"They left?"
Li Ming was taken aback and shook his head in amusent. Everyone had their own ideas. He thought Dwarfy only existed here based on his own static perception, but everyone was dynamic.
This is just a gathering place. He could lead people to leave, and so could Dwarfy...
Lighting on this thought, Li Ming looked around the empty room, shook his head, didn’t bother thinking more about it. He sheathed his sword and attached it to his back, then swept his gaze across the entire gathering place.
n and won, short and tall, fat and thin, dozens of people converged in front of him, and a smile teased at the corner of his mouth.
At this mont, every pair of eyes in the gathering place were focused on him. Their eyes held excitent, anticipation, as well as unease.
It was as if there was an unvoiced consensus — he killed Chen Zhuang and beca the new ruler of this place.
Chen Zhuang’s death was undoubtedly a cause for celebration, but how Li Ming intended to rule over them was a matter that held everyone in anxious suspense.
He might abandon them, taking only his work team and leaving.
Or he might see them as livestock, the way Chen Zhuang did.
Or...perhaps...
"Anyone who is willing to co live in the villa area, pack your belongings, and you can follow there."
"Zhou Cheng, Chen Qiang, you go back and pack your things. We won’t be picking up anyone here next ti. It’ll save ti if we all live over there."
Li Ming called out, his short commands injecting a shot of adrenaline into the gathering place, sparking activity. Zhou Cheng and Chen Qiang responded with excited cheers before leading their people to go pack up.
Zheng Dog laughed heartily, his voice filled with satisfaction and relief.
And on the faces of everyone in the gathering place, traces of relaxed laughter could be seen.
"Honey, Chen Zhuang is dead. We’re going to the villa, aren’t we?"
When Zhou Cheng, beaming with joy, returned to his bedding, Sister Lin was anxiously waiting for him. She eagerly walked over to him when he arrived, addressing him with both excitent and confusion.
The event had unfolded before her eyes, but she still found it hard to believe.
"Yes, we’ll be living under Brother Ming from now on. Hurry and pack your stuff, we’ll go together later."
As Zhou Cheng looked at Sister Lin before him, his lips curved into a smile. Their relationship had quickly progressed. Being the only man willing to provide for her in the gathering place, along with offering her a full al, Sister Lin had finally consented to calling him ’husband’ after several intimate encounters and his repeated requests.
And once she began, it rolled naturally off her tongue.
"Alright, honey, give a kiss~"
Excited, Sister Lin repeated her approval. Unable to contain herself, she acted coquettishly towards Zhou Cheng, who smiled and gave her a light kiss. After her excitent abated a bit, he let her go and they both hurriedly packed their belongings.
Soon, their packing was done. Sister Lin carried the lighter items and held onto Zhou Cheng’s hand as they passed by Zhao Wen. Zhou Cheng smiled and glanced at a robust man not too far from them, fully accepting the reality in front of him.
Xu Xiu could just be a part of his life from now on.
...
The villa was bustling with activity, but the six naked won standing in front of Chen Zhuang’s body were noticeably flustered. The woman manager, Yang Ruo, pursed her lips, leading them back to their rooms. As she was about to close the door, she saw Li Ming walking in.
"What was your relationship with him?"
Li Ming entered holding his sword, his gaze on the six won and the woman manager, he motioned towards Chen Zhuang’s corpse and posed the question softly to the woman manager at the front.
"We were all taken by force. We had no relationship with him."
Upon hearing Li Ming’s question, Yang Ruo felt a wave of fear, worried about any potential misunderstandings that could lead to her being treated like Chen Zhuang. She quickly waved her hands, denying any connection, her face pale .
The six naked won looked even more terrified, suddenly acting in various manners. So of them spread their legs and straightened their bodies, leaning against the bunk beds.
So lay on the lower bunk, legs raised.
So knelt on the ground, on all fours, heads forward, butt raised.
So knelt, head thrown back, butt forward— mouth open.
Their mannerisms varied, but they were all conveying the sa ssage through body language: waiting~
"What does this an?"
Seeing the trembling won, Li Ming furrowed his brow and turned to look at Yang Ruo.
"They’ve been tornted by Chen Zhuang for twenty days now, their brains have been conditioned to respond like this whenever they are scared."
Yang Ruo looked pale, but with Chen Zhuang dead, a touch of color started returning to her face, "They’ve been numb to everything and unaccustod to wearing clothes. It may take a while for them to recover."
"First, get them decently dressed, then you can bring them out later."
Li Ming frowned, suddenly recalling what Chen Qiang and his team had told him about what happened in this enclave. The six won were probably the wives of the n who were brutally killed by Chen Zhuang.
With a shake of his head and a sigh in his heart, Li Ming urged Yang Ruo with a few words, then stood there in the room waiting for her to act.
Though Chen Zhuang was dead, Li Ming wasn’t sure if he had left behind anything valuable. He had to keep an eye on these won to ensure they didn’t accidentally overlook any treasures.
As he thought about treasures, Li Ming suddenly rembered the crystalline cores found inside the brains of zombies. He wondered: if there were cores in the brains of zombies, did the superhumans possess sothing equally special?
With these thoughts in his mind, Li Ming didn’t show any overt signs of his suspicions. After expressing gratitude to the female manager, he began helping the six won get dressed. These won were visibly scared but beca very compliant after the female manager spoke.
However, after getting dressed, it was clear that they were uncomfortable, often making small adjustnts. Once they were dressed, they all lined up in front of Li Ming.
"I need workers in my villa area. If you’re willing, you can co with . I can arrange for you to live together in a separate villa, but there are currently few jobs that can provide enough for won to eat and drink, so if you want to eat well, you’ll have to take turns cleaning my house and working as maids in your spare ti," Li Ming proposed.
Looking at these six pitiful won, Li Ming felt a surge of compassion and decided to offer them a chance to survive. After he finished speaking, he rembered the female manager still standing there, and he included her in his proposal: "This goes for you, too."
"Brother Ming, they rarely have ideas of their own. If you provide us with food, we’ll do whatever work you give us."
Upon hearing Li Ming’s words, Manager Yang pursed her lips, sighed, and responded.
"Well... If you’re willing, then take them with you. What’s your na?"
Li Ming paused slightly, then sighed and shook his head. He then asked the female manager. After such a long ti, he had forgotten the training details from the day before the apocalypse. He only rembered that her legs were very fair.
Lowering his gaze, he realized that not only were the manager’s legs fair, but so was her... chest.
"My na is Yang Ruo. I’m willing to listen to you and work for you with these won," she agreed hurriedly.
On hearing Li Ming’s words, Yang Ruo quickly lowered the neckline of her dress, her face filled with apprehension.
"Alright, gather your things and let’s go. By the way, did Chen Zhuang leave anything here?"
With a noncommittal wave of his hand, Li Ming then followed up with a question, smiling.
"Yes, it’s here."
Yang Ruo quickly nodded, then took a key from a table, opened a safe in the room, revealing stacks of gold. She then used another key to open a different room, showing off a small space filled with food and supplies.
"This was originally a canteen. When we arrived, there were already a lot of supplies, plus Chen Zhuang and the dwarf cleared out a supermarket. Even if everyone ate their fill, there would still be enough for a month," she explained without expression, but added, "Chen Zhuang was controlling the people by giving them a limited supply of inferior food."
"Plenty of stuff indeed."
Seeing all the supplies, Li Ming smiled, then gestured for Zhou Cheng and Chen Qiang. "Zhou Cheng, Chen Qiang, have your team move all these items out. When we return, everyone who helps with the move will receive a bonus."
"Alright, let’s all get to work."
Zhou Cheng and Chen Qiang responded in unison. Zhou Cheng instructed Sister Lin to wait by the supplies while he, Chen Qiang, and others moved the items.
When the people of the enclave heard about the bonus, they eagerly queued up to help. Only Sister Lin and Chen Qiang’s wife stood guard over their own things.
Li Ming smiled at the scene before returning to Chen Zhuang’s room. Ard with his long sword, he ticulously searched the room. But apart from the gold, he found nothing else, which made him shake his head, feeling like he was being paranoid.
Just another superhuman. Before the end of the world, he was an ordinary guy. What special treasure could he possess?
With these thoughts, Li Ming walked out of the room, shouldering the gold, with Yang Ruo and the six won following closely. Once at his car, they halted.
Li Ming dropped the gold at his feet in the driver’s seat. He asked Yang Ruo to drive another car to avoid crowding, but the won were reluctant to be separated from each other. Ultimately, he let them squeeze into his car.
Fortunately, the car was a luxury vehicle from the villa district, spacious enough to fit them. Five won squeezed into the back row while two occupied the passenger seat – a car full of won.
Seeing that they had indeed squeezed in, Li Ming couldn’t help but chuckle. anwhile, the community’s residents were busy loading supplies onto a parked truck. One of them volunteered to drive the truck while the rest went to fetch their belongings, ready to set out.
Upon noticing that Li Ming was looking at the truck, the driver smiled at him.
Li Ming also laughed in response. Using the supplies from the enclave to pay the enclave residents to work – a perfect cycle.
Li Ming made a decision then. From now on, all won would do the light work – weeding the garden, digging, cooking, cleaning. n would undertake the heavy work – chopping trees, fishing, building defenses, forming patrols, carrying heavy items.
To reinforce the importance of the hard work, the hard workers would receive three als a day and wages, while the light workers would only receive two als. The light workers would mostly be won who would naturally rely on n, so whatever extra the n earned would be spent on their partners – a perfect solution.
With a smile, Li Ming drove back to the enclave in a cheerful mood, with this group of people.
The only downside to this trip was the uncertainty regarding the whereabouts of the dwarf...
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