Beautiful Little white flower (v1ch64)
Ye Sheng made her decision without wasting any time. She packed her backpack and set out that same day. She had some experience of scavenging in the wilderness, so she continued her solo mode, searching the area close to the mitigation zone. The chances of encountering polluted creatures there were low, and the competition was not fierce. If she was lucky, she could find some valuable resources.
But having seen the powerful polluted creatures with her own eyes, Ye Sheng felt very weak. It was only by luck that she had managed to kill a Porcupine rat that was already wounded. The risk was too high to venture further into the wilderness with a group of people, which made her hesitate.
She remembered how Zhou Lin had been attacked by a Green Frog in the wilderness. She had never gone back there since then. Every time she mentioned the wilderness, her face was full of fear. It was clear that the Green Frog had left a deep psychological scar on her.
But the Zhou family ate a lot, and Zhou Lin was not allowed to stay at home. She had to be pushed to go scavenging in the wilderness soon.
Well, that was not Ye Sheng's problem. In a normal world, Zhou Lin and she would still be in school. But in this wasteland world, no matter how old you were, you had to fight to survive.
She felt more pity for herself than for Zhou Lin. She also had the heavy burden of supporting her family.
She stood in a remote corner of the wilderness, skillfully using a detector to scan for contaminated plants. She found that the radiation was uniformly high and they were inedible. Ye Sheng took this for granted and continued to test patiently.
She tested for four hours, but found nothing.
Ye Sheng shook her sore and numb arms. The ambition she had when she left home was almost gone. She sat down on the ground with some depression, and the tall leaves of the polluted plants around her hid her from view.
She compared this with the rich harvests she had gotten from the wilderness before, and felt her enthusiasm dampen.
But this was the normal state of scavenging in the wilderness. Only a few lucky people found anything. Most people came back empty-handed.
That was why the people in the mitigation zone were starving all year round, and many people died of hunger every day.
"Fortunately, I have a lot of points and food now, so I don't have to worry about starving."
Ye Sheng raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead. The old cloak on her body made her even hotter, but with the sun above her head, Ye Sheng did not dare to take off her cloak, for fear of getting sunburned.
She didn't mind being a skinny little girl, she thought she looked cute anyway, but she couldn't stand being a skinny and dark-skinned girl!
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Ye Sheng sighed with emotion. Unlike when she first came here, she could not even afford a nutrient solution. Now, she had thousands of points and dozens of nutrient solutions!
So it didn't matter if she gained nothing today. She didn't believe that she would always be unlucky.
But then...
For three consecutive days, Ye Sheng went to the wilderness area every day, but got nothing.
This... was too unfair!
Ye Sheng felt that she had explored the nearby wilderness thoroughly, and her hand holding the detector was aching. But she found nothing, and she just wandered around for three days.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Surrounded by tall grass leaves, Ye Sheng sat on the ground and took out some roasted rat meat from her bag. A depressed look crossed her cute face as she began to chew.
(￣～￣)Chew!
She hadn't found anything in the past few days, but she had consumed a lot of barbecue.
She didn't worry about running out of food.
"Hey, have you heard? They discovered a new cotton forest at the base."
"Huh? Cotton forest? That's amazing. With cotton to keep us warm, more people can survive the blizzard season!"
Ye Sheng was chewing her meat when two people passed by, and their words reached her ears clearly.
Thanks to the cover of the polluted plants and leaves, Ye Sheng was perfectly hidden and couldn't be seen from the outside.
She quickly caught the keywords cotton and blizzard season, and slowed down her chewing. Her dark eyes lit up, and she strained her ears to listen.
"What are you dreaming about? You know there are blood-sucking aphids in the cotton forest, right? It's not easy to get cotton! The price of cotton must be sky-high, and the demand exceeds the supply. We're lucky we live in the outer city of the safe zone, we still have a chance to snatch some. But if you go to the swap shop over there in the mitigation zone, you won't be able to buy any at all."
"Yeah. Thank goodness my ancestors had the ability to buy a house in the safe zone early. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to afford it even if I worked hard for ten lifetimes."
The people passing by were walking slowly, and before Ye Sheng could hear more, they were already far away.
Ye Sheng was left thinking silently. She wanted cotton that could keep her warm too!
But the swap shop in the mitigation zone didn't sell cotton, and the residents of the safe zone would need help... But the wastelanders were not trustworthy, and entrusting someone to buy it was very risky.
She could lose her points and her cotton...
But it wasn't completely impossible.
In the worst case, she could ask the mercenary Ah Mu for help. He could always get her some cotton.
After imagining the joy of having cotton to keep her cozy, Ye Sheng put away the barbecue that she had been nibbling, then stood up and dusted herself off. She carried her empty backpack and prepared to go home.
It was already five o'clock in the afternoon. If she didn't go home soon, it would be bad if she ran into pollution creatures in the dark.
Even though she was now in the wilderness near the mitigation zone, Ye Sheng felt that she had to be careful.
"Gu Luoyu, I'm back."
The empty backpack didn't attract any attention from the dogs.
So Ye Sheng's journey home went smoothly without any trouble.
But when Gu Luoyu heard Ye Sheng's slightly disappointed tone, she knew that she had come back empty-handed. She had pretended not to notice anything in the past two days, but now she couldn't act oblivious anymore.
Ye Sheng was very important to her, especially since she was seriously injured. She needed to take care of her and encourage her.
After thinking about it, Gu Luoyu turned her head to look at Ye Sheng, and hooked her index finger with her left hand.
When Ye Sheng saw it, she blinked in confusion, put down her backpack, and quickly rushed over. She sat next to the straw bed, staring at Xiaodongxi with dark eyes full of curiosity.
Ever since Xiaodongxi could talk and communicate, Ye Sheng felt that she had a strong and independent personality.
She belonged to the tough big sister group.
But every time she saw her beautiful face, Ye Sheng wondered if she was imagining things.
She was as beautiful as fragile porcelain, with long eyelashes that made people want to take good care of her just by looking at her.
They say that love comes from the heart, and no matter how you look at it, she was a beautiful little white flower...
Ahem, anyway, she was pitiful and couldn't get along with the powerful big sister.
Maybe it was because Xiaodongxi hadn't let down her guard yet and had put up a wall, which made her think she was very strong.
Thinking of this, Ye Sheng looked at Xiaodongxi's beautiful face and never got tired of it.
While Ye Sheng was silently infatuated, Gu Luoyu smiled slightly, then grabbed the corner of Ye Sheng's clothes with her fingers, and pulled her forward with a strong force. Ye Sheng didn't notice until it was too late.
When Ye Sheng raised her hands to support herself on the ground, the instigator, Gu Luoyu, suddenly said, "Ye Sheng, you seem to be sad. How can I make you happy?"
Gu Luoyu paused for a moment, then continued, "Kiss me like you did last time?"