Pretty Best Friend

Time passed.

Another night had gone by.

Today was the sixth day since the apocalyptic disaster began.

Rescue had still not arrived.

Social order was already on the verge of collapse.

Many survivors fought viciously over a bite of food or a bottle of water.

Murder, arson, looting, rape, and abduction—evils that would never have openly appeared in Xia Country under normal circumstances—were now almost everywhere.

A little after eleven, in dorm room 610.

Shen Yi was naked, gnawing on Roast Chicken, while Xu Wanting watched him eagerly from the side like a child who had made a mistake.

"Let me see your phone."

After finishing the drumstick in his hand, Shen Yi took a sip of mineral water, pulled out a few tissues to wipe his hands, and looked at Xu Wanting.

"What do you want to see?"

"Open WeChat. Let me see how your best friend replied to you."

Shen Yi wanted to inspect her messages and see whether Xu Wanting had obediently contacted her best friend.

If she disobeyed him, that meant she had ulterior motives!

And ulterior motives meant she might betray him!

Shen Yi would not keep a woman who wanted to betray him.

Even if she had served him wonderfully, he was in his post-nut clarity now. He was rational like that!

"Only one person replied. Nobody else did." Xu Wanting unlocked her phone, opened WeChat, and handed it over.

Though she felt deeply uncomfortable and jealous, she did not dare refuse him again.

Taking the phone, Shen Yi said, "Come eat. Remember, don't have thoughts like you did last night again."

"Mhm! I definitely won't make you angry again!" Xu Wanting nodded excitedly, then ran over to pick through the bones Shen Yi had left behind, gnawing at any scraps of meat she found.

She looked as though she had been starving all morning.

Shen Yi looked through Xu Wanting's WeChat. She had indeed obediently messaged more than a dozen contacts, but only one girl, saved as "Jiangnan Yan," had replied.

Shen Yi opened Jiangnan Yan's Moments and scrolled through several posts until he found her photos.

His eyes lit up slightly.

Very pretty!

Her face carried the air of a mature older sister.

And the photos showed no obvious signs of Photoshop or whitening filters.

As for why the system had not given him a prompt.

That was because Shen Yi had tested it before. The system would not trigger based on a photo alone unless the photo had been personally sent to Shen Yi by the person in it. It also had to be an unedited photo of that person; if it had been Photoshopped, retouched, beautified, or anything else, the prompt would not trigger.

That kept Shen Yi from being fooled by misleading photos!

After thinking it over, Shen Yi replied to Jiangnan Yan using Xu Wanting's account.

Little Bunny Obedient: "Yeah, I have water and food here. Come find me."

Little Bunny Obedient was Xu Wanting's online nickname.

Xu Wanting peeked from the side, feeling utterly depressed.

Her boyfriend was hitting on her best friend, and she even had to help him.

Did that count as cuckolding herself?

Jiangnan Yan: "Really? Wanting, where are you? I haven't eaten anything in almost two days."

Little Bunny Obedient: "My friend and I are in the boys' dormitory at Campus A. It's safe here for now, so come find me!"

As Shen Yi replied, he deliberately took several pictures of mineral water and Roast Chicken and sent them to her.

Jiangnan Yan: "Wow!! You actually have so much water, and cooked chicken too!"

Little Bunny Obedient: "Yeah. Are you coming? For old times' sake, I can take care of you a little."

Jiangnan Yan: "The boys' dormitory... it's a little far from me."

Jiangnan Yan: "Um, Wanting, if I come to you, can I bring two friends with me?"

Little Bunny Obedient: "Are they men or women? We're all girls here. If you bring your boyfriend, I'm afraid my friend might mind."

Seeing the message Shen Yi had sent, Xu Wanting secretly rolled her eyes at him.

He was obviously letting his lust get the better of him, yet he was pretending to be so innocent.

So gross!

But she only dared complain about it in her heart.

Because she had gotten jealous and thrown a tantrum last night, trying to drain Shen Yi dry, he had punished her by denying her food and water all morning.

If she made Shen Yi angry again, she might really be kicked out.

At the thought of the monsters outside the building and the lecherous looks those two boys on the sixth floor had given her before, she became terrified!

Shen Yi might be promiscuous, but at least he had superpowers and could make sure she never lacked food or water.

Besides, he had become more handsome and had more stamina now.

His abs and pecs felt so good to touch.

Compared to that, she had no desire to get close to those other two smelly boys. Just seeing them made her sick!

Xu Wanting was still as arrogant as ever. A personality forged from childhood was not so easily changed.

It was just that Shen Yi was no longer the target of her arrogance.

Jiangnan Yan: "My friends are all girls. How could I possibly have a boyfriend? I'm worried that men might have bad intentions toward us too. After all, there are no laws restraining anyone now."

Jiangnan Yan: "Wanting, why would you ask something like that?"

Ask something like that?

Shen Yi froze and looked at Xu Wanting.

Could there be some secret between the two of them? Some sort of code?

"What does she mean by that?"

"Jiangnan Yan is kind of a light lesbian and dislikes men a little, so she definitely wouldn't get a boyfriend. Your question just made her suspicious. If it were me, I wouldn't have asked that, since I used to tease her about her sexual orientation a lot," Xu Wanting explained.

Shen Yi understood, then continued typing to coax her.

Whether she was a lesbian or disliked men, Shen Yi only cared about unlocking supplies!

He had never pursued love or affection in the first place.

In the apocalypse, who still played the innocent romance game?

Little Bunny Obedient: "Of course I know your orientation, but my friend was worried that you might be staying with men, so I asked an extra question."

Little Bunny Obedient: "Since your friends aren't men, bring them over. It's very safe here."

Jiangnan Yan: "OK, we'll pack up and head out."

A slow smile spread across Shen Yi's face.

Just as expected.

Using Xu Wanting's account to lure her friends was far more efficient than searching blindly on his own!

The reason was simple: a beautiful woman's friends were likely to be beautiful too.

And since they were close, they would certainly be easier to fool than strangers.

As for the friends Jiangnan Yan brought along, that would depend on how they looked.

If they met the system's standards, Shen Yi would hit the jackpot!

It would be like buying one and getting two free!

If they did not meet the standards, he would kick them out!

They were only two female college students. With Shen Yi's current strength, he could handle two grown men, let alone women.

Body Evolution had brought him enormous improvements.

After adapting for a night, he felt that he could now handle four or five adults without any problem!

Meanwhile,

Elsewhere,

Inside an office building in a teaching block.

Three girls chatted as they packed their belongings.

"Nanyan, what kind of person is this friend of yours? She wouldn't trick us, would she?" a chubby girl asked suspiciously.

"She wouldn't. Her personality isn't great, and she can be arrogant and selfish sometimes, but she wouldn't go so far as to deceive a friend. Besides, what do I even have that she could want to trick me out of?" A very beautiful girl with delicate features sighed.

"To be honest, I never expected her to contact me on her own, much less be willing to share food with us."

"Maybe I misunderstood her before. Maybe she isn't that selfish after all... disasters reveal people's true hearts."

"Then that's good! I'm almost starving to death too! Let's leave as soon as possible!" The chubby girl nodded excitedly, then could not help complaining, "I just don't know why your friend ran off to that disgusting place, the boys' dormitory! Just thinking about so many boys living in there makes me nauseous!"

"I don't know. Maybe there's some danger in the girls' dormitory?"

Jiangnan Yan was actually a little confused too. She vaguely felt that something was off about Xu Wanting.

But she was too hungry, so hungry that she had no energy to think through those details.

They had run out of food long ago. They had survived these past two days by enduring hunger. If Xu Wanting had not messaged her last night, Jiangnan Yan would have been ready to risk going out to look for food.

"One should not intend to harm others, but one must guard against being harmed. With things the way they are outside, we still need to be careful."

At that moment,

A woman with glasses and the charm of a mature older sister spoke from beside them.