Chapter 176: Chapter 176: New Neighbor Chapter 176: Chapter 176: New Neighbor Yang Jia opened the door and saw Chen Fengzhou. Finally, feeling relieved, she let out a sigh of relief, “Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you for two days.”
Chen Fengzhou panted, “Yesterday morning, my aunt suddenly asked to co over, saying my uncle needed to see for sothing. Turned out my uncle wasn’t ho yesterday, he had things to deal with at work, so my aunt had stay over. She said my uncle would be back today to talk to .”
“What is it about? Is it serious?” Yang Jia asked worriedly.
Chen Fengzhou scratched his head, “My uncle wants to set up with a girlfriend.”
Gu Pan just arrived at the door and opened it, she really wasn’t eavesdropping on purpose. She wasn’t sure about the relationship between Yang Jia and Chen Fengzhou because during the apocalypse, neither of them had parents anymore and both were self-reliant authors. They spoke a common language, helped each other out, and it made sense for them to rent a place together. If one were to say they had mutual sympathy and felt a bit of affection, that would be normal.
But no matter what, if Chen Fengzhou got together with the girl his uncle introduced, then he couldn’t cohabit with Yang Jia anymore. If that were the case, Yang Jia would have to find soone else to cohabit with.
Yang Jia’s complexion looked a bit unpleasant, and she said to Chen Fengzhou, “So you can’t cohabit with anymore?”
Chen Fengzhou waved his hand, “I didn’t go to the matchmaking eting. The family of the prospective girl is too well-off, which is like going over to be a live-in son-in-law. I definitely don’t want to, and I admit I’m lazy, but I’m a lazy person with thoughts, so I refused. Plus, I’m not even thinking about settling down now – it’s the apocalypse, who has the heart to think about these things? Can love be eaten? Better to write more, earn more money, so we can eat better in the future.”
Yang Jia’s face looked a bit better. She asked, “So are you sure you still want to cohabit with ?”
Chen Fengzhou replied, “Of course I’m sure. It’s great that we create together, and it saves money too. We can submit our work together. I have social anxiety, and it always feels awkward going alone.”
“When are you moving in?”
“I don’t have much to say about it, if you don’t mind, I’ll go back and move my stuff right now.”
Yang Jia didn’t object, “Okay, then I’ll go with you.” She was genuinely afraid of Zhang Ping and her family, so she also wanted Chen Fengzhou to move in quickly.
Gu Pan wasn’t purposely eavesdropping and had heard most of the conversation. She felt like Yang Jia seed to have feelings for Chen Fengzhou, but Chen Fengzhou didn’t seem interested in romantic matters.
But these weren’t her concerns, and as Chen Fengzhou said, it’s the apocalypse – in fact, many things and many people don’t care anymore. Just follow your heart.
She walked over and said, “We’ll go with you to move, try to get it done in one trip instead of running back and forth.”
Yang Jia wasn’t shy about accepting the help, “Then thank you, Sister Gu Pan.”
Gu Pan went back to call Lu Ruisheng, locked the door, and they went downstairs together.
Chen Fengzhou didn’t live far; it was just a five-minute walk.
Once upstairs, they saw that Chen Fengzhou had packed all his things. The four of them could take it all in one trip.
The four chatted and laughed as they walked, which was quite lively.
Passersby seeing them move wasn’t a rare sight. A few days earlier, so top-floor apartnts had been corroded by acid rain, necessitating repairs, so quite a few residents were moving.
When they returned and walked through the corridor, Zhang Ping, hearing the commotion, ca out curious about the new neighbor and also planning to take advantage.
To her surprise, she saw Yang Jia and the couple Gu Pan, along with a tall young man, moving stuff and heading toward Yang Jia’s place.
She jogged to catch up, “Yang Jia, who is this guy?”
Yang Jia told Zhang Ping, “He’s my new roommate. From now on, don’t just co knocking on my door whenever you want; my roommate has a bad temper.”
Before, Yang Jia spoke with little confidence when she was alone, but recently she had learned from Gu Pan and had beco much bolder, especially since Chen Fengzhou moved in, making her even less afraid of Zhang Ping.
A twitch ford at the corners of Chen Fengzhou’s mouth. How did I get a reputation for having a bad temper just after moving in? That doesn’t seem right.
But with Yang Jia saying so, he couldn’t exactly undercut his friend, so he put on an indifferent expression and nodded at Zhang Ping.
Zhang Ping felt stifled inside. How could this girl just bring so wild man ho, proving they’d slept together?
Won were scarce in the base, and young, unmarried ones even scarcer. Those with stable jobs, good looks, well-protected health, and an appearance of thriftiness were the rarest of them all.
Having survived the apocalypse herself, she knew what many young won had gone through just to stay alive.
These won hardly ever got pregnant, and even having a healthy body was uncertain, not to ntion their ntal states weren’t normal either. That was why Yang Jia had caught her eye.
Yang Jia was exceptionally thin due to health issues, and Zhang Ping had seen her throwing away sanitary pads, a rare item in the abnormal living conditions of the apocalypse, where many won no longer nstruated regularly. Those who maintained such good health were few, so Zhang Ping had been keen on marrying Yang Jia into the family.
But now soone had beaten her to it, making things complicated.
Giving up on Yang Jia was not sothing Zhang Ping wanted to do, but if she didn’t, taking in a ‘second-hand’ woman would be a loss for her son.
Finding soone suitable for bearing children was also a challenging task. What to do?
Zhang Ping was close to fuming. She thought about how to kick this man out today. Even if the two had slept together, without living together, she could turn a blind eye. But once they settled down, she feared even her son wouldn’t want Yang Jia.
As Zhang Ping racked her brains, Gu Pan and the others had already entered Yang Jia’s place with their belongings.
Then, Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng said their goodbyes and went ho, after all, it wasn’t right to stay while the new roommate might have so private or secret items to arrange.
In the apocalypse, who didn’t have materials they didn’t want others to see?
Yang Jia, however, was very welcoming, suggesting they co over for dinner later that night after she finished organizing, as a kind of housewarming.
Gu Pan didn’t fancy eating outside food, so she said, “You guys will be busy settling in, so don’t worry about cooking. We’ll bring over food in a bit as a housewarming gift for you.”
Chen Fengzhou felt a bit embarrassed: “There’s no need, Sister Gu Pan. I already feel bad for all the help you’ve given with the move.”
Lu Ruisheng patted Chen Fengzhou’s shoulder, “We’re neighbors now; no need to be so formal.”
After saying that, he and his wife walked ho hand in hand.
Half an hour later, a loud knocking resounded from across the hallway, along with Zhang Ping’s shouts to open the door. But this ti, Gu Pan was not worried anymore, for there wasn’t just one person living next door.
Zhang Ping didn’t wait for Yang Jia to open the door; she wanted to speak her mind right then. She quickly called out loudly down the corridor: “Xiao Yang, open the door! Aunt Zhang has sothing to say to you. Your parents are gone, and as a young girl, you don’t know much. But as we’re all neighbors here, you can’t just bring a man back to live with you like that. Even though it’s the apocalypse, we’re still living in this base. You’ll ruin your reputation, and that will make it hard for you to get married later on.”
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