H-How could she even do that?!
Zhao Junru watched helplessly as Zhou Yu finished preparing herself and walked toward the place where the other team was resting.
She wanted to say something to stop her, but Zhao Junru also knew that her relationship with Zhou Yu was not very good. No matter what she said, Zhou Yu would not listen to her. So she quickly turned to look at the captain beside her and said anxiously, “Captain, if she does this, won’t it…”
The middle-aged man sighed and interrupted her. “Xiao Zhao, don’t get involved in this matter. Let Zhou Yu go herself. Hopefully, she can bring us good news.”
How could he not see through Zhou Yu’s intentions? She simply wanted to use this chance to attach herself to a powerful backer in that team. The reason he had sent Zhao Junru to negotiate earlier instead of Zhou Yu was because he was afraid Zhou Yu would do something inappropriate over there. But now, there was no other way. If she really succeeded, perhaps it would also help their team.
In the apocalypse, there were countless teams that used young women to exchange for supplies or the protection of powerful teams. This was especially true for beautiful women without abilities. In their eyes, women without abilities were no different from goods. Food in a team was always distributed according to contribution; no one would support someone who ate for free. Ordinary men could still rely on physical strength to kill zombies and obtain food, but ordinary women were far less fortunate.
Although the middle-aged man did not particularly approve of this practice, he could not control others. Just like in their team, there were quite a few women without abilities, so this kind of transaction—using one’s body to exchange for food—also existed. As long as it was not forced, he would turn a blind eye and let them make their own deals. It had not been easy to lead a team all the way from A City. Stabilising morale was very important. He could not possibly criticise those ability users over a phenomenon that was so common in the apocalypse.
Hearing the captain say this, Zhao Junru bit her lip. She had a feeling that Zhou Yu would not only fail to make this team protect them, but might even truly anger them.
Especially that man in black.
If Zhou Yu had her eyes on him, would he also look at her with that icy gaze?
Zhao Junru felt extremely conflicted. On one hand, she was afraid that Zhou Yu would fail and bring trouble to the team. On the other hand, she did not want Zhou Yu to succeed. Because… she did not want to see Zhou Yu hook up with that powerful man.
But no matter how conflicted she felt, it was useless. The captain had already agreed, and she could not stop it. She could only remain where she was and wait for news from Zhou Yu.
**
Before stopping to rest, the Morning Light Squad had just carved a bloody path out of a zombie horde. Now, the doors and windows of their three vehicles were covered in scraps of blood and flesh. If one got close, they could even smell a foul, fishy stench.
Now that water sources had been contaminated, they could not use the water for drinking, but using it to wash the bloody smell off the cars was still fine.
After lunch, everyone was busy working. Some were changing tyres, and some were washing the cars. As long as it was not zombies attacking or the team following behind coming over to rob their supplies, they ignored everything else.
So Ruan Ning was the first person in the Morning Light Squad to see Zhou Yu coming over. She had just finished healing the injured members of the team, and her body was a little weak, so she received special treatment and did not need to help with the work.
Zhou Yu walked over in an alluring manner. Originally, she had wanted to head toward the male members of the team, but the person closest to her was a girl. Everyone else was busy beside the vehicles behind her. If she went around the girl to find someone else to talk to, her intentions would be too obvious. Even if Zhou Yu’s motives were not pure, she would not do something so reckless.
“Hello, little sister. I’d like to speak to your captain. Could I trouble you to pass the message on for me?” she said.
Ruan Ning stared at this woman who was still wearing only one layer of clothing in such cold weather. Thinking of something, her eyes shifted, and she asked, “Why are you looking for Brother? Are you also like the person who came just now, trying to persuade us to take you with us to Yancheng Base?”
…This little girl was the team captain’s younger sister?
Hearing her say this, Zhou Yu’s attitude became much warmer. She softened her voice and said, “The team member who came over earlier is still young and doesn’t understand much. She may not have explained things clearly and might have offended you. So our captain sent me over to apologise to everyone. I hope you won’t take offence. We really don’t have any malicious intentions in following behind your team.”
Although this woman’s features were not as delicate as the previous woman’s, she was bright and generous-looking, another kind of beauty. Her aura seemed a little more seductive.
Hadn’t she been suspecting all along that Gu Yicheng had those kinds of feelings for her? Now that she thought about it, endlessly guessing like this was not a solution. But Ruan Ning did not dare ask the person involved about something like this. What if there was nothing there and she had simply overthought it? Then how awkward would it be for her to get along with Gu Yicheng in the future?
But why couldn’t she test him through someone else?
As for the candidate… wasn’t there one right in front of her?
The kind-looking girl from earlier had not been very obvious, but this one—anyone with eyes could tell that she had come to use a honey trap. She had even undone a button on her clothes. Wearing so little in this cold weather, she really was not afraid of freezing.
But what she was doing suited Ruan Ning’s intentions perfectly.
After figuring this out, Ruan Ning smiled at Zhou Yu, her attitude especially good. “I’ll take you to Brother now.”
…
Ruan Ning led her to Gu Yicheng and said happily, “Brother, someone is looking for you.”
Gu Yicheng’s narrow eyes glanced at the excited young girl who had brought someone over. He narrowed his eyes, put down the tool in his hand, wiped his hands clean, and said, “Let’s talk over there.”
Zhou Yu had not expected things to go so smoothly and was immediately overjoyed. “Alright.”
Gu Yicheng had only taken a couple of steps forward when he realised Ruan Ning had not followed. He stopped, tilted his head to look at her, and the corner of his lips lifted. “Hm? Ningning, you’re not coming with us?”
“No, no. I still have something else to do. Brother, you go deal with the serious matter first. I won’t disturb you.” Ruan Ning stood where she was, showing no sign of following. If she stood there like a third wheel, how was the other woman supposed to carry out her honey trap?
Gu Yicheng’s deep eyes darkened slightly. He said nothing and led Zhou Yu to the utility pole on the other side of the street.
Seeing this, Ruan Ning let out a long breath. Then she found a good angle and secretly observed the situation on their side.
The place where she stood was a little far from them, so she could not hear their conversation. She could only see that while the two of them spoke, their bodies seemed to be getting closer and closer.
Good! Well done, girl! She really was the type to take action!
While the male lead was being seduced over there, Ruan Ning secretly watched the excitement from the side. Her almond-shaped eyes curved as she watched with great interest.
Ruan Ning thought she was being very discreet, but in reality, Gu Yicheng had long since noticed her sneaking glances in this direction. Especially when he saw her obvious expression of watching a show, his face instantly became even uglier.
“Before I make a move, get lost.” He returned his attention to the woman who was trying to lean closer to him. His tone was icy cold and carried not a trace of emotion.
Even Zhou Yu, who had experienced all kinds of men, was so frightened that she immediately no longer dared to act recklessly. The hand she had wanted to place on the man’s chest froze in mid-air.
Zhou Yu tried hard to calm herself down. “Captain Gu, what’s wrong?” She did not know why this person had suddenly become so angry. Hadn’t he been speaking to her in a fairly friendly manner just now? When she had tried to get closer, he had not said anything either.
She had thought he had tacitly accepted it.
Could it be that this person really had not been attracted to her at all? Not even a single fluctuation had appeared in his eyes.
Zhou Yu had always been very good at reading people. This Captain Gu looked gentle on the surface, but in truth, getting close to his heart was an extremely difficult thing.
So right now, she had only wanted to obtain his body first. She had not expected that even such a goal would be so difficult.
“Miss Zhou, I don’t like repeating myself.” Gu Yicheng’s aura made it hard to breathe.
…
“Brother, what did that sister say to you? Why did she leave so quickly?” Ruan Ning watched as the conversation over there ended and Gu Yicheng walked over to her. Her heart panicked, but she pretended to be calm as she asked.
She had only turned around for a moment, and when she looked back, she saw the two of them suddenly separate. After that, the woman disappeared too.
Gu Yicheng let out a faint breath through his nose, his meaning unclear. “Since when did Ningning start caring about these things?”
Had he discovered her?
Probably not.
Ruan Ning felt that she might be overthinking it. She blinked and said, “That’s because I care about you, Brother.”
Hearing her say this, the gloom in Gu Yicheng’s eyes dispersed somewhat.
But very soon, he heard her next sentence—
“Brother, when are you going to find me a sister-in-law? I thought that sister just now was quite pretty.” Ruan Ning felt uneasy. In truth, there was a hint of testing in this sentence.
Gu Yicheng was so angry that he laughed. The corner of his lips lifted slightly, and he narrowed his eyes. “Has Ningning grown tired of being with Brother recently, so you want to push me away as soon as possible?”
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