Stockpiling in the Apocalypse: Supplies Forging a Legend of Survival

Even without Zhang Yuan saying it, Liu Ruyan also knew this. Otherwise, she wouldn't have bought so many vacuum-packed roasted rabbits.

Liu Ruyan was more curious about how Zhang Yuan knew this.

"Have you roasted them before?"

Liu Ruyan asked, looking at Zhang Yuan with an even stranger look in her eyes.

The roasted rabbit meat smelled so fragrant. Their rooms were all the same now, and it was impossible for them to be completely airtight. The fragrance would definitely spread out. She lived next door to Zhang Yuan. Why hadn't she smelled it?

"Yes, I have!" Zhang Yuan answered very casually. "Are you wondering why you didn't smell it?"

As he said this, Zhang Yuan looked at Liu Ruyan.

Meeting Zhang Yuan's smiling eyes, Liu Ruyan nodded honestly. "It's really strange."

"That's because I have a range hood."

"???"

Liu Ruyan looked at Zhang Yuan with a look of suspicion on her face.

She was also someone who had used a range hood before!

The range hood could indeed suck away the smell of oil smoke in the room, but it would directly discharge it outside. Wouldn't the smell be even stronger then?

Zhang Yuan winked at Liu Ruyan. "My range hood is different from others'. The sucked oil smoke smell will be digested by itself."

Liu Ruyan, "..."

Liu Ruyan felt that she had never been so speechless in her whole life.

"Don't you believe it." Zhang Yuan said seriously. "After we go back, I'll give you one. You'll know when you use it yourself."

After saying that, Zhang Yuan silently gave himself a thumbs-up for his cleverness.

He had been worried before about how to give Liu Ruyan one.

Unexpectedly, the conversation led to this point, and now he finally managed to give it away successfully.

Zhang Yuan was in a good mood and turned over the roasted rabbit in his hand.

After roasting for a while like this, the fragrance of the roasted rabbit had already spread out, and just smelling it made one's mouth water.

Liu Ruyan looked at Zhang Yuan. Although she couldn't see the expression on his face, just looking at his eyebrows and eyes, she could feel that he was in a very good mood at this time.

Just as she was looking, she saw Zhang Yuan suddenly raise his head and look at her.

When their eyes met, Zhang Yuan raised his chin. "Have you changed your taste?"

"Huh?"

Liu Ruyan felt strange and looked down at the place Zhang Yuan indicated. She saw that her scallion pancakes were almost burned.

Liu Ruyan quickly withdrew her hand and took a closer look. Although they were a bit burnt, it wasn't a big problem.

They were crispy when burnt, and they tasted very fragrant when eaten.

Except that they were a bit hard on the teeth.

After the two of them ate the roasted rabbit and scallion pancakes, it was already eleven o'clock.

Zhang Yuan opened the door and went out. When he came back, he was holding a big stone in his arms.

Liu Ruyan looked at him a bit strangely. "What are you bringing the stone back for?"

Zhang Yuan closed the door properly and blocked the big stone behind the door.

"Block the door. Then both of us can rest for a while. We should be able to return tomorrow."

Having these stones didn't mean it was completely foolproof, but at least it was a buffer.

If someone really forced the door open, the two of them could get up immediately when they heard the noise.

Time was tight, so the two of them slept by the fire, leaning against their respective backpacks.

Perhaps all the excitement happened in the first half of the night. In the second half of the night, the whole holiday villa was quiet.

The two of them slept until dawn and were fully refreshed.

After waking up, they boiled hot water to wash up and had breakfast. Zhang Yuan asked Liu Ruyan to wait here and went to the lobby alone.

Liu Ruyan didn't go out but stood at the door and looked outside.

The snow outside had become a bit lighter. The fine snowflakes were not in proper shapes and were more like ice chips falling down.

When they hit the face, it hurt more than snowflakes.

It would be great if they could return today.

Having been away from home for two days, everything was inconvenient. Liu Ruyan had already started to miss her warm and comfortable bedroom.

Just as Liu Ruyan was about to close the door, she saw a person walking out of the lobby.

The distance between them wasn't far, but Liu Ruyan could still be sure that the person was staring at her with hatred in his eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyan raised her eyebrows.

Judging from the figure and height, it shouldn't be Guan Hui or Tingting. Then who was it?

The doubt only lasted for a moment. Liu Ruyan quickly withdrew her gaze, closed the door, and turned around to enter the room.

It didn't matter who that person was. If that person really wanted to do something, just kill him.

It didn't take long before Zhang Yuan walked back quickly and brought back two pieces of news.

"Pack up. We'll set off and return soon. Captain Kong said that although this mission wasn't completed 100%, the losses were heavy, so it's better to go back to the base first."

"Also, Guan Hui died last night."

"Dead? What does it have to do with me?"

Because Kong Rui was present last night, Liu Ruyan had held back her thought of shooting Guan Hui.

How could the person be dead after just one night?

Zhang Yuan frowned. "She was so scared that she peed herself last night. Her legs and clothes froze together and she got frostbite.

Probably because nobody took good care of her last night. When everyone woke up this morning, they found that she was already dead."

So that's how it was!

Liu Ruyan nodded understandingly. "I see!"

Thinking of the person who had just stood at the entrance of the lobby and stared at her with hatred, Liu Ruyan's heart skipped a beat. "There are still several people living on the fifth floor with her, right?"

"Yes. I inquired about it. There are six of them in total, three men and three women. One of them is named Xie Pengfei, who is quite close to her."

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan understood.

The person who had just stood at the entrance of the lobby and stared at her with hatred was Xie Pengfei.

Liu Ruyan didn't take Xie Pengfei to heart. She just packed up the things on the ground. "When are we setting off?"

"They're already packing up over there. We can set off in twenty minutes."

Taking advantage of this time, the two of them put out the fire, carried all the remaining firewood to the car, and put it in the trunk.

Firewood was also a consumable material. The more, the better. It definitely couldn't be wasted.

When they got in the car, Zhang Yuan started the car first, then turned on the air conditioner and the heater.

Liu Ruyan took out warm patches from her backpack, and the two of them stuck them on their bodies respectively.

When they were almost ready, they finally saw Kong Rui leading people out of the lobby.

When they came, most of the cars were empty. Now that they were going back, every car was full.

There were some frictions when people were getting in the cars. The survivors were all scrambling to get on the bus and were unwilling to sit in the truck.

After all, the seats on the bus were comfortable, and maybe the air conditioner would be turned on. It must be warmer than the truck compartment.

But there were only so many seats on the bus. Even if people sat in the aisle, there were still some people who had to go and sit in the truck.

Some survivors were also shouting that they wanted to take private cars, but most of them were refused.

Only those private car owners who went with Kong Rui to search for survivors let the survivors get in their cars.

Some survivors also came to knock on the window of Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan's car, but they were ignored by Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan.

Seeing that they were about to set off, the people standing outside knocking on the window didn't dare to stay any longer and finally left with hatred in their eyes.