My Days Running a Supermarket in the Apocalypse

Pei Yuanqing bought food in the dining area on the first floor.

Shan Nai saw him staring blankly at a bowl of millet and pumpkin porridge, his expression seemingly one of pain and torment.

"Boss Cat..."

Yamana didn't want to bother him, but he unexpectedly came over on his own.

"Ok?"

"Does the cat owner also think that I'm a strange and annoying person?"

Pei Yuanqing's voice was gentle, soft, and mellow, like a clear spring.

Facing the pure-eyed Yamana, he did not shy away, his handsome face meeting hers directly, his eyes filled with deep inferiority.

Shan Nai's ears twitched, her bright eyes darted around in their sockets, and she smiled and said, "Why should Customer Pei care about other people's opinions? Life is hard enough as it is, just be happy."

Pei Yuanqing stared at Shan Nai, remaining silent for a long time.

"I think I understand something now. Thank you, Mr. Cat." Pei Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief and planned to buy another serving of vegetables.

The cat boss was right. He had been overthinking things, worrying about how others would view him and fearing that Li Ruizhi would dislike him.

The time he spent knowing Li Ruizhi was the happiest time of his life.

He decided to let go of the past, cherish his friendships, let things take their course, and stop caring about how others viewed him.

Moreover, Li Ruizhi doesn't seem to mind his unusual feelings, which means he could try to take things further...

Of course, this was just his inner thought, and everything should still respect Li Ruizhi's opinion.

Pei Yuanqing thought that even being just friends with him would be something he couldn't ask for.

Li Ruizhi was also curled up on the folding recliner, pondering, "Why does my heart suddenly beat so fast when I think of this weakling? Oh no, it must be because there are too few beautiful women in the apocalypse, and he's too good-looking."

"I love beautiful women the most! Beautiful women, beautiful women... but even a weakling is pretty... and so fair and tender..."

The system drifted by and heard Li Ruizhi muttering to himself while holding his head. Finding the content quite sensational, it immediately flew down to find its host and share the gossip.

[Host, host, the Taoist priest upstairs is acting strangely!]

Shanna pursed her lips and nodded in agreement, "Haha, you noticed too? What happened to him this time?"

The Taoist priest said the "weak chicken" was fair and tender; does "weak chicken" refer to Customer Pei?

"Pfft...so fair and tender..." Shan Nai covered her lips and laughed out loud, "Waiting for the feast, haha..."

What did I miss? What happened between them?

"You little rascal, you're quite the gossip, hehe..."

Shan Nai and the system sat together and talked about the experience Pei Yuanqing had just told them, occasionally letting out a few faint laughs.

An hour has passed in the blink of an eye, and the supermarket is about to close for the day.

Pei Yuanqing carried Li Rui down to the second floor.

"You weakling, what kind of position are you in? Can't you carry me on your back?"

Li Ruizhi rolled around in his arms, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"Shut up. You have dozens of stitches in your chest. Are you sure you're not afraid of the pain if you carry that on your back?" Pei Yuanqing gritted his teeth and withdrew his hand, speaking in his ear.

Warm breath brushed against Li Ruizhi's ear, making him inexplicably nervous, and his eyelids twitched wildly.

"...Tch, then give me some alien energy back, I can walk by myself."

He currently has no abnormal energy left in his body, and it will probably take him three to five days to fully recover.

Pei Yuanqing stopped and suddenly approached him with a half-smile, whispering, "Didn't you think it was too slow? I have a way to get a quick reply, do you want to hear it?"

"explain."

"..."

Pei Yuanqing whispered something in his ear.

"Cough cough cough, holy crap! What kind of outrageous words are those? Shut up, you weakling!"

Li Ruizhi blushed after hearing this, and suddenly struggled to jump out of his arms. She was in pain and weak all over, and was about to fall to the ground.

"Heh, behave yourself, Master Li." Pei Yuanqing wrapped his arm around his waist, picked him up in a princess carry again, said goodbye to Shan Nai, and left the supermarket.

Before leaving, Xiao Liang glanced at Shan Nai and wagged his tail.

When Pei Yuanqing went upstairs to deliver food to Li Ruizhi, he chatted with him and discovered that this guy was actually a paper tiger. He was secretly a flirtatious person and couldn't be teased easily; he would blush if teased.

It's true that those who have nothing to lose are fearless; Pei Yuanqing suddenly found life interesting.

"Hahaha, the little Taoist's face is as red as a monkey's bottom!" Shan Nai walked to the door, looked at their backs, and narrowed his eyes.

[I really want to know what Customer Pei said.] The system posted on the door.

Shannai tugged at its little round arm and shook her head, "Don't be so gossipy, that's their private matter, time to go home!"

*

The next morning, Shan Nai was forcibly woken up by the system.

She opened her eyes groggily, glanced at the small alarm clock, and instantly her eyes filled with grievance. "What are you doing? It's only 9 o'clock! We stayed up all night watching dramas until 4 a.m. last night! Let me sleep a little longer..."

She was already planning to take a nap, but the system insisted on dragging her to watch a show together!

I agreed to watch only one episode, but I couldn't stop watching. I even called my friends Xiao 2, Xiao 7, and Xiao 9 to bring me some fried chicken, cola, spicy strips, potato chips, etc. to watch together at midnight!

Well, the whole family of cats is nestled together in her private cat theater, immersing themselves in watching a show.

But it's like Doraemon, with its own system; it can be fully charged and seamlessly reconnected at dawn...

And she... was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

[Uh, a fight has broken out outside, host! The system has already dealt with one group, but they've started fighting again at the door!]

Yamana reluctantly got up, but her big eyes were still closed.

"Who's fighting whom..." He kept yawning.

[A customer named Sun Qinming got into an argument with his cousin. His cousin's men tried to steal our weapons, but the supermarket system dealt with them. Sun Qinming was so scared that he was dragged out and is now fighting with customers who just arrived at the door!]

"Who is Sun Qinming... and who is his cousin? It's all so confusing." Shan Nai rubbed her ears, feeling a bit annoyed.

Every single day, there are always idiots doing stupid things, like coveting weapons from the supermarket? What are they thinking?

[Oh, it's that one who wants to cooperate with the host.]

Hearing this, Yamana vaguely remembered it.

That customer has quite the imagination! "Hehe, okay, I'll get up and go check it out!"

Yamaha, still half asleep, washed her face, brushed her teeth, and applied lotion.

But when she came out, there was no one at the door.

Customers at the Lucky Union building were shouting at them on the main street, telling them not to run away.

Cheng Xu withdrew his supernatural power, turned around and saw the listless Cat Boss. "? Cat Boss didn't sleep well?"

"Ah..." Yamana yawned again, her cat ears drooping. "Hmm, where did they go? Did they run away so fast?"

"A bunch of ignorant lunatics, spouting nonsense, saying they're going back to drive tanks and crush supermarkets, haha..." Cheng Xu looked in the direction the man had fled, his tone somewhat disdainful.

In the six months since Lucky Supermarket opened, he has seen many fools who dared to try and take advantage of it, but they were all easily dealt with by Boss Cat.

Therefore, Cheng Xu had absolute faith in Boss Cat's abilities.

The group of people who had just attacked him not only vandalized the supermarket but also tried to kill his allies in the Alliance building, which led to the fight.

"Driving a tank? Ha...ha...I'll be watching closely."

Shan Nai was taken aback, unsure whether to laugh or be amused.

With tanks deployed, she can't just sit at home and wait, can she?