Wan Tong put the snacks from her backpack beside her and let Xingxing have them.

Yuan Xiaobai came over and unabashedly drank the bowl of porridge next to her, then smacked her lips in dissatisfaction.

“The water is good, but there are a few grains of rice stuck in my teeth.”

Yuan Xiaobai’s behavior was met with criticism. Who complains after eating someone else’s food for free?

But because Qiu Jiji couldn’t bear to be taken advantage of, the porridge she brought was indeed almost just water, and Yuan Xiaobai didn’t actually say anything wrong.

Wan Tong found it amusing and could even sense Xingxing’s pitiful gaze.

On the other side, the fire-type ability user, Huang Linlang, snorted coldly and sarcastically muttered, “Two weaklings who don’t know how thick-skinned they are, clinging on and refusing to leave.”

Of course, she deliberately lowered her voice, as she didn’t want to provoke Huo Yiming.

In any case, Li Wantong was Huo Yiming’s person.

Yuan Xiaobai exchanged some of her rations with Wan Tong as she rummaged through her own bag, and then raised her voice, “If you’re unhappy, just leave.”

“Xiaobai, speak softly, others will feel unhappy if they hear you,” Wan Tong said softly, though her voice wasn’t necessarily small.

“Hahaha, why should I care if others are happy or not? Isn’t it one less person to feed if they get mad?”

Huang Lin Lang was so angry that she tried to get up several times, but was pacified by Qiu Jiji.

Wan Tong smiled with narrowed eyes, and suddenly caught sight of a piece of cake disappearing from the small package between the two of them…

Did Xingxing go steal a bite?

His ability is really convenient.

As Wan Tong was preparing to get up to digest, suddenly Huo Yiming spoke to her, “Li Wantong, come here.”

She looked over and asked, “What’s up?”

As soon as her voice fell, it felt like all the sounds around them stopped instantly, and everyone was consciously or unconsciously paying attention to their interaction.

However, the two of them seemed to always have conflicts, and this kind of scene was not the first time it had happened.

“I asked you to come here,” Huo Yiming said again in a deep voice.

Wan Tong didn’t like being watched by so many people, “So I asked you, what’s up?”

There was a pause for a few seconds, but Huo Yiming didn’t say anything.

Wan Tong turned around and walked away.

Everyone looked at Huo Yiming’s expression in unison, then silently lowered their heads.

Sometimes they admired Li Wantong. After all, only she dared to confront Huo Yiming and make him angry every time.

While resting, a wave of zombies seemed to have sensed the movement and surrounded them.

Wan Tong and Yuan Xiaobai had the weakest combat power and their speed in killing zombies couldn’t match those with strong attacking abilities, so after they dealt with the zombies, they automatically took on the task of collecting crystal nuclei.

Yuan Xiaobai was very skilled, probably doing it frequently, and Wan Tong learned some techniques from her as she worked alongside her.

Although the work was simple, it was also disgusting, and the two girls dug out crystal nuclei while expressing their disgust.

When ability users encounter zombies, they usually directly attack their heads, causing most zombies to have heavily damaged or destroyed heads.

“Huh, what’s wrong with this zombie?” Yuan Xiaobai suddenly pointed at the zombie lying on the ground behind Wan Tong.

The zombie had intact limbs and was lying on the ground, not looking like it was truly dead…

Wan Tong’s heart skipped a beat. She was about to run away, but Yuan Xiaobai naively picked up a stone and smashed it on the zombie’s head.

“I’ll make sure you die more thoroughly!”

“Roar!”

The zombie suddenly seemed to be activated, roaring loudly.

“Ah!!” Yuan Xiaobai was startled and froze in place, but fortunately Wan Tong reacted quickly and pulled her away, narrowly avoiding the zombie’s angry swipe with its arm.

“Run!” Wan Tong only had a dagger in her hand, but the zombie was only a Level 2 ordinary zombie, not as powerful as the one in the building that day, so she thought she could handle it.

But before she could confront it, a gust of wind swept by.

Her waist tightened, and she was pulled into the embrace of a man.

The zombie’s head had already been blown open, and it collapsed to the ground.

“???” Wan Tong still held the dagger high in her hand and didn’t react for a moment.

“Boss Huo!” Yuan Xiaobai clasped her hands together, her eyes sparkling.

Although Boss Huo was tough in his words, he was actually quite honest in his actions.

As soon as Tongtong encountered an accident, he rushed over desperately.

Huo Yiming took the dagger from Wan Tong’s hand and threw it aside. With a stern face, he picked her up and walked towards the withered jungle.

Although Yuan Xiaobai really wanted to watch the show, she didn’t dare to follow them.

Soon, others also caught up.

Liu Ting glanced up and down at Yuan Xiaobai, and seeing that she was fine, he frowned and said, “Why is there still a zombie? Who was responsible for cleaning this area just now?”

“So many zombies just now, everyone was exhausted from cleaning up, who would notice that there was one hidden here?” Huang Linlang impatiently replied, “Besides, no one was injured, right?”

“It’s not that simple. That zombie seemed to have its movements restricted deliberately. If it wasn’t for Tongtong pulling me away, I would have been torn in half,” Yuan Xiaobai glanced at her and said.

“So, are you implying that someone in the team wants to harm you?”

“I didn’t say that,” Yuan Xiaobai shrugged.

“From what I see, it’s just that your abilities are too weak. I could easily handle ten zombies like the ones you faced,” Huang Linlang sneered coldly.

“Don’t boast too much. If I threw ten zombies at you when you have your guard down, I bet you would die ten times over.”

Seeing that the two were about to argue, Liu Ting stepped in as a peacemaker. “Just be more careful in the future. We’re all members of the same team, so let’s not make a scene. The Boss doesn’t like it.”

Then he looked at Yuan Xiaobai and said, “You come with me.”

Yuan Xiaobai rolled his eyes, glanced in the direction of Huang Linlang and Qiu Jiji, and reluctantly followed Liu Ting’s footsteps.

“Are you injured?” Liu Ting frowned. “Be more careful next time. It’s only going to get more chaotic from now on. Control your mouth and don’t pick fights with everyone.”

Although the Boss didn’t say it, the Boss felt that Qiu Jiji seemed to have other motives for staying.

Qiu Jiji was good at winning people over. Although the team seemed calm on the surface, it was actually falling apart from within. It was only a matter of time before it disintegrated.

He had made up his mind to continue following Boss Huo, hoping that Yuan Xiaobai would become stronger so that he might be able to take her with him in the future, so that she wouldn’t be all alone and pitiful.

Yuan Xiaobai listened to him rambling and nodded with a smile, then hugged his waist tightly. “Okay!”

Liu Ting was startled and opened his arms, but quickly regained his composure and pushed her away.

Wan Tong was pinned against a withered tree by Huo Yiming, feeling the rough bark against her back.

“Huo Yiming, why did you bring me here?”

“How much longer are you going to keep making a scene?” Huo Yiming furrowed his brow, pulling her closer to him.

“I didn’t.” Wan Tong lowered her head, not wanting to argue with him.

In Huo Yiming’s eyes, she looked pitiful and aggrieved, which made him feel uncomfortable in his chest.

“Li Wantong, what do you have to be proud of?” He pinched her chin and said slowly, “Wasn’t it you who cried and said you didn’t need my special care? Why do you suddenly feel wronged now?”

Wan Tong opened her mouth to deny it, but suddenly remembered that the original owner of this body had indeed said those words to him because her pride was at stake.

Everyone knew she was useless, but she was protected and cherished by Huo Yiming in every possible way.

“So what do you think I should do? Flatter you, please you, satisfy you?”

In the plot of this world, the original owner’s pride did not allow her to accept Huo Yiming’s kindness without guilt, but in reality, she didn’t even have the ability to protect herself.

So not only did she have to endure the judgmental looks from others, but she also had to constantly be aware of Huo Yiming’s mood, afraid that he would abandon her.

Huo Yiming pursed his thin lips into a straight line, staring at Wan Tong without speaking for a long time.

In this relationship, he had always felt that he was not good enough, unable to give her the comfortable and lavish life she deserved. After gaining powerful abilities in the post-apocalyptic world, to be honest, he became arrogant at times. He wanted to see her depend on him, wanted to see her live under his protection, and he wanted her to know that he was strong enough to protect her.

“I don’t need those things.” Huo Yiming’s voice was low.

If he could, he would prefer to go back to the state before the apocalypse, as long as he could be with her.

Wan Tong looked at his restrained expression and felt a hint of sourness in her nose, her eyes glistening with tears.

Huo Yiming lowered his head and gently pecked her lips.

However, in the next instant, he suddenly looked towards a certain direction and shouted in a low voice, “Who?”

These few days, he had always had a feeling of being watched, and he didn’t think it was just his imagination.

As his voice fell, he had already summoned a dazzling purple lightning in his hand and struck towards that direction.

“Don’t!” Wan Tong grabbed Hold Yiming’s hand in fright.

Hold Yiming turned his head and glared at her, then there was a sound of someone falling nearby, along with a boy’s exclamation of “ouch”.

Mo Xing was lying on the ground, with a leaf in his mouth, looking pitiful and funny.

He must have fallen accidentally while evading Hold Yiming just now, forgetting to use his invisibility ability.

Wan Tong pushed Huo Yiming away and ran towards him, “Xingxing, are you okay?”

Mo Xing shook his head, and with her help, he sat cross-legged on the ground, then he looked up at Huo Yiming who was approaching and snorted heavily.

Only then did Wan Tong remember something and blocked Mo Xing, looking at Huo Yiming with worried expression.

At this moment, he stared expressionlessly at Mo Xing with his dark eyes swirling with inexplicable emotions.

“Xingxing?” He uttered two words through his clenched teeth.

Both Wan Tong and Mo Xing grew tense, and they moved back slightly in unison.

Huo Yiming took a step closer again, and Wan Tong quickly stood up, blocking him in front of her. “Huo Yiming, what do you want to do?”

“What else can he do? He wants to kill me,” Mo Xing got up from the ground, brushed off the leaves that had stuck to his short hair, and glared fiercely at Huo Yiming.

He was filled with resentment, but there was no fear or anger in his eyes.

Huo Yiming looked at the bizarre scene before him and quickly understood.

The “Xingxing” in her mouth was a ten-year-old child who could turn invisible due to his supernatural ability, and he had hidden himself because he knew someone was trying to kill him.

But he thought that the “Xingxing” was a wild man she was protecting.

His temples throbbed slightly as he looked at the cautious gazes of the woman and the child in front of him, feeling that his hot temper was gradually wearing off.

“Li Wantong, you stupid woman.” He squeezed out a few words from his lips, but there was a hint of imperceptible tenderness in his dark eyes.

Wan Tong : ????

As she opened her mouth but didn’t know how to retort, he continued, “What’s the use of your mouth? Can’t you speak properly?”

“…Speak what?” Wan Tong didn’t quite understand, but she realized that he seemed to have any killing intention towards Mo Xing now.

Huo Yiming glanced at Mo Xing, who was also staring with wide eyes, and his lips twitched again. He gritted his teeth and said, “You didn’t tell me that Xingxing is a child.”

Wan Tong was stunned for a moment. Didn’t he know that Xingxing was a child?

“But Liu Ting has met him. A few days ago, you were searching for him frantically, saying you wanted to kill him?”

She spoke, feeling that a knot was about to be untied.

“That’s because he appeared inexplicably in the manor and disappeared several times.” Huo Yiming didn’t connect the child with Xingxing in she spoke about at all.

Wan Tong scratched her head, feeling helpless. On the night she met Huo Yiming, she was tossed around and was really forgetful whether she had introduced Xingxing to him or not. Later, when she learned that he wanted to kill Xingxing, she thought he was just jealous and wouldn’t spare even a child around her.

Now thinking about it, Huo Yiming probably thought she and Xingxing were having an affair, so he was so intent on killing Xingxing.

Mo Xing looked at this for a while, then looked at that for a while. After the two of them quieted down, he asked Huo Yiming, “Are you still going to kill me?”

Huo Yiming lowered his gaze and spoke slowly, “Mo Xing, do you recognize me?”

Mo Xing paused for a moment, then seemed to get angry again and turned his head without saying a word.

Wan Tong looked suspiciously at the two of them, and suddenly had a flash of insight in her mind. She remembered that in the plot of post-apocalyptic world, Huo Yiming had a younger brother who lost his legs, named Xiao Mo.

They were half-brothers with the same mother but different fathers.

However, because Xiao Mo was an unimportant character, Wan Tong had never paid attention to him.

Could it be that the Xiao Mo from the story is the Mo Xing next to her?

But upon closer inspection, it seemed that the two of them did resemble each other a bit.

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