Chapter 94 - 89: Dongzi, I’m Begging You, Just This Once

Chapter 94: Chapter 89: Dongzi, I’m Begging You, Just This Once

Subconsciously, Yu Dong felt it was a little too similar.

But reason quickly prevailed.

"Unlikely. Our water source is very clean—it’s either bottled water or rainwater. Besides, everyone has kept up the good habit of boiling water since the apocalypse started, so it’s impossible to be infected by a waterborne virus."

"Then could it be another variant? Like... an airborne virus?"

Shen Xinyi grew nervous after the examination. Thankfully, she was in the habit of wearing a medical mask when seeing patients.

Yu Dong just gave a helpless smile after hearing her.

"If it’s airborne, then there’s nothing to think about. We can all just wait to die."

Shen Xinyi was still worried. "Captain, to be safe, I think we should avoid contact with them for now. Let’s lock them in Building Three, deliver their medicine, and just wait and see..."

Yu Dong thought it over. Zhao Wenjie was bedridden, and Yang Yi had to take care of him. Neither of them could contribute to production anyway, so locking them up for a while wouldn’t be a problem.

If Shen Xinyi was thinking this, the others who heard the broadcast would have the same concern.

"Alright. Take the medicine to Building Three later, then lock the main door from the outside. Let them stay by themselves for a while. And don’t tell Yang Yi about yesterday’s broadcast..."

"What if she already heard it yesterday?"

"Is this some new ’try not to laugh’ challenge?"

Yu Dong was starting to lose it. Was Yang Yi the type of person to listen to the government’s boring daily broadcasts?

Shen Xinyi had to laugh at herself.

"Okay, let’s do that. I hope I’m just being overly sensitive..."

...

"Why did you lock our door? What did we ever do to you?"

Yang Yi demanded from behind the door, questioning Shen Xinyi.

"Are you going to come out and work on the wall, then?"

"I... I still have to take care of Wen Jie. I don’t have time."

"Then that settles it. Since you have to take care of him, just stay inside. I’ve brought you a five-day supply of medicine. Take it for now. Just report his condition to me from the second floor every morning."

"But every day I still have to..."

Shen Xinyi couldn’t be bothered to waste her breath on her and walked away.

"Hey! You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you! You’re still holding a grudge because I told the truth back then, aren’t you!"

Yang Yi watched Shen Xinyi’s retreating back with impotent fury.

"We’ll open the door for you once Zhao Wenjie is better."

Shen Xinyi’s words left Yang Yi completely helpless. She couldn’t figure out why this was happening, so she could only assume Shen Xinyi was deliberately messing with her.

Zhao Youcai watched Shen Xinyi lock up Building Three, finding it a bit strange.

He waited for Shen Xinyi to come over and then asked about it.

"Sister Xinyi, what’s going on? Did Dongzi tell you to lock them inside?"

"Yeah. It’s mainly... a precaution against potential dangers. But it should be nothing. Don’t worry about them. We’ll know for sure in a few days."

Zhao Youcai had a quick mind. A moment’s thought was all it took for him to connect this to last night’s broadcast.

"I don’t think there’s any problem with our water or food. It’s impossible for them to be infected. Don’t worry."

"Better safe than sorry. Besides, this way that Yang Yi won’t be wandering around. Just seeing her annoys me. Oh, right... don’t tell her why, or who knows what kind of trouble she’ll stir up. If she stops taking care of Zhao Wenjie, it’ll be a huge pain."

Shen Xinyi was genuinely afraid of that happening.

If Yang Yi ran off, who would look after Zhao Wenjie?

It wasn’t anything serious to begin with—all he needed was rest and his medicine on time. But if it dragged on and became a major illness... they’d be screwed. No one here could treat a major illness.

Sometimes, Shen Xinyi didn’t dare show any weakness. The entire team was relying on her as their doctor...

But she was just a nurse.

Moreover, she had recently been researching a major task: how to deliver a baby.

She wasn’t a maternity nurse and had never actually done it before... And now, in their group, Qiao Ping was counting on her.

She could only tough it out and not let anyone see her weakness. There was a rule among nurses: you can’t let the patient be afraid.

You have to appear confident. Even with a cancer that has a 99% mortality rate, you have to say there have been many cases of recovery, that the patient’s condition is improving, and that you’re doing everything you can.

A patient’s will to live is a miracle drug in itself.

Shen Xinyi left, but Zhao Youcai remained, sitting on the community exercise equipment and lost in thought.

These past few days, he had been feeling quite frustrated.

Because Yu Dong had ruined his plan.

He had been on the verge of breaking down Yang Yi’s psychological defenses, but then Yu Dong assigned her a task that left her with no worries about food or drink. Her backbone had stiffened right back up.

Zhao Youcai dared to say that if Yu Dong had acted just two days later, Yang Yi would have definitely thrown herself into his arms.

But as a result... the cooked duck had flown away.

Furthermore, the news about the Yanhai City military had changed the group’s entire attitude. Except for him, almost everyone had become conservative, turtling up to wait for rescue.

That meant no new people would be joining, and the group’s current structure would remain unchanged.

Since Yang Yi had such an obedient simp in Zhao Wenjie, he knew he’d never have a chance.

Huang, on the other hand, was getting very close to Qiao Ping, exchanging glances with her every day. Their relationship was progressing at lightning speed.

Qiao Ping hadn’t rejected Huang’s advances, and her husband was already dead... Once the baby was born, she’d be a widow with a child. She would definitely find a man to take care of them.

So, even after they were rescued, Huang and Qiao Ping would most likely end up together.

When that time came, order would be restored, everything would go back to being run by official rules, and he would have no advantage. He’d likely just be another ordinary survivor among the masses. Trying to find a woman then...

"Fuck!"

Zhao Youcai kicked the nearby horizontal bar, thinking how fucking screwed up this world was. He had thought he was going to put his talents to use and become a powerhouse in the new order.

But in the end... before a new order could even be established, the old one was already making a comeback!

At that moment, Zhao Youcai was terrified of that day arriving.

He felt he couldn’t just give up like this. A strange idea began to form in his mind.

’What if I could make Yang Yi believe that Zhao Wenjie really is infected with the new virus variant...’

Some things you shouldn’t think about too deeply. Once you start, you can’t hit the brakes.

Slowly, a wicked plan began to take root in Zhao Youcai’s heart.

He went to find Shen Xinyi again.

"If... if Yang Yi stopped taking care of Zhao Wenjie right now, would he die?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, Zhao Youcai went to see Qiao Ping and asked for some very professional materials.

Qiao Ping was very good at keeping records; she even used a voice recorder to tape the daily broadcasts...

Once he had made preparations on both fronts, Zhao Youcai knew... if he was going to do this, he needed Yu Dong’s approval.

If Yu Dong didn’t agree, he wouldn’t be able to pull it off.

Just as Yu Dong trusted him, he would never go behind Yu Dong’s back to cause trouble.

He found Yu Dong in private and laid out his entire plan.

When Yu Dong heard it, his expression changed again and again.

"Youcai, this... this is too despicable. I don’t want you to do this."

"Dongzi, I’ve never asked you for anything before. I’m just asking you this one time... please, grant me this! It’s just like that time when you said the apocalypse would break out in seven days, and you begged me to believe you."

Zhao Youcai looked at Yu Dong, his eyes filled with desperation. This was his last hope before the military arrived.

Finally, Yu Dong let out a deep sigh.

"How sure are you that this will work?"