Carrying My Sugar Daddy Through the Apocalypse – CH50

Chapter 50: Danger, My Sugar Daddy

Antonio and Dean, who were guarding the supplies, saw Lu Weiyi and Gu Qingji return unharmed, inquired about the situation, and became more vigilant about the journey ahead.

That evening, as Gu Qingyue said, except for Lin Yimu and Gu Qingyue, who knew how to cook, everyone else went out to pick vegetables and also cleaned up each of the houses.

Rural households all stored grain, and various fruit trees were planted in the yards. Bags of wheat and corn were just lacking space to load. The apples and pears were ripe and hanging full on the branches, and the ripe cherries were almost falling to the ground, making Li Zhuang feel a bit sorry. He kept saying, “Out of sight, out of mind.” He went out to patrol, and when he came back, he actually carried two watermelons, saying there were three or four acres of watermelon fields nearby…

After a rich dinner that night, they began to allocate rest. Lu Weiyi requested to guard the second half of the night, and Lin Yimu naturally stayed with the young master.

Lu Weiyi sat for a short while, then excused himself to go to the toilet and quickly circled the village, putting all the things they couldn’t take into his space. As for the fruit trees and watermelon fields, he definitely took them away by the roots.

Just as he was happily enjoying the joy of harvest, in a small county town hundreds of miles away, Zhuang Mingxu was facing unprecedented difficulties.

In a completely enclosed small room, Zhuang Mingxu sat on the ground in a disheveled state, his legs limp and powerless. Blood seeped from both knees, quickly soaking a patch of his pants. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and the child in his arms cried uncontrollably. The veins on the hand holding the child protruded, and after a long while, he squeezed out a sentence between his teeth, “Don’t cry.”

A group of men stood before him. The leader had a buzz cut, wore a black vest and camouflage pants, and held a stick in his hand. His muscular arms were covered in tattoos, and he didn’t look like a good person. He looked at Zhuang Mingxu and said, “You’re a tough guy, but—”

He poked Zhuang Ai Yi with the stick. Seeing Zhuang Ai Yi flinch in fear, he successfully got Zhuang Mingxu to look over and laughed loudly. “If you’re not more obedient, I’ll break his legs. I just don’t know if he can withstand even one hit.”

“With those little arms and legs of his, Brother Ji’s stick would probably knock the air right out of him.”

“That’s right, that’s right…”

Amidst the agreement of the other men, Zhuang Mingxu simply held the child tighter in his arms, his head lowered slightly, his expression unreadable.

On the eleventh day of the apocalypse, Zhuang Mingxu finally set off for Wutong City.

Three brothers had retired from the army with him: Ning Yuan, Wu Yue, and Qin Jin. Before the apocalypse, Qin Jin had lost contact while on a business trip in another city, and Wu Yue had stayed in Qingyuan. He had taken Ning Yuan and two of his company’s subordinates, as well as the driver Zheng Xin—the only one who had awakened an ability.

The two subordinates were brothers, Li Mingli and Li Mingyue, whose home was in a small county town on the way from Qingyuan to Wutong City. Thinking they could take the opportunity to go back and see their families, this visit ended up trapping them.

Their group had a relatively smooth start. Lin Yimu had left unique markings on the road after the earthquake, making the journey not too difficult, and they had brought enough supplies. The trouble started on the third day of their journey when the two brothers successively awakened their abilities.

Early-stage abilities were indeed not as powerful as later-stage ones, but in terms of combat effectiveness, they were not inferior. They could inherently strengthen their physique, and as long as they could channel their abilities into any weapon, they could accurately strike down zombies with each blow. As more and more zombies appeared, after being saved twice by the three ability users, Zhuang Mingxu vaguely felt that the brothers’ attitudes seemed to have changed, and they had the intention of vying for initiative.

Ning Yuan also sensed this sensitively. He mentioned it to Zhuang Mingxu privately, and their idea was to first give way and make plans after seeing Lu Weiyi.

As a result, when the group arrived at Dongshui County, the hometown of the Li Mingli brothers, they discovered that the entire county town was controlled by a force, and Li Mingli’s cousin, Li Ji, was the leader here.

He was a former murderer who had directly led a few people to seize the prison guards’ weapons and break out of prison in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. He had secretly returned to Dongshui, and not long after, the zombies descended, allowing them to directly dominate the area.

As soon as Zhuang Mingxu saw this situation, he immediately worried that things would change. While the Li Mingli brothers went to see their relatives, he had Ning Yuan and Zheng Xin secretly leave. He was traveling with a child, which made it difficult to move around. If they didn’t have ulterior motives, one person and three people made no difference. If they really wanted to do something, Ning Yuan and Zheng Xin leaving would provide a way out.

Zhuang Mingxu’s worries were correct. The Li Mingli brothers had only mentioned the abundance of supplies they had prepared at the base a few times to Li Ji, and it had already stirred his greed. Without any pretense, he directly had them arrested. Zhuang Mingxu initially didn’t plan to resist. With Zhuang Ai Yi present, his first thought was to stall for time and wait for reinforcements. However, not long after, Zheng Xin, who had left with Ning Yuan, returned.

Only then did Zhuang Mingxu realize that this person had colluded with the Li Mingli brothers at some point without their knowledge, while still playing a double-faced role in front of them.

Upon learning that Zhuang Mingxu had taken precautions from the very beginning, Li Ji immediately shattered his kneecaps. If he hadn’t been worried that he might need Zhuang Mingxu later to seize the supplies in his possession, Li Ji would have even planned to kill him to eliminate any future threat.

Seeing that Zhuang Mingxu had no intention of resisting, Li Ji didn’t waste any time and left with his men. Just as everyone was about to leave, Zhuang Mingxu looked up at Zheng Xin, who was following at the end, and asked, “Where’s Ning Yuan?”

Zheng Xin paused, continued walking forward, and as the door closed, a sentence came, “…Bitten by zombies.”

If Zheng Xin had turned his head at this moment, he would have definitely seen Zhuang Mingxu’s eyes staring at him, black as an unfathomable abyss, as if they could devour him completely in the next moment.

**

At dawn, the group got up. Gu Qingyue made pancakes with eggs and flour, filled with various vegetables, convenient for lunch on the road. They drank millet porridge with newly found pickled vegetables, and a few pancakes each settled their breakfast.

After the meal, Lu Weiyi and the others packed their things, while Li Zhuang and Antonio went to relieve themselves.

Before they finished packing, Antonio rushed back, asking Lin Yimu, who had been on the late-night watch, “Did anything happen last night?”

“No, what’s wrong?” Lin Yimu was from the military, his vigilance was definitely not a problem. If he said nothing happened, then nothing happened.

“Dean thought the melon he ate yesterday was delicious. I wanted to go back to the watermelon field to see if there were any left, but when I just went over, I found they were all gone.”

Lu Weiyi’s heart skipped a beat. He cursed Antonio silently, his face remaining indifferent, even frowning slightly.

“What do you mean all gone? Did someone pick them?” Gu Qingji didn’t understand.

“I mean everything in the entire field is gone, not even a blade of grass is left,” Antonio said, looking puzzled. There were many incomprehensible things in the apocalypse, but often not understanding meant danger.

“How could that be? There wasn’t any noise last night,” Lin Yimu looked incredulously at Li Zhuang, who was approaching unhurriedly.

Li Zhuang shrugged. “Not only that, the apple trees, pear trees, and cherry trees we didn’t finish picking yesterday have also disappeared without a trace.”

“Several vegetable gardens are also empty.”

“The grain we couldn’t take and that big jar of pickled vegetables are also gone.”

Rather than believing they were quietly picked by someone else, Li Zhuang was more inclined to believe it was one of them. After all, what was taken were clearly things they couldn’t take or didn’t want, and it happened last night.

Li Zhuang’s gaze occasionally swept over the four people who had been on watch last night. Antonio and Dean definitely didn’t know, otherwise they wouldn’t have gone to be discovered so early. As for Lin Yimu and Lu Weiyi, Lin Yimu’s gaze was too frank, and Lu Weiyi habitually didn’t express opinions, so nothing could be discerned at this moment.

“Being able to take these things away silently without us knowing, they probably aren’t easy to mess with. Since we can’t figure it out, let’s leave here quickly.”

In the end, Lin Yimu made the decision, pointing at the map and saying, “Our next stop will be Beiping Town. Before the apocalypse, it was a merged town of several villages, equivalent to a small county town in size. There probably won’t be few zombies inside, so we need to be careful.”

“Can’t we just take the Lijia Village road on the edge? Although it’s a detour, there will definitely be fewer zombies,” Gu Qingji pointed to a village road next to them.

“No,” Lu Weiyi directly denied it without giving a reason, as Gu Qingji looked at him.

It was Lin Yimu on the side who explained, “…I took this road when I came, and I left markings.” If anyone else came, the probability of meeting them would be higher if they took this route.

“Moreover, there are two gas stations here. We’d better go in and see if we can get some gas.”

Gu Qingji nodded and didn’t say anything else.

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