Convoy Leader, Why Is There No Water?

Chen Fan was startled. "A shower? Go ahead and take one. Why are you coming to me?"

Li Yuanyuan's expression froze. "I came to borrow your bathroom."

When Chen Fan had gotten out of the RV to fight earlier, he had clearly taken a shower.

His clothes were clean, his hair was fresh, and his face was fair and smooth.

Even the grime of the apocalypse hadn't been able to hide his good looks, and after his shower, he was even more strikingly handsome.

The others didn't say anything, but they were all terribly envious.

Especially a few of the women.

They had barely stopped when Li Yuanyuan came over.

The others were still too embarrassed to ask, but Li Yuanyuan figured she and Chen Fan were in the same convoy, after all.

Besides, she was a beauty in her own right.

Surely Chen Fan wouldn't refuse such a small request.

Sure enough, just as she had expected, Chen Fan readily nodded when he heard that she wanted to borrow the bathroom.

"Sure, we're buddies."

Li Yuanyuan was delighted.

But then Chen Fan abruptly changed his tune.

"But there's no water left."

Li Yuanyuan was stunned at first, then asked anxiously, "How is there no water left? Weren't you the only one who took a shower, and only once?"

"Let me correct you. I was the only one who showered, but I did it more than once."

"Huh? Then how many times did you shower?"

"Five."

Li Yuanyuan was so angry that she threw her bag of toiletries onto the ground.

"Who in their right mind showers five times?"

Chen Fan said innocently, "I couldn't help it. I hadn't washed in so long. One round to soak, one with body wash, one to scrub, another with body wash, and a final rinse. Makes sense, right? You have no idea-the water was black for the first few rounds..."

Li Yuanyuan took a deep breath. "You're unbelievable!"

She turned and walked away.

Chen Fan looked at the toiletry bag on the ground and called out, "Hey! Your bag!"

Without looking back, Li Yuanyuan said, "I'll be right back."

Chen Fan shook his head, closed the door, and went back to lounge on the RV's sofa.

He played on his phone.

He had just fully charged it with the car charger. There was no signal, but he could still play the offline games he had downloaded before.

He hummed a tune, completely at ease.

Actually, he had lied to Li Yuanyuan. He had only washed three times. The water tank was still half full.

But he was saving that water for his own showers. Besides, water was so precious in the apocalypse, so why should he let anyone else use it?

Unexpectedly, he had barely settled down when someone knocked on the RV door again.

Chen Fan reluctantly got up and opened the door.

He found Li Yuanyuan carrying three packs of bottled water.

Each pack contained twenty-four bottles.

"I brought my own water. Surely I can borrow the bathroom now?"

Chen Fan nodded. "I'm convinced of your determination to take a shower. But-"

He held up one finger. "One more pack, as rent for the bathroom."

Li Yuanyuan gritted her teeth. "Deal!"

Only then did Chen Fan let Li Yuanyuan in.

Before long, the sound of running water came from the bathroom.

Chen Fan sat in the living area, listening to the water, his gaze repeatedly drifting toward the bathroom despite himself.

Ahem, the game was more important.

There was another knock at the door.

Chen Fan reluctantly got up and opened it again.

It was Rongrong.

"Captain, I've washed your clothes and hung them up to dry. Is there anything else you need me to do?"

Rongrong looked inside the RV, her gaze lingering for two extra seconds on the bathroom, where water was still running.

Chen Fan had told Rongrong before that she could earn payment and get food by working for him.

He had given Rongrong the dirty clothes he had changed out of when he showered to wash.

"Nothing for now. Go get some rest. I'll call you when it's time to eat."

"Okay."

Before leaving, Rongrong glanced at the bathroom again and thought that sure enough, every captain was the same kind of person.

After Rongrong left, Chen Fan went back to lounging and playing his game.

But before long, someone knocked again.

Chen Fan was speechless. "Who is it now? Why is everyone coming over to my place today?"

He opened the door to find Zheng Alin.

Zheng Alin laughed irritably. "Did you eat gunpowder or something?"

Then she noticed the sound of water coming from the bathroom.

Her little mouth fell open in an "O."

She pointed inside and gave him a mischievous grin. "So I came at a bad time?"

Chen Fan said irritably, "She's just borrowing the bathroom."

With that, he went into the RV and took out a plastic bag.

Inside was the extra portion of materials Zheng Alin had given him earlier.

"I'm returning this to you. The experiment failed, and I wasted a piece of anomalous material. I can't help outsiders refine magic artifacts."

Zheng Alin was a little disappointed. "All right..."

Then she suddenly slapped the hilt of the sword at her waist.

"Chen Fan, let's duel!"

"Huh?" Chen Fan was somewhat stunned by her train of thought.

"Why do you suddenly want to duel out of nowhere?"

Fighting spirit filled Zheng Alin's eyes. "I saw how good your swordsmanship was when you fought Jisen. I use a sword too, so I wanted to spar with you."

Chen Fan was speechless. She wanted to duel for that reason?

"Not interested."

Zheng Alin was puzzled. "Why not?"

Chen Fan said, "You should be asking why I would spar with you. Because you're pretty?"

A bashful expression appeared on Zheng Alin's face. "Now that you mention it, that would work too..."

Chen Fan said, "..."

What the hell are you blushing for?!

"Not interested. If there's nothing else, that's it."

With that, he shut the RV door.

He was just about to return to the sofa.

Knock, knock, knock!

Chen Fan could only turn around and open the door again.

"What... else... is... it..."

Zheng Alin pointed at the bathroom and asked eagerly, "Can I borrow the bathroom?"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he was no longer impatient.

"Sure. The rent is one pack of bottled water, and you bring your own water."

"Huh? Then I'll think about it." Zheng Alin thought it was a little expensive and turned to leave.

"When you come across something you want, don't think first about whether it's expensive. Think more about whether you've worked hard enough!" Chen Fan shouted after Zheng Alin.

Without looking back, Zheng Alin gave him the middle finger.

After a while longer, Li Yuanyuan finally finished showering.

She came out wearing a camisole and short shorts.

Her skin was fair and rosy, her long legs straight, and her beautiful hair wet.

Even Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

As Li Yuanyuan dried her hair, she asked curiously, "What happened outside just now? I kept hearing people knock."

Chen Fan shook his head. "Just some boring people. But you managed to wash for so long with that little bottled water. That couldn't have been easy."

Li Yuanyuan said helplessly, "There wasn't much water, and I wanted to get clean, so I had to use it sparingly. I've never had such a frustrating shower in my life."

Chen Fan nodded. "You cleaned the bathroom for me, right? Otherwise, you'll have to pay a cleaning fee of two more bottles of water."

Li Yuanyuan glared at Chen Fan. "What, do you think I'm that sloppy?"

Then Li Yuanyuan took her toiletries and left Chen Fan's RV in her revealing clothes.

Outside, Yan Kuan, Sun Hong, and Rongrong were preparing dinner, and all three saw Li Yuanyuan leaving.

They each took only one look before they no longer dared to look again.

Sun Hong lowered his head and muttered, "The captain's really something. He won Miss Li over in just one day."

Yan Kuan warned him, "Be careful, or the captain will hear you gossiping."

Rongrong kept her head down and said nothing.

That evening, Chen Fan took some people and one-fifth of the supplies from the van to the Fairness Convoy, where he distributed the supplies as compensation for keeping Jisen's corpse all to himself.

Of course, he didn't short Li Yuanyuan, a member of his own convoy, on her share either.

Since it had been an encounter battle that no one had foreseen, only the few people who had fought received a share of the compensation.

He gave none to Qian Lei and Wang Bing, the two perception-type transcendents.

Although Wang Bing had detected the danger and urgently issued a warning, Jisen was already upon them by then, and it had been too late.

Chen Fan made that clear as well, to prevent any misunderstandings from arising in private.

Chen Fan didn't leave afterward. He stayed and had a free meal with the Fairness Convoy.

After returning that night, Chen Fan assigned people to take turns on watch and left a giant insect's spectral soul concealed as a sentry before getting into the RV to rest.

Early the next morning, Chen Fan woke up and immediately sensed that something was off.

It seemed... the world was much clearer?

"Hiss... Did I break through?"