Chapter 73 - 69: Chunan Will Do Anything to Save the Dojo

Chapter 73: Chapter 69: Chunan Will Do Anything to Save the Dojo

Things came to a sudden stop.

Yu Dong was mysteriously led into Room 503 by Huang Zhiqiang and Zhao Youcai.

"Are you guys trying to hold a meeting? Why didn’t you call Ye Ye and the others?"

Yu Dong was a little confused.

The two of them hadn’t voted or acted immediately just now, which was already a bit off. Now, they were calling him over... Yu Dong felt that things might not be as simple as he thought.

"Because... it’s not convenient."

Huang Zhiqiang looked a little embarrassed.

Zhao Youcai, on the other hand, got straight to the point. "Dongzi, I don’t want to kick Yang Yi out."

"Your reasons."

Yu Dong looked at his two good friends, fully respecting their opinions.

"First, Yang Yi is a young, beautiful woman. Besides her, our team... basically has no other options. I won’t beat around the bush. I want to sleep with her. It would be a waste to just throw her out."

"Second, people like Yang Yi seem unreasonable, but actually... she’s a coward deep down. She responds to force, not persuasion. She can be controlled."

"Third, Zhao Wenjie is actually... a decent teammate. He’s a bit skinny, but he never shirks work and is friendly to others. Although he does some outrageous things occasionally, he’s a good person. He’s just completely under Yang Yi’s thumb... If we could separate them, Zhao Wenjie would be a normal guy."

After listening, Yu Dong gave a rough nod.

’At least Zhao Youcai is being honest.’

Honesty always deserved praise.

"Youcai, I understand your point... Huang, what about you? You want to sleep with Yang Yi too? I feel like... that’s not such a good idea."

"No! Dongzi, what are you thinking... I’m usually all talk. I’m afraid that if Yang Yi leaves, Youcai will compete with me for someone else... Dongzi, you know me. I’ve been a Chunan for years. I can’t stay like this until I die."

"Someone else? Shen Xinyi?"

She was the only one Yu Dong could think of.

Huang Zhiqiang remembered Zhao Youcai’s warning and quickly waved his hands. "How could that be! Dongzi, you’ve misjudged me. I meant... I meant... you know, I like them a bit more mature."

Yu Dong’s eyes widened.

"Huang, you..."

Huang nodded shyly. He had figured it out back then. To end his Chunan status, there was only one option!

Yu Dong’s mouth fell open, his expression one of someone who couldn’t bear to look.

"So... does Grandma Wang know?"

Huang Zhiqiang: "???"

"Fuck! Dongzi, what do you take me for!"

"But you said you like them more mature..."

"That’s fucking overripe!"

"Then you’re..."

"Dongzi, do you remember I told you... I actually quite like kids," Huang Zhiqiang said with a bashful look.

Yu Dong: "!!!"

’I thought that brilliant duo outside had already shocked me enough for one day.’

’But there’s an even greater master right here!’

"Huang, you... you really think long-term... How come I’ve never seen you plan so meticulously for anything else???"

"Ahem, you know us Chunans... we’ll do anything to finally get out of the club."

"I can only say... Huang, you really live up to your surname."

Zhao Youcai also struck while the iron was hot. "So, Dongzi, I know Yang Yi’s a bitch, but if she leaves, can you bear to see your brothers remain bachelors for life while following you?"

At this moment, Yu Dong understood one thing from their explanations...

They had both intentionally avoided talking about Liu Ye’ye and Shen Xinyi.

Liu Ye’ye was understandable. After all, Liu Ye’ye had always been close to him, and Yu Dong wasn’t opposed to whatever might happen in the future...

But Shen Xinyi... Yu Dong looked at the two of them and gave a helpless smile.

"You guys really don’t think much of me, do you..."

His two roommates just smiled without a word, their silence speaking volumes.

At this point, Yu Dong had to set aside his anger and reconsider the matter of Yang Yi and Zhao Wenjie.

’Kicking them out would be satisfying for a moment.’

But Zhao Youcai and Huang Zhiqiang’s desires would be left completely unfulfilled.

These two roommates were Yu Dong’s best friends, a bond forged from their time living together.

They had lived together for three years without any major conflicts. This was a relationship that few others could compare to.

This was the bedrock of his trust.

Yu Dong believed that even if Zhao Youcai thought he was a fucking idiot, he would say it to his face, or even get into a fistfight with him in public, rather than conspire with outsiders to kill him.

And as for Huang, there was even less to say. For three years of university, he was Yu Dong’s eating buddy, back-scrubbing buddy, pooping buddy, girl-watching buddy, anti-Xufeng-involution buddy... and now he was his apocalypse buddy.

After his reincarnation this time, Yu Dong was willing to risk exposing himself as a Reincarnator just to get these two, who seemingly had no special talents, by his side. That was because... in the apocalypse, loyalty came first.

Ability was secondary.

"Youcai, I have a question for you."

"Go ahead."

"Zhao Wenjie cares so much about Yang Yi. If you slept with her behind his back... would you be able to sleep at night?"

"I wouldn’t do it behind his back. That’s too low-class, and it would create a hidden danger for the team."

Yu Dong nodded. He thought so too. If there was a potential threat to the team, he would rather just kick them both out... and let fate decide their survival.

"What do you plan to do?"

"I’ll make Yang Yi break up with Zhao Wenjie on her own initiative, and then I’ll get with her openly. That way... the team gets a heartbroken Zhao Wenjie who no longer has a weakness, and I’ll achieve my goal."

Hearing Zhao Youcai’s suggestion, Yu Dong fell into deep thought.

"Youcai, this matter... let’s think about it some more. But for now, since they’ve already done something wrong and everyone is waiting for our decision, we have to make them take responsibility for their actions."

"We won’t throw them out directly, but they won’t be part of this team anymore. Let’s separate from them for now."

"Finally, my advice to you two is... respect other people’s decisions. Don’t do anything that I can’t stand to see. Let’s not let things get to that point between us brothers."

Afterward, Yu Dong called Zhou, Shen Xinyi, and Liu Ye’ye in. The six of them held a brief meeting and finally reached a consensus.

Outside, Yang Yi and Zhao Wenjie were leaning against each other, glaring at the group with resentful faces. Zhao Wenjie, in particular, had the dangerous air of someone ready to throw all caution to the wind...

Yu Dong and the others walked back from 503.

He glanced at the pair.

"If you stop shouting and screaming, I’ll give you some food and water. You’ll move to the second floor for now. I’ll lock the fire door on the second floor, and for the time being, you will no longer participate in our team’s affairs."

"I saved your lives. I hope we can part on good terms. Don’t make this too ugly..."

"Once we’ve secured the Xiangti Bay Community, you can pick a building and apartment you like and go live in your own little world."

"That is our decision."

Hearing this, Zhao Wenjie’s tensed muscles relaxed slightly. Yang Yi also stopped wailing and was now just sobbing quietly.

"Let’s go, babe... It’s okay, you have me. I promised I’d always protect you."

The two left the fifth floor, taking a box of ’Energy Bricks’ the team had given them.

From now on, the two of them were officially out of the game.

But because of Zhao Youcai and Huang Zhiqiang’s request, Yu Dong didn’t give them too cruel an ending.

With that, the team finally settled down, with everyone assuming their respective roles.

"Alright, next up... we need to clear out the zombies on the community grounds, take the two outer buildings as well, and expand our safe zone to the entire Xiangti Bay Community."

Yu Dong retrieved his compound crossbow from the fourth floor and began wiping down his hunting arrows one by one.

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