Give You a Chicken Leg

Chu Han's gaze turned cold, and his stiff face pulled into a ferocious expression. "No matter what, I have to go take a look."

No one could stop him. Otherwise, he would have returned to ten years ago for nothing!

"Then... I hope you find your parents soon." Shang Jiudi could not bear to crush Chu Han's hopes, though she likewise believed that his parents probably would not have made it that far.

"Thank you." Chu Han nodded. "Once you've picked up your person in Tong City, we'll head to Shishi first. It's on the way anyway. After that, I'll leave directly."

As he said this, Chu Han could not help feeling curious. Just who were these two women going to pick up? Logically, they should not have had so many concerns. That person must have been especially important to them—important enough that even Eighteen, whose loyalty to Chu Han stood at 60%, had raised no objection.

Shang Jiudi nodded, but as she looked into Chu Han's calm eyes, she did not know why she felt a slight reluctance to see him go.

Jia Chunjie glanced at Shang Jiudi. He thought Chu Han leaving was a good thing, especially now that he knew there was a military region base in Shishi.

Chen Shaoye carefully glanced at Chu Han. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Boss, I'm not joining the Shishi Military Region Base. I'm going with you to Anluo City!"

Chu Han was somewhat surprised. According to what he knew, Chen Shaoye had no family in his previous life. But Chu Han had met him right after the apocalypse broke out, so logically, he should have relatives or friends to look for.

"Where are your family and friends?" For the first time, Chu Han asked about Chen Shaoye's family circumstances.

"I... I don't have any family." A self-mocking look appeared on Chen Shaoye's fat face. Combined with his distinctive features, it looked exceptionally comical. "I grew up in an orphanage. I have no relatives. As for friends... sigh! I'm this fat, this ugly, and I eat so much. Who would want to be friends with me?"

Chu Han fell into thought. In his previous life, Chen Shaoye indeed had no one particularly close by his side.

"Boss, I'll follow you from now on anyway, as long as you don't mind having me around!" Chen Shaoye forced out a smile uglier than crying.

"Alright." Chu Han smiled faintly.

Chen Shaoye's loyalty was at 90%. He had also been exceptionally formidable in his previous life. So far, aside from the Reforging System, this guy was probably Chu Han's greatest gain.

Talking about parting left everyone feeling a little downcast. After a brief silence—

"Alright, let's eat first!" Jia Chunjie brought the prepared dishes over to a large rock and warmly called everyone over. He was in a great mood—simply fantastic. Once they reached Shishi, he would no longer have to put up with Chu Han's attitude, and he could keep developing things with Shang Jiudi.

"Wow, braised chicken!" Chen Shaoye's moods came and went quickly. He immediately grabbed his chopsticks and dug in with gusto.

Chu Han sat down casually and started with the vegetables.

Vegetables were the scarcest food in the apocalypse. It had only just begun, so people had not yet realized this. Another half year from now, after the apocalypse's first winter, vegetables would become even more luxurious than the luxuries of the civilized age. Ordinary people would not be able to eat them at all.

"Come on, eat, eat!" Jia Chunjie first served everyone rice, then placed a large chicken leg, perfect in color, aroma, and taste, into Eighteen's bowl. "Little Eighteen, eat more so you can grow!"

"Okay." Eighteen accepted it dejectedly, then suddenly said to Chu Han, "Brother Chu Han, should I give you my chicken leg?"

With that, she directly placed the chicken leg into Chu Han's bowl, completely without considering Jia Chunjie's feelings.

Chu Han accepted it with a faint smile. Eighteen really was a good kid—she just spoke a little too violently.

Jia Chunjie awkwardly twitched his lips, but quickly recovered. He placed the last chicken leg from the platter into Shang Jiudi's bowl. "Jiudi, eat more. You're too thin!"

After thanking him, Shang Jiudi glanced at Chu Han, who was eating vegetable leaves. For some reason, she suddenly felt a little sad. After observing him these past few days, she had discovered that Chu Han truly was different. Though he was only twenty, he carried the air of a mature man. And unlike other men, he did not look at her like a wolf eyeing meat.

"Chu Han, you eat it." Without thinking much about it, Shang Jiudi placed her chicken leg into Chu Han's bowl.

Chu Han froze and looked at the woman in front of him in bewilderment. Wasn't her loyalty only at 30%? Why was she suddenly being so nice to him?

Chu Han accepted the chicken leg, but did not eat it right away. He continued eating the vegetables, which were exceptionally precious to him.

Crunch—

Jia Chunjie nearly bit off his own tongue. Damn it, not only had that brat Eighteen given Chu Han the food he had served her, Shang Jiudi had done the same! What infuriated him even more was that Chu Han did not seem to care at all. He had set aside the chicken leg Shang Jiudi had given him and started eating those damn vegetable leaves instead!

Chu Han did not care what Jia Chunjie was thinking. If he did not eat more vegetables now, it would be hard to eat so freely in the future.

The two women's actions made Chen Shaoye, sitting nearby, keenly sense that something was off. Everyone had given the best thing in their bowls to the boss. As the boss's number-one lackey, shouldn't he show something too?

"Boss!" Chen Shaoye grinned foolishly and held out the half-eaten chicken leg from his bowl toward Chu Han. "I'll give you mine too—"

"Get lost!" Chu Han cut him off with a dark expression. Eighteen and Shang Jiudi were one thing, but why the hell were you joining in?

Jia Chunjie watched from the side, and the delicious food in his bowl immediately became tasteless. Everyone revolved around Chu Han, while he was just an outsider—a glorified errand boy!

Time passed monotonously yet swiftly. A few days later, the food Chu Han had collected from the convenience store in Mingqiu City was nearly gone. Other than Chen Shaoye's enormous appetite, there was no other reason for it.

The radio had not changed over the past few days. It was still endlessly broadcasting that same repeated message, cutting in and out intermittently. It was simply impossible to learn what was happening elsewhere.

The entire world seemed to have been scrambled and reassembled, divided into little maps. The survivors in every area struggled alone just to stay alive.

The fuel tanks of all three vehicles were nearly empty. After considering everything, Chu Han decided to replenish their supplies in a town near the highway.

After parking by the roadside, Chu Han stood beside the vehicle and studied the most primitive kind of map in his hands—a paper one—carefully verifying each place name on it.

After Chu Han had stared at the map for a full half hour, Jia Chunjie beside him grew impatient. "Come on, can't we just pick any town? Every road leading off has towns, and there'll definitely be supermarkets and gas stations. Why are you studying it so carefully?"

"Shut up." Chu Han shot him a glance, then lowered his head and continued examining the map closely.

Frowning, he desperately searched through the memories from his previous life. The survivor team he had been with had passed through here in his last life, but those memories were already ten years old. Chu Han, who had never expected to get another chance, could not recall the specific details.

Where exactly was that airdrop package filled with ample food, medicine, guns, and ammunition?

Thanks to Lost Star and early summer next year for the rewards!! Thank you, everyone!!