Chapter 3: No Longer Getting Married

Dong Wenzhong was still in shock from the slap he had just received and hadn't reacted yet.

Xu Jian Country's face was stern as he looked at Dong Wenzhong, "Dong Zhiqing, you go back first. I will investigate this matter myself.

If I find out who is lying, I will not let them off easily."

His last words carried a strong deterrent force.

Chen Yanran's face turned even paler with fright at his words, and as the crowd of onlookers dispersed, her body went limp and she started to fall to the ground.

Dong Wenzhong was quick to catch her, with nothing but concern in his eyes, "Yanran, it's okay, I'll handle this.

What happened to your face, who hit you? Was it that bitch Xu Ying?"

Thinking of Xu Ying's arrogant and unreasonable demeanor, Dong Wenzhong clenched his fists in anger.

Chen Yanran nodded with her pale little face. She was delicately and endearingly small, always appearing innocent and harmless.

Compared to Xu Ying's high-and-mighty arrogance, she was the exact opposite, always gentle and virtuous, which made many young men in the village feel sympathy for her.

Mr. Xu saw the two of them and entered the courtyard with a darkened face.

"Yingying, are you still feeling unwell?" Mrs. Xu entered the room, her face full of urgency, "My precious child, you've only just woken up, you can't have any more trouble."

Seeing her daughter staring blankly at her, her heart sank, "Yingying, what's wrong, why aren't you speaking? Don't scare me!"

Could her daughter have been rendered stupid by the fever? The thought of this possibility drove Mrs. Xu nearly to tears.

"Jianguo, come and look, what's wrong with our daughter, she hasn't had another misfortune, has she?"

"Mom, I'm fine." Xu Ying wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, then threw herself into Mrs. Xu's arms, sobbing, "Mom, I'm so scared!"

Terrified of being without you all! It was all her fault for bringing misfortune upon her family for the sake of a man.

Mrs. Xu, hearing her daughter's crying, heaved a sigh of relief, thinking she was scared from falling into the river, and gently patted her daughter's back, "Silly girl, now you know what fear is. I told you to stay away from the riverbank, didn't I? Now do you know your mistake?"

Xu Ying hurriedly nodded, wiped away her tears, and said with a smile, "Mom, I know I was wrong."

Mr. Xu, called by his wife's voice, walked in and saw his daughter nestled in his wife's arms, and his stern face softened.

Xu Ying lay in her mother's embrace, relishing the long-missed maternal love, and seeing Xu Jian Country, she quickly became anxious, "Dad, go to the Lu Family and check on Lu Daya first.

I clearly remember it was Lu Daya who saved me, but after she did, she fainted."

On hearing this, Mr. Xu understood what had happened, "That explains why Lu Daya got a fever all of a sudden; it seems she caught it while saving you?"

Chen Zhiqing really is thick-skinned, daring to take credit for such a thing.

It was his own oversight, letting such a major incident slip through Chen Zhiqing's cracks.

Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes in exasperation, "I told you Chen Zhiqing looks like a sly fox, scheming and cunning.

How could she have had the kindness to save my daughter? I said it wasn't her, but you wouldn't believe me. Now, there you have it, the truth is clear, hmph!

You'd better hurry up and check on Lu Daya; she's had a fever for so long, I hope it hasn't made her stupid."

Her own daughter had been ill with a fever for two days before getting better, and Lu Daya hadn't even woken up yet; that girl was pitiable too.

Lu Daya's mother is one of those who favors sons over daughters, never really seeing Lu Daya as a person. He'd heard from others that when Lu Daya got a fever, Mrs. Lu didn't want to spend the money on her treatment and even quarreled with Mr. Lu about it.

Mr. Xu, chided by Mrs. Xu, wore a defeated expression, his head bowed and body shrunken in an effort to diminish his presence, hoping to escape from the room quickly.

As he started to lift his foot, Xu Ying called out to Mr. Xu, "Dad, I'll go with you."

Mr. Xu stopped in his tracks at her words.

But Mrs. Xu was clearly disapproving, "Go together, what for? Yingying's just gotten better and hasn't rested yet, you're already taking her out to wander around. What if she catches a cold and it gets worse?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Xu chuckled and said, "I was inconsiderate. My daughter, you better rest well at home, Dad will be back soon."

Xu Ying looked at her mother, still feeling somewhat surreal. She nodded at Mr. Xu and said, "Dad, then remember to properly thank Daya."

Mr. Xu nodded, took a pack of pastries from the cupboard, and hurried out the door with a basket of eggs from the kitchen.

"Mom, is little sister alright now?" Second Brother Xu's anxious voice came from outside. He had gone to fetch water from the village in the morning and had come back to the news that his little sister had woken up.

Some people outside had dared to say his sister was dead, which had angered him so much that he'd pinned the man to the ground and given him a beating. The bastard, daring to curse his sister.

Mrs. Xu snorted, "She's fine now. Have your eldest sister-in-law cook an egg custard for your sister. Your little sister has suffered greatly and is still weak. She needs to be nourished well."

Second Brother Xu agreed with a smile and ran off to the kitchen.

Xu Ying could hear her brother's hearty voice even from inside the house!

"Eldest sister-in-law, little sister just woke up and she's weak. Mom asked you to cook her a bowl of egg custard," he said.

Eldest Sister-in-law Xu was somewhat resentful at heart upon hearing this, but she agreed nonetheless.

When Mrs. Xu went outside, Xu Ying looked up at the earthen wall above her head, her mind still somewhat puzzled. Wasn't she fighting zombies?

Right, where had the bracelet Master gave her gone? Xu Ying searched anxiously, the bracelet was a parting gift from her master before he left.

The thought of Master's departure was too much, and Xu Ying couldn't help but cover her face and sob. If only she hadn't insisted on scavenging for supplies, she wouldn't have encountered the zombie horde, and Master wouldn't have...

She had died in her previous life and actually traveled through time to the apocalypse. Master was someone she had met at that time.

Master had been the person closest to her aside from her family, right as she had just crossed into the apocalypse.

Alone, without any superpowers, she was looked down upon by the various squads and could only hide here and there, barely managing to scrounge for food.

Until one day, she saw Master, who had been beaten and was unable to fight back after stealing a cabbage. For some reason, she felt pity in her heart and saved him with a bottle of purified water.

After this incident, both of them unexpectedly obtained superpowers.

Master had healing, and she had space.

Whenever there was an opportunity, they would frantically gather supplies, with Master keeping lookout and her collecting. Given that Master was a descendant of the Imperial Chef with exceptional cooking skills, as long as they didn't run into a zombie horde, they had enough to get by in the apocalypse.

That Master possessed a healing superpower eventually became known to the interested parties, and the base came to recruit Master. Because she had the space superpower, she joined Master at the base.

Once there, she and Master were assigned to the same squad. On missions, they were both part of the logistics: Master responsible for treating the injured superpower users.

She was responsible for equipping everyone with their superpower weapons during missions, and at the end, she took care of collecting the leftover supplies.

Since she didn't have offensive superpowers, the squad leader would always equip her with newly researched weapons for self-defense on missions.

Sometimes, when the situation was bad, she and Master would also help fight zombies. During that time in the apocalypse, Xu Ying's combat skills had, indeed, improved greatly.

But she and Master were only in logistics, and the base provided them with pitifully few food resources. They often couldn't fill their bellies, surviving on the unpalatable nutrition liquids for sustenance.

Therefore, whenever she handed in supplies, she would always secretly keep a small portion for herself.

Then the supplies in her space grew more and more. She and Master would always hide together and cook secretly.

Since everything had to be made in the space, and Master couldn't enter it, every time he ate her cooking, he'd express his disdain.