《Apocalypse Rental House》 Chapter 1 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying felt that she was hallucinating. Otherwise, how could she hear such words? She could not believe it and still had a trace of hope for her mother¡¯s love. ¡°Mom, I didn¡¯t hear what you said just now. Can you repeat? You¡¯re my biological mother!¡± Shi Qinfeng held Xu Ying¡¯s hand and cried, ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­I have no choice. There are only two rooms in the house and eight people living there. Since you have the chance to go out with the Wasteland Reclaimers and they even provide food and accommodation, you should go with them¡­¡± The Wasteland Reclaimers are people who needed to go out of the safe zone and develop more places where humans could live. However, the people who could go with the Wasteland Reclaimers team not only needed to be young and strong, but they also needed to have superpowers. Otherwise, when faced with powerful zombies and harsh environments, they would only die. Although Xu Ying had a premonition that this family would chase her out sooner or later, she still felt very uncomfortable. ¡°I don¡¯t have any supernatural powers, nor do I have any armed abilities. I¡¯ve never left the base since I was young, and you want me to go out with the Wasteland Reclaimers¡­Even if I didn¡¯t die, I would become a cripple! I want to ask you, am I really your biological daughter?¡± Twenty years after the apocalypse, the various bases had been gradually established and improved. Not only could the bases have food to eat, but they could also avoid being attacked by zombies and mutated beasts. Therefore, survivors flocked to them. In order to survive, everyone would do anything to enter the base. This caused the population of the base to increase rapidly and the land to be scarce. However, only with people would there be a chance. Xu Ying¡¯s father was one of the first engineers to participate in the construction of the base, so he was lucky enough to be assigned a 60-square-meter two-bedroom apartment. Normally, it was more than enough to house their family of three. But at the same time, it was hard to know what was in a human¡¯s mind. Before Xu Ying¡¯s parents gave birth to Xu Ying, they had their own families. However, before the apocalypse, some of them divorced, and some of them died during the apocalypse. However, their children were still alive. Xu Ying¡¯s parents were too lonely in the post-apocalyptic world and were single, so they wanted to accompany each other. It just was wonderful that they enjoyed each other¡¯s accompany, but troubles came one after another. First, Xu Ying¡¯s father, Xu Yongzhong, was distressed that his two sons from his ex-wife had no place to live, so he had to bring them in. Xu Ying¡¯s mother, Shi Qinfeng, was also upset when she saw this. She brought her eldest daughter from her ex-husband, who was Xu Ying¡¯s half-sister, Wei Jiaxi. Wei Jiaxi was already married, and her husband and three-year-old daughter were all here. The 60 square meter house was already cramped, and eight people were living in it. Xu Ying was the one who was sacrificed. Not only was her room taken out, but she was also forced to sleep in the narrow bathroom. It was dark and damp, and the toilet was next to her bed. With more people in the family, there would be more conflicts. In addition, the government had issued a new policy. Every household must send an adult labor force to participate in land reclamation. Otherwise, the house would be confiscated! Xu Ying was pushed out just like that. Shi Qinfeng¡¯s eyes were red. ¡°Of course, you¡¯re my biological daughter. When I gave birth to you, we didn¡¯t even have a house! ¡°You¡¯ve been with Mommy all this time. How can Mommy not love you? But Mom really has no choice now. Your sister still has a child¡­Your two brothers have stable jobs in the base and provide most of the income for the family. Your father will definitely not agree¡­¡± Xu Ying gave up completely. She pushed Shi Qinfeng¡¯s hand away and turned around to enter the small and dark bathroom, ignoring Shi Qinfeng¡¯s voice from the outside. She should have given up on this family a long time ago. Even if she was crippled, it was better than being abandoned by her closest family here. What did she mean by having no choice? Was her good son-in-law dead? At the end of the day, she was just biased. Only she could be sacrificed. Even if Mom knew that she couldn¡¯t protect herself, what did it matter? She did not have much stuff to pack, so she only took a change of clothes. At this moment, a cute little voice suddenly sounded in her mind. [Energy collection complete. Successfully loaded!] Xu Ying was confused. What was it? Was she hearing things because of her family¡¯s craziness? [Host, do you agree to bind to the rental system? After the binding is successful, I will gift you a basic property with one bedroom and one living room for your own use. There will be more houses in the future.] Xu Ying didn¡¯t understand the situation at all, but her mind seemed to be filled with the words ¡°gift¡± and ¡°property¡±. Oh god, even in her dreams, she wanted a house of her own. She didn¡¯t have to sleep in the bathroom, she wouldn¡¯t be chased out, and she had a small room of her own. She thought that even if she was hallucinating and daydreaming, she would be willing to fight zombies in close combat right now, let alone bind herself to the system! If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 2 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation [Binding successful. Please accept.] In an instant, a room card appeared in Xu Ying¡¯s hand, and a transparent panel appeared in front of her. A 3D rotating house with one bedroom and one living room appeared on it. She widened her eyes in disbelief. Was she really not hallucinating? [Host, please arrive at the property location as soon as possible and accept the novice mission. This way, you can achieve the happiness of owning a house as soon as possible!] Xu Ying came back to her senses and looked at the room card in her hand. As she listened to the childish voice in her mind, she felt dizzy. She looked at the address on the back of the room card. It felt a little familiar. It seemed to be near the Vermilion Bird Base. ¡°Dong dong dong!¡± There was an impatient knock on the door and Wei Jiaxi¡¯s impatient urging, ¡°What are you doing? Hurry up and pack your things to report. Take all your things with you. If you can¡¯t take them with you, throw them away. You won¡¯t be a hassle again when we use the toilet in the future!¡± Xu Ying put away the room card and opened the door. She looked at the person outside the door expressionlessly. ¡°You¡¯ve collected all of the stuff? Then why are you still standing there? You¡¯re just a burden, yet you are so annoying.¡± Wei Jiaxi sized her up and immediately started mocking her. Xu Ying walked over with a cold face. Under Wei Jiaxi¡¯s stunned gaze, she used all her strength to slap Wei Jiaxi. Since she had decided to draw a clear line with this family, then before she left, she had to take revenge! The sound of a slap not only dispersed the grievance in Xu Ying¡¯s heart but also made her feel very comfortable. She had wanted to do this for a long time! How awesome! ¡°Xu Ying! You little slut, how dare you hit me!¡± Wei Jiaxi¡¯s voice was about to burst. She left her daughter, Yu Xiaohua, who was crying in fear, and was about to pounce on Xu Ying. Xu Ying slapped her again. ¡°You¡¯re the last person in this family who has the right to call me a burden!¡± If it wasn¡¯t for Mom¡¯s favoritism and bringing your family of trash over, you wouldn¡¯t even know where you would be wandering! Maybe you would have been eaten by zombies long ago. And that useless husband of yours, every time he sees me, he¡¯s so disgusting. Only you treat that trash like a treasure!¡± Shi Qinfeng sobbed, ¡°You two sisters shouldn¡¯t say such things¡­ Ying, what are you doing? You¡¯ve made a mess at home!¡± Xu Ying seemed to have heard the funniest thing. ¡°Did I mess up the house? This family was a mess from the start! From today onwards, I have no brothers, sisters, or parents! Just pretend that you never gave birth to me. In the future, when you see me, treat me as a stranger.¡± After she finished speaking, she ignored Wei Jiaxi¡¯s murderous gaze and took her identification card and a set of clothes to change into before leaving without looking back. ¡°She wants to cut ties with us! She hates us! ¡± Shi Qinfeng cried as she slapped her chest. Wei Jiaxi covered his swollen face and gritted his teeth. ¡°It¡¯s fine if she doesn¡¯t have a conscience. Without her father and brothers, how can she not survive in the Vermilion Bird Base? In the end, you still have to come and beg us! Mom, when the time comes, you can¡¯t be soft-hearted anymore. Look at how much she has spoiled you. You heartless thing!¡± The only response to Wei Jiaxi was Shi Qinfeng¡¯s crying. .. Xu Ying followed the address on the door card and found her house. It was at the northern gate of the Vermilion Bird Base, which was also the most common entrance for the Wasteland Reclaimers. There was a large piece of land that had been surrounded by someone. It was at least 3,000 square meters. Xu Ying was completely dumbfounded. She knew this place because she grew up in the Vermilion Bird Base and had heard about it from the old people in the base. This piece of land had appeared overnight as if it had suddenly landed. There were no signs, no warnings, and nothing terrifying had appeared. Every inch of land in the Vermilion Bird Base was worth a fortune. Even her father¡¯s 60-square-meter house cost 6000 base contribution points and 50 million gold coins. Contribution points were even rarer than gold coins. Therefore, the 3,000 square meters of empty land in front of her could not be described as a huge sum of money. Countless people coveted it. However, even the highest-ranking officer of the base did not dare to touch it. It was surrounded by a high wall and an electric fence. Without an access card, even powerful zombies and mutated beasts couldn¡¯t enter, let alone humans. Once they burst into the place, they would be reduced to ashes. But now, this piece of land had inexplicably become hers, Xu Ying¡¯s? She swallowed her saliva and walked through the door. She picked up the room card given to her by the system and swiped it at the sensor at the door. ¡°My lovely and beautiful master, welcome home.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 3 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation The door slowly opened. In the middle of the empty land, there was an ordinary small house with blue walls. After looking at it for a long time, Xu Ying suddenly felt a little sore. After living for eighteen years, this was the first time she felt a sense of belonging to a certain place. It was as if this was her home, and this home had always been waiting for her to come back. Delighted, she walked quickly and then ran to the door of the house. As usual, she swiped her card and pushed the door open with anticipation. In the end, it was empty inside. There wasn¡¯t even a chair. It could be said that it was an empty shell. Xu Ying was stunned. For a moment, she regretted it. What she regretted was that she should have carried the camp bed from the bathroom over. At least there was a place to sit now. However, it was impossible for her to go back. She never wanted to go back to that home again. She couldn¡¯t possibly buy a new one. She only had 50 gold coins on her, and the most she could buy was a second-hand chair. [Detected that the host has arrived at the destination. Please name the place.] Xu Ying thought for a moment. ¡°Let¡¯s call it Peach Blossom Land!¡± To her, it was like a dream. [You have named it the Peach Blossom Land. Do you want to accept the novice mission?] ¡°I accept.¡± Xu Ying rubbed her nose. [Okay, please accept the newbie gift pack.] In the next second, the transparent panel appeared in front of Xu Ying again. A grand prize floated in the air. She reached out her hand and clicked to receive it. [Obtained 2000 gold coins!] Xu Ying was shocked. She quickly took out her identification card. Twenty years after the apocalypse, the ID card had become a touch screen. It was only a thin piece and could be used as a communication device. It had even replaced the mobile phone. Xu Ying logged into her account and her balance became 2050! This was the most money she had ever received! Just as she was feeling excited, the system¡¯s voice sounded again. [Congratulations to the host for having more than 2000 gold coins in total. You can upgrade the system to level 1. After upgrading, you will receive a single room. Also, unlock the home improvement store. Do you want to spend 2000 gold coins to upgrade?] Xu Ying was stunned. So this system could be upgraded. She looked at the empty room and still chose to level up. It was just that the money that she had just received had not even been warmed up yet, and she had already spent it all. [Apocalypse rental system level 1, single room 1 has been developed, home improvement shop has been unlocked, please check.] As soon as the notification sound fell, Xu Ying felt a tremor under her feet. An empty room of ten square meters appeared in front of her. The property that the system had given her was placed on the right side of the single room. The two rooms were connected by a small corridor. Xu Ying was shocked. This was too amazing. If she hadn¡¯t seen it with her own eyes, who would have believed it? The speed of building the house was like playing a game. It was as if it was built with a click of the mouse. The efficiency was too high! Moreover, there was no labor or loss. She opened the system panel again and saw the home improvement shop. She wanted to see if there were any suitable beds and buy two first. She couldn¡¯t just sleep on the floor, could she? However, when she saw that the cheapest wooden bed cost 150 gold coins, Xu Ying silently closed the page. She was the one who didn¡¯t deserve it. How could a person with a net worth of only 50 gold coins dare to shop? She even thought that she should just rent it out. After all, it was the apocalypse, so she didn¡¯t have to sleep on a bed, right? ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Host. We can¡¯t rent it out for the time being. Please fulfill the rental conditions: bed x1, toilet x1, sink x1.¡± Xu Ying scratched her head. These three items cost more than 1,000 gold coins in the home improvement store. How could she have that much money? After thinking about it, she decided to try her luck at the second-hand market in the base. Anyway, the system did not insist that the renovation had to be bought from the system store. With that thought in mind, she went. The system didn¡¯t stop her! She knew it would work! She took all her assets, which were 50 gold coins, to the trading market. In order to save money, she still went hungry and walked there. When she went out, she smeared her face with dust to make it even dirtier. Although there were no zombies in the Vermilion Bird Base, humans were more terrifying than zombies in a chaotic environment. The trading market was divided into the East and West Districts. The West District was relatively safer, and the things sold were more normal. Not only did they sell common furniture and household appliances, but they also sold communication tools and so on. However, the East District was different. They sold their children, half-eaten bread, zombie skulls, and so on. Back in the second-hand furniture section, the cheapest bed was 20 gold coins, and the legs were broken. This was not worth it. Moreover, the remaining money would probably not be enough to buy a toilet and a sink¡­ If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 4 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying walked for a while and finally stopped at a stall selling abandoned military supplies. They were all obsolete military supplies, most of which were defective. She liked the sleeping bags at first glance! This thing could also be used as a bed! ¡°Mister, how much are the sleeping bags?¡± she asked. The stall owner was a thin man in his forties. His eyes were cloudy, but when he stared at her, he gave off a sinister feeling. He raised his eyebrows and sized her up. ¡°20 gold coins, but if you spend a night with me, I¡¯ll give it to you for free. ¡± Xu Ying knew that she couldn¡¯t show her fear at this time, so her expression became more serious. ¡°No way! Turn left for 500 meters and you can find two women to play with you until dawn for 10 gold coins! 15 gold coins for two sleeping bags, take that or I go? I don¡¯t think anyone else would spend any money to buy these sleeping bags of yours, right?¡± As expected, the owner retracted his gaze and snorted. ¡°You know quite a lot. Take them then.¡± Xu Ying quickly picked up the sleeping bags and carried them over her shoulder as she hurried away. During the past eighteen years, Xu Ying didn¡¯t have any other abilities, but she could still pretend to be ruthless to ensure her safety. Otherwise, she would have been bullied to the point that not even her bones were left in that house. However, when it came to buying a toilet, she was a little troubled. This thing was expensive and heavy, and she couldn¡¯t carry it alone. Therefore, at the plastic products stall, she chose to spend 5 gold coins to buy two plastic foot-washing buckets. The system did not say that the toilet had to be able to flush! She could also pull buckets. It was the apocalypse, so there was no need to be too particular. As for the sink, Xu Ying bought two plastic basins for 5 gold coins. After gathering all the items, Xu Ying carried them and prepared to return. However, there were too many things. She was exhausted after walking for a short while. She put down her things and prepared to rest. She could not help but think that it would be great if she could be teleported back in an instant¡­However, she was just thinking about it. This was too whimsical. In the next second, she actually appeared at the entrance of Peach Blossom Land ¡­ Xu Ying was speechless. She felt that she was the luckiest person, really. She swiped open the door and moved her things in. Sleeping bags, buckets, and washbasin were placed in the single room and her own room. Then, she turned on the rental mode again. This time, the system acknowledged her. [The rental conditions have been met. Please choose the daily rental, short-term rental, monthly rental, or annual rental modes. After you choose onr, you are not allowed to change the price within the specified time. You are also not allowed to change the interior furnishings and or renovate the place!] Xu Ying thought for a moment and decided to try the daily rental. It was her first time renting a house in the apocalypse, so she had no experience. ¡°Single Room No. 1 is now on a daily rental mode. According to the interior decoration system, the daily rental should be 100 gold coins. If you want to increase the rental, please purchase high-quality home furnishings. ¡± Xu Ying was speechless. How realistic. The system even knew that she had to renovate first before she could raise the rent. She was able to be a profiteer. But thinking about it carefully, this price shouldn¡¯t be a problem. An ordinary room in the Vermilion Bird Base cost 80 gold coins without a kitchen or bathroom. In addition, it cost 5 base contribution points. Even so, the supply was still in shortage. Those who could not get a private room could only live in a low-rent house with 50 people per room. The monthly rent for a bed was 600 gold coins and 10 contribution points. Both men and women had to eat, drink, and defecate in the same room. The conditions were quite bad. Although the facilities in her single room in the Peach Blossom Land were average, it did not require any contribution points. Contribution points were much harder to obtain than gold coins. Moreover, the Wasteland Reclaimers often passed by this piece of land. In the Wasteland Reclaimers, those who survived were all rich people. They did the most dangerous missions and received the highest commission. Therefore, there was no need to worry about renting a house. For dinner, Xu Ying spent 2 gold coins on a pack of compressed biscuits that were bland. Looking at her account with only 23 gold coins left, she couldn¡¯t help but feel anxious. She had to quickly attract customers to make money. As night fell, it began to rain heavily outside the house. From time to time, she could hear the roars of zombies, which made her sneak into her sleeping bag. Fortunately, the high wall of the Peach Blossom Land was more reliable. Zombies could not enter, so safety was guaranteed ¡­ She lay in the empty room wrapped in a sleeping bag, looking at the ceiling and sighing. Fortunately, it was spring now and the night was not particularly cold. Otherwise, this broken sleeping bag would have frozen her to death. Once again, she made up her mind to earn money! Sleep on the big bed! Use hot water! She even had to press the air conditioner to warm the floor! This is what it means to be a Peach Blossom Paradise.Xu Ying fell into a deep sleep with excitement. Although the house was bare, it gave her an unparalleled sense of security. She no longer had to live in a small and cold bathroom, and she didn¡¯t have to worry about Wei Jiaxi knocking on the door and shouting to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. She didn¡¯t have to be careful of Wei Jiaxi¡¯s husband, Yu Jinming¡¯s lewd gaze. She did not have to worry about Yu Xiaohua peeing on her bed¡­This house belonged to her alone. Xu Ying, who was in a beautiful dream, was awakened. The smart communicator outside the door said, ¡°Master, we have a guest.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 5 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying instantly woke up and scrambled to her feet. She was a little scared because the noise was a little loud. [Peach Blossom Land is under zombie attack. Electric fence protection has been activated.] Xu Ying leaned on the surveillance camera at the door and saw seven or eight strong men with injuries. There were also two people who were unconscious and covered in blood. The rain scattered the blood on the ground, making everything in front of her look shocking. Xu Ying was shocked, but when she saw their neat attire, she quickly opened the door. They were the Wasteland Reclaimers! It was probably because they were injured in a dangerous mission, and it was too late to return to the base, so they could only get close to Peach Blossom Land. Xu Ying respected them very much. If the Wasteland Reclaimers were not there to clear the zombies and collect supplies, the survival of the base would only be worse. ¡°Come in quickly!¡± She shouted. The group of people did not have time to think and rushed in. The blood mixed with the rain made a mess in Xu Ying¡¯s living room. After entering, a man with healing ability began to treat the most seriously injured person. His palm that was emitting a green light brushed across the hideous wound to stop the bleeding and heal the wound. However, the patient was too seriously injured. His stomach had been emptied by zombies. After all, superpower users were humans, not gods. There were limited things they could do ¡­ This was the first time Xu Ying had seen someone die right in front of her¡­She froze on the spot and forgot to scream. The blood in her body flowed backward. This was the first time she faced the danger of zombies in the apocalypse! Although her past days had been miserable, she had never left the Vermilion Bird Base. The worst things she had seen were all kinds of twisted human nature¡­ The healer pounded the ground hard and laid on the corpse of his teammate, crying silently. Everyone was silent for half a minute. The man in the lead, wearing a black military uniform, wiped the rain and blood off his face and said to Xu Ying, ¡°I am Wei Qiyan, the captain of the Seventh Team of the Wasteland Reclaimers Elite Team. Today, we encountered two high-level zombies on a mission and seriously injured my vice-captain. Also ¡­ this teammate of mine. If it wasn¡¯t for the electric fence outside helping us hold back the zombies when we retreated, we would have all died.¡± Then, he suddenly stood still and gave Xu Ying a standard military salute to express his most sincere gratitude. Xu Ying was overwhelmed and didn¡¯t know what to do. This was the first time she had encountered something like this, or rather, the first time she had received someone¡¯s gratitude. In the end, he could only say dryly, ¡°I ¡­ My name is Xu Ying.¡± ¡°And then ¡­ I¡¯m sorry that someone died in your house and dirtied the floor. But don¡¯t worry, we¡¯ll take care of it. Sorry for the trouble.¡± As Wei Qiyan spoke, his eyes turned sour for a moment, but he quickly regained his usual calmness and iron will. Only then did Xu Ying recover a little and quickly said, ¡°I¡¯m fine! You guys can rest here for the night.¡± As she spoke, she left the empty living room for Wei Qiyan and the others, and returned to her room. However, she didn¡¯t sleep well that night. She even had the nightmare of zombies breaking through the Peach Blossom Land¡¯s electric fence. When she woke up the next day, she was covered in cold sweat. Only then did she realize that she had been locked up at home for too long. She only had eyes for the world and was far from aware of the dangers outside. When she came out, she found that Wei Qiyan and the others had already cleaned up the bloody living room, and the bodies of their dead teammates had been put into the body bags they carried. ¡°Are you leaving?¡± Xu Ying asked. Wei Qiyan was reloading his gun when he heard this and said, ¡°Yes, go back and take revenge.¡± He spoke calmly, but Xu Ying could hear the hatred in his tone. After washing away the blood from yesterday¡¯s face, she could see his face clearly. His skin was a little rough after surviving in the wild for a long time. However, in the post-apocalyptic world, not many people had good skin. His facial features were standard red phoenix eyes and a delicate nose bridge. There was a scar on his left eyebrow, like a knife that had cut off the peak of his eyebrow, making him look a little fierce. He had a very contradictory temperament¡­ Xu Ying felt that he was no older than thirty. ¡°Oh right, I saw that you guys seem to be running an inn when I went out just now?¡± Wei Qiyan asked. Xu Ying nodded. ¡± I guess so. I currently have a room for rent. It¡¯s a daily rental. ¡± ¡°Your parents opened it? Who are your parents?¡± Wei Qiyan asked directly. It was too chaotic last night, so he didn¡¯t have time to think too much. However, to be able to open a hostel in such a large safe zone, it must be some unknown big shot. However, from last night until now, he had only seen this little girl who seemed to be underage. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 6 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation ¡°I opened it myself. I don¡¯t have parents and I am just an ordinary person. There is an available single room here. Your injured and unconscious teammate can rest here for a few days. The daily rent is 100 gold coins. We take cards here for payment¡± The team members widened their eyes and looked at her from head to toe, then at the empty house. ¡°You said this house is yours?¡± The owner of the mysterious land near the safe zone was actually a little girl who looked underage! They had always thought that it was the private land of a high-ranking person in the base. After all, no one was able to enter here. ¡°You don¡¯t want contribution points?¡± Wei Qiyan asked. ¡°No need.¡± Xu Ying shook her head. ¡°I take the rent in gold coins.¡± Wei Qiyan didn¡¯t say anything and used his card to pay the rent for five days. This was because Su Wei, the injured teammate, really needed a single room to recuperate. Moreover, this place was protected by a high wall and an electric fence. Relatively speaking, it was safer than the houses in the Vermilion Bird Base. Xu Ying looked at the extra 500 gold coins in her account and smiled. ¡°The room is on the left. You guys carry him in.¡± The several guys did not mind the simple configuration of the room. They placed Vice-Captain Su Wei in the sleeping bag and left a message on the communicator. Wei Qiyan even gave his contact information to Xu Ying and said, ¡°Miss Xu, we¡¯ll come to pick him up after we¡¯ve taken our revenge. We¡¯ll have to trouble you to take care of him for the next few days. Here are 1000 gold coins as compensation. Please accept it.¡± Xu Ying opened her mouth and didn¡¯t have time to agree. Her account showed that she had received 1000 gold coins. ¡°No problem.¡± She nodded repeatedly. ¡°I¡¯ll definitely feed him well and take good care of him.¡± Wei Qiyan: ¡°That¡¯s not necessary. He has money on him. You just have to make sure he doesn¡¯t leave your place.¡± Xu Ying understood. He was afraid that if Su woke up, he would be so agitated that he would follow the team to take revenge despite his injuries. The 1000 gold coins were basically a fee for her care. It was a benefit for her. Thinking of this, she was a little worried. ¡°Then you guys have to be careful too. If you can¡¯t win, run. I¡¯m always here. When the bell rings, I¡¯ll open the door for you guys and come back safely! ¡± Hearing this, a warm feeling surged in Wei Qiyan¡¯s heart. It seemed like there really was someone waiting for them to return home. He hadn¡¯t felt this way for a long time. ¡°Thank you.¡± He cupped his fists. With that, the group of people left aggressively without hesitation. After the others left, Xu Ying was worried for a while, but when she saw her 1532 gold coins, she felt a sense of satisfaction and security. She wanted to buy herself another basin, but in the end, she gritted her teeth and spent 1000 gold coins to open up a single room. After all, she could still distinguish between enjoying it for a while and enjoying it all the time. [Single room developed *1, existing single rooms *2] She thought that Wei Qiyan and his group also needed a place to stay, and they would definitely come back. At that time, they could continue to rent. Then, there was a tremor under her feet, and another door appeared in the corridor. Xu Ying walked in and saw that it was the same size as the existed single room. It was also the empty as the other one. This time, she bought a cheap wooden bed. Costing additional 200 gold coins. When the single solid wood bed appeared, it was accompanied by a white four-piece bed set. The blanket was soft and warm to the touch. It was much better than the ones that were sold in the market! She remembered that Shi Qinfeng had spent over 400 gold coins to buy a quilt for Wei Jiaxi. The quality of the quilt was not even as good as the one she got as complimentary with the bed for 200 gold coins. In the end, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet. She bought the cheapest one-piece simple washroom from the home improvement store. It only cost 300 gold coins. This way, she had a toilet and a sink, and she even got a showerhead for free. [The rental conditions have been fulfilled. Please choose the daily rental, short-term rental, monthly rental, and annual rental modes. After choosing, the price cannot be changed within the specified time, and the interior furnishings and decorations cannot be changed.] This time, Xu Ying chose to rent for 15 days. After all, the facilities were different, and she had some experience. [Single Room No. 2 is available for short-term rental for 15 days. According to the interior decoration system, the short-term rental fee should be 4000 gold coins. If you want to increase the rent, please purchase high-quality home furnishings.] Xu Ying sighed. As expected, there was a return on investment. But when she saw the remaining 23 gold coins, she sighed again. Sitting on the hardwood floor, she decided to buy herself a bed when she earned the short-term rent! After all, she was the owner. It wasn¡¯t too much to have a bed, right? During lunch, Xu Ying went to the convenience store closest to Peach Blossom Land in the Vermilion Bird Base as usual. She spent 2 gold coins on compressed biscuits and drank the free cold water in the store. After eating, she even brought a set meal for the injured man in the room that cost 8 gold coins. ¡°Little sister, did you come back from outside the base?¡± The cashier was a disabled man who had a high limb amputated. His lower body was fitted with cheap prosthetics, and his movements were very slow and jerky. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 7 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation ¡°Do you see that piece of land in the east?¡± the cashier asked her. Someone saw the shop open? What about the price? Can ordinary people afford it? Did you know?¡± Xu Ying didn¡¯t expect that someone would pay attention to it in just one day. She said generously, ¡°You can afford it, depending on what you need. A single room of ten square meters with no living facilities. It¡¯s only three thousand gold coins. You don¡¯t need contribution points. ¡± The monthly income of the Vermilion Bird Base was 8000 coins per person, so 3000 coins weren¡¯t considered high. As expected, the cashier was very happy. He asked many other questions, and Xu Ying answered them one by one. After hearing the news, this cashier immediately dialed his communicator, seemingly calling his family. Xu Ying smiled. It seemed that everyone¡¯s demand for housing was still very high. She had to get a few more rooms. She was very happy. She took the rice and planned to go to a corner where no one was and directly teleport back to Peach Blossom Land. Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind him. ¡°Ying?¡± She turned around and saw that it was her scumbag father who pretended to be deaf and mute to everything. Xu Yongzhong was dressed decently and cleanly, and there were colleagues who were dressed similarly beside him. Xu Ying originally planned to ignore him, but who knew that her colleague at the side said, ¡°Old Xu, is this your youngest daughter who volunteered to join the Wasteland Reclaimers? This ¡­ She has just come of age. How can you and your wife bear to do that? My daughter is already in her thirties. I don¡¯t even dare to let her leave the base alone! The world is so chaotic now.¡± Xu Yongzhong¡¯s expression changed immediately. ¡°It was Ying who insisted on joining the army. She has been wild since she was young. Now that the child has grown up, as parents, we have to support her decision.¡± Xu Ying almost vomited. The colleague smiled at each other and didn¡¯t say anything. As for Xu Yongzhong, his reputation for not caring about his family and his daughter had long spread in private. Xu Yongzhong was embarrassed. He forced a smile and asked Xu Ying, ¡°How have you been recently? Do you need Daddy¡¯s help?¡± Xu Ying thought about it and immediately squeezed out two drops of tears.¡± Dad¡­There are still two days before the Wasteland Reclaimers¡¯ physical examination. Ever since I was chased out of the house, I have no place to stay. After you went home with Mom, Brother, and Sister, I secretly followed behind and slept at your door at night. Before you guys went out, I left quickly, afraid that you would find me annoying¡­¡± ¡°Old Xu, aren¡¯t you going overboard?¡± said one of the colleagues ¡°That¡¯s right. How much food can a girl eat? Do you have to do that? She¡¯s not your biological daughter?¡± Xu Yongzhong¡¯s expression was ugly, but he still maintained his dignity and said, ¡°I don¡¯t know about this. My wife takes care of everything at home. I¡¯ll definitely ask her when I get back. Ying, I¡¯ve made you suffer. Take some money and stay outside for a few days. When this matter is clarified, I¡¯ll bring you back.¡± Then, he transferred 3000 gold coins. Xu Ying pretended to sob, feeling disgusted. Renting a house in the base was not her Peach Blossom Land. 3,000 gold coins and contribution points were also required. However, he would not mention this matter at all. Xu Yongzhong promised. ¡°If you have any difficulties, just call me. If you don¡¯t want to join the army, I¡¯ll spend money to get you out of it.¡± Xu Ying thought he was lying. All these years, she had seen clearly how he had turned a blind eye to her being bullied. Xu Yongzhong believed a daughter could not compare to a son. When she grew up, she could no longer trust him. As soon as she got the money, Xu Ying said a few fake words of thanks and turned to leave. She really did not want to see her so-called family for even a second. When she returned to Peach Blossom Land, there were indeed a few people watching outside the door. Xu Ying allowed them to look at her from outside. She entered the house and pushed the door open to see Su Wei holding the door as he came out. His left eye must have been injured, and he had a mechanical prosthetic eye installed. This was something that only appeared after the apocalypse. ¡°Are you the landlord here?¡± Su Wei frowned. Xu Ying knew that she didn¡¯t look like someone who could own such a big house, so she nodded nonchalantly. ¡°Yes, your captain paid you five days¡¯ rent. You can stay here in peace for the next few days and don¡¯t go out and run around. I will bring you your food every day.¡± ¡°They went to take revenge on their own and left me behind,¡± Su Wei cursed. She looked around and didn¡¯t see a table. She sat on the ground and finished eating. ¡°Throw it in the bag after you¡¯re done eating. I¡¯ll clean it up.¡± ¡°How old are you?¡± Su Wei nodded and asked her. ¡°Where are your parents?¡± ¡°I¡¯m eighteen, ¡± Xu Ying said expressionlessly. ¡°My parents are both dead. ¡± Su Wei didn¡¯t say anything else. Many people lost their parents in the apocalypse. ¡°What superpower do you have?¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 8 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation ¡°I am an ordinary person,¡± Xu Ying looked at him. ¡°No superpower.¡± ¡°You¡­¡± Su Wei immediately raised his head. ¡°First, you don¡¯t have parents. Second, you don¡¯t have any strength. How did you manage to protect yourself?¡± With such a large piece of land and these few houses, no one came to kill and seize the land? This was too unreasonable. In the apocalypse, this was impossible. ¡°What?¡± Xu Ying understood what he meant. ¡°You want to kill me here and occupy this land? Don¡¯t think about it. Once you enter my place, you have to listen to me. Once you have any conflict, you will be thrown out, regardless of life or death.¡± On the system control panel, she had already set up a ban on hurting the landlord and fighting. Those who violated the rules would be directly teleported out and would also be electrocuted as punishment. Although they would not be electrocuted into ashes, the injuries would not be light. Moreover, she had the right to throw out tenants who owed rent. Although she didn¡¯t have any superpowers, she had that cute system. Su Wei was speechless. ¡°I just wanted to remind you with good intentions.¡± Xu Ying nodded. ¡°Thank you. Here¡¯s the door access card. It will automatically demagnetize when the rent is due.¡± In fact, she knew that Su Wei was just reminding her out of goodwill. If she wanted to make a move, she would have done it long ago. After all, she obviously didn¡¯t have much martial strength. She stayed in her room for the entire afternoon to familiarize herself with the system and rules. She tried her best to rent her house in a more reasonable manner. At night, just as she was about to fall asleep, Wei Qiyan and the others returned. This time, two of the team members were slightly injured, and Wei Qiyan had broken his arm. Once again, he appeared in front of her, covered in blood. Xu Ying¡¯s heart almost jumped out of her throat. ¡°You ¡­ Are you alright? Don¡¯t you need to stop the bleeding?¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine now.¡± Wei Qiyan shook his head with a calm expression. Xu Ying was numb. His entire arm was severed from his shoulder. She could even see the bones and muscles left behind. This was f*cking fine? If it weren¡¯t for the fact that she was surrounded by people, she would have screamed. Wei Qiyan used his remaining hand to take out a paper bag with a green crystal core inside. He threw it to Su Wei and said, ¡°I¡¯ve avenged Chen Ming. Hand this over tomorrow for the old chief to see. I¡¯ll go to Chen Ming¡¯s house to apologize. It¡¯s my fault for not protecting him as the captain. I¡¯ll give his family an explanation.¡± Su Wei turned around with red eyes. The evolved zombie that they encountered was probably a newly advanced one. Its superpower was very strange and extremely lethal. Even with the captain¡¯s strength, one of his hands was crippled by it. It could be seen how dangerous it was. The price of revenge was too great. Xu Ying didn¡¯t feel good hearing this, but she admired Wei Qiyan from the bottom of her heart. Everyone rested for a while and sat in the empty living room to chat and wait for dawn. Xu Ying was also completely awake. She chatted with everyone and made a few more friends. Wei Qiyan did not join in the conversation. He sat at the side and wiped the pistol in his hand, reserved and calm. When they were almost done chatting, he asked Xu Ying alone, ¡°Is there anyone in the room on the right?¡± Xu Ying immediately perked up. This soldier was indeed different. He immediately noticed the empty room. ¡°No,¡± she said. ¡°This room is much better, but it¡¯s only a short-term rental. 4000 gold coins for 15 days. No contribution points are required. ¡°I only need gold coins from renting a room here.¡± She opened the door for Wei Qiyan and his teammates to see. Su Wei looked around and said bitterly, ¡°Mine is also a single room, and I¡¯m still injured. But there was only a sleeping bag and a bucket in the room. Did I look like I was short of money? Or do you rent a room based on looks?¡± Xu Ying scratched her head awkwardly and said, ¡°I was short of money before you came, so the condition was average.¡± However, when your rental period is up, I¡¯ll definitely arrange a luxurious one for you. However, the rent will definitely increase.¡± ¡°Then reserve the room on the right for me. I¡¯ll bring someone over to stay in a few days,¡± Wei Qiyan said. As he spoke, he was afraid that he would miss out the room, so he immediately transferred 4000 gold coins over. Xu Ying looked at the number that had been transferred to her account in an instant, then looked at Wei Qiyan as if she had seen her parents. ¡°Then I¡¯ll keep it for you, but it¡¯ll only be three days at most. If you still haven¡¯t brought anyone to stay, I¡¯ll have to deduct 1,000 gold coins from you. That¡¯s very reasonable. ¡± Wei Qiyan who was actually wealthy said: ¡°No problem. If there are other rooms in the future, let me know. I¡¯ll book them all. I have many brothers. ¡± His teammates felt warm in their hearts. ¡°If you have any problems, you can always look for me at the Vermilion Bird Wasteland Reclaimers. I¡¯ll solve them for you. ¡± Wei Qiyan added. Xu Ying was stunned. Was this a promise to protect her? She felt a little complicated and a little sad. For some reason, she knew that Wei Qiyan wasn¡¯t someone like her scumbag father who would only talk about stuff but never do anything. If there was something difficult to deal with, Wei Qiyan would definitely help her solve it. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 9 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation His teammates immediately expressed their goodwill to Xu Ying. ¡°Miss Xu, when you have an open room in the future, you must leave it for us. Please leave your contact information. If you need us in the future, just let me know!¡± Xu Ying accepted their contact information and promises. She felt that she had inadvertently gained a lot of support! The Wasteland Reclaimers who had survived until now were all experts. Wei Qiyan revealed a rare smile but didn¡¯t say anything. ¡°By the way, I want to ask if the Wasteland Reclaimers who signed up can not go?¡± Xu Ying thought about it and decided to ask about it. Moreover, she had no strength and no superpower, but she had this rental system. Even though she went, she would only be a burden to the Wasteland Reclaimers and might even lose her life. Not to mention, she needed to take care of the house in Peach Blossom Land. ¡°According to the rules, it¡¯s not allowed.¡± Wei Qiyan frowned. Xu Ying¡¯s face turned bitter. Shi Qinfeng had signed up behind her back¡­ ¡°You signed up?¡± Wei Qiyan asked disapprovingly. To be honest, the Wasteland Reclaimers did not want such a weak little girl. She would either be a burden or die. Xu Ying nodded stiffly. Wei Qiyan thought for a moment and said, ¡°If you don¡¯t go, you¡¯ll have to pay a fine. Moreover, you¡¯ll have to have a family member to replace you. However, if you pay enough money alone, the higher-ups won¡¯t make things difficult for you.¡± Xu Ying scratched her head awkwardly. ¡°I lied when I said that my parents were dead. In fact, they are still alive, but my family is a little complicated ¡­ so I just said that they were dead. I had made up my mind not to acknowledge them for the rest of my life. But they went behind my back and signed me up for the Wasteland Reclaimers. By the time I found out, it was already too late¡­¡± Wei Qiyan understood that her parents didn¡¯t want the little girl to live. She actually had parents like that? ¡°Go to the base¡¯s talent management center and split up from your family as an adult. Explain the situation and say that I¡¯m the one who introduced you. When the time comes, your parents will still have to pay for it.¡± ¡°Can I?¡± Xu Ying¡¯s eyes lit up. She had been shut up at home for a long time, so she did not know much about society. Shi Qinfeng and the others wished that she knew less so that they could control her. Wei Qiyan nodded. ¡°Of course. This way, you won¡¯t have to join the army, and you won¡¯t have to pay a fine.¡± Xu Ying was extremely grateful. ¡°Thank you so much. How about this? I¡¯ll give you a 20% discount for that room! When I have money, I¡¯ll add facilities to your room as soon as I can!¡± When Wei Qiyan heard this, his face revealed a faint smile. ¡°Your way of thanking others is to give them a discount on their rent?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t have anything else.¡± Xu Ying was embarrassed. Wei Qiyan looked at her with a hint of pity. The next day, at dawn, Wei Qiyan and his group left. Xu Ying didn¡¯t delay and hurried to the talent management center to show her identification and Wei Qiyan¡¯s name. ¡°You should have said so earlier. So you¡¯re Captain Wei¡¯s friend. We¡¯ve understood this matter. It¡¯s true that your parents signed up for you without consensus. This is absolutely not allowed in our Vermilion Bird Base. We¡¯ll follow up and take disciplinary measures later. Don¡¯t worry.¡± In less than half an hour, Xu Ying was free from the troubles of her family. She couldn¡¯t help but smile. This was the first time she experienced the convenience of a favor. When she was young, she had followed Shi Qinfeng here to handle some matters. Even the simplest matter had taken them three months to complete. However, she couldn¡¯t help but think about it. Wei Qiyan, this captain, didn¡¯t seem to be an ordinary Wasteland Reclaimers captain. However, she was not a curious person and would not take the initiative to probe into other people¡¯s privacy. Now that she had settled the important matter on her mind, she only wanted to go home and spend money! Buy a bed! Buying a bathroom! Of course, he also wanted to add something to Wei Qiyan¡¯s room as a form of thanks! The gold coins contributed by her scumbag father and the rent that Wei Qiyan paid in advance allowed Xu Ying to have a lot of money. When she got home, she immediately placed an order to buy herself a solid wood bed and a set of fabric sofas to place in her empty living room. In addition, there was a separate toilet, sink, and a separate shower room. It could be said that compared to the past, it was quite extravagant. She spent a total of 1560 gold coins. With the remaining money, she opened up a single room and spent 1000 gold coins. She also added basic solid wood beds, shower heads, toilets, pools, and other facilities to the room. She even generously gave him a large wardrobe. Finally, she set the room to a monthly rental mode. She planned to save the remaining gold coins. After all, the system upgrade required 10,000 gold coins. [Single Room No. 3 has a monthly rental mode. According to the interior decoration system, the short-term rental fee should be 10000 gold coins. If you want to increase the rent, please purchase high-quality home furnishings.] Xu Ying smiled contentedly as she listened to the system announcement. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 10 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation In the past few days, more and more people had appeared outside the Peach Blossom Land. They were all asking about this estate, but Xu Ying didn¡¯t care about them. Before settling down Wei Qiyan¡¯s people, she would not rent out more rooms for the time being. Although she said that she would wait for three days, it was only because Wei Qiyan had helped her a lot, so she naturally wouldn¡¯t really wait for only three days. During dinner, Xu Ying ordered a luxurious single meal for herself that cost 16 gold coins. There were even meat scraps inside! It was simply too extravagant. When Wei Qiyan and his group returned and entered the Peach Blossom Land, they were stunned by the house that had doubled in size. The rooms here were not ordinary. ¡°It¡¯s only been a few days. Did you find a super-construction team to build overnight? How could they be so fast? And they even made a big corridor,¡± Su Wei asked with his eyes wide open. Xu Ying was also familiar with them. She smiled without saying a word, as if she was telling them to stay out of the landlord¡¯s business. Because there were more rooms, some facilities came with expansion for free. Wei Qiyan looked at her a few more times and changed the topic. ¡°My younger sister is moving in tonight.¡± Xu Ying thought to herself, so the room that cost 4000 gold coins was reserved for her sister. She saw that his arm had recovered and guessed that he might have gone to get a prosthetic. However, he did not say anything and pushed open the door of the new room. ¡°Look at the new room. There¡¯s a single bed made of solid wood, bedding, pillows, and a large wardrobe. The room is also equipped with a toilet, a separate wet and dry shower, an independent storage cabinet, a sink, and super soundproofing. The monthly rent is 10000 gold coins.¡± The facilities in this room made everyone jealous. ¡°You really don¡¯t want the contribution points?¡± Wei Qiyan asked uncertainly. These contribution points were reserved for buying rare weapons and medicine. For people like them who lived on the edge of the knife, the more contribution points they had, the more likely they would survive. For ordinary people, these contribution points were extremely precious. Therefore, many places could not do without contribution points. ¡°I really don¡¯t need it.¡± Xu Ying nodded. The team members¡¯ eyes lit up, but they looked at their captain. They couldn¡¯t afford to offend him. The captain went first, so they didn¡¯t dare to snatch it. ¡°I¡¯ve decided. I¡¯ll stay here today.¡± Wei Qiyan said. Xu Ying felt as if fireworks had been set off in front of her. Wouldn¡¯t she have the capital to upgrade? The more Wei Qiyan looked, the more satisfied he became. He immediately closed the door and took a shower. It was a hot shower. This behavior made a group of men who were still living in the dormitory envious. They even had to choose a time to take a cold shower. At night, Xu Ying met Wei Qiyan¡¯s sister, Wei Mingyue, the new tenant of single room number two. Wei Mingyue looked like she was only 15 years old. She was very obedient and a little shy. Wei Qiyan introduced her to Xu Ying. ¡°I was busy with work before, so I kept her at my uncle¡¯s house. This time, I got the chance to pick her up. I¡¯ll have to trouble Miss Xu to take care of her later. Yue, say hello to Sister Xu.¡± Wei Mingyue blushed and called her Sister Xu, revealing a shy smile. It was rare for Xu Ying to see such an obedient and soft little girl. She smiled and said, ¡°No problem. My room is just over here. If you need anything, feel free to look for me.¡± Wei Mingyue¡¯s eyes sparkled as she looked at her, and the two of them soon got together. The next day, Wei Qiyan went out early again. Today was the day of the new recruits¡¯ physical examination. Those who signed up to join the Wasteland Reclaimers would report to the training center. A special examiner would test their physical strength and special abilities before assigning them to the various teams. The captain was responsible for familiarizing the newcomers with the environment and integrating them into the Wasteland Reclaimers as soon as possible. Su Wei pursed his lips impatiently. Yesterday, a middle-aged woman came to our command center and said that her daughter¡¯s health was not good. If she went, she would be sending herself to death. She asked us to withdraw her¡­¡± For some reason, Xu Ying immediately thought of Shi Qinfeng. If Wei Jiaxi had joined the army, Shi Qinfeng would definitely have done something like this. With his scumbag father¡¯s personality, he would never allow his two sons to join the army. The only one who would be sacrificed would be Wei Jiaxi. For a moment, Xu Ying felt a little disppointed. They were both her biological children. Shi Qinfeng was afraid that Wei Jiaxi would lose his life, but she didn¡¯t care about her life at all? After Wei Qiyan left, Xu Ying went to buy breakfast as usual and subconsciously brought some for Wei Mingyue and Su Wei. She spent a total of 32 gold. She realized that she was much more generous than before, especially to herself. In the past, she could not even bear to eat meat scraps. Wei Mingyue didn¡¯t expect her landlady to bring her a serving. She smiled gratefully and ate obediently. While she was eating, she thought that it would be better to let her brother live off the landlady sister. The landlady had money and a house. She was gentle and beautiful¡­For such a person to be paired with her brother, that would be terrific and her brother would be so lucky! If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 11 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation After breakfast, Su Wei said to Xu Ying, ¡°I¡¯m almost fully recovered. Tomorrow, I¡¯ll go on a mission with the captain and the others. I won¡¯t be back for ten days to half a month. The rental period for this room is up. Go ahead and decorate it. I¡¯ll pay you the rent when I come back. I¡¯ll take into account the days I¡¯m not staying here, so reserve it for me!¡± This house was really suitable for them. If they missed it, it would be a huge loss. Xu Ying waved her hand. ¡°No need. I¡¯ll keep the room for you. We¡¯ll talk when you come back. ¡°Since they were already so familiar with each other, she was too embarrassed to take advantage of him. Su Wei didn¡¯t stand on ceremony with her and nodded without saying anything else. Wei Mingyue moved closer to Xu Ying and suggested softly, ¡°Sister Xu, I think you can put a vending machine in the hall or a freezer to store the set meal. Then, we won¡¯t have to go to the Vermilion Bird Base. We can just buy them from you. You can even earn some money.¡± Xu Ying was amused when she heard that. She gently pinched her little face and said, ¡°You¡¯re really smart.¡± Wei Mingyue was right. Most of the people living here were very busy and didn¡¯t have time to cook. First, they would eat fast food. She could indeed earn some money. Wei Mingyue was embarrassed by the praise and blushed slightly. After returning to her room, Xu Ying couldn¡¯t wait to spend 10000 gold coins to upgrade the system. [The system has been upgraded to level 2. Double room 1 has been developed. The food store has been unlocked. Please check it.] There was a slight vibration under her feet. The corridor had been extended a lot, and a room of about 20 square meters had appeared on the left. There was a partition in the room. On the left was the bedroom, and on the right was a separate bathroom and a small balcony. Xu Ying immediately added two single beds according to the system¡¯s requirements. In the independent bathroom, she added a double sink, independent shower, toilet, and other basic facilities. She even placed a simple clothes pole and two small rattan chairs on the balcony. She spent 2000 gold coins. This time, Xu Ying chose the monthly rental mode. [Double Room No. 1 is open for monthly rent. According to the interior decoration system, the monthly rent is 15000 gold coins. If you want to increase the rent, please purchase high-quality home furnishings.] Xu Ying looked at the double room with satisfaction. This double room was suitable for sharing with friends. It was more cost-effective than renting a single room alone. It was definitely more popular among young people. She was looking forward to the payment even more now. Xu Ying planned to tell Wei Qiyan¡¯s teammates about the new room tomorrow morning. After that, she bought a glass coffee table and placed four wooden stools in the living room. This way, when everyone was not in their rooms, they could still chat in the living room. This way, he finally didn¡¯t have to sit on the ground. In the end, Xu Ying couldn¡¯t help but add a large wardrobe for herself. She looked at the remaining 650 gold coins in her savings. This made Xu Ying uneasy She looked at the newly unlocked food store. It was sold together with the freezer and vending machine. She weighed her balance and bought a breakfast vending machine in the living room. He spent another 500 gold coins. Xu Ying calmed herself down and began to study the machine. This time, there were no additional gifts. The machine was empty and there was no real thing. According to the hint, she spent another 100 gold coins to purchase. In an instant, bread, milk, steamed buns, soy milk, coffee, desserts, and other combinations appeared. There were currently ten servings. Xu Ying was hungry. It was much more abundant than the largest convenience store in the base, and the price was also more favorable. She did some calculations. If she sold all of them, after deducting the purchase cost, she would still have a net profit of 200 gold coins. However, the breakfast here had a two-day shelf life. If they couldn¡¯t sell it out, they would be responsible for their own profits and losses. However, something like not being able to sell it would definitely not happen. At that time, even if she went to the base to set up a stall, she would have to sell it! She could at least get back some of her capital. Of course, in addition to the breakfast machine, there were also beverage machines, yogurt machines, and roasted sausages.. Wait, her wallet didn¡¯t allow her to do so. She only had 50 gold coins left. There wasn¡¯t enough. She still had to earn money and collect rent quickly! Summer was coming, and she wanted to buy an air-conditioner for every room, which would cost a lot of money. Cold ice cream would definitely sell well in summer.. Just thinking about it made her excited! Early in the morning, Xu Ying had just finished her shower and was washing her only change of clothes. She planned to go out and buy two cheap clothes to change into. Otherwise, she would be too miserable as a landlord. She even planned to buy a washing machine for herself as soon as she had the rent when there were guests staying in the double room! Just as she was thinking, Su Wei¡¯s loud voice came from outside.¡±Miss Xu, why is there a breakfast machine here? There was even a hot breakfast for sale! They¡¯re not artificial food. You can¡¯t even buy this kind of food in Vermilion Bird Base. Miss, this is amazing.¡± As he spoke, he immediately paid for three sets of breakfast. Xu Ying smiled because she heard that 90 gold coins had been transferred into her account. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 12 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying hung the washed clothes by the bed and walked out. Coincidentally, Wei Qiyan, his sister, and Su Wei were sitting on the sofa in the living room eating breakfast. Wei Mingyue¡¯s eyes narrowed as she ate. It was obvious that the taste was really good. This was the first time she had eaten such delicious food in her life. Wei Qiyan, on the other hand, was deep in thought as he ate. Others might not know, but he knew that the Vermilion Bird Base definitely could not produce food made with such quality food. How many people were behind the Peach Blossom Land? The simple-minded Su Wei didn¡¯t think too much about it. He settled it in three bites. Then, he saw Xu Ying and shouted, ¡°Miss Xu, the food in your breakfast machine tastes really good, and the price is not expensive. What a conscientious businessman. When you have a room, you must tell me. I want to bring my mother over too.¡± ¡°There¡¯s an empty room right now, but it¡¯s a double room. I think it¡¯s more suitable for friends to share.¡± Xu Ying smiled. ¡°Yes.¡± Wei Qiyan nodded and looked at Su Wei. ¡°Give it to Xiong Da and Xiong Er. Tell the others not to be anxious.¡± Su Wei had no objections to this. Wei Qiyan didn¡¯t say anything and paid the rent for his teammates. Then, Xu Ying received another 15000 gold coins! It was just that these two people would only be able to come back to live in a few days. This made Xu Ying feel a little embarrassed. She had taken a few days of rent for nothing. However, the rich Captain Wei didn¡¯t seem to care. He even took away all the remaining breakfast in the breakfast machine. The system announced again, gold coins increased by 210! After that, everyone went on missions and went to school. Xu Ying also went to the base to buy some clothes. The closet in the room was still empty. When she had money, she must prepare more things for herself. She must enjoy her future. After suffering for so many years, she did not want to suffer anymore. She first went to the shopping mall and bought everything, including underwear, socks, and a change of clothes. She spent 150 gold coins. In the apocalypse, clothes were not expensive. Relatively speaking, they were the cheapest. After all, many people were still struggling to survive. Who would spend money on clothes? Carrying her clothes, Xu Ying went to the convenience store to buy a bottle of drinking water, which cost 50 gold coins. Finally, he went to the second-hand market to buy a broom, mop, and cleaner. These were used to clean the public health of Peach Blossom Land. The things in the system store were still a little expensive. After all, as the number of rooms increased, the area of the public area also increased. In order to give the tenants a good living experience, public hygiene had to be done well. After buying these, she was about to go out when a familiar girl walked towards her. The girl stood in front of her rudely and sized her up. ¡°Are you Xu Ying? Wei Jiaxi¡¯s good-for-nothing sister who could eat but had nothing?¡± In her impression, Xu Ying had always been weak and malnourished. She was wearing tattered and old clothes that obviously didn¡¯t fit her. Her face was full of bitterness. Those who didn¡¯t know better would think that her mother had died. But now, she was dressed decently and looked quite beautiful. Her entire body was exuding confidence. Xu Ying¡¯s face darkened. This was Wei Jiaxi¡¯s friend, who had come to the Xu family for dinner before. Her family was better off than the Xu family, so he looked down on the Xu family. ¡°Get out of the way. I don¡¯t know you.¡± Xu Ying refused to be outdone. Yun Xiaomei was furious. ¡°Who do you think you are? I¡¯ll tear your stinky mouth apart!¡± As she spoke, she pounced forward. Xu Ying picked up the shopping bag and slapped Yun Xiaomei in the face. Then, she turned around and ran. She found a gap and teleported back to Peach Blossom Land. No matter how angry Yun Xiaomei was, she couldn¡¯t find Xu Ying. After returning home, Xu Ying was still in a good mood. She would not be affected by the people of the past. However, Yun Xiaomei had suffered a loss, so how could she accept it? She went straight to the Xu family and found Wei Jiaxi. ¡°Your good-for-nothing sister is very impressive now. She¡¯s wearing new clothes and isn¡¯t malnourished anymore. She¡¯s even carrying so many shopping bags. She even dares to scold me and slap my face with shopping bags.¡± Wei Jiaxi, who was forced to join the army, looked like she was about to die. When she heard this, she instantly stood up. ¡°You saw Xu Ying? Wearing new clothes to buy things?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. Don¡¯t you know? When did your family become so generous? She bought a bunch of things!¡± Yun Xiaomei covered her face in anger. Wei Jiaxi was so angry that she smashed the cup in his hand. ¡°She¡¯s got a decent life, but I have to substitute for her to join the Wasteland Reclaimers! What a b*tch! Mom, this is your damned good daughter!¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 13 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Yun Xiaomei was startled by Wei Jiaxi. Seeing that Shi Qinfeng did not look too good, she quickly found an excuse to leave. She could tell that the Xu family was crazy. After Yun Xiaomei left, Wei Jiaxi hugged Shi Qinfeng and cried, ¡°Mom! Didn¡¯t we agree that Xu Ying would go? If I go, what will happen to Xiao Hua, my little baby? If I sacrifice, I¡¯ll die without a complete corpse! Xiao Hua had also become a child without a mother. Mom! Go and find Xu Ying. I can¡¯t go. You¡¯re my dearest mother. My father died early. Am I going to be bullied like this?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll go find her!¡± Shi Qinfeng¡¯s heart was about to break. ¡°It¡¯s all your sister¡¯s fault. If it weren¡¯t for her, you wouldn¡¯t have to suffer like this..¡± The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried. On the other hand, Xu Ying¡¯s side was peaceful. Wei Mingyue didn¡¯t have classes in the afternoon, so she followed Xu Ying to clean up. It didn¡¯t take long for them to clean up the long corridor and living room. Xu Ying was a little embarrassed. She wanted to pay, but she felt like she was treating the little girl as a housekeeper. The young lady was obviously eager to help. Wei Mingyue held her hand. ¡°Sister Xu, I have nothing to do. Just treat it as me exercising my body!¡± Xu Ying realized that after this little girl got to know someone, she would act coquettishly and flatter them with sweet words. She really envied Wei Qiyan for having such a caring sister. Then, in her excitement, she spent 200 gold coins to buy a water dispenser in the living room for everyone to drink for free. One had to know that in the apocalypse, this kind of water resource was extremely rare. Wei Mingyue gulped it down and smacked her lips. ¡°Delicious! It¡¯s better than the bottled water we bought at the convenience store. Sister Xu, you¡¯re so generous!¡± Xu Ying pinched her little face. ¡°You¡¯re so good at saying good words about people. The lease is up next month. I¡¯ll arrange a desk and bookshelf for you. You don¡¯t have to come to the living room to do your homework in the future.¡± Wei Mingyue immediately cheered. She looked exactly like a little girl. In the afternoon, Xu Ying took Wei Mingyue to the food street in the base and had a sumptuous meal. When she was young, her scumbag father would always secretly take her two older brothers out to eat, while Shi Qinfeng would send her out to cook for her elder daughter¡¯s family. In any case, delicious food was never left for her. Otherwise, she wouldn¡¯t look malnourished. Now that she had some extra money, she must treat herself well. However, Xu Ying was still a little full after eating too much at night. She walked back and forth in the room to digest her food and bought a washing machine. However, she did not expect the washing machine to be so expensive. The cheapest drum washing machine cost 1000 gold coins. However, considering that it would be a little easier, she still reluctantly bought it. The washing machine was placed on her small balcony, and she had also spent 50 gold coins to buy a clothes rack. She had wanted to buy the tumble dryer as well, but it cost 2000 gold coins, and it consumed a lot of electricity. She had to pay the utility bill every month. Of course, she only had to pay for herself and the public area. The tenant would pay for the use in the tenant¡¯s room. Therefore, this system was quite reasonable. After buying all these, she still had 13,000 gold coins left. Looking at the bank balance, she opened up two more rooms, one single and one double. Anyway, she had tenants who already booked them, and it was Wei Qiyan¡¯s colleagues. Xu Ying looked at her remaining balance of 6800 and felt a little conflicted. She had saved the money for the system upgrade and the air conditioner. She even wanted to buy a game console or projector. After all, it was too boring to stay in the room after dinner every day. In the next two days, Peach Blossom Land was very quiet. Wei Qiyan and Su Wei did not return. Wei Mingyue had been busy with the school¡¯s extra-curriculum activities for the past two days, so she came back late. Xu Ying was so lonely that she bought an LCD TV and placed it on the coffee table in the living room. It cost her 1800 gold coins! However, Su Wei, who was equally rich, made up for it. After the five-day rental of his single room expired, Xu Ying had redecorated the room, which included upgrading his amenities. He got his own bathroom and a separate shower room. There was also a storage rack above the sink. There was also a small single-person wardrobe in the bedroom, as well as a small single-person sofa. At the same time, the monthly rent had reached 13000 gold coins. Xu Ying took a photo and sent it to Su Wei. After he saw the photo, he transferred 13000 gold coins to renew the lease for a month. Wei Mingyue was envious and couldn¡¯t help but guess what kind of ability Sister Xu had to find such extravagant interior designs from the time before the apocalypse. Xu Ying saw that the little girl was so envious that tears were about to come out, so she could only promise to change it for her next month when the rental period was up! If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 14 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation ¡°By the way, Sister Xu, do you have a house with an unlimited number of people that only costs 5,000 a month?¡± Wei Mingyue suddenly asked. ¡°Not yet.¡± Xu Ying shook her head. When she leveled up in the future, she might be able to unlock a room in the multi-person dormitory mode. However, there was no such room at the moment, and she could not see the system upgrade. Wei Mingyue sighed and said, ¡°I thought so. I have a classmate whose family is in a difficult situation. The family of four lives in the dormitory. They don¡¯t even have a private bathroom. Her family had two girls, and there were often perverts in the dormitory¡­¡± Xu Ying felt a little sad. In the past, when she lived in the Xu family, although she could shelter herself from the wind and rain, she still had that disgusting brother-in-law looking at her with disgusting eyes from time to time. Women always had a harder time in the apocalypse. However, she was not doing charity. Her life was only a little better. She could not help that many people. Wei Mingyue didn¡¯t mention this matter anymore. She pulled Xu Ying along and prepared to go to the base shopping center to buy some daily necessities. And these daily necessities were really not cheap. Xu Ying had spent 600 gold coins just to buy sanitary pads for two months. These things were not easy to make in the post-apocalyptic world, so they were expensive. The shampoo and shower gel were also very expensive. She also bought a set of home clothes. She spent a total of 1500 gold coins on daily necessities. When Xu Ying paid, her hands were shaking. Wei Mingyue was indeed Wei Qiyan¡¯s sister. She didn¡¯t even blink when she bought things. She spent more than 1,000 gold coins than Xu Ying. She was indded rich. At this moment, Shi Qinfeng, who had been waiting outside for the whole day, finally saw her youngest daughter, Xu Ying. Her eyes widened as she called out, ¡°Xu Ying, stop right there!¡± Hearing this familiar voice, Xu Ying could not help but frown. Shi Qinfeng ran over and grabbed Xu Ying¡¯s arm. ¡°Where have you been these past few days? Do you know that your sister is going to join the Wasteland Reclaimers in your place? Mom is begging you. As long as you are willing to come back, I will let you live in your sister¡¯s house. You will have everything your sister has! Is this alright? Mommy was biased in the past. Mommy didn¡¯t take care of you. Can you forgive me?¡± Xu Ying was so angry that she almost laughed. She flung her hand away and said, ¡°Go back? You want me to go back to exchange for your precious daughter¡¯s life, right? You didn¡¯t realize that you were wrong at all. You didn¡¯t feel that you were biased. You just wanted me to coax me and use your pathetic maternal love to kill me! You don¡¯t care about my life or death at all!¡± Shi Qinfeng was so shocked, but she couldn¡¯t say anything. After a long time, she muttered, ¡°Xu Ying? How did you become so ruthless?¡± ¡°I¡¯m ruthless? Shi Qinfeng, don¡¯t you think it¡¯s funny when you say that? Sometimes, I wonder if you¡¯re really my biological mother. Have I ever been in your care? I¡¯m finally living a better life and looking like a human, and now you¡¯re going to jump out and ruin my life?¡± Xu Ying found it ridiculous. Shi Qinfeng was stunned for a moment before she said, ¡°Are you doing well? Is the man you found good to you?¡± Xu Ying choked. What was this? She didn¡¯t quite understand. ¡°I heard someone say that you were talking to a few Wasteland Reclaimers. Which one of them is the strange man you found? Does he have a military rank?¡± Shi Qinfeng had relied on men her entire life. The only reason she could think of for Xu Ying to live a good life was that the man she found was rich and powerful. Wei Mingyue, who had always been shy and afraid of strangers, also understood. She raised her voice and said to Shi Qinfeng, ¡°Sister Xu doesn¡¯t need to rely on a man at all. She has her own house and money! My brother, a major general, still has to beg her to give him a room to stay in. She¡¯s living very well now and doesn¡¯t need you family members. Please don¡¯t come looking for her in the future. If I were you, I wouldn¡¯t have the face to say this!¡± There was too much information in these words, and Shi Qinfeng was completely dumbfounded. The daughter who was chased out not only found a man with a military rank but also a house. From the tone of her voice, it seemed that there was more than one room? Shi Qinfeng felt that it was ridiculous, but she couldn¡¯t refute it. After all, the Xu Ying she knew wasn¡¯t that easy to control. Xu Ying didn¡¯t pay any more attention to her and left with Wei Mingyue by her hand. On the way, Wei Mingyue carefully observed Xu Ying¡¯s expression and didn¡¯t dare to speak. ¡°Just say what you want to say.¡± Xu Ying laughed. Wei Mingyue said bashfully, ¡°Sister Xu, don¡¯t be sad. In the future, my brother and I will be your family.¡± Xu Ying¡¯s eyes instantly warmed up, and so did her heart. ¡°Thank you.¡± When Wei Qiyan returned, he saw his sister and the landlady sitting together. The two of them were as good as twins. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 15 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Seeing that he had returned, Xu Ying examined his body from head to toe with her eyes. She was relieved to see that there were no obvious external injuries. After all, if something happened to him, Mingyue would definitely not be so happy. Therefore, this brother was almost like a handyman. However, it seemed like Wei Qiyan¡¯s mission this time was going quite smoothly. Then, she greeted the new tenants with a smile, who were the twin brothers of the double room, Xiong Da and Xiong Er. It was almost impossible to tell their difference. The two of them didn¡¯t like to talk much and looked a little dazed. They took the key cards and lowered their heads to carry their luggage into the house. Wei Qiyan said, ¡°The two brothers didn¡¯t have a good family background. Their mother was killed by a fugitive when they were very young. She was fed to zombies for fun in front of them. After we rescued them, their mental state became a little abnormal. But don¡¯t worry, they won¡¯t hurt people intentionally. They¡¯re very quiet but very powerful as well.¡± Xu Ying felt a little pity for the two of them. At the same time, she asked curiously, ¡°What is their superpower?¡± ¡°Spatial Tear. The two of them can work together to tear open space and teleport us to other places within a certain range. It¡¯s very suitable for escaping if we can¡¯t fight.¡± Wei Qiyan said with a smile on his face, his long and narrow phoenix eyes tainted with a layer of mischievousness. Xu Ying thought to herself that it was indeed a powerful ability. This made her a little envious. She didn¡¯t know if she would awaken her superpower. It was said that she could awaken it at the age of 18. However, if no superpower awaken, she would be like any ordinary person for the rest of their lives. However, compared to the past, she did not have such a strong obsession with her superpower now. She already had this system, and God was already treating her well. She couldn¡¯t be too greedy. ¡°Then what is your superpower?¡± Xu Ying asked again. Wei Qiyan looked at her for two seconds: ¡°This is a military secret. You¡¯d need to sign NDA before hearing it.¡± ¡°Never mind!¡± Xu Ying quickly interrupted him. ¡°I¡¯m just asking for fun. Let¡¯s talk about something else. I¡¯ve built two new rooms, a double room, and a single room. Do you need them?¡± In the end, it was decided that the single room would be given to the Healer teammate, Xie Shi. He was the smallest among the group of players. The double rooms were arranged for the team¡¯s long-range shooters, Wu Youhui and Yao Fei. Wu Youhui had a warm personality and was talkative. He was also a little difficult to deal with. How should she describe him? He picked a bunch of faults with the big wardrobe in the room, and Xu Ying rolled her eyes at him. Anyway, she didn¡¯t change it! On the other hand, Yao Fei was the complete opposite. He was quiet and looked like an honest person. At this point, Wei Qiyan¡¯s teammates were all arranged, and Xu Ying also received 25000 gold coins. Her total assets had also reached more than 28000 gold. Xu Ying was elated. With a little more effort, the system would be able to level up to level 3. Then, she would be able to unlock a suite with a bedroom and a living room. She would also be able to unlock the daily necessities store. With more than 20,000 gold coins in hand, Xu Ying immediately expanded the room to 5 double rooms and 2 single rooms. They spent another 10,000 gold coins to renovate everything according to the standard, and all of them were rented on a monthly basis. Xu Ying was left with less than 1,000 gold coins. But this time, Xu Ying only felt sad for a moment. When she thought of the seven empty rooms that she had yet to rent out, she became happy again. She immediately called Wei Mingyue to go with her to the entrance of Peach Blossom Land and put up an advertisement for rent. She explained the room configuration and prices and asked those who needed the rooms to fill in the relevant personal information to contact her. While Xu Ying was busy developing her landlord business, Wei Qiyan was tensed up as he listened to the staff member¡¯s report on the crystal cores of the evolved zombies he had killed. ¡°Major General Wei, this is the most successfully evolved zombie we¡¯ve found in the past 20 years. From the flesh you brought back, we also found that its DNA is rapidly recombining and mutating. In other words, it was not an exception. A new wave of zombie evolution was coming!¡± Wei Qiyan and the others fell silent. Xu Ying didn¡¯t know about this because she was worried about the reaction caused by the advertisement. Her communicator was about to explode. There were too many people inquiring about the rooms. She quickly disconnected the communicator and began to sift through the first hundred people who had contacted her. Those who did not have a fixed job or a fixed income were not allowed to stay in order to avoid rental disputes. Those with criminal records, those who had been outlaws, and those with special occupations were not allowed! She wasn¡¯t trying to discriminate. As the number of people increased, she had to be responsible for the tenants. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 16 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation During the screening process, she even saw Xu Changkai¡¯s name. He was the eldest son of her scumbag father and his ex-wife. She remembered that Xu Changkai already had a girlfriend. He had never gotten married, so he had no place to stay. Was he looking for a wedding room here? Xu Ying crossed out his name without hesitation. He had bullied her a lot in the past. Even if she had already eaten something, Xu Changkai would take it out of her mouth. He would not even give it to her, even if it was to feed the dogs! She would hate him for the rest of her life. After the screening, there were only about 20 people left. Xu Ying called them one by one to ask some questions again. She deleted a few who answered the questions evasively. In the end, she confirmed 12 tenants. There were men, women, old and young. They all looked innocent and good people. Then, she told them to pack their luggage within three days and pay for the key cards. Xu Ying started to clean up the place. Now that there were so many public areas, she couldn¡¯t do it all by herself. She even wanted to hire a cleaner. However, she didn¡¯t have much chance to do so with her funds right now. It was better to wait a little longer. Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and new tenants arrived. Ge Aiyao was also one of the tenants. Strictly speaking, she was ordered to investigate the situation. She had no choice. Her grandfather was the one who gave the order, and he was also the old chief of the Vermilion Bird Base. She was originally living in a small two-bedroom apartment with her parents, but now she was forced to live in a dormitory. She had been throwing a tantrum for the past few days. In her opinion, since this Peach Blossom Land could offer so many rooms at once and the rent was not high, it must be a collective dormitory. The conditions were not good. She had filled in the form reluctantly. She had always hoped that this Peach Blossom Land would eliminate her from the tenant list, but in the end, she was actually chosen! Under her grandfather¡¯s command, she could only come reluctantly. As soon as she reached the door, she saw a solid electric fence outside. At that height, if she couldn¡¯t fly, she really couldn¡¯t get out. The security here was barely passable. At this time, there were already six or seven people gathered at the door. There were men and women, old and young. Except for Ge Aiyao, the others were introducing themselves to each other, planning to build a good relationship with the neighbors in advance. ¡°Look at this electric fence. It looks safe. The only places in the Vermilion Bird Base that have such security measures are the places where the rich and powerful live. I didn¡¯t expect that ordinary people like us could live in such places.¡± The person who spoke was the man of the middle-aged couple. His name was Jia Guang. He was relatively talkative. Although he was dressed plainly, he was more energetic. His wife also nodded in agreement. Looking at the Peach Blossom Land, her eyes were filled with yearning for the future. At this moment, an auntie in her fifties also said with emotion, ¡°Yeah, the main thing is that the rent is really not expensive, and it doesn¡¯t require contribution points. An old lady like me really can¡¯t get base contribution points. Previously, my son-in-law and I lived in a small place of 30 square meters. For a month, we had to pay 20,000 gold coins and additional contribution points. My son-in-law thinks and he is insinuating that I¡¯m too old and wants me to leave. But if I could find a place, I would have moved out long ago..¡± These words gained the consensus of the crowd. After all, they couldn¡¯t find a suitable room until now, and some of them didn¡¯t even have a place to live. Now that the rooms in Peach Blossom Land were so good and cheap, it was really timely. Only Ge Aiyao didn¡¯t say anything. She observed them silently. Although these people looked plain, they all looked serious and decent. It was obvious that they all had a stable income. However, such a person couldn¡¯t even find a place to live in the Vermilion Bird Base. It was obvious that the housing situation in the base was really saturated. It was also because there were more and more people living here that the management became more and more chaotic. In that case, this Peach Blossom Land was a good place to relieve the shortage of land in the Vermilion Bird Base. ¡°Welcome, tenants. My master is waiting in the living room.¡± Jia Guang said, ¡°Oh, there¡¯s a butler here. This rent is really worth it.¡± Ge Aiyao was also a little surprised. It was really classy. After entering the hall, Ge Aiyao first saw a clean and brand-new sofa, a glass coffee table, and even an LCD TV. The public area here also looked more comfortable. As she looked at it, she began to wonder where the landlord found such brand new furniture and appliances. After the apocalypse, many light industries had stopped production. There hadn¡¯t been any new products for twenty years. ¡°Welcome, everyone. I am the owner of Peach Blossom Land, Xu Ying. This is a rental contract. Everyone, take a look first.¡± Ge Aiyao was a little surprised when she saw the contract in Xu Ying¡¯s hand. She had thought about what the owner looked like, but she had never thought that she would be a minor. Her grandfather said that the owner of the Peach Blossom Land had a powerful background. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 17 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation ¡°Is there a problem?¡± Xu Ying asked when she saw Ge Aiyao¡¯s confused expression. Ge Aiyao quickly shook her head, thinking that Xu Ying was probably a puppet for the real owner. The real big shot had not appeared. Xu Ying smiled in a friendly manner and said to everyone, ¡°If you have any questions, you can ask me. I usually stay here, and the rooms are over there. Later, I¡¯ll bring everyone to familiarize themselves with the location and amenities of their rooms. At this time, Ge Aiyao also finished reading the contract and nodded her head. This peach blossom land was quite well managed. For example, they were not allowed to use superpowers to create chaos, steal, fight, or break the law. Violators will be expelled. If you want to bring outsiders in, you need to register. If you violate the rules, you will be expelled if you have more than three demerits. These rules ensured the safety of most tenants to a large extent and were also beneficial to management. If that was the case, she could hold on for a while. Xu Ying clapped her hands. ¡°Come with me after you¡¯ve read the convention. The area in front of them was a public leisure area. Everyone could learn and communicate in a friendly manner here. The television was free for 24 hours, and the water dispenser was also free to drink.¡± Hearing this, Ge Aiyao was stunned. Free? After the apocalypse, the development of water resources was interrupted, and the existing water resources were gradually polluted. The price of water resources was still high, and the water bill had already accounted for half of a family¡¯s expenses. But in Peach Blossom Land, it was free? The other tenants were also shocked and in disbelief. Xu Ying opened the cabinet under the water dispenser. ¡°There¡¯s a cup inside. You can take it yourself. However, I suggest that everyone write down their names. It¡¯s more sanitary this way. Then, there was the breakfast machine. The average price of each was about 30 gold coins, and there were only 10 meals per day. If there was a need, you could buy it yourself.¡± Ge Aiyao looked at the breakfast machine and became even more dumbfounded. Not to mention how convenient it was, there was a variety of food here, and it didn¡¯t look like synthetic food, which was even more ridiculous. Even her grandfather rarely ate these things. Compared to Ge Aiyao, the other tenants didn¡¯t think much about it. They only felt that this Peach Blossom Land was indeed a fairyland. They actually could spend little money for the fine food typically enjoyed by rich people? When the introduction was almost done, Xu Ying added, ¡°The only problem now is that it¡¯s not convenient for you to wash your clothes. In a few days, I¡¯ll arrange for a few washing machines to be placed in the public area. If you need them, you can try them out for free, but you have to pay a deposit. Of course, if the public areas and the facilities in the room were not damaged, the deposit would be returned when the rental was cancelled.¡± The others immediately looked at Xu Ying gratefully. In the past, they had only been driven away by the landlord, but the landlord had never been so considerate of them. Xu Ying waved her hand. ¡°I¡¯ll also choose a sunny place outside and buy a rack for drying clothes. The humidity inside the building is too high.¡± Jia Guang¡¯s wife was so touched that her eyes turned red. It had been twenty years since the apocalypse, and she could still encounter such a considerate place. Ge Aiyao also began to reflect. Her family also rented a house. Other than collecting rent regularly every month, she never asked the tenants how they lived. This Peach Blossom Land was really thoughtful, just like before the apocalypse. After Xu Ying finished her introduction, the eight tenants happily paid their first month¡¯s rent, got their room cards, and excitedly returned to their rooms. Xu Ying received 70,000 gold coins this time, but she was still unable to reach Level 3. Because the system had notified her that she still needed to reach a total of more than 20 rooms. She calculated that she had six single rooms and seven double rooms. There were a total of 13 rooms. She still needed seven more. However, Xu Ying was not in a hurry to expand this time. Instead, she installed a back door first. Then, she ordered six washing machines and placed them on both sides of the door. Outside the door, he bought a clothes pole. In this way, it was convenient for the tenant to wash clothes indoors and open the door to dry the clothes. It was very convenient. In addition, she also ordered four sets of dining tables and chairs to be placed in the public area next to the breakfast machine. It was also very convenient. She also bought two more sets of sofas for two people so that more people could sit in the resting area. In this way, she spent more than 10,000 gold coins. Then, she began to move around in her room. She divided the bedroom into a rest area and a leisure area. The lounge area had purchased a small two-seater sofa with soft pillows and blankets. She also bought a small bookshelf next to the sofa and a full-length mirror next to the bedroom door to tidy up herself. The above cost less than 4,000 gold coins, but it already made her feel extremely happy. If she wasn¡¯t hungry, she wouldn¡¯t even want to come out. As soon as she came out, she saw Ge Aiyao, who had rented single room number 6, buying food from the breakfast machine. Xu Ying didn¡¯t think too much about it. She smiled and greeted, ¡°You¡¯re having this for breakfast?¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 18 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Feeling guilty, Ge Aiyao hurriedly packed the three sets of breakfast into her bag and said, ¡°Well, I didn¡¯t eat, so I bought a few more servings.¡± It would have been better if she hadn¡¯t explained, but Xu Ying was a little suspicious. She watched as Ge Aiyao left with the breakfast. She went back and pulled out Ge Aiyao¡¯s information. According to the information, Ge Aiyao was 23 years old and worked as a clerk in the Vermilion Bird government. She had no criminal record and three generations of her immediate family were in Vermilion Bird Base. Xu Ying looked at the info for a long time but couldn¡¯t find anything. She could only give up and observe it for a while. Ge Aiyao, on the other hand, ran back to her home like a thief. Mother Ge immediately came up and missed her daughter so much. ¡°How¡¯s the room? How many people live in one room? Was it safe? Was there anyone weird? Your grandfather is also ruthless. How could he¡­.¡± Ge Aiyao didn¡¯t have time to explain to her mother, so she interrupted, ¡°It¡¯s okay to live there.¡± However, she felt that her wording was inappropriate, so she said directly, ¡°Anyway, it¡¯s more convenient than our house. I won¡¯t talk to you now. I¡¯m going to report to Grandpa!¡± Mother Ge: ¡°? ¡± When Ge Aiyao saw her grandfather, she quickly took out three sets of breakfast. ¡°Grandpa, I won¡¯t say anything else. This is a convenient breakfast provided by Peach Blossom Land for tenants. It¡¯s in the vending machine at the door. If you want to eat, you can buy it yourself.¡± Ge Tingjun put down the book in his hand and put on his glasses. He looked at the three meals on the table and looked up at his granddaughter. ¡°Looks like you¡¯re very satisfied.¡± Ge Aiyao felt a little awkward. ¡°It¡¯s alright. It¡¯s clean and convenient anyway.¡± Of course, Ge Tingjun knew his granddaughter very well. To be able to get such a comment from this young lady,itmeant that the living environment of this Peach Blossom Land was definitely not bad. He opened a set of breakfast. The aroma of the buns assailed his nostrils. There was also a round boiled egg. Even the millet porridge was hot. His face unconsciously showed a hint of emotion as he lowered his head and took a bite. A familiar smell assaulted him. For a moment, he felt as if he had returned to the peaceful and stable era 20 years ago. ¡°Grandpa?¡± Ge Aiyao saw that her grandfather was lost in thought and called out. Ge Tingjun nodded and silently ate the steamed buns, eggs, and millet porridge. ¡°There must be a powerful syndicate behind this Peach Blossom Land!¡± Food and poultry were rare now, and the taste of the food was exactly the same as before the apocalypse, making him feel as if he had returned to the apocalypse. He felt that there must be a place that specialized in cultivating crops and raising poultry, and specialized in supplying the Peach Blossom Land. Moreover, the food they provided was better than the ones produced by the Vermilion Bird Base. Ge Aiyao nodded. ¡°It¡¯s just that the landlady looks like she¡¯s in her teens. Her name is Xu Ying. I saw that she was having a hard time cleaning. She doesn¡¯t seem to have superpower.¡± After saying that, she showed her grandfather the photos of the interior of Peach Blossom Land. There was a breakfast machine, a living room, a corridor, and various facilities in the room.. No one would believe that there was no powerful syndicate behind this. ¡°Someone must have used her to represent. You must build a good relationship with her. As long as you find the person behind this, tell me immediately. I¡¯ll go and meet him. We have to befriend such a powerful organization. This way, we might be able to safely survive the second evolution of the zombies!¡± Ge Aiyao didn¡¯t argue and nodded in agreement. When she returned to Peach Blossom Land, it was already three o¡¯clock in the morning. When she passed by the corridor, she smelled a slight burning smell. However, she didn¡¯t mind because the smell was very faint. She thought it was an illusion and went back to her room to take a hot shower before going to bed. The next morning, Ge Aiyao yawned and got up. Although she had received orders from her grandfather, she still had to go to work. Just as she was about to go to the breakfast machine to buy breakfast, she saw a few neighbors carrying clothes to the back door. She followed them curiously and saw six brand-new washing machines. This landlady really meant what she said. She thought of the old washing machine in her house. Every time she washed clothes, it made a lot of noise, and she hated it every time. However, no matter how much she despised it, it was useless. Compared to the one in front of her, the machine at home was really too terrible. She raised her communicator and took a picture of the washing machines here. However, just as she put it down, she saw the landlady standing beside her. ¡°Morning.¡± Ge Aiyao put away her communicator awkwardly. ¡°I think the washing machines are pretty good. I¡¯ve never seen them before, so I took a picture. ¡°.¡± ¡°Take any photo you want,¡± Xu Ying smiled faintly. Ge Aiyao blushed even more and went to work awkwardly. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 19 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying looked at her back and became even more depressed. At this time, the system¡¯s built-in AI butler of Peach Blossom Land sent a notification sound, ¡°Master, there¡¯s an open fire in double room No. 5. The test shows that there might be a danger.¡± Xu Ying hurried over and pressed the doorbell. ¡°Is anyone there?¡± The rooms here were all connected. Once a fire broke out, it would be uncontrollable. At this time, the other tenants also saw the situation here and knew that there was a fire. They were all ready to carry water. At this moment, the door opened. The smoke rushed out of the room and made everyone take a few steps back. There were two men living in this double room. The one who opened the door was a short young man named Di Jie. At this time, his hair was charred black and his face was gray. Xu Ying frowned and went in to take a look. The newly purchased single beds were burnt beyond recognition. The large wardrobe was also destroyed. The toilet bowl and sink were burnt black, and the pipes were also burnt red. Xu Ying¡¯s anger flared up and she said seriously, ¡°What are you doing? When I gave you the key card, I showed you the things to take note of, right? There can¡¯t be any flammable or explosive things. There are so many tenants here. If there¡¯s a fire, do you want everyone to die in the fire?¡± Xu Ying¡¯s temper was actually not bad, but the more she thought about it, the more afraid she became. Although the house was provided by the system, the items were genuine, so it was naturally the same as a normal house. The tenants who had helped were also scared and looked at Di Jie with condemnation. Di Jie was also a little dissatisfied with Xu Ying¡¯s attitude and muttered, ¡°Things turned out alright! No one got hurt and I can control the fire.¡± As he spoke, he showed everyone his fire ability. Xu Ying¡¯s face darkened. ¡°I¡¯ll say it again. You¡¯ve read the agreement and signed it. You¡¯re not allowed to use your powers in my Peach Blossom Land. You know that, right?¡± ¡°I know.¡± Di Jie nodded. ¡°I didn¡¯t fight. I was just communicating in my room. What are you so excited about? I¡¯ll repay you if it¡¯s damaged.¡± This attitude made Xu Ying even more dissatisfied. ¡°Of course you have to pay! But let me tell you, if you want to practice, go out and practice! There was a free training ground in the Vermilion Bird Base.¡± Jia Guang, who was also putting out the fire, was also dissatisfied. ¡°Look at you, you just awakened your superpower, right? This time is the hardest to control. You¡¯re lucky today that the fire didn¡¯t get bigger! Miss Xu, I suggest that this person move out. His attitude is so indifferent. What¡¯s the difference between him and a time bomb?¡± The other tenants had the same intention. No one wanted to sleep until midnight and be burned to death for no reason. Di Jie was also unwilling. With such good rental conditions, he was not crazy. Why would he move? ¡°I¡¯ve paid. Why should I move? I have the money to compensate for the damage. It¡¯s none of your business!¡± With that, he closed the door. ¡°Why is this person like this¡­¡± ¡°It¡¯s really scary to rent a house with such a person.. Miss Xu, I suggest that he move out. This kind of thing happened once, and there will be a second time..¡± Xu Ying didn¡¯t expect the new tenant to cause her so much trouble on the second day. She knocked on the door again. ¡°I¡¯ll give you two minutes. Come out immediately. If you don¡¯t understand what happened today, you can move out.¡± Two minutes later, nothing happened. Di Jie was sure that as long as he stayed in the room, the skinny landlady would not be able to do anything to him. However, he did not know that the consequences would be severe. ¡°I¡¯ve given you a chance, so don¡¯t blame me.¡± Xu Ying said again. ¡°I won¡¯t refund your remaining rent!¡± As she spoke, she asked the system to teleport him out and threw him at the entrance of the base where people came and went. Then, she found the tenant¡¯s information and sent a message to Di Jie¡¯s roommate, Ji Ke, asking him to come back early. Xu Ying sat in the living room and waited until two o¡¯clock in the afternoon. Ji Ke came back and was dumbfounded when he saw the mess in the room. ¡°This ¡­ I¡¯ve only known that Di Jie for less than two days. We¡¯re together because we want to rent a room. Last night, I advised him not to play with fire in the room. He said that he was long-winded and even mocked me for not having supernatural powers. In the end, such a big thing happened today. I ¡­ I¡¯m very sorry. I¡¯ll pay for the losses he caused. Don¡¯t chase me out..¡± Ji Ke was just an ordinary person without any special abilities. It was already rare for him to have a decent job. It was just that he had never been able to settle down. What he was most afraid of now was being chased out. This was really the best place he had lived in the past 20 years. He was prepared to get married and have children here for the rest of his life. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 20 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying wasn¡¯t unreasonable and said directly, ¡°I didn¡¯t want you to move away. You don¡¯t have to compensate me. I urged you to come back because I wanted you to take a look at your luggage and see if there was any damage. Later, I¡¯ll prepare a new room for you to stay in. ¡°As long as Ji Ke didn¡¯t break the rules, she wouldn¡¯t complain. Ji Ke was stunned for a moment. He thought he was going to be chased out too. Many people saw Di Jie being thrown at the door. He really did not want to live on the streets anymore. Unexpectedly, the landlord only asked him to deal with his personal property and even prepared a new room for him. This made him feel a little better. He could only thank her repeatedly and even took the initiative to move out the burnt furniture and wipe it clean. Xu Ying didn¡¯t say anything when she saw this. She then purchased furniture from the system, painted the walls, and restored the double room to its original state. She spent another thousand gold coins. Of course, this money was from Di Jie¡¯s rent. In addition, she had also built a single room for Ji Ke to live in after it was renovated. When he found a roommate next month, he could move into single room No. 5. There was no need to refund the rent. Ji Ke was very touched. An honest man would not say anything. That night, he wrote an article with true feelings, ¡°Wandering for half of his life, I have a home in Peach Blossom Land.¡± The article was simple and sincere, and his true feelings were revealed. In addition, Peach Blossom Land had been a hot topic in the Vermilion Bird Base recently. As soon as the article was uploaded, it became a hot topic. Xu Ying didn¡¯t know about this because she was busy with the second batch of tenants. This time, there were four people. There was a young woman in single room number 6. She was about 30 years old and had an ordinary appearance, but she had a capable temperament. Her name was Dai Shuying. Wei Mingyue whispered in Xu Ying¡¯s ear that Dai Shuying had thick calluses between her thumb and index finger. She was a gun user and probably had a military background like her brother, so she had to be careful with her. There was also a couple who stayed in double room No. 7. The guy¡¯s name was He Fan. He was tall and strong, and looked like an ordinary person. The couple got along very well. Xu Ying hoped that the tenants would be more stable this time. However, just as she thought about it, she saw He Fan curiously touch the breakfast machine. The aluminum alloy shell was crushed by him. It was broken! Everyone was speechless. Xu Ying was speechless. He Fan¡¯s girlfriend, Du Jingrou, slapped him. ¡°I told you to be careful. Don¡¯t you know that you¡¯re strong?¡± Then, she smiled apologetically and explained to Xu Ying, ¡°Miss Xu, his superpower is ¡®Giant Power¡¯. He often accidentally breaks things. We¡¯ll give you a deposit, and you can deduct the money directly.¡± As she spoke, she quickly transferred 20,000 gold coins. It was too difficult for them to rent a house because of her boyfriend. For the sake of money, Xu Ying endured it, but she still couldn¡¯t help but remind them, ¡°But fighting is not allowed here. He couldn¡¯t use his superpower to hurt anyone. You can¡¯t deliberately destroy other tenants¡¯ things either.¡± The two nodded vigorously. Xu Ying sighed helplessly. If there were too many people, it would be troublesome to manage. She quickly bought a breakfast machine from the system store. That was because He Fan had broken the one just now. She did not know how to repair it, so she could only buy a new one. Ge Aiyao, who had been secretly observing, walked out and asked curiously, ¡°Do you still have this machine?¡± Xu Ying felt that there was nothing to hide about this. She couldn¡¯t hide it because she would add more machines later, so she said directly, ¡°Yes.¡± Ge Aiyao¡¯s eyes lit up. ¡°What do you want this for?¡± Xu Ying shook her head. This machine could not be restocked after leaving Peach Blossom Land. The food inside would be gone after being eaten. Only here can you always have stock. If you want to eat breakfast inside, you can just pack the food directly.¡± ¡°I see.¡± Ge Aiyao really wanted to buy one for her grandfather. The three servings she bought last time were all eaten by him alone. However, she also got an important piece of information. Peach Blossom Land was like a protective umbrella. Zombies couldn¡¯t enter, and machines couldn¡¯t take it away. Only the people living inside could enjoy these high-quality treatments. Therefore, she had to admit that this was a really good place. ¡°Are you from the military or the government?¡± Xu Ying asked. Ge Aiyao didn¡¯t expect Xu Ying to be so sensitive. After a moment of silence, she said, ¡°I mean no harm.¡± ¡°I know. Otherwise, you would have been thrown out long ago.¡± Xu Ying nodded. ¡°If you have any questions, just ask me. I don¡¯t like to secretly observe behind your backs.¡± These words made Ge Aiyao a little embarrassed. ¡°Sorry, I¡¯m from the military. We only wanted to establish a friendly relationship with you and understand your situation. We really don¡¯t have any ill intentions! I didn¡¯t reveal my identity at the beginning because I didn¡¯t know you guys well, so I held back..¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 21 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Hearing this, Xu Ying understood everything. Did the military think that there was a syndicate behind Peach Blossom Land? She laughed in her head, but she did not show it on her face. ¡°I hope you don¡¯t mind. I also feel that living in Peach Blossom Land is very comfortable. Just treat me as an ordinary tenant.¡± Ge Aiyao really liked this place now, and she didn¡¯t want to become enemies with Xu Ying. Xu Ying didn¡¯t make things difficult for her, but she asked again, ¡°You said you¡¯re from the military. Do you know Wei Qiyan?¡± ¡°Major Wei? Of course I do.¡± Wei Qiyan was her grandfather¡¯s trusted aide, and he was secretly groomed to be the future successor of the Vermilion Bird Base. In the beginning, her grandfather wanted to nurture her and a few other cousins, but he realized that they were too weak, so he switched his attention to Wei Qiyan. However, she was convinced that Wei Qiyan¡¯s overall strength was the best among them, and he was also the most loyal to the Vermilion Bird Base. Xu Ying nodded. It was fine. She trusted Wei Qiyan, so she would naturally label Ge Aiyao as a good person. She just didn¡¯t know when Wei Qiyan would return. He had been out on missions for three days without any news. However, she still wanted to wait for Wei Mingyue to finish her studies and ask if there was any news from her brother. When Wei Mingyue came back from school, she raised the communicator in front of her and said, ¡°Sister Ying, our Peach Blossom Land is famous now.¡± Xu Ying saw Ji Ke¡¯s article and the photo of him sitting at the dining table in the living room with a steaming bun in his hand. In the background of the photo, there was a clean and brand new sofa and a big screen TV. There were also the smiles of the tenants talking to each other. Perhaps it was because the article was written too well, or perhaps it was because the rich and clean life shown in the photos was too impactful, the number of comments exceeded 200,000. This number of comments¡­Xu Ying finally realized what was going on. This article was definitely not only seen by the people in Vermilion Bird Base, because there were only about 50,000 people in Vermilion Bird Base. Wei Mingyue said happily, ¡°The Black Tortoise Base next door, or even the White Tiger Base and the Green Dragon Base 500 kilometers away. Anyway, many large bases have heard about our Peach Blossom Land. I heard that a large group of people have packed their luggage overnight and are on their way here.¡± Xu Ying was speechless. No, she didn¡¯t have that many rooms. She quickly checked the AI butler¡¯s visitor records and found that the number of visitors in the past two days had reached 5,000! Xu Ying clutched her chest, thinking about the 74000 gold coins that she had saved up with great difficulty. Now, she had to spend a lot of money to expand. She still wanted to save up 100,000 gold coins before expanding and leveling up. But now, it seemed that she still had to build a house first! Gritting her teeth, she expanded five more single rooms and five double rooms. All of them were renovated, and she spent a total of 35000 gold coins. After that, Xu Ying began to worry about a fire or an earthquake. She wanted to buy an alarm. She also wanted to get some surveillance cameras to be placed in public areas. If she could install a few more speakers and build a broadcast room, the security would definitely be extraordinary. However, she had a lot of ideas. She searched the system store for a long time but could not find any safety facilities. [The above items are all in the hidden store. To unlock and purchase them, you need to trigger a hidden mission and complete it.] Xu Ying was stunned. There was a hidden mission in the rental system? But now, she had no choice but to stick the rules at the corner of each corridor. For the time being, she could only rely on the tenants to be considerate. There were more people who would need more food. She added a breakfast machine and two bento freezers. The bento freezer cost 1500 gold coins per unit. The food could be kept fresh for up to four days inside, and the daily purchase cost was 300 yuan. It was still ten portions, and each bento could be sold for 60 yuan. There were also many types of bento boxes, such as rice with various vegetables, soup noodles, and small stir-fried vegetables. Xu Ying, who was born after the apocalypse, had never seen these things before. The living room became crowded with these things. Xu Ying felt uncomfortable looking at them, so she built a single room. This way, she could have a few more corridors and double the size of the public area. After setting up all this, she still had 36000 gold coins left. It was enough for emergencies. After taking one last look at her masterpiece, Xu Ying went to sleep with satisfaction. When she woke up in the morning, Xu Ying could hear the noise outside. After washing up, she went out of her room and saw everyone sitting together in the small canteen, eating and chatting. Seeing her come out, everyone began to call out to her enthusiastically. ¡°Miss Xu, the place has changed a lot in just one night. I showed it to my friends, and they were so envious. They all asked me if there were any rooms left.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve never lived in a house with a canteen. Miss Xu, this place is simply heaven..¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 22 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation This time, Ge Aiyao openly took photos everywhere and smiled at Xu Ying. ¡°This lunchbox freezers are so convenient. I¡¯ve already bought five portions in advance and am going to bring them back for my family to try.¡± Xu Ying took a look. The two freezers had 20 lunchboxes, and they had all been bought by the tenants. If Ge Aiyao came late, there would probably be no one left. As for He Fan, who had robbed the most, his girlfriend, Du Jingrou, rolled her eyes at him and explained, ¡°He eats as much as three ordinary people in a day. I apologize to everyone first. I have a pig like him at home, so I can¡¯t do anything about it.¡± These words made everyone laugh out loud. It was really rare to have such a harmonious atmosphere in the apocalypse. Wei Mingyue rubbed her eyes as she walked out. When she saw the changed living room, her jaw dropped. ¡°Sister Ying, you¡¯ll lessen my brother¡¯s dedication to the outside world. He¡¯ll feel that it¡¯s more comfortable to lie at home.¡± Xu Ying pinched her cheek. ¡°I think you don¡¯t want to go to school. When is your brother coming back?¡± ¡°My brother came back last night, and he¡¯s lying down in the recovery pod,¡± Wei Mingyue said. Xu Ying was a little worried and a little unhappy. Why didn¡¯t he say anything when he came back last night? She felt a little awkward, but she still asked, ¡°Is the injury serious?¡± Wei Mingyue sighed. ¡°How should I put it? He¡¯s used to being injured. I was worried at first. However, after so many times, I don¡¯t know what kind of feelings I should have. This time, his abdomen was pierced and he was sent back unconscious.¡± Xu Ying¡¯s heart skipped a beat, but she was no longer angry. He didn¡¯t have time to tell her about his injuries. ¡°I¡¯m going to see him later. Sister Ying, are you coming with me?¡± Xu Ying didn¡¯t even think about it. ¡°I¡¯m coming. I can bring him some new food. What about Su Wei and the others? Are they there too? I¡¯ll prepare for them too.¡± Wei Mingyue revealed a sad expression. ¡°Yao Fei died¡­ Brother Su Wei and the others went to settle his funeral.¡± Xu Ying was stunned. Yao Fei, the honest man who didn¡¯t like to talk. She was a little dazed. It seemed like she was just assigning him a room to stay in with the chatterbox Wu Youhui yesterday. Xu Ying followed Wei Mingyue to the Wasteland Reclaimers¡¯ main camp. After going through a series of security checks, she took the elevator down to the third underground floor and finally saw Wei Qiyan lying in the capsule recovery chamber. Seeing the two of them, Wei Qiyan opened the transparent hatch. Looking at Xu Ying¡¯s worried face, he smiled lightly. ¡°I¡¯m fine.¡± Xu Ying looked at him expressionlessly. ¡°Last time you said you were fine when you broke your arm.¡± Wei Mingyue skillfully pulled up her brother¡¯s sleeve. ¡°Fortunately, you are fine. Professor Liang Ruo has been very busy recently. She definitely won¡¯t have time to focus on you. Did you break any part of your body?¡± Hearing this, Xu Ying subconsciously tensed up and sized up Wei Qiyan. Wei Qiyan didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry. ¡°No, I didn¡¯t. How have you guys been recently? How is the Peach Blossom Land?¡± He looked at Xu Ying as he asked the last question. No matter how hard he tried to hide his beautiful phoenix eyes, Xu Ying could still see the sorrow in them. Losing a teammate, no one was sadder than him as the captain. Xu Ying¡¯s heart suddenly ached. When she was young, she heard from adults that the Wasteland Reclaimers risked their lives to go to abandoned cities to retrieve the lost technology and revive the civilization that protected mankind. However, twenty years had passed. They had found what they could. The other bases were also developing. Why did they need these people to risk their lives? Seeing Xu Ying this sad, Wei Qiyan thought that someone was bullying her, so he asked directly, ¡°Who bullied you?¡± Before he left, he had told his men to secretly protect the Peach Blossom Land. Xu Ying quickly waved her hand. ¡°No, I just don¡¯t understand. Why do you need to go out and do a life-threatening mission?¡± Wei Qiyan was stunned for a moment before he shook his head with a smile. ¡°The peaceful and safe world you see is just an illusion. The existence of us is to maintain this illusion. Protecting the safety of the people is our duty as soldiers.¡± Xu Ying was shocked by these words and choked up. At this moment, the door to the recovery room was pushed open. Su Wei and his group had returned. They were surprised to see Xu Ying there. After greeting each other, they directly said to Wei Qiyan, ¡°Captain, the old chief wants you to go to his place when you wake up. And this is what we brought back this time.¡± As he spoke, he took out a transparent sealed bag. Xu Ying could also see the transparent bag, but she couldn¡¯t tell what it was. That thing looked like a white bone, but there was white hair on it. Was that white hair like a big feather? If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 23 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation When Wei Qiyan saw this thing, his body tensed up, and a hint of anger appeared in his eyes. Su Wei¡¯s hands trembled as he held the bag. The mission was to find the mutated zombie that had been discovered recently. When it attacked, its finger bones would turn into sharp blood-red scimitars. It was extremely fast, and everyone now called it the scimitar zombie. In the end, they didn¡¯t find the scimitar zombie. Instead, they found a little boy who survived in an abandoned garage. The little boy was about four or five years old. He was thin and small, and he looked malnourished. There were more than ten corpses lying around him, and each of the bodies had a bloody hole in the stomach. Su Wei thought that this place had been attacked by zombies not long ago and that the little boy was lucky enough to survive. Yao Fei had the same thoughts as him. When Yao Fei saw that child, his vigilance had dropped by half. He put away his gun and said as he approached, ¡°It¡¯s okay. We are here to save you.¡± The little boy, who had been silent all this while, suddenly raised his head when he heard this. His ashen face did not look like a living person. His voice was tender. ¡°Mister, I¡¯m sick. Will you leave me behind?¡± Yao Fei stopped and his expression changed drastically. ¡°Are you going back on your word? You¡¯re just like them. You despise me for being sick, right?¡± With every word he said, an inch of bone wings grew on the little boy¡¯s back. The wings that looked like human bones spread out on his back as if they were covered in blood. ¡°Since you¡¯re like them, then go to hell!¡± His eyes turned red. The bright red bone wings were suddenly raised high and stabbed straight at Yao Fei¡¯s chest. The speed was too fast and the distance was too close. It was too late. Su Wei shook his head and threw the scene from that day out of his mind. He took a deep breath and said, ¡°Captain, although you injured the monster in the end, his bone wings flew very fast. We were useless and still let him escape. We only found the parts he dropped at the scene. Also, this is a serious matter.¡± He was a powerful zombie with intelligence and maintained his human appearance. He had a pair of strange bone wings. This would overturn the 20 years of human research and records on zombies. Wei Qiyan took it and said in a low voice, ¡°Okay.¡± In the Wasteland Reclaimers¡¯ Main Camp, Xu Ying was in low spirits throughout the trip. ¡°When did your brother join the army?¡± she asked Wei Mingyue. ¡°When he was fourteen years old.¡± Wei Mingyue smiled bitterly. ¡°Sister Ying, I know what you¡¯re thinking. No one has ever been as worried about my brother¡¯s life as you are, wondering if everything he did was worth it. When my dad died, he was only 14 years old. He knelt beside my dad¡¯s body and swore that he would fight for us as long as the apocalypse was not over. In his mind, his life was not as important as protecting ordinary people like us.¡± Xu Ying had never felt that being a hero was not good at all. She really just wanted Wei Qiyan to live well and not be like Yao Fei, who was suddenly told that he was gone forever. Life was too heavy. Wei Qiyan rested until the afternoon. When he felt that he was fine, he took a car to the old general¡¯s place. When he arrived, he saw Ge Aiyao. Ge Aiyao, ¡°You¡¯re ¡­ injured again? I saw you break your arm last time.¡± Wei Qiyan nodded and didn¡¯t explain further. He followed her in. Ge Yanjun had just finished eating the Peach Blossom Land bentos that his granddaughter had sent over. When he saw Wei Qiyan¡¯s appearance, he frowned.¡±Your injuries are not light.¡± Wei Qiyan shook his head. ¡°I am very fortunate compared to my teammate who had lost his life.¡± ¡°What happened?¡± Ge Yanjun frowned even more. Wei Qiyan explained the cause of the incident. ¡°You seriously injured the zombie, but it still managed to escape?¡± Ge Yanjun frowned even more. He understood Wei Qiyan¡¯s capabilities. He was almost an all-rounded talent. There were too few prey that could escape from him. Wei Qiyan said in a deep voice, ¡°Its bone wings are poisonous, and its fur can shoot out like darts, causing people to faint and become numb. After I was stabbed by it, I lost consciousness. My teammates realized that and did not dare to approach, so it ran away.¡± Ge Yanjun rubbed his glabella. ¡°Got it. Rest well. I¡¯ll send other teams to search for this zombie. This is a big hidden danger. We have to find out its ability and growth speed as soon as possible. If he could maintain the appearance of a child, the consequences would be unimaginable if he hid in the base..¡± Wei Qiyan nodded. ¡°How are you getting along with Miss Su recently?¡± Ge Yanjun turned away and asked Ge Aiyao. Wei Qiyan¡¯s ears perked up, and he stopped as he was walking out. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 24 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Ge Aiyao scratched her head. ¡°It¡¯s alright. She¡¯s quite straightforward. I told her my identity, but she didn¡¯t kick me out.¡± ¡°I called you here today to discuss a business deal with Xu Ying.¡± Ge Yanjun nodded. The power grid outside the Peach Blossom Land could not only output high-voltage current, but the alloy walls were also very strong. They must have a factory to produce them. Talk to Xu Ying and say that you want a batch of power grids. We¡¯ll take as many as they have!¡± ¡°What?¡± Ge Aiyao was stunned. ¡°Use them in our Vermilion Bird Base? Grandpa, are you afraid that the zombies will attack the city after mutating in large numbers?¡± ¡°Very likely.¡± Ge Yanjun nodded solemnly. ¡°As for the exact scale of the mutation, we still need to obtain the flesh and blood of the scimitar zombie. We can only confirm it after further research. No matter what, the sooner we build the city wall, the safer it will be.¡± Ge Aiyao nodded. However, Xu Ying couldn¡¯t nod her head because she didn¡¯t have the supply of the fence. The electric fence was from the hidden shop. Other than the ones that already existed in the outer area of Peach Blossom Land, she could not take out any of the electric fences. ¡°If I had it, I would have sold it a long time ago.¡± She spread her hands at Ge Aiyao. ¡°I¡¯m short of money.¡± She also wanted to trigger the hidden mission as soon as possible so that the shop would be upgraded. However, she did not know what the hidden mission was. Ge Aiyao was very disappointed. ¡°If you have any of the electric fences in the future, please contact me immediately. Money is not a problem. Right, did Di Jie stay here before?¡± Xu Ying frowned. ¡°Yes, he was the one who burned down the house while practicing his supernatural power in the room. His attitude was very bad. I threw him out that afternoon.¡± Ge Aiyao widened her eyes. ¡°No wonder I smelled something burning when I passed by the corridor the night before. It turns out that someone was really playing with fire in the room! On the way back, I heard him complaining to the government of the base that Peach Blossom Land cheated him of his rent. He was kicked out after staying for less than two days, and the rent was not returned. Many idiots believe his words!¡± Xu Ying was also speechless, but she was also open-minded. Her house was now a rarity, and fewer people coming to Peach Blossom Land would also reduce her workload. However, Xu Ying was open-minded, but Ge Aiyao couldn¡¯t. She felt that there was no place more virtuous and comfortable than Peach Blossom Land. She didn¡¯t allow anyone to maliciously smear her. He turned around and rushed out like a bomb. Xu Ying didn¡¯t stop him. She went straight to clean up. After all, there were more people now, and the public area was bigger. There was more work. She thought that it was time to find a cleaner. She was a little tired of working alone. Just as she was about to mop the floor, a little girl had already finished mopping the floor for her and was about to throw away the trash in the living room. Xu Ying recognized her. She was Lan Xiaofei, the daughter of a single mother in room 4. She was fourteen years old and no longer went to school. She usually managed the seeds in the plantation. After the apocalypse, education was no longer available to people for free. Those with better financial conditions, such as Wei Mingyue, could go to a private school. Other than studying cultural subjects, they also had to learn survival skills after the apocalypse. However, not everyone could afford to learn. Seeing Xu Ying, Lan Xiaofei said embarrassedly, ¡°I got off work early today. It¡¯s okay if I help with cleaning up, right?¡± ¡°I was just about to thank you!¡± Xu Ying said with a smile. Lan Xiaofei shook her head vigorously. ¡°You¡¯re welcome. My mother said that you¡¯re a good person and asked me to help you more. I¡¯ll come to clean up early after work in the future.¡± ¡°No need!¡± However, before Xu Ying could finish, the little girl had already run away. Xu Ying felt a little warm in her heart, but she also felt a little helpless. She should find an opportunity to talk to her mother. She could not let her do the work for free. At night, Xu Ying stayed up all night. Her eyes were dizzy from reading the information sheet. The Xu family did not give up. Not only did Xu Changkai¡¯s information appear on the application form, but Wei Jiaxi¡¯s information also appeared. Xu Ying crossed it out without even looking at it. Shi Qinfeng was willing to let her precious daughter move out? How rare? She wondered how Wei Jiaxi was doing in the army. However, Xu Ying didn¡¯t expect that she would find out about this very quickly. Wu Youhui, the chatterbox, complained as he ate in the restaurant, ¡°That woman was really troublesome! When she was asked to collect the dead¡¯s equipment, she shouted and pounced on the leader of Team Three. The leader of Team Three was so angry that he kicked her away. In the end, the woman even said that she was injured by the leader so badly that she couldn¡¯t get up and work. What a jerk! I want to kick her when I see her¡­¡± Xu Ying¡¯s lips twitched, but she didn¡¯t say anything. Su Wei also bought a lunchbox. ¡°Landlord Su, your place has changed so much. I almost can¡¯t recognize it anymore.¡± Xu Ying smiled and didn¡¯t say anything. She turned to Wei Qiyan and said, ¡°How long will you be back this time?¡± Wei Qiyan wanted to say that he would follow the special investigation team to the scene tomorrow. However, when he looked into Xu Ying¡¯s eyes, he suddenly couldn¡¯t say anything. But, he said, ¡°Three days.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 25 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was not leaving tomorrow. She said, ¡°Just in time. I bought a game console and we can play together tomorrow.¡± She was tired of watching television. After rummaging through the home improvement store for a long time, she finally found a game console. It had more than a hundred Mini games stored in it and came with four controllers. It was suitable for multiplayer games. Wei Qiyan couldn¡¯t help but laugh when he saw her behaving like a child. However, Xu Ying had no time to play games the next day because she was tied to the front door by her enthusiastic tenants who were punishing Di Jie who was asked to leave. ¡°What are you doing?¡± Xu Ying was dumbfounded. Ge Aiyao was the one who came up with the idea of putting a gunnysack on the jerk . Jia Guang and the others were in charge of beating him up, but He Fan with giant strength was only carrying him because they were afraid that he would be beaten to death before he could reach Xu Ying. Du Jingrou spat. ¡°Scumbag! How dare you complain about Peach Blossom Land first? I want him to know the consequences of spreading rumors!¡± Jia Guang moved his wrist. ¡°I¡¯m not strong enough to kill people. I¡¯ll teach them a lesson first.¡± The sack was stuffed with a pile of flammable objects. Di Jie did not dare to use his special ability, afraid that he would be burned to death before the others were burned to death. He could only be beaten passively. Once the sack was opened and his mouth unstuck, Di Jie cried and begged for mercy. ¡°I know I was wrong. Sirs and Madams, please forgive me! I swear if I continue to spread rumors about Peach Blossom Land, my entire family will be wiped out by zombies¡­¡± ¡°Stop, stop, stop! You get out of here now¡± Xu Ying interrupted him. Ge Aiyao was happier after beating up Di Jie, and she didn¡¯t make things difficult for him. She cut open the hemp rope that tied his hand with a knife. ¡°Get lost.¡± Di Jie, whose face was bruised and swollen, slipped away without even daring to look back. Wei Qiyan, who had witnessed the entire process, laughed softly. ¡°Miss Xu has gained a lot of respect!¡± Xu Ying shook her head at him. ¡°It¡¯s sincerity for sincerity. I hope that they will live well, and they naturally hope that Peach Blossom Land will be good.¡± ¡°What if one day one of them tries to harm you?¡± Wei Qiyan stopped laughing. Xu Ying looked at him. ¡°So what? I will continue to rent my rooms. My life will not change. I will continue to be responsible for my tenants. Major General Wei, aren¡¯t you the same? You protect so many people, and they¡¯re definitely not all good. Are you going to give up your career because of this?¡± Wei Qiyan was stunned for a moment, but then he broke into a smile. ¡°Miss Xu is right.¡± ¡°Playing games?¡± Xu Ying raised her chin. ¡°Yep!¡± It took Xu Ying two nights to finally confirm the list of new tenants. She sent a notice to everyone to come to Peach Blossom Land to check in in three days. At the same time, Wei Mingyue¡¯s short-term rental expired. Xu Ying bought a new single bed according to her expectations, with a soft cushion, carpet, and a soft wool blanket. Beside the single bed was the desk that she had always wanted. There was also a bookshelf beside it, paired with a roller chair. A three-story shelf was added to the bathroom to store the girl¡¯s toiletries. The shower room was also upgraded to separate the wet and dry parts. When Wei Mingyue came back from school, she pushed open the door and saw the brand-new room. She excitedly took off her shoes and jumped onto the bed. She couldn¡¯t wait to put the books and sundries in her bag on the new desk. ¡°Sister Ying, you¡¯re amazing. I like you so much. I¡¯m going to ask my classmates to come over tomorrow! That¡¯s great!¡± Seeing her so happy, Xu Ying felt satisfied. ¡°Then call a few more classmates. I¡¯ll prepare delicious food for you.¡± ¡°Amazing!¡± As she spoke, Wei Mingyue began to call her classmates. She couldn¡¯t wait any longer. Wei Qiyan smiled at Xu Ying and said, ¡°Thank you. Yue hasn¡¯t been this happy in a long time. She hasn¡¯t had her own room since she was young. Previously, I put her in a relative¡¯s house and she always shared a room with my cousin. Her desk was also used by my cousin, so there was often no room for her books¡­¡± Xu Ying felt pity. She also thought of how she was in the Xu family. She was even worse off than Wei Mingyue because she didn¡¯t even have a room to share with¡­She really hoped that Peach Blossom Land could become better and better, so that more people could have their own personal space and items, just like her simplest wish. ¡°Do you have any more spare rooms? It would be best if three people can stay.¡± Wei Qiyan suddenly asked. Xu Ying shook her head. ¡°When the next batch of tenants arrived and paid the first month¡¯s rent, she would have the money to upgrade the system to level 3. At that time, she would be able to unlock a one-bedroom apartment, which could accommodate up to three people. Wei Qiyan nodded. ¡°When there are rooms available, help me reserve one. Yao Fei has an elder sister with two children. She¡¯s currently looking for a place to stay. I think your place is the most suitable. Well ¡­ Tomorrow is Yao Fei¡¯s funeral. Do you want to come?¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 26 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation The next day, Xu Ying and Wei Mingyue took the Wasteland Reclaimers¡¯ cars to the Martyrs¡¯ Garden. After the apocalypse, land was scarce. Ordinary people were basically thrown out of the base when they died. Only martyrs like Yao Fei were cremated and sent to the Martyrs¡¯ Garden with some ashes in a black box. Xu Ying stood in the Martyrs¡¯ Garden and looked around. There was a row of densely packed black boxes. Her mood became even heavier. She followed everyone to place Yao Fei¡¯s ashes on his empty seat and listened to the funeral host narrate his life. Yao Fei joined the army at the age of 18 and dedicated his life to the cause of mankind. He was only 30 years old and had never married. Even the relatives who attended the funeral were only the widowed sister, a nephew, and a niece. Yao Fei¡¯s sister, Yao Shuang, almost fainted from crying at the funeral. She kept pulling Wei Qiyan as if she was holding onto a life-saving straw. She kept asking what would happen to her and the two children if Yao Fei was gone. Yao Fei didn¡¯t have a family. He gave all the money he had exchanged with his life to Yao Shuang and took good care of his sister and two children. ¡°The base will give you monthly subsidies and consolation money,¡± Su Wei and the others comforted them. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, the base won¡¯t abandon any of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives, let alone their families.¡± Yao Shuang didn¡¯t know if she had heard him or not, but she cried her heart out. Xu Ying felt that she was crying because she was afraid of losing her pillar of support. She sighed deeply. At this moment, she didn¡¯t know who to pity or hate. On the way back, Xu Ying asked Wei Qiyan, ¡°Where did Yao Shuang live before? Why did she suddenly want to move out?¡± ¡°She used to live in the social housing built by the government. It¡¯s actually pretty good. She just needed to share the bathroom with the other residents. When she saw that Yao Fei was living in Peach Blossom Land and the environment was so good, she mentioned it to us.¡± Xu Ying understood. Brother Yao Fei was gone, and his only sister wanted to move in. How could Wei Qiyan and the others not help? Then she could move in as long as she paid rent and didn¡¯t cause trouble. However, Xu Ying didn¡¯t expect Yao Shuang to come to Peach Blossom Land to look for her in the afternoon. Yao Shuang was good-looking and had a good figure. She spoke in a gentle voice. She came on her own. The moment she came, she held Xu Ying¡¯s hand and wiped her tears. ¡°Miss Xu, I¡¯ve heard from my brother before that you¡¯re capable and kind. You¡¯ve provided such a good environment for everyone. I thank you on behalf of my brother.¡± Xu Ying waved her hand. ¡°Major General Wei has already told me about your situation. I¡¯ll inform you as soon as there¡¯s a house.¡± Yao Shuang heaved a sigh of relief when she received an affirmative answer. ¡°Miss Xu, don¡¯t blame me for being rude. I heard that it¡¯s hard to get a room here. My brother is gone, and my two children and I have no one to rely on. Every day we live outside, I¡¯ll be on tenterhooks.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll definitely contact you about the room. I still have things to do here, so I won¡¯t entertain you for now. You can take a look and familiarize yourself.¡± Xu Ying then left in a hurry. There was still a group of new tenants waiting to check-in. For this group of six people, Xu Ying distributed the rental agreement according to the rules and showed everyone around. As she spoke, she thought that she was really too tired. She should hire an assistant after a while. Finally, after the process was completed, Xu Ying successfully received the rent from this group of tenants. Including the remaining rent, the total assets reached 100,000 gold coins! After admiring it for a while, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, choosing to upgrade the system. [Congratulations, host. The system has reached level 3. It has opened up a one-bedroom flat x1 and unlocked the daily necessities store. Please check it out.] The floor under her feet shook slightly. Xu Ying wondered if she would wake up the tenants. It turned out that she was overthinking things. It seemed that only she could hear the commotion. Xu Ying came to the No.1 one-bedroom flat, which had a bedroom and a living room. The total area was 55 square meters. The small living room was about 20 square meters. She went online to search for the interior design of a living room before the apocalypse. She placed a locker on the right side of the living room door. On top of it were clothes, bags, etc., and below it were shoes. A simple sofa and a coffee table were placed opposite. On the right was an open kitchen with a refrigerator, stove, sink, range hood, and so on. On the right was the bedroom, which was about 15 square meters. Considering that Yao Shuang had to take care of two children, it was equipped with two bunk beds, which were enough for two children to sleep in. There was also a small desk for two people. A single bed was placed, and a narrow wardrobe was placed at the foot of the bed to accommodate adult clothes. The left and right sides were separated by screens to protect the privacy of the children¡¯s parents. On the right side of the bedroom was a large balcony with a separate washing machine and drying rack. The innermost part of the room was a separate bathroom with a bathtub, shower, sink, and toilet. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 27 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation System Announcement: [No. 1, the one-bedroom flat, is open for seasonal rental. According to the interior decoration system, the seasonal rental should be 60000 gold coins. If you want to increase the rental, please purchase high-quality home furnishings.] This rent was equivalent to 20,000 gold coins a month, and a double room would cost 15,000 gold coins. Therefore, Xu Ying chose the seasonal rental, which was really a very favorable offer. Xu Ying walked around in satisfaction and was a little reluctant to come out. The small kitchen was really good. She had to get one for herself. Although she couldn¡¯t cook, it didn¡¯t stop her from wanting one. The preferential treatment the system gave her was not bad. She did not need to pay extra if she wanted to stay in a room. Xu Ying simply added a new apartment with one bedroom and one living room on top of the original one. In total, she had a living room, two bedrooms, two balconies, and two washrooms. She turned one of the bedrooms into an open kitchen that was connected to the living room. The two bathhouses were connected to form a large room and an indoor hot spring. Xu Ying touched the water temperature. It was comfortable. The renovation cost 10,000 gold coins. She had renovated her little room and liked it very much, so she slept late. However, who would have thought that Yao Shuang would call her the next day when she was going into the hot spring for a bath? ¡°Miss Xu, I can¡¯t let go of my worries, so I came to take a look. You won¡¯t find me annoying, right?¡± ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Xu Ying asked politely. She had planned to inform Yao Shuang about the one-bedroom apartment in a few days because she had planned to rent three one-bedroom apartments together to make it easier for her to manage her records. ¡°No, I just want to move in too much. I¡¯ll be happy if I take a few more glances.¡± Yao Shuang said shyly. ¡°Are you bored?¡± Xu Ying asked directly.¡± Yao Shuang bit her lip and nodded. ¡°The children are still too young. I can¡¯t go out to work¡­¡± Xu Ying understood that she was idle. She asked helplessly, ¡°Have you been to school?¡± Yao Shuang nodded. ¡°Yes, I did. I just started high school a year before the apocalypse. My grades were pretty good. If it wasn¡¯t for the apocalypse, I might have been able to get into a good university. My poor parents have worked hard to support me and my brother for the rest of their lives¡­¡± As she spoke, she was about to cry again. Xu Ying quickly stopped him. ¡°How about this? You go back first and come over tomorrow to be my assistant. The work isn¡¯t particularly difficult. Help me with the forms and records and show the new tenants around. I¡¯ll give you a reasonable salary.¡± Yao Shuang was stunned and asked, ¡°Can I?¡± She could also work and earn money? Ever since the apocalypse, she had relied on her parents, who had died. She had relied on her husband, but her husband had left her, so she had no choice but to rely on her brother. This time, her younger brother had also left. She was completely dumbfounded. Her son was still young and she could not rely on him. She was used to relying on others and had never thought of relying on herself. ¡°Why not?¡± Xu Ying asked. ¡°You¡¯ve received a standard education, but many people in the apocalypse didn¡¯t have this experience.¡± Yao Shuang was stunned. No one had ever been so sure of her. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯ve forgotten everything you learned in school?¡± Xu Ying didn¡¯t believe it. Yao Shuang quickly shook her head. ¡°I remember everything. I like to read books. I¡¯ve been looking for books to read all these years. I have a bunch of textbooks left behind from before the apocalypse at home. My two children were also taught by me. I can do any of the jobs you mentioned.¡± Xu Ying was quite surprised and immediately felt better about Yao Shuang. ¡°Isn¡¯t that good?¡± Yao Shuang¡¯s eyes reddened again. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that I would be able to work. Thank you, Boss Xu. I¡¯ll definitely do my best.¡± Xu Ying quickly comforted her and sent her away. Now, she could finally enjoy her time in the hot spring. After a good rest, she energetically built two more houses, one bedroom and one living room. Spending 24,000 gold coins was a huge loss. This caused her savings to plummet to over 9000 gold coins. Xu Ying held her chest and rested for a while. She could earn it back later. The tenants of these two newly opened one-bedroom and one-living rooms were couples or couples without children. There was only one big bed in the bedroom, which was only suitable for two people. There was no kitchen stove. However, Xu Ying put in a lot of effort into the renovation. The overall color was mainly warm. There were flaxen curtains and carpets, goose-yellow fabric sofas, and solid wood shelves and wardrobes. The balcony was also equipped with a drying rack and washing machine. The entire renovation cost only 6800 gold coins. The system determined that the rental was 58000 gold coins. After renovating one apartment, Xu Ying was left with less than 3000 gold coins. She did not have any extra money to renovate another apartment. She could only stop the renovation work and wait until the new tenant¡¯s first month¡¯s rent arrived tomorrow. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 28 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation The next morning, Yao Shuang arrived before Xu Ying had even woken up. She was in high spirits. ¡°I came too early. I¡¯m sorry. Go back to sleep. I¡¯ll wait for you in the living room.¡± Xu Ying yawned and waved her hand. ¡°It¡¯s okay. I¡¯ll give you this information. It¡¯s the information of the tenants who are coming today. When they come later, I¡¯ll bring you around to familiarize you with the process. You¡¯ll be the next batch of tenants.¡± Yao Shuang was both excited and fearful. She took the documents and started reading. The nine tenants arrived one after another. Xu Ying and Yao Shuang began to register the tenants, then they learned about the rental convention and other things to take note of. Finally, they toured and introduced the entire Peach Blossom Land. Yao Shuang took notes seriously along the way and asked the tenants questions from time to time. She was no longer as weak as she usually was. This made Xu Ying even more satisfied. However, Xu Ying suddenly noticed that a male tenant had been looking at her with a puzzled gaze since she entered the door. According to the information, the male tenant was called Hua Haiyi. He was in his forties or fifties, wore glasses, carried a briefcase, and had a decent job. ¡°Mr. Hua, is there a problem?¡± Xu Ying asked directly. ¡°Is your father Xu Yongzhong?¡± Hua Haiyi asked hesitantly. ¡°If not, I¡¯m really sorry. You really look like the daughter of a friend of mine.¡± ¡°I¡¯m an orphan.¡± Xu Ying¡¯s smile froze. ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡± Hua Haiyi quickly apologized. ¡°That¡¯s right. If you were Xu Yongzhong¡¯s youngest daughter, why would he worry so much about his eldest son not having a place to live after he got married? However, other than Miss Xu¡¯s temperament, her appearance was too similar¡­¡± This episode was quickly forgotten by everyone. After paying the first month¡¯s rent, they happily tidied up their new houses. Xu Ying received 70,000 gold coins in rent, and her financial situation quickly recovered. However, she felt a little disgusted. Why did she invite Xu Yongzhong¡¯s friend? Why hadn¡¯t she seen him before? ¡°Boss Xu? Check how I did, please¡± Yao Shuang¡¯s voice snapped Xu Ying back to reality. Xu Ying took a look at the registration form that she had made. She wrote down in detail the time of each tenant¡¯s stay, the time to pay the rent the next month, the performance of the tenants when they moved in, and the requests they made. It was very detailed. Xu Ying was really surprised. It was more detailed than she had expected. ¡°You¡¯re very meticulous and very powerful. You can totally rely on yourself to raise the child. You don¡¯t have to rely on others.¡± Yao Shuang¡¯s eyes reddened. ¡°Boss Xu, you¡¯re right. I should have met you earlier. That way, I wouldn¡¯t have been so dependent on my brother. I wouldn¡¯t have become a burden to him. He wouldn¡¯t have sacrificed himself to support us. And my husband, in order to feed me and my child, went to do cross-base transportation of supplies to earn more money. He was attacked by zombies on the way, and there weren¡¯t even his ashes left¡­¡± As she spoke, she covered her face and cried. It was rare that Xu Ying didn¡¯t mind her crying, and her heart ached. She patted Yao Shuang¡¯s shoulder. ¡°Don¡¯t blame yourself. You¡¯ll have to live a good life in Peach Blossom Land. As long as Peach Blossom Land is here, you and your children will be able to live a peaceful life. Go back and pack up tonight and move in tomorrow.¡± Yao Shuang cried even harder as she thanked Xu Ying again and again. Xu Ying had just calmed down a little when Wei Qiyan brought her a piece of bad news. ¡°Zombies might have snuck into Vermilion Bird Base recently. It¡¯s just a possibility, but you have to be careful.¡± Xu Ying¡¯s heart almost jumped out of her chest. ¡°Someone got infected, so he might have sneaked into the base and turned into a zombie?¡± For now, Xu Ying could not think that zombies could take on human forms. Wei Qiyan shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s a mutated zombie, disguised as a four-year-old child. If you see it, you can¡¯t panic, and you can¡¯t show fear. This zombie had intelligence. If you were afraid, it would think that you despised it and it would kill you without mercy.¡± Xu Ying was instantly terrified. The apocalypse had been twenty years, and zombies had mutated ever since. It was still terrifying no matter how many times she heard about this kind of things. She didn¡¯t have any superpowers, so she couldn¡¯t even fight against ordinary men, let alone powerful mutated zombies. ¡°I¡¯ll be very busy for a while and probably won¡¯t be able to come back, but I¡¯ll leave someone to watch over Peach Blossom Land in secret. If there¡¯s a situation, I¡¯ll rush over as soon as possible.¡± Wei Qiyan instructed. Hearing this, Xu Ying¡¯s sense of security greatly increased. It was still better to have a big shot behind her. Her life would be more secure. ¡°Then take good care of yourself and try not to get hurt.¡± Wei Qiyan nodded. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 29 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Not long after, Xu Ying received another reminder not to go out. However, the person was Dai Shuying, who was in single room number 5. She remembered Wei Mingyue mentioning that this cool Sister Dai Shuying had a military background. However, because Dai Shuying¡¯s schedule seemed to be reversed day and night, Xu Ying registered that she had seen her that day and never saw her again. At night, Dai Shuying saw Xu Ying standing in the living room and thought that she was going out. She frowned and said, ¡°Don¡¯t leave Peach Blossom Land for the time being. It¡¯s not safe inside and outside the Vermilion Bird Base. Tell the other tenants not to bring strangers in.¡± For a moment, Xu Ying felt that Dai Shuying was her superior and felt a little pressured. ¡°You don¡¯t have the authority to know the details,¡± Dai Shuying said. After saying that, she lifted her windbreaker and turned around to enter her room. Xu Ying waited for her to enter the room. She blinked and sent a message to Wei Qiyan: [Do you know Dai Shuying? It was the tall and thin one. She was very cold, but she was a good person.] Wei Qiyan, who was watching the surveillance cameras with the City Defense Army, felt a little amused when he saw the message. He replied: [Dai Shuying is the deputy commander of the City Defense Army. She is responsible for the defense and monitoring of the entire base.] Xu Ying saw the reply. No wonder Dai Shuying spoke so strongly. It turned out that she was used to giving orders at work. However, she still accepted this kind gesture. Then, she told the tenants not to go out for the time being. It was not peaceful outside recently. Most of them were still quite scared and said that they would go home as soon as possible. However, a pair of Chu brothers and a middle-aged woman in a single room didn¡¯t take it seriously. ¡°We brothers have superpowers. Zombies can¡¯t get close to us. ¡°Miss Xu, don¡¯t worry.¡± Brother Chu dared to say. ¡°The Wasteland Reclaimers and the City Defense Army have offered us an olive branch,¡± Chu Gandang said. ¡°It¡¯s just that we don¡¯t like to be tied down. Otherwise, we would have been given military ranks long ago. Don¡¯t worry!¡± The middle-aged woman, Mei Luoyan, didn¡¯t think it was a big deal. ¡°The Vermilion Bird Base is so big and densely populated. If there are zombies, it will cause a commotion among the people. I can just run away as soon as I see them. Little girls like to make a fuss.¡± Xu Ying was speechless. Since he was not afraid of death, then so be it. ¡°Alright, don¡¯t bring strangers to Peach Blossom Land.¡± The three of them readily agreed. Xu Ying didn¡¯t say anything else and finished decorating the third apartment. Then, she released the rental information for two one-bedroom and one-living rooms. The next day, the smart butler kept ringing. There was no other way. The standard of the one-bedroom and one-living room was too good. It was cost-effective, and the renovation and living facilities were complete. Naturally, there were more people snatching it. Eighty to ninety percent of the applicants were newlyweds. Xu Changkai and his girlfriend, Xiao Mei, were also among them. ¡°You promised me that you would be able to live in Peach Blossom Land before we got married. Now it¡¯s less than a month away from the wedding date. I heard today that there are no more double rooms left. There are only two sets left. There are so many people applying. Let me tell you, if we don¡¯t have a house, I won¡¯t get married to you!¡± Xiao Mei straightened her neck and questioned. ¡°I¡¯ll buy something tomorrow and go to Peach Blossom Land.¡± Xu Changkai was upset. ¡°I¡¯ll definitely let you live in a new house!¡± Was he planning to give her a gift? Xiao Mei was stunned. She mumbled, ¡°You should give me a gift, but you don¡¯t have to pay for it. Your father, your stepmother hasn¡¯t even contributed to your marriage yet¡­¡± She was only scaring him by saying that she didn¡¯t want to get married, so all of Xu Changkai¡¯s money was hers. Xu Changkai was extremely annoyed, but he also guaranteed that this matter would definitely be completed. The next morning, Yao Shuang arrived with her two children in tow, her entire body exuding the yearning and joy of a new life. At this time, a large group of people had gathered at the entrance of Peach Blossom Land before dawn. Yao Shuang, who saw the big and small bags, quickly surrounded them. ¡°Are you the new tenant of Peach Blossom Land? Can I ask for the landlord¡¯s contact information?¡± ¡°Is the landlord here in Peach Blossom Land? Can you help us contact her? Money is not a problem!¡± ¡°I brought some gifts and want to see the landlord. If it¡¯s convenient for you, can you give me a message? You don¡¯t have to stand on ceremony. Two bottles of soda for the children ¡­¡± ¡°What conditions did you have to stay here? Why can¡¯t I apply for it many times? What¡¯s the difference?¡± .. Yao Shuang was surrounded by people. She didn¡¯t dare to take any of the items, and her joy was immediately replaced by fear. She grabbed the two children and ran away as if she was running for her life. The AI butler recognized Yao Shuang and only let her and the two children in. The rest of the people were still blocked outside the door. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 30 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Seeing Xu Ying, Yao Shuang described the horrifying scene outside and said with lingering fear, ¡°Fortunately, thanks to my brother, I was able to rent a place here. Otherwise, we would be the ones worrying outside. Pingping, Anan, say hello to your Sister Ying.¡± The elder brother was called Pingping, and he was eight years old. The younger sister was called Anan, and she was six years old. She was very similar to Yao Shuang. They were polite and well-educated, but they were a little timid. After greeting her, they held their mother¡¯s hand nervously and didn¡¯t dare to look up. Xu Ying patted the two children¡¯s heads and led them to a room and a living room that had been prepared beforehand. Yao Shuang looked at the bedroom, the cute and comfortable double bunk bed, the small desk and chair, the single bed, the wardrobe, and the privacy curtains that had been prepared for her. She burst into tears on the spot. ¡°Boss Xu, I really don¡¯t know what to say. Thank you. I thank you on behalf of the two children.¡± The two children thanked their sister in a childish voice. Xu Ying was embarrassed. ¡°Landlady, is this table prepared for us? And this drawing book as well?¡± Pingping and Anan was also too happy because of the appearance of the new item and actually dared to speak. ¡°It¡¯s for you. There are also watercolor pens and rulers on it.¡± Xu Ying had seen these when she was buying children¡¯s furniture. She thought that the children would like them since they were cheap, so she bought them. In the beginning, she really thought that it was just a decoration. However, Xu Ying¡¯s heart was filled with complicated feelings when she saw how happy he was. The apocalypse really made life difficult. Yao Shuang was so touched that she was about to burst into tears. She readily transferred three months¡¯ worth of rent, which was sixty thousand gold coins. Before Yao Fei left, he actually left a sum of money for her and her child. In addition to the compensation for the sacrifice and the monthly allowance, as well as the salary that Xu Ying paid her later, it was enough for her to rent a house to support her child. Especially now that she could work, she felt that her life was no longer dark. Xu Ying¡¯s total assets had increased to more than 120,000 gold coins. The system needed 200,000 gold coins to level up to level 4, and it had already advanced by more than half. However, the number of rooms had to reach 50. ¡°Have a good rest today. You have to help me screen tenants tomorrow. Also, I¡¯ll give you 10,000 gold coins a month. If you do well, you¡¯ll get a bonus and a raise. Can you accept it?¡± Xu Ying said. She still had two one-bedroom apartments and a double room that she had yet to rent out. Yao Shuang nodded. ¡°Thank you so much. Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll do my best.¡± She would do it even if it was only two or three thousand, let alone ten thousand. This feeling of being needed was too good! After the assistant was selected, Xu Ying began to worry about the cleaner. After all, there were so many public areas. It would be terrible for her to clean them up alone. Xu Ying remembered Lan Xiaofei, who helped her clean up last time. She found the contact information of Lan Xiaofei¡¯s mother, Lan Xia, and left a message for her to wait for Lan Xia to come back from work at night. Xu Ying wanted to thank Lan Xiaofei for helping her clean up last time. ¡°Boss Xu, you¡¯re too polite!¡± Lan Xia quickly waved her hand. My daughter isn¡¯t busy with work, so it¡¯s fine to ask her to help you. Besides, you¡¯ve built such a good environment for us. You have a small canteen and a washing machine. Let alone the apocalypse, even in the apocalypse, I¡¯ve never met a landlord like you. It¡¯s only right for us tenants to maintain the environment here.¡± Xu Ying was moved by her words, but she still said, ¡°But I can¡¯t let Xiao Fei do it for free. How about this? I want to pay Xiao Fei to do one to two hours of cleaning every day after work. I¡¯ll give Xiao Fei a monthly allowance of 3,000 gold coins¡­¡± ¡°No need!¡± Lan Xia interrupted. I¡¯ll help you tell the tenants to pay attention to hygiene. If they see trash, they can just throw it away. The rest will be left to Xiao Fei. It doesn¡¯t cost money. Xu Ying didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry. She could only thank him. Some good intentions didn¡¯t have to be rejected. ¡°Then it¡¯s settled.¡± Lan Xia smiled. ¡°But Boss Xu, if you have any ideas, then give us two more washing machines. There have been so many people recently that we can¡¯t use them all. We¡¯re starting to line up.¡± Xu Ying did not say anything else. That night, she ordered four more. Ten washing machines were neatly arranged, which surprised the tenants who came back from work. Lan Xia took the opportunity to say, ¡°Neighbors, Boss Xu is good to us. Everyone has seen it for themselves. I won¡¯t say anything about it. Usually, everyone would not cause trouble for Boss Xu. Everyone would pay attention to trivial matters such as hygiene. After eating in the canteen, they would take it away by themselves. They would wipe the tables and when they went out, they would throw away the rubbish when they saw it.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 31 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation No matter what, the benefits were still the greatest. Looking at the brand new washing machine, no one had any objections. Yao Shuang looked at it and couldn¡¯t help but sigh to Xu Ying. ¡°Our atmosphere is too good. The apartment I rented previously was so dirty that there were flies in the corridor, but the landlord acted as if he didn¡¯t see them. The tenants also quarreled and even fought because there was trash in the corridor¡­¡± Xu Ying nodded. ¡°That¡¯s why it¡¯s very important to select suitable tenants. You have to call the tenants before you move in and get to know them in detail.¡± Yao Shuang quickly noted it down. Xu Ying felt relaxed. Now that she had solved the hygiene problem and had an assistant, her burden was lightened. However, something happened to her before she could relax for two days. Chu Gandang and his brother were dead. The police and the military contacted her at the same time and asked her to identify the body. Only then did Xu Ying know that the two brothers¡¯ parents had passed away long ago. Their group of friends were also fair-weather friends. When they knew that something had happened to them, they all ran away. ¡°Do you recognize them?¡± The forensic doctor in a white coat lifted the white cloth and asked. Su Yao immediately saw the bloody holes in their chests, as if they had been pierced by something. ¡°Yes, the taller one is the older brother Chu Ganyan, and the chubby one is the younger brother Chu Gandang. However, she couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°How did they die? Was this a fight?¡± Before the forensic doctor could answer, the heavily armed soldier beside him made a gesture to ask her to leave. ¡°Miss Xu, your mission is only to recognize people. You can go back now.¡± Xu Ying also understood that there were some things that she could not know, so she did not ask further. As soon as she was sent out, Wei Qiyan came to pick her up in a military jeep. ¡°They were killed by evolved zombies, right?¡± Xu Ying asked in a hoarse voice as soon as she got into the car. After all, she was injured so strangely at this critical juncture. Wei Qiyan said in a low voice, ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Were you injured by this evolved zombie last time?¡± Xu Ying asked again. Wei Qiyan didn¡¯t expect her to be able to guess this. She was really sharp. ¡°Don¡¯t go out alone for the time being,¡± he said. ¡°Xu Ying, if there¡¯s anything, look for me, understood?¡± This was the first time he had called her by her name directly. He sounded very serious and his tone was full of worry. ¡°Don¡¯t blame yourself for their deaths. You¡¯ve already done your best to help them.¡± Xu Ying nodded. She felt a sense of powerlessness. ¡°Wei Qiyan, do you think I¡¯ll awaken my ability?¡± She asked softly. Even Chu Ganyan and his brother, who had superpowers, could be killed by the zombies that had just mutated. What about an ordinary person like her? Wei Qiyan softened his voice. ¡°Don¡¯t overthink it. Come find me if anything comes up!¡± Xu Ying thought to herself, You can¡¯t be here all the time. Besides, you don¡¯t even dare to promise your own life. You look like you¡¯re ready to sacrifice yourself for the great cause of mankind at any time. She still wanted to rely on herself. When they returned to Peach Blossom Land, the tenants at home surrounded them. ¡°What exactly happened?¡± ¡°I heard that they¡¯d died, right? Why did they suddenly die?¡± ¡°I just talked to them yesterday. Did I get the wrong persons?¡± The middle-aged woman, Mei Luoyan, didn¡¯t come over, but her ears were perked up. She stood not far away and listened, her expression somewhat ugly. ¡°It¡¯s them, but the cause of death is unknown.¡± Xu Ying¡¯s face was heavy. Mutated zombies couldn¡¯t be told to the public. It would cause panic and be difficult to manage. ¡°They are really dead. A few days ago, we were told not to go out. Only the two of them didn¡¯t believe it¡­¡± ¡°This is too sudden. There must be something going on outside. I¡¯m going to take a leave of absence. I won¡¯t be going to work for a while.¡± ¡°Yeah, thanks to Boss Xu¡¯s reminder, I didn¡¯t dare to go out these few nights. I rushed to Peach Blossom Land after work.¡± ¡°What a pity. The two young men are not even thirty years old yet¡­¡± Xu Ying tidied up the brothers¡¯ personal belongings, but she didn¡¯t know where to send them. Without parents or relatives, this was the description of most people who died in the apocalypse. After hesitating for a while, Xu Ying asked Wei Qiyan to help her pack them up and bury them on the stone mountain outside the base. It could be considered a cenotaph. This double room was also vacant. Xu Ying did not want to rent it anymore. She knocked down the wall and threw the furniture to the system to be recycled. She made an empty space and used it as a laundry room. The ten washing machines were placed by the wall one by one, and a new shelf was placed in the middle aisle to store everyone¡¯s daily toiletries. This time, the tenants sighed a few more times at the new public area. After all, they had lived together for a while, so it was still a little sad. She should have listened to the landlord back then¡­ If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 32 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Yao Shuang was also very nervous when she heard the news. ¡°Were they killed by zombies? My younger brother is in the Wasteland Reclaimers Army, so I know a little about it. Otherwise, there wouldn¡¯t be such a big commotion¡­There are rumors that zombies have entered the city. Don¡¯t go out. With our strength, we won¡¯t be able to withstand a slap from the zombies.¡± Xu Ying knew that she was scared, so she comforted her, ¡°It¡¯s fine if you don¡¯t go out. By the way, how¡¯s the selection of tenants for the two one-bedroom and one-living rooms going?¡± Yao Shuang¡¯s attention was diverted and she was no longer as frightened as before. She quickly got into work mode. ¡°There are quite a lot of applicants. I¡¯ve confirmed two for the time being. They¡¯re a military couple. I¡¯m very polite when I call them. The conversation felt good. I haven¡¯t decided on the other one yet. Hua Haiyi came to me once and told me that he has a friend¡¯s son who¡¯s getting married soon. He¡¯s a nice guy, and his fianc¨¦e¡¯s family are engineers who are working in the construction of our base. ¡°Then, she thought of something and lowered her voice. I don¡¯t think the one he introduced to me is very good. I called them and heard them arguing. The woman doesn¡¯t sound like a reasonable person, and the man doesn¡¯t speak well either.¡± Xu Ying¡¯s mind immediately rang with alarm bells. This Hua Haiyi recognized her and knew that she had a grudge against the Xu family, so he bypassed her and came to find Yao Shuang privately? Her face turned serious. ¡°You did the right thing. Don¡¯t believe anyone who tells you that they¡¯re good. You have to go and see for yourself before you judge. Also, ignore those gifts. Tell me what you like and I¡¯ll buy it for you.¡± Hearing this, Yao Shuang felt warm all over. She happily continued with the screening. Xu Ying had another thought in her mind. She couldn¡¯t keep Hua Haiyi alive. Two days later, the four tenants for the one-bedroom apartment were finalized. One was a military couple, and the other was a newlywed couple who worked in the Food and Drug Administration. They all looked friendly. Yao Shuang had already checked in the four of them, introduced them to the Peach Blossom Land, and emphasized the convention. Both parties were very satisfied, especially when they saw the exquisitely decorated room. They all took photos and showed off in their own circles, causing everyone to be envious. Xu Changkai was one of them. ¡°Dad, didn¡¯t you say that you have a friend in Peach Blossom Land who can get in touch with the landlord? We¡¯re not here this time. Why? Not enough gifts? Dad, think of something else. Otherwise, Xiao Mei and I will lose. Do you want me to be alone?¡± ¡°Forget it.¡± Xu Yongzhong smoked silently. ¡°We can find a good house in the Vermilion Bird Base if we spend more money.¡± ¡°Dad,¡± Xu Changkai widened his eyes and said, ¡°Zombies have infiltrated the Vermilion Bird Base. How can it compare to the impregnable Peach Blossom Land? Besides, it¡¯s not like you haven¡¯t seen the photos that were sent out. Not to mention Vermilion Bird Base, even in other bases, how can you find such a well-decorated house?¡± Xu Yongzhong lost his patience. ¡°Then what do you want? Are you forcing your father to die? If I had the f*cking ability, why would I need to go through so much effort? Sons are just like debt collectors! If you have the ability, go with your biological mother and let your mother bring you into the Peach Blossom Land. Get lost. Don¡¯t let me see you for the time being.¡± Xu Changkai slammed the door and left. Xu Yongzhong lay weakly on the sofa. In the end, he made a call. ¡°Hai Yi, although I don¡¯t believe what you said, can you let me see her?¡± .. After renting out two one-bedroom apartments, Xu Ying¡¯s total assets had reached 200,000 gold coins. For a moment, she did not know how to spend the money. However, she quickly realized that upgrading the system to level 4 required 200,000 gold coins. Moreover, the total number of rooms needed to reach 50, which also required money. Therefore, money was never too much. In addition, there was also the newly unlocked daily necessities store as a reward for leveling up. The things inside made Xu Ying very tempted. Basically, she had seen all the daily necessities that people needed before the apocalypse on the Internet. Shampoos, shower gel, sanitary pads, and even skin care products, cosmetics, and so on. Or would it be like a food store, where a variety of products were sold at the same time through vending machines? Moreover, they were not expensive. A pack of sanitary pads was only 50 to 60 gold coins. The tenants who could live here could afford it. However, if it was outside the Peach Blossom Land, they might not be able to buy it even if they spent money. Xu Ying took a fancy to a female product vending machine at first glance. There were more than ten types of sanitary pads inside. She had never used a sanitary pad in her life. She usually used a washable cloth belt to make do. She ordered three sets. One was stuffed into her bathroom, and the other two were in the public area for a long time, but there was no place to put them. Hence, she spent 1000 gold coins to book a single room and set it up as a grocery store. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 33 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying placed two all-female vending machines in the grocery store. Since she already had a grocery store, she decided to add some more things. She ordered two more vending machines. There were the commonly used shampoo and shower gel, and even hair masks and essential oil. Finally, she returned to the small canteen and added a small automatic tissue machine next to the breakfast machine. She only needed to swipe 5 gold coins each time to spit out a pack of toilet paper. These five machines, including the purchase of goods, amounted to less than 10,000 gold coins. Perhaps it was because they made more money, but she actually felt that it was not expensive anymore. It even improved the quality of life of the tenants. She could earn an extra 2000 to 3000 coins a day. She was very satisfied. Moreover, she did not plan to rent any more in the near future. The main reason was that the Vermilion Bird Base was not safe, and it was risky to hire new tenants. She took this opportunity to enjoy herself for a few days. It was mid-March, and the weather was getting warmer. When the tenants woke up in the morning and saw the new common room, they all went in curiously. Ge Aiyao had been very busy recently. It was not easy for her to return to Peach Blossom Land for a night, but when she woke up, she found that she was on her period. She hurriedly rummaged through her bag to find something for her period, but she couldn¡¯t find anything. Hence, she was extremely anxious. She asked a female tenant and wanted to borrow some tissues. The female tenant pointed at the grocery store and said, ¡°There are sanitary pads in the new grocery store. Hurry up and buy them. Miss Xu has prepared a lot for our female tenant. The prices are not expensive. If you go last, they will be sold out.¡± When Ge Aiyao saw the four machines, she was stunned. She hadn¡¯t been back for a few days. Where did Xu Ying get these high-end goods from? She didn¡¯t even think about it and packed up the remaining sanitary pads. The female tenant who didn¡¯t manage to buy the pads immediately became anxious. ¡°How can you be like this? If you buy everything, what will the people behind us buy? Why? You¡¯re not the only one who needs sanitary pads. Other people need them too!¡± Ge Aiyao was the only daughter in the family and was used to being domineering. She didn¡¯t think that the person behind her would need to use this problem. However, she refused to admit that she was wrong. She straightened her neck and said, ¡°I¡¯ve already bought them. What do you think?¡± The female tenants discussed with each other. ¡°Re-sell us some of your stock, but you can¡¯t raise the price, or I¡¯ll tell Miss Xu.¡± Ge Aiyao was speechless. Xu Ying came out and saw Ge Aiyao squatting in a corner selling sanitary pads. ¡°Did you change your profession to sanitary pads?¡± she asked with a smile. Ge Aiyao blushed and said awkwardly, ¡°The machine selling sanitary pads is empty. You should go and restock.¡± Xu Ying finally understood what had happened and went to the grocery store to buy more stock. Ge Aiyao followed her in and quickly looted everything inside. She tried to make herself sound justified. ¡°You didn¡¯t say that it¡¯s limited. I¡¯ll buy them all, right?¡± She said in her head that if there was a problem, she would return them. Xu Ying was amused by her. ¡°Go ahead. But when will you use so many of them?¡± Ge Aiyao: ¡°You don¡¯t know how hard it is outside the Peach Blossom Land. My mother hasn¡¯t used this thing for many years. We split them up and give them to our sisters. There won¡¯t be any left.¡± Xu Ying nodded, but she thought of a problem. Outside of Peach Blossom Land these products had very limited supply. Would there be tenants who would stock them up viciously and sell them at a high price? If she did not do anything about it, the tenants who did not fight wouldn¡¯t be able to buy any but they actually needed to use the product. With that thought in mind, she immediately decided to set up limits for all four machines in the grocery store so that each person could only purchase one item per month. Most people expressed their understanding of her actions. However, the middle-aged woman Mei Luoyan, who did not listen to her advice and insisted on going out, said, ¡°Oh, Miss Xu is afraid that we¡¯ll go out and sell them.¡± Xu Ying replied with an expressionless face, ¡°Yes, you don¡¯t have to be sarcastic with me. If you don¡¯t feel happy, you don¡¯t have to renew the lease next month. I¡¯m sure many people want to stay in your room.¡± Her impression of Mei Luoyan was getting worse and worse. The older she got, the weirder her personality became. Last time, she didn¡¯t listen to her advice and insisted on going out. She was lucky that nothing happened. Now, she was being sarcastic again. Moreover, this was not the first time. Xu Ying was a little annoyed when she saw her. Mei Luoyan did not dare to reply, but she grumbled in her heart. This little girl was so petty. Even acting as a landlord she had no conscience. The other tenants did not like Mei Luoyan either. She was narrow-minded, liked to take advantage of others, and her words were not pleasant to hear. Everyone spoke up for Xu Ying. Mei Luoyan closed the door angrily and went back into the house. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 34 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Yao Shuang was also speechless at Mei Luoyan. She discussed with Xu Ying, ¡°Let her go next month. Last time, I saw her stealing someone else¡¯s washing powder. I scolded her and she got angry. She shamelessly asked for what others were eating and ate half of it! Also, last time, that foodie He Fan bought breakfast and was about to eat it. When he went to the toilet, Mei Luoyan ate it. She even said that she thought He Fan did not want it and pretended to want to pay, but she did not. We are not giving money now. We can just transfer it directly. It might be fake. What¡¯s even more outrageous is that I even heard her ask Xiao Fei if she would give her money and how much she would give her if she helped her clean up¡­ Xiao Fei had just said no when Mei Luoyan said that Xiao Fei had suffered a loss. When Lan Xia heard it, she rushed out and scolded Mei Luoyan as an evil old woman¡­¡± Xu Ying felt a headache coming on. ¡°Tell her next month that if she wants to go back on her word, it¡¯s no big deal. But, He Fan will throw her out.¡± This small episode passed quickly. After that, it was unknown how the rumors spread. People outside said that the people of Peach Blossom Land lived a good life before the end of the world. There were also all kinds of good things from before the apocalypse. If they were sold outside, they would be priceless. Now, there were people blocking the entrance of Peach Blossom Land all day long. When they saw people coming out, they would ask with red eyes, and some even attacked them. Wei Mingyue also came back with red eyes. She was angry and in pain. ¡°When I went to school, those people saw me like zombies seeing a living person. Some people even hated me and pinched me when I wasn¡¯t paying attention¡­¡± Xu Ying rolled up her sleeve and saw two bruises. Her anger also rose, and she comforted, ¡°They heard the rumors and said that this place is like a paradise on earth. They think that they live in a smelly ditch and feel unbalanced! I¡¯ll help you vent your anger.¡± Indeed, the fiercest thing was pure jealousy. Originally, everyone had a hard time in the apocalypse, so there was nothing much to say. However, we are both humans. How could someone be living a good life while another is still struggling in the apocalypse? They then felt that it was unfair. Some people were greedy and wanted to sneak into the Peach Blossom Land to steal something to sell, but they ended up killing people. One had to know that there was an electric fence above Peach Blossom Land. They were sneaky and were detected by the AI butler. They were attacked and electrocuted to death. Xu Ying expressionlessly got up in the middle of the night to collect their bodies. A few male tenants who came to help took a set of body bags and threw them at the door. At daybreak, a new wave of troublemakers saw the two fresh corpses and ran away. Xu Ying hardened her heart. Thinking that this was also a deterrent method, she directly opened the body bag and left it hanging. She was telling the people outside that if they continued to cause trouble, this would be the outcome. Now, the troublemakers knew that Peach Blossom Land was not to be trifled with. However, the rumors were even more powerful. It was said that the owner of the Peach Blossom Land was cruel and merciless. The two dead people were tortured to death by her as a warning to others. When Wei Qiyan heard these rumors, he couldn¡¯t help but smile. ¡°Captain, the mutated zombie has already killed five people, yet you¡¯re still smiling?¡± Su Wei wondered. ¡°They didn¡¯t know where that little bastard was hiding. He had killed five people in a row and had yet to show himself. They were so worried that their hair was about to turn white. They would always find corpses by accident. He really had enough. Wei Qiyan stopped laughing. Su Wei scratched his head. ¡°Get back to work,¡± Wei Qiyan said. Because of the mutated zombie, many people were busy. Dai Shuying was the same. She was so busy that she didn¡¯t sleep for the past few days. She couldn¡¯t take it anymore, so she told the adjutant what to take note of and went back to Peach Blossom Land to take a shower. When they were having supper, they suddenly noticed that there was an additional grocery store. They went in and were instantly stunned. She thought of the female soldiers in her team. Every time they had their period, they would make do with cotton cloth. It was inevitable that they would get their pants full during training. When they showered, more than twenty girls took turns using a bar of soap. They had to be careful and think about using it a few more times¡­ Two years ago, the Wasteland Reclaimers had brought a batch of shampoo and soap from outside. Although they were all expired, Dai Shuying had lost her face for the first time. She had asked Wei Qiyan¡¯s team for them, and only then did she get a box. She still remembered that day when her teammates had a clean bath as if they were celebrating the new year. Their knotted hair had finally been washed. Dai Shuying¡¯s eyes burned. She turned around and walked quickly to Xu Ying¡¯s door. She knocked on the door. Xu Ying was surprised to see Dai Shuying outside the door. ¡°You¡¯re back? I haven¡¯t seen you for a few days.¡± Dai Shuying hummed coldly and went straight to the point. ¡°I want to buy a batch of toiletries and sanitary pads from you. It¡¯s enough for twenty people to use for a year.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 35 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying thought for two seconds and said, ¡°Come with me to the grocery store.¡± Then, Xu Ying asked Dai Shuying to buy more while she restocked. Dai Shuying saw the endless supply of goods coming in without any interruption because of her large purchases. The shock in her heart rose to another level, but she also knew that she should not ask what she should not ask. Xu Ying looked at her. ¡°That¡¯s all for today. You can¡¯t take any more with you. Next time you come in the middle of the night, call a truck and transport it out quietly. Don¡¯t let anyone see it.¡± Dai Shuying nodded and paid. A box of sanitary pads, five bottles of shampoo, and five bottles of shower gel were only worth 10,000 gold coins. She felt that it was ridiculously cheap and could not help but ask Xu Ying, ¡°Do you do charity?¡± ¡°You¡¯re the one, aren¡¯t you?¡± Xu Ying asked. ¡°You definitely didn¡¯t buy so many for your own use. You bought them out of your own pocket for the girls in your team, right?¡± Dai Shuying lowered her voice. ¡°I¡¯ll thank you on their behalf. It¡¯s too hard on them without these things.¡± Xu Ying shook her head. ¡°They should thank you. If you didn¡¯t think for them, they wouldn¡¯t have needed my things. You and Major General Wei are the same kind of people.¡± Dai Shuying was silent for a moment before she suddenly said, ¡°In the future, if you need my help in the Vermilion Bird Base, I¡¯ll be able to support you.¡± After saying that, she carried the two boxes of things and left proudly and confidently. Xu Ying burst out laughing. She felt that Dai Shuying was really cool. The next day, Dai Shuying distributed the items. The girls in the team were both shocked and happy. ¡°Sis, where did you get this? You went to block Major General Wei again? He hadn¡¯t heard of any Wasteland Reclaimers bringing back supplies recently.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t talk so much,¡± Dai Shuying said coldly. Everyone knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. They all smiled and thanked her. Someone guessed, ¡°Did you get this from the Peach Blossom Land? Are there really a lot of supplies over there?¡± ¡°Of course. Look at what Sister Shuying did. Now, other than the Wasteland Reclaimers¡¯ inventory, where else could we get these things? Do you think this is before the apocalypse?¡± ¡°Sister Shuying, since you live there, tell us what the Peach Blossom Land is like. I heard that the landlady is ruthless.¡± The image of Xu Ying¡¯s harmless, underage face and lean body appeared in Dai Shuying¡¯s mind. She said with a dark face, ¡°She¡¯s a very good person. Without her approval, you won¡¯t have these things.¡± The girls believed Dai Shuying¡¯s words without a doubt. In the future, if they met someone who spoke ill of them, the female soldiers of the city defense would be the first to disagree. In the next week, the armed forces in the Vermilion Bird Base were getting stricter. Although Xu Ying didn¡¯t leave Peach Blossom Land, she could tell from Dai Shuying¡¯s schedule. She was so busy that she didn¡¯t even have time to call a truck to tow the goods. Wei Qiyan said that recently, she had been standing on the sentry post day and night looking for traces of mutated zombies. Her eyes were almost bloodshot. ¡°She can see every street in the Vermilion Bird Base?¡± Xu Ying was confused. ¡°Is she a radar?¡± Wei Qiyan raised his eyebrows. ¡°Her superpower is ¡®Heavenly Eyes¡¯. As long as her field of vision is wide enough, she can observe every corner of her field of vision.¡± ¡°Wow!¡± Xu Ying exclaimed. Wei Qiyan nodded and suddenly thought of something. ¡°Last time Ge Aiyao asked you if you have the electric fence now? The main reason why the zombies could sneak into the base was that the defense of the base wasn¡¯t done well. It would have been fine if he hadn¡¯t mentioned it, but Xu Ying¡¯s face turned bitter at the mention of it. ¡°No, I still don¡¯t.¡± She also wanted defensive items, but that hidden shop had to trigger a hidden quest. She had no clue and could only see gray items every time. Wei Qiyan understood her expression. She didn¡¯t seem to have a choice. ¡°I¡¯m going to look for some building materials or manufacturing machines the day after tomorrow. If I can¡¯t find them, I¡¯ll have to go to other bases to buy them.¡± These words gave Xu Ying a bad feeling. ¡°Why are you in such a hurry to build the city wall? It shouldn¡¯t be because of that mutated zombie, right?¡± Wei Qiyan didn¡¯t hide it anymore. ¡°There will probably be a large-scale zombie evolution in the next two to three years. They will be very lethal. Without the protection of the city walls, they will most likely attack the base.¡± Xu Ying had grown up for eighteen years. She had watched the Vermilion Bird Base being built step by step. Although it wasn¡¯t perfect, at least the people living in it were able to stay away from the zombies. It was a glimmer of hope that the apocalypse had given to mankind. She did not want to see her home destroyed, so what was this hidden mission? There was no hint at all¡­ If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 36 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Ying scratched her head. ¡°If you go out and find the building materials, how long will it take to build the electric fences?¡± Wei Qiyan shook his head and said, ¡°I¡¯m not sure. The shortest is one year, and the longest is four to five years. It depends on whether we can find enough workers and engineers. After all, there are superpowered people who don¡¯t know how to do it.¡± The loss of population and talent was inevitable. Xu Ying thought that it would be more convenient for her to do so. She only needed to move the finished walls over one by one, place them in suitable positions, and then fix them by welding. If the Vermilion Bird Base belonged to her, it would be like a paradise. She could complete it with just a click of her finger. She was omnipotent in her domain. Thinking of this, Xu Ying suddenly had an idea. That¡¯s right, she was already omnipotent in her domain. There was no need to issue that hidden mission to her. In other words, the hidden mission was outside the Peach Blossom Land? However, she didn¡¯t have any special abilities. Now that she was out of Peach Blossom Land and at this critical juncture, she was afraid¡­ ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Wei Qiyan saw her painful and conflicted expression. ¡°Do you have anyone suitable to be my bodyguard?¡± Xu Ying asked. ¡°I¡¯ll pay you, and I¡¯ll exempt your people from rent in the future. You can stay as long as you want.¡± This way, she would be able to go out safely. Wei Qiyan raised his eyebrows. ¡°Your pay is quite high. Do you think I¡¯m suitable?¡± Xu Ying quickly waved her hand. ¡°It¡¯s too much of a waste of talent if you are my bodyguard. Refer me a person with defensive talent. No need to fight and I just need to be safe.¡± She couldn¡¯t afford to hire a secret level superpower from the Vermilion Bird Base. ¡°Do you want a man or a woman?¡± Wei Qiyan asked. ¡°A woman!¡± Xu Ying said. After all, she had to protect her. It was inconvenient for the opposite sex. ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll get her to come and find you tomorrow.¡± Xu Ying immediately laughed and said, ¡°Then be careful when you¡¯re out on a mission.¡± Wei Qiyan looked at her raised face and smiled. He nodded solemnly. ¡°Definitely.¡± After lunch in the afternoon, Yao Shuang came to Xu Ying with a gloomy face. ¡°Hua Haiyi came to see me again. He wants to see you no matter what. Fortunately, you¡¯ve been staying in your room these days.¡± As soon as she finished speaking, the doorbell rang. Yao Shuang stood up and said, ¡°It must be Hua Haiyi. He probably saw me come in. I¡¯ll go get rid of him.¡± Xu Ying pulled her back. ¡°I¡¯ll go. The sooner it¡¯s settled, the sooner it¡¯ll be peaceful.¡± Hua Haiyi opened the door and saw her. He was happy for a moment and immediately said, ¡°Xu Ying¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t play the emotional card with me,¡± Xu Ying interrupted him.¡± Hua Haiyi swallowed what he had said in Xu Yongzhong¡¯s stead. ¡°Your father wants to see you and apologize to you.¡± ¡°Where?¡± Hua Haiyi thought that it would take a long time to convince her, but she agreed, ¡°At your house. Your mother misses you too.¡± ¡°Tomorrow at four in the afternoon, go and inform them.¡±After saying that, Xu Ying slammed the door with a cold face. Yao Shuang tactfully bid farewell and closed the door for her. The next day, the bodyguard that Wei Qiyan had found for her came to her door. According to the information Wei Qiyan gave her, her name was Zhong Jia, and her superpower was ¡°Corrosion¡±, which was a type of mental superpower. Able to invade the enemy¡¯s body and brain, causing temporary confusion and slowing of movement, increasing the retreat and rescue time of teammates. Zhong Jia could even buy a few seconds against that strange mutated zombie. It was especially in line with Xu Ying¡¯s requirements. If she couldn¡¯t beat him, she would run away. As long as she had enough time and used the system¡¯s teleportation, she would be able to escape back to Peach Blossom Land safely. Although she was very satisfied, Zhong Jia was not. The first time they met, he gave Xu Ying a show of strength: ¡°Major General Wei arranged for me to come, so I had no choice but to comply. I¡¯ll make it clear first. I¡¯ll protect you for three months at most. After three months, I¡¯ll return to the team. I don¡¯t want my ability and time to be wasted here.¡± ¡°Since you think that coming here is drowning out your talent?¡± Xu Ying also stopped smiling. ¡°Then go back. I can¡¯t afford to hire you.¡± She was about to close the door. Zhong Jia didn¡¯t expect her to be so unyielding and stood rooted to the ground. She had originally wanted to scare this ordinary little girl to calm herself down. She did not expect to be scared by the other party first. If she went back like this, how was she going to answer to Major General Wei? She clung to the door and temporarily gave in. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I felt a little disappointed and spoke without thinking.¡± From a respected soldier to a private bodyguard, everyone would feel disappointed. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 37 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation ¡°Since you¡¯re here now, I won¡¯t mistreat you. I won¡¯t let you do anything dangerous. I won¡¯t stop you from leaving after three months, but you have to listen to me while you¡¯re protecting me.¡± Zhong Jia realized that this employer was not easy to deal with. As expected, Major General Wei¡¯s people were not easy to bully. Xu Ying led Zhong Jia to double room No. 5. The room that had been rebuilt on fire had not been arranged for anyone to stay in. Now, it was just right for Zhong Jia to stay temporarily. Zhong Jia looked at the well-equipped house. It was much better than the team¡¯s dormitory. There was even a private bathroom and a small balcony facing south! This was giving her a sugar-coated bomb. The value of her existence was not for personal enjoyment but for the cause of mankind! Although the sugar coating was very fragrant, it could not tempt her. ¡°I¡¯ll only take you with me when I leave Peach Blossom Land,¡± Xu Ying said. ¡°You¡¯re free to arrange the rest of the time. You can go outside and fight with zombies. It¡¯s up to you.¡± Xu Ying could tell that Zhong Jia was a woman who couldn¡¯t stay idle. Free time? Zhong Jia was happy again. Xu Ying said, ¡°You can eat at the small cafeteria. The laundry is done at the back door. Daily necessities can be bought at the grocery store at the entrance. My assistant will tell you the rest of the details when she comes. You should familiarize yourself first.¡± Zhong Jia had heard that Peach Blossom Land was comfortable and convenient. She looked around and found that it was too convenient. No wonder people outside wanted to live here. Xu Ying called Yao Shuang over and went back to her room to soak in the hot spring. After lunch, she began to check the tenant¡¯s information. This was because the group of tenants that included Xiong Da and Xiong Er¡¯s leases had already expired, and the rent for the extension had also been paid. She now had 300,000 gold coins in savings and was going to buy a jeep tomorrow or the day after. Since she was planning to leave Peach Blossom Land to trigger the hidden mission, she had to be prepared. A car was an escape tool that could not be avoided. At four o¡¯clock in the afternoon, Xu Ying slowly packed up and called Zhong Jia to walk over. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say four o¡¯clock?¡± Zhong Jia wondered. ¡°We are only leaving now, and also walking? The other party had been waiting for us like so long.¡± Xu Ying said, ¡°Please wait for me, please.¡± She wanted the Xu family to wait. Even if she wanted them to be angry, they could not do anything about it. Moreover, they had suffered all these years. What was the point of waiting for her? Xu family. Xu Changkai looked at the time impatiently. ¡°Dad, is Xu Ying still coming? It was already half past four. Did she do it on purpose?¡± Wei Jiaxi rolled his eyes. ¡°I don¡¯t know what you guys are thinking. Do you think Xu Ying can be the owner of the house in Peach Blossom Land just because you heard a rumor? Even I find it laughable. Even if she really can make the decision, it would be strange if she was willing to help you after how you treated her. But Xu Ying was not saintly.¡± Wei Jiaxi remembered Xu Ying¡¯s two slaps before she left and knew that Xu Ying¡¯s heart was dark. Xu Changkai did not speak. He asked himself if he treated Xu Ying badly. He had not even robbed her of her things. There was also one time when he took advantage of her winter shower and boiled the cold water, causing her to be sick for a month and almost die in bed¡­However, he never felt that he was at fault. She was just too delicate. When Xu Yongzhong heard this, it was as if his sore spot had been stepped on. ¡°What did I do to her? Did I hit her, scold her, or abuse her?¡± Wei Jiaxi didn¡¯t expect such a big reaction from his stepfather. He immediately shut his mouth, but he still thought unwillingly in his heart. He had never cared about Xu Ying¡¯s life or death. If it weren¡¯t for his silence, she and Xu Changkai wouldn¡¯t have dared to bully Xu Ying so blatantly. Now, he was trying to be a good person. Hypocrite. Shi Qinfeng quickly tried to smooth things over. ¡°Don¡¯t lower yourself to the child¡¯s level. She¡¯s straightforward.¡± ¡°Child?¡± Xu Yongzhong¡¯s face darkened. ¡°A 30-year-old child! If you cared more about Xu Ying, she wouldn¡¯t have made such a fuss with our family!¡± Shi Qinfeng couldn¡¯t say a word after being scolded. Was this her fault? Wei Jiaxi was unwilling. ¡°Dad, you make it sound like my mom asked Xu Ying to leave home. Who was the one who agreed to let Xu Ying join the army? Now, it¡¯s my mother¡¯s fault for being biased¡­¡± Xu Yongzhong was furious. Before he could finish, the doorbell rang. Everyone quieted down. Xu Changren, who had been watching from the sidelines, said, ¡°I¡¯ll open the door. You guys calm down.¡± When Xu Ying entered the room, Zhong Jia, who was wearing a military uniform, followed closely behind her. She stood beside her with a cold face. She didn¡¯t even make a move, and it made people feel that she wasn¡¯t someone to be trifled with. This stance made the Xu family speechless on the spot. Their dissatisfaction and resentment for being late were all beaten up and dissipated. Xu Ying sat down. ¡°There¡¯s no need to reminisce. Tell me, what¡¯s the matter? Don¡¯t look for me in the future. Of course, I won¡¯t come either.¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 38 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Xu Changkai wanted to ask if he could make the decision for the house in Peach Blossom Land. Xu Yongzhong interrupted him. He sat down beside Xu Ying with a guilty look on his face. ¡°Daddy just misses you. I¡¯ve neglected you a lot before. I¡¯ve been tossing and turning recently, and I can¡¯t sleep well. So I asked your Uncle Hai Yi to meet you and have a good chat.¡± Wei Jiaxi almost vomited when he heard this. Zhong Jia was stunned for a moment. She turned to Xu Ying and asked, ¡°He¡¯s your biological father? She¡¯s not like you at all. Her bones are so soft that they can bend. What big deal is she begging you to do?¡± Xu Yongzhong¡¯s old face instantly turned green and red. Xu Changkai couldn¡¯t help but say, ¡°Can you be the owner of the house in Peach Blossom Land?¡± ¡°Who did you hear that from?¡± Xu Ying was puzzled. ¡°Hua Haiyi? I only went to Peach Blossom Land to meet my man, so didn¡¯t Hua Haiyi make a mistake? Or did he take some benefits from you and fool you before he could help you?¡± Her expression was so real that Zhong Jia almost believed her. Wei Jiaxi laughed. ¡°I told you. Hua Haiyi is not a good person. Besides, didn¡¯t you watch Xu Ying grow up? Don¡¯t you know how capable she is?¡± Xu Changkai also reacted. ¡°Dad, hurry up and call him.¡± Xu Yongzhong called, but the call couldn¡¯t go through. The Xu family members understood that Hua Haiyi had run away! ¡°What benefits did you give him?¡± Xu Ying asked curiously. These words made the Xu father and son¡¯s expressions turn ugly. Shi Qinfeng also wiped her tears. Wei Jiaxi gloated. ¡°I gave him 100,000 yuan and also promised that my sister-in-law¡¯s father would promote him when big brother gets married.¡± Xu Ying sneered. A hundred thousand! He treated her so harshly, not even changing the bed that she had slept on for more than ten years when it was damp. She was seriously ill because of Xu Changkai¡¯s cold water. The hospital was not willing to send her to the hospital. If she had not been lucky enough to endure it, she would have died long ago. In fact, she could admit that she was in the Peach Blossom Land, but as long as the Xu family was still alive, there would be endless trouble. Although she was not afraid of them, it was really disgusting. The whole family is disgusting. She stood up. ¡°I¡¯m leaving. I¡¯ll still say the same thing. Don¡¯t come looking for me again. I find you annoying and poor. And disgusting.¡± These words were quite vicious, and Xu Yongzhong felt like a bolt from the blue. ¡°Xu Ying!¡± Xu Changkai was furious. ¡°Don¡¯t think that you¡¯re superior just because you slept with a few men! Pah! Shameless b*tch, sooner or later, she¡¯ll be¡­¡± Zhong Jia raised her leg and kicked Xu Changkai¡¯s head with her Martin boots. ¡°Watch your mouth. I have the authority to shoot you with a gun. I don¡¯t mind feeding you a bullet!¡± Xu Changkai was so scared that he smelled like urine. Xu Ying turned her face away in disgust. Zhong Jia kicked Xu Changkai away and followed Xu Ying. ¡°Are those people really your biological father and brother?¡± Xu Ying nodded and said, ¡°Who doesn¡¯t have a few damned good relatives?¡± Zhong Jia nodded. ¡°That¡¯s true. Did Hua Haiyi really run away with their money?¡± Xu Ying smiled and said, ¡°You really believed them? With your intelligence, you can only be an assistant in the army. I¡¯ve kept his communicator in my room. I¡¯ll deal with him when I get back tonight.¡± Zhong Jia was not convinced. ¡°You¡¯re acting too well. Besides, I don¡¯t know the truth. Also, who is your man? I¡¯ve never heard of you. Are you an adult? You can¡¯t go astray ah? Is that person lying to you? You¡¯re still so young¡­¡± Zhong Jia kept asking, and her mouth didn¡¯t stop. Xu Ying felt like her brain was about to explode. She really regretted it. She did not expect this bodyguard to be so stubborn and sharp-tongued. When she reached the door, she couldn¡¯t take it anymore and sent her away. ¡°My man is your supervisor, Wei Qiyan. We¡¯ve been together for a long time, okay¡­¡± Before she could finish her sentence, Ying saw Su Wei who was holding a communicator staring at her in shock. Su Wei awkwardly pointed at the communicator. ¡°I¡¯m on the phone with the captain¡­¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you go on a mission with them?¡± Xu Ying¡¯s face was ashen. ¡°Why are you back?¡± Su Wei sensed that the situation was not right and hung up immediately. ¡°These days, that mutant zombie has been killing more and more people. In close combat, almost no one can escape from it. You also know that my superpower is an iron wall. I have thick skin, so I was sent back to support the City Defense Army at the last minute.¡± Xu Ying frowned. Your boss heard it? Su Wei was speechless. ¡°If he was not deaf, he should have heard it. Are you guys getting along? He couldn¡¯t tell that the boss was such a beast. You¡¯re so young¡­¡± Xu Ying felt numb, ¡°There¡¯s no such thing. You should leave quickly!¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 39 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation ¡°Understood.¡± Su Wei smiled knowingly. ¡°By the way, Miss Xu, you already have a one-bedroom apartment here. When will you have a two-bedroom apartment? If you have one, leave one for me. I¡¯ve been wanting to bring my mother here for a long time. She likes to cook. We don¡¯t have a kitchen here, so she¡¯s not willing to come.¡± ¡°Wait for a while,¡± Xu Ying said weakly. ¡°If there is, I¡¯ll keep it for you.¡± Su Wei agreed and left happily after saying goodbye to Zhong Jia. ¡°Humph!¡± Zhong Jia snorted when she saw him. ¡°They¡¯ve been corrupted by your sugar-coated bullets. Su Wei used to enjoy living in a stinking ditch.¡± Xu Ying peeled a piece of candy and stuffed it into her mouth. ¡°Is it sweet?¡± ¡°Sweet? Do you have more¡± Zhong Jia smacked her lips. Xu Ying snorted. ¡°So what¡¯s wrong with sugar-coated bullets? You don¡¯t have to suffer to realize your life value. You can eat well and sleep well at night. Only then will you have enough energy and strength to spend your blood and sweat during the day?¡± Zhong Jia was instantly alerted. ¡°So, our Major General was also coaxed by your sugar-coated bullets.¡± Xu Ying¡¯s face darkened. ¡°Are you Wasteland Reclaimers all that smart? If you think so, then so be it. Hurry up and leave. There are still things to do.¡± Hua Haiyi was still locked up by her. Zhong Jia was not convinced. She still wanted to argue. Why was her IQ not high? She was so strong. However, Xu Ying was obviously ignoring her. She realized that she couldn¡¯t talk to Zhong Jia. This person was too good at imagining things. Hua Haiyi was walking around the room. He couldn¡¯t figure out why he went to Xu Ying¡¯s room. When he came back, his communicator was gone, and he couldn¡¯t open the door to his room. He seemed to be cut off from the world. The room opened from the outside. ¡°Miss Xu? You¡­¡± Before Hua Haiyi could finish his words, Zhong Jia pressed him into the room by his neck, as if she wanted to rip him off. ¡°I heard you took 100,000 coins from Xu Yongzhong?¡± Xu Ying asked. ¡°Miss Xu, you must be joking.¡± Hua Haiyi felt his scalp tingle. ¡°Your father gave it to me.¡± ¡°Who would give 100,000 coins to someone for no reason?¡± Xu Ying sneered. Moreover, Xu Yongzhong is a stingy person. ¡°Tell me, why did he give you money?¡± Hua Haiyi understood that Xu Ying was trying to get back at him. He didn¡¯t dare to say anything. He gave him money to bribe the people around Xu Ying for convenience. He also bought some of Peach Blossom Spring¡¯s specialties and sold them at a high price. However, Yao Shuang did not fall for his trick. Xu Ying had a grudge against Old Xu¡¯s family, so she definitely would not make an exception. He thought that since they were father and daughter, there was nothing he could not do. If he stirred up trouble in the middle, he could still get money from both sides. In the end, it didn¡¯t work. Also, that vending machine had a limited purchase¡­ Xu Ying raised two fingers. ¡°I¡¯ll give you two options. The first option is to cancel the lease and disappear with the Xu family. You¡¯re not allowed to contact them. You can keep the money in your pocket. The second condition is that you continue to live, eat, drink, and pee in this house. The money is for your retirement.¡± Hua Haiyi was dumbfounded. He had never seen anyone make a threat sound so fresh and refined. Wasn¡¯t it obvious that if he didn¡¯t agree to the first option, he would be imprisoned until he died! ¡°I choose the first option. I will leave today¡± ¡°You should understand that offending the Xu family is better than offending me, right?¡± Xu Ying nodded in satisfaction. ¡°You won¡¯t go back on your word, right?¡± Hua Haiyi immediately felt relieved. Speaking of which, Old Xu¡¯s family was the most unlucky. They lost their money and did not get anything done. However, after offending Xu Ying, he looked at the gun beside him¡­That night, he left. Zhong Jia sighed. Xu Ying had chased him away with just a few words and even covered up the Xu family¡¯s lie. Yao Shuang was so happy that it was as if she was celebrating the new year. ¡°You¡¯re the best. I didn¡¯t know how to chase him away. I didn¡¯t expect him to leave on his own.¡± ¡°I planted this bomb myself this time. I didn¡¯t expect the tenants I recruited to know the Xu family¡­¡± Yao Shuang: ¡°It¡¯s impossible for us to figure out the tenant¡¯s character and interpersonal relationships just by making a few phone calls.¡± At this point, her expression turned a little ugly. ¡°It¡¯s the couple who rented a room and a living room and worked at the Food and Drug Administration. Do you still remember them? At first, they looked pretty decent, but who would have thought that they would be so lazy to throw their bento away? They threw it under the table in the small canteen and even hid it in a corner. It was only discovered when it was smelly. Xiao Fei had collected a few times, and Lan Xia couldn¡¯t stand it anymore, so she went to her house and said that they couldn¡¯t outtalk Sister Lan Xia, so they went to pack up their own. I thought it was over, but they piled it up in their own room. That day, when I passed by, I smelled something when I opened the door. I almost smelled it! I saw the bugs crawling in the garbage. I went up to them and told them. They gave me a perfunctory reply and turned around to grab a clean shirt from the garbage. They put it on and went to work. Oh my god! And Rourou, He Fan¡¯s girlfriend, told me that the woman threw her shoes into the public washing machine. After saying it a few times, she washed them in the middle of the night. We still couldn¡¯t catch her. The next morning, I saw that the washing machine was full of mud¡­¡± If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible. Chapter 40 Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation Zhong Jia grimaced. ¡°Such a dirty person would eat something in their mouth?¡± She had to give feedback on this matter. The people who ate the most food on the base were the military and civil servants. It was fine if they could not guarantee the production and quality of the food, but could they not guarantee hygiene? This is bad! Yao Shuang frowned as well. She had already gone to tell him several times. The most infuriating thing was that the other party agreed readily and then did not change and continued to work. Xu Ying¡¯s expression was also not good. ¡°You should observe her for a few more days. If she continues to affect everyone¡¯s lives, we can only persuade her to leave. Oh right, find someone who can clean up quickly. We have more and more tenants. We can¡¯t keep Xiao Fei busy.¡± ¡°Alright, then will we still be hiring for rent?¡± Yao Shuang nodded. ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll only open 10 rooms a month for now.¡± Xu Ying planned to expand slowly, and she also had time to select high-quality tenants to establish the civilization of the entire Peach Blossom Land. Only then could it be stable for a long time. However, the more urgent hidden mission was still a priority. Not only did the Vermilion Bird Base need it, but she also needed it, such as the entire house¡¯s surveillance, fire and earthquake alarms, and she even wanted to strengthen the outer wall¡­The large-scale zombie evolution that Wei Qiyan mentioned made her feel that the second apocalypse was not far away. At that time, she was also sure if Peach Blossom Land could withstand it, so she had to level up! That night, Dai Shuying finally returned. However, she had even called for a large pickup truck in the middle of the night. Xu Ying rubbed her eyes as she came out to smuggle her supplies. Although these things were hers, it would be difficult to explain if others saw them. After all, everyone had limited purchases, but you opened the back door for the deputy commander of the City Defense Army? It would be troublesome to say it out, so it was better to do it secretly. Dai Shuying was also an understanding person. The people she called over all kept quiet and tiptoed to carry the things away. When the car was full, it was almost dawn. Xu Ying urged, ¡°Sister Ying, that¡¯s enough. I won¡¯t run away from here.¡± Dai Shuying finally stopped sweeping, but she was still reluctant to part. ¡°When do you have rooms for renting? Can you leave me 40 rooms?¡± Instead of moving the supplies out of Peach Blossom Land, it was better to send people in. This way, there was no need to be sneaky. Xu Ying was speechless. ¡°We don¡¯t have that many. Give up now.¡± Dai Shuying was slightly disappointed. ¡°Then I¡¯ll come back later. I heard that you asked Wei Qiyan for a bodyguard. However, we can¡¯t be careless. That beast has already killed more than ten people. There might be more bodies that we haven¡¯t found yet.¡± Xu Ying quivered. ¡°If you have to go out, let me know in advance. I¡¯ll ¡®watch¡¯ you,¡± Dai Shuying continued. Xu Ying was stunned for a moment before she realized that Dai Shuying was going to use Heavenly Eyes to help her avoid danger. She said gratefully, ¡°Sister Ying, you¡¯re so reliable. I¡¯ll definitely report to you when I go out.¡± After sending Dai Shuying off, Xu Ying went back to sleep. When she woke up, she called Zhong Jia to accompany her to buy a car. With bodyguards and Dai Shuying¡¯s ¡°caretaker¡±, she was much more confident when she went out. This way, she would be more reliable in finding the hidden mission. The chances of buying a good car in the apocalypse were not high. Moreover, the car production line had been cut off for more than ten years, and there were fewer and fewer finished cars. Moreover, cars could only be bought in the military. After the apocalypse, there were fewer and fewer cars, so they were all controlled by the armed forces. If a private buyer wanted to buy it, he would need someone to introduce him. Xu Ying greeted Wei Qiyan before she was brought to the garage. She didn¡¯t know much about cars, so she asked Zhong Jia to help her choose. Zhong Jia walked around and pointed at a sports car. ¡°I¡¯ll take it. It has good performance, can run very fast, and has a long lifespan. It¡¯s just that it¡¯s not up to par.¡± ¡°Do you know how to drive this car?¡± Xu Ying asked. ¡°Of course,¡± Zhong Jia said proudly. Xu Ying immediately decided. ¡°I¡¯ll take it. How much is it?¡± It was definitely not expensive since it could only accommodate two people. The person who showed them the car looked up. ¡°800,000.¡± Xu Ying looked at her 390,000 gold coins and said, ¡°I can¡¯t afford it. Next.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t even have 800,000?¡± Zhong Jia was quite surprised. ¡°Those rooms of yours look very valuable!¡± Xu Ying looked at her, ¡°Ma¡¯am, how much do you earn a year?¡± Zhong Jia: ¡°My rank isn¡¯t high. It¡¯s about one million a year.¡± Xu Ying: ¡°Sorry to bother you. Come, help me pick again. Those within 300,000 coins.¡± The Wasteland Reclaimers were really earning money. Even Zhong Jia¡¯s rank could earn millions a year. Then wouldn¡¯t Wei Qiyan double it? No wonder he was so generous. Was it too late for her to join the army now? It was too expensive to raise her rental system. If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know via our discord so we can fix it as soon as possible.