Chapter 228: Jealousy
On the other side, Xiao Dong led Su Huan shuttling through the narrow corridor.
Giraffe was on edge all the way, afraid that the Train Conductor would be dissatisfied somewhere and blow everything up.
But unexpectedly, Su Huan not only didn’t reject it, but was like a fish in water in this environment. If Xiao Dong wasn’t walking in front to lead the way, he would even think Su Huan was the local.
The only thing that puzzled him was why Su Huan was so gentle with this little guide.
“Look, you know so many people here and are familiar with the terrain, aren’t you the strongest?”
Su Huan guided patiently.
“Although that’s true, but… no one has ever asked me to be a guide.”
“You need to be confident. Just say it like I taught you earlier, and it will work.”
Xiao Dong’s eyes lit up from Su Huan’s words. He had never heard such encouragement in his life, and he got a bit too much of it from Su Huan. Even his somewhat inferior heart was filled up.
“Mm, I’ll say it like that next time, but recently there are fewer and fewer incoming survivors…”
“Then why not do some other business? I see you’re doing pretty well in Iron Mountain Shelter.”
“Those are adults’ jobs. I can only do small things, and among the children there are some bigger than me.”
“Are they all as awesome as you?”
“Many people in the Shelter have special abilities. Like Uncle Zhenbang and them are very powerful, and Uncle Jianguo too. He can bend steel bars that thick directly, and big fish over two meters long can’t swim faster than him…”
Perhaps because it was rare for someone to listen to him so seriously, Xiao Dong was very excited, and the initial vigilance was long forgotten.
He spilled the beans like bamboo tubes pouring beans, talking about what he had seen since the Apocalypse.
From zombies, floods, various terrifying monsters, to the establishment of Iron Mountain Shelter, he described it vividly.
Su Huan also listened very seriously. This was much denser information than from the thin man and others, but many things seemed distorted from a youth’s perspective. Monsters were all tall and scary, even an ordinary zombie could force a group of people into desperation. Any slight movement was a terrifying heavenly calamity.
“The bar is right ahead. You go by yourself.”
Xiao Dong pointed at the dense crowd ahead from afar and said.
Su Huan raised an eyebrow. “Aren’t you going? I’ll treat you to roasted meat.”
When roasted meat was mentioned, Xiao Dong was clearly tempted, but he hesitated and refused.
“What, not even roasted meat? How about adding two slices of bread? Maybe a bottle of soda too. If this doesn’t tempt you, I suspect you’re lying to me.”
Seeing Su Huan retract his smile, Xiao Dong hurriedly waved his hands. “Everything I said is true. The bar does have these foods, but I don’t dare go in…”
“A beautiful woman came to the Shelter. Young Master Qi has been staying at the bar. He doesn’t like kids like me. If he sees me, he’ll beat me.”
“Qi Tieshan’s grandson is such a scum, doesn’t his grandfather care?”
Su Huan asked in surprise.
The people around looked at the three with unfriendly complexions.
Xiao Dong was startled and put his index finger to his lips. “Shh!”
He explained in a low voice, “Grandpa Tie Shan is a good person, it’s just Young Master Qi…”
“Got it, a spoiled young master, right? But don’t worry. I guarantee you can eat steak and roasted bread today, then go home safely.”
Su Huan’s mouth curved up, his narrow eyes curving into smiles.
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
Watching Su Huan walk forward, Xiao Dong was still stunned in place. Giraffe lightly pushed him as he passed by.
Xiao Dong hesitated, not knowing if it was his craving for beef or if he believed Su Huan’s words, and quickly followed.
He squeezed hard to Su Huan’s back and struggled to say, “And a bottle of soda.”
Su Huan tsked lightly. He liked this ambitious guy the most.
People only gain strength to achieve their goals by facing their desires head-on.
The person standing in front of Su Huan suddenly felt a huge force squeezing from behind, their body losing balance. The woman was squeezed into repeated coquettish cries, the man was squeezed into cursing loudly.
Two men who accidentally hugged together turned back angrily, then saw Su Huan with a smiling face, hands in pockets, walking in.
“Kid, was it you who pushed me?”
Su Huan innocently spread his hands. “I just took my hands out…”
Xiao Dong also hurriedly said, “We two have thin arms and legs, how could we push such strong adults like you.”
The two were stunned, it made so much sense.
These two kids looked like honest people, they
Thus, they let Su Huan pass, their gaze falling on the face of the robust and powerful Giraffe behind him, who had the vigilant gaze of an eagle and the wariness of a wolf.
cursed angrily, “That’s what that Giraffe did!”
“I just see that the one he raised isn’t a good thing.”
With the guidance of the two, everyone’s angry gazes fell on Giraffe.
The giraffe’s complexion darkened. He glanced at the corner of his eye and saw Su Huan entering the room before gloomily looking toward the few men.
“Repeat what you just said.”
Su Huan leisurely entered the bar, glanced around, and aside from the crowd, it felt pretty good.
In view was the small stage in the living room, where the crowd was now twisting their bodies faintly like demons dancing madly.
The cloud line on the left should be the open kitchen, the island has been turned into a bar counter, surrounded by crowds of people, but several young men who look like bartenders are very leisurely.
There were hardly any who could afford to order drinks.
They were all gathered around the woman chatting, bursting into laughter from time to time.
Su Huan, this new face, immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
Especially those women with disheveled clothes and hot figures, even two of them licked their lips at him.
It made Su Huan lose his appetite.
He used the energy barrier to block four or five hands groping toward his butt, and the Train Conductor walked toward the bar with a dark complexion.
Those ugly women were one thing, but opposite sexes attract, so he could barely accept that.
But he had already memorized those two men.
Taking a deep breath, the Train Conductor decided to first handle the matter he promised Xiao Dong before dealing with them.
He lightly tapped the marble countertop. “One steak, two slices of bread, and a bottle of soda.”
Three breaths passed.
The sounds remained noisy, with several young bartenders loudly discussing how big the dancers’ asses were and how exciting they were in bed.
Su Huan wasn’t angry at all. All the bars he had entered in his previous life followed pretty much the same script.
Whether it’s financial resources or strength, if you don’t show something, these idiots whose brains have been chewed by dogs won’t take your words seriously at all.
Su Huan slammed his hand on the table with a reverse grip, producing a “bang” sound.
Finally attracted the line of sight of two bartenders, but under the dim lights, they didn’t see that the bar counter had already suffered a comminuted fracture.
Impatiently looked toward Su Huan, “What do you want to do?”
Xiao Dong nervously tugged at Su Huan’s hem of clothes, “Um, bro, how about we leave…”
Su Huan repeated his demand. Before the bartender could say words of refusal, he flicked a crystal into his mouth.
The bartender coughed up a crystal, about to curse loudly, but upon seeing it was an ordinary general energy crystal, he quickly changed his expression and walked toward the backend.
Only then did Su Huan shift his gaze to the hem of his clothes.
The latter hurriedly withdrew his hand and said awkwardly, “I wanted to grab you and run, but I didn’t expect it to actually work. By the way, bro, what was that thing you just bounced out with?”
Su Huan looked around, but the few chairs in the bar were all taken by others.
The bar was smashed by his slap, and it might collapse at any moment, so he simply crossed his arms and stood in place.
“General Energy Crystal, a precious crystal, its function is…”
Precious evolution information was casually revealed by Su Huan.
……
Deep inside the bar.
Perhaps because of the red wine.
The woman’s delicate and gorgeous cheeks flushed with a deep red, her rosy lips soft and glistening as they pressed against the rim of the cup, deforming gently.
It made Qi Zhiyuan’s mind sway, and he spoke even more excitedly about his experiences.
Nothing more than three points: how awesome the Shelter is, how awesome his dad is, and how awesome his grandfather is.
The bodyguards standing guard outside listened until their ears grew calluses, but the woman remained unmoved.
Zhang Min didn’t like this guy.
Listening to him talk was even less appealing than her sitting on the sofa looking at the window waiting for that train to appear; she didn’t even need the train to really appear.
As long as the train might appear in this water area, and that man was standing calmly in the train.
That was enough for her.
He even fantasized about how Su Huan stood at the front of the train, whether there were subordinates reporting work beside him, whether his expression was focused or casual… Hmm, it must be nonchalant.
Just fantasizing about such details was enough to get her through these boring days.
She didn’t know when it started, but Su Huan appeared in her mind more and more often. She had even forgotten what her past self looked like.
Now, he seemed like a shadow existing only to chase Su Huan’s footprints.
Because of thinking too much, he would even imitate Su Huan’s demeanor and actions.
The reason he could patiently listen to Qi Zhiyuan’s spittle-flying nonsense was to immerse himself in Su Huan’s feelings from back then.
Now she finally understood how ignorant and boring she had been back then.
Suddenly, the Seed of Hatred in his heart trembled lightly, and his eyes, carrying a hint of drunkenness, instantly sobered up.
The ability’s guidance told her that the man was right in front of her.
Zhang Min subconsciously lifted her eyelids and looked forward.
The crowd was shadowy and indistinct, the dancers swaying their wide hips to the music, stirring up a new wave of climactic atmosphere.
But that man’s shadow was nowhere to be seen.
An illusion?
A wry smile couldn’t help but appear at the corner of Zhang Min’s lips.
The flood zone is so vast, how could he possibly come here? He really is…
Zhang Min lowered her eyelashes, suddenly feeling something was off.
My ability’s guidance is in the vicinity!
Moreover, under her “ability perspective,” a solid and blazing “will” walked in.
Everyone’s emotions in this room were like vegetables in a fruit basket to her; she could pick and knead them at will.
But this strand of will burned as hotly as flame, so strong that it made her not dare to reach out.
Afraid of being scorched!
She is a Tier 1 Evolver!
Even the strongest in the Iron Mountain Shelter, Qi Jianguo, was nothing more than a slightly sturdier marionette in her presence.
In other words, as long as they had not promoted to Tier 1, everyone was at her mercy.
Then, who exactly is the master of this flame?!
Thinking of that impossible sole answer, Zhang Min felt her body rapidly heating up, her mouth dry and tongue parched.
The fawn in her heart was madly slamming against her chest cavity.
He abruptly stood up.
Qi Zhiyuan saw the beauty stand up and thought his words had piqued her interest. He began to explain in detail with spittle flying, feeling as if his soul was about to fall into those gem-like eyes, but he suddenly realized there was no reflection of himself in them.
So he turned his head back in confusion, but didn’t notice anything unusual about the crowd behind him.
The sound of high heels clicking by his ear rang out.
The slender thighs wrapped in tactical pants passed by his side, and Qi Zhiyuan suddenly felt emptiness in his heart, hurriedly following after.
……
Xiao Dong looked at Su Huan, who was speaking eloquently in front of him, with admiration on his face. “Bro, how do you know so much?”
“Just bragging, what else could it be.”
The bartender brought up a bowl, inside which was a piece of charred black steak and two slices of bread; the square bread was clearly missing a corner.
The only decent thing is the cola.
Although it was just a small 250ml bottle, it looked much better than bread and steak.
At least complete.
The bartender provocatively touched his lips, clearly telling you it was him who ate it.
Su Huan looked at the food in the bowl and suddenly smiled. “I’m actually pretty badass.”
“Show me how awesome you are right here.”
The bartender had been holding in a bellyful of anger at Qi Zhiyuan, and with nowhere to vent it, it all fell on Su Huan.
Seizing the opportunity was just cold mockery.
Anyway, with the Shelter backing him, no one could touch him in the Bar.
Touching him is provoking the Shelter’s rules.
Just then, the crowd let out a neat wave of commotion, then clearly split into two groups, leaving a passageway.
A man and a woman walked over amid the awed gazes of the crowd.
Xiao Dong, who was about to eat food, saw the man, and fear immediately appeared on his face. He got up wanting to run, but was pressed on the shoulder by a big hand.
He turned his head and saw Su Huan sitting calmly on the chair.
“Don’t waste food.”
Xiao Dong was on the verge of tears, “Bro, he’s Young Master Qi, he’s going to beat me to death.”
Qi Zhiyuan’s gaze first fell on Su Huan, immediately sensing a strong sense of crisis.
When did a Shelter get a man even more handsome than him?!
However, he did not sense the aura of an Evolver on the other party, so he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
His gaze fell on Xiao Dong beside him, and he said coldly, “Who let you in? Are my words treated as wind passing by your ears?”
The music in the bar also stopped at this moment, and the lights brightened greatly.
The noisy sounds also stopped. Cold sweat flowed down Xiao Dong’s forehead, his complexion turned pale, and he opened his mouth several times, not knowing what to say.
Xiao Dong’s and everyone’s reactions satisfied Qi Zhiyuan greatly; the face he lost with Zhang Min seemed to have been recovered all at once.
He subconsciously used the corner of his eye to glance at the woman beside him.
As a result, he found that Zhang Min’s gaze was entirely fixed on that long-haired pretty boy.
Yes, the pretty boy.
A useless waste who was good-looking except for his face!
Zhang Min’s attention made Qi Zhiyuan jealous to the point of madness; he had spent so many days but failed to get her to look at him even once.
Today, he had finally borrowed red wine to barely get a chance to approach her.
Tomorrow, he might even get beaten by his dad or grandfather because of this bottle of red wine.
After paying such a heavy price, he still didn’t gain the beauty’s favor.
Yet this pretty boy got it just by sitting there.
Jealous, he wished he could rush up and tear out all that long hair!
