Chapter 502: Free and Unfettered
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Du Yue helped to explain, “Captain Zuo, Xia Ju has quite a lot of achievements in scientific research. It’s normal for you to be surprised since it’s your first time meeting her. You’ll slowly understand her after this.”
As soon as Du Yue finished speaking, Zuo Mingdong nodded thoughtfully. “1 understand. So, she’s similar to He Xing. He Xing has studied all kinds of weapons and is good at it.”
Du Yue was slightly stunned. She had not said these things, but Zuo Mingdong already cleared things up. Du Yue smiled and nodded. “Yes, just like you said!”
Zuo Mingdong immediately put down the chopsticks in his hand, straightened his back, and nodded slightly at Xia Ju. “Thank you for your hard work. You can look for me if you encounter any difficulties during the research process!”
Xia Ju liked to deal with straightforward people like this, so she agreed readily. “You’re welcome. I’ll contact you if I need anything.”
Seeing that the two of them had discussed it, Du Yue suggested that everyone continue eating.
As they had chatted for a while, the food was a little cold. However, no one cared. The four of them still finished all the food on the table. There was nothing left. After eating his fill, Zuo Mingdong smiled and let out a long breath. “It’s all thanks to you that I got to have a good mal today. I’ve forgotten the last time I ate so contentedly!”
Du Yue smiled and waved her hand. “Captain Zuo, you’re too polite. You even brought us so many eggs! Eggs are quite expensive now, right?”
“They’re quite expensive. It’s about half a month’s salary!” As soon as he said that, Zuo Mingdong was stunned on the spot. Then, he covered his mouth regretfully and laughed awkwardly. “I’m drunk and talking nonsense. Don’t take it seriously.”
Xia Ju looked at him innocently. “But we didn’t drink.”
Probably not expecting Xia Ju to suddenly say such a thing, Zuo Mingdong felt a little awkward, “uhh…”
Du Yue held back her laughter and looked at Zuo Mingdong. “Captain Zuo, you exchanged half a month’s salary for these eggs and even gave them to us. What if your wife gets angry when she finds out?”
“I don’t have a wife.” Zuo Mingdong was a little embarrassed. He stretched out his hand and scratched his head. “I’m alone. It’s not like I’m hungry either. I can spend the money I earn however I want. No one cares about me.”
Being alone should be a sad topic, but why did Zuo Mingdong’s words reveal a bit of pride? Before Du Yue and the other two could ask, Zuo Mingdong started to explain, “I don’t have any family or relatives. 1 can do whatever I want. I’m free and unrestrained!”
There was nothing wrong with that. At the beginning of the apocalypse, did Du Yue not have the same state of mind as him? Although Zuo Mingdong said that he only had to feed himself instead of an entire family, he had spent half a month’s salary. What would he eat next month? Du Yue subconsciously looked at He Xing. He Xing was also looking at her. After understanding the emotions in her eyes, he nodded at her and assured Du Yue. Some things were indeed easier for men to communicate with each other. Since He Xing was here, Du Yue naturally did not have to worry about these things.
After a short rest, the four of them got up and cleared the table. After everything was cleaned up, they began to chat casually again. Zuo Mingdong gave the three of them a detailed description of the current situation in the first base. It was basically the same as what he had told them before. This time, he just added some details. He Xing was not interested in the information that he had long known. He was most interested in the underground city.
“How’s the underground city?”
“It’s a long story!” Zuo Mingdong looked helpless. “The underground city was built a long time ago, and the base organized everyone to move down there for a while. However, after a few days, most of the people clamored to return to the surface. No one wanted to live in that dark place. The leaders of the base held a meeting and discussed it for a while. In the end, we decided to respect everyone’s thoughts and let everyone choose freely. Those who wanted to live in the underground city could live there, and those who didn’t want to live underground could move back.
“Now that the situation is getting worse, everyone’s lives are getting harder. The base has already started to reduce rent. For example, the house you lived in at the beginning only cost ten contribution points a month now.”
“Ten?!” Du Yue even suspected that there was something wrong with her ears. When she first rented it, it cost 100 contribution points. Now, it had dropped to ten contribution points..