My Cherry Will Explode in the Apocalypse – CH108

Chapter 108: The Farmer and the Snake — Part Two

The one who arrived was none other than Zhan Yun. He couldn’t fall asleep and had come out to look for his little lover to chat for a bit. When he couldn’t find him and heard noises coming from the kitchen, he walked over to take a look—only to witness such a scene!

However, he never once suspected that Su Ruizhe had done anything behind his back. All of his fury was directed at that inexplicable woman who was clinging to Su Ruizhe. Couldn’t she see that Xiao Zhe’s entire body was leaning backward in resistance?

The moment Zhan Yun appeared, Su Ruizhe no longer cared about being a gentleman or not. He tore the woman wrapped around him off in one swift motion. If the kitchen hadn’t been so small, he probably would have jumped far away. Even so, the three big steps he retreated were more than enough to make Xu Jiani feel humiliated.

“What are you trying to do?!” Zhan Yun dashed forward in a single stride, his tall frame directly blocking Su Ruizhe behind him.

“I… I…” Xu Jiani bit her lower lip and lowered her head, starting to cry.

By then, the people resting in the storage room at the back also heard the commotion and came out one after another. When they saw Zhan Yun and Su Ruizhe facing off against a naked woman together, all of them wore shocked expressions.

Xu Jiani still knew what shame was. She hurriedly picked up the nightdress from the floor and put it back on, then squatted on the ground hugging her knees, crying even harder. Anyone who didn’t know better might have thought the two men had done something to her.

“T-this… what’s going on?” Han Lei, seeing a naked woman for the first time in his life, flushed red in the face and stammered as he asked.

“Come on, you explain what happened.” Zhan Yun pulled Su Ruizhe out from behind him and pinched his little finger in a mock-punitive way.

Su Ruizhe also looked a bit embarrassed. He briefly explained what had happened. He honestly hadn’t thought too much of it—he just felt that Xu Jiani might have been overstimulated by her post-apocalyptic experiences. When someone treated her even a little kindly, she couldn’t handle it and didn’t know how to express her gratitude properly, which was why she’d acted that way.

But Song Chengshu didn’t see it the same way. With a grave expression, he walked over to Xu Jiani and asked in a low voice, “Miss Xu, were you actively trying to have sexual relations with Xiao Zhe just now?”

“I… I…” Xu Jiani’s eyes immediately began to dart about.

“What’s going on?” Zhan Yun was extremely perceptive. He immediately sensed something was wrong and frowned at Song Chengshu.

Song Chengshu sighed and said, “After we rescued them from the village earlier, I gave each of them a thorough medical check. I found that Miss Xu had swollen lymph nodes, some fever, obvious raised pink spots in her mouth, and a white membrane in her throat…”

“Get to the point!” Zhan Yun said impatiently.

“Her condition matches the symptoms of acute HIV infection—that is, AIDS.”

“What?!” Everyone was shocked.

“Doctor Song!” Xu Jiani’s face went deathly pale as she looked at him with pleading eyes.

“I did tell Miss Xu about this,” Song Chengshu said calmly. Although he believed in medical benevolence, he wasn’t a fool who confused kindness with indulgence. He knew very well what it meant for Xu Jiani to try to get close to Su Ruizhe while fully aware that she had AIDS. There was no way he would conceal this for her.

Hearing this, Su Ruizhe also showed an expression of disbelief. He’d thought Xu Jiani was trying to repay him—he never imagined she had ulterior motives…

Even before the apocalypse, AIDS had been an incurable terminal illness. After the apocalypse, with the severe lack of medicine, it was even more deadly.

What Xu Jiani had done was essentially no different from attempted murder.

Just recalling how Xu Jiani had tried to force a kiss on Su Ruizhe earlier made Zhan Yun feel chilled to the bone. Sure, he’d heard on TV that kissing didn’t transmit AIDS—but what if Xu Jiani’s mouth had been bleeding?

“Bitch! Why did you do this?!” Shocked and enraged, Zhan Yun dragged Xu Jiani up from the ground and slapped her hard across the face.

Zhan Yun had never hit a woman in his life, but now he was so furious that he could no longer restrain the rage in his heart. Someone had schemed against his beloved—if he could still hold back, he wouldn’t be a man!

Unexpectedly, after being hit, Xu Jiani started laughing hysterically.

“Hahaha… why?” As she laughed, her face suddenly twisted. “It’s all his fault! If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have ended up like this! If it weren’t for him, my dad wouldn’t have died, I wouldn’t have left the southern base, and I wouldn’t be reduced to this!”

“What did I do…?” Su Ruizhe was completely bewildered. He genuinely didn’t know what he’d done.

The others all frowned as well. None of them believed Su Ruizhe would harm someone. Even Zhao Bing and Han Lei, who had only recently joined the team, knew that Su Ruizhe would never do something to hurt a weak woman. There had to be some misunderstanding.

“What did you do? You should ask yourself what you didn’t do! My dad was in poor health and still had to carry bricks. He worked himself sick. I went hungry every day, while you followed these people and ate meat and fish, living carefree every single day! You lived so well! Why didn’t you help me?! Why did you pretend not to know me and just leave the base?! The reason I ended up like this—it’s all your fault!”

Everyone finally understood why this woman had fallen to such a state. This kind of “the whole world owes me” logic was truly astonishing.

No one wanted to listen to her nonsense anymore. Even Wu Jing, who was usually gentle-tempered, couldn’t help but step forward and slap her as well, instantly stunning Xu Jiani. She looked around and saw that everyone was staring at her coldly, without the slightest trace of sympathy or pity.

She suddenly realized something and tried to salvage the situation—but it was already too late.

“Brother Zhan, how should we deal with her?”

Zhan Yun glanced at Xu Jiani coldly and said, “Let her get off.”

“Okay.” Surprisingly, no one raised any objections to Zhan Yun’s decision.

Zhan Yun directly opened the side door and said to Xu Jiani, “Are you getting off by yourself, or should I help you off?”

“You can’t do this!” The icy wind rushing in made Xu Jiani shudder violently. Her face turned pale instantly. Outside was a frozen wasteland, and it was nighttime—once she got off the vehicle, she would have no chance of survival!

“Why can’t we?” Zhan Yun sneered. “We’re not your father. Saving you was an act of kindness, not an obligation. And you’ve just proven that you’re not worth saving.”

“This is murder…”

“Heh.” Zhan Yun felt this woman’s mind really wasn’t right and didn’t want to waste any more words on her. He grabbed her arm and dragged her off the vehicle, dumping her straight into the snow.

Xu Jiani fell into the deep snow, trembling violently from the cold. Now she was truly terrified. She struggled to her feet and clutched Zhan Yun’s leg, begging repeatedly, “I’m sorry, I was wrong, I was momentarily possessed, please forgive me, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

But no amount of apologies could change Zhan Yun’s decision. Without mercy, he kicked her away and walked straight toward the driver’s cabin.

Xu Jiani scrambled up again and staggered toward the side door of the cruiser, trying to get back on. But Cheng Qi stood in front of her and shut the door firmly.

“Ahhh—open the door! Open it!” Xu Jiani let out a shrill scream.

By then, Zhan Yun had already reached the driver’s cabin. He told Zheng Jiahe to move aside and directly started the cruiser.

The snow cruiser let out a low roar in the darkness and then sped off, leaving behind only the thinly clad Xu Jiani, crying and collapsing in the snow.

An eerie silence filled the cabin. Although everyone felt Xu Jiani had brought this upon herself, there was still a heaviness in their hearts.

Seeing this, Song Chengshu stepped forward and patted Su Ruizhe’s head. “Don’t take it to heart. When the forest is big, all kinds of birds appear. Just because you’re good to someone doesn’t mean they’ll be grateful. The so-called ‘a bowl of rice earns gratitude, a bushel earns resentment’—that’s exactly this.”

Everyone agreed deeply, comforted Su Ruizhe a few more times, and then returned to the storage room to rest.

Anyone with half a brain knew that what happened with Xu Jiani had nothing to do with Su Ruizhe. They’d only been classmates—barely acquaintances at that. Why should he have been obligated to help her?

Besides, given the conditions at the southern base, as long as one wasn’t missing limbs or completely incapacitated, there were always ways to survive. Xu Jiani, a woman who loved ease and hated work, had chosen the worst possible path—no wonder she ended up like this.

Especially after learning that she had AIDS, she’d harbored malicious intent and tried to drag Su Ruizhe down with her. That was practically courting death. Even if Zhan Yun had pulled out a gun and shot her on the spot, no one would have stopped him.

The vehicle drove for more than ten kilometers before stopping again.

“You two go to the back and call Xiao Zhe over,” Zhan Yun said to Cheng Jiao and Zheng Jiahe.

“Okay.” Though neither of them fully understood what had happened, they’d seen Zhan Yun’s grim expression and immediately got out obediently to swap places with Su Ruizhe.

Su Ruizhe boarded the vehicle with his head lowered. The moment he sat in the front passenger seat, a strong hand pulled him into a broad, solid embrace.

“Are you okay?” Zhan Yun kissed his forehead and asked with concern. “You were way too careless. After the apocalypse, people’s hearts are dangerous—don’t you know that by now? How could you let a woman like that get so close to you? Will you dare do it again?”

“I won’t…” Su Ruizhe pouted. He was actually quite shaken himself. Since his rebirth, things had gone too smoothly, making him lower his guard. Truly—knowing a person’s face doesn’t mean knowing their heart.

“Don’t overthink it. Just be more careful in the future.”

“Mm…”

“But I’m jealous! What do you think we should do about that?”

“I—I…” Su Ruizhe’s face flushed red, and he couldn’t get the words out.

“Silly little thing!” Seeing his shy, blushing face, Zhan Yun felt amused. He lowered his head and gently kissed Su Ruizhe’s lips.

“Mmm…” Outside, the world was icy cold; inside the driver’s cabin, it was filled with sweet, rosy warmth.

The night passed quickly, and the convoy set off again.

The commotion from the previous night had been loud enough that the six girls in the rest area had all heard it. Among them, there might not have been anyone as malicious as Xu Jiani, but some of them likely had their own small thoughts. After all, when they were rescued, they’d been told they wouldn’t be taken along for long—once they met another team, they would be handed over.

Yet the past two days of being rescued had been the best days these women had lived through since the apocalypse. They had seen this team’s powerful combat abilities and the kindness they displayed, making them unwilling to leave just like that.

However, after what happened that night, they all suppressed those thoughts deep in their hearts. One had to know when to be content.

Over the next two days, the girls behaved very well. After recovering a bit of strength, they wanted to help with cleaning or cooking, but Zhan Yun and the others persuaded them to rest instead.

They didn’t insist. Although they were told to rest at ease, it was clear that the others still didn’t fully trust them.

Another day passed, and they met the Wan City troops heading south on the highway. The Wan City military took in all the survivors willing to go to the southern base, so this southbound convoy was massive—over thirty trucks, several private cars, and more than fifteen hundred people, including the Lu family.

As for the Wan City Base itself, it was left to the Wang and Hong families to do as they pleased.

With Wang Xurong, the thunder-type ability user, gone, the Wang family gradually lost power. The Hong family couldn’t compete with the Lu family and the base garrison, so when the decision to evacuate was made, there was little resistance.

The handover went smoothly. After chatting briefly with the Wan City military leaders, Zhan Yun handed over the six girls to them.

Then Zhan Yun’s group continued on toward the capital base.

With no outsiders left on the vehicle, everyone could finally stop being guarded. During the day, they took turns entering Su Ruizhe’s space to harvest mature rice and vegetables. All the rice was threshed and packed into burlap sacks, disguised as newly harvested grain.

The journey took a full half month. In total, they harvested two batches of grain. Together with vegetables and fruit, it amounted to over ten thousand kilograms. There was also cotton—six thousand kilograms of it. If made into padded jackets and pants, it would probably be enough for over ten thousand sets.

The capital base also had its own soilless cultivation centers and greenhouses, but the planting speed was far slower than Su Ruizhe’s space. These supplies would at least help the capital base get through this difficult period.

Finally, on the morning of the sixteenth day, they saw signs for the capital on the highway. Su Ruizhe then transferred all the prepared supplies from his space onto the roof of the snow cruiser.

The roof of the snow cruiser was designed for heavy loads, equipped with lifting mechanisms and reinforced steel platforms, perfect for carrying this batch of relief supplies. Covered with a waterproof tarp, everything was set.

The vehicles soon entered the capital’s territory. They encountered only a few scattered zombies along the way. Occasionally, they saw zombie corpses, likely from someone clearing the outskirts.

The southern base did the same, dispatching city guard teams daily to clear zombies around the base. Otherwise, once zombies gathered, they could form a horde, which would be far harder to deal with.

Following the map, they headed toward the capital base. While passing a commercial street, they suddenly heard zombie roars and gunfire.

Then they saw several young people dressed in flashy, mismatched clothing sprinting toward them. They were holding guns. Though fleeing, they coordinated with each other as they ran, continuously firing at the zombies behind them.

This was obviously not a situation where they could stand by and watch. The snow cruiser stepped on the gas and charged forward, crushing the zombies beneath it. The cruiser was extremely heavy to begin with, and with all the supplies loaded, it practically flattened the zombies into meat paste.

“Thank you… thank you so much…” The young people, gasping for breath, came over and knocked on the door to express their gratitude.

“You’re welcome.” Zhan Yun looked at them with a scrutinizing gaze, seemingly considering whether to invite them aboard.

“Hello, we’re from the Capital Base’s 7132 Unit. Our vehicle overturned, and several teammates were injured. Do you have any medical supplies?” The leader of the group gave a standard military salute and asked urgently.

From the way they’d coordinated while retreating, Zhan Yun had already guessed they were trained. Seeing the salute and hearing the unit number confirmed their identity.

“Of course we do! Get on the vehicle first—we’ll drive straight to your injured teammates!” Zhan Yun lowered his guard and invited them aboard.

After boarding, the group didn’t look around or act nosy. They sat neatly in their seats. Zhan Yun took the leader to the driver’s cabin and, following his directions, went to rescue the injured teammates.

From the young man’s account, they learned his name was Yang Fan, a sergeant. Due to the cold weather and a severe shortage of winter clothing among base survivors, their unit had been sent out to gather supplies. The clothes they were wearing had been randomly picked up from stores, which was why they looked so flashy and mismatched.

Unfortunately, they’d run into an evolved zombie, which had flipped their vehicle. After a desperate fight, they finally killed it, but the two teammates in the front seats were badly injured. They had no choice but to find a nearby store, hide the injured men in the warehouse, block the entrance with metal cabinets, and then go out to look for help—or another vehicle.

They found neither a vehicle nor rescue, and instead were chased by zombies. Luckily, they eventually ran into Zhan Yun’s group…

Author’s Note:
Was today’s chapter nice and long or what?! Hahahaha—hurry up and praise me! They’ve finally arrived at the capital!!!!

[Moshang’s Mini-Skit]
Su Xiao Zhe: I forgot about this classmate again. Well, I’ll give her two candies as a token gesture.
Xu Jiani: See! I knew Classmate Su secretly likes me! Otherwise, how could he bear to give me such precious candy? Last time was definitely playing hard to get!
Su Xiao Zhe: This classmate Xu is so pitiful. I’ll give her a bottle of Wahaha to comfort her.
Xu Jiani: Wahaha! And you say you don’t remember me! You’re clearly deeply in love! Classmate Su is too shy—I’ll have to take the initiative!
Su Xiao Zhe: Classmate Xu, what are you doing?! This is assault! Someone’s being a pervert! I’m calling the police!
Zhan Xiao Yun: Who’s harassing my wife?! I’ll make sure she doesn’t see tomorrow’s sun! Sigh… my wife is just too charming—what should I do?

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