Chapter 79 Mind Your Own Business
Jiang Ye hesitated and asked, "Shall we go upstairs?"
"Anyway, I'm not in the mood anymore." Bai Chenzhu had never been so sober since being thrown like that. He brushed Jiang Ye aside, stood up and straightened his clothes. "Fix the table, or you'll have to explain to them later."
"Huh?" Jiang Ye tried to lift the table, but half of it broke off. He lifted it up, but it fell down again in less than a minute.
He squatted down, looking at the broken table and then at Bai Chenzhu, dumbfounded. "There's no way to explain this."
Bai Chenzhu shrugged, choosing to pass the buck, "I don't care, you solve it yourself."
He stood there with his arms crossed, thought for a moment, waved his hand, and turned to walk out the door. "You almost interrupted me. I already had something to do and needed to go out."
We just finished lunch, the weather was perfect, and it wasn't raining, making it the ideal time to go out.
You know, it rained a few days ago, and even the air was damp. Bai Chenzhu felt like he was turning into a big mushroom in a damp corner.
Jiang Ye clicked his tongue in amazement, then simply tucked the entire round table under his arm, took it out and threw it away to destroy the evidence. He clapped his hands, turned around and caught up with Bai Chen.
Jiang Ye whistled a long, winding tune, then walked backwards with his hands in his pockets. "What a coincidence! Handsome, where are you going? Can you give me a ride?"
Bai Chenzhu glanced at him, not at all surprised that the man would follow. He had no choice but to add another item to his plan: get a dining table to take back.
"The day I was chased by the snake, didn't I tell you that I encountered the snake in the bookstore?" Bai Chenzhu recalled. "When I left, I saw an iron gate, which looked a lot like the iron gate of the garage."
But later he got caught in the rain and caught a cold. He developed a fever after returning home, and then he confirmed his relationship with Jiang Ye. Everything happened in a hurry, so he forgot about this matter.
Until this morning, he heard Sister Zhuohua mention the car.
Bai Chenzhu said, "We've been looking for a working car for a long time, but unfortunately, they're either damaged or broken, or they don't have the keys or someone else has already taken them. This place is worth checking out."
"Aren't you afraid of encountering snakes again?" Jiang Ye asked curiously.
Bai Chenzhu smiled. "Didn't you come along?"
Jiang Ye froze, stood there pondering his words for a moment, then quickly chased after him, "Hey! You did that on purpose?"
Bai Chenzhu had already gone straight to the passenger seat of the sightseeing bus at the entrance and was sitting there leisurely, patting the seat next to him. "Driver, can you give me a ride?"
Jiang Ye stood outside the car with his arms crossed, saying, "I need to collect the fare."
Bai Chenzhu said without changing his expression, "Then should I charge you for the room?"
Jiang Ye was puzzled, then suddenly realized, and then was shocked.
He sat down stiffly, patted his pockets, and said, "I didn't bring my keys."
Bai Chenzhu naturally took out the key from his pocket and put it in his mouth.
"Wait, how come you have a key on you?" Jiang Ye asked warily.
"Ah, I took it out of your clothes before you left." Bai Chenzhu leaned back lazily on the cushion. "I was originally planning to drive there myself."
Jiang Ye's expression changed slightly, "Haven't you been driving for a long time? It's so dangerous, why are you still..."
"Um?"
Jiang Ye swallowed his words and started the car. "I'll definitely teach you how to drive another day!"
Bai Chenzhu shrugged. "It doesn't matter, I have you as my personal driver anyway."
He looked at Jiang Ye's complex expression, and the smile on his lips remained unchanged.
The car swayed and rattled along the narrow road, smashing through the lifeless, zombie-like figures.
Bai Chenzhu gave him directions, and they finally arrived at the 'Time Bookstore' from that day. He compared the location, and the two found the garage from their memories.
This iron gate is indeed very large, just like the garage I remember.
Bai Chenzhu observed the metal garage door for a while, then pointed to the second-floor window and said, "Jiang Ye, try climbing over from the top."
"You're quite good at ordering me around." Jiang Ye didn't move.
These words seemed to transport him back to a few months ago. Bai Chenzhu was somewhat lost in thought, then he said frankly, "Yes, now we don't need to find excuses; we can order people around as we please. Do you want to listen?"
Jiang Ye asked curiously, "What will happen if I don't listen?"
Bai Chenzhu rolled up his sleeves and pushed open the car door.
Jiang Ye's expression changed, and he hurriedly chased after her, "Wait, what are you doing?"
The second floor had ordinary windows in the residential building, without wire mesh. Bai Chenzhu avoided the zombies, looked up, took a few steps back to run up, and was about to use the water pipe to climb up. Unexpectedly, Jiang Ye hugged her from behind.
"Ancestor! Grandpa!" Jiang Ye was both anxious and angry.
"What's wrong?" Bai Chenzhu shrugged and said indifferently, "If you don't go, I will."
Although his physical abilities are not as good as those of ordinary superhumans, he can still try climbing to the second floor.
He has climbed countless buildings and crossed countless ditches these days.
Jiang Ye shoved him back into the car, slamming the door shut with such force that it made a loud bang. "Don't get out!"
Bai Chenzhu watched as he nimbly climbed the water pipe to the second floor and slipped through the window. His movements were swift and agile, as if he had simply jumped two steps.
It has to be said that Bai Chenzhu has always envied such a physique.
Several eerie cries echoed from inside the house.
Bai Chenzhu tapped on the car door with his finger, counting the time.
This sightseeing vehicle is enclosed, with thin doors. The upper half is glass and the lower half is a door. The sharp claws of passing zombies scratch the door, making a piercing sound, and their stench seems to seep into the vehicle through the gaps.
Bai Chenzhu took a closer look at the zombie.
Yeah, still so ugly.
The roller shutter made a sound, and Jiang Ye opened the door from the inside.
The zombie, sensing the human's mental energy, turned around, took two steps toward Jiang Ye, and was then kicked aside from behind by Bai Chenzhu, who got off the sightseeing bus.
Seeing that there really was a gas-powered car in the garage, Bai Chenzhu perked up. "Where are the car keys?"
Jiang Ye pointed to the ceiling, "There's a nest of zombies up there."
"Let's go." Bai Chenzhu followed him up the stairs from the garage to the second floor in a few steps. There, three zombies lay on the ground in different poses, with black and red blood flowing out. There was also a broom on the floor, which was used as a tool for committing the crime.
Bai Chenzhu shifted his gaze and quickly assigned tasks, "You search the left side, I'll search the right side, don't worry about the small ones."
No matter how you look at it, the car keys are always on the adults.
He crouched down and searched the zombie from top to bottom. The withered and soft texture felt like a lump of mud, and the stench of decay assaulted his nostrils. The non-human figure in front of him was an eyesore. He endured the nausea and finished searching the zombie's entire body. He looked at Jiang Ye, who shook his head.
They were clearly not on him.
"Let's take a look inside." Bai Chenzhu stood up and casually tore off a few sheets of paper to wipe his hands.
He looked around and imagined where he would put his car keys if he were the homeowner and came back from outside.
Bai Chenzhu searched through the TV cabinet and table, and finally knelt down to find a bunch of keys in the gap between the sofa.
“We’re pretty lucky. Now we don’t have to walk.” Jiang Ye held out his hand to him and said, “Tang Zhao and the others must be overjoyed.”
Bai Chenzhu stood up with Jiang Ye's help. "Why don't you drive the car over there, and I'll drive the sightseeing bus back?"
"No way!" Jiang Ye's expression changed abruptly. "You said you haven't driven in a long time."
Bai Chenzhu had never realized Jiang Ye was so protective. "He's just not very skilled, but it's not hard to get the hang of it. We can't just leave the sightseeing bus here, can we?"
He thought the sightseeing bus was quite easy to operate.
Seeing his insistence, Jiang Ye said, "Drive a section first and let me see."
"What's the big deal?" Bai Chenzhu chuckled.
Less than five minutes after he said that, he turned around and started reversing, slamming the sightseeing bus against the wall.
Bai Chenzhu: ...
Jiang Ye: "Heh."
Without a word, Bai Chenzhu silently got into the passenger seat of the car. Jiang Ye drove the car out of the garage, ignoring the sightseeing bus, and stepped on the gas pedal with a flourish, clearing away all the approaching mutants, humming a song all the way back to their 'neighborhood'.
Jiang Ye parked the car near the fence closest to their house, opened the car door, and took the car keys with him. "I'll go get the sightseeing bus back. You go back first."
"Got it." Bai Chenzhu waved to him, and Jiang Ye quickly disappeared at the end of the road.
Bai Chenzhu took two steps toward the house, then suddenly remembered the broken dining table. After only a few seconds of hesitation, he didn't go back, but instead searched for a restaurant.
Speaking of which... if he didn't pick that up, where did Jiang Ye hide it?
After walking about two or three hundred meters, he finally saw a small restaurant hidden in an alley.
After skillfully prying open the lock, Bai Chenzhu walked around inside and regretfully discovered that the tables were welded to the ground and could not be lifted at all.
Or rather, normal people can't lift it, but people with superpowers can.
Bai Chenzhu planned to go back and find Tang Zhao to help him pull the onions out of the dry land. He went to the kitchen to wash his hands and heard voices.
The kitchen has a window that leads to a narrow alley paved with bluestone slabs, decorated with colorful ornaments of all sizes, which looks quite nice.
"Be careful, shh, don't let anyone see you."
"What's there to be afraid of? I've scouted this road before. It's very well hidden, and there aren't any monsters. Once we leave the city, it will be difficult for them to catch up."
...
Footsteps echoed haphazardly in the alley.
In this city, besides the five of them, the rest are the superhumans led by Liang Zhi. Of course, most of the superhumans are outsiders who have left the danger and are preparing to go home. At this time, they are not very obedient and have begun to repeatedly challenge the 'order' before the apocalypse.
Fortunately, these people are only a minority; most are just being conservative and sticking together for mutual support.
The spiritual energy of this group seemed somewhat familiar. But there weren't many people he felt 'familiar' with. Bai Chenzhu narrowed his eyes, then abruptly pulled open the blinds, used the window frame as leverage, and climbed out.
"who!"
Hearing the noise, the group turned around warily.
Bai Chenzhu stood up, glanced at the six people in front of him, and his gaze fell on the back of the leader. The other five people were carrying bundles, but the leader was carrying a little girl on his back.
Bai Tao, who had been invited by Liang Zhi, was now unconscious with her mouth taped shut.
"Where are you taking her?" Bai Chenzhu asked, a hint of anger flashing across his face.
He had long since realized that these people's mental strength was far beyond what he had seen before, clearly thanks to Bai Tao. Now, however, they were ungrateful, selfishly trying to kidnap him after receiving the favor.
"None of your business!" the leader said arrogantly.
One of the young men, whose face was still quite youthful, recognized Bai Chenzhu and timidly took a few steps back. "Boss, this is one of Jiang Ye's people."
Jiang Ye? The leader vaguely remembered Bai Chenzhu, but in his eyes, this man's presence was extremely weak, and he didn't seem to have any remarkable abilities, so he assumed he was just an ordinary person. He quickly made a decision, "We can't let him lure people here, attack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone except the person carrying the white peach rushed over, drawing the sharp weapons hanging from their waists.
Bai Chenzhu dodged a punch by looking up, then casually pulled out a bamboo pole adorned with colorful flags and struck one of the men on the neck with a snap. He then turned around, grabbed one end of the pole, and let go. The pole was extremely elastic and struck one man squarely in the face. The man was hit in the eye, screamed in pain, covered his eye, and stumbled backward, knocking over the people behind him.
He then used a bamboo pole as a pivot to brace himself on the ground and kicked the young man who recognized him away.
The person carrying the white peach was extremely disloyal; he abandoned the five people and ran away.
Before Bai Chenzhu could react, someone grabbed his bamboo pole and started a tug-of-war with him, trying to pull him over.
This strength was extraordinary, and Bai Chenzhu was pulled and staggered.
He stared at the person who had run away and then simply let go.
Just as the five of them rushed up and surrounded Bai Chenzhu, thinking they could finish him off on the spot, their minds went blank, as if they had been hit by a hammer.
When they came to their senses, the people in the encirclement had vanished into thin air.
Vanished into thin air?!
"Where is he?" They looked left and right, up and down, all puzzled, as he had just been right in front of them.
"A ghost?!" the young man exclaimed in terror.
Bai Chenzhu ran very fast; that guy was carrying someone on his back, but he was surprisingly fast too.
As the distance between them grew larger and larger, Bai Chenzhu had no choice but to use his mental power to attract all the nearby mutants and use them to trip up the guy.
With him chasing after him and a horde of corpses blocking his way, any thief who wasn't completely brainless would have come towards him.
The results were remarkable; in this zombie city, the one thing that was never lacking was zombies.
Because he was carrying someone on his back, the thief only had two legs to use, and he was quickly frightened by the horde of zombies surging in front of him.
He had never seen so many zombies gathered together before. Could it be that another zombie king had appeared?
The thief had no choice but to abandon the path and, in a panic, fled to the bridge at a fork in the road. On the other side of the bridge, there were only three or five swaying shadows. The thief didn't want to play the chase game anymore, so he chose to stop.
"Stop!" The thief turned around, put the person on his back down, grabbed Bai Tao by the neck, and warned, "If you don't want her to die, stop right there!"
Forced by the pressure of suffocation, Bai Tao coughed twice and opened her eyes. When she saw Bai Chenzhu in front of her, her first reaction was to call for help, but she found that her mouth was sealed shut and she could only open her eyes wide and make "mmm" sounds.
Bai Chenzhu braced himself on his knees, exhaled twice, straightened up, and said with a cold look in his dark eyes, "You killed her, but you can't escape either."
"Then give it a try." The thief was fearless. He took the person hostage and retreated to the edge of the bridge. Below was the surging river. With Bai Tao's mouth gagged and hands tied, even if she could swim, she would have difficulty saving herself.
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