Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 215 Matching
When everyone was ready to leave after eating and drinking their fill, as is customary, they first carefully inspected the car's circumference, undercarriage, and tires.

This investigation uncovered the problem.

"There's one less jar of scallion oil sauce and one less bag of noodles in the trunk."

"There are cat paw prints here, fresh."

"There are also some in the trunk. Look here, there's one right at the opening of the sauce box."

What do you mean?
Was it a cat that stole the noodles and scallion sauce?
After this analysis, everyone was immediately alarmed. A cat had silently stolen a bag of noodles and a jar of sauce from them without them noticing at all.

Did one victory make them arrogant?
"Let's look around, we'll definitely find it by following the footprints."

"That's right, the noodles and sauce weren't light. How did that wretched cat manage to steal them?"

"Needless to say, it must have carried it away in its mouth. Look here, aren't the paw prints more obvious?"

They want to find the cat that stole their things. How dare they steal from them!

"Uncles, how about we just forget about it?"

Qiqi squatted down in front of the cat paw prints not far from the trunk, scratched his head and whispered, "It must have been starving to steal things, so let's just give it to it."

They brought quite a bit of food, just a bag of noodles and a jar of sauce, nothing special.

"Okay, then let's listen to Qiqi. We don't want it anymore, we'll give it away."

I didn't really intend to argue with a cat; I just thought that with so many of them, not a single one of them noticed.

Isn't that embarrassing?

Everyone knows that Qiqi is fond of animals, so they naturally go along with him.

So the group stopped worrying about the issue and got into the car with smiles on their faces.

As the car started, Qiqi casually glanced out the window, but suddenly froze as she was about to look away.

The place where they stopped to cook and rest was not in the middle of nowhere, but on the edge of a deserted city. Not far away was a sizable farmhouse restaurant. Cooking over a fire like this, even if smoke rose into the air, would not arouse suspicion.

Since the apocalypse, although most people choose to rely on bases of all sizes to survive, there are also a few solitary individuals who do not go to bases.

People like this usually have some real skills.

After seeing it so many times, you get used to it.

At this moment, Qiqi was looking at the farmhouse, but because it was still some distance away, he naturally couldn't see inside the farmhouse. He could only see two pairs of eyes peeking out from behind a big tree not far from the farmhouse's gate, which was covered in weeds.

A pair of eyes looked at them warily yet indifferently. That wasn't unusual; it was the apocalypse, after all. Who wouldn't be wary of strangers? But the key was that those eyes were different from the black eyes of Chinese people. They were blue, like a vast ocean, and very beautiful.

Another pair of eyes was right next to him/her, also blue—cat eyes, a clear, bright blue, and beautiful too. Much prettier than Xiao Ai's and Xiao Bai's eyes.

A person and a cat?
By the time Qiqi tried to take a closer look, the car had already started moving and quickly left those two pairs of eyes behind.

"It seems that the cat stole the noodles for its owner."

If Qiqi could spot it, how could Jiang Minglang and the others not notice? But since they said they wouldn't pursue it, they'll just pretend they didn't notice.

So only Qiqi really noticed those two pairs of blue eyes; the others didn't turn their heads.

When he said that to his father, Jiang Minglang was stunned. Blue eyes? A foreigner?
Zhang Shaoda said, "It's not impossible. The apocalypse came suddenly, and whether you're settled in our country or on a business trip, you might not have time to go back."

However, even if they leave here and return to their own countries, they will still face the same situation, since this disaster is affecting the whole world, not just China.

"Liuli, Liuli, where are you going?"

The setting sun blazed like fire, painting half the sky crimson. Bai Li looked up, thinking something was off about the sun; would it suddenly heat up rapidly in a few days?

As she was pondering this, she suddenly heard Xiaoxiao running towards her, shouting loudly.

"Wang!"

Liuli ran to her side first, circled around her for no apparent reason, and then ran towards the gate.

Bai Li was standing not far from the main entrance. She had noticed some movement in the pothos plants and came over to check.

But why did Liuli run this way?
"Aunt Bai."

Song Xiaoxiao was out of breath from running. Bai Li reached out and tugged at the little girl's braids. They were soft and thin, and felt wonderful to the touch.

"What is Liuli doing?"

"Who knows what's wrong with it? It's been acting like a madman these past few days, running to the door every day around this time. I wonder what it's looking for?"

What are you looking for?
Bai Li raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do you feel like it's looking for something?"

Song Xiaoxiao caught her breath, tilted her head and thought for a moment, then hesitated and said, "Or maybe... it's because Uncle Qiao hasn't been home for so many days, so it's looking for him? That can't be right, Uncle Qiao used to go out often, and I've never seen it looking for him."

Besides, although Uncle Qiao always feeds it, it doesn't seem to be very affectionate towards him.

Bai Li turned to look at the front door and saw that Liu Li was not going out either. She was just barking at the outside through the crack in the door. No one knew what she was barking at.
The two guardians at the door, Heng and Ha, probably found it too noisy, so Xiao Heng took two steps forward, bared its teeth at it, and barked "woof".

Liuli turned to look at Xiao Heng, her previously anxious face immediately calming down.
Unexpectedly, it opened its mouth and spat out a ball of fire at Xiao Heng, then turned and ran away.

Although Xiao Heng was big, it was very agile. Although it was caught off guard by the spit, it still managed to dodge to the side. However, its movement was subconscious, and it forgot that there was a door in the direction it was dodging. As a result, it crashed into the iron door with a bang. The ball of fire grazed its belly, scorched a few strands of its fur, and finally landed on the green ivy next to the iron door.

This is really serious.

The pothos on the wall had long since mutated, and it didn't need Bai Li to direct it at all; it would fight back fiercely when attacked.

Little Ha, who was standing nearby, got angry when he saw that his brother's fur had been burned by Liuli.

So, the three green ivy vines, now free after dodging the fireball, stretched out their tendrils wildly and, together with Little Ha, charged aggressively towards Liuli.

Bai Li and Song Xiaoxiao, who were watching this scene from a short distance away, were both stunned. The two of them, one big and one small, thought in unison: Liuli is doomed!
Having gotten into trouble, Liuli scurried behind Bai Li—yes, behind Bai Li, not behind its owner, Song Xiaoxiao.

So this lousy dog ​​is quite cunning. It knows that Green Ivy belongs to Bai Li, and Little Hum and Little Ha don't dare to act recklessly in front of Bai Li. But if it were its owner, it might get beaten up along with it. Little Ha stopped in front of Bai Li as expected. It looked up at Bai Li, then bared its teeth and bared at the cunning thief hiding behind its owner. Finally, it turned around and went back to the front door unwillingly.

The three pothos vines wanted to cross over Bai Li, tie up the lousy dog, and smash it to death, then bury it at the base as fertilizer. Unfortunately, a single glance from Bai Li made them retreat uncontrollably back to the wall.

Seeing that the threat was gone, Liuli poked her head out again and barked twice at the departing Xiao Ha and Tengman, as if to say: Come on, if you dare!

"Liu Li!"

Song Xiaoxiao took two steps forward in anger, grabbed the dog's ear, and scolded it fiercely, "Are you out of your mind? Are you crazy? How dare you breathe fire at your own family? Don't you want to live? If Xiaoheng and Xiaoha get the chance, they'll tear you to pieces! And Green Ivy, if you dare to mess with them, I'll see if you'll ever be able to go out again?"

The little girl gave her a good scolding, but Liuli just blinked at her and tried to please her by being cute.

Bai Li found it amusing and stopped Song Xiaoxiao, "Never mind, Liuli probably misses Xiao Wu, that's why it came to the door looking for him."

Actually, she just said that offhand because she really couldn't think of any reason why she would keep running to the front gate.

Then, as soon as she finished speaking, the dog, whether it understood the words "Xiao Wu" or not, suddenly turned its head to look at Bai Li, its eyes blinking, looking both aggrieved and pitiful.

White lychee:
Did I guess correctly?
So is Liuli currently in heat, or is it because she spends a lot of time with Xiao Wu and has accidentally developed feelings for him, and is simply missing him?
If it's the second situation, that's fine. But if it's the first situation, then it's really because Qiao Fei tried every means to put the two together but failed, and now he's only been away from home for a few days.

If Xiao Wu's heat has passed by the time he comes back, Qiao Fei will probably be devastated.

Bai Li couldn't help but laugh when she thought about this.

Song Xiaoxiao got angry again upon hearing this, "Thinking about Xiao Wu? How can you have the nerve to think that way? When she was around, you ignored her, and only after she left did you realize how good she was. Do you know what that's called? 'Chasing after your wife's crematorium'—no, it's 'chasing after your husband's crematorium'! You're such a spineless coward!"

Bai Li looked at the little girl in front of her with a complicated expression. Where did she learn to say that?

After sending the child and dog home, away from the little girl, she repeated what she had just said to Song Huanyan, then looked at her teasingly.

Song Huanyan's face darkened. "Don't look at me like that. I didn't teach her. My brother and sister-in-law used to be unreliable. They would discuss romance novels in front of Xiaoxiao for ages, wondering what they should and shouldn't say. They had no idea what to say. So, that brat often says things you wouldn't expect. Just before, she even told Qiao Fei that he was a bachelor for a thousand years."

Bai Li was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.

A lifelong bachelor?
That's so vivid!

That guy is about the same age as Jiang Minglang, around thirty-five or thirty-six, and he's definitely an old bachelor.

She said to Song Huanyan teasingly, "To be honest, you two are actually quite..."

"No, stop it!"

Before she could finish speaking, Song Huanyan quickly raised her hand to stop her. She said righteously, "Even though it's the apocalypse, I don't want to settle for just anyone. Let's not talk about the future, but right now, neither of us has those feelings for each other. So, Sister Li, could you come with me tomorrow? I want to find some wood to make some furniture or something. Once the weather gets warmer, I'll find a place to move out."

Previously, they were willing but unable to afford it, even borrowing seeds from others to plant crops. But now, with their debts paid off and grain stored up, it's time to consider finding a new home for the aunt and niece.

"Okay, I'll go with you if you want. Do you want to find two more people to help?"

"No need, I can carry the wood back myself once I find it. You just need to stay with me and keep watch."

She didn't want to owe anyone favors, but she had become quite familiar with Bai Li, and often helped her brew wine, cook some of her signature dishes, and even make her own special hot pot base. Of course, Bai Li would never let her suffer any losses.

But no matter what, after a few visits, the two of them really did become familiar with each other.

However, she didn't know that Bai Li was pregnant; if she had known, she definitely wouldn't have invited her.

Her belly, nearly four months along, was barely noticeable beneath her loose-fitting down-filled jacket. Furthermore, she didn't experience morning sickness and ate the same as usual, so to outsiders, she appeared exactly the same as before.

"Others can skip it, but let Cheng Siyun come along."

The three of them got along quite well, and Cheng Siyun loved drinking rice wine and fruit wine, so she would be very happy to help Song Huanyan with chores.

"Row."

At worst, I can brew more fruit wine for Sister Cheng later; she can afford that kind of reward.

After finishing her sentence, Bai Li turned around and went home. She strolled into the White Orchard and saw two people standing on the training field in the distance.

It was Xi Yu and Huo Siyun.

She stopped and looked over with her eyes slightly narrowed.

Huo Siyun was practicing military boxing, and Xi Yu was correcting her.

This girl has recently become obsessed with training, and she had to beg and plead with Xi Yu to come and give her guidance.

I do physical training with them at 5:30 in the morning, an extra hour of training at noon, and another extra hour of training in the afternoon.

In short, every day she either trains or is on her way to train, or she's either slacking off or training her water-based abilities.

She also set a goal: she must quickly grow into a capable warrior who can stand on her own and protect herself and her grandfather!
Hmm, this girl is quite nice; she doesn't seem to want to rely on anyone.

Old Master Huo was somewhat helpless about his granddaughter giving up studying medicine, but Huo Siyun confided in her grandfather: she didn't like studying medicine, she didn't like it now, and she never did. The reason she had been learning medicine from her grandfather since she was little was because none of her older siblings had studied medicine, and her grandfather felt regretful, always feeling that no one was carrying on his legacy, which made him uneasy.

She didn't know what she liked to do before. Although she didn't particularly like studying medicine, it would make her grandfather happy, so it wasn't something she couldn't do.

But things are different now. She has found what she loves: she loves practicing boxing, she loves superpowers, and she loves becoming stronger!
Master Huo wanted to say that these two things are not contradictory; you can learn boxing while you can still learn medicine.

However, having gone through a life-or-death experience, he no longer wants to force his granddaughter. If she doesn't want to study medicine, then so be it; it's not a big deal.

Bai Li watched the girl practicing her boxing diligently under the setting sun. Her pretty oval face was flushed, and her eyes were bright, clear, and dazzling.

She and Xi Yu, who stood tall and elegant beside her, were quite a good match.

hiss!
Why are you trying to pair someone up again?

Bai Li doesn't know if it's because of her pregnancy, but her mind keeps uncontrollably trying to pair up the people around her.

For example, Leng Hanyu asked her twice when Lao Du would be back, and she couldn't help but wonder if this girl had feelings for Lao Du.
Thinking back to the image of the two standing together, one is refined and upright, the other is aloof and handsome; they are quite a good match.

good night!