After logging onto QQ, a string of notification chimes rang out, and his profile icon kept flashing. Zhao Fu was somewhat surprised. Given his solitary nature, he hadn't expected anyone to message him.
Zhao Fu opened the messages and found there were quite a few.
Niu Gu: "Brother! Where did you go?"
Lin Qingyu: "Bastard! Are you not paying back the five yuan you owe me? I trusted your character enough to lend you money!"
Boss Dong: "Sigh! I've closed down the shop. With Apocalypse World around, no business is doing well!"
The first message was from Niu Gu. He had worked with Zhao Fu before, and they had already met in Apocalypse World. Zhao Fu had even brought him into Heaven's Choice. Niu Gu himself had remained under the Ying Family's protection, and after Heaven's Choice was destroyed, he had developed in another region.
Zhao Fu hadn't expected the first message to be from him. It seemed Niu Gu truly regarded him as a friend, so Zhao Fu's preferential treatment of him had not been in vain.
The second was Lin Qingyu, another employee who had worked with him. She was fairly delicate-looking, but somewhat stingy. Zhao Fu remembered once forgetting to bring money and borrowing five yuan from her; she had hesitated for a long while over it.
The third was Boss Dong, the owner of the convenience store where he had worked. Her name was Dong Meimei. She had a bright, cheerful personality and was a young married woman with a one-year-old child. She was a good person and treated employees like them quite well.
As for the shop closing, Zhao Fu had foreseen it. With everyone entering Apocalypse World, who would maintain production? Who would maintain transportation? The economic system was on the verge of collapse.