Chapter 77: The Minority Bows to the Majority

At the entrance of the Wutong Tree Garden, the iron gate was tightly shut.

At this moment, a motorcycle and a compact car were parked outside the property management office.

Their owners, one man and four women, were seated around the conference table in the property management office.

A girl removed her helmet, revealing her refreshing, straightforward short hair.

The other three girls opened their travel bags, emptying out all the food and water they have gathered.

Biscuits, chips, instant noodles, mineral water, sodas, amino acids, canned pineapples...

There was quite a variety, albeit in small quantities.

The food they had gathered in the past few days would be enough for the four of them to eat for two or three weeks—longer if they rationed carefully.

At this time, a short-haired girl spoke to the only young man, "Zhou Jian, I don't think we should stay here any longer."

The young man, standing around 1.75 meters tall, had pretty trendy hair. Even in the post-apocalyptic world, he still maintained his style with hair wax.

With his glasses and his clothes, he still looked like a youthful and handsome man.

Zhou Jian asked, "Shengnan, where would you want to go?"

The short-haired girl was named Li Shengnan. The other three girls with her were her schoolmates.

They had all escaped from the same school.

Li Shengnan said, "We should go to the countryside. There should be fewer zombies there, and it should be easier to find food in the houses of the farmers."

It was a rational proposal.

Typically, farmers would have a lot of rice, flour, corn, sweet potatoes, and peanuts at home.

Moreover, the countryside also had fields where one could potentially find food.

Just then, a girl with shoulder-length hair spoke, "Shengnan, I actually think it's quite nice here."

Li Shengnan queried, "Yumei, do you want to stay here and wait for rescue?"

Recently, there had been helicopters frequently evacuating people from the city.

Perhaps they could get a ride as well.

Liu Yumei didn't deny it, "Waiting for rescue is always better than risking our lives out there, right? Moreover, there aren't many people living in the countryside anymore, and food may not necessarily be easy to find. Plus, can you ensure that the road is unobstructed?"

Zhou Jian agreed, "Yumei has a point. Besides, there are zombies everywhere in the city now. Everyone must be seeking refuge in the countryside, so the road out of the city is probably blocked. Plus, we have fences and iron gates here—zombies can't get in."

At present, the five of them could gather enough food to survive in Wutong Tree Garden just by using a car and a motorcycle.

Hence, he felt that maintaining the status quo and waiting for rescue was the best option.

Maybe in another month or two, a vaccine would be developed, and the world would return to normal.

Li Shengnan didn't argue with Liu Yumei or Zhou Jian but turned to look at her other two classmates instead.

Li Shengnan asked, "What about you, Jiawen, Nana?"

The girl with a petite frame, standing at only 155 centimeters tall, was named Li Nana.

The taller girl, with a more shapely figure, was named Hou Jiawen.

Li Nana and Hou Jiawen were both relatively quiet girls.

They didn't have many opinions of their own, and throughout the journey from their school, they had mostly followed Li Shengnan's lead.

Normally, without Li Shengnan, the two of them would surely have perished in the school.

Yet, what Liu Yumei and Zhou Jian had said also made sense.

Moreover, the car was Zhou Jian's, and as a boy, he seemed more reliable than Li Shengnan.

After considering it, Hou Jiawen proposed, "Shengnan, why don't we wait a little longer? Even if we want to go to the countryside, we should collect some living supplies first."

Li Nana chimed in, "Yes, we should gather more food and clothes before leaving."

If a vote was held at this moment, the outcome would be clear.

Four against one.

All four of them agreed to stay in the Wutong Tree Garden for the time being, given that moving to a new environment would entail new risks and challenges.

The process of relocation itself was fraught with danger.

A frown creased Li Shengnan's brow.

The concern in her eyes grew ever deeper.

Nevertheless, within a group, the minority must bow to the majority, and thus she ceased her advocacy for relocating to the countryside.