After she finished collecting these items, Shen Hegui asked, "How much free space do you have left in your space? We need to free up some space to store gasoline. I'm worried there won't be anywhere to refuel on the way back."
Jiang Yuntan replied truthfully, "I used two buckets of water to bathe last night, plus what we used for cooking. I organized things, and now there's about three cubic meters left."
Shen Hegui thought for a moment and said, "Can we use those three cubic meters to load gasoline for the team? After all, in the early days of the apocalypse, gasoline is still relatively easy to find. It won't be like that later."
"If you're willing, we'll give you an extra share of any gains like crystals we obtain later. I'll talk to Yu Ke and the others about it later."
Jiang Yuntan was a bit surprised. She thought Shen Hegui was just discussing it with her and asking her opinion. She didn't expect him to offer compensation; it seemed he respected the original owner quite a bit.
She wondered how the original owner could have grown up like that under the influence of Shen Hegui and his father's behavior and teachings.
Jiang Yuntan was somewhat tempted, but she didn't agree immediately. Instead, she hesitated for a while before saying, "Okay, then."
Seeing this, Shen Hegui's stern face showed a faint smile.
Jiang Yuntan felt that this was like a look of relief that his own child had finally become sensible.
Why did that seem a bit strange?
Shen Hegui thought for a while and said, "Let's go. It's getting late. Let's head downstairs first."
After Jiang Yuntan went out, she saw Lin Tingxue's gaze shift toward her and then land on Shen Hegui.
Although in the original novel, Lin Tingxue ended up with Shen Hegui, they hadn't sparked anything now.
In the original book, it seemed because the original owner saw Lin Tingxue getting close to Shen Hegui, she started to have issues with Lin Tingxue, targeting her and causing trouble.
But looking at the original owner pushing Lin Tingxue toward a zombie's mouth, from Lin Tingxue's perspective, it was indeed vicious. However, Lin Tingxue retaliated, making the original owner's actions seem not utterly unforgivable, just stupid.
To clean up his fiancée's mess, Shen Hegui apologized to Lin Tingxue and gave her many gifts as compensation. But Lin Tingxue always acted magnanimously, saying she didn't take it to heart. Over time, they gradually became familiar.
Plus, they fought side by side all the way back to Jing City, even sharing several life-and-death friendships, so feelings grew naturally, and they got together.
From her current identity, she certainly didn't want Lin Tingxue and Shen Hegui to be together. Because Lin Tingxue was hostile to her, unless she cut off contact with the Shen family after returning, her future life would definitely be chaotic.
But by then, she should be able to protect herself. She decided that now that she had dimension coins, she would browse all ten dimension stores every day to see if there was anything suitable for her.
As they walked out of the presidential suite door, Jiang Yuntan immediately pulled her thoughts back.
It was too early to say anything now; judging by Shen Hegui's current demeanor, he was quite wary of Lin Tingxue and Lin Xuan.
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They cautiously descended the stairs, encountering quite a few zombies along the way, all of which were dealt with without exception.
She noticed that now, in front of Shen Hegui and the others, these basic zombies were like freebies, killed with one strike each.
When they reached the spot where they had parked the cars last night, they found that Xue Zhao and Jiang Yufeng had already raised the sunshades in front of the vehicles.
Shen Hegui approached and knocked on the car window. Xue Zhao opened the door.
They knew that today they had to find a gas station, fill up the tanks, and take a few bottles of gasoline before heading back to Jing City.
So, all three cars freed up some space in the trunks.
Qi Ruoshui proactively said, "My water ability can provide water every day, so everyone doesn't have to conserve water like before. That way, we can free up more space for gasoline."
Jiang Yufeng was surprised, "You awakened a water ability?"
Qi Ruoshui nodded, "Mm, when I was going back last night, we encountered a group of people. One of them was a fire ability user; he set Mr. Yu on fire. I tried to put out the flames, and suddenly I felt a surge of energy inside me, and then I awakened."
At this point, Lin Tingxue suddenly interjected, "It seems that people can also stimulate their potential and awaken abilities in crisis situations."
Jiang Yufeng didn't respond to her or look at her. Instead, a slight smile played at the corner of his mouth as he looked at Yu Ke, who was leaning weakly against Qi Ruoshui, and said, "I didn't expect that with the apocalypse upon us, our esteemed General Manager Yu would have to rely on his girlfriend."
Hearing this, Qi Ruoshui felt a bit embarrassed. She studied literature in college and interned at Yu Ke's company, where she met him by chance.
At that time, she didn't know Yu Ke's true identity; she thought he was just a rich playboy and ended up dating him.
But then, after she was hired as the executive assistant, she saw Yu Ke on her first day at work. She later asked him if he had known in advance; he explained that he only found out the day before.
After that, she didn't change jobs. She just acted as if she didn't know him at the company, treating him entirely as her boss. So, only Yu Ke's close friends knew about their relationship.
Yu Ke looked unperturbed, "So what's the problem with me relying on my girlfriend? Thank goodness Ruoshui saved me yesterday. Otherwise, I'd probably be in really bad shape today."
"A life-saving favor should be repaid with one's body." His tone carried a hint of pride.
Jiang Yufeng laughed, "You sure are proud of yourself."
"Of course. You don't get to eat soft rice even if you want to. I told you to find a girlfriend, but you didn't listen. Now you're jealous, huh?" Yu Ke said, lifting his chin.
Jiang Yufeng remained in his usual refined and composed demeanor, "Even if I had one, she might have turned into a zombie when the apocalypse came. Forget about her supporting me; it's good enough that she doesn't eat me."
He had come to Jing City as a specially hired lawyer for the Shen Corporation to help oversee contracts. Since he came with Shen Hegui and the others, he only brought one assistant.
But unfortunately, his assistant turned into a zombie.
Yu Ke gave an awkward smile, "What you said makes sense too."
With a bang, the trunk door was closed.
Shen Hegui had just dealt with the surrounding zombies and was about to get in the car when he turned and saw Jiang Yuntan staring intently in one direction.
He walked over and said, "Yuntan, what are you looking at? Let's go."
Jiang Yuntan pointed at the figures not far away and said, "Those people who were thrown down from the building last night turned into zombies."