Chapter 20: Fu Sinan And Fu Jing
That night, when Ni Mengxue returned to her room, she seriously contemplated her moves and even wondered if she should move out.
Making her past-life lover disgusted wasn’t on her to-do list.
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Within the next week, Ni Mengxue mainly visited the hospital and the mall area to level up her fighting skills. This time her physical strength increased at a faster speed.
Rather than returning home when she was tired, she rested in her farming space and watched in surprise as the plants sprouted.
When her body recovered, she would return to the original location and continue fighting while using her environment to advantage.
Whenever she was in danger, she would take the stone boulder out from her space and easily dodge the danger.
In between, she would even think about Lu Yucai... she wondered if he felt comfortable now... or was he hungry? Will this distance ease the tension he might be feeling?
Her experience bar soon reached 100, and she broke through to level 2. On the 8th day, she decided to return because Ruo Chiwu informed her about the visit from the Women’s Protection Association.
She was also feeling dizzy and feverish, so she finally returned to the base. All the cores earned during the trip were used to assign missions.
Her Sanctuary Evolution system already issued her the next mission, which was to build 10 rooms, along with the cafeteria. The good news was... half of the missions she had assigned were fulfilled.
Like an alkaline lake was found. However, the bad news was... it was too far away. At least a distance of 300 kilometers.
Before the apocalypse, such a distance could be covered within 15 minutes with a hover car... but after the apocalypse... it would take an entire day to just reach there.
As a result, no one had submitted limestone, soda ash, and gypsum till now. Without these materials, she can’t make cement... without cement, there won’t be concrete.
Then she would have to buy concrete with merit points, which she doesn’t have! So the construction will have to halt, and her plans will be disrupted!
For now, she could only increase the reward and hope someone would take the mission.
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In another part of the base, far away from the bustling area where survivors gathered, two small figures were surrounded by several men.
The two children were extremely thin. Their clothes were dirty and tattered, their skin was covered in dust, and their faces looked haggard from days of hunger.
The eldest boy had fierce-looking blue eyes and blue hair that was tangled and dirty. His small body was tanned, and despite his young age, there was an unusual sharpness in his gaze.
His younger brother, Fu Jing, was much smaller.
He had blue hair and blue eyes just like his brother, but unlike Fu Sinan, his face was still filled with childish innocence.
At this moment, however, even that innocence had been replaced by fear. Fu Sinan stood protectively in front of his younger brother.
His small hands tightly clutched a piece of moldy bread. It was the only food they had managed to obtain that day.
One of the thugs stared at the bread and sneered. "Give it to me."
He was a famous local bully called Snake and loved to target children and the elderly. Seeing his capability, many criminals joined his little clique.
Slowly but surely, they became intimidating to the point that many took detours when they saw him bully someone.
Fu Sinan immediately shook his head. "No."
His voice was weak from hunger, but there was no hesitation in it. Snake’s expression darkened. "You little brat, you dare refuse?"
Fu Sinan tightened his grip around the bread. "It belongs to my brother."
"Oh?"
Snake laughed. "Then let’s see how long you can keep it."
He raised his foot and kicked Fu Sinan in the stomach.
"Big brother!" Fu Jing screamed.
Fu Sinan fell to the ground, but he immediately curled his body around the bread, protecting it with both arms.
The other thugs laughed. "Look at this little bastard. He’s still protecting that rotten bread. Beat him until he lets go."
Their fists and kicks rained down on Fu Sinan. Fu Sinan could only grit his teeth and endure.
Every time someone kicked him away, he would just curl and protect himself. His crimson blood rolled down from his head to his chin.
Fu Jing’s eyes filled with tears. "Stop! Please stop!"
He threw himself toward the thugs. "Don’t hit my brother! Please! We won’t bother you anymore!"
One of the thugs looked at him with amusement. "Get lost."
He casually kicked Fu Jing away. The small boy rolled across the ground before crashing against the wall.
"Fu Jing!"
Fu Sinan’s eyes widened, and he threw the bread away. He immediately crawled toward his younger brother. His heart was filled with hatred, and he genuinely wondered what even the point of living was.