After savoring the moment, Su Linglong found an emptiness inside her mouth, a boundless void.
Su Linglong swallowed saliva and patted Su An’s head.
"Alright, be good. Let’s find more zombies and collect more Crystal Cores. We’ll surely get to eat again," said Su Linglong, although she couldn’t guarantee it, but dreams were still necessary.
What if it came true.
Su An needed encouragement.
"Okay, Mommy," Su An was indeed very well-behaved.
Although he still swallowed saliva, he had started to nod obediently.
Zombies, zombies, zombies, zombies, zombies...
Su Linglong and Su An had gone crazy searching for zombies.
However, strangely enough, when they didn’t want to encounter zombies, they met them every day. Now that they rarely wanted to capture a few zombies, they couldn’t find many.
When they finally spotted one, it turned out to be a high-level zombie that they couldn’t afford to mess with.
They couldn’t even approach it.
High-level zombies were very powerful.
If they got a bit too close, they would be spotted and then chased.
They were still quite weak.
As for high-level zombies, they couldn’t fight back, only dodge.
"Mommy, there’s a lone zombie," Su An excitedly pointed at a zombie lingering slowly ahead.
Su Linglong saw that it was a low-level zombie.
The two of them, one on the left and the other on the right, cooperated with each other.
Their coordination was perfect.
A low-level Crystal Core, successfully obtained.
After that, they kept looking for such lone low-level zombies.
Or else, whenever they found a group of low-level zombies, Su Linglong would lure one out and kill it.
Su An had particularly good eyesight, he always spotted them first.
At the end, Su Linglong kissed him, "Thanks to Anan, let’s go exchange for food now. What do you want to eat, Anan?"
Su An blushed, "I’m fine with anything. As long as it’s food. Mommy, let’s go."
Mother and son, holding hands like the first time they went, headed to the supermarket.
This time was different from when they first went, arriving empty-handed and with empty stomachs, their eyes filled with despair.
This time, they had Crystal Cores in their hands, and their eyes were filled with hope.
It was only a day apart, they were the same people, but they gave Su Yinhe a completely different impression.
"Boss, we’re here," they said to Su Yinhe, smiling shyly.
"Good. Come over here to exchange money," Su Yinhe personally made the exchange, even sneaking in a bit extra for them.
Su Linglong, having looked at the price list, knew Su Yinhe was looking out for them and gave him a grateful smile.
Su Yinhe smiled back.
"Alright, have a look inside and see if you need anything. I won’t follow you in."
Su Linglong led her son inside.
The two of them, like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, were amazed by everything.
His eyes and mouth were wide open.
"Mommy, there are so many things. Can we buy all these...?"
"Yes, we can buy these. But what we need most right now isn’t these," Su Linglong patted his head.
She realized that there were many things in the supermarket.
These were snacks, and although she wanted to buy them, she felt that there must be more worthwhile items in the supermarket.
"Okay." Su An obediently nodded.
He listened to his mommy.
Mommy was always right.
The two of them, hand in hand, walked through the supermarket.
They walked slowly, very slowly.
Because there were so many things in the supermarket, and they wanted to look at every single item.
They couldn’t bear to look away.
This resulted in their exceptionally slow pace.
Fortunately, in Su Yinhe’s supermarket, they were the only two customers at the moment.
Su Yinhe watched them enter, then started playing on her phone, and she didn’t rush them either.
She occasionally glanced at the surveillance to see where the mother and son were going.
But they were moving really slowly.
As Su Yinhe watched, she became absorbed in playing on her phone.
If she couldn’t even focus while playing on her phone, then what could she focus on?
Su Yinhe found herself an excuse.
And then she played on her phone without any guilt.
Su Linglong and Su An, not being rushed, ended up shopping the whole day.
Because the supermarket was brightly lit, they didn’t realize it had already gotten dark.
And Su Yinhe, had played on her phone the whole day.
She accidentally glanced at the time on her phone, only to realize how late it was.
Then she turned on the surveillance again and saw that the mother and son were still shopping.
Shopping and talking as they went.
Even though they had been shopping all day, they weren’t tired at all.
Still as enthusiastic as ever.
Su Yinhe was somewhat impressed by them.
But she couldn’t let them continue shopping .
After all, she needed to close the supermarket.
Su Yinhe checked where they were specifically and went over to find them.
She wasn’t worried that they would move elsewhere when she got there.
Because they were moving incredibly slowly.
They couldn’t cover more than a few meters in minutes.
Indeed, that was the case.
When she got there, they had only moved about half a meter.
Su An was holding a toy, looking at it, and asking Su Linglong if it looked good.
"It’s beautiful," Su Linglong said, then felt a bit sad.
At his age, Su An should have been carefree.
If not for the apocalypse, she might have bought him lots of toys.
If not for the apocalypse, Su An might not have been so sensibly behaved, perhaps a bit naughtier, livelier.
Su Linglong felt a bit melancholic.
But she didn’t dwell on the sadness for too long.
People must always look forward. They can’t always dwell on the past.
It was already good enough that she and her son could always be together.
And that they could shop for food now.
Su Yinhe watched them for a while before stepping forward.
"Boss," Su Linglong saw her and immediately pulled Su An to bow to her.
Su An too quickly put down the toy he was holding. Upon closer inspection, there was a hint of panic and guilt in his eyes.
Su Yinhe touched her face.
Did she look that frightening?
Why were they so scared of her?
She thought she looked okay.
"Cough, cough, cough. I’m here to remind you. It’s about time, and I need to close. Hurry up if you need to buy anything," Su Yinhe tried to sound as gentle as she could.
But they still seemed scared.
"Okay, okay, we’ll be quick, immediately," the two of them shook nervously...
Su Yinhe ran back to look at herself in the mirror.
Meanwhile, the mother and son quickly ran upstairs, carried down two boxes of noodles, and paid.
"Goodbye, boss." After paying downstairs, the mother and son bowed to her again.
Before Su Yinhe could respond, they quickly picked up the two boxes of noodles and left.