Shen Yi used Instant Movement and reached the fifteenth floor in seconds.
In an upscale building like this, there were only two apartments per floor, so 1501 was easy to find.
He stepped up to the door and knocked politely.
First, he needed to see what the resident of 1501 looked like. If she didn't meet the system's standards, he'd turn around and leave!
After a short wait, the electronic lock beeped and the door opened. (Electronic locks could keep working for a long time during a power outage. They had backup power. This wasn't a bug.)
A young woman appeared in the doorway, pale-faced and dressed in a mint-green short-sleeved shirt and light-blue high-waisted denim shorts.
She was beautiful. Her long chestnut hair fell in soft waves, tucked behind one ear to reveal a small pearl stud, while the other side framed her face.
Her legs were long and straight, with the smooth muscle definition of someone who exercised regularly.
But...
Her lovely left leg was almost entirely stained red. Even the cloth tied around it couldn't stop the bleeding.
Or rather, she didn't know how to treat the wound, and that was why it had gotten this bad.
Perhaps from losing too much blood, her face was pale, and even her lips had lost their color.
Just then,
the system activated.
Ding!
A woman meeting the system's standards has been detected. Scanning detailed information. Name: Qu Xiaoxiao Age: 24 Appearance: 91 points Figure: 95 points Experience: 100 points (extensive self-pleasure experience, no experience with a partner) Overall score: 96 points Assessment: Taking her in will unlock one random supply item.
"Hm?"
Shen Yi's gaze settled on the experience assessment.
This was the first time he'd seen one like it.
Extensive self-pleasure experience.
So she was Porn Watcher Sister?
Either way, she met the system's standards.
"Um, are you... are you the resident of 2001?" Qu Xiaoxiao asked warily.
She had checked through the peephole and confirmed that Shen Yi wasn't one of the thugs downstairs. Only then had she opened the door.
"Yeah. Your leg's bleeding again. Let's stop that first."
As he spoke, Shen Yi scooped her up and walked inside.
Qu Xiaoxiao froze.
For a moment, she forgot to resist.
Shen Yi's movements were so natural, as though they were already a couple.
But she snapped out of it almost at once. Blushing, she struggled and protested, "D-don't do this! We've only just met!"
"Besides, I'm hurt! We can't do anything naughty..."
"If you really want to, at least wait until I've healed!"
To be honest, Qu Xiaoxiao had thought Shen Yi was handsome the moment she saw him. He was tall, too, and fit her idea of an ideal partner.
With the apocalypse here, having a man to rely on might not be so bad...
But she couldn't accept doing that right after meeting him!
They should at least exchange names first, shouldn't they?
Shen Yi didn't explain. He set the wildly imagining Qu Xiaoxiao on the sofa, took out gauze and liquor he'd collected during his supermarket sweep from his System Space, and began disinfecting and bandaging her wound.
He hadn't explained because the blood loss was already taking a toll on her.
There was no proper medical care in the apocalypse. If losing so much blood caused complications, things would get troublesome.
Shen Yi was counting on her to unlock supplies.
He couldn't have come all this way and used up a roll of gauze and some liquor for nothing, could he?
Especially the liquor. He had searched the entire supermarket and found only two uncontaminated bottles strong enough for disinfection. He'd meant to save them for his own injuries.
After all, the apocalypse wasn't like the old days. If he got hurt, there would be no doctor.
Shen Yi was also planning a trip to the hospital in the next couple of days to collect medicine in case he fell ill later.
"Hiss!" Qu Xiaoxiao winced in pain, grabbed Shen Yi's thigh in a death grip without thinking, and cried out.
Her grip even hurt his thigh.
Having a wound disinfected with liquor was more pain than most people could bear.
Shen Yi's touch was rough, but he worked quickly.
Once he'd disinfected the wound, he wrapped it tightly in gauze. At last, the bleeding stopped.
"All right. Get some rest. I'll come back tomorrow to disinfect it and change the dressing." With that, Shen Yi prepared to leave.
With her injury this severe, she definitely couldn't unlock the reward right now.
He'd give her a couple of days to recover.
It wouldn't cost him much in supplies anyway.
Shen Yi left a roast chicken behind, then used Instant Movement to leave.
He made no demands and asked for nothing.
That was because he had already decided Qu Xiaoxiao belonged to him.
There was no need to explain anything.
What if Qu Xiaoxiao refused?
Then she could give her life back!
If Shen Yi hadn't saved her, she would have died today!
Besides, Qu Xiaoxiao had seen his ability. If she wouldn't submit, he would have to silence her!
Shen Yi didn't want anyone learning about his Instant Movement. It would be troublesome if people started planning around it.
Every gift from fate came with a price attached!
The moment Shen Yi saved Qu Xiaoxiao, she was left with only two choices.
Submit or die.
"Was he... was he the Prince Charming heaven sent to save me?"
Qu Xiaoxiao lay weakly on the sofa, replaying the scene of Shen Yi tending her wound and leaving food behind.
The more she thought about it, the redder her face grew.
She had watched gauze, liquor, and food appear with a wave of Shen Yi's hand.
And after helping her, he hadn't asked for a thing. He'd simply left!
If that wasn't a Prince Charming, what was it!?
An immortal??
Qu Xiaoxiao had thought she might have to offer herself to repay him for saving her life.
But he hadn't wanted anything!
Instead, that left her feeling a little disappointed.
"But he said he'd come back tomorrow to change my dressing. That means we'll see each other again, right?"
Qu Xiaoxiao found herself looking forward to it.
Weak as she was, she even wanted to tidy herself up and look her best when her Prince Charming returned.
"That smells so good..."
Qu Xiaoxiao rolled over gently and looked at the roast chicken on the table, still steaming.
She remembered her Prince Charming making it appear with a casual gesture. It had seemed like something an immortal would do.
"He really is the Prince Charming of my dreams!"
Smiling at the thought, Qu Xiaoxiao began eating the chicken.
After leaving Qu Xiaoxiao's apartment, Shen Yi headed straight for the first floor.
It was time to deal with those thugs.
They had served their purpose.
When Shen Yi appeared on the first floor, he found several thugs grilling meat.
The meat they were cooking had been cut from corpses.
No wonder they hadn't starved. They had enough strength left to smash doors.
"Who's there!?"
"Brother Wang, there's some pretty boy here!"
Suddenly,
the thugs spotted Shen Yi.
One of them immediately picked up a knife and glared at him, his eyes savage as a beast's.
"Shen Yi! It's you!!"
Suddenly,
Blondie stepped out from a corner, his face swollen and his eyes full of hatred as he stared at Shen Yi.
It was because Shen Yi had abandoned him that he'd ended up like this.
It was all Shen Yi's fault!
Shen Yi had done this to him!!
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