LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 51: Choice
Ignoring the people around him, Qing Yun turned around, wrinkled his nose, and walked away.
Compared to other people in the team, he hated Lu Changfeng the most. This person was always nagging at him and saying some strange things that he couldn’t understand.
Although he didn’t understand it, Qing Yun sensed Lu Changfeng’s malice, so he wouldn’t listen to this person.
The fireball thrown by Qing Yun not only burned all of Lu Changfeng’s eyebrows and hair but also blew up a pot. So now, the whole team was left with only one pot, which means that, except for those with abilities like Sheng Feng, the rest of the group had no food to eat tonight.
In the end times, this was the only meal people could eat outside in a day.
Despite being shocked by Qing Yun’s fireball, the complaints continued to flow through the group and directly brought out Sheng Feng in the car.
“What’s going on?” Sheng Feng frowned and asked, his tall body standing there. A sense of oppression spread out, and the messy station instantly quieted down.
Ding Shiang stared at Qing Yun with surprise and immediately came over to explain to Sheng Feng: “That kid named Qing Yun just now actually threw a fireball?”
“Fireball? Dual system abilities?” Sheng Feng was not too surprised. After all, it was not uncommon for similar cases to happen.
“Brother Feng, that kid even attacked me without saying a word and blew up a pot. We probably won’t have food to eat tonight.” Lu Changfeng’s face was pitch black as he walked over. The fire only burned off his hair but didn’t cause any severe burns.
“Blew up a pot?” Sheng Feng’s brow wrinkled as he turned toward Ding Shiang and said, “Call him over to me, and give everyone a share of the food from the other side.”
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In fact, Sheng Feng’s impression of Qing Yun is really not very good. If not for Qing Yun’s water ability, he would have been more inclined to leave this burden behind than take the person away.
This is because Qing Yun really does not fit in with the end of the world. When everyone has been running for their lives and living miserably, Qing Yun is always white and clean like a rich young master. A lot of people don’t even look as good as him before the end of the world.
This is also the reason why so many people on the team don’t like him. Jealousy will always exist.
However, Sheng Feng rejected him because his eyes were too clean. In this era where the legal system has dissipated and the dark side of human nature is exposed, Qing Yun’s eyes still maintain the clarity of a child, and all the filth in this world seems to have nothing to do with him.
This kind of cleanliness even made Sheng Feng a little afraid.
Ding Shiang half coaxed Qing Yun into Sheng Feng’s car, and he couldn’t help but wipe the cold sweat off his head. This childlike person is stubborn as hell, but with that kind of look in his eyes, Ding Shiang could not bear to deceive him, and it took a lot of effort to coax Qing Yun to come here.
“You have a fire ability?” Sheng Feng asked straightforwardly; his patience was never placed in such places.
Qing Yun ignored him and just looked up at the space inside this car. He looked at the steering wheel on the driver’s side as if he was seeing something rare.
“I’m asking you something.” Sheng Feng’s voice slowly turned cold, and a hint of the pressure of a powerful man was released.
Qing Yun finally looked at him directly, his voice was soft, but the content of his words made people choke: “Why should I answer you?”
Sheng Feng took a deep breath and restrained himself from getting angry. It was strange that he could always make Sheng Feng suffer internal injuries every time he communicated with this person. He has never had this experience; after all, Qing Yun’s mind is still only five years old, he couldn’t yell, and he couldn’t speak clearly.
“Today, you threw a fireball into the pot, causing the team to be unable to eat, which is wrong, okay?” Sheng Feng silently chanted several times, “It’s just a child,” before turning to Qing Yun and reasoning with him.
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“They don’t want me to eat, so I won’t let them eat either.” Qing Yun’s words were childlike and straightforward, directly rejecting Sheng Feng’s “reasoning”.
Sheng Feng opened his mouth to rebuke, but he noticed something wrong in his words and turned to ask Lu Changfeng and Ding Shiang behind him, “What’s going on? Who won’t let him eat?”
Ding Shiang and Lu Changfeng suddenly choked.
Because there are no technical personnel in the H base team, Sheng Feng, the captain, had to fill the vacancy and monitor the route through the satellite to avoid the zombies. Sheng Feng basically stayed in the car, so he really did not know what was happening outside these days.
Lu Changfeng complained as he wiped his face: “It’s just that I told you to release water, and you didn’t, so I scared you.”
He couldn’t help but curse himself for his mistake. This kid is really just like a child, and his words are too straightforward.
“Why do I have to give you water if you want it? If I don’t want to give it, I won’t.”
The words remained the same, but it made Sheng Feng fire up: “The team protects your safety, while you provide water to the team. This is what should be done. If you don’t want to stay here, leave immediately!”
Who would have thought that as soon as he said that, the child in front of him nodded seriously, like he was literally waiting for these words.
“Good!” Qing Yun immediately stood up and walked out of the car. Looking at his jumpy steps, it was like a very happy thing for him to leave here.
Outside the camp is the dark forest, and now the plants have also undergone mutation. It was initially just a row of roadside trees, but now it has grown incredibly dense.
Watching the child bouncing and about to enter the forest, Sheng Feng’s mind flashed back to his clean eyes. He couldn’t resist following out of the car, and once he was out, he heard a woman not far away muttering while feeding her child.
“The little idiot won’t let my baby eat, but look, the captain is disciplining him, right?” The voice seemed to be cautious of Qing Yun’s fire ability, so it was suppressed extremely low, but that insulting name still reached Sheng Feng’s ears.
The people outside also saw Qing Yun walking into the forest. Still, they didn’t take it seriously because they didn’t believe that such a foolish guy would dare leave the group.
Sheng Feng stood at the door of the car and swept through the entire site. They all received food and were nibbling on the side. But it was still different from the previous state where they could only eat dry food. After all, now they could have a glass of water to moisten their throats.
Some people received instant noodles with boiling hot water to eat.
And behind him, Lu Changfeng also took a wet towel and wiped the black dust from his face.
And didn’t Sheng Feng gulp down several cups of water today?
Everyone benefited from this child’s kindness, but when they saw him walking into the dangerous forest, no one stepped forward to stop him and keep him. Even Chen Shen, who had been quite kind to Qing Yun at the beginning, pretended to be blind at this moment.
Someone called him a little fool, someone made threats to keep him from eating. Is this how they treat that child?
Sheng Feng instantly felt his face turn red. He looked at the faraway figure that was about to be engulfed by darkness, and he couldn’t help but roar out, “Come back here!”
The figure didn’t pause at all; it just ran and jumped happily and was about to plunge into the darkness.
Sheng Feng cursed, directly chased after him with big steps, and carried the person back.
“Let go! You’re dirty!” The child still struggled as he did the first time, but Sheng Feng’s heart seemed out of sorts and couldn’t harden up at all.
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The child kicked his body, and Sheng Feng couldn’t help but curse in his mind for his stubbornness. When he carried the person all the way to the car and put him on the car seat, Sheng Feng still eased his strength. He tensed his face, and without speaking, he just threw a can at Qing Yun.
Qing Yun had no intention of picking it up but just looked down at his dirty clothes and let the can roll down. He even lifted his foot and kicked it a little further away in anger.
Sheng Feng’s face darkened again when he saw this. He didn’t say anything and just opened the can and put it beside Qing Yun again. But Qing Yun still ignored him and stood up to go out.
“Don’t you dare go.” Sheng Feng turned his back on him as he said in a cold voice, “As soon as you get out of the car, I’ll push you to the ground and roll you around. Then you’ll be even dirtier.”
This really worked, and Qing Yun immediately retraced the steps he was about to take.
Sheng Feng saw from the rearview mirror that the child flattened his mouth and turned back to sit. A smile flashed in his eyes; he had never seen such a clean person.
Seeing that Qing Yun still didn’t touch the can around him, Sheng Feng threatened with a familiar expression: “Eat, or I’ll pour the cans on you.”
As soon as Sheng Feng looked up, he saw that the child’s eyes were instantly red and immediately felt a guilty sense of bullying the child. He reluctantly turned around and handed a pair of clean chopsticks to Qing Yun.
Qing Yun reluctantly took the chopsticks and started to slowly pick up the can.
Ding Shiang and Lu Changfeng watched as Sheng Feng carried the person back and suddenly understood his attitude as well.
Especially Lu Changfeng. He was relieved to see that Qing Yun was brought back. If this person had gotten away, where would he find him?
Sheng Feng looked up to Ding Shiang and said: “The water supply will be cut off for three days, and Qing Yun will live with me. This car is spacious, and with Changfeng, the three of us can live here.
Ding Shiang answered, but Lu Changfeng frowned. With Sheng Feng around, there were some things he could not do.
The water supply was suspended for two days, and when this news came out, there were immediate protests.
“Isn’t there a water system ability user? Why stop the water?”
“What’s the point of having him when the water is shut off?”
“What’s the matter? Won’t having him let water out help him practice his ability?”
Sheng Feng directly and forcefully suppressed the dissent. His sharp eyes swept over the corner that was causing the most commotion: “Don’t ordinary people without supernormal abilities just follow the team without doing anything? In that case, what’s the use of having you?”
A large part of the voices was silenced at once.
“In these three days, whoever wants to drink water, go ask Qing Yun himself. He can give it to you if he wants, but if not, then forget it.” With these words, Sheng Feng turned around and left to check out the front.
In another three or four days, they will almost arrive at the H base. By then, they will leave and will not be able to help this child even if they want to.
The next night when the team stopped again, Qing Yun woke up leisurely from the car when he heard a noise.
He turned around and saw a new set of clean clothes beside him. The car was empty except for him, and even the man who usually stayed in the driver’s seat had left.
After changing his clothes, he took his old clothes and took a closer look at them. Suddenly, the stains on the clothes gradually disappeared and became clean like new.
Looking at the clean clothes, Qing Yun nodded his head in satisfaction, though he was very tired. Afterward, he recalled the actions of a certain space ability in the team and saw the clothes in his hands disappear without a trace.
After doing all this, Qing Yun opened the car door and jumped out of the car, obviously in a good mood.
Qing Yun didn’t like to stay in the car. Every time the group stopped, he would run out to play. Today, as soon as he got out of the car, he was immediately blocked by several people who were grinning hard as they asked him for water.
Qing Yun didn’t like them, so he took a turn and walked away. These people’s expressions immediately became even more distorted.
Since Qing Yun’s arrival, the people in the team have been living a life with plenty of water. Every time, it was easy to ask for water from Qing Yun. So one way or another, these people actually forgot about the extreme thirst that comes with the end times and the pain of drinking contaminated water.
Sheng Feng’s order undoubtedly immediately knocked them back to their original state, and they also offended Qing Yun previously. This person seemed to be very nice to talk to, but unexpectedly, he held a grudge.
He went to the side of the stone and sat down. Qing Yun looked at the setting sun and couldn’t help but look at his new clothes again. He knew who gave it to him because the clothes still had a trace of the man’s scent, and for some reason, Qing Yun was very familiar with this scent and did not reject it much.
But thinking of the man’s threat last night, Qing Yun couldn’t help but bite his lip. He still found this man very annoying.
Suddenly the fluttering of two wings sounded, and Qing Yun subconsciously looked up and saw two gray birds flying towards the woods. Qing Yun’s eyes lit up, and he almost followed after them.
At that moment, a very annoying voice came over, and Qing Yun turned around to see Lu Changfeng walking over.
Lu Changfeng looked at him staring dumbly at the pigeons, and could not help but mock: “You are looking at the birds like this. Do you expect them to fall down on their own or what?”
Qing Yun has been living in the car with him since last night, and it is reasonable to say that it should have been easier for him to do something. But during the day, in the presence of Sheng Feng, Lu Changfeng could not open his mouth as usual to test Qing Yun, and at night, Sheng Feng was still awake like a cheetah. The slightest movement could not be hidden from him.
And because of the close contact with Qing Yun, Lu Changfeng’s ability was even more stirring, but he could only watch.
As usual, Qing Yun didn’t say anything, just turned his head to look at Lu Changfeng, and then looked up at the bird.
The corner of Lu Changfeng’s mouth pulled out a mocking arc, and just when he was about to speak, he heard a “pop” sound. The bird really fell from the sky and crashed into Qing Yun’s feet.
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