Apocalypse: I rescued the big boss with millions of supplies

Chapter 188 Orphanage

Lin He restrained the angry Lin Feng and looked at Long Yangyang and the others with apprehension. Lin He was certain that she and Xiao Feng had left without leaving a trace.

Lin He suspected that Long Yangyang and her group hadn't been bewitched by her in the first place, given how quickly they had found her. She wondered what their purpose was in following her here.

Thinking of her younger siblings in the house, Lin He sighed. As long as she could protect them and as long as the other party's demands were not excessive, Lin He decided to agree to everything.

"I'm sorry, it was wrong of me to take your supplies. However, we used some of your supplies, so we can only return two-thirds of what we had. But I can make up for it with some pears."

They had run out of food long ago, and for the past ten days, the children had been barely surviving on pears. Even she, an adult, couldn't stand it, let alone the children.

With fewer and fewer survivors remaining, there wasn't much she could steal. Having finally obtained so many instant noodles, Lin He had no intention of returning them.

Lin He recalled the smiles on the children's faces as they ate noodles after they returned, but secretly she only wanted to find a way to devour all the supplies.

"Pears?" Long Yangyang remembered that when they passed by the orchard, there were indeed many fruits hanging on the trees, especially the two trees next to her, whose fruits were larger and fuller. Long Yangyang could feel the energy fluctuations on the fruits on the trees.

Unfortunately, the Pao family father and son were not around, so they could not know the effects of these mutated peaches and pears.

However, judging from Lin He's expression, both fruits are clearly edible. Trading mutated fruits for instant noodles is clearly a losing proposition for Lin He.

Long Yangyang was unsure whether the other party was genuinely determined to suffer a loss or if this was a trick.

Long Yangyang looked at Xia Tian. The group whose supplies were taken away were Xia Tian's group. Xia Tian was still the leader of their team, so the deal depended on whether they agreed to it.

Long Yangyang's gaze fell on the fruit trees on both sides. Should she take these two supernatural fruit trees with her when she left? However, she also had mutated peach and pear trees in her life space.

If the fruits from these two supernatural fruit trees have different effects than those in her space, she wouldn't mind packing them up and taking them with her.

“Okay.” Xia Tian discussed it with the others in the team and agreed with Lin He’s suggestion. They had been trapped in the factory for so long and hadn’t eaten fruit in a long time.

It was only after being rescued by Long Yangyang that Xia Tian started getting vitamins. Now that Lin He is willing to provide them with fruit, if it's true, Xia Tian naturally won't refuse.

"Sister..." The little girl with Lin He timidly tugged at Lin He's clothes and glanced cautiously at Long Yangyang. She was afraid that these people would harm Lin He, since they had all been rescued by Lin He from the temporary base at the foot of the mountain.

"It's okay, don't be afraid, your big sister is here." Lin He gently patted the little girl beside her and comforted her.

Lin He's actions did not escape Long Yangyang's notice. The other party's comforting gestures were very natural, as if she had done it countless times. Long Yangyang asked Miao Miao to secretly investigate the situation of the superhumans in the temple.

After receiving Miaomiao's feedback, Long Yangyang gave Lin He a deep look.

"Little sister, what's your name? You're such a level six ability user at such a young age, that's amazing." Long Yangyang smiled as she glanced at the little girl hiding behind Lin He.

The little girl has big eyes and a shoulder-length mushroom haircut, but her bangs are so unkempt they're almost covering her eyes.

The slightly worn denim skirt looked like a child wearing a coat on the person's rather thin frame.

"I, my name is Tao Tao." The little girl peeked out from behind Lin He, looked at Long Yangyang shyly, and answered softly.

"Hello, Tao Tao, would you like some candy?" Long Yangyang took out a bag of fruit gummies from her spatial storage, raised her hand, waved it, and asked.

When Lin He saw the candy in Long Yangyang's hand, her eyes widened in surprise. Then she sighed inwardly. Sure enough, the other party hadn't been charmed by her at all. She just didn't know what Long Yangyang's purpose was in following her.

Lin He looked at Long Yangyang warily. Seeing Tao Tao staring longingly at the candy in Long Yangyang's hand, she patted Tao Tao's little head with pity. After all, she was still just a child.

Not to mention Tao Tao, a six-year-old child, even Lin Feng's eyes were unconsciously glued to the candy in Long Yangyang's hand after seeing it.

"Can I trade two pears for the candy you have?" Lin He asked, taking out two golden pears from her spatial storage. If she weren't so weak, Lin He and the two children would have already rushed over and snatched them.

Lin He didn't believe that the candy in Long Yangyang's hand was free. In the post-apocalyptic world, the saying "there is no such thing as a free lunch" was indeed true.

Long Yangyang nodded, realizing that if she didn't accept, Lin He might think she had ulterior motives. "Won't you invite us in for a seat?"

Now that she was already there, and with Miao Miao's description, Long Yangyang had a general understanding of Lin He's situation.

Lin He instinctively wanted to refuse, but after assessing the strength of both sides, she gritted her teeth and nodded. If these people intended to harm the children, she would do everything in her power to find a way for the little ones to escape first.

However, Lin He felt that even if the group of people who were with children after the apocalypse were not kind to her, they would not have gone so far as to harm a group of children.

"This way please, but Mao Mao..." After the apocalypse, superpowers came in all shapes and sizes. Mao Mao disappeared into thin air. Lin He thought it might be the other party's special superpower, and Mao Mao might not be dead.

"Let the dog out." Long Yangyang turned to look at Xia Xia, who nodded. The next second, the golden retriever that had been trapped in the painting appeared beside Xia Xia.

"Awoo~" The golden retriever was a little confused as it suddenly emerged from the white expanse. However, upon seeing Long Yangyang and her group again and remembering its master's hostility towards them, it barked at them once more, with faint red flames appearing in its mouth.

"Mao Mao, thank goodness, you're alright." Lin Feng had watched Mao Mao disappear, and now that he had found her again, he excitedly rushed towards the golden retriever, interrupting her attack.

"Woof?" The golden retriever licked the arm that was wrapped around it. What's going on? They're not fighting anymore?

Even though it regained its senses, the golden retriever's intelligence was limited, and it couldn't understand overly complex things. Finding that Lin Feng's hostility had disappeared, the golden retriever relaxed and nestled limply in Lin Feng's arms.

As a dog, upon realizing there was no crisis, he chose to simply give up.

Lin He's expression softened when she saw the golden retriever. She had made the right bet; Long Yangyang and her group were indeed not murderers and were different from the group in the temporary base.

“We are temporarily staying in the ancient temple. It is located on high ground. Although there were continuous heavy rains recently that washed away some buildings, the main temple is still habitable.”