What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

"What rabbit?" Lu Yize's voice came from behind.

The little white dog barking beside him gave Fan Jian a resentful look, the man completely oblivious to his warning.

Fan Jian choked, all the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat, and after a long while he managed to squeeze out, "Rabbit, rabbit meat."

Sheng Xue coughed lightly, trying to ease the awkwardness for Fan Jian, and asked, "Where's Jiang Yue? Hasn't she... finished resting yet?"

When Jiang Yue was mentioned, Lu Yize recalled the mess he saw when he got up.

"Yes, still resting."

Zombies are naturally more energetic at night and relatively more drowsy during the day. Everyone present said they could understand this and had absolutely no other associations with it.

This definitely isn't because I was tired the night before, right, right, right?

There was a tacit understanding among them, and no one asked any further questions.

At that moment, a commotion came from outside the base, and Lu Yize glanced outside.

Xian Wenrui and the others immediately went on alert. Even Xiao Bai retracted his tongue and growled fiercely.

"Go and see."

As soon as Lu Yize finished speaking, Xiaobai rushed out of the base, ready to have a hearty meal at any time.

Xiaobai and Zhang Wenjing have established a spiritual connection, and their level of trust is extremely high. Under this spiritual connection, their five senses are interconnected.

When she saw who it was, Zhang Wenjing was taken aback and slightly surprised. "It's Chen Mingzhang."

"How did he find this place?" Fan Jianxin, a grown man, did not relax for a moment, nor did he lower his guard against others because of the short-term cooperation.

"Could it be because of that black box?" Xian Wenrui asked uncertainly.

Lu Yize denied it without hesitation, "No."

He must have checked what he got his hands on, otherwise he wouldn't have taken it back.

"Go out and ask around, and you'll find out." A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Lu Yize's eyes.

When the group came out, they found that only Chen Mingzhang and his subordinate Zhu Lei had come, and there was a similar black box next to them.

Chen Mingzhang greeted the group with his signature squinty-eyed smile, saying, "I didn't expect to see you again so soon."

"I really didn't expect that." Lu Yize's expression was unfriendly.

Chen Mingzhang was a smart man, and he immediately smiled and explained, "Don't misunderstand, there are absolutely no tracking devices in the things we gave you."

"It's just that we have superhuman abilities here, which can pinpoint locations, just like the zombie king before, who used this ability to pinpoint his location."

He gave a brief explanation, but didn't go into details. Lu Yize didn't pry into these private matters either, but simply looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"You're so unfamiliar with me. I thought you'd invite me in for a cup of tea," Chen Mingzhang joked.

Lu Yize sneered, "Want some tea?"

Upon hearing this, Xian Wenrui immediately stepped forward with a smile and said, "We can't compare to the central base. Our small place certainly doesn't have such precious things as tea, so we won't embarrass ourselves by offering it."

Fan Jian pointed to the black box next to him and changed the subject, "You guys came all this way just to give my brother Lu another gift, didn't you?"

Zhu Lei felt uneasy for a moment while holding the black box, but he had to pay the price for his mistake.

"Did you open the box from before?" Zhu Lei asked in a hoarse voice, uncertainly.

Xian Wenrui and Fan Jian subconsciously wanted to look at Lu Yize, but quickly restrained their gazes. Sheng Xue lowered her head awkwardly and picked at her nails.

Seeing that they were all silent, Zhang Wenjing turned her head and said casually, "Of course I watched it when I got back, but..."

She stared at Chen Mingzhang, scrutinizing him from head to toe. "But I didn't expect Captain Chen to be so frivolous in private."

The smile on Zhu Lei's squinty face froze, and his straight spine bent. Very well, indeed one cannot rely on luck.

Fan Jian, not wanting to miss an opportunity to stir things up, asked, "You guys, you're not really going to send rabbits...?"

Before Fan Jian could utter his shameful words, Lu Yize interrupted Chen Mingzhang, "So you came all this way just for this?"

Chen Mingzhang explained with a smile, "It's not really true. The box from yesterday was sent from the Donggu base. I don't know what important secrets it contains."

"I accidentally mixed up Jiang Yue's box with this one. This is the box that was prepared for Jiang Yue, so I came here specifically to exchange them."

"But it's alright that you saw the secrets... it was our mistake after all. We just don't know if the secrets in the box are still there?"

Chen Mingzhang spoke sincerely, leaving no room for criticism, and completely absolved himself of any wrongdoing. What a model team leader from the Third District, untainted by the mud!

Even Xian Wenrui and Fan Jian were unsure whether he was telling the truth or making excuses.

Zhang Wenjing didn't believe her. "You don't know what's inside?"

Chen Mingzhang wasn't ashamed of lying at all, and replied with a sincere smile, "I don't know."

They must insist they don't know, even if they do, they must say they don't.

Zhang Wenjing looked him up and down. "Fine, if you don't know, what other options do we have? I just didn't expect that it would be a secret from your Donggu base?"

Chen Mingzhang explained with a smile, "It was sent by the leader of District One of the Donggu Base. He's always been a bit stubborn."

When he squinted and said this, he couldn't help but emphasize the word "stubborn".

"Huh? Stubborn? So that's how your base defines stubbornness." Fan Jian couldn't help but shake his head and applaud, full of admiration.

Chen Mingzhang felt that he had never been so humiliated in his entire life; he had truly lost face beyond measure.

"Ahem, here's what's for Jiang Yue."

As if to prove his innocence, Chen Mingzhang opened the box, revealing its contents: research findings on zombies. "These might be useful to you," he said.

Lu Yize glanced at it, but didn't explicitly accept or refuse it.

"This is just a thank-you gift. Thank you for your help in driving away the zombie king."

Chen Mingzhang made this trip not only to retrieve that embarrassing item, but also to show his sincerity, "hoping for another opportunity to cooperate."

Lu Yize accepted the box, tacitly agreeing with his statement.

Chen Mingzhang also breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that the wrong item he had delivered would upset Lu Yize and cause him to have a prejudice against their base.

Fortunately, Lu Yize is not such a narrow-minded person.

"Oh right, what about that box? It contained...secret information about our base. I'll take it back," Chen Mingzhang said casually.

But they noticed that Xian Wenrui and the others were chuckling and touching their noses, and they vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

“It’s already burned,” Lu Yize said without changing his expression.

Chen Mingzhang was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let it burn. It was an unintentional act."

"Now that things have been explained, I'll head back." Chen Mingzhang didn't linger any longer.

Back on the road, Zhu Lei drove and remarked, "Lu Yize seems to be quite upright; he can't tolerate any wrongdoing and burned those clothes directly."

Chen Mingzhang glanced at the honest and unassuming Zhu Lei and said meaningfully, "Not necessarily."