Tenacious Life

A Bao watched calmly ahead, her eyes vacant. She reached out, as if sensing something in the air.

Jiang You glanced at the two of them.

"I didn't do this specifically for you, it's just that Liu Ping crossed me. I don't have a habit of being a good person. If you really think I helped you, then consider it thanks for the apple you gave me back then. You were right, that ugly apple was really delicious, very sweet."

After speaking, Jiang You turned and left.

Seriously, all because of an ugly apple?

She couldn't even remember when she'd given Jiang You a piece of fruit.

She used to help out at her sister's fruit shop, and it was her habit to give customers small gifts after they bought fruit, hoping they'd come back again.

She'd given so many people things, she really couldn't remember Jiang You.

"Auntie, I remember this sister," A Bao tugged on the woman's hand. "This sister smells very special."

"Is it perfume?"

"No, she has a scent on her, a scent that's hard to describe. I can't explain it, but it's a little like the smell we get when we hike up a mountain."

The woman patted A Bao's head. A Bao couldn't see, but she had her own unique ways of remembering people around her.

She lowered her head and gave a wry smile. She never expected that one day she'd receive help at a critical moment because of a piece of fruit she'd given away.

What she didn't know was that Jiang You's help wasn't entirely because of that ugly apple.

Meanwhile, a group of people stared at Liu Ping's headless corpse on the ground, only daring to speak several minutes after Jiang You's figure had completely disappeared.

"Who was that woman just now? Her ability is so powerful!"

"Zhou Lu, you're also a Wind Ability user, could you achieve that level of control?"

The man being asked, seeing the expectant gazes around him, shook his head with a pale face.

"I can't. Not just me, I estimate none of the Wind Ability users I've ever met could. Being able to condense a wind blade and precisely strike a target is already impressive.

But with her, the wind in her hands seemed to change form at will.

It's terrifying, truly terrifying. What kind of monster is this?"

"Not necessarily. I don't think she's a Wind Ability user. Wind Ability users are powerful, but not this monstrous!"

"We had such a powerful figure living in our building before, and no one knew?"

"I know her. She seemed to live on the top floor. Every time I saw her, she came and went alone. I never expected her to be this strong. No wonder she doesn't need teammates."

"I wonder if this sister needs a leg accessory. It would be great if I could latch onto her. I'm good-looking, eat well, and don't eat much..."

"Shut up! Your boxers are flying across the Pacific and hitting me in the face. Besides, that pretty boy look isn't popular anymore.

Young ladies like muscular men, like me with my eight-pack abs!"

"..."

Amidst the murmuring, Hao Hong stared in the direction Jiang You had disappeared for a long time.

Then, she quickly went home. As soon as she entered, she eagerly pulled her older brother and told Hao Jun about what had just happened.

"I just saw it. Jiang You is an ability user, and a very powerful one!"

"...Brother, give up. Seriously! Just give up. There's no chance between you two!"

She felt her brother wasn't a good match for Jiang You. Such a cool girl, it was best for her to be alone!

Hao Jun looked at her expressionlessly. "I've known for a long time that I didn't have a chance. Do you think I'm an idiot? In this world, liking someone is fine, but harassing someone powerful is suicidal.

Setting aside her abilities, Jiang You's combat skills and marksmanship are also not to be trifled with. She just looks harmless, she's not actually harmless."

Hao Hong nodded in agreement.

"Brother, when do you think I'll be able to become an ability user like her? You know, it's really too cool!"

Hao Hong's normally poker face changed, and she gestured animatedly.

"She just went shoo shoo shoo a few times, and that scoundrel Liu Ping died!

Before, he was arrogant because of his ability user status, but in just one encounter, less than a minute later, his head exploded! Gone without a trace!"

"I just heard someone call Jiang You a 'Wall Breaker Boss,' and it's really fitting. Liu Ping's head really did turn to slag, like it went through a blender, whizz whizz whizz."

"Before, some people mocked her small tornado, saying it came out before it was even a month old. But after seeing how Liu Ping died, they were almost scared to death."

Hao Jun saw his sister's excited expression and her eyes shining brighter than when she was obsessed with Jay Chou back in the day.

He quickly echoed what Hao Hong had just told him.

"Don't even think about it, you don't have a chance either."

Hao Hong's sexual orientation was normal, but she had a fatal flaw: she liked people who were good-looking, regardless of gender. As long as someone was attractive, they were a cutie in her eyes.

She was severely superficial, believing that people who looked good couldn't be too bad.

If something is truly bad, it's only because it's not attractive enough.

Jiang You was fair-skinned and pretty, with a bright appearance and an inexplicable air of natural ditziness.

She was perfectly aligned with my aesthetic, which is why I was determined to become a big sister and protect Jiang You.

I even specifically reminded her to leave with me during the evacuation.

Who would have thought that she was already a boss herself and didn't need my protection at all.

What she didn't know was that Jiang You wasn't naturally ditzy.

She had just spent too long on Forbidden Island, surrounded by monsters that were neither human nor ghost, and was simply unaccustomed to interacting with others.

Except during combat, in daily life, her reactions often seemed a bit slow.

However, she herself thought this was a sign of being cool and aloof.

Little did she know that sometimes, to others, it just looked like she was a bit ditzy.

"A violent boss with a ditzy personality, this concept is really exciting." Hao Hong's expression was a little agitated. Before the apocalypse, she was a web novelist, commonly known as a keyboard warrior.

Her achievements were mediocre, and her monthly royalties weren't even enough to cover her living expenses; she relied entirely on her brother, who ran a martial arts gym, to subsidize her.

But that didn't stop her from aspiring to be a great writer.

After finally having a novel showing some promise, the apocalypse happened.

What use was a keyboard anymore?

Was it meant to be a washboard?

She could only abandon her writing and take up martial arts. If Hao Jun hadn't been skilled at his martial arts gym and had over a dozen brothers who knew some kung fu to stick together with for survival, it was questionable whether they would have survived this long.

Feeling very cool and aloof, Jiang You returned home.

After washing up, she took her potted cactus out of her Space.

Although the cactus was still alive, the soil in the pot had already cracked.

Jiang You placed the cactus, pot and all, into water to soak, and then set it on the table.

She hadn't raised any flowers or plants before, not counting the ones in her Space, which were food.

She heard that it was hard to kill a cactus, especially since this one had managed to survive while all the other plants had withered, so it must have strong vitality.

Jiang You liked resilient life, whether it was Da Zhuang or this potted cactus.