Chapter 85: Terrifying Peach Blossom Trees
In the room
Jian Xiu Ying looked at Xiao Bao Yu, who had gained a little weight since before, and couldn’t help but her eyes welled up.
“Little Bao, I’m sorry, Mom is sorry for you!”
“Mom, it’s all in the past. The base is so good now, all the unhappiness is gone.”
Seeing Jian Xiu Ying’s teary eyes, Xiao Bao Yu’s eyes also welled up.
Sang Chu stood silently to the side, watching them.
Grandmother, who had come with them, saw this scene and her eyes involuntarily turned red.
Mu Xue, holding something in both hands, softly called out, “Grandmother.”
“Grandmother is fine, I just feel a bit sad seeing everyone like this. I don’t know when this apocalypse will end.”
Hearing her words, everyone fell silent, because separation and death due to the apocalypse had become common occurrences.
Xiao Yi Fei didn’t walk forward directly, but instead stood beside Sang Chu, looking at her.
Sang Chu: “I have a sense of proportion. You all have a good reunion. Grandmother and I will go prepare food, and we’ll have Auntie come out to eat later.”
“Okay.”
Xiao Yi Fei nodded silently, and after watching them leave, he closed the door, allowing the family to have a proper chat.
Outside the door,
Ma Ya Ru’s younger brother, Ma Si Yu, was wandering around. When he saw Sang Chu and her group carrying a lot of fruits and vegetables and a large pile of meat, his eyes lit up.
He quickly walked over, grinning, and said, “Hello, older brothers and sisters. My name is Ma Si Yu, Ma Ya Ru’s younger brother. Is there anything I can help with?”
This ordinary person looked more well-off than the supernatural ability user Ma Ya Ru, with fair skin and a baby face.
Sang Chu looked at him scrutinizingly, “What can you do?”
“Sister, I can do anything. Just say the word, and I’ll make sure you’re satisfied.”
Sang Chu didn’t stand on ceremony and said directly, “In that case, you can follow us to the kitchen first.”
“Yes, yes, okay!”
Ma Si Yu was truly a social butterfly. In no time, he had made Grandmother laugh heartily. Sang Jing Wen and Sang Chu unconsciously looked at Lu Min Feng,
only to see him send them a message on his optical computer: 【 This Ma Si Yu is no problem, it’s just that his family situation is a bit complicated. They all dote on him. During the apocalypse, they prioritize him for all the good food. No matter how much they try to persuade him, he won’t listen. So, he often relies on his silver tongue to build connections everywhere, just to get a little more, at least so his family doesn’t starve. 】
After reading Lu Min Feng’s message and then looking at Ma Si Yu again, they felt he wasn’t that annoying anymore. If they were people who were ungrateful and only knew how to leech off others to live well, then they would have to consider whether to kick them out.
But now, it seemed the problem was within their own family, and it had nothing to do with outsiders.
“Ma Si Yu, there’s a kettle and cups over there. Fill a pot of water and go to the mountaintop to find your sister and the others. Let them rest and drink some water. Also, check on their progress. Tell them if they’re tired, they can come down to rest and continue after eating.”
Ma Si Yu was originally chatting with Grandmother Lin. Upon hearing Sang Chu’s words, he immediately stood up and responded loudly, “Got it, Sister! I’ll go right away!”
His actions were quite neat and tidy. He filled the water and ran out without stopping. Grandmother Lin watched his retreating figure and smiled, “This child is good. Fortunately, he wasn’t spoiled.”
Grandmother Lin had seen many spoiled children, and this child was clearly pampered, yet he showed no impatience while chatting with her. Moreover, he would respond very earnestly to whatever she said, which was truly rare.
Sang Jing Wen: “If Grandmother likes him, then let him accompany you more often.”
“Whether I like him or not isn’t important, what’s important is you all.”
Grandmother spoke with restraint. She was old and couldn’t make decisions based on her seniority.
Mu Xue looked at Grandmother’s expression and couldn’t help but chuckle. She walked over and linked arms with her:
“Grandmother, our base is called Peach Blossom Spring, meaning we want to create our own home in the apocalypse. Of course, it should be something everyone likes. As for people, you’ll know who they are after spending time with them. An elder at home is a treasure. What Grandmother likes is the most important!”
“You!”
Grandmother playfully pinched her nose and continued, “Stop with the sweet talk. Come help Grandmother wash the vegetables.”
“Yes, okay!”
Mu Xue called out happily, then took the vegetables to the sink. Although she couldn’t stir-fry, she knew how to wash vegetables.
Sang Chu watched the interaction between Grandmother and Lin Mu Xue, a smile never leaving her face.
Lu Min Feng watched them from the side, also very happy. He quickly went to help Grandmother prepare the meat.
Sang Jing Wen and Sang Chu also didn’t stand idle and joined the vegetable washing.
On the mountaintop
A group of supernatural ability users lay on the ground, panting. They had never felt so tired.
“Where did the base boss find this kind of thing? It’s delicious and uses supernatural abilities!”
“Exactly, I’ve never been this tired before. It’s killing me!”
Gao Qiu looked sternly at the peach trees, which had consumed almost all their supernatural abilities and had only just begun to sprout: “These things might be fatal.”
Ma Ya Ru: “Yes, I discovered it when I was accelerating their growth just now. They seem to constantly want to plunder the supernatural abilities within me, but they hesitate and don’t go for the kill.”
Zhao Xiao: “It must be the peach Sang Jie gave us, otherwise we would have been done for.”
“Sister, esteemed elders, Sang Jie asked me to bring water for everyone!”
Ma Si Yu ran over excitedly, only to be sternly reprimanded by his sister: “Stop! Xiao Yu, stand over there and don’t move. Don’t come closer, I’ll come to you!”
Ma Si Yu had never heard his sister speak to him in such a tone. He immediately stopped in his tracks, too afraid to move: “Sister, what’s wrong?”
Ma Ya Ru walked over to him and said softly, “Those are the peach trees Sang Jie asked us to accelerate the growth of. They are very strange and dangerous. You can’t get close to them easily. You should also tell Mom and Dad when you go back, and absolutely do not leave the base casually. Just stay around the mountain hollow, and absolutely do not come up here!”
Ma Si Yu trembled all over as he looked at his sister’s serious expression: “Are they that scary?”
His sister was not one to lie. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been ostracized as a Level Four supernatural ability user and constantly treated as a blood bag. If he hadn’t discovered it quickly and coincidentally met Brother Yi when he was recruiting, and rushed to find Brother Yi, his sister would have lost her life by now.
Ma Ya Ru nodded. At this moment, An Hao walked over: “You said you were bringing water. Where is it? I’m about to die of thirst.”
An Hao was from Zhao Feng’s base, but he didn’t know Sang Chu and the others before. He had been kept in the basement by Zhao Feng as a blood bag. Fortunately, when Lu Min Feng and the others went, he was still alive, and they rescued him and his grandfather.
