Apocalyptic Calamity: My Proficiency Panel-Chapter 92 - 82 A Thought_1
Chapter 92: Chapter 82: A Thought_1
Chapter 92: Chapter 82: A Thought_1
It had been a morning since Xu Xiu’s departure, and there was still silence. Although Zhou Cheng knew she had a full day’s work and couldn’t return until she was done, his heart was still filled with pain and bitter tears.
In the past month, this was the first time that she had been this far, this long away from him.
There wouldn’t be any problems, right?
After giving it a thought, Zhou Cheng quickly dispelled that notion. Upon the arrival of the lunch-serving hour, he rushed to get his lunch.
The line wasn’t long, but the man distributing the food was poking and prodding at what he was serving. When it finally got to Zhou Cheng’s turn, almost an hour had already passed.
“Next.”
With a piece of bread no larger than a palm thrust into his hand, Zhou Cheng was rudely pushed aside by the impatient server, who immediately turned with a smile to serve the woman behind him.
Zhou Cheng quietly held his bread and returned to his spot, where he ended up absentmindedly eating the whole piece. After eating, he still felt hungry, so he hesitantly took out a precious packet of instant noodles from his food bag and put it into his lunch box to search for hot water.
There were many iron pots on the top floor of the gathering spot. Lighting a few planks, he boiled some water from the underground pipeline and started eating his noodles.
The groundwater was not poisonous. This was a conclusion drawn by the people of the gathering area after experimenting.
“Hmm~”
Breathing in the steam from the noodles, Zhou Cheng finally ate some warm food after half a month. He was so overjoyed that he felt dizzy. It wasn’t until he finished drinking the last of the soup that he realized he’d eaten all his food.
He instinctively wanted to boil another packet but resisted the temptation in a bout of reason, cleaned his lunch box, then returned to his spot to zone out.
“I wonder when Xu Xiu will return…”
Zhou Cheng silently tensed up his muscles, then slowly relaxed, closing his eyes to rest.
“I’ll keep waiting, just a little longer.”
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“Big brother, are you saying we should just observe and not act?”
In Chen Zhuang’s room, a short, ape-like man looked at the woman leaving the area behind the bald, muscular man, then immediately shifted his gaze to ask his question.
“Linjiang Villa District, excluding the villas, is a hundred-acre radius. Initially, I gave up on this area because of the many trees and grass that needed to be cleaned, which was time-consuming and resource-intensive.”
“But now that someone is volunteering to do the job, of course, I’ll satisfy him.”
Chen Zhuang chuckled, “As for the original plan to go to the construction site near Huajiang… we can put that on hold for a couple of days. Let’s find out more about this guy first.”
After he finished, Chen Zhuang cast a profound glance at him: “Since you didn’t do your job properly, I will go by myself this time. You just follow me.”
“Big brother, I’ll follow your lead.”
The short, ape-like man laughed and nodded in agreement. Chen Zhuang gestured for him to leave, and the man nodded and left the room.
After leaving the room, the man felt contemplative. He summoned over another man and they returned to his quarters.
“Inquire discreetly outside. Ask if there are any brothers willing to take a risk with me.”
The short, ape-like man’s eyes gleamed: “Don’t make a fuss about it; just make casual inquiries.”
“Understood!”
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The man nodded and immediately left the room. Watching him go, the short ape pulled the woman on his side into his arms, caressing her as he lost himself in thought.
Linjiang Villa District was luxurious, but the construction site was desolate. However, the strategic location in the city was scarce, and even if they occupied the Linjiang Villa District, they couldn’t abandon the construction site.
`Does Chen Zhuang want to part ways?’
The only problem would be that guy. But how is Chen Zhuang so confident he can defeat him?
Thinking of the mysterious tyre explosion, the short, ape-like man swayed his head from side to side.
“Slow down, honey…”
Hearing the woman’s complaining voice, the man became even more excited.
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Linjiang Villa Estate.
Dusk.
After instructing Chen Qiang about some things, Li Ming came back to the villa’s garden to see that not only had the last patch of ornamental grass been cleared, but a small patch of soil had also been nearly fully excavated.
Xu Xiu, who had regained her energy, stood out amongst the crowd. Her delicate body was covered with some dirt as she dug up the ground with four other women.
“Thank you all for your hard work. Just put in a little more effort and dig up the soil inside. I’ll bring back some food for us to eat. After dinner, then you can all go.”
Seeing that it was already late and that they had managed to clean an acre of land and dug up a small area with pickaxes, Li Ming was already content. He clapped his hands, said a few words, and amidst the cheers, he called Xu Xiu and left.
However, Xu Xiu, who had only worked for three hours, looked flushed. When Li Ming called her to the car, she felt a little embarrassed, and on the way, she couldn’t help asking, “Brother Ming, why did you call me?”
“To help me get some food for them, then go wash up at my place. We’ll dine at my villa tonight.”
Li Ming smiled and replied simply. Hearing his answer, Xu Xiu felt flustered and quickly turned her head to look outside the window, unsure of what to say.
She had made the worst preparations before coming.
Only she knew how much panic and fear she felt when she left her familiar surroundings to go to a stranger’s home, especially after losing the protection of her only husband in the apocalypse.
But when she arrived in a daze, she found that things were not as she had imagined. The man brought her over gently, treated her very well, which made her believe things can perhaps get better and that there was still hope. But hearing what Li Ming just said made her a bit flustered.
Indeed, this man freed her from the hellhole of the gathering place, and she should be grateful.
But she still clung to the hope that things wouldn’t have to go that far.
“Alright, we’ve arrived. Let’s get out and fetch some stuff.”
