"Dad, what are you sighing about? Worried about my brother again? Relax. Once we get stronger, we'll get him out sooner or later."
Wearing gloves, Lin Yuexin kept swinging a baseball bat, making it whistle through the air.
"All right, enough. You're a girl. Stop rummaging through garbage all day."
Lin Weihua glared at his daughter. He had spoiled her too much before, and now she was getting rather unruly.
"Pfft, what's the big deal? Wasn't the environment in the first world even worse?"
Lin Yuexin pursed her lips. She used to hate touching garbage and filthy things too. They stank.
But after experiencing the chaos of that ancient world, she had crawled out of piles of corpses and killed people herself. She had nearly been violated when they ran into marauding troops, only escaping with her life thanks to her father's fighting skills and a little luck.
Now, she no longer thought girls had to dress up prettily. Getting good supplies, surviving, and growing stronger were what mattered.
"You..."
Lin Weihua shook his head but said no more.
He would grow old sooner or later and could not protect her forever. It was good that she had the drive to keep supporting herself in an environment like this.
Just then, his phone rang, and a companion's voice came through. "Lin, the Goldman Sachs people are here again. They want to talk. It's not evacuation day, so we can't go back. You'd better come over and make the call."
"Again? All right, I'm on my way."
After hanging up, Lin Weihua put on a worn coat and told Lin Yuexin, "Girl, the Goldman Sachs people are here. I need to go over. Keep an eye on things here."
"Huh? Those hypocrites again? How disgusting."
A trace of distaste crossed Lin