The Drama Queen vs. Green Tea

Suddenly, someone ran out. Pei Chixuan instinctively raised his hand, the orange-red flames burning and flickering in his palm.

Having been with Qin Feng, Cao Yuan, and the others for a long time, Duan Yuanyuan knew this was a precursor to an Ability User's attack. She quickly raised her hands and shouted, "I'm human! I'm human! Help me!"

Pei Chixuan raised his hand and threw the fireball.

The flames were dazzling.

Seeing the fireball about to hit her head, Duan Yuanyuan inwardly hated the men's terrible idea and closed her eyes in despair.

However, the scorching fireball flew over her head and accurately hit the zombie behind her.

The zombie's terrifying roar vanished in the burning flames, its rotten corpse turning into charcoal.

Duan Yuanyuan's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground, looking at the handsome and exquisitely dressed man and woman walking towards her.

Frankly speaking, although Qin Feng often scolded her now, he had treated her quite well at first.

Otherwise, in such difficult times, she wouldn't still be able to carry a bunch of skirts and jewelry, and even have a few cosmetics in her bag, dressing up cleanly every day.

These were all manifestations of her superior life in the apocalypse compared to most people.

But when Duan Yuanyuan saw these two people, she realized what a vast difference there was.

After dealing with the zombie behind her, Pei Chixuan sternly ordered, "Stay put and don't move, hands up!"

Duan Yuanyuan's teeth chattered from the man's sharp and powerful aura. She obediently complied, raising both hands.

The weather was cold. Pei Chixuan wore a windbreaker, while Cen Jiao wore a cheongsam with a rabbit fur shawl. Both were neatly dressed and looked radiant.

In order to lower their guard, Qin Feng had stripped Duan Yuanyuan of her outer layer, leaving her in only a sling dress.

This thin, sparse fabric provided no warmth and only served to reveal her proud figure when she moved.

"Take off your clothes," Pei Chixuan commanded her.

To avoid suspicion, after saying this, Pei Chixuan turned sideways and said to Cen Jiao behind him, "Jiaojiao, help me check if she has any wounds."

Cen Jiao rolled her eyes at Pei Chixuan and reluctantly replied, "You said you didn't want me to suffer any hardship, yet you always make me do things for you."

"What else can be done?" Pei Chixuan loved her little temper. He smiled, "If I checked you, you wouldn't be happy either."

"Hmph."

Cen Jiao hummed softly, then covered her nose and mouth with a handkerchief and approached Duan Yuanyuan, who was covered in dust from collapsing on the ground earlier.

Duan Yuanyuan tremblingly took off her sling dress and submitted to the woman's scrutinizing gaze.

Cen Jiao glanced at her casually. Upon seeing the hickeys and handprints on her chest and thigh, she frowned as if she had seen something dirty, then quickly averted her gaze and said, "Alright, put your clothes back on quickly."

Duan Yuanyuan had not felt ashamed of her sexy figure before.

On the contrary, her beauty and figure had always been her best weapons in the apocalypse, allowing her to survive until now.

But now, as she squatted on the ground, completely naked, with her hands raised as if being searched, under the gaze of the clean and beautiful woman before her, a trace of shame welled up in Duan Yuanyuan's heart, and she lowered her head in embarrassment.

Although neither of them said anything, Duan Yuanyuan knew that was the look one gave to cheap, dirty, and unsavory things.

Why?

She just wanted to survive.

Why did they look at her with such contemptuous and disdainful eyes?

Was it just because they were born with everything, while she had nothing and could only resort to any means necessary to get it? Was her way of surviving not as decent as theirs?

Duan Yuanyuan shiveringly put the sling dress back on.

She was so cold that she trembled uncontrollably, crossing her arms.

This movement inevitably squeezed her chest, and the neckline of the dress, held up by two thin straps, revealed a dazzling white cleavage.

Cen Jiao's eyes flashed with disgust when she saw her movement.

She pulled a jacket from her space and threw it onto Duan Yuanyuan as if bestowing a favor, her tone unable to hide her disdain, "Put it on."

Cen Jiao's clothes were all expensive custom brands that money could barely buy.

Duan Yuanyuan had never worn such fine clothes even before the apocalypse. Her eyes widened with admiration and envy. She quickly wrapped the jacket around herself and said softly, "Thank you."

"Are you a survivor from this village? Are you a Common Person or an Ability User?"

Pei Chixuan asked, "Are you the only one in the village? Are there any other survivors?"

Meeting Pei Chixuan's gaze, Duan Yuanyuan bit her lip, her beautiful eyes welling up with tears, looking pitiful.

"I'm not from this village. My older brother and I were wandering here."

Duan Yuanyuan fluently recited the lie she had concocted long ago.

"My older brother is an Ability User, and I am a Common Person. Today, my brother went out to find food, and I was alone in the house when the door was suddenly broken open by zombies. I ran out in a hurry and met you. Thank you for saving me."

Survivor Bases were currently severely lacking in Ability Users.

Pei Chixuan pressed, "What kind of ability does your brother have?"

Duan Yuanyuan: "Water Ability."

"Water?"

Pei Chixuan thought for a moment, "Water abilities are also good. Although their attack power isn't strong, they can purify water sources."

"Let me introduce myself. I am Pei Chixuan, the administrator of Chasing Moon Base. If you trust us, you can wait for your older brother to return and for me to complete my mission, then we can go back to the Survivor Base together."

Pei Chixuan said, "There, I can recommend your older brother to join the Ability User team. Then, as long as you contribute labor, you can receive corresponding food every day and no longer have to worry about survival."

"Of course, that sounds great!" Duan Yuanyuan replied, feigning excitement. "We'll go with you when my brother gets back."

"Oh, right, would you like to come to my brother and my place for a while?"

Duan Yuanyuan led Pei Chixuan and Cen Jiao down the road she had come from.

As the figures of the three disappeared at the intersection, Jiang Zhaosu and Qi Xing poked their heads out from behind a wall near where they had been standing.

"Heh, nice words. We're on the front lines fighting zombies, while the leaders are comfortably giving orders in their offices."

It was clear that Qi Xing harbored deep resentment towards his previous captain position. As soon as Pei Chixuan left, he couldn't help but complain.

"We risk our lives to complete missions, and all we get as a reward are a few bottles of expired canned food. Even the leaders' dogs eat better than us. Every time I see those fat, greasy leaders at meetings, I want to slaughter them all and render their fat for oil."

Jiang Zhaosu listened to his satisfying rant and chimed in, "I... want to eat..."

She also hated her leaders when she was working. Her salary was ridiculously low, and sometimes for a small mistake, she could be scolded until she was worthless.

"Okay, we'll kill them all and give them to Fugui later," Qi Xing said.

As he spoke, he and Jiang Zhaosu ran out from behind the wall and sneakily approached Pei Chixuan and Cen Jiao's military vehicle.

Finally getting a close look at the fully reinforced military vehicle, Qi Xing sneered again.

"Heh, why didn't they deign to give us a vehicle like this when we went on missions?"

Jiang Zhaosu kept watch for Qi Xing, who quickly examined the vehicle's lock and said, "The keyhole is a bit complex, but it's not a big problem. I can open it."

"Let's go...?" Jiang Zhaosu tilted her head and asked.

"No rush. Let's see if Qin Feng and the others can actually do something. Maybe there's a bargain to be had."

Qi Xing pulled her along. The two of them, one person and one zombie, like two little mice, crept back into the shadows.

Duan Yuanyuan led Pei Chixuan and Cen Jiao to the house where she was currently living.

The simple houses in the village were all decorated very ordinarily. The walls were only plastered, and the floors didn't even have tiles, just the simplest concrete. The bedding hadn't been aired out in a long time and felt damp.

As soon as Cen Jiao walked in, she sneezed several times and quickly covered her nose with a handkerchief, asking, "What's that strange smell?"

Duan Yuanyuan stood by, flustered, "It's probably the smell of dried vegetables..."

In the village, besides dried radishes and dried cabbage, there wasn't much else to eat. They had mostly been eating these for the past two days.

Cen Jiao, who had always been pampered, had never smelled such a pungent odor. After less than two minutes inside, she walked out again, "It's too smelly! I can't stand it!"

Worried something might happen to her, Pei Chixuan quickly followed her out.

"Jiaojiao! It's already dark, it's not safe here. Don't wander off alone!"

"I don't want to stay here," Cen Jiao said, pouting as Pei Chixuan held her hand. "It's cold and smelly here. I'd rather sleep in the car."

"You complained it was too cramped in the car after lying down for just a little while," Pei Chixuan said helplessly.

"What do you mean?" Cen Jiao glared with her peach blossom eyes. "Pei Chixuan, are you finding me troublesome? Are you annoyed that I'm being difficult?"

"No..." Pei Chixuan said, breaking out in a sweat. "Jiaojiao, I didn't mean it that way..."

A layer of tears welled up in Cen Jiao's peach blossom eyes. "Don't forget, you forced me. Do you think I wanted to come to this godforsaken place with you! If I had known we'd end up somewhere like this, I might as well have stayed at the base!"

As soon as he saw Cen Jiao's tears, Pei Chixuan panicked and quickly said, "Jiaojiao, I was wrong, don't cry... I was wrong..."

Seeing this, Duan Yuanyuan, standing nearby, quickly interjected in a seemingly innocent tone, "The conditions here are indeed not very good. Miss, I don't think Brother Pei really meant anything by it."

If she hadn't said anything, it would have been better. Her words only made Cen Jiao angrier.

After just a few words, she was already calling him "brother"?

When she checked the skin wounds earlier, she had seen ambiguous marks all over this woman's body. She figured the "brother" she mentioned wasn't a biological brother, but a lover, right!

A woman, so lacking in self-respect.

Cen Jiao found everything about Duan Yuanyuan irritating and said irritably, "What business is it of yours? We saved you, and not only are you ungrateful, but you're also mocking me!"

Duan Yuanyuan's eyes widened, looking very innocent. "Miss, don't slander me. How did I mock you?"

"Don't call me Miss!" Cen Jiao said angrily.

She didn't believe Duan Yuanyuan didn't know the special secondary meaning of that address. This woman was clearly doing it on purpose.

Duan Yuanyuan blinked helplessly. "Ah? Then what should I call you? Madam? Comrade? Or Sister?"

"You!"

This woman clearly looked much older than her.

Cen Jiao's cheeks flushed red with anger at Duan Yuanyuan.

Pei Chixuan could tell that Duan Yuanyuan's words were laced with innuendo, but he was happy to see Cen Jiao getting jealous over him.

The more jealous Cen Jiao got, the more it meant she loved him, right?

Besides, a brainless green tea like her was obviously a shameless slut. He'd find her too dirty even to be a KTV hostess, so how could he possibly be interested in her?

Cen Jiao knew this about him too, so she just needed a little coaxing.

Pei Chixuan said softly to Cen Jiao, "Jiaojiao, don't make a scene. If you want to sleep in the car, I'll just go with you."

"Who wants you to go with me!" Cen Jiao snapped. "You stay here and accompany your new 'sister'!"

With that, Cen Jiao turned and ran.

"Jiaojiao!"

Pei Chixuan quickly chased after her.

As the two were reenacting their classic chase scene, Duan Yuanyuan looked up and quickly made an OK sign towards the rooftop.

Duan Yuanyuan's house was right next to the intersection.

Cen Jiao hadn't run more than a few steps when she was about to turn a corner. She froze, her face paling, terrified by the scene before her.

"Pei, Pei Chixuan..."

Cen Jiao had just thought Duan Yuanyuan was being dramatic when she fell, her legs weak from fear of a few zombies. Now, looking at the horde of zombies surging towards them, her calves, clad in high heels, tensed with nervousness, but she couldn't move her feet.

"Pei Chixuan, there are so many zombies ahead..."

Cen Jiao was completely stunned and instinctively cried out to Pei Chixuan behind her for help.

When she turned around, she found Pei Chixuan being attacked by two men who had appeared out of nowhere. He still remembered to turn back and warn her.

"Jiaojiao, it's dangerous here, hurry back to the car!"