"We already said, give them a batch of supplies and ask them to leave here. If they still don't go, we'll have to do it the hard way."
Fu Yunting's thought was to just tell them to get lost without giving them a single thing.
It was the apocalypse anyway, and the strong dictated order.
Fu Yunting patted An Nuan's head. She was still too kind-hearted.
An Nuan slowly moved closer, placing her foot on his shoe.
Fu Yunting's brows furrowed slightly as he struggled to subtly shift his shoe.
These shoes were a limited-edition collaboration released just before the apocalypse. Their market price was thirty-two thousand yuan, and he had immediately bought three pairs.
Later, they were resold for over seventy thousand, and they were now out of stock, with no chance of being restocked in the future.
Fu Yunting mused that he might need to find some designers and craftsmen in the future if he ran out of shoes...
Jin Can also considered her family's safety and felt that following An Nuan was the best choice.
She nodded in agreement.
"No matter what others think, I agree. From now on, I will do my best to fulfill your requests. In exchange, you just need to protect my brother and mother's safety."
"Isn't your own safety also within the scope?"
"If we have to go out and fight zombies, who can guarantee absolute safety? I can only try my best to survive."
Jin Can offered a wry smile.
An Nuan liked girls who knew their priorities.
At this moment, Mi Shuangshuang and Hai Changfeng were also on their way back and decided to detour to find An Nuan.
"The brother at the door helped clean up the entrance. I saw he really wanted to join but didn't dare to speak up. They are currently setting up tents and iron sheet vehicles about five hundred meters away from the main gate."
Tian Nan kept a distance from them, so it wasn't convenient for An Nuan to tell them to leave.
This guy was quite considerate.
"Xiao Nuan, I think Tian Nan is quite capable of fighting. Do you want to consider taking him in too? Let him team up with me, and I guarantee we can scavenge a large area for supplies!"
"Shuangshuang, stop messing around. Let me introduce you to our neighbors. You two will work with her to compile a list of residents and their distribution within the community. Jin Can will tell you what I just said. I need to go home and drink brown sugar water."
An Nuan's stomach began to ache again, and she didn't want to walk anymore after just a few steps.
Fu Yunting squatted in front of her, and An Nuan blinked.
"What are you doing?"
"Come on, I'll carry you back. I'm fast."
"That makes sense..."
An Nuan really didn't want to walk anymore. She climbed onto Fu Yunting's back and caught a faint scent of grass and wood.
Why was it so pleasant?
Was this scent coming from him?
This faint scent of grass and wood made her feel very safe and comfortable.
An Nuan burrowed closer, and Fu Yunting turned his head to speak.
"Is it uncomfortable?"
"No, your back is just the right firmness, and it's quite comfortable."
"Then can I walk back slowly?"
"Sure."
An Nuan hung on his back, and her stomach no longer ached. Being carried felt quite comfortable, and she felt like sleeping as the breeze blew.
Fu Yunting also enjoyed the time he spent carrying An Nuan.
"When I was little, you dragged me out of the mine and carried me for a while. You were so thin and small, and you still wanted to carry me, but you fell face-first onto the ground, scraping your arm and crying buckets of tears."
Fu Yunting's lips curved upwards slightly. "Xiao Nuan, when can we get married? Xiao Nuan..."
An Nuan nestled against his neck, her breath exhaling evenly onto Fu Yunting's neck.
"So heartless."
Fu Yunting reached back and pulled the hood of her sweatshirt up to shield her from the wind, then carried An Nuan home to sleep.
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Tian Nan had originally brought everyone here to find a place to settle down.
Later, he encountered Boss Zhao and even considered following the influence of Boss Sun to take advantage.
However, when he saw An Nuan and Fu Yunting, not only his spine, but his scalp tingled.
Tian Nan had never felt such fear since he was born.
He should have run away immediately, but when he saw the giant panda leading the animals in clearing the battlefield, Tian Nan had another idea.
If a giant panda could become their subordinate, he wasn't any worse. Why couldn't he join?
He observed the team's composition, which even included children, so the two leaders must not be bad people.
At the very least, they were tolerant.
Besides, they had said they didn't lack supplies, and even the children were well-nourished, so the adults would surely be fine.
Tian Nan discussed it with his companions, and they all felt that instead of drifting aimlessly, it was better to try to join.
At least they could align with the strong for their own safety.
However, Tian Nan had missed the opportunity to submit his "oath of allegiance," and he didn't know what to do, nor did he dare to rush in.
After communicating with Hai Changfeng, Tian Nan and his people used abandoned vehicles and tents to build temporary shelters.
The other vehicle convoys, fearful of An Nuan and her group, rushed away before Boss Zhao's team had even finished cleaning up.
As night fell, the temperature outside dropped slightly, so Tian Nan lit a bonfire and drew straws for everyone to take turns standing guard.
An Nuan was eating Lanzhou ramen at home, watching them gnaw on instant noodles.
The ramen in her hand tasted even better!
[Brother, the information has been found. I'll project it onto the TV for you.]
Fu Yunting had thoroughly investigated the personnel list and backgrounds of Tian Nan's team.
Their character was decent, and they had no bad habits.
This group was originally neighbors, consisting of architects, musicians, painters, intellectuals, and a pair of doctors.
An Nuan was quite pleased with the composition of the personnel.
After entering the apocalypse, they hadn't abandoned their companions, but their combat effectiveness was relatively weak. Originally fifty-six people, only forty-three remained.
[Sister-in-law, do you want to accept them?]
"Forty-three mouths are quite a lot. Apart from the doctors and designers, their parents and children hold little to no attraction for me, even negative attraction."
An Nuan was still considering.
The community needed talent, but if the talent had families to support, it became more troublesome.
Couldn't they all be like their group, alone and unburdened, where one person's needs were enough for the whole family?
"Fu Yunlei, help me check how many resources they have. If it's just empty shells, it will be more trouble for us."
[Understood, Sister-in-law.]
Fu Yunlei: Calling her sister-in-law doesn't seem to get a reaction. Should I remind her?
Fu Yunting: Shut up and get to work, don't cause trouble.
[I've found that before Tian Nan encountered you, he met a severely injured fourth-tier mutated creature that self-destructed. He might have crystals.]
An Nuan's eyes lit up when she heard this.
A fourth-tier mutated creature was almost impossible to encounter at this time.
However, it wasn't impossible for a creature to mutate after consuming and absorbing a large number of other crystals, entering a super-evolved state.
But most creatures couldn't handle the energy from such a super-evolution.
Whether it was humans, mutated creatures, or zombies, when their energy exceeded their absorption capacity, they would self-destruct.
That mutated creature was unlucky to have self-destructed as soon as it reached the fourth tier.
A self-destructing mutated creature would definitely have crystals, and they would be of high purity!
"Fu Yunting, your luck today is truly amazing. Food is being delivered to us one after another!"
"Xiao Nuan, what are you going to do if they don't give them to you?"
"Don't give them? Then we'll reason with them. Their level is too low, and they'll self-destruct if they eat them anyway, so it's better to give them to us. It saves us the trouble of fighting, and it's not good to break the limbs of a group of intellectuals, right?"
Everyone nodded. This bandit logic was excellent!