Chapter Ninety p2
The younger brothers started cleaning as usual, Yu Zhao went upstairs to check if there were any zombies, and Huang Ya, the newcomer, stood at the back, her arms crossed in front of her chest, leaning against the wall without saying a word.
Bo Chi, thinking of her task to target the protagonist, strolled to her side, and said gently: “Miss Huang, don’t you want to clean?“
Huang Ya’s face darkened, her expression extremely unpleasant. After glaring at Bo Chi, she stood up straight and said coldly: “Don’t be sarcastic.“
She snatched the rag and mop from Duan Ting, who was passing by, and started to meticulously wipe the table with a straight face.
Bo Chi didn’t understand what she meant at first. Seeing her actively working, she quickly said: “Stop! Do you think this is your home? You can just work if you want to?“
Huang Ya’s movements stopped, she looked up in surprise: “…What?“
Bo Chi hummed, held the puppy with one hand, grabbed the mop with the other hand, and pulled it back… she couldn’t pull it…
Huang Ya held the mop, seemingly not using any force, looked at Bo Chi appraisingly, and said in confusion: “What exactly do you want to do?“
Bo Chi was very angry, so angry that she used her trump card: “If you don’t let go, I’ll ask my wife to deal with you!“
Huang Ya showed a displeased expression, let go of her hand, and gave her the mop.
Bo Chi curled her lips, returned the mop to Duan Ting, who was passing by again, and after confirming that she had successfully targeted Huang Ya, making her unable to happily clean, she left with satisfaction.
And Huang Ya stood there, not understanding her purpose at all from beginning to end.
The reason why Bo Chi insisted on Huang Ya following her was because she wanted to find opportunities to target her.
And after cleaning, she used various methods to mess with Huang Ya’s mentality, and even deliberately gave her several sweet dishes at the dinner table, knowing that Huang Ya didn’t like sweets.
Of course, doing this also had risks – because she didn’t give Yu Zhao any food, Yu Zhao became angry, didn’t even finish her meal, and took her back to the room…
Bo Chi, who had learned her lesson, changed her tactics, and started to target Huang Ya where Yu Zhao couldn’t see.
But Huang Ya didn’t know how, but she gradually discovered what she was afraid of. Every time Bo Chi painstakingly distracted Yu Zhao, rolled up her sleeves, and was about to target Huang Ya, the other party would suddenly call out Yu Zhao’s name.
And Yu Zhao, who found that Bo Chi had come to secretly find Huang Ya again, naturally took Bo Chi away, full of killing intent…
The female lead was indeed the female lead.
After being ‘dealt with’ for a few days, Bo Chi finally became honest and stopped looking for her, and painfully decided to put the matter of saving the world aside for now.
A month passed in a flash, and Bo Chi and the others finally arrived in the capital with difficulty.
The capital was a big city, specifically, not only were there many people, but there were also many zombies.
Even though the base was quite far from the capital, the zombies in the city were still constantly coming.
Many people were gathered outside the base, so many that they even formed an outer circle outside the base, rather staying from morning till night than leaving.
When Bo Chi approached in the car, many people looked over, their gazes mostly on their trunk, obviously coveting the food they brought.
Unfortunately, they were disappointed. The food and resources were now all piled up in Bo Chi’s space. She only held a dog, and under Yu Zhao’s protection, she came to the registration office at the entrance of the base.
The sudden silence around them made the registration personnel come back to their senses. She subconsciously looked up and saw Bo Chi and her group. Finding that Bo Chi’s clothes were clean, her black hair smooth, and her whole body spotless, she also opened her mouth and was speechless, her face full of shock and astonishment.
Bo Chi felt her hair stand on end from being stared at, but she couldn’t make herself look dirty just because of other people’s gazes when she had the ability to be clean.
So she could only endure the burning gazes from all directions, took out the name tag, and handed it to the registration personnel.
The registration personnel, who had just been amazed by her, was startled again when she saw the name tag. She hurriedly stood up, called the other staff, and started to process their entry procedures first.
Everything else was fine, but Bo Chi and Yu Zhao, although they liked each other, didn’t want to be undressed and have their bodies examined. Fortunately, Yu Zhao was strong enough, and could be said to be the only level four ability user among humans currently. She showed off her lightning ability by drawing ‘Huang Ya’ in front of everyone, and then waited for Father and Mother Yu, who had heard the news and rushed over, to vouch for them, and then they smoothly entered the base.
Not long after entering, Yu Zhao was called away.
To be precise, the higher-ups learned about this news, and respectfully invited her away.
The laws and rules before the apocalypse couldn’t be enforced on the current humans. The strength of a level four ability user was enough to turn the base upside down. No higher-up could ignore such an existence, so Yu Zhao was directly invited to have tea.
Huang Ya, Duan Ting, and the others were still being examined. Bo Chi could only follow Father and Mother Yu to their residence first. Halfway there, Father and Mother Yu finally finished their silent communication, coughed lightly, and said: “Xiao Bo, what is your relationship with our Ah Zhao?“
Bo Chi was stunned, hesitated for a while, and said: “We’re… good friends.“
Mother Yu held her hand, and said kindly: “Really? But I see that Ah Zhao cares about you very much. Just now, there were so many of your friends standing together, but she only stared at you. During the body examination too, she refused to let you take off your clothes in front of others, even though the staff were also women… And, just now, that lightning drawing, it wasn’t that Miss Huang Ya, but you, right?“
Listening to the first part, Bo Chi was still calm, but after hearing about the lightning drawing, she was finally shocked, and blurted out: “How did you know?“
Mother Yu said proudly: “Well, Ah Zhao is like me. Even when she was young, when she drew, she always copied my masterpieces, so I can tell at a glance that it was you.“
Bo Chi: “…”
This wasn’t something to be proud of, auntie, wake up!
Since things had come to this, Bo Chi could only admit honestly: “Actually, I’m her girlfriend.“
Mother Yu had been mentally preparing herself ever since she learned about Yu Zhao’s sexual orientation. Now, hearing this, she said with a smile without changing her expression: “That’s good, our Ah Zhao has a stubborn personality, she needs a girlfriend to take good care of her. By the way, are your family members still around?“
Bo Chi had almost forgotten about Mother Bo and the Qin family. Hearing this question, she said after a while: “They should still be around?“
Mother Yu heard her uncertainty, gently touched her black hair, and said with pity: “It’s okay, you can stay at auntie’s house first, and then I’ll arrange for you to stay in the room next to Yu Zhao’s, so that Ah Zhao can take good care of you.“
Bo Chi smiled shyly at Mother Yu, and said softly: “Thank you, auntie.“
Mother Yu’s eyes lit up, the hand touching her head couldn’t help but slide down, rubbing her delicate little face, and she said lovingly: “Chi-Chi, your face is so smooth and tender, come, let auntie rub it.“
Bo Chi: “A-Auntie, I use baby cweam, I’ll give you some.“
Her face was being pinched, and she couldn’t speak clearly, so she could only take out the almighty baby cream from the space and hand it to Mother Yu.
Mother Yu was embarrassed to take it, and declined for a while. After learning that Bo Chi had a lot more, she happily accepted it.
Father Yu, who was watching from the side, asked the key question: “Xiao Bo, this thing where you take things out of thin air, is that the space ability?“
Bo Chi had truthfully said this during registration, and hummed in response when she heard this. Just as she was about to take out another bottle of good wine, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar face from the corner of her eye.
That person also saw her, her eyes showing a stunned look, her gaze turning between the three of them, and then she took the initiative to come over, and said calmly: “Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Yu.“
With an outsider present, Mother Yu reluctantly let go of her hand, and said with a smile: “It’s Xiao Zui, have you just come back from killing zombies outside?“
“Yes.” Qin Zui looked at Bo Chi, narrowed her eyes, and asked: “I didn’t expect you to still be alive.“
There were no emotions in her words, neither regret nor mockery, as if she was simply stating a fact.
Bo Chi wasn’t angry. In her heart, she and Qin Zui weren’t familiar with each other. Now that they met, she simply said politely: “I was lucky.“
These three simple words ended the topic. Mother Yu on the side saw something, and asked tentatively: “Do you know each other?“
Qin Zui nodded: “She’s my stepsister.“
Father and Mother Yu’s expressions immediately became strange.
They had heard a little about the Qin family being a blended family, but didn’t know much. After living together for so many days, they could see that Mother Bo’s attention was all on Qin Zui, like Qin Zui’s biological mother, always protecting and caring for her.
Father Yu had thought that she was a good person before, clearly a stepmother, but even better than a biological mother. But now that he knew that Mother Bo had her own biological daughter, but always ignored her, he finally saw through the truth – What good person? She was just doing this to please Father Qin.
How could someone who didn’t even care about her own biological daughter care about other children?
In the end, she was just putting on a show for Father Qin!
Father and Mother Yu’s good impression of Mother Bo plummeted. Thinking of Yu Zhao’s feelings for Bo Chi, they immediately felt protective, and coughed lightly: “So that’s it. As far as I know, you’re the only one in your family who goes out to fight zombies, right? One person supporting three people, you must be very tight on food. It just so happens that our Ah Zhao likes Chi-Chi very much, why don’t we let Chi-Chi stay at our house?“
The Qin family was, after all, Bo Chi’s real family, so Father Yu couldn’t just take her away. He just put on a show, and discussed it with them nicely.
Qin Zui frowned slightly. Although she was a little unhappy, she didn’t take Bo Chi, this lucky girl, to heart. Instead, her eyes flickered slightly: “Yu Zhao is also here? Why don’t I see her?“
Speaking of his daughter, Father Yu was obviously very proud, and said in a Versailles tone: “She was invited to see those higher-ups, it will probably take a while for her to come back.“
This base was managed by the officials, so the leader wasn’t one person, but the entire official department. When Father Yu and the others mentioned the leaders, they still instinctively used a respectful tone. Qin Zui, hearing this, also slightly changed her expression, and said in surprise and uncertainty: “She was just a good-for-nothing rich second generation before, even if she awakened her ability in the early stages of the apocalypse, she wouldn’t be specially invited, would she?“
No matter how unreliable a child was outside, in the eyes of her parents, she was always good.
Therefore, when she heard “good-for-nothing rich second generation” from Qin Zui, Father Yu’s expression clearly turned ugly, and his voice carried dissatisfaction: “Why not? She’s already a level four ability user! In our entire base, she’s the only level four!“
Qin Zui was both surprised and shocked: “Level four?! How is that possible!“
Leveling up abilities wasn’t an easy thing. The apocalypse had only just begun, and they had spent a lot of time just figuring out the existence and use of crystal nuclei. Now that they had just gotten on track, everyone was a level one or two ability user, and were working hard… how come a level four suddenly appeared?!
Qin Zui couldn’t believe it, and couldn’t help but ask for details.
However, Yu Zhao had just come back, and Father and Mother Yu didn’t know any more than she did. Bo Chi simply didn’t want to reveal her wife’s matters, so she didn’t get anything.
Seeing that she was only focused on her unwillingness, Father Yu took the opportunity to say: “Then we’ll take Chi-Chi home first. If your mother, oh no, her mother wants to see her, just let us know in advance.“
Qin Zui nodded absentmindedly, not thinking that Mother Bo would go see Bo Chi.
She had already seen through that woman when Father Qin and Mother Bo got married. And on the day they escaped the apocalypse, seeing that the other party decisively abandoned her biological daughter, she no longer had any expectations for her.
The facts were as she expected.
When she returned to her own home and told them about Bo Chi’s return, Mother Bo covered her face and cried for a while, then shook her head and said: “We don’t have any extra food at home. If Chi-Chi comes back, won’t she starve to death? The Yu family has such a capable daughter, and they’re willing to take Chi-Chi in and take care of her, and we don’t even have to provide food, then it’s better to let Chi-Chi stay there. Maybe she doesn’t even want us to take her back.“
Father Qin patted her shoulder. Although he felt that this wasn’t very good… but who cared, Bo Chi’s biological mother had already said so, how could he, the stepfather, meddle?
Qin Zui sneered in her heart, didn’t say anything more, and was about to stand up when she heard a knock on the door.
The friends who often went out to fight zombies with her came over, and as soon as they arrived, they started talking to her nicely, some even brought food, successfully attracting the attention of Father and Mother Qin.
“Why did you bring such precious things?” Qin Zui also couldn’t help but look at the food, swallowed, and then said suspiciously: “Do you need something from me?“
Her friend chuckled: “Can’t I come and chat with you if I don’t need anything? By the way… I heard that your big shot with a space is your stepsister? For the sake of this meat, let me get to know the big shot, okay?“
Qin Zui’s expression froze: “Space? Big shot? Are you talking about… Bo Chi?!“
“Yes.” Her friend said as a matter of course: “This has already spread. Being able to become an ability user is already amazing, and she even has a space! A space ability user! A big shot with a space full of food, and even said she wants to donate a part of it! Such a beautiful and kind-hearted little sister, who can resist… Hmm? Why are you reacting like this? Your eyes are wide open… You don’t know yet, do you?“
Her friend smiled and tried to lighten the mood, but as she smiled… she found that the three members of the Qin family were all frozen, as if they were in shock.
Her friend felt that something was wrong, and asked tentatively: “Miss Bo Chi hasn’t come home yet?“
After asking, she felt something was wrong: “That shouldn’t be right, I saw her and Mr. Yu before – Mr. Yu?“
She suddenly discovered the blind spot, and said in surprise: “Aren’t you Bo Chi’s family? Why would she leave with the Yu family? Isn’t she staying at the Yu family now?!“
Qin Zui remained silent, but Mother Bo suddenly stood up at this time, forced a smile, and said: “Chi-Chi came back with the Yu family’s child, and the Yu family is well-informed, and wanted to invite Chi-Chi over to play for two days. We were just discussing that this won’t do, and we have to bring Chi-Chi back, but we didn’t expect you to come first.“
Her friend looked at their expressions, vaguely feeling that the atmosphere wasn’t right, so she picked up the preserved meat she brought, turned around, and smiled: “Is that so? Then I’ll come and visit again when Miss Bo Chi comes back!“
The others, learning that Bo Chi wasn’t there, also turned and left.
The originally lively hall suddenly became empty, as if it was dead silent.
In the evening, when these people found that Yu Zhao and Bo Chi were both at the Yu family, they came to visit excitedly.
Father and Mother Yu were experienced, and stopped these people with smiles, not giving them the chance to disturb the little couple’s alone time.
Bo Chi didn’t notice this. She had just taken a bath with a plan in mind, and was now sitting on Yu Zhao’s lap, her eyes watery as she asked: “Do my clothes look good?“
“…They look good.” Yu Zhao stared at her intently, her gaze falling on the emperor’s new clothes, and repeated without blinking: “Especially white… especially good-looking.“