She clearly didn't mean to cry just now, but the more Xu Ruoyu thought about it, the more wronged she felt, and she pouted as if she was about to cry again.
Afraid that she would actually cry, Ya Ya threatened her, "If you dare to cry, when the zombies come, I'll make sure they don't care about you!"
Xu Ruoyu blinked in fear, forcing back her tears: "I won't cry, please don't let them abandon me..."
The group wandered through the ruins of the city.
Led by Zhou Fang, Qiao An'an and the others arrived at the safe place he had mentioned.
He said the safe place to stay was an old student dormitory building in a school in the suburbs.
There is a large courtyard in front of the dormitory building, which is surrounded by a 3-meter-high wall and iron gate. The corridors from the first to the fifth floor of the dormitory building are also equipped with sturdy iron railings.
These iron fences were originally intended to prevent these students from sneaking out at night to play video games.
It's actually quite useful for preventing zombies now.
When Qiao An'an and the others saw their car in the courtyard of the dormitory building, she asked Zhou Fang, "Can we get our things back?"
Zhou Fang handed the car keys to Qiao An'an: "Your things are all in the car, we haven't touched any of them."
Qiao An'an and the others put their weapons back on their backs.
Knowing that it would be dawn soon and they would drive away at daybreak, Qiao An'an didn't let everyone take any food. Instead, she put the food in the car and planned to eat breakfast on the way when they left.
After getting their weapons, Qiao An'an and the others followed Zhou Fang upstairs.
The dormitory building consists entirely of single rooms facing south. There are about ten doors on each floor, with a corridor in front of each door. The dormitory building is very old, and there are no private bathrooms in the rooms. There is only one bathroom next to the stairwell, but the water and electricity have been cut off there for a long time. The bathrooms on the lower floors have no water, only garbage.
You can smell the tangy, pungent odor even through the door.
Zhou Fang led them to the fifth floor. The restrooms on the fourth floor and above were all fairly clean.
Qiao An'an guessed that these people would go to the lower floors when it was convenient for them, because no one lived there.
When everyone arrived on the fifth floor, they found that half of the rooms were full. Qiao An'an silently counted in her mind that there were six beds in each room, which was about the same as the number of people in the room.
Zhou opened the two innermost rooms on this floor: "You girls will share one room, and the boys will share one room. It's a bit simple, so please don't mind."
Qiao An'an replied, "We'll rest for a bit and then leave. It doesn't matter whether it's simple or not."
Zhou Fang hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
In the end, he didn't say anything, but just smiled and invited Qiao An'an and the others to come inside and rest.
Qiao An'an moved into one of the rooms with Yan Ling, Chi Xiaoyu, Ya Ya, and Xu Ruoxue.
After locking the door, Chi Xiaoyu said, "Zhou Fang's expression was very strange just now."
Yan Ling said she saw it too.
After coaxing Ya Ya and Xu Ruoxue, who hadn't slept well and were yawning, to sleep on the bed, Qiao An'an finally spoke to Chi Xiaoyu and Yan Ling, saying, "When I said we would rest for a while and then leave, his expression turned unnatural. It was obvious that he didn't want us to leave."
Yan Ling: "Is he planning to double-cross us?"
Qiao An'an shook her head: "It's not that bad. If they really wanted to double-cross us, they wouldn't have needed to rescue us from those people in J City. They could have just taken our stuff for themselves."
Yan Ling: "So what do they want to do?"
Qiao An'an said she didn't know either. The only thing she was sure of was that Zhou Fang and the others didn't intend to harm them. She suggested that they rest and recover their strength first, and then deal with their moves as they came.
Qiao An'an didn't get to sleep during her patrol that night, and then there was the J City patrolmen's ambush incident. She was exhausted, so she slept soundly until noon.
When she got up, Ya Ya and Xu Ruoyu had just gotten up as well.
Both children were hungry.
Qiao An'an didn't expect to sleep so late. Just as she was wondering whether she should go downstairs to the car to get some food, she saw Yan Ling and Chi Xiaoyu come in with food and share it with Ya Ya and Xu Ruoyu.
Upon seeing that Qiao An'an was awake, Chi Xiaoyu handed her own food to Qiao An'an: "I didn't know you were awake, An'an. I didn't take yours. An'an, eat first, and I'll go get some more."
Qiao An'an looked at the canned eight-treasure porridge that Chi Xiaoyu handed her and said, "This is not our food."
Yan Ling had already opened the eight-treasure porridge and started eating. While eating, she replied to Qiao An'an, "It was given to us by that guy named Zhou Fang. He said we must be hungry, so we should have something to eat first."
Qiao An'an took the eight-treasure porridge with a puzzled look. Was Zhou Fang trying to win people over? As the saying goes, "He who eats well is beholden to those who give him food."
Ya Ya and Xu Ruoyu had never tried canned eight-treasure porridge before, and they were both very curious.
Chi Xiaoyu opened the package for each of them and handed it to them one by one.
The two of them each held a can of eight-treasure porridge and used a spoon to scoop it into their mouths.
After taking the first bite, their eyes lit up: "It's sweet!!!"
It's no wonder these kids seem so naive. When they left prison, they brought only natural foods and instant noodles for easy transport. Potato chips and snacks were already gone in the first few days. Although there was food on the yacht, it was mostly meat and frozen buns and dumplings. Ya Ya and Xu Ruoyu hadn't had anything sweet in a long time.
Seeing how happily the two little ones were eating, Qiao An'an decided to let them eat first, and then talk about it later.
Before they could finish breakfast, Zhou Fang came looking for Qiao An'an.
He said he had already contacted Li Jianguo and his group.
However, Li Jianguo said that Qiao An'an was in charge here, so he could only come to Qiao An'an.
Qiao An'an knew that what was coming had finally arrived, so she asked, "You don't just want to repay a debt of gratitude; you have other plans, don't you?"
Zhou Fang did not deny it: "I did have selfish motives."
Upon seeing this, Yan Ling and Chi Xiaoyu immediately gripped their weapons tightly, ready to fight to the death.
Although Zhou Fang had never fought against Chi Xiaoyu and Qiao An'an, he knew Yan Ling's strength. He was going to the meeting alone, and if he was killed by these women, his reputation would be ruined. He hurriedly raised his hand and said, "I have selfish motives, but not to harm you. I want to ask you for help."
Yan Ling and Chi Xiaoyu stopped what they were doing, but their hands still remained on their weapons.
Qiao An'an gestured for Zhou Fang to continue.
Zhou Fang coughed lightly and said, "We all agree that your forces are very strong, and we want you to help us take over the J City Safe Zone."
Qiao An'an and the others almost thought they had misheard.
They had finally managed to leave J City, so how could they possibly go back? Without a second thought, they refused: "No."
Zhou Fangyou said, "I heard on the radio that the capital's safe zone has been facing a food crisis since the Third Ring Road was captured. This is because there are several farms and planting bases in the Third Ring Road. It seems that the capital's safe zone is not as good as J City's safe zone. When you go to the capital, you'll be going into the safe zone anyway, so what's the difference between which one you go into?"
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