Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Chapter 817: Chapter 605: Evening Breeze, Hidden Undercurrents (Part 3)

”Hahaha, take your pick, which room do you want?”

Xu Xiaohua jumped between the two rooms and finally chose the one with the larger window.

......

Meanwhile, after Li Yu had finished discussing the departure arrangements for the next day with Ju Tianrui and the others, he returned to the Inner City.

He happened to run into Second Uncle.

”Second Uncle, are Deng Ben and the others all settled?”

”Yes, it’s dark, so we didn’t walk them around. We’ll take them out for a walk tomorrow when it’s brighter. They’re in the allocated rooms now.”

”Alright, who’s on duty in the monitoring room tonight?”

Second Uncle took out an iPad, searched through the duty roster, and said, ”Yang Xiaozhu and Lai Jiaqi.”

Li Yu nodded slightly and said to Second Uncle, ”Tell the people on duty recently to stay alert and keep a close eye on Deng Ben and his group.”

This was standard practice; all newcomers to the Inner City were listed as key monitoring targets.

After being monitored for a while without any issues, they would naturally be less watched.

”Okay, I’ll talk to them later. By the way, Xiao Yu, what did Ju Tianrui’s group say?”

Li Yu recalled his conversation with Ju Tianrui and said, ”They agreed to leave with us early tomorrow morning.”

Second Uncle was a bit surprised that Ju Tianrui’s group agreed so quickly.

Curious, he asked about the conversation they had just had.

Li Yu didn’t hide anything from Second Uncle and briefly explained.

After listening, Second Uncle had a thoughtful look in his eyes and muttered, ”This Ju Tianrui is quite a character.”

”Indeed, let’s see how he performs.” Li Yu exhaled deeply and then said to Li Tie beside him, ”Xiao Tie, take Dapao and the others and sort out the equipment we need for tomorrow’s departure, including the mortars. Prepare them so we can leave directly tomorrow.”

”Got it,” Li Tie replied and then turned to head toward the warehouse.

...

The moon shone dimly among the scarce stars.

Li Yu stood on the rooftop of the villa, watching a meteor streak across the sky.

Stars dotted the night sky, and the nearby bamboo leaves swayed gently.

A cool breeze blew by.

The gentle wind accompanied by the bright moon, trembling stars unself-pitying.

As the smoke dispersed, he heard footsteps approaching from behind.

It was Yutong.

Yutong approached Li Yu, resting her head gently on his chest.

”Can I really not go with you tomorrow?”

”Wait for me at home.”

”Alright.”

No more words were exchanged, and suddenly, Yutong kissed Li Yu on the cheek.

Feeling the allure of her little tongue, Li Yu cleared his throat.

Holding Yutong’s hand, he started walking downstairs.

”Behave, we’ll talk when I get back. I need to preserve my strength for the fight.”

”Okay, I’ll give you a massage. Is this pressure okay?”

”Yes, it’s great.”

Yutong gave a faint smile, a hint of tease appearing on her face, and said, ”You’re quite the show-off.”

Li Yu closed his eyes, letting his head slide onto Yutong’s soft thighs, and said, ”I want my ears cleaned.”

Yutong’s face was tender as she gently held Li Yu’s head, taking out an ear scoop to carefully clean his ears.

Smelling the pleasant scent on Yutong, Li Yu felt incredibly at ease.

He slowly drifted into a dream.

Seeing Li Yu asleep, Yutong gently shifted his head onto the pillow and turned off the light.

In the moonlight, she quietly watched Li Yu.

The moonlight was gentle, a soft white glow, not dazzling.

Looking at Li Yu’s handsome face, his sharp eyebrows, and eyes, tightly closed lips showing a hint of stubbornness.

With his eyes closed, Li Yu no longer appeared so sharp.

”I love you,” Yutong murmured softly in her heart, staring affectionately at Li Yu.

Her heart was small, only large enough to hold one person.

Just one Li Yu had already filled her heart.

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Juzi Island.

Gan Shang’s room.

”Brother-in-law, tomorrow morning you’ll be heading to Sichuan Province early, right?” Gan Shang said to Gao Ru, who was half a head taller than himself.

Gao Ru nodded and said to Gan Shang, ”Understood, we’ve packed all our things, and we can set off early tomorrow morning. Besides those few matters, is there anything else you need to tell or remind me about, brother-in-law?”

Gan Shang thought for a moment and said, ”Try to get some meat over here, it’s been a while since we had any. Also, go to the Qian Family and try to get some canned goods from them, I sent them quite a few slaves previously...”

Gao Ru noted down everything Gan Shang mentioned.

Looking at the time, Gan Shang said to Gao Ru, ”Alright, it’s getting late. You should head down.”

Gao Ru bowed and then headed towards the door.

”Wait a moment.”

”Brother-in-law, is there anything else you want to tell me?”

”Be careful.”

Gao Ru felt touched hearing Gan Shang’s words and said to him, ”Brother-in-law, you too. I’ll be leaving, and you should keep an eye on Hai Chao and the others.”

”I understand. I know what to do.”

Gao Ru quietly exited and then closed the door.

Gan Shang gazed into the dark night, the river in the distance rushing downstream.

Occasionally, the growls of zombies could be heard.

As night fell, some zombies came out but were blocked by the river.

Because the river was flowing, most zombies couldn’t reach the base of the wall.

The very few that did found it difficult to climb.

Gan Shang recently felt it was increasingly hard to manage Hai Chao, Baozi, and Jiu Zhi.

He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he always felt they were hiding something from him.

This feeling made him uncomfortable.

After a long while, looking into the dark night, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

...

The wall area.

Hai Chao and Baozi were sharing a cigarette.

The cigarette was long finished.

This cigarette was one Hai Chao found tucked in the pocket of his clothes.

The two shared a cigarette.

Whoosh——

Hai Chao took a deep drag and then handed it to Baozi.

”Lately, the boss seems to be getting more paranoid. He even asked me about you last time.” Hai Chao exhaled the smoke slowly, speaking to Baozi.

Baozi took it, inhaled, and then shook his head, saying, ”Same here, he asked me too. Honestly, I don’t know what’s going on with the boss lately. He used to share things with us.

Now, he doesn’t give us medicine or cigarettes, but I see he still has plenty over there.

He used to say we were brothers, sharing good times and bad times together. Sigh...

The food rations we’ve been getting lately have also decreased a lot.”

Hearing this, Hai Chao spoke up, ”I remember he wasn’t like this before. Why the big change? To be honest, many of the brothers under me are disgruntled these days.

During that last natural disaster, which lasted so long, we lost so many people, but the boss barely showed up.

He didn’t even check on some of our injured brothers, and he hid the medicine. I really can’t understand this behavior.”

”I can’t understand it either. It’s really disheartening. Just like with Broken Eyebrow, if it weren’t for...”

”Shh——don’t mention that. The boss specifically warned us last time. Anyone who brings it up would be kicked out. Let’s not talk about it, or we won’t have a good time if the boss hears us.”

”Sigh... So much has changed. What should we do?”

”I don’t know.” Hai Chao picked up a stone and threw it into the river.

Splash——

The stone sank, and zombies emerged from the water.

.......