Chapter 3: No Longer Marrying

Dong Wenzhong was still in shock from the slap he had just received and hadn't yet reacted.

Xu Jianguo looked at Dong Wenzhong with a stern face: "Educated Youth Dong, you should go back first. I will investigate this matter thoroughly myself.

If I find out who is lying, I will definitely not let them off."

The last sentence carried a heavy sense of intimidation.

Chen Yanran was so frightened by these words that her face turned pale. Once the crowd of onlookers dispersed, her body went limp, and she was about to collapse to the ground.

Dong Wenzhong quickly reached out to support her, his eyes filled with heartache: "Yanran, it’s okay, I will handle this matter well.

What happened to your face? Who hit you? Was it that bitch Xu Ying?"

Thinking of Xu Ying’s arrogant and unreasonable demeanor, Dong Wenzhong clenched his fists in anger.

Chen Yanran nodded with a pale face. She was petite and lovely, always wearing an expression of pure innocence.

Compared to Xu Ying, who was always high and mighty and overbearing, she was the exact opposite—always gentle and virtuous, which made many young men in the village feel pity for her.

Seeing the two of them, Father Xu entered the courtyard with a gloomy face.

"Yingying, is there anywhere else you feel uncomfortable?" Mother Xu asked anxiously as she entered the room. Her precious treasure had just woken up; nothing else could go wrong.

Seeing her daughter staring blankly at her, her heart skipped a beat: "Yingying, what’s wrong? Why aren't you saying anything? Don't scare Mom!"

Could her daughter have been burned silly? Thinking of this possibility, Mother Xu was so worried she was about to cry.

"Jianguo, come and take a look. What’s wrong with our daughter? Could something have happened again?"

"Mom, I'm fine, Mom." Xu Ying wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and threw herself into Mother Xu's arms, sobbing: "Mom, I was so scared!"

She was so scared of a life without them! It was all because she was useless and had harmed the whole family for the sake of a man.

Hearing her daughter's sobs, Mother Xu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she was just scared from falling into the river. She gently patted her daughter's back: "Silly girl, you know to be scared now? I told you to stay away from the river, but you wouldn't listen. Do you know you were wrong now?"

Xu Ying hurriedly nodded, wiped her tears, and said with a smile: "Mom, I know I was wrong."

Father Xu, called over by his wife's voice, saw his daughter snuggled in her mother's arms, and his old face immediately softened.

Lying in her mother's embrace, Xu Ying enjoyed the long-lost maternal love. Seeing Xu Jianguo, she immediately said anxiously: "Dad, go to the Lu family and check on Lu Daya first.

I remember clearly that it was Lu Daya who saved me, but she fainted right after she saved me."

Upon hearing this, Father Xu understood what had happened: "No wonder Lu Daya caught a fever out of nowhere. So she caught it because she saved you?"

That Educated Youth Chen really has a thick skin to dare to claim credit for such a thing.

It was his own negligence at the time; he let Educated Youth Chen find a loophole in such a big matter.

Mother Xu rolled her eyes: "I said that Educated Youth Chen looks like a vixen—insidious and cunning.

Why would she kindly save my daughter? I told you it wasn't her, but you didn't believe me. Now the truth is out, hmph!

Hurry up and go check on the Lu family's eldest girl. She's been burning for so long, don't let her get burned silly."

Her own daughter had been burning for two days before getting better, and that Lu family girl hadn't even woken up yet. That girl is also a pitiful one.

Lu Daya's mother was someone who favored sons over daughters and didn't treat Lu Daya like a human being at all. She had heard from people outside that Lu Daya had a fever, and Mother Lu didn't want to pay for her medical treatment, even getting into a fight with Father Lu over it.

Father Xu looked sheepish after being scolded by his wife. He lowered his head and hunched his shoulders, trying to minimize his presence as he hurried to escape the room.

Just as he lifted his foot, Xu Ying called out to him: "Dad, I'll go with you."

Father Xu stopped in his tracks.

Mother Xu, however, looked disapproving: "Go with him? What for? Yingying just recovered and hasn't rested yet. If you take her running around and she catches a cold and gets worse, what then?"

Father Xu immediately laughed: "It was my oversight. Daughter, you stay home and rest well. Dad will be back in a while."

Xu Ying looked at her mother, still feeling a bit surreal. She nodded at Father Xu: "Dad, then remember to thank Daya properly."

Father Xu nodded, took a bag of snacks from the cupboard, grabbed a basket of eggs from the kitchen, and hurried out.

"Mom, is Little Sister okay?" The anxious voice of the second brother came from outside. He had gone to the village to fetch water in the morning and heard the news that his little sister had woken up when he returned.

However, there were people outside saying his little sister had died, which made him so angry he pinned the person to the ground and beat them up. The bastard actually dared to curse his little sister.

Mother Xu snorted: "She's fine. Tell your eldest sister-in-law to cook an egg custard for your little sister. Your little sister suffered greatly and is still weak! She needs to be well-nourished."

The second brother agreed with a smile and turned to run to the kitchen.

Xu Ying could hear her second brother's hearty voice from inside the room!

"Eldest Sister-in-law, Little Sister just woke up and is weak. Mom wants you to cook her a bowl of egg custard."

Eldest Sister-in-law felt a bit resentful when she heard this, but she still agreed.

After Mother Xu went out, Xu Ying looked at the adobe wall above her head, still feeling confused. Wasn't she fighting zombies?

Right, where did the bracelet her master gave her go? Xu Ying searched anxiously; that bracelet was what her master gave her before he left.

Thinking of her master's departure, Xu Ying couldn't help but cover her face and sob. If she hadn't insisted on searching for supplies, she wouldn't have encountered the zombie horde, and her master wouldn't have... for her sake...

After she died in her previous life, she had transmigrated to the apocalypse, and that was when she met her master.

Her master was the person closest to her besides her family. When she first arrived in the apocalypse, she was all alone, without any supernatural powers. Every team looked down on her, and she could only hide and scavenge for food.

Until one day, she saw her master, who was being beaten and kicked by a group of people for stealing a cabbage and was unable to fight back. For some reason, she felt pity and saved the old man at the cost of a bottle of pure water.

After that, both of them gained supernatural powers.

Her master had healing powers, and she had a spatial dimension.

Whenever they had the chance, they would frantically collect supplies. Her master would keep watch, and she would collect. Plus, her master was a descendant of an imperial chef, so his cooking skills were impeccable. As long as they didn't encounter a zombie horde, it was enough for them to survive in the apocalypse.

The fact that her master had healing powers was eventually discovered by someone with ulterior motives. The base came to recruit her master, and because she had spatial powers, she was recruited along with him.

After arriving, she and her master were assigned to the same team. Every time they went on a mission, they were in the logistics department; her master was responsible for healing injured super-powered individuals.

She was responsible for helping everyone equip their weapons before missions and collecting leftover supplies during the cleanup.

Because she had no offensive powers, the team leader would always equip her with newly developed weapons for self-defense.

Sometimes, when the situation was bad, she would help the others fight zombies alongside her master. During that time in the apocalypse, Xu Ying's combat ability had increased quite a bit.

But since she and her master were only in the logistics department, the food resources allocated by the base were pitifully small. They were often hungry and relied on disgusting nutrient solutions to maintain their strength.

Therefore, every time she handed in supplies, she would secretly keep a small portion.

As a result, the supplies in her space grew more and more, and she and her master would always hide together to have a secret meal.

Because she could only cook in the space, and her master couldn't enter, he was always quite picky about the food she made.