Yongcheng Team members were cooking hotpot in the dining hall, and Chen Qiao and the others, who didn’t recognize Zhou Fanghua, were quite curious to see her obviously made-up appearance and couldn’t help but take a few more glances.
After the apocalypse, everyone’s living standards had plummeted sharply. Most people were doing well if they could keep themselves clean, let alone dress up, given the scarcity of water resources. Unless one was a Water Element Superpower User, everyone else had to conserve water.
Washing clothes was both water-consuming and labor-intensive, so many people simply stopped washing their clothes. If they had extra clothes, they would throw the dirty ones away or wear them over the top while working. If they didn’t have many clothes to begin with, they had to make do, and if the clothes got too dirty, they would wash them with accumulated waste water.
Fortunately, it hadn’t been long since the apocalypse started, and most households still had clothes, and unlike food, these were not scarce resources. Safe stores even sold them at not very high prices, so apart from a very few people, most people weren’t sloppy in normal times. It’s just that the conditions were really hard, so they had to make do.
Some people in better conditions didn’t forget to bring their makeup when they fled and would occasionally dress up. Chen Qiao and his group had seen such people while walking in the Safe Zone.
But Zhou Fanghua was different. Whether it was her makeup or her outfit, she appeared extremely meticulous, and the aura of an aristocratic lady that she exuded made people can’t help but speculate.
Such meticulously dressed aristocratic ladies, Chen Qiao and his company had not even seen before the apocalypse, let alone after it started.
Such people weren’t non-existent; it’s just that Chen Qiao and others hadn’t been to the places where they appeared.
Zhou Fanghua seemed to inhabit a different world, one completely at odds with theirs.
While Chen Qiao and his five companions were covertly observing her, Fang Yuxin had already gotten up and gone out to open the door. Knowing Zhou Fanghua’s character, Qianhe was worried that Yuxin might be at a disadvantage and followed her out.
The two hurried to the door, their faces bearing just the right amount of a courteous smile, which didn’t seem negligent nor overly eager to please, displaying natural grace. Zhou Fanghua’s brows slightly furrowed, quite dissatisfied with the demeanor of Qianhe and Yuxin.
Their lack of eagerness to please was already negligence in the eyes of Zhou Fanghua.
She had always wanted to outdo Qianhe. In the matter of marriage, she prided herself on having better judgment. Qiu Yiming was a military officer, and though his power wasn’t immense, he held real authority. But what about Fang Jintang? He was merely a businessman, and no matter how much money he could make, he was still at the mercy of others, nowhere near as liberating as holding real power.
But what she hadn’t anticipated was that Fang Jintang managed to grow the family business even bigger and became the wealthiest in the Market, and the Fang Family’s wealth was also among the top in the nation!
Unfortunately, most of that wealth was in stocks and real estate, which became worthless in the apocalypse.
But the Qiu Family was different; they still had military power and had recruited many competent people. That was real power!
Despite this, Qianhe and Yuxin were still treating her with the same attitude as before the apocalypse. Didn’t they understand that times had changed and that the status between the Fang and Qiu families was drastically different now?
Where did their confidence come from?
Zhou Fanghua felt a surge of anger inside her and glanced at Qianhe and Yuxin with a critical eye. As she did, she froze, then a wave of intense jealousy and anger washed over her!
What was going on? Qianhe was only two years younger than her, so why did she now look as if she wasn’t even thirty! She wasn’t this young the last time they met!
How had Qianhe managed this? Was this the capability of a superpower user? Or was it Yuxin who had done something?
Yes, Yuxin was a Wood Element Superpower User; her superpower could heal wounds, so maintaining a youthful appearance probably wasn’t too difficult, right?
Zhou Fanghua’s guess wasn’t wrong. Wood Energy was filled with vitality, and if a person’s vitality was high, they would naturally appear younger. People aged because the vitality within their bodies depleted and cells aged, which caused the aging of organs and tissues. If Wood Energy could stimulate the recovery of a person’s vitality, not only would their appearance become younger, but the entire person would be transformed and rejuvenated like a young individual.