While others are struggling to survive and slaying zombies in the apocalypse, I'm hoarding supp

Xiao Helin really wanted to shout, "I don't want it anymore!"

But he dared not; he didn't know when those useless guys in the research lab would be able to find a suitable water source.

What will happen to all the people in his base if there's no water?

Buying water from Luoning was something he had planned long ago.

Softening her tone, she said, "Really, can't you lower the price a bit more? I have so many people supporting at my base, and I have to be careful with every single crystal core I use!"

Luo Ning shook her head firmly. If she always gave him fewer crystal cores, how would she do business in the future?

Xiao Helin suddenly stood up, his face flushed with anger. Luo Ning and Xiao Jie stared at him, wondering what he was going to do.

"Give me less, give me less, I'm begging you."

Xiao Helin sat down again and called out to Luo Ning in an awkward tone.

Luo Ning silently approached Xiao Jie. She was stubborn and wouldn't listen to reason, but she had never met anyone like him who would suddenly go crazy.

She swallowed hard and looked at Xiao Helin strangely.

"Is this how you always conduct business negotiations?"

Contrary to his expectations, Xiao Helin's wealth couldn't have been obtained through dishonest means, could it?

Xiao Helin's eyes blazed with anger as he picked up the ice water on the table and gulped it down.

"I don't care, you just have to give me a discount."

Luo Ning realized she was wrong; she had originally thought that Old Man Fu was the stingiest person she had ever met.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Helin was even worse, but why did everyone target her for personal gain?

"Ninety-nine crystal cores per ton, that's it, take it or leave it."

Luo Ning was really annoyed and didn't want to argue with him anymore; it was almost time for her lunch break.

"It's just one less, do you have to be so stingy?"

Xiao Helin didn't care about saving face anymore; as long as he could get a single crystal core from this girl, that was all that mattered.

If it were someone else, he certainly wouldn't act so shamelessly and disgracefully.

But every time he faced Luo Ning, he would unconsciously abandon his usual decorum.

"Don't push your luck. One ton less means one less crystal core. One hundred tons means one hundred crystal cores. Do you only need one hundred tons of water?"

Given the current weather, even a thousand tons of water wouldn't last long.

Xiao Helin fell silent; it was just his subconscious desire to haggle a little more.

"If one is missing, that's fine. I'll call someone to fetch water, specifically the water from your terrace."

Xiao Helin had seen the fishpond on Luo Ning's terrace. Although he didn't know how she had set it up, he was certain that it contained flowing water and that the water quality was excellent.

When he last visited Luo Ning's house, he saw 124 and 125 drinking water directly from their beds, and Luo Ning would wash the fruit she picked in the fishpond and eat it.

He had secretly drunk that water, and it tasted better than any mineral water he had ever drunk before the apocalypse.

"No, I have a lot of mineral water that I collected before the apocalypse, so I'll give you that one."

Luo Ning thought that he would be going on a mission with Fu Xing and the others in a while, so he would free up some space and collect any supplies he encountered outside.

"I just want the water from upstairs." Xiao Helin looked at her stubbornly.

Luo Ning frowned. "What's wrong with you? You don't want clean bottled water, you want water from the fishpond."

Xiao Helin sneered, "Don't think I don't know that the water quality on your terrace is better than the bottled water."

Luo Ning leaned against Xiao Jie's chest, blinked, and said, "I don't understand what you're saying, but if you're like the water in the fishpond, I'll give you the water, so you won't think I'm stingy."

Originally, they wanted to make room, but Xiao Helin insisted on having the fishpond water, so they let him have his way.

Anyway, she doesn't lack water; the water in her space can be sold for a higher price outside.

Xiao Helin was delighted to see her agree to his request so readily.

"I'll have someone prepare it right away."

After Xiao Helin left.

Luo Ning turned around and nestled in Xiao Jie's arms, blinking twice.

"Tired?"

Xiao Jie smoothed her hair.

Luo Ning hugged his neck, lay on his chest, and pinched his abs twice.

Hehe, it feels really good.

"Hmm, but down below..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Jie picked her up and interrupted her.

"Go to sleep if you're tired, leave the rest to me."

Xiao Jie carried Luo Ning into her room, and Luo Ning looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

She has great taste; the boyfriend she found is not only good-looking and has a great physique, but also has a good personality.

It's a must-have for every home, with a living room and a kitchen.

She pulled Xiao Jie down and kissed him on the lips.

"This is a reward for your good behavior."

Xiao Jie paused for a moment, then leaned closer to her, staring into her eyes and asking with a smile, "If I keep being this good, will I always get a reward?"

Luo Ning raised her head and looked at him arrogantly, "It depends on my mood."

Xiao Jie kissed her forehead. "Then I hope you feel the same way every day as you did today."

Luo Ning felt a little shy under his serious expression and pulled the blanket over her head.

"I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep. You can leave now."

Xiao Jie laughed and pulled the blanket off her head, patting her back repeatedly.

"Okay, you go to sleep, I'll stay with you."

This is what he's gotten into a habit lately. He has inexhaustible energy every day, and when Luo Ning goes to sleep, he stays by her side and coaxes her to sleep.

With a comfortable temperature, a cozy bed, and a handsome man beside her, Luo Ning suddenly couldn't fall asleep.

She suddenly spoke up, "You look like my mother."

"..."

Xiao Jie stopped patting her back and then covered her eyes with his hands.

"sleep."

Luo Ning pulled his hand down. "Really, believe me. When I used to take a nap, my mom would pat my back like this, and I would fall asleep in no time."

Xiao Jie bit his tongue and silently removed his hand from her back. It was she who asked him to pat her like that to help her sleep.

Unexpectedly, she only saw him as a substitute, and a substitute for her mother at that.

But when he saw the longing in her eyes, he gently patted her back.

"If you don't mind, you can call me Mom."

Luo Ning pinched his mouth shut. "Shut up, I want to sleep, don't bother me."

Xiao Jie rested his chin on the top of her head and hugged her tightly.

"Baby, even though our mom and dad are gone, I will stay by your side just like they did."

Luo Ning felt a pang of sadness. If her parents hadn't told her to live well, she probably wouldn't have tried so hard to survive in her past life.

But having lived for so many years in her previous life, she still didn't know the meaning of life.

Many times, she thought, "Why don't I just give up and go down to be with my parents?"

But every time I think about how my parents told me to live well before they passed away, when the three of them were in a car accident and my parents gave their lives to save her.

She wants to listen to her parents and live a good life.

Yet, she felt an emptiness inside while she was alive, but now she seems to know the meaning of life.

She has a digital team, Xiao Jie, and a group of friends who aren't exactly close friends.

She's been much luckier in this life.

Lost in thought, Luo Ning fell asleep.