Chapter 95: Accident (1/2)

Chapter 95: Accident

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“Friends outside, where are you all going? Can you bring us along?” A movement nearby caught everyone’s attention as the window to the building beside them opened and the figure of a person appeared.

Everyone looked at Luo Yuan which gave him a headache. “How many of you are there?” he asked.

It was fine if there were only a few people. Luo Yuan would only reject them if there were too many of them. His place was small with limited inventory.

“Two! Just two of us. It’s too dangerous here, I want to leave with you all. We can watch out for each other if there are more of us,” the man quickly said.

“Then come quickly. We’re leaving.” Luo Yuan replied.

“Okay, okay. Right away,” the man was beyond delighted and disappeared promptly from the window.

In a brief moment, they came down.

They were a man and a woman in their thirties carrying a handful of bags. They looked like they were spouses and were covered in layers of clothes. Each of them had a pan hanging in front of their chests. The man who spoke earlier even had an iron bar in his hand. They seemed like they had been ready by the looks of it.

Wang Shishi could not help but chuckle at their rather funny appearance.

“I’m Zhao Dagang. This is my wife, Jin Meili. How do I address you all?” Zhao Dagang breathed a sigh of relief and asked gratefully.

The team introduced themselves. These two people were very lucky as they had never encountered any danger even since the apocalypse. They had even stayed at home safely during the wave of beasts that attacked five days ago.

“Where are you guys going?” Zhao Dagang asked.

“Jingyue Residential Area, where I used to stay.” Luo Yuan replied.

“Why there? I remember there’s a dugout nearby. We thought you guys would be headed there actually. If that is the case, isn’t it better for us to stay in our own house? Sigh, wasted our effort for nothing,” Zhao Dagang’s wife, Jin Meili, suddenly said. This made the atmosphere awkward.

Sun Xiaowu was furious listening to what she had to say. It was maddening to see her simply disregarding their kindness. He would have charged over to slap her if not for Luo Yuan who remained still.

Zhao Dagang was feeling awkward as well but did not say anything. It would seem that he thought the same.

Luo Yuan frowned and paused for a moment before he smiled and said, “You’re right too, the dugout is indeed safer.”

“Then let us go to the dugout!” Jin Meili did not seem to sense the lingering awkwardness as she continued saying, “It’s spacious and filled with people. The defense is strong too. Listen to me, you guys are going to die if you go back to Jingyue.”

Wang Shishi could not hold it in any longer and retorted, “It’s none of your business where we are going, busy body.”

“Young lady, how can you not see that I’m only thinking of what is best for all of you. It’s only for your own good,” Jin Meili replied with disbelief.

“Enough.” Zhao Dagang said and pulled her sleeve, not wanting to make things worse.

“I can’t even talk now” she replied. Jin Meili then flung her arm as she glared at him.

Luo Yuan initially thought that they might have looked too docile to them even though they were carrying knives and guns but he had finally realized now that they were just simple-minded.

“Alright, there’s no use bickering. If you guys are going to the dugout, my advice would be not to go there because we just came out from one. That’s that. Now, if you guys are still going to the dugout or returning home, or even following us, it’s up to you. It’s getting late, we still have some distance to cover, we’ll take our leave!” Luo Yuan turned to leave, not wanting to be involved any longer.

Both of them stayed rooted.

“Are we going or not?” Jin Meili asked.

“Where to?” Zhao Dagang grabbed Jin Meili’s hand so they could run if needed as he began to be aware of the surrounding as the team left.

“The dugout of course” Jin Meili said righteously.

“Go? Go your ass! You go if you want to die. Maybe you would be dragged away by mutated beasts halfway there.” Zhao Dagang was still rational. He had been observing the surrounding these few days. There were low level beasts everywhere. He did not think he would be able to make it to the dugout by himself.

“Then why are they alright?” Jin Meili questioned.

“They have knives and guns, of course they’re not scared. I only have this useless iron bar, you really think I’m Superman?” Zhao Dagang said as he was annoyed. He began to think- even if they were not going to the dugout, it was still safer than them staying at home since there would be more people to lookout for each other.

“Why didn’t you say this earlier!?” Jin Meili stomped her feet and pinched her man.

“I…”

Footsteps were heard from behind the team after just a few minutes of walking.

Luo Yuan and his team turned and saw both Zhao Dagang and his wife coming over.

“Hold up, just now… I’m so sorry for just now. My…my wife is bad with words, I apologize. We want to follow you guys!” Zhao Dagang said apologetically.

‘Why didn’t you guys go to the dugout?” Sun Xiaowu who is young and rash replied in a sarcastic manner.

Jin Meili was flushed in embarrassment, her mouth was twitching as if ready to say something but nothing came out after Zhao Dagang signaled her with his eyes.

“Then just follow us since you’re already here,” Luo Yuan did not mind. It was only human nature to want to gain more and avoid loss anyway. Besides, the woman meant no harm.

“Great, great, thank you, thank you!” Zhao Dagang thanked him profusely.

They had been taking the long route so it was already near nightfall when they reached Jingyue Residential Area. Other than a light blue beast for Wang Shishi’s training, their journey had been otherwise safe and smooth.

However, just that one adventure was enough to scare everyone- especially Zhao Dagang and Jin Meili who got intimidated by Wang Shishi seeing how she had killed the beast. Who would have known that this docile young lady was an evolved person.

Jingyue Residential Area looked more forlorn than when Luo Yuan had left. Most of the houses had already collapsed yet surprisingly, the mansion he had been staying at looked the same from the outside.

“We’re finally home!” Wang Shishi cheered happily and ran into the mansion.

Huang Jiahui, who had been almost expressionless was now relaxed too. A joyful smile could be seen on her face.

The team entered the mansion and observed the new surroundings they were in. It was not exactly homely as the inside seemed to have been destroyed by beasts (it was, in fact), the pillar in the middle had already collapsed and the steel fixture in the cement was exposed. Cracks ”decorated” the walls and the whole property looked like it was not far from collapsing.

Luo Yuan checked around and frowned when he saw a lot of unfamiliar footprints on the floor. They seem fresh… probably one or two days old judging from how distinct they looked.