stjorthotic Chapter 353 Something's Wrong with You!
Chapter 353 Something's Wrong with You!
In the distance, Tashan had already moved a small stone stool and sat down, pulling out half a compressed biscuit from somewhere in his hand, munching on it while watching with great interest.
Yang Fan leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "Brother Shan, do you think Brother Dao won't give in?"
"Whose meal?"
"Of course it's Jiao Jiao!"
"..."
Fu Xiaojian leaned against the Mengshi vehicle, his sharp gaze sweeping across the cliff, a faint smile playing on his lips.
He knew Xu Si too well; right now, that guy probably only had two things on his mind—finding his sister and how to become stronger.
As for women?
Ha ha.
As expected, Xu Si ignored the confrontation between the two and simply floated away from this place of trouble.
"Redhead!" Jiao Jiao stomped her foot.
Xu Si didn't even turn his head.
Yi Yi peeked her little head out from his shoulder, turned back to give Jiao Jiao a comforting gesture, and then shrank back into her hood.
She felt a natural affinity for this girl.
"Miss Jiao." Hinata Aoi closed her umbrella and bowed slightly.
"I'm going back now."
"you--"
Hinata Aoi had already left gracefully, her back view so elegant that no one could find any fault with it.
Jiao Jiao stood there, stomping her feet in anger.
Su Su walked over and reached out to rub her head.
It was like a parent offering comfort.
"Who are you?!"
Jiao Jiao stood there, watching Xu Si's figure disappear on the roof of the Nirvana car, and then watching Hinata Aoi walk away unhurriedly with her umbrella. She stomped her feet in anger.
"Auntie! When did Red Hair become so easy to talk to?"
"Why are you so worried about him?" Su Su looked at her with a smile.
That look perfectly conveyed four words: "Something's not right with you!"
"I...I didn't mean that..." Su Su's golden eyes were as calm as two deep pools of water, yet they made Jiao Jiao feel inexplicably guilty.
"I didn't say anything! But anything can happen in the apocalypse, so seize any opportunity!" Su Su said meaningfully.
"I don't care!" she muttered softly, her voice growing softer and softer.
Su Su smiled slightly but said nothing.
That slight curve made Jiao Jiao even more annoyed, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why she was annoyed.
"Never mind, never mind!"
She stomped her foot, turned around, and ran towards the chariot.
He ran a few steps and then stopped, looked back at the empty cliff, and then climbed back into the car.
Su Su stood there, watching the figure get into the car, a faint tenderness flashing in her eyes.
As dawn broke, the blood-red sun had fully risen, enveloping the entire town in a flowing, dark crimson glow.
In the square, those who were pretending to be busy finally stopped pretending.
Tashan stuffed the last compressed biscuit into his mouth, dusted off the crumbs on his hands, and stood up with a hint of lingering satisfaction: "That's it? I thought there was going to be a fierce battle!"
"So here's the question, Brother Shan, who's the dragon and who's the tiger?" Yang Fan's face was full of a lewd smile.
"You, you, you...sigh, people's hearts are not what they used to be!" Tashan said with a regretful expression.
"Alas, the world is going to the dogs, and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be!" Fu Xiaojian murmured in unison, his expression one of disdain that he did not want to associate with such people.
Even Xiao Luo shook his head and kept his distance from Yang Fan.
"Oh, no, this isn't fun at all..."
Yang Fan was taken aback. Why were they all putting on an act?
……
In Nirvana, Xu Si prepared to enjoy a hot breakfast.
"That girl likes you," Yi Yi suddenly said.
Xu Si was taken aback, his brows furrowing slightly.
"Who?"
"Jiao Jiao, she likes you."
He repeated each point, his tone carrying a unique certainty.
"Huh? Do you even know what 'like' means?" Xu Si asked back.
After thinking about it carefully, he finally nodded.
"I know!" she said definitively, her voice even rising a few decibels unconsciously.
"Then tell me, what does it mean to like someone?" Xu Si asked with great interest.
Yi Yi tilted her little head and began to think seriously.
Those eyes, shimmering with light, blinked, as if they were truly pondering this profound question.
"If you like something, that's..."
She paused, a confused expression appearing on her small face, then leaped up and kissed Xu Si's forehead.
"Hey... this is what liking someone is."
Xu Si paused slightly in the hand holding the black tea.
"Where did you learn all this?" he asked.
"Liking something comes from the heart; you don't need to learn it," Yi Yi replied matter-of-factly.
Xu Si fell silent; this was a well-established routine.
He neither refuted nor pressed for further questions.
He simply lowered his eyelids, took a cup of black tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
Yi Yi tilted her head to look at him, blinked her eyes as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just said "Oh" and flew back to his shoulder.
"Are you unhappy?" she asked softly.
"no."
"Then why aren't you saying anything?"
"What did you say?"
"Just say whatever comes to mind!"
"..."
In the square, the people did not actually become relaxed despite the stolen free time.
After everyone had eaten, they began searching the town.
Today they have plenty of time to dig deep and search for any possible supplies.
This town is similar to a clan town in the south. Although it doesn't have blue bricks and white tiles, its typical Chinese town features still give everyone a sense of belonging.
Fu Xiaojian was more concerned about whether he could find enough production tools in the town.
This will play a crucial role in the construction of future survival bases.
Fu Xiaojian also formally brought this plan to the forefront for the first time, which kept everyone else highly motivated.
The search continued throughout the morning.
Meanwhile, Tashan and his team discovered a small processing plant on the east side of the town.
The rusty machine still bears the sign "XX Town Agricultural Tool Cooperative".
"Captain Fu, we've found something here!" Ta Shan's voice came through the walkie-talkie, filled with barely suppressed excitement.
When Fu Xiaojian arrived, he saw unfinished farm tools scattered all over the ground—hoes, sickles, shovels, and several still-operating grinding machines and bench drills.
"Good stuff." Fu Xiaojian squatted down, his fingers rubbing the rust off the surface of each drill bit.
"Although we can't use electricity, we can manage by hand. Shao Bing, write this down, and we'll organize people to load all of these onto the truck later."
Shao Bing nodded and took out his notebook to take notes.
On the west side of the town, Lin Zhennan and Yang Fan led their men to search several relatively intact houses, but they didn't find much.
There was basically no food.
They only found a few gas cylinders that had already evaporated, and some scattered farm tools, which could be of some use.
"These clothes can still be worn after washing and drying." Yang Fan shook out a dusty work uniform, which should be from a machinery factory.
Lin Zhennan stood in a main room, his gaze falling on the family photo hanging on the wall.
In the photo, a middle-aged couple is seen embracing two children, smiling broadly.
He watched silently for a while, then turned and left.
In the ancestral hall in the center of the town, Zhou Huo and a few "supplies" were cleaning out the side rooms where the women had lived.
This was the task assigned by Shao Bing.
Clean up the ancestral hall and give those poor women a decent place to stay, even if it's just for one night.
Zhou Huo worked meticulously.
As for the resentful looks from those women, he could only try his best to avoid them.