Carrying My Sugar Daddy Through the Apocalypse – CH81

Chapter 81: Our Little Yi Has Grown Up

Everyone in the living room was stringing marinated meat skewers. The younger ones were stringing vegetables, chatting with each other. Lu Xi had also taken a shower and sat cleanly with Dean, learning from Gu Qingyue how to string vegetables. Seeing that Lu Weiyi was free at the moment, Zhuang Mingxu wiped his hands and moved his wheelchair. “Little Yi, I have something to ask you.”

“Oh,” Lu Weiyi went over and pushed him into the room.

“How much water have you stored in your space?” Zhuang Mingxu had heard him say he got a mineral water distributor earlier and wasn’t sure if it was true, but if he didn’t ask, he was worried that Lu Weiyi might really be running low.

“I’ve stored quite a bit,” Lu Weiyi said. During his previous trips out, although he hadn’t specifically stored water, he hadn’t let any he encountered go to waste. “And, my space has a water well.”

“A water well?” Zhuang Mingxu found it hard to imagine. After all, both of their spaces were jade pendants, but he felt that Lu Weiyi’s space was much larger than his. He assumed it was because Lu Weiyi’s jade pendant itself was larger, but there shouldn’t be so many differences. “Tell me about your space.”

Speaking of the space, Lu Weiyi remembered that his space seemed a bit off. The previous hundred-odd square meters couldn’t have held so many things. He had never paid much attention to this space, just thinking it was enough to store some things. He hadn’t paid any attention to its capacity, just stuffing things in whenever he saw them, and the space had always been able to hold them. Lu Weiyi hadn’t paid attention. Now that it was full, Lu Weiyi remembered that something seemed wrong.

“Wait a moment, let me check my space first.”

Before Zhuang Mingxu could reply, he had already entered the space, his figure disappearing directly in front of Zhuang Mingxu. Zhuang Mingxu took a while to close his open mouth and waited silently for him to reappear.

Inside the space, as soon as Lu Weiyi entered, he found that the area of the space had increased several times. Random things were piled up everywhere. He wasn’t good at organizing, at most separating food from other items, and even within the same category, there was no distinction. The full items not only filled the outside but also crammed the original small courtyard, even reaching under the peach tree and along the water well.

What was going on?

The area had increased, and the uneven cracks on the ground were even more obvious. Lu Weiyi stood here, a little afraid that it would break and he would fall into an unknown place. Although he didn’t understand the reason for its sudden expansion, it didn’t prevent Lu Weiyi from repairing it. He quickly dipped the few jade pendants that Xu Sa had given him into the water well and grabbed the nearby peach tree at the same time.

Feeling the trembling under his feet, Lu Weiyi looked around. He looked up and saw a few peaches still on the tree, exactly the same as when he had last left. Lu Weiyi had the mind to pick one for Zhuang Mingxu to try, but remembering how he had almost diarrhea last time, he decided against it. He didn’t know if it had expired.

When the shaking stopped, Lu Weiyi looked again and suddenly realized that the area had increased a bit more. Although the corners were still there and things were still scattered everywhere, there were obvious gaps between all the items, as if he could fit some more in.

Lu Weiyi was pleasantly surprised by this discovery. He quickly exited the space and directly put away the bed on the side.

It went in!

Finally, he didn’t have to drive all those things outside. Lu Weiyi breathed a sigh of relief and put the bed back in its original position before looking at Zhuang Mingxu. He saw Zhuang Mingxu looking at him with an indescribable expression and asked after a long pause, “You went into your space?”

Lu Weiyi remembered him asking about the space before and sat down on the side, saying, “Mmm, people can enter my space. Inside, it’s like the jade pendant, divided into yin and yang sides. Time on the yin side is still. Things placed inside remain as they were when they were put in, and the temperature doesn’t change. But time on the yang side flows. There’s a peach tree growing inside with peaches on it, but the peaches are probably expired. I ate one and had diarrhea all day. There’s also a well under the tree with water in it.”

Zhuang Mingxu didn’t know how to describe this different space. He opened his mouth to say something, but couldn’t think of anything to say. “Let me process this for a moment.”

“Oh,” Lu Weiyi said, intending to go out and load things in. Zhuang Mingxu called him and asked again, “Tell me what you’ve been doing every day since the earthquake.”

As Zhuang Mingxu said this, he suddenly remembered Lu Weiyi watching a movie with him before the earthquake and the things he had said, as well as the hundreds of hamburgers he had bought. He hesitated and asked, “Little Yi, when did this space appear? Did you know about the earthquake and the zombies beforehand?”

“It appeared the day before the earthquake. Yes, I knew,” Lu Weiyi didn’t intend to hide anything from Zhuang Mingxu. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have told Zhuang Mingxu that he was reborn the first time he realized he couldn’t go back. Eh, he said he couldn’t say it then, maybe he could now. “I am… (beep beep beep).”

If silence had a language, it would definitely be the beeping sound of censorship.

Lu Weiyi sighed. “Can’t say it.”

“At that time, I wanted to go back to the Capital as soon as possible, but I was trapped in Wutong City. No matter what, I couldn’t leave. Later, I sent you a text message to tell you, but it wouldn’t send. I couldn’t say it on the phone either, so I thought you should come find me quickly, and I bought some food and put it in the space myself.” Saying this, Lu Weiyi became excited again. “I have stored food! Roast suckling pig, Wenchang chicken, Dragon King’s feast, roast goose, roast duck! I had all the remaining ingredients from that restaurant cooked and packed. Do you want some? I’ll get it for you.”

Seeing that the only person he was worried about at that time was himself, Zhuang Mingxu felt an indescribable happiness. He stopped him from taking things out. “I’ll tell you when I want to eat. How much food did you store?”

“Not much. I just ran around for an afternoon, went to a few supermarkets to move some useful things, and then went to a few restaurants, packed some delicious food, thinking it would be enough until you came to find me, and then I went back.”

“Went back? Where were you when the earthquake happened?”

“In the park. After the earthquake, I went home to wait for you.”

“But… you didn’t wait for me,” Zhuang Mingxu felt a pang of heartache listening to him. His little boy had faced the chaotic world alone, wholeheartedly staying in place to wait for him, but he hadn’t arrived. How disappointed he must have been.

“It wasn’t that I didn’t want to look for you. At that time, Ai Yi was sick, very seriously. The doctor said several times that he wouldn’t make it. As soon as he got better, I set off immediately…” Zhuang Mingxu pushed his wheelchair forward, pulling Lu Weiyi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, into his arms, urgently expressing that he hadn’t given up on him and really intended to find him.

“I know,” Even though Zhuang Mingxu was so late, Lu Weiyi had never thought he wouldn’t come. Instead, he thought something had happened to him. “After Brother Mu arrived and I didn’t see you, I figured something must have happened, so we set off together to find you.”

Seeing that he really believed him, Zhuang Mingxu reached out and held his hand, rubbing it in his palm, and asked, “What about before Brother Mu went? What were you doing for those ten-odd days before that?” Zhuang Mingxu had already heard about what happened after Lin Yimu left from Lin Yimu himself.

“I originally thought you would be able to come over within a week, so I stayed home to improve my abilities. Later, when I didn’t wait, the people in the neighborhood went door-to-door asking everyone to clean up the zombies in the neighborhood together, so I went with them.”

“By the way, I haven’t asked about your abilities yet. Brother Mu said you have wood-based abilities?” Zhuang Mingxu looked at the circle of green plants on his wrist and asked, “What are these plants?”

“This? It should be the peach tree in the space,” Lu Weiyi replied uncertainly, shaking his wrist. He just felt that its leaves were somewhat similar to the young branches on the peach tree. He manipulated the small green branches to circle the entire room, feeling that their extension range seemed to have increased again. Was it also related to the jade that had just been put in?

Lu Weiyi thought about experimenting later. “I don’t have wood-based abilities, I have mental abilities. I haven’t told anyone else, they all don’t know.”

“Mental abilities? What can you do?” Zhuang Mingxu wasn’t an ability user himself, and all his knowledge of abilities came from others, so naturally he didn’t understand.

“I can scan the surroundings. You can think of it as a camera. I can see the people and things within range whenever I want, and I can also hear what others are saying.” Lu Weiyi paused, his ability reaching outside the courtyard. “The barbecue skewers outside are ready. Xu Sa is asking where we’re going to grill.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door, followed by Xu Sa’s loud voice, “Brother Mingxu, Little Lu, everything’s ready! Are we grilling in the living room or in the courtyard outside?”

Zhuang Mingxu’s surprised gaze wandered between the door and Lu Weiyi. Lu Weiyi shouted loudly, “Whatever you want, you guys eat first.”

“Xiong Jie and Li Zhuang said it’s more convenient to grill outside,” Lu Weiyi reported in real-time.

Zhuang Mingxu calmed his surprise and asked, “Is there anything else?”

“Yes, I can cover my whole body with mental power, and I can walk past zombies without them noticing me.” In his previous life, this was the strengthening direction that Zhuang Mingxu had set for him. Telling Zhuang Mingxu now felt a bit strange, but seeing Zhuang Mingxu’s surprised expression, Lu Weiyi felt happy again.

“How long does it last?” Zhuang Mingxu knew that abilities could be depleted and couldn’t be used indefinitely.

“It was about half a minute at the beginning, now it’s probably three minutes. I feel like I’m about to level up.”

A minute could save a life in a critical moment, and after leveling up, he might even develop some new skills. It seemed that even without him, his little boy was as excellent as ever and could live very well. “Little Yi is really amazing.”

Zhuang Mingxu had praised him like this since he was little, and he was still used to using a tone for coaxing children. Lu Weiyi didn’t find it strange and smiled very reservedly. “It’s okay.”

Zhuang Mingxu sensitively noticed that Lu Weiyi had changed a lot since their last meeting. In the past, their interactions had been a bit awkward, mostly showing his one-sided feelings. Now, he was willing to communicate with him, and Zhuang Mingxu also realized that Lu Weiyi had him in his heart.

Just like knowing about the earthquake and zombies, he hadn’t told anyone else, and his first consideration was himself. When storing food, he also thought about buying some for him to try. He talked more, and his personality was brighter. Perhaps it was because he had lived alone for a few days and had more people he knew and interacted with around him.

This version of him was truly vibrant.

Zhuang Mingxu reached out and touched Lu Weiyi’s face, saying, “Our Little Yi seems to have grown up.”

Lu Weiyi was stunned for a moment, then remembered in his previous life, the last time Zhuang Mingxu went on a mission. At that time, there were a few useless members of the Ji family in the team. Mingxu said it might take two days and sent him to Elder Zhuang’s residence. Elder Zhuang disliked him and wished Mingxu could put him in a cage to protect him. At that time, Mingxu had said, “Our Little Yi is still a child, we must protect him well.”

Later, he didn’t come back.

And no one ever treated him like a child again.

Lu Weiyi’s eyes turned red in an instant. He suddenly realized that his wholehearted desire to find Zhuang Mingxu after being reborn might not have been so much about wanting to continue being a slacker. He just wanted to return to the side of the person who still treated him like a child.