Chapter 117 First Arrival
These people's schemes are so outrageous they're practically slapping Mu Qingyu in the face.
She suppressed the urge to stab them, wanting to see what else they could say.
"Besides, it would have been fine before." The people, who had been noisy and forceful, suddenly softened their tone: "Aunt Mei, you always say that house has an owner, what's that girl's name again? Mu... Mu what?"
The man turned to ask Mu Xiangbei, who had been silent, and Mu Xiangbei replied with a smile, "Mu Qingyu, and Mu Qingrong. Xiaorong is my son, and Xiaoyu is my niece."
“Look,” the person who spoke earlier immediately pushed Mu Xiangbei forward, “Aunt Mei, look, his own father has come, it’s not right for you to still be hogging the house!”
Aunt Mei seemed intimidated by the group's posture, and she clung tightly to the man whom the others called "Mr. Qin".
The man also reached out and hugged Aunt Mei tightly, adopting a protective stance. However, his eyes were full of smiles, as if he was quite satisfied with everything that was happening.
“But… before Xiao Mo left, he told me to take good care of the house. How… how can you prove that you are Xiao Yu’s uncle?” Mei asked timidly, but without any strength.
I guess those people didn't resort to violence because of the man next to Aunt Mei, otherwise, Aunt Mei would have been easily manipulated.
Mu Xiangbei wasn't in a hurry. He turned around and pulled Lü Peng: "Hey, Lao Lü, you tell us, you tell us. Don't you know Xiaoyu too?"
Lu Peng calmly pulled his hand away from Mu Xiangbei's: "I do know Miss Mu Qingyu. But I don't know you."
"Hey—" Mu Xiangbei said unhappily, "As an employee of Mu Xiangyuan, don't you know the boss's name?"
Lü Peng chuckled: "Of course I know. The Mu family does indeed have a Mr. Mu Xiangbei, who is indeed Miss Mu Qingyu's uncle. But—"
“I’ve never seen you before, how would I know if you’re an imposter?” Lu Peng retorted.
He wouldn't give Mu Xiangbei any face.
He and Qin Zhaoxian fled to the village together. They didn't come by chance; Qin Zhaoxian said that an old friend had given him an address.
After they left the city, they had nowhere to go and not many supplies. Qin Zhaoxian then suggested that since they had left the city in this direction, they might as well go and take a look at the village.
If the old friends are still around, they could have a temporary place to stay, and perhaps even get food and water.
So they arrived here eight days ago, exactly on the afternoon after Mu Qingyu and the others left.
Upon entering the village, it was clear that buildings number three and four were inhabited, and they even looked so sturdy that they resembled deliberately constructed post-apocalyptic fortresses.
Moreover, this village is different from other villages; there are very few zombies in this village, as if it has been cleared out several times.
Qin Zhaoxian knocked on the door of Building No. 4 according to the address.
At first, Aunt Mei hid inside and refused to make a sound.
She didn't expect that Mu Qingyu and the others had just left when outsiders came to the village again, and it seemed that there were quite a few of them.
The last time a stranger came, she was terrified, so she naturally didn't dare to open the door easily.
It wasn't until Qin Zhaoxian's voice called from outside, "Amei, Amei, it's me, Zhaoxian! Amei, is that you? Are you home?"
Qin Zhaoxian called out almost five times before Aunt Mei cautiously opened the second-floor window and poked her head out: "Zhaoxian, Zhaoxian, is that you?"
Thus, they successfully reunited as relatives.
Aunt Mei happily opened the door for Qin Zhaoxian, while Xiao Ai was so anxious that she scratched her head but had no idea what to do.
In the end, Xiao Ai could only hug Ya Zai and hide in Mo Huaiyu's room, locking the door behind her.
But Aunt Mei was so happy to see Qin Zhaoxian that she didn't care about Xiao Ai's feelings at all.
Qin Zhaoxian and his group consisted of seventeen people. Some of them lived in the same neighborhood as Qin Zhaoxian and escaped together, while others met on the way out of the city. Based on the principle that many hands make light work, they gathered together and set off.
Of course, there were dozens of people who left the city together at the beginning, but later some died or scattered along the way, and others joined them. In the end, only these seventeen people arrived at the village.
Lu Peng wasn't originally with Qin Zhaoxian. He fled with his wife and neighbors, and when they were near the city outskirts, they encountered Qin Zhaoxian's group. Together they killed the zombies and finally escaped to this place.
With his wife included, there were four people left on Lu Peng's side. Only he had awakened the wood-type ability; the other three were ordinary people.
Qin Zhaoxian himself is a fire-type ability user who can release fireballs to burn zombies. He protected many people along the way, and in the end, he provided a place to stay. Therefore, everyone in his team followed his lead.
On their first day here, Aunt Mei warmly welcomed them. She used her own supplies to cook a sumptuous dinner for everyone.
This group of people, who had endured wind, rain, hunger, and hardship for so long, finally had enough to eat and drink, and finally had a relatively safe environment. They decided to settle down here.
Aunt Mei enthusiastically introduced them to the villas next door, saying that except for buildings number one, three, and five, which were occupied, all the other houses were unoccupied and they could move in freely.
With so many houses and only a dozen or so people, that's more than enough.
The first two or three days were fine.
Everyone found their own place to stay.
Lu Peng and the other three also chose to live in the same building, but they were assigned separate rooms.
Qin Zhaoxian naturally accepted Aunt Mei's invitation and moved into Building No. 4.
Originally, they wanted Qin Zhao to stay in Mo Huaiyu's room, but Xiao Ai absolutely refused. She locked herself in the room and wouldn't open the door. Aunt Mei was at a loss for what to do.
In the end, Qin Zhaoxian said considerately, "That was originally Xiao Mo's room. I know that child; he doesn't like others touching his things. He's always been like that."
“I can’t stay in your room, so I’ll just stay on the sofa downstairs. It’s the same thing. Mei, you have no idea how scared we were on the way here. We didn’t have anything to eat or drink. Luckily, we had the note you left for me…”
“Finding you is like coming to heaven, what more could I ask for? Ah Mei, I truly thank God that I was able to live to see you…”
Aunt Mei was moved and heartbroken, and tears streamed down her face for no apparent reason. That night, Aunt Mei didn't go back upstairs; instead, she and Qin Zhaoxian poured out their hearts to each other on the sofa in the living room downstairs…
For the first three days after those people arrived, Aunt Mei got along well with the newcomers. People would come to their house from time to time, and Aunt Mei would even offer them some food.
Everything seemed to be going well.
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