Cheng Ge suddenly understood, feeling like he had finally touched the edge of the truth.
Beside him, Zuo Ran slowly woke up.
After learning Cheng Ge's identity yesterday, she had been very willing.
After all, that Mo Shen had terrible taste, not seeing her in his eyes, and that slicked-back hairstyle guy was useless.
By following the resourceful and powerful Cheng Ge, she could reclaim some of her trampled self-esteem.
"What's wrong?" she leaned into Cheng Ge's embrace, her sweet voice tickling his heart.
"Nothing, my sweetie, let me kiss you a couple more times..."
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"Old Mo, if they don't give us food today, I'm going to start robbing..." Zhou Xiaojun, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, looked like a hungry ghost, swallowing hard a few times.
"The supplies they're distributing here are all compressed biscuits. I really miss our puffed snacks..." Luo Shu also patted his stomach, silently reminiscing about his storage space.
Mo Shen beside them didn't reply.
Because Luo Xiaole was diligently learning bandaging techniques from the nurse mother.
She was carefully bandaging his wound.
He looked at her eyes, which were like a fawn's, glistening with concern for him.
Mo Shen's expression didn't change, but his heart felt inexplicably sweet...
Getting injured wasn't so bad. He thought, somewhat perversely, that this injury was worth it...
"Tsk, what's with Old Mo? Is he spacing out?" Luo Shu leaned towards Zhou Xiaojun.
"Who knows? He doesn't respond when you call him... But I'm used to it, he's always been like this!" Zhou Xiaojun waved his fist.
Luo Xiaole learned quickly. Under the mother's guidance, she soon had a solid-looking bandage.
Mo Shen's wound was also re-bandaged and should be temporarily alright. She had many things she wanted to do today.
The others were still gathered in a group, discussing their experiences staying up late the previous night.
After greeting them, Luo Xiaole slipped out of the dormitory building.
She had spent the entire latter half of the night contemplating why these people had captured her.
Recalling Cheng Ge's earlier request for the Qinglong Gang to search for the weapons big shot, and how Cheng Ge had followed closely after they entered the base...
She could only come to one conclusion: Cheng Ge was here for the weapons big shot.
She had thought Cheng Ge was after her, but the soldier last night said they needed to capture two or three people...
Did that mean Cheng Ge couldn't be sure which one of them he was looking for?
She then remembered seeing the person in the hallway yesterday who had bought her broken desk lamp from the neighborhood...
If that were the case, she had a plan to temporarily confuse their sight.
It would be a gamble, to see if Cheng Ge would take the bait.
This time, she didn't even bring Luo Shu. After all, her petite figure made it easy to weave through crowds.
Panting, she finally reached the playground outside the dormitory, but to her surprise, there weren't many people there?
Didn't survivors like to gather here to exchange information?
"Did you hear? Near the cafeteria, someone is selling weapons. They say it can deal with zombies!"
Someone's discussion reached Luo Xiaole's ears.
Her spirits immediately lifted!
"How is that possible! For zombies, only these soldiers can use machine guns to shoot them down. What other weapons can easily deal with zombies? Stop bragging and trying to scam people!"
"Let's go take a look. It doesn't cost anything to look. He's not asking for money; it seems they're out of food and trading weapons for it!"
The other person's companion heard this and thought it made sense.
The two of them rushed towards the cafeteria.
Luo Xiaole quickly followed behind them, pretending to be with them.
She headed towards the cafeteria.
Indeed, through the window, she saw the broken desk lamp placed beside the man, and he was introducing the weapons she had sold him to others.
Others swung them a few times, eliciting exclamations of admiration!
Before long, the remaining few weapons were snapped up, and the man had a pile of food next to him.
Even the two people who had been discussing in the playground had bought a weapon each, looking very satisfied.
The man said, "Today's weapons are sold out!" and brushed the dust off his clothes, preparing to leave.
The others who hadn't bought any dispersed with disappointment.
The man collected the food he had traded for, casually picked up the broken desk lamp beside him, and left through the back door of the rarely frequented cafeteria.
Turning down an alley, it led to the dormitory building.
As he turned into the alley,
The light ahead seemed to be half-blocked by something enormous.
He felt a bit nervous, tightened his grip on the broken desk lamp, and looked up.
It was the familiar strawberry bear!
When the weapons big shot had traded with them before, he had secretly seen from the corridor that the weapons big shot was this giant, blood-stained strawberry bear!
"Well, it seems you're quite adept with this desk lamp." Luo Xiaole deliberately lowered her voice, making it sound like a mature, older woman's voice.
"Ah! To meet you here!" The man's eyes lit up with joy upon seeing her. He immediately put down the desk lamp in his hand, his tone full of admiration.
"Yes, yes, I particularly like the enhanced desk lamp you made. Others won't think it's a weapon at first glance, and it's not easily stolen, but it's very powerful!"
The man seemed very honest.
"Not bad." Luo Xiaole was quite pleased to hear positive feedback on the weapon.
"Ah... did I displease you by selling your weapons inside?" He heard her voice and saw her build; he hadn't expected the weapons big shot to be a tall, mature woman. He respected her even more, fearing he had upset her.
Being addressed as "you" constantly gave Luo Xiaole goosebumps; she found it quite unsettling.
However, she didn't plan to correct him. Maintaining a bit of mystery was good.
"On the contrary," she said with a calm and authoritative tone, mimicking Lin Xia and Mo Shen, "I want you to help me sell more weapons."
"Huh?" He didn't understand...
"Do you have any companions, or anyone you trust?"
"Yes, I have three companions. I saved them upstairs with your weapons. I've also met two acquaintances in this base." The man answered very seriously.
Excellent! Luo Xiaole was extremely pleased.
"Can I ask you for a favor?"
The stubble on the man's lips twitched, and he quickly replied, "No need to talk about favors. Just tell me what you need, and I'll definitely help!"
"Go and collect some items for me now. I want to enhance another batch of weapons. The sooner the better!"
"No problem!" The stubble man was overjoyed. "Also, Boss, can you help me repair the weapons?" he asked sheepishly, as the Boss hadn't mentioned after-sales service before.
He had only discovered two days ago that the weapons' durability was nearing its end.
"Yes." Luo Xiaole readily agreed.
"Really? That's great!" The man was ecstatic. After all, they thought it was a shame to discard weapons when their durability ran out. Such powerful weapons were hard to find even with a lantern, and now they had after-sales service!
"However, I don't have anything on me right now, only this food. If it's not enough, I can find more supplies later to make up for it, alright?"
"I only need half of each type of food you have. Don't worry about other supplies. Just help me this time." Luo Xiaole was very generous.
"This is truly wonderful! I'll go collect things right away. How much do you need?" The stubble man was overjoyed; their team's food supply would be sufficient!
"Collect as much as you can, the more the better. Don't be too conspicuous. Wait for me there in half an hour." Luo Xiaole pointed to a secluded corner behind them.
"Alright!" The stubble man responded, turned, and quickly ran away.