Blunt Words

Li Yang approached the door in a few steps and with a light pull, he broke the padlock. After awakening his strength ability, tasks like this were left to him. 

At this moment, he was able to move a car with his bare hands, let alone break a small lock. So, he did it without any problem.

At first, everyone was excited thinking about how much supplies they could get as they stepped into the mini market. However, their smiles disappeared the moment they saw the empty shelves. Standing at the entrance, everyone was stunned and no one spoke a word for a long time.

Pei Yijun scanned the area and his sharp eyes caught faint footprints on the floor. Judging by their size and shape, it seemed someone had been there before them and that person was most likely a woman. 

His gaze shifted to the few remaining supplies on the shelves, some bread, almost rotten fruits, a few bottles of soy milk, and three gallons of water. When he saw the small amount of the supplies, his frown deepened.

"Brother Pei, this amount of food and water is not even enough to last us for a day," Li Yang finally broke the silence with frustration clear in his voice.

Pei Yijun's face was gloomy as he responded, "For now, we will take this back and share it with everyone. After that, we will have to come up with a new plan."

Originally, he had planned to stay in the university for a few days until the person sent by his father arrived. But with their limited supplies, staying here was no longer possible. It seemed they would have no choice but to search for supplies outside and meet that person on the road.

"Whoever this person is, how could they take everything? Don't they know there are so many starving people right now?" Mo Binxue muttered softly. She bit her lips and her tone was filled with anger.

Though she spoke softly, the enhanced senses of the ability-users allowed them to hear her clearly.

Chu Zhimiao's expression darkened the moment she heard Mo Binxue's words. She looked at her and asked, "Mo Binxue, how do you know the person before us took everything?" 

"No one knows what happened here. Maybe by the time this person arrived, most of the supplies were already gone. There are other survivors out there besides us, after all. It's not like that person has doraemon's pouch that could store everything."

Mo Binxue bit her lip when she heard her words and her eyes turned red. She looked at her with teary eyes and said aggrievedly, "Miaomiao, please don't be angry. I didn't mean anything, I just—"

Chu Zhimiao hated her pretentious behaviour the most and cut her off sharply, "Mo Binxue, If you don't know the facts, you shouldn't speak carelessly. Without evidence, it's better to keep your speculations to yourself." 

"Everyone has eyes to see and ears to hear. Instead of spending time and energy acting like a green tea bitch and trying to use others as your dagger and shield, you should think about how to get more supplies," she added bluntly.

The moment she said this, Li Yang glanced at Mo Binxue briefly before returning to the task of packing up the supplies. 

At first, he also believed that the person who arrived before them had indeed taken everything. But after hearing Chu Zhimiao's reasoning, he reconsidered his previous thoughts. 

It seemed unlikely that a single person could carry away the entire warehouse and mini market's supplies. 

Perhaps, there are other teams who came before that person and took away the supplies. When this person arrived, the mini market was likely left with not much supplies.

What's more, the fact that there was some bread, water, and other items left behind showed something about that person. If that person had the means to take everything, why leave so much behind?

In their current situation, every piece of bread could save a life. If he could take everything away, there would be no reason for him to leave anything behind.

In their current situation, whoever found supplies first became their rightful owner. For someone to take only a portion and leave the rest behind, it shows that this person didn't have malicious intentions and was quite generous.

Reaching this conclusion, Li Yang's anger dissipated and his suspicions toward Mo Binxue increased. 

At the same time, Pei Yijun glanced at Mo Binxue and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. From the moment she joined his team, he knew that she was a vicious, selfish, and cunning person.

She acted brave and generous, but in reality, whenever she encountered danger, she would use others as her shield and run away whenever they were facing a dangerous situation.

Thinking about her subtle hints of becoming his woman, disgust filled his heart and he said, "Let's finish packing and return as soon as possible." 

His calm but firm voice brought everyone back to focus. Realizing that they were wasting time arguing here, the group began gathering the remaining supplies–though the atmosphere remained heavy as everyone had their own agendas.

Ten minutes later, they finally exited the mini market after thoroughly searching the entire building. Aside from the first floor, the rest of the building was completely empty.

Not long after they left, Jiao Lizhi jumped down with a light step from the tree behind the mini market and brushed the dust off her pants. Watching their retreating figures in the distance, she smiled and began trailing them.