Chapter 26: New Difficulties (Seeking follow-up reads, read, read, read)

"Are you injured?"

Although Zhang Su had basically confirmed that Zhong Xiaoshan hadn't experienced a fight, he still asked with concern.

"No, absolutely not, don't worry!"

Zhong Xiaoshan shook her head repeatedly. She cherished her own life more than anyone.

"That's good. You must be careful. If you're bitten, you're basically dead. Being scratched or clawed isn't great either! You sit down and rest first. Xin, pour her a drink."

Zhang Su gave an order and walked to the backpack, unzipping it while asking Zhong Xiaoshan: "What's the situation at Brother Li's place?"

Speaking of this, Zhong Xiaoshan's face darkened: "His place... it was very tragic."

Seeming unwilling to recall, Zhong Xiaoshan only gave a summary.

Zhang Su took the items out of the backpack one by one. After hearing Zhong Xiaoshan's words, he looked up at her. Seeing her expression was dejected, he asked with a slightly softer tone: "It shouldn't take much time to pack these things. Why did it take so long? Did you encounter any difficulties?"

"Drink slowly, don't choke."

Zheng Xin handed a disposable cup to Zhong Xiaoshan, which contained more than half a cup of energy drink.

Zhong Xiaoshan looked at Zheng Xin very gratefully, and after responding with a smile, she took a slow sip—orange flavor.

"When I went in, I saw blood all over the floor, so I thought... I thought there was no one. No, I thought there were no zombies. I found a backpack and went to the kitchen to pack things, but an uncle who had turned into a zombie appeared from somewhere and wandered into the living room, blocking my way."

"I kept hiding in the kitchen until the uncle left, and then I ran down!"

Speaking of the experience just now, Zhong Xiaoshan's heart rate accelerated, the paper cup in her hand deformed, and the drink almost spilled out!

Zhang Su had already dumped everything from the backpack onto the coffee table and scratched his head: "It seems you really only went to the kitchen once..."

On the coffee table, there were all things from the kitchen: small things like peelers, forks, spoons; medium things like plastic wrap, kitchen scales, and kitchen knives; large things like two bags of noodles, a lump of frozen dumplings, more than three jin of flour, and a sealed bottle of peanut oil, marked 1.8L.

Other things like luncheon meat, instant noodles, ginger, green onions, and raw eggs were also quite numerous, with a very strong sense of daily life, completely different from Zhang Su's kitchen.

"Um... did I pass?"

Zhong Xiaoshan drank the drink, her lips moist and having a bit of blood color, and asked with hope.

Zhang Su touched his chin, scanned Zhong Xiaoshan's body, and said coldly: "Come, take off your clothes."

"Wh, what?"

Zhong Xiaoshan looked at Zhang Su in disbelief. This request was too sudden. He didn't want her when she threw herself at him yesterday, and now he was asking her to take off her clothes. What was he doing...

Zheng Xin was also stunned. She didn't mind being jealous, but doing this in front of her was too much!

"Take off your clothes, and your pants too. You can choose not to listen, then these supplies belong to me, and I'll give you two more bags of instant noodles. Don't mention being with us again, go back to your own home."

Zhang Su spread his hands and said.

Zhong Xiaoshan saw that there was no lewdness in Zhang Su's eyes. Her mind raced, and she instantly understood his intention. She nimbly took off her knit sweater and said: "You want to see if I hid anything, right? No, I didn't hide anything!"

Whoosh.

After understanding Zhang Su's intention, Zhong Xiaoshan was quite straightforward, standing in the living room completely clean. The air after the temperature drop made her feel a chill, and goosebumps appeared on her arms involuntarily.

Zheng Xin stood to the side, feeling very awkward. Deep down, she knew Zhang Su's request was necessary, but she just felt he was very bad. There were clearly other ways to verify, but he had to make her take off her clothes...

"Fine, it's cold, hurry up and put them on!"

Zhang Su looked at Zhong Xiaoshan, who was shivering from the cold, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Let's reintroduce ourselves. My name is Zhang Su, and she is my, um, my girlfriend, Zheng Xin."

Just now, he had used 【Insight Tag】 on Zhong Xiaoshan. At this moment, he could see three bubbles floating above her head.

【Decisive】 【Mistress】 【Repay Kindness and Revenge】

The reason Zhang Su was truly willing to accept Zhong Xiaoshan wasn't 【Decisive】 or 【Mistress】, but 【Repay Kindness and Revenge】!

Revenge for nine generations can still be repaid; a meal of kindness must be repaid.

If 【Insight Tag】 wasn't wrong, this kind of person could be taken along!

"Brother Su, Sister Xin, please take care of me from now on."

Zhong Xiaoshan was incredibly excited. While putting on her clothes, she flattered him, thinking to herself that she finally had someone to rely on. Although she was older than Zheng Xin, sometimes "older sister" and "younger sister" weren't based on age.

Zhang Su shook his head with a smile: "No one takes care of anyone. Everyone tries to give their companions some help while managing their own situation. I'm like this, Xin is like this, and you're no exception."

"I understand, Brother Su. Tell me if there are any rules. I'm a person who knows the rules very well and will never mess around."

Soon, Zhong Xiaoshan put her clothes back on, a faint blush on her face. Being seen naked by a strange man was still a bit shy.

"Since everyone is together, then..." Zhang Su picked up the lumped dumplings from the ground and laughed: "Let's boil this bag of dumplings and eat together. Consider it celebrating Nurse Zhong joining us."

"Good, good, I'll do it, I'll do it!"

Zhong Xiaoshan was incredibly happy. She did so much just to have a meal and a safe place to live.

A bag of frozen dumplings that had been left at room temperature for more than a day—if it were before, the three of them wouldn't even look at it and would throw it directly into the trash can. But now, it was a rare delicacy.

Zhang Su handed the dumplings to Zhong Xiaoshan and watched her trot toward the kitchen. He then took Zheng Xin to sort the supplies. Just as he finished packing things back into the backpacks, he saw Zhong Xiaoshan walking out of the kitchen with a mournful face.

"The gas is gone."

Zhong Xiaoshan stood at the kitchen door with a panicked expression.

"This..."

Zhang Su was surprised. He walked quickly to the kitchen and tried to light the stove, but it didn't react at all. A burst of annoyance filled his heart. He raised his hand, wanting to slap the pot, but forcibly suppressed his anger.

"Explosions are happening everywhere, it's not strange that the gas is cut off..."

It wasn't strange, but this way, not to mention the dumplings couldn't be boiled, most of their snail noodles were almost useless.

Instant noodles could be soaked or chewed, but for snail noodles, there was no other way to cook them besides boiling.

Judging from the inventory, if there was no fire, the food they could eat instantly plummeted by 70%!

"Water is gone, internet is gone, and now the gas is gone. Does this virus destroy facilities too..."

Zheng Xin complained in confusion.

Zhang Su spread his hands and said: "I watched a popular science video before, saying what would happen if humans disappeared from Earth. Scientific speculation says that as long as humans disappear for less than five days, all these things you mentioned will be cut off... The current situation is no different from humans disappearing."

If there's a lack of human maintenance, many facilities will stop working!

Book friends, please don't hoard the book during the new book period...

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