells others so openly what good things her family has, as if she is afraid that others will not covet them. What if she meets someone stronger than us in the future and hands over our secrets to surrender like this? What should we do then?" There was a trace of caution in his eyes. Although his tone was joking, it contained temptation.
Luo Zhenzhen finally understood what he was laughing at. Her face flushed with anxiety as she stammered, "No, no... I wouldn't do that... I'm telling you this because I trust you... You saved me and avenged my sister. It might be because of personal grudges... but no matter what, you still helped me, so I'm telling you..."
"Zhenzhen," Qiao Yu finally spoke, "Perhaps you think we're powerful, or perhaps you think we're good people, so you want to follow us. But I have to tell you, we're not good people. If necessary, we won't hesitate to rob, kill, or burn anyone."
Qiao Yu sighed, "I admire you very much. You are grateful and kind-hearted. But you are too naive. In this apocalyptic world where everyone is in danger, we have no obligation to protect your innocence. You must grow up on your own. Only when you are strong will you have the freedom to choose."
Qiao Yu turned around and grabbed the backpack on the back seat through the car window. It was a bag they put there to make it look like they were hiding their tracks.
Qiao Yu pretended to take something out of her bag, but actually pulled out two Tang swords from her space. She handed them to Luo Zhenzhen with a playful smile, "This will be more useful than a golf club when you're chopping off alien heads in the future."
Luo Zhenzhen took the Tang sword without saying a word, lowering her head, wondering what she was thinking. A trace of melancholy flashed across Qiao Yu's eyes. How much like her in her previous life, at the beginning of the end of the world.
"Don't trust others so easily in the future." Qiao Yu murmured in a low voice, not knowing whether she was talking to Luo Zhenzhen or herself.
Luo Zhenzhen never looked up. She stood there for a while, then suddenly turned around and ran back into the house quickly.
Qiao Yu was stunned, then sighed.
Feeling Jiang Zhan's gentle kiss on her forehead, silently comforting her, Qiao Yu quickly smiled indifferently, raised her head and kissed Jiang Zhan's chin, "It's okay, let's go."
Just as the three of them got into the car, they saw Luo Zhenzhen coming back with a small backpack in her arms.
She stood by Qiao Yu's car window, and under Qiao Yu's puzzled gaze, she took out a handful of crystal cores from her backpack and said, "Every time I go to collect crystal cores, I always leave two. Although I don't know what they are used for, I think since you collect them, they must have some use."
Then she took out another key. "In that house, there's not only a box of sausages, snacks, and two boxes of water, but there are also three boxes of bread, two boxes of sausages, and four boxes of mineral water in the storage room. I put them there. The storage room is hard to find. I covered the entrance with a mahogany cupboard, so it's hard for ordinary people to find. This is the key to the storage room."
Luo Zhenzhen stuffed all her things into her backpack, then stuffed the backpack into Qiao Yu's arms. "I may not be very smart, but I'm not stupid. If you had known what was in the house and tried to take it, I wouldn't have been able to defeat you, but at least I would have something else to sustain my life... These are all my assets, and they represent my absolute trust. Now, these things are yours."
She looked straight at Qiao Yu, a tough look on her face. "I know it's hard to gain trust as a latecomer trying to integrate into a group, so I'm giving my trust to you first. I have plenty of time and can withstand your test. Didn't you say my abilities are great? If I can follow you, I can't guarantee how useful I will be, but I will definitely work hard to practice my abilities, help you, and try not to hold you back!"
Qiao Yu turned her head and looked at Jiang Zhan in her hopeful eyes. Jiang Zhan didn't say anything, but just quietly took her hand, his eyes full of indulgence.
Qiao Yu turned to look at Cheng Sinian in the rearview mirror. Cheng Sinian had been leaning back in the seat with his eyes closed when Luo Zhenzhen ran out again, and he didn't even open his eyes at this moment.
After a moment of silence, Qiao Yu finally looked back at Luo Zhenzhen and said seriously, "I think you're wrong about one thing."
Luo Zhenzhen was stunned, panic flashed in her eyes, as if she was thinking about what she had said wrong.
Qiao Yu looked at her increasingly anxious expression and slowly smiled, "You are actually very smart."
Luo Zhenzhen suddenly raised her head when she heard that.
The scorching sun shone through the car window onto Qiao Yu's bright face. She wore a playful smile and said softly to her, "Get in the car, latecomer."
Only after Luo Zhenzhen got in the car did Cheng Sinian sit up straight and glanced at Jiang Zhan through the rearview mirror seemingly casually. Jiang Zhan's face showed no dissatisfaction. Instead, he gently held Qiao Yu in his arms and played with her fingers.
Cheng Sinian cursed Jiang Zhan's perverted behavior in his heart, and then secretly cursed himself for being so confused that he was worried that Jiang Zhan, a wife slave, would have objections to Qiao Yu's decision?
The four of them drove straight to the entrance at the foot of the mountain. Luo Zhenzhen's abilities were indeed impressive, but she lacked experience and practice, so her abilities were a bit awkward and not very powerful. A single bolt of lightning could only hit two aliens at most.
During the break, Qiao Yu gave her a bottle of fruit water. Luo Zhenzhen took it and, after just one sip, noticed a difference in taste. Seeing the other three drinking it with a normal expression and no explanation, she wisely didn't ask and gulped it down. It wasn't until she felt something gradually shifting within her that she opened her eyes wide and looked at Qiao Yu in surprise.
Qiao Yu was amused by her expression, but didn't say much. He just raised his chin and said to her, "Go on, you need a lot of practice."
Luo Zhenzhen didn't say much, just nodded and joined the battle again.
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