Chapter 14: Facing It Together
“How much time do we have left?” Zhan Yun asked, his expression grave.
“Eight days.” Su Ruizhe remembered clearly that in his previous life, the very day after the demolition notice came out, his aunt and cousin had gone to sign the contract. According to regulations, the demolition compensation was supposed to be paid within three to seven working days, but because they were among the first batch of households to sign, the developer had given them special treatment and transferred the money in just three days. Five days after the money arrived, the terrifying and bloody apocalypse began.
Hearing this, Zhan Yun couldn’t help but take a deep breath. He hadn’t expected there to be so little time left. If the apocalypse really was as brutal and harsh as Su Ruizhe described, then they truly had to prepare in advance—otherwise, survival afterward would be extremely difficult.
“How much have you prepared?” Zhan Yun looked at Su Ruizhe.
“I have a lot of food in my space. I can directly grow plants and grains myself. Meat is what I have less of. I’ve already bought chickens and ducks, and I have fish fry too, but things like pigs, cattle, and sheep are relatively few. I’ve also bought some clothes and daily necessities…” Su Ruizhe counted on his fingers, racking his brain to recall what he had bought. Over these past days, he had been earning money while gradually buying things and tossing them all into his space. Now that he was suddenly asked, he really couldn’t list everything clearly.
Zhan Yun sighed. This kid really had no planning skills—but then again, that was understandable. He was still young and had little life experience. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have ended up the way he did in his previous life.
Forget it. As long as I’m here this time, I won’t let him live so miserably again.
“Can I enter your space?” Zhan Yun asked.
Su Ruizhe blinked. To be honest, he wasn’t very sure himself. In his previous life, when he had just awakened his ability, the space was extremely small and could only store a few inanimate objects. Later, with the help of the research institute, his space mutated, but before he had the chance to understand his abilities more thoroughly, he had been taken into the lab as a test subject.
“Haha, you don’t even know yourself?” Zhan Yun found the kid adorably muddleheaded. “Why don’t we try?”
Zhan Yun reasoned that since chickens and ducks could be placed inside, then a person probably wouldn’t be a problem either.
“Okay.” Su Ruizhe’s face turned red as he extended his hand, carefully grasped Zhan Yun’s fingers, and, just like before, entered the space.
Zhan Yun felt his vision blur for a moment, and then an extremely beautiful valley appeared before his eyes. Though not large, it was as captivating as a secluded paradise.
Everywhere was filled with vibrant green—the green grass, green vegetables, green fruit trees, and a clear spring of water.
On one side of the valley was a small fish pond. Through the crystal-clear water, he could clearly see many plump fish swimming inside.
Just as Su Ruizhe was about to let go of his hand, Zhan Yun suddenly tightened his grip instead. His low voice sounded by Su Ruizhe’s ear: “So this is your space? It’s really beautiful.”
“Mm…” Su Ruizhe felt as though the place where Zhan Yun was holding him was about to burst into flames.
Zhan Yun took a walk through the vegetable garden and orchard. Sure enough, the produce Su Ruizhe had been selling at his stall had all come from here.
“Take me to see where you store things.”
Su Ruizhe led him to a cave deep in the valley. Inside, many items were neatly arranged—clothes, pants, shoes, socks, and more—but they didn’t all seem to be the same size.
Zhan Yun casually picked up two pairs of shoes and checked the sizes. Slowly, his eyes curved into a smile, the amusement in them impossible to hide.
This kid had always kept him in mind. Everything he collected was in pairs—not only for himself, but for Zhan Yun as well.
Su Ruizhe was so embarrassed that even the tips of his ears turned red, as if he might start steaming.
Zhan Yun knew when to stop teasing and didn’t push it any further.
“So what kind of plan are you following while collecting all this?”
“A plan… uh… just things we might need in the future, and food and stuff like that…?”
Zhan Yun shook his head with a laugh. True enough—he was just a half-grown kid with little money. What kind of detailed planning could one really expect from him?
“Think about it. If the apocalypse comes and those zombies can smell human blood and flesh like you said, do you think this house of ours will be able to keep us safe?”
“No…” Su Ruizhe answered honestly. In his previous life, the reason he and his aunt’s family had been able to hide safely for half a month was largely thanks to the sturdy security door at his uncle’s place.
“So before the apocalypse arrives, the first thing we need to do is find a safe place to hide.”
“Th-then should we rent a place?”
“No need to go through all that trouble.” Zhan Yun winked at Su Ruizhe. “I have a safe house—extremely secure. I’ll take you to see it tomorrow.”
“Great!” But as soon as he said that, Su Ruizhe hesitated a little. “Tomorrow I promised my aunt I’d go sign the demolition compensation agreement.”
Hearing this, Zhan Yun’s lips curved slightly. “Then I’ll go with you tomorrow. Once that’s taken care of, I’ll take you to see the house.”
“Okay!” Su Ruizhe agreed happily.
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