Doomsday B&B

After arriving at the Shenyang base with the Thunder Squad, Qi Yun felt somewhat tired on the first day, perhaps because she had never ridden in a car before, so she didn't go out.

The next morning, Qi Yun was having lunch in her room when Xu Yang and another team member, Zhou Chen, came to find her. Zhou Chen truly lived up to his name; he would never speak to you unless you initiated it, and even if you did, he would only reply with one word, never saying a second.

"Qiyun, good morning, sister! Are you eating soy milk and fried dough sticks? It looks delicious!"

"Good morning! Would you like one, and Zhou Chen too?"

"Is it alright, Sister Qiyun? Food is so precious these days!"

"You've been to my convenience store before, it's not that exaggerated. Here, have some." He said, taking out a cup of soy milk and two fried dough sticks for Xu Yang and Zhou Chen.

Xu Yang caught it with remarkable ease, took a big bite of the fried dough stick, and exclaimed:

"It smells so good. I used to be tired of eating this, but now it feels like centuries have passed. It's truly a memory that will stay with me forever. I'm so grateful to you, Sister Qiyun." As she spoke, she naturally sat down at the table, and it seemed like she was about to have a long chat with Qiyun.

Zhou Chen was much quieter:

"Thank you, Miss Qiyun." After taking the food, he sat down next to Xu Yang. However, his eating manners were so elegant that even though he was holding a very down-to-earth food like fried dough sticks, his refined eating manners gave him the air of a noble young master, making the fried dough sticks in his hands seem like delicacies.

"You're welcome. Eat up. Let me know if you need more. I'll need your help to show me around this Shenyang base later."

Although Xu Yang's eating manners weren't exactly refined, watching him eat made me feel like I could eat an extra bowl of rice. Qi Yun ate significantly more for breakfast because of how the two of them ate before the New Year. From that moment on, Qi Yun decided that she would try to look at good-looking people while eating, since, as the saying goes, 'beauty is food for the eyes,' and she could eat more while being surrounded by attractive men.

Xu Yang and Zhou Chen, being two grown men, ate quickly. After finishing their food, they spoke to Qi Yun. Xu Yang watched Qi Yun finish her meal:

"Sister Qiyun, would you like to go out for a walk later?"

"Okay, but I need to pack up first. Can you go down and wait for me for a while? It will be 20 minutes at most. I'll come down and find you, and then we can set off."

"Okay, Sister Qiyun, we'll go downstairs first and wait for you in the living room. But don't rush, we don't have anything to do anyway, so take your time." With that, she got up and walked towards the door, and Zhou Chen silently followed behind her.

Seeing that both of them had left, Qi Yun shook her head helplessly. This Xu Yang was just too outgoing; in the words of young people before the apocalypse, he was a social butterfly. But that was fine too. Although Xu Yang had an overwhelming social butterfly personality, he was very tactful and arranged everything clearly, which made him quite easy to manage.

After watching the two leave, Qi Yun browsed through the upgraded system shop that was exclusively for her. After browsing for a while, she selected a set of Hanfu and some simple accessories, put them on, and went downstairs.

Downstairs, the Thunder Squad was present except for their captain, Han Yun. Xu Yang, who was sitting on the sofa directly opposite the stairwell, was the first to see Qi Yun come down. Upon seeing Qi Yun in her flowing Hanfu, he exclaimed, "Wow!"

The other four, hearing him suddenly speak, followed his gaze and all had only one thought: "Beautiful." Although they were all young masters from noble families before the apocalypse and had seen all sorts of beautiful women, none of them were like Mei Cheng. The first time they saw her, they thought she was beautiful, and upon closer inspection, even "beautiful" was not enough to describe it.

When Qi Yun got downstairs, she saw the group of people standing there dumbfounded and burst out laughing. Hearing the laughter, the four of them snapped out of their daze. Except for Xu Yang, the other three blushed to varying degrees. Only Xu Yang approached as if nothing had happened.

"Sister Qiyun, you are so beautiful. Where would you like to go? I'll take you there."

"You little rascal." Qi Yun chuckled, gently tapping Xu Yang's forehead with her index finger. Qi Yun had been infected by Xu Yang's enthusiasm these past two days, and since Xu Yang was indeed young, she felt more at ease interacting with him.

"Hehe, Sister Qiyun, let's go out." Xu Yang said with a smile, without any of the arrogance of the young master from the Wu family he used to have, but instead he was very happy.

"Okay, let's head out now."

"Okay." Xu Yang skipped over and opened the door. Qi Yun followed behind Xu Yang out. The other three people didn't say anything, but they also silently followed Qi Yun and Xu Yang.

"Sister Qiyun, look, this area is rented by various mercenary teams. There are about a hundred or eighty mercenary teams, and they all have a certain level of combat ability. But don't underestimate our Thunder Team just because we are small. Our team is the most powerful besides the first team belonging to the base." He said the last sentence with particular pride.

Qi Yun saw that the surrounding area consisted of neat rows of three-story buildings, uniform and orderly, befitting a military-controlled base. Leaving this area of ​​three-story buildings, a larger area of ​​five-story buildings came into view. The buildings were numerous and closely spaced, appearing densely packed. At the far end of this area stood a particularly large building. Upon seeing that building, Qi Yun subconsciously glanced back and, sure enough, there was another building at the far end behind him, distinct from the others. Xu Yang, noticing Qi Yun looking at the other buildings, spoke up:

"The five-story building in front is where ordinary people live. The space is small. The building at the very front is our base's trading building. It's very big, with five floors. The higher the floor, the better and more expensive the goods sold, and the bigger the shops are. The building behind us is the government building, where the main leaders of the base work and live. The inspections inside are very strict, just like when we march into the army."

"Oh, shall we go take a look at that trade building?" The question was phrased as a question, but the tone was one of certainty.

"Okay, I'll listen to Sister Qiyun."

Xu Yang and Qi Yun walked side by side in front, while Zhou Chen, Lan Pan, and Han Ye followed behind. The group of five—the men were handsome, the women were beautiful, and they were all dressed very neatly and cleanly—made them particularly attractive to others.

After walking for about 15 minutes, the five of them arrived at the entrance of the trade building. Because the door was open and quite large, they could clearly see inside just by standing at the entrance. It wasn't as bustling as a normal shopping mall, but there were still quite a few people around.

"Let's go in." With that, Qi Yun walked into the mall.

Seeing that Qi Yun was about to browse the first floor, Xu Yang frowned his handsome brows:

"Sister Qiyun, these are all secondhand items sold by ordinary people. Let's go upstairs. The items there may not be the best, but at least they're new." A passerby overheard this arrogant statement, glanced at the group, and wisely kept quiet. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they certainly had the right to look down on the first floor.

"It's fine, I'm just browsing. I don't necessarily have to buy anything. Besides, what if I manage to snag a bargain?"

"Okay, I'll listen to Sister Qiyun." Although he didn't understand what there was to see here, it didn't stop him from agreeing with Qiyun.

The five of them maintained the same formation and distance as when they left home and slowly strolled around the first floor of the trade building. To be honest, it seemed especially novel to her because she had never seen it before.

Qi Yun walked exceptionally slowly, glancing at almost every stall. Indeed, the trade building wasn't like ordinary shops; it was built like a stall complex, with each stall small enough for ordinary people to rent with sufficient funds.

Suddenly, Qi Yun stopped in front of a small stall, reached out, and picked up a small plant from the stall to examine it. The plant was small and succulent, and looked very cute.

"what is this?"

"These are succulent potted plants, very easy to care for. Would you like to buy some?" The stall owner was a rather young girl. When she saw Qi Yun approaching, she stood up from the chair behind her stall, feeling extremely anxious. She hadn't sold anything for three days. If she didn't sell any more, she wouldn't have money for food, and she would have no choice but to give up her beloved succulents and flowers and do manual labor.

Are all these different plants here succulents? Did you grow them yourself?

"Yes, guest, these are all grown by myself. I also grow other flowers and plants, but I don't have many tools and seeds right now, so I can only grow some simple succulents like these."

"Oh……"

"Then, sir, do you want to buy it?" Liu Yunyun asked hesitantly.

"Hmm... I don't know if you'd like to move to a different place. I can offer you a job, and I'll provide room and board. All you need to do is plant and care for these succulents and other flowers. How about that?"

"Huh? I...can I do it?" Because Qi Yun had the Thunder Squad around her, Liu Yunyun never thought that Qi Yun would lie to her. She was just afraid that she couldn't handle it, and food was so precious these days!

“I see you’ve taken very good care of these succulents. If you’d like, you can go… um…” Qi Yun stopped halfway through her sentence.

Xu Yang continued:

"Thunder Squad, you should know where it is, right? Here, take this. If you'd like, just pack your things and wait here." He also handed Liu Yunyun a temporary access pass; otherwise, ordinary people couldn't freely enter and exit this area.

He took the temporary access pass from Xu Yang, carefully put it away, thanked Xu Yang, and then began to pack his things.

Seeing this, Qi Yun was about to leave when she suddenly turned back to Liu Yunyun and said:

"You just need to pack your things, especially your plants. I'll arrange for someone to help you move them. By the way, my name is Qi Yun."

"Okay, thank you!" Liu Yunyun bowed to him and then continued tidying up her succulents. Because they were all plants, they couldn't be jostled or bumped, so she tidied them up with extra care.