Chu Tian, whose hand was still resting on Quan Xiaoyu’s shoulder, quickly felt the muscles throughout Quan Xiaoyu’s body tense up.
That was why he also soon saw Jia Lunxu walking over.
It had to be said that Jia Lunxu was a handsome man. He was completely different from Chu Tian’s refined and scholarly appearance; he looked more dashing, robust, and full of vitality. In fact, the two men were about the same height, but Jia Lunxu appeared stronger and more powerful. Perhaps this was what many girls meant when they talked about a man’s masculinity.
While Chu Tian was secretly sizing up Jia Lunxu, Jia Lunxu was also quietly observing him.
When Quan Xiaoyu and Chu Tian came in, Jia Lunxu had indeed been extremely surprised. Three days before the apocalypse arrived, Quan Xiaoyu had suddenly disappeared.
That day, Wen Tong had followed the plan and barged into the house with a lawyer and people from a moving company, but he had not seen Quan Xiaoyu. Wen Tong assumed that he had simply gone out for a while, so he threw all of Quan Xiaoyu’s belongings outside and quietly waited for him to return, preparing to humiliate him and watch him make a fool of himself.
However, Quan Xiaoyu did not appear at all!
Later, Jia Lunxu returned as well. The two of them waited like fools for two whole days, yet Quan Xiaoyu never showed up.
Wen Tong was furious. He felt that he had been waiting for that day for a very long time. In order to obtain everything Quan Xiaoyu possessed, he had been willing to swallow his pride and carry on a secret relationship with Jia Lunxu, secretly plotting to deceive Quan Xiaoyu out of his property. All of it was for the sake of one day being able to openly trample on Quan Xiaoyu and declare his ownership of Jia Lunxu right in front of him.
Unfortunately, he had finally waited for the day when he could put on his performance, but the audience had disappeared.
Jia Lunxu himself found it difficult to describe his feelings. All this time, he had believed that he had suffered tremendous grievances. In order to achieve his dream of rising above others, he had constantly accommodated that wooden-headed young master, taking care of an eccentric boyfriend and finding ways to make him happy.
He could not be with the person he truly loved, and often could only watch helplessly as Wen Tong—the person he loved—cried until his eyes were red with grievance.
Therefore, after obtaining everything Quan Xiaoyu had, he had also wanted to see Quan Xiaoyu’s expression at that time, using it to vent all the “grievances” he had suffered.
However, his wish never came true. Because in the play he had carefully arranged, the most important part was missing—the protagonist.
Then, not even two days later, the apocalypse suddenly descended. Everything he had worked so hard and struggled so long to obtain suddenly became worthless!
Money? In the apocalypse, it was worth less than wastepaper. Houses? After the apocalypse, there were empty houses everywhere. As long as you dared to clear out the zombies inside, you could live in any high-end villa you wanted!
So after struggling for so long, what exactly had he fought to obtain?
After the apocalypse broke out, they hid inside the house for two days, and soon there was no food left. Meanwhile, the zombies outside continued to increase in number.
The zombies even began banging on the windows and smashing against the doors, looking as though they could break in at any moment. They were terrified. They wanted to hide in the basement, only to discover that the basement door was locked. They wanted to break it down, but were afraid the noise would attract even more zombies.
After holding out for three days, they finally could not endure it any longer and decided to go outside to seek a way to survive.
Perhaps heaven had not completely abandoned them. Not long after leaving the house, they encountered a group of people: a wealthy businessman and his bodyguards, who were clearing the zombies around their own property. They had also found a large amount of food.
The wealthy businessman took a liking to the beautiful Wen Tong, and for Wen Tong’s sake, he agreed to take Jia Lunxu in as well.
At first, Wen Tong was unwilling. But at that time, they were hungry and frightened, and there were man-eating monsters everywhere outside. In order to seek protection, Jia Lunxu persuaded him for a while, and he eventually agreed.
During that period, Jia Lunxu could only watch every day as the person he loved was held in the wealthy businessman’s arms and treated with affection. His heart was filled with anger, but there was nothing he could do. Those people had guns and food; only under their protection could he and Wen Tong hope to survive.
So when Wen Tong privately begged him several times to take him and leave together, he always persuaded Wen Tong to endure it.
Wen Tong said that the wealthy businessman was a pervert who had all kinds of ways to torment people, and that he could barely stand it anymore.
Jia Lunxu still urged him to endure it, saying that there would always be an opportunity. Staying alive was what mattered most for now.
As it turned out, he really did wait for an opportunity.
That time, a strange heavy rain fell from the sky. Jia Lunxu soon developed a fever. After Wen Tong’s desperate pleading, the wealthy businessman did not kill him but instead threw him into the basement to fend for himself.
When he woke up, he had awakened an earth-type ability. When he discovered that he could summon an earth spike at any time and pierce through someone’s head, he was overjoyed.
That night, he went to the wealthy businessman’s room and used one earth spike after another to turn him into a human pincushion.
At the time, Wen Tong was still sleeping naked beside the wealthy businessman. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a bloody figure beside him that looked like a pincushion, and immediately let out a terrified scream.
Jia Lunxu casually used earth spikes to deal with several bodyguards who rushed in after hearing the scream.
Everyone who was still alive at the time was stunned.
In the end, the remaining bodyguards expressed their submission, and Jia Lunxu naturally became the new master of the place.
After that, he actively recruited people with special abilities or combat strength. Gradually, a small team was formed.
During one mission to search for supplies, Wen Tong was scratched by a zombie. Afraid that Wen Tong would mutate, Jia Lunxu initially intended to abandon him and leave. However, Wen Tong begged desperately and told him about everything he had done for Jia Lunxu over the years, recounting all his efforts and sacrifices. In the end, he managed to move Jia Lunxu.
Afterward, Jia Lunxu was extremely grateful that he had not abandoned Wen Tong at that time.
After Wen Tong’s fever passed, he did not mutate. Instead, he awakened a spatial ability. According to Wen Tong, his space was like a small room measuring fifteen cubic meters, where he could freely store and retrieve anything except living creatures.
What an enormous surprise this was for a small team that needed to constantly collect supplies in order to survive!
It meant that whenever they encountered a large amount of supplies, they no longer had to worry about being unable to carry everything away. Nor would they suffer injuries or even death in battle because they were carrying heavy loads of supplies.
However, their good fortune did not last long. In the area where they lived, the number of zombies kept increasing while the number of living people dwindled. The zombies were also becoming stronger and stronger.
Jia Lunxu felt that continuing like that was not a solution. He had also heard that the government army had headed north two months earlier. He always felt that following the direction in which the government army had departed could not be wrong, so he led his team out of the city.
Then, during a dangerous battle on the road, they encountered Lei Shi’s group and the two sides fought together.
After the battle, everyone discovered that each group possessed ability users the other side lacked and needed. They immediately hit it off and formed a new team.
While searching for a place to settle down, they received help from the priest and temporarily moved into the church.
For Jia Lunxu, encountering Quan Xiaoyu here was an enormous surprise.
Because survival in the apocalypse was so difficult, he had not thought about Quan Xiaoyu for a very long time.
Having been together with Quan Xiaoyu for so long, he naturally knew everything about him.
In his eyes, Quan Xiaoyu was a man so silent that he was practically autistic. He had no particular hobbies and was always reading at home. He had no friends and no social life. He could cook, but his food was not good. He had no sense of romance, did not know how to adapt, and did not understand human relationships or social etiquette. In short, every quality Jia Lunxu disliked could be found in Quan Xiaoyu.
How could someone like that possibly survive when the apocalypse arrived?
So in Jia Lunxu’s mind, Quan Xiaoyu had died long ago.
Actually, if Quan Xiaoyu had died, Jia Lunxu would have felt deeply regretful. He had not yet had the chance to show Quan Xiaoyu how powerful he had become. He had not yet had the chance to vent all the humiliation and grievances he had suffered in the past upon Quan Xiaoyu.
Therefore, when he saw Quan Xiaoyu alive today, he could not describe his feelings. Shock, delight, and something else? Even he could not explain that strange state of mind.
Quan Xiaoyu seemed to have noticed him as well. Jia Lunxu waited for Quan Xiaoyu to come looking for him and acknowledge him. He wanted to see Quan Xiaoyu’s surprised expression, and then he would show Quan Xiaoyu an entirely new self—one filled with strength and power.
Unfortunately, Quan Xiaoyu merely glanced at him, as though he were looking at a complete stranger he had never met before. Then Quan Xiaoyu left and returned with even more people.
It seemed that he had joined a team as well!
After quietly observing for a while, Jia Lunxu decided to take the initiative and go over to greet him.
Actually, whether Quan Xiaoyu truly did not recognize him or was merely pretending not to, keeping out of each other’s way was probably the best way for them to get along at present.
But he could not suppress the inexplicable urge in his heart to go over and find out everything. So he walked over.
“Xiaoyu, long time no see. I really didn’t expect you to still be alive. Where have you been these past few months? Do you know? I’ve been looking for you for a long time. Thank goodness you’re all right.”
His tone was familiar and intimate. Jia Lunxu glanced at the hand Chu Tian had placed around Quan Xiaoyu’s shoulder.
Liar!
Quan Xiaoyu was furious inside. He wished he could kick him away. What the hell was this smug look on his face supposed to mean?
Originally, he had not wanted to pay any attention to them. As long as they did not provoke him, he could simply pretend they did not exist. At the very least, he did not want to cause trouble inside the priest’s church. They could settle everything after leaving this place.
But although he did not want trouble, trouble had come looking for him. If Chu Tian had not been by his side, and if he had not remembered that this was the church where the priest was helping survivors, he would have attacked them directly long ago.
After all, he had never been good at verbal sparring and never would be. For him, taking action was always the most practical solution.
The perceptive Chu Tian sensed a strong hostility the moment Jia Lunxu approached.
Chu Tian raised an eyebrow and realized that Jia Lunxu seemed to care quite a lot about the hand he had wrapped around Quan Xiaoyu’s shoulder.