Chapter 246 - 213: Bottom Line

Chapter 246: Chapter 213: Bottom Line

Zhou Qian already knew what Huai Yu was thinking. Since she was so persistent in asking, she was bound to do it. Therefore, he didn’t say anything to stop her. He just patted her hair. "Exercise well first."

After all, he would be accompanying her.

Then he looked at Chen Xing and said seriously, "Then please explain it to her carefully."

Chen Xing was speechless. She didn’t know if Huai Yu’s brother was fierce or formidable, but she had certainly witnessed his unconditional doting on his sister.

Chen Xing, who was usually very sociable, hesitated for a moment. It took her a long while to put her thoughts together.

"Besides a car and companions, fuel is also a must.

"There’s no need for communication devices. Except for short-range walkie-talkies, nothing else works there.

"Next are some everyday necessities; just bring whatever you see fit.

"Oh, right. Except for the car mirrors, whether it’s weapons or clothes, they can be brightly colored, but it’s best not to bring anything shiny.

"The mutated corvids on the outskirts of the Wilderness can’t resist the temptation of shiny things. If you appear in the jungle and they spot it, they will do everything possible to rob and steal it."

Zhou Qian nodded. "Yes, that’s basically it."

Huai Yu finally realized. "That’s right, Brother Zhou Qian, you’ve been to the Wilderness so many times. I should have asked you."

"It’s always good to listen to others," Zhou Qian said earnestly. "We execute collective missions, and these things are uniformly distributed by logistics, so I might miss something if I were to explain it. You and she are both girls; she might consider some details more thoroughly than we would."

That was true. Huai Yu came to a realization. She looked at Zhou Qian and pushed him a little. "Then step away for a bit. I have girl questions to ask Sister Chen Xing."

Zhou Qian remembered her mentioning something about development and left the ward without another word. "I’ll wait for you in the rest area."

He was so tall and strong, and his aura of having fought in life-and-death battles was so obvious, yet he obeyed Huai Yu implicitly. Even when she pushed him out the door, he didn’t show the slightest hint of resistance.

Chen Xing’s eyes widened, practically drooling with envy.

Huai Yu then asked curiously, "Sister Chen Xing, what do you do if you get your period when you go to the Wilderness?"

Chen Xing was speechless again. This topic was indeed very girlish, but also quite lethal.

"Generally speaking, I would avoid that time of the month."

However, because it had been many years since the cataclysm, many women’s cycles were no longer accurate, so—

"You need to prepare some short-acting contraceptive pills in advance. If you have a set schedule, it’s best to take them on time before then.

"If it’s because of a disrupted physiological cycle, you must take them immediately if you feel something is wrong.

"However, this medicine is quite expensive." Chen Xing sighed, thinking of her debts and the bleak prospect of having to rely on the Hundred Zhao Subsidy company because she was all alone. She felt pained. "Since I can’t be my own boss and call the shots, I’ll have to stock up on this medicine too."

She was the exact example she had just given Huai Yu—because she had no trustworthy companions, she had to rely on a convoy.

Huai Yu quickly jotted this down, then nodded. "Well, thank you, Sister Chen Xing. Are you sure you don’t want to borrow some more points?"

"No need," Chen Xing waved her hand. "My car is still with Old Zhao. Once I recover, I’ll take another trip to the Wilderness. I might not earn a lot, but I can cover these points in at most two trips."

Anyway, the hospital offered interest-free loans.

Leaving the hospital, Huai Yu shared her thoughts with Zhou Qian. "Sister Chen Xing said we could commission people to collect those unwanted mutated plants and animals. I’m planning to go to the highway toll station to ask that driver from last time. Brother Zhou Qian, it’s inconvenient for you to carry so many things. How about you head back first?"

Zhou Qian shook his head. "Many businessmen bully the weak and fear the strong. Since you said the other party knows where you live, he might use the remoteness of your location to exploit you. I’ll go with you. At the very least, I can stop him from ripping you off."

Huai Yu thought, "If the other party demands an exorbitant price, I can just go ask someone else!" There were so many people fighting for goods at the highway exit, and the competition for small businesses was fierce. There was really nothing to be afraid of.

However, Zhou Qian had even less experience in managing daily life than she did. Feeling a surge of pity for him, she said, "That’s true. Then come along, you can learn a thing or two."

Zhou Qian was speechless.

However, they had clearly come at the wrong time. In broad daylight, very few convoys were returning to the highway exit, and even the people waiting by the roadside were sparse. Huai Yu stood on her tiptoes and looked around for a long time but couldn’t find the familiar face from before.

She was slightly disappointed, but there were still a few tricycles waiting around, so she tentatively asked for a price.

Forget it, it was better to find Uncle Zaozi. Uncle Zaozi obviously knew the man. That was still better than these people demanding an exorbitant 200 points for shipping.

On the way back, both of them looked tense.

Huai Yu felt she had been taking things too much for granted! These small business owners were such profiteers.

Zhou Qian also felt he had been careless. He had thought that looking fierce and having a scar on his face would somewhat intimidate those unscrupulous merchants. Who knew that these people, who guarded the highway exit, had seen all sorts of injuries?

He was just small potatoes here.

In the end, the two of them had to carry their large bags and endure a two-hour bus ride before finally arriving home.

The moment he set down the large sack, even with Zhou Qian’s astonishing stamina, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. It wasn’t that he was physically exhausted. They had spent most of the day squeezed on the bus and didn’t have to carry the sacks and walk for hours. But just going out for a trip was mentally exhausting.

He put down the sack and watched as Huai Yu joyfully pulled out clothes, shoes, and socks from inside. Then, he silently took out a hoe. "Let’s stew more potatoes tonight?"

He was hungry.

Hearing this, Huai Yu also rubbed her stomach and said extravagantly, "I’ll soak the dried chicken, and we can have meat stew tonight. Let’s dig up some sweet potatoes too. We have so many bags of white sugar! Eating a little today shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

Candied sweet potatoes, here she comes, LALALA!

However, once he went out the door, Huai Yu looked at the balance on her wristband, thought about their currently massive appetites, and couldn’t help but sigh heavily.

Right now, they were eating the rice and noodles sent by Zhou Qian’s friends, and there wasn’t much oil left at home. The two of them could eat so much... their food consumption was truly substantial!

Moreover, she still had to work hard to save up points. If they were going to the Wilderness, the budget for a car would be at least 50,000, right?

Thinking about her future plans, Huai Yu suddenly felt a surge of passion for earning points!

Tomorrow! Tomorrow she would take Ke Taichiro’s Klang Balls and sell another batch! Uncle Zaozi should still like them, right?

Also, Sister Chen Xing had no money right now. Should she give her some on credit so she could secure her previous returning customers?

Thinking of this, and then thinking about the origin of those Klang Balls, Huai Yu couldn’t help but feel guilty.

To earn points, she had really crossed her moral bottom line!