Chapter 216: You Must Take Care
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
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Yun Huan’s voice was a bit hoarse and he couldn’t say anything pleasant in this dark night – he didn’t want Qin Yi to take the risk.
This wasn’t like who he was before. Yun Huan would never change his mind or regret his decision, but this time, he regretted it a little.
With Qin Yi looking like he did, it would be very dangerous for that group of people to find out the truth. If Yun Huan’s team couldn’t rush over in time, if, if, if…
Countless possibilities flashed across Yun Huan’s mind. Chuchu was indeed a family member of their teammate but this young man before him was his younger brother, whom he swore to protect for all his life.
The young emperor Yun Huan, who had always been decisive, was somewhat hesitant at this moment.
Qin Yi was surprised, and it warmed her heart to see concern in Yun Huan’s eyes. “Big brother Huan, I will protect myself, don’t worry. Also, I’m the only person who can do it, right?”
Among all of them, only she and Chu Mohe could disguise themselves as girls, the rest were just too tall. Chu Mohe wanted to do it but he didn’t have the mental ability and wouldn’t be able to disguise himself well.
If it had been before the apocalypse, using those small tools, he could conceal his Adam’s apple, but how were they going to find those things now? But with the mental ability, it was different for Qin Yi, who could transform herself perfectly.
Yun Huan’s lips moved and all of his words turned into a sigh. Qin Yi suddenly felt a warmth around herself as she was embraced by Yun Huan.
She could smell the fragrant mint radiating from Yun Huan’s body and heard his worried voice by her ear, “Qiqi, promise me that you’ll be fine, hm?”
Qin Yi couldn’t help herself and hug Yun Huan’s narrow waist back, and she heard her own voice floating through the night, “En.”
Lin Bai and the rest had already gotten into the car, knowing that their boss was worried about Qin Yi and wanted to say a few words to him privately.
Chen Che leaned against the seat lazily and opened the car window. From his point of view, he could see the tall man hugging the petite boy, now a girl, both of them appearing to have never-ending words of affection to say to one another. Looking at these two people, it was an eyesore for Chen Che.
Suddenly, there was a burst of laughter. Lin Bai and Lin Qing heard a faint voice, but they couldn’t hear it very clearly.
When they turned around, Chen Che was already fast asleep in his seat; the car’s emergency lights were flashing non-stop, the soft glow reflecting onto Chen Che’s handsome face.
Lin Qing and Lin Bai looked at one another. Master Che was asleep, so who had been the one talking just now? Could it be that they were hearing things?
As they wondered, the wind blew, able to hear everything.
Nights during the apocalypse were extremely cold, and after the black rain, it was even colder.
Wei Liao was only wearing a thin jacket, so when the cold wind blew, he trembled uncontrollably. Wei Liao rubbed his freezing hands together, looking at the house before him and whispering to Xu Ning, “Hey, Xu Ning, is there really someone inside?”
Xu Ning was a big, tall man. He was chewing a glade of grass in his mouth when he glanced at the fair-skinned Wei Liao in slight disdain and replied perfunctorily, “What nonsense are you spouting? Do you not believe big brother Ming? He saw lights inside before, so there must be someone inside.”
When Wei Liao heard the name ‘big brother Ming’, he immediately shut his mouth.
Xu Ning scoffed at him in disdain, then waved to the dozen zombies behind them, causing them to walk over obediently.
“Let’s go inside,” Xu Ning ordered, and the dozen zombies staggered along behind them.
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Chapter 217: Wei Liao and Xu Ning
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
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“It’s all up to you now, Wei Liao,” Xu Ning said, recalling that he would need Wei Liao’s help later on, going forward to pat Wei Liao on the shoulder.
Wei Liao looked as if he was overwhelmed by the action, happily going to the door and taking out a wire, as if he was performing a trick. In just a few moves, he managed to get the door open.
Xu Ning’s face turned serious and the group of people entered the house silently. It was completely dark, yet it wasn’t a challenge for an ability user like Xu Ning.
It was slightly blurry, but he could see everything. He made a hand gesture and Wei Liao took out a candle from his bag. Then, Xu Ning moved his hand and a little flame appeared, lighting the candle.
Just as they were about to make a move, they suddenly heard a rustling noise.
Xu Ning’s thick brows furrowed, wondering, ‘What’s going on? There must be someone in the living room!’
Xu Ning gave Wei Liao a look and Wei Liao took out a cleaver as he followed behind Xu Ning, moving towards the noise.
When they got closer, they realized a small person huddled in the corner. She seemed to have seen the candlelight, her small body trembling.
“Who are you and why are you in my house?” Xu Ning questioned, ready to form a fireball with his hand at any time.
“Ah, don’t hit me, don’t hit me!” the little person said in a clear and pleasant voice.
Xu Ning’s hand moved slightly, and he gave Wei Liao a look. After Wei Liao received Xu Ning’s signal, he went forward and squatted, then said gently, “Don’t be afraid, nobody is going to harm you. We are good people.”
Hearing this, Qin Yi’s mouth twitched. ‘The leader of a group of murderers calling himself a good person? Does he really think I’m an ignorant young girl?’
Qin Yi had that thought in her mind, but when she raised her little face, she looked as pure and innocent as ever. She looked at this fair teenager before her, tilted her head, and asked meekly, “Big brother, is this true? You guys won’t bully Jiaojiao?”
When Xu Ning and Wei Liao saw that face, they couldn’t help but gasp. The young girl’s face was covered in dirt, but it couldn’t conceal her beautiful features, those stunning phoenix eyes appearing to be the most beautiful gems on earth.
Xu Ning swallowed and sized up Qin Yi’s stunning hour-glass figure with a nefarious look. This young lady was simply too beautiful. If they offered her to Boss, he would definitely be able to rise up in rank.
“Hehe, little girl, of course it’s true! We’re good people, why would we bully you? You’re Jiaojiao, right? Why are you here?” Xu Ning tried his best to give a friendly smile, not knowing how sinister he looked.
Qin Yi hesitated for a moment and snuck a careful glance at Xu Ning, her watery eyes like a little deer’s – adorable and making one take pity on her.
The young lady twiddled her fingers uneasily, her watery eyes glancing at Xu Ning once more before she said softly, “I am Jiaojiao, I wanted to go to Z-City with my mother to look for my father, but a group of people abducted me. After that, I came to this place with them. I ate a lot and they hated that, so they left me here.”
Xu Ning knitted his brows and his voice got louder as he asked, “You’re saying that a group of people were here before? They had already left?”
Qin Yi was frightened by Xu Ning’s voice and immediately curled up again, her back facing Xu Ning.
When Wei Liao saw this, his heart ached and he grumbled slightly, “Big brother Ning, you’re too loud! You’ve scared her.”
Xu Ning rolled his eyes at Wei Liao and leaned over to whisper in his ear, “You better not be tempted. This chick is going to be dedicated to Boss, so I suggest that you give up on any idea you had. Snatching a woman from Boss – are you courting death?”
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Chapter 218: Big Brother and Uncle
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
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Xu Ning thought that his voice was soft and low but Qin Yi had heard everything.
Wei Liao’s eyes were slightly gloomy, but he was still anxious to explain his thoughts, “No, no, Big brother Ning, how could I do that? I just thought that we cannot frighten her. What if she doesn’t want to leave with us?”
Xu Ning agreed with Wei Liao but he wasn’t worried that this chick wouldn’t leave with them. With her looks, Boss would definitely fancy her and if Xu Ning scared her, he was afraid that she would complain to Boss about him.
Xu Ning controlled his temper and tried very hard to force out a smile, “Young lady, don’t be afraid. I’m just mad at those people and wanted to take revenge for you if they were still around.”
Qin Yi turned around and looked at Xu Ning meekly, then smiled, “Uncle, you’re such a nice person.”
Wei Liao wanted to laugh so badly, his fair and delicate face flushed, but when his eyes met Xu Ning’s dangerous gaze, he coughed slightly. Smiling warmly at the innocent Qin Yi, he said, “Jiaojiao, come with us. We’ll bring you to a nice place, where nobody will bully you and you can eat as much as you want.”
Wei Liao coaxed Qin Yi patiently, like a big grey wolf approaching his prey.
Unfortunately, Qin Yi wasn’t Little Red Riding Hood. She was much scarier than the wolf.
Qin Yi tilted her little head and revealed a full set of white teeth, “Sure, big brother, you’re so nice.”
Xu Ning had received another blow in such a short time, wondering, ‘Why did she call Wei Liao ‘big brother’ and called me ‘uncle’? We’re both clearly the same age!’
However, seeing Qin Yi’s innocent eyes, Xu Ning suppressed his fury.
Xu Ning and Wei Liao brought Qin Yi to the group of zombies and walked to the mountains like a mighty army.
Qin Yi glanced at the zombies following behind them and thought of something. Turning to Xu Ning, she asked innocently, “Uncle, you’re so amazing! You can make all these zombies obey your commands. Uncle, uncle, are there also many zombies at the place we’re heading to?”
Xu Ning was initially a little upset when he heard Qin Yi calling him ‘uncle’ but after hearing the tone of adoration in Qin Yi’s voice, he immediately became proud.
Feeling pleased, he looked at Qin Yi and explained in a kind tone, “Of course! We have quite a number of zombies in our stronghold, but these zombies are not under my command but that of our boss’. Our boss is the one who is truly amazing.”
Xu Ning subconsciously flattered his own boss and deliberately instilled these ideas into the young lady’s head. A young lady like her worshiped heroes the most and saying these good things in front of her would definitely make her fall for Boss.
Qin Yi appeared to be terrified on the surface, “Uncle, did you say that there are many zombies there? I’m a little scared.”
Perhaps because Qin Yi had boosted his ego previously and made him very happy, Xu Ning was now much gentler towards Qin Yi. Shaking his head, he reassured her, “Not many, just around 200. Jiaojiao, you don’t have to be afraid. These zombies won’t harm people, not when Boss is controlling them.”
Qin Yi nodded, “That’s good, I’m most afraid of these zombies.”
In the other house in the village, Xiao Lan, who had been lazing around and nestling in Yun Huan’s arms, suddenly called out and pecked the back of Yun Huan’s hand.
Yun Huan had learned from Qin Yi and stroked the little fella’s head, then said to Lin Bai and the others sternly, “Let’s go now.”
When Lin Bai heard that, he immediately knew that it was news from Qin Yi. They packed their things and got ready to set off. They needed to be quick because the longer they took, not only would Chuchu be in greater danger, but there was also another family member affected: Qin Yi.
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Chapter 219: Cool Breeze Stronghold
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Qin Yi followed Xu Ning to the back and remained silent. She did not whine or grumble at all, allowing Xu Ning to relax a bit more and take care of her.
He informed her of many things regarding the stronghold, afraid that she would offend those that she could not afford to offend.
Qin Yi took in all of Xu Ning’s words and gained an understanding of the group.
The group consisted of people who were hoodlums before the apocalypse. When the apocalypse happened, their head, their current boss, had awakened a rare ability: controlling zombies.
This group of people recruited new men along the way, becoming larger and larger, and soon decided to make the forest behind the village their base. After setting up shop there, they continued to kill and hoard.
They were like ancient bandits, establishing their own stronghold, the Cool Breeze Stronghold. The hoodlum head called himself the boss, with many behind him.
Even the people that had been robbed were willing to follow him, so the stronghold divided the people into various ranks. The higher the rank, the more power and respect one had.
Xu Ning and Wei Liao had joined later on, making Xu Ning an 8th rank citizen, while Wei Liao was a 10th rank citizen. The subordinates were low ranked, which was why Xu Ning looked down on Wei Liao.
Seeing Qin Yi’s pitiful look, Xu Ning coughed a few times and spoke with a rarely seen gentleness, “Little lass, don’t say I didn’t warn you. When you get there, there are two people you should never offend.”
Qin Yi’s eyes gleamed but she maintained her naive and adorable look. Using her deer-like expression, which could melt hearts, to look at him, she asked, “Uncle, who are they?”
Xu Ning turned around in a mysterious manner and whispered, “They are Concubine Yu and Concubine Li. You can never, ever offend them.”
Qin Yi could not help but laugh out. The bandits truly did not know how to live out their days, even forming the emperor’s harem.
But Qin Yi did not find it strange. Very few people in the apocalypse talked about morality. In her previous life, she had heard of many that occupied various spaces and used their underlings to accomplish their dreams of being kings.
Seeing that Qin Yi was in a daze, Xu Ning became slightly regretful. He felt that he should not have said too much and made her afraid. But he had to bring her in, he was relying on her to become a 7th rank citizen.
“Don’t worry, it isn’t easy to meet the two of them. Overall, our stronghold is actually a rather nice place to live in,” Xu Ning consoled patiently.
Qin Yi fluttered her eyes and gave a sweet smile, her phoenix eyes gleaming with light. Her look caused Xu Ning to become absent-minded for a moment, “En, I know that Uncle is a good man.”
Xu Ning rubbed his nose, then continued talking to Qin Yi.
No one saw the profound look in Wei Liao’s eyes.
Inside a relatively clean clay house in Cool Breeze Stronghold was a man lying on top of a girl as he moved up and down continuously, his roar and her faint breathing both in harmony.
After sexual intercourse, the man, also known as the boss of Cool Breeze Stronghold, Lin Hai, stood up and calmly put on his clothes.
Lin Hai was tall and of strong stature with stoic features. He was rather good looking, except for his muddy eyes, which one could immediately tell indulged in debauchery.
The lady wrapped her snake-like arms around Lin Hai’s waist, her naked body clinging to him.
Lin Hai laughed and pinched her flushed cheeks, “What, did I not satiate you Lili?”
The lady called Lili glanced at Lin Hai bashfully and replied coyly, “Lord, you’re so naughty. Are you going to look for younger sister Chuchu?”
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Chapter 220: Brother Ming
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
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Although Lili was smiling, envy and hatred plainly showed in her eyes.
How could Lin Hai miss that? He grabbed Lili’s chin coldly, as though the pair of gloomy eyes had seen through her heart. “Although I spoil you, you better know your place. There are some people you can’t ever touch.”
He swung his hand away ferociously and left without a second glance.
Lying by the side of the brick bed, her chin red, Lili’s cunning face appeared malevolent, her eyes red as she tore the bedsheets apart. Her voice full of poison, she cursed out, “Chuchu you sl*t…”
Lin Hai left Lili’s room with indifference in his eyes, walking over to Yu Pavilion. Although it was called a pavilion, it was just another clay house, but much bigger than Lili’s.
Lin Hai did not bother knocking on the door and walked in directly. He walked over to Chuchu, who was sound asleep in bed, his eyes becoming much gentler.
He stripped himself of his clothing and dove into the beauty’s blankets. The instant he got on top of her, she woke up.
There was no running electricity in the stronghold, but the faint candlelight illuminated Chuchu’s features. She was truly an ice-cold belle.
Her slender eyebrows, beautiful red phoenix eyes, delicate features, and ice-cold aura made men want to conquer her.
Seeing the man pinning her down, Chuchu’s eyes turned cold. The smell of sex on him caused her to frown with disgust and hatred, asking, “Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be at Lili’s tonight?”
Although she was disgusted, Chuchu remained indifferent. Her sweet, cold voice caused Lin Hai’s heart to pound even harder.
He eagerly ripped Chuchu’s clothes away and turned her upwards as he kissed her lips and spoke vaguely, “I missed you, so I came here.”
Chuchu sneered within her heart but her face continued to show compliance as she held onto Lin Hai’s waist and allowed the man to perform an act on her that she found very disgusting.
It was a cold night and seeing Qin Yi’s tattered and torn clothes, Wei Liao took pity on her, taking off his own jacket and giving it to her, “Jiaojiao, take it. Don’t catch a cold.”
Qin Yi glanced at Wei Liao, her phoenix eyes carrying a hint of profundity, causing Wei Liao to be stunned. When he prepared himself for another look, he only saw a face full of tenderness and innocent eyes.
“Thank you, older brother,” her soft voice holding a hint of naiveness.
Wei Liao chuckled, thinking he must have been mistaken.
Qin Yi followed the two endlessly, only seeing a thick mud wall after an unknown period of time. At the entrance of the mud wall stood two sentries.
Upon seeing the three of them, the two sentries approached them. One of the hooligans looked at Xu Ning with eyes full of envy, “Yo, isn’t this Xu Ning? What errand did Brother Ming give you this time, let’s hear it.”
Xu Ning glanced at the hooligan, Du Yi, and immediately saw the envy in his eyes. “Sigh, what other errands can there be. Brother Ming gives everyone the same thing. Why does it sound like Brother Ming favors me? What’s coming out of your mouth, Du Yi.”
Although Xu Ning said those words, anyone could see the joy in his eyes, causing Du Yi to fume in silence.
He and Xu Ning were both 8th rank citizens but Xu Ning seemed to have great luck. Being noticed by Brother Ming. This caused even 5th and 6th rank citizens to give way to him.
Qin Yi’s eyes gleamed as she received yet another important information: the man in front of her was respectful towards a man called Brother Ming, whoever he was.