Chapter 178 - One Hundred and Seventy-Eight: Jealousy

Chapter 178: Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Eight: Jealousy

Su Jin sighed. She didn’t know how to judge the situation. Indeed, if they had dealt with those bags of rice on the spot, these people wouldn’t have died. But was it really their fault?

Besides, if those people hadn’t been extremely greedy and looking for a cheap deal, this wouldn’t have happened.

Having realized this, Su Jin stopped fretting over it.

However, just because she wasn’t fretting didn’t mean Jia Kaiji wasn’t. He was convinced that his nephew died because of these people and looked at Su Jin and the others with eyes full of anger and hatred.

Everyone present felt it was inexplicable. Was Jia Kaiji stupid?

He didn’t feel any shame when he heard that his nephew tried to rob others, nor did he see anything wrong with Jia Sheng driving other genuine tenants to live on the rooftop. Yet now, he glared furiously at the people who had resolved the issue?

Liang Jiuhui sneered and said, “Go back and check why the rooms of these two people were taken over, and who exactly were the people that turned into zombies!”

“Yes!” Guan Hong answered promptly from behind.

After hearing this, Jia Kaiji glared at the people present once more and left bitterly.

“Is there something wrong with his brain?” Lin Xiuyuan muttered.

“Huh, I don’t know if he’s sick, but he’s certainly not a good person,” Guo Yang said.

Seeing how easily the group resolved the matter, Xia Mufei thanked Su Jin profusely.

“Are you going to live here from now on?” Su Jin asked gently.

Xia Mufei paused, surprised. Was this sister talking to him?

“Yeah, I’m an Earth Element and here to contribute to the base construction. My roommate and I… Eh? Where is he?” Xia Mufei turned to look for Xia Ying behind him but found he had disappeared.

“I just saw him going up,” Mao Qiqi said, and indeed there was someone upstairs.

“Ah haha, please don’t mind him. He is like that, a bit of a recluse,” said Xia Mufei, feeling embarrassed for Xia Ying’s behavior.

Liang Jiuhui also approached and told Xia Mufei, “I’m the temporary person in charge here. You two can settle in comfortably. Someone will come to clean up this area soon.”

Liang Jiuhui always had a friendly attitude toward those willing to help with the base construction, and this young man did not inspire any dislike either.

“Okay, I got it, thank you,”

Xia Mufei knew about Liang Jiuhui from his time at the refuge and his stature. Hence he deliberately used the respectful “you” to show his respect.

Behind, Guan Hong couldn’t help but snicker at this. Liang Jiuhui also found it amusing, but thinking about the urgent matters he had to deal with next, he instructed Guan Hong and Xu Shi and then left.

After Su Jin and the others collected the Mutated Crystal Nucleus, they prepared to leave as they still had tasks to accomplish that day.

Before leaving, Su Jin took one last deep look at Xia Mufei.

It’s good, he’s still alive now.

It’s good, maybe in this life, she would be able to make amends.

If Su Jin had many regrets in her previous life, then Xia Mufei’s death was also a significant one since he died protecting her.

Su Jin would never forget the image in her mind of the Earth Element Xia Mufei being dragged out of the earth by a bunch of zombies and then being eaten bite by bite in front of her, Xia Mufei’s screams haunting her for a long time.

Although Xia Mufei’s death in his past life wasn’t entirely her fault, he did end up at the back of the group trying to save her.

But this time, why hasn’t she seen Xia Mufei’s girlfriend? Could it be that she hasn’t appeared yet?

Su Jin left with these questions in her mind and returned to the villa with everyone.

Inside the main house, the living room table was filled with baskets of cooled thin pancakes. The vacuum packer had just been opened, and at the other end of the table, there were papers and pens arranged by Su Jin, ready for Mao Qiqi to draw the things they wanted.

Nie Qing couldn’t resist grabbing a piece of pancake to eat; after some exercise, she felt hungry again…

“How can you eat so much? Didn’t you just have breakfast?” Lu Guanhai said disdainfully, knowing that their breakfast that day was also pancakes with meat sauce, and that was less than an hour ago.

“I happen to be hungry, would you like to try some?”

“Beat it~”

…

While Huang Yunxiang, Lin Tianhui, and Lin Tianzhen were watching these two bickering, they were counting the thin pancakes, 30 per serving. Su Jin had said that it was better to have one too many than one too few, so they were counting very carefully. Meanwhile, the men were bagging and packaging on the side.

Liao Yifan, looking at Mao Qiqi biting on the end of her pen, asked, “Qiqi, your willow tree looks really good.”

“Sister Yifan, this is instant noodles…”

Mao Qiqi said dejectedly.

“Ah haha, that candy looks good too.”

Liao Yifan tried to salvage the situation.

“That’s a biscuit…”

Liao Yifan felt it might be better for her to stop talking.

Yet Mao Qiqi puckered her lips. Were her drawings really that unrecognizable? But she thought they were not too bad.

“It’s okay, Qiqi, you draw much better than Uncle does,” Guo Yang said, giving a thumbs-up.

“Thank you, Uncle Guo.”

Mao Qiqi found her confidence and continued to draw her pancakes.

Seeing Mao Qiqi drawing earnestly, Su Jin didn’t have the heart not to use her drawings. She flipped through a sketchbook for reference and let Qiqi look at some objects in it. Mao Qiqi spent more than two hours by herself, hunched over a corner of the table.

To not discourage the child’s enthusiasm, everyone decided to use Mao Qiqi’s drawings after all, but they planned to add the product names and prices underneath, hoping that the customers would understand.

The pancake bagging was also progressing well; Lin Cheng roughly counted, and there were about 600 packs already.

Su Jin told everyone to take a break for the time being. After all, the survivors outside didn’t have many Crystal Cores on hand, and their purchasing power might not be very high, so they didn’t need to rush these things for the moment.

“I feel like counting these pancakes is harder than going out to kill zombies,”

Lin Xiuyuan’s fingers felt like they weren’t his anymore. He had taken turns with the others earlier because he was worried his mother and the rest would get tired, but who knew counting pancakes could also be so exhausting.

“Have some fruit first, we’ll eat later.”

Su Jin brought out some peaches, which Liao Yifan took to wash, while Local Tyrant Gold had already snatched one and started munching on it without even washing it. However, everything from the Space was very clean, so Su Jin thought if it didn’t mind the fuzziness, she would just let it be.

Knowing that guests would be coming to the villa in the evening, Su Jin prepared to make the lunch a bit more sumptuous.

In the Space, Lu Hao suddenly pulled Su Jin’s wrist and took her to their room, asking, “Who is that man?”

“What’s that?”

Su Jin hadn’t yet responded, puzzled by Lu Hao’s sudden action.

Lu Hao had been holding it in with great difficulty all morning. He kept thinking about who that Xia Mufei was to Su Jin before. Why else would Su Jin look at him with such eagerness, even with a touch of heartache?

“Are you talking about Xia Mufei from today?”

Unable to help herself, Su Jin covered her stomach and laughed.

So Lu Hao had misunderstood her relationship with Xia Mufei in a past life?

Was he really going to be jealous over something that happened in a past life?

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