Chapter 39
A corpse wrapped in white cloth was carried out of Building 35.
The zombie had been killed with a single strike. Panic did not spread through the crowd. The survivors who had lived with that person did not have time to be afraid or mourn. Their faces pale, they hurried off to the hotel nearby to work. If they did not hurry and labor, tomorrow night’s dinner would have no source.
After confirming that no one else was around, Wei Cheng and Guanguan were still temporarily hiding in Driver Uncle’s living room.
[Congratulations on successfully completing the mission! 2000 Twist Coins have been credited to your account! Please actively accept new missions, increase your stockpile, and upgrade the Twisty Car’s functions!]
[Reward: One surprise prize wheel!]
[New missions are about to come at you like snowflakes. Little House Owner and bound companion, please be prepared!]
When he saw that last prompt, Wei Cheng raised his brows slightly. New missions coming at them like snowflakes? Was the system planning to use a sea-of-questions tactic to make them grow quickly?
After keeping an eagle eye on those little red dots from last night until this morning, Wei Cheng felt that his patience had grown a great deal.
Guanguan stood on tiptoe and secretly tapped open his own big-head photo. “It’s frog baby!”
[Guanguan]
Identity: House Owner
Age: 3 years old
Height: 85.1 cm (Little sapling baby is growing taller! Please pay attention to the overweight issue!)
Apocalypse survival ability: 78 days
Pet: Little Apricot (Breed: black wolf puppy, Status: healthy)
Base: Highland Shelter
Twist Coin balance: 13180
Safehouse stockpile amount: 250
Twisty Car transformation level: Intermediate Form 250 (When Intermediate Form reaches 2000, 10-person escape can be unlocked…)
Contract companion: No data available
Only bound person: [Wei Cheng] …
In just seventy-eight days since the world’s upheaval, why did it feel like more than a year had passed?
He also wondered how the people from the orphanage were doing now. He hoped they would make it to Highland Shelter soon and absolutely not end up in the man-eating Watcher Community.
Wei Cheng’s gaze landed on the personal information for himself and Guanguan.
Wait. Over the past few days, he himself had almost grown to 158 cm, yet Guanguan had only grown 0.1? And he was still an overweight baby?
Even though he and Little Apricot had already been taking Guanguan out to exercise very actively!
Guanguan tapped the line showing his height with his little finger. He recognized lots of the characters here!
“Number growing… does that mean Guanguan got taller?”
Wei Cheng rubbed his head and smiled. “Mm, Guanguan got taller.”
Clutching his backpack strap with one little hand, Guanguan stamped his feet excitedly in place. “As tall as a big tree? As tall as a house?”
Wei Cheng smacked his lips thoughtfully, then comforted him. “Not that tall yet. But definitely someday!”
Guanguan was not so easy to fool anymore. If he did not get a positive answer, he immediately turned into a Question Baby. “Then who’s taller, Guanguan or Brother?”
Wei Cheng bent down and looked at little shorty Guanguan, who only came up to his leg.
Such an obvious question…
And yet, looking at those innocent, hopeful big eyes, it felt like if he denied him again, Guanguan’s mouth would pucker up enough to hang an oil jug from, and he would wipe at his tears with the back of his hand in grievance.
Wei Cheng tested the waters. “Maybe… Guanguan is a tiny bit taller?”
Guanguan’s eyes lit up. “Who’s taller, Guanguan or Little Apricot?”
“Of course Guanguan is taller.”
Now Guanguan was completely delighted. His whole little self lunged into his brother’s arms. “Guanguan is the giant baby of this family!”
Wei Cheng seized the chance and said, “But if Guanguan wants to maintain his giant baby status, then from now on you might need to spend more time playing outside with the puppy.”
Guanguan obediently nodded. “Okay, I’ll play with Little Apricot!” Then, like a tiny elder, he sighed deeply and said, “Brother, you need to improve too!”
The way he said it was exactly like Grandma Jiao from Villa 21, who always loved speaking in official tones.
At that moment, a soft noise came from outside the door.
Guanguan lifted his head from his brother’s arms. “Driver Uncle is back!”
“Driver Uncle isn’t a driver anymore. From now on, Guanguan shouldn’t call him Driver Uncle. You should call him Uncle Shen.”
All the way back, Shen Zheng had been feeling like none of this was real. Only when he saw the child sitting in the living room did he finally come back to his senses.
“Uncle Shen! Uncle Shen!”
Guanguan ran over to him and tilted up his little face. “Did you chase away the monsters?”
Shen Zheng smiled. “I chased them away.”
Then he looked at Wei Cheng, his face slightly excited. “U-Uncle got promoted to be one of the managers of the White Villa District! From now on I won’t be forced to go on missions anymore!”
Wei Cheng was not really surprised. He had already heard that the leaders of Highland Shelter were clear about rewards and punishments.
After all, a zombie appearing inside the base was an extremely dangerous situation. If it had not been controlled, the entire White Villa District could have been infected!
Wei Cheng deliberately acted innocent and surprised. “Really, Uncle? That’s such a wonderful thing!”
Shen Zheng smiled. “That’s right. Once you become management, you get authority. You can choose a detached villa close to the hot spring area. Uncle is thinking of bringing the two of you over. Would you like that?”
Closer to the hot spring area meant closer to the center of power in the shelter. If he made more merits later on, maybe he could even enter the Hot Spring Villas.
It was said that the safety there was extremely high, and the supplies were very abundant.
Hearing Shen Zheng?? say that he wanted to take him and Guanguan with him, Wei Cheng felt emotional. He really had not misjudged him. He truly was a very good person.
In the apocalypse, how many people forgot kindness and betrayed trust?
Before Wei Cheng could agree, Guanguan quickly asked, “Uncle, will there be a suuuper big yard?”
Shen Zheng smiled. “Of course there will. Then Guanguan can kick your favorite little ball on the lawn.”
He remembered that the first time he met Guanguan, the child had been kicking a ball.
So small, and yet so happy.
Guanguan clapped his little hands happily. “Yay! Guanguan is a giant baby, and giant baby has to work hard and exercise! Big yards are so nice!”
“Giant? Baby?”
Shen Zheng froze for a moment and looked down at this little snot-nosed bean.
Wei Cheng hurriedly cut in, “Uncle Shen, Guanguan and I are willing to live with you! Where we used to stay wasn’t very safe. People were always staring at our puppy…”
Shen Zheng immediately asked, “Then where is the puppy now?”
“It’s shut inside the room. In a bit we’ll go back and let it out!”
After thinking for a moment, Shen Zheng said, “How about this—I’ll go with you to pack your things, and then we can choose a nice house together. What do you think?”
Of course Wei Cheng and Guanguan agreed.
When they arrived at Villa 21, the Qiao family was unexpectedly still all at home.
Hearing movement, Qiao Dasheng came downstairs. “Xiao Shen? What are you doing here?”
Shen Zheng did not answer him directly. He only nodded. “Mr. Qiao.”
Qiao Dasheng lifted his chin slightly. “I heard a zombie showed up in the base? Go and find out exactly what happened. Also, when you went on this mission, how many points did you earn and how many meal tickets did you exchange for? You can’t use that many meal tickets by yourself. My family has a lot of mouths to feed. Tomorrow after you exchange your meal tickets, bring a few over.”
Shen Zheng said blandly, “Mr. Qiao, my family has more people now too. I’m afraid I don’t have enough meal tickets to lend you.”
Qiao Dasheng frowned. “Xiao Shen? Have you forgotten what your job used to be?”
“Uncle Shen is a leader with big power now!”
Guanguan suddenly stretched out his little neck. “You can’t talk to him like that!”
Power meant big strength!
