I'm Hoarding for the Apocalypse

127 Although You’re Useless, You’re Thick-Skinned

Du Yue still did not speak, and she did not put down her dagger either. “Ahh, this dagger of yours looks like an old object. Where did you get it? I still remember that when you were in school, you were quiet and didn’t like to talk. I didn’t expect that you would be forced by this damn apocalypse to learn how to wield a dagger and play with guns.”

Wu Di was not angry even with the dagger pointed at him. He continued to talk to Du Yue as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for a long time.

However, as he was speaking, Du Yue had already begun to seriously recall her high school life. Wu Di transferred to their class in the second year of high school. The two of them had not exchanged more than ten sentences until graduation. They were no different from strangers. Du Yue felt very uncomfortable when she saw a classmate she had never interacted with before acting so friendly.

Du Yue glanced at the left door on the first floor. “You live here?”

“Yeah!” Wu Di smiled and nodded. “After the base was built, I came here with a few colleagues and classmates. We’re renting this house together.”

In that case, even if Wu Di wasn’t among the first batch of people who arrived at the base, he had arrived a long time before Du Yue. At the very least, Wu Di had already moved in before Du Yue did.

Du Yue had been living here for a few months now. Although she was usually a bit of a homebody, she had gone out a few times. Moreover, the distance between the two floors was not very far. Why had she not seen Wu Di before? At the thought of this, Du Yue looked at Wu Di with a playful look in her eyes. “Do you have anything else to say?”

“Uh…” Wu Di did not expect her to have such an attitude. He stared at her for a long time, and the smile on his face faded a little. “You don’t want to talk to me, do you? You’ve been in such a hurry to get rid of me since just now. I originally thought that since we were former classmates, it was fate that brought us together. I wanted to keep in touch so that we could help each other live a better life… But now it seems that I’ve been thinking too much.” At this point, Wu Di laughed at himself. “You’re right. Judging from your clothes, you must be living a good life in the base. This old classmate of yours isn’t very promising and can’t provide you with any material help. I can understand why you don’t want to be friends with me.”

Du Yue looked at Wu Di with eyes full of admiration. “It’s important to know your own limits. You’re not bad. I still have something to do, so I’ll be leaving first.”

With that, Du Yue turned around and left. He Xing, who had been standing silently at the side, looked Wu Di up and down. “She’s right. Although you’re useless, you’re really thick-skinned.”

Without giving Wu Di a chance to react, He Xing quickly caught up to Du Yue. Du Yue heard the footsteps behind her and turned to look at He Xing. “What did you say to him?”

“Nothing much. I just told him that you’re right.”

Du Yue’s eyes turned cold at the thought of Wu Di.

They had been living in the same building, but he had never shown up and greeted her before this. Now, he suddenly appeared to talk about their relationship as former classmates. She would never believe that he had no ulterior motives. Also, the man who was peeking outside the iron gate previously was Wu Di’s housemate. This reunion today was most likely something that they had planned long ago.

She had spent too much time fighting and killing. Du Yue liked to nip any danger in the bud. She had to find an opportunity to get rid of those two people as soon as possible.

This time, He Xing did not borrow the base’s snow-sweeping truck. He Xing’s car could clear the snow on the road. Although it was slower, the two of them were not in a hurry and could afford to wait. Driving their own car allowed them to have more space, and they could carry more things. It was also more convenient. Du Yue had just opened the car door when she saw a gas stove and two iron pots in the trunk. Beside them was a long box that contained the submachine gun and a small and exquisite box. Du Yue estimated that it was already filled with bullets.

Before Du Yue could ask, He Xing took the initiative to explain to her, “I brought some things down here after I finished packing up last night.” The two of them got into the car, and He Xing turned on the heater. He started the car when it was not so cold anymore.

Outside the base, it was still the familiar white expanse. No other color could be seen in the houses or trees. They were all covered in snow. There was not much snow on the main road outside the base. It seemed that other vehicles had driven out of the base recently, so the snow-sweeping trucks in the base often cleared the snow. Those vehicles might have left the base for missions or to hunt.