Apocalypse: My Sweetie Is Tough but Cute-Chapter 203 - 202 Some Warmth Is Met With Late Regret
Chapter 203 -202: Some Warmth Is Met With Late Regret (12)
Chapter 203 -202: Some Warmth Is Met With Late Regret (12)
As soon as the exchange order was issued, Su Shu exchanged all her wages for food.
After the cleanup, Su Shu indeed divided the food she earned into two parts and gave it to the elderly Ge and his spouse across the way.
Grandma Fu pushed it back, “We can’t take this, we old folks don’t eat much, and what the government provides is more than enough. Keep what you’ve worked hard for yourself.”
Old Ge said, “Child, we’re old, living one day at a time, it’s different for you young people, keep it for future use.”
This amount of food may seem a lot but in fact, it’s not much when consumed.
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Su Shu politely said, “If it weren’t for your kind help in looking after Xiao’ai, I wouldn’t have been able to get even a bit of this.”
Moreover, because of this outing, she had discovered a new secret in the “space,” and Xiao’ai had also recently satisfied her cravings, making it seem she was rather taking advantage of them.
If she didn’t accept the food, she would feel uneasy herself.
If others respect her, she gives back even more. If someone harms her, she won’t be merciful.
In the end, the elderly couple couldn’t win over Su Shu and accepted the rice, feeling grateful in their hearts but not showing it. Instead, on the next day, they took even greater care in teaching Xiao’ai how to read.
Su Shu felt this was good, having experts teach Xiao’ai basic knowledge was definitely beneficial.
Days passed by, the kind where they slipped by unnoticed, and half a month had gone by in a flash.
Tang Zelin had been gone for half a month without any news, and every time Su Shu met the Political Commissar Qu Guo’an of Group 208, she would always ask one more time.
But the task old Tang was executing was a military secret, and even though he was a part of the military, he was also unaware of the details. In the end, Qu Guo’an would get a headache whenever he saw Su Shu approaching.
Seeing her hopeful eyes turning to disappointment, Qu Guo’an, a tough guy, couldn’t bear it either.
Every time Su Shu heard some noise from the military headquarters across the way, she always thought Tang Zelin had returned, but unfortunately, she was disappointed every time.
She thought, surely he would return before the planned resettlement of East City?
Unexpectedly, after the resettlement sites merged, she still didn’t see him.
Even when the first resettlement site started moving to the new resettlement area after the merger, he still hadn’t appeared.
Su Shu’s heart went up and down, and she recently had recurring nightmares of seeing him bloodied and mutilated on the battlefield, waking in the middle of the night, drenched in cold sweat.
Li Xiaoxia said, “Group Captain Tang won’t have an accident, he’ll return after he’s done with his urgent tasks.”
Su Shu could only nod, consoling herself with these words.
Right, Tang Zelin has great fortune, he will return. Even if sacrificed, it wouldn’t be at this time, he will come back.
And so, she slept, startled awake, then went back to sleep.
This continued until just before the relocation to the new area, her eyes rimmed darkly like a panda’s, causing worry.
Qu Guo’an encountered her on the road and comforted her, “Old Tang has nine lives, he’ll be fine, don’t worry.”
Su Shu said, “I’m not worried.”
Qu Guo’an sweatdropped, not worried, yet her eyes looked like a panda’s.
Old Tang, thousands of miles away, still had a little wife worried about him, oh, how he envied that.
Indeed, as Su Shu had expected, when the government decided to move the citizens of C city to a new safety area, the inevitable conflicts played out again.
Prior to this, the government’s goodwill in recruiting volunteers to aid the disaster-stricken masses was twisted by some, who criticized it during this desperate time. If both natural and human disasters were distressing everyone equally, with the sun gone and crops demolished, why should only those displaced by floods be considered victims, and not others?
Why favor one over the other, especially when, even after mergers, the temporary resettlement spots still had numerous issues? The establishment of a new safe living area and arrangements for the post-disaster life of all city residents had become urgent matters.
The situation outside C city was getting more severe, and inside the city, the electrical and financial systems had both collapsed a week earlier, faster than anyone had expected.
The money in everyone’s hands, as useful as scraps of paper, led to people exchanging goods directly, no longer willing to accept cash.
The fact that the government had once converted 100 yuan to half a kilogram of grain during recruitment was brought up and caused great uproar during these severe times.
Su Shu knew, this suppression marked the trigger point for the government to decide on post-disaster militarized management.
After the collapse of the power and communication systems, the prolonged darkness enveloped everyone like an invisible massive net.
No one knew where tomorrow was, amidst the profound darkness.
Su Shu lay in bed, gently patting Xiao’ai’s back.
For the next three or four years, she needed to survive well, with Xiao’ai, and… Tang Zelin.
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