Living In The Last Days Chapter 11

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When Xia Man saw the old acquaintances from her previous life, she felt complicated. They were Qu Zhen's most powerful people.

“These people are my trusted aides.” Holding the chubby girl, Qu Zhen said to Xia Man beside her.

Xia Man certainly knew that she can't say anything, since this was her first time meeting them in this life.

“Laoda*…” The man in front glanced at Xia Man before calling out to Qu Zhen.

老大 (Lǎodà): Leader, Elder, or Boss, basically. Here, they meant either Boss or Leader. This word will be used often, so…

Xia Man knew these people disdained her. Once in her previous life, Fa Wu had even said that she was a stain in their leader's life!

Looks like that view concerning her was already there before the apocalypse even began, Xia Man quietly observed the few people's expressions.

Qu Zhen sat down with Xia Man. “You're the people I trust the most, and Xia Man is the person who's most important to me. It's about time you all meet.”

“Laoda, we didn't want to ask this, but why did you go against the Qu Family? What happened? Why did we need to collect those things? Why are we arming so many cars? Boss, what are we going to do?” When he said them, his eyes were fixed on Qu Zhen, filled with affection.

Turns out…

“We're leaving today,” Qu Zhen raised her head and looked at them. “When will the cars be ready?”

“Laoda?” Several of them simultaneously raised their head, looking at Qu Zhen in disbelief. “We're at an advantage here, why should we leave?”

“Wrong. After today, we'll be at a disadvantage. Our advantage lied in the fact that the Zhen Family wanted to take advantage of my power to get the Qu Family. And because of that, the Qu Family didn't dare go against me. However, my power was based on the peace and prosperity here. So once that peace collapse, the one with the most advantage will be the one with weapons. When that time comes, the Zhen Family will have a hard time protecting themselves. And as long as the Qu Family has a hold of the situation, we'll be completely powerless against them.” Qu Zhen said, a grave look on her face.

“How is it possible? Laoda said that that's on the premise that the situation becomes turbulent, but now…” A woman in a short tube skirt, which was the only female among the people under Qu Zhen's command, Hua Xiangrong stood up.

“When the car is ready, we'll immediately leave. This is the central city. Once the zombie horde breaks out, the trouble will be even worse.” Qu Zhen looked at everyone in a serious manner. “The apocalypse is coming.”

When they all heard this, the looked at each other, before doubtfully looking at Qu Zhen.

“You were all from my mother. At that time, there was no other choice beside to follow me. But now there is. You can either follow me, or leave.” Qu Zhen stood up, her gaze sweeping towards the people in front of her..

“Laoda, I'll go with you. Even if you were to go to the other side of the world, I'd still follow you. That is my choice.” Fa Wu was the first to speak, and the others followed.

“This time, our destination is a lawless prison.” Qu Zhen sat down and slowly said.

Xia Man saw that Qu Zhen was beginning to talk about the plan. She bent down to take the chubby girl.

“Mommy…” The chubby girl who fell asleep in Qu Zhen's arms was woken up by Xia Man's touch. She slowly blinked her eyes, sweetly calling out to her mom.

At that instant, everyone's minds weren't on the apocalypse anymore, but on a much worse scene. Originally, when the two came together, these people were already taken aback. But thinking about what their laoda usually does for Xia Man, they didn't think much about it. They only thought of the kid as a relative of Xia Man.

“I'll hold her.” Xia Man bent down and held her arms out.

Qu Zhen handed the child to Xia Man whilst being watched by the group of people.

Everyone here knew how their laoda thought about Xia Man. Now that they saw a child, adding to the fact that they look like a pair of wives right now, they felt complicated. They didn't know what to do.

Qu Zhen and Xia Man didn't pay attention to their expressions. The chubby girl didn't know why, and she was still sleepy anyway. Because unlike yesterday when they were shopping together, it was quiet here.

Qu Zhen softly gazed at Xia Man holding the chubby child, then calmly turned her head.

“I'm not going to bring the men the Qu Family and Zhen Family gave. I'm just going to bring you and some of your men.” Qu Zhen would never bring those people with her. To her, the only people she could trust were the orphans her mother brought up. At least for the time being.

Sounds of police cars could be heard from time to time.

After the discussion ended, Qu Zhen held the chubby girl in her arms. The people there could only watch as Qu Zhen walked away with a chubby girl on one hand and Xia Man on the other.

“Is this a family of three?” Hua Xiangrong had wanted to say something. And when Qu Zhen walked away, she immediately stopped watching her tongue. “I don't know what kind of curse that woman put on laoda to make laoda so fixed onto her. What the heck! No, just thinking about it makes me feel that men are actually weak*!

*In comparison to Qu Zhen, I a.s.sume…

“Why are you pushing me?” Hua Xiangrong had wanted to continue, but was suddenly pushed by Zhang Lin. When she looked back, she saw that Fa Wu's face was dark as ink. Hua Xiangrong touched her nose. She forgot that…

That's it, she's had enough of training!

“Let's just try our best…” Zhang Lin looked at the black-faced Fa Wu and left, patting Hua Xiangrong's shoulder on the way.

At that moment, Hua Xiangrong felt really frustrated. “Why? Why can't I say it? I don't believe you don't think so too!”

“We also do, but we won't say it. Well, EQ is innate, so I can't really blame you. However, I feel that laoda has a feeling of satisfaction. Xia Man also seems like a good kitten to raise, as long as she doesn't cause trouble.” They saw that Fa Wu had already left, so they gathered.

“Why do I keep getting the feeling that something's wrong with our concern? Isn't the apocalypse coming? Why are we still talking about crushes?” Hua Xiangrong ma.s.saged her head.

“Exactly. It'll be hard when that time comes. The environment might become a little harsher, but it won't be a problem for us. However, with laoda bringing an infant and a disabled, moving forward in the apocalypse will be difficult.”

“This isn't the main problem. Once it arrives, there are bound to be trouble from the Qu and Zhen Family.” Zhang Lin frowned.

“Hey, am I the only one curious as of to who that kid was?” Hua Xiangrong shook her head.

Zhang Lin couldn't wait to beat her to death. She's always in her own world!

Translator's Notes:

I finished this around half an hour to an hour before the publishing time, so I relaxed.

But my internet crashed. So I fixed it. Guess what happened afterwards.

The draft wasn't saved. I had to retype everything.

Not proofread this time as I was in a hurry. Sorry for that.

New lesson tho. Save your draft every 5-10 minutes, else you'll regret it.

Extra: Present tense usually means it's: A. A character's dialogue, B. A character's thoughts, or C. My fault. Lol.

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