My Days Running a Supermarket in the Apocalypse

After seeing off the last customer, it was time to close up shop.

Yamana has been quite worried these past few days and is indeed a bit tired, so she went back to her room to soak in the hot spring.

"Phew, soaking in a hot spring in winter is so relaxing."

Shanna popped her head out of the water, shook her ears, and her little face turned slightly red.

[Can I join you for a date, host?]

The system was posted outside the door, and a soft, whiny voice asked.

Yamana wiped the water droplets from her face with a small towel, leaned against the bathtub wall, and asked, "Are you a girl?"

Sure, I guess so! Hehe.

Do they really need to be divided into such detailed categories?

"Ugh, your words have a hidden meaning, I refuse! Go away." Shan Nai shook her head and pouted.

[Waaaaah, host's being mean to me~ I'm going to go play with bb-09.]

Shan Nai shrugged and chuckled, "A piece of QQ candy trying to soak in a hot spring? Pfft... while soaking... haha, it melted! Haha."

Shannai giggled, amused by her own wonderful idea, splashing her fair legs in the water and having a great time.

She's a cat who loves taking baths, playing in the water, and is a swimming champion—she's been since she was little, hehe.

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Following the successful addition of new customers to the Lucky League building a few days ago, Blizzard continued to rain for three days straight.

At seven o'clock in the morning, Li Ruizhi finished his morning practice and was about to practice a set of ancestral kung fu when he found that Xiao Liang was missing. So he put on his clothes and went to check what was going on.

Now that we're out, we should definitely head to the supermarket's breakfast window for a hot breakfast to start our wonderful day.

Li Ruizhi held a glass of soy milk and a large bowl of beef soup dumplings, eating as he searched for Xiao Liang.

"Stupid fox! Where have you been playing again? It's freezing cold, ugh..." Li Ruizhi shivered from the cold.

He searched for almost half an hour but couldn't find it. The road was covered in snow, more than a meter thick, making it very difficult to walk.

It wasn't until they wandered to the last spot where Xiao Liang often hung out that they finally spotted the guy. Li Ruizhi grinned and strode over, yelling, "You brat! What are you doing here in this freezing weather..."

Xiao Liang was holding down a mutated giant rabbit and biting its neck without hesitation.

Seeing this, Li Ruizhi scratched his head, speechless. "You can't control your hunting instincts, huh? It's not like we're starving. Is it really that serious?"

He came to Xiao Liang's side, thinking about how he had been freezing outside while Xiao Liang was hunting so easily, and angrily kicked the broken car covered by snow.

The snow on the roof of the car slid down to the ground.

"Um…"

A faint, almost imperceptible sound seemed to come from inside the car, startling Li Ruizhi.

"Whoa! What's that sound? Is that you, Xiao Liang?" Li Ruizhi asked warily.

Xiao Liang ignored him, picked up the dead mutated giant rabbit, and returned to Li Ruizhi's side, as if telling him to leave.

Li Rui listened attentively, subconsciously activating his special ability to enhance his perception.

A few seconds later, he confirmed there was a faint fluctuation of strange energy inside the car, and frowned, "Could someone be hiding in here...?"

Little Liang, carrying the mutated rabbit in its mouth, scratched at the snow on the car window with its front paws, quickly revealing a transparent window. It let out a sound from the depths of its throat, "Chirp chirp... Awooo..."

It's not a wise thing to squat in a car on a snowy day, so Li Ruizhi also went forward and peered into the car through a small window.

Although the interior of the vehicle was very dilapidated, it was clear that it had been used recently, but the vehicle was completely empty.

"Nobody's here..." Just as Li Ruizhi was about to give up, he caught a glimpse of a tuft of hair peeking out from the corner of the back seat connecting to the trunk!

Li Rui rubbed his face, thought for a moment, and decided to go to the trunk at the back of the car to check.

It was impractical to use his hands to remove such thick snow, so he pulled out a shovel from his storage space and began to scrape the snow off the vehicle.

"See? There are advantages to scavenging. We have everything we need, and we won't let you down when it matters." He stretched out his arms and started digging around.

The snow wasn't too compacted yet, and soon the back of the car was visible. When he saw the large iron padlock hanging on the back of the car, he almost burst out laughing. "What? What kind of treasure is this that requires such a big iron padlock..."

With a single lightning strike, Li Ruizhi shattered the iron lock, and the previously frozen trunk cracked open.

He reached out and lifted the hood.

In a daze, Pei Yuanqing, lying in the trunk, felt like he was about to die.

It seems he won't live to see his chance for revenge.

But to his surprise, a biting gust of wind swept past his ears and caused him to hallucinate. He saw a Taoist priest looking down at him.

"Huh? It really is a person. Hey, brother, are you still alive?" Li Ruizhi kicked the car body.

Pei Yuanqing was trapped in the trunk for three days without food or water, feeling weak all over, and even lifting his eyelids was difficult.

In such a blizzard, if he weren't a superhuman, he would probably have been frozen solid long ago.

"Tsk... How pitiful." Li Ruizhi frowned slightly, intending to rescue him.

“No need… thank you…” Pei Yuanqing moved his dry lips.

He was much more lucid now, realizing that a stranger had opened the trunk and wanted to save him, but he didn't want to live anymore.

I'm so tired. I'm almost dead, so I'll just die.

Li Ruizhi was speechless upon hearing this.

He grabbed Pei Yuanqing from the trunk, forcing him to look him in the eye. "Hey, I have a short temper... What's the point of a grown man like you lying here trying to die? Isn't life better...?"

It's so good to be alive!

Pei Yuanqing's pale and颓废 face came into view. His lifeless eyes, delicate features, and pitiful gaze moved Li Ruizhi.

"Tsk tsk... How can a grown man be so good-looking? What a waste... Hey, meeting you is fate, don't be so desperate. Are you thirsty? I have some soy milk!"

Li Ruizhi helped him straighten up and lean him against the car, then playfully waved a small half-cup of soy milk in front of him.

“Heh…soy…milk…” Pei Yuanqing gave a helpless smile, as if he had heard a joke.

Even at this hour, there's still soy milk? This person is really interesting.

He turned his head away, not wanting to talk to him. "It's too cold. You should go."

Li Ruizhi rolled his eyes, grabbed his chin, and poured soy milk into his mouth. "Dying is a coward's act! It's too easy to want to die, but it's hard to want to live... Only by having the courage to live can you do justice to your relatives, friends, and compatriots who died in the apocalypse! You piece of trash!"

"Cough cough..." Pei Yuanqing was somewhat embarrassed.

With a 'crunch,' the soy milk was poured into his mouth, and the cup was crushed by Li Ruizhi.

Pei Yuanqing understood everything he said.

But his mindset changed drastically after being betrayed. He pursed his lips and slowly said, "Living under someone's control and threats is meaningless."

"Then we must endure humiliation and live a life of ignominy, while seeking an opportunity to avenge ourselves!" Li Ruizhi roared.

Pei Yuanqing was somewhat dazed after hearing this.

After a long while, Li Ruizhi sighed, "Fine, if you want to die, then go ahead and die. Bye-bye."

He'd already done more than enough. He glanced at Xiao Liang squatting beside him, clicked his tongue, and said, "Even animals know the beauty of life, yet humans are willing to abandon its preciousness..."

Pei Yuanqing recalled the past and suddenly his mind became clearer, and he realized what had happened.

Wasn't he always trying to escape? Since this person can save him, why not seize the opportunity? And Zeng Hong hasn't shown up for the past few days, is he dead...?

Li Ruizhi walked a few steps away, then looked back at the trunk. "If you insist on finding a reason to live, how about I take you into my Qinghui Temple as a disciple and we can spread the teachings together?"

Pei Yuanqing moved his lips, looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, wiped the soy milk stains from his chin, and replied, "Okay."

……

"You're so light, are you even a man?!"

"Could it be that he's being abused every day? Ugh... no wonder he wants to die, it's so miserable."

"Don't be afraid. Now that we've joined Qinghui Temple, the three of us brothers can work together to make sure we have enough to eat and wear!"

"Oh, by the way, what's your name?"

Li Ruizhi kept nagging on his back as he carried his new classmate, and Xiao Liang couldn't stand it anymore and ran towards the Alliance Building first.

Pei Yuanqing.