Lin Fan returned to the Sunshine District.
Diligently, he placed each trash bin back in its original position; one on either side of the building. Every other building also needed two.
This matter was unrelated to whether other buildings had residents living in them or not.
That wasn't important. Trash bins are public property. Even if no one lived in the other buildings, they still needed to be placed there. It wasn't a waste, but rather a rule that had already been established.
Without rules, there's no structure, and without structure, the harmonious Sunshine District cannot exist.
After arranging the trash bins, he left the district to buy some supplies.
Old Master Wang and his wife, Old Master Zhou and his wife, Sister Li and her daughter had all given him their bank cards for safekeeping. It was his duty to buy enough supplies for everyone to live on.
Walking through the deserted streets.
He arrived at the market.
Standing at the intersection, a pungent smell assaulted his nostrils.
Ough~
He couldn't help wanting to vomit.
It wasn't that he wanted to vomit, but the smell here was truly intense, almost unbearable.
"Ah, what a pity…"
The gloomy market was eerily silent, except for the rotten smell of food. There was no other odor, not even the growling of zombies. Perhaps even the zombies couldn't stand the stench and had left.
"I really want to clean it up inside, but I still have so many things to do."
He stood at the entrance, silent for a few seconds.
Indeed, a society without sanitation workers just doesn't work.
He turned and left.
Without lingering.
Walking, soon he arrived at the supermarket.
He paused, calmly observing the situation in front of him. A zombie lay in a dark corner, gnawing on flesh, its silhouette outlined against the light, desolate and horrifying.
"Ahem…"
He coughed softly.
The zombie, engrossed in its feast, halted its movements and slowly turned its head. Its mouth was full of fresh blood, its hands clutching some unidentifiable organ. Its pale eyes moved as it staggered to its feet, snarling viciously at him.
It swiftly lunged at him.
Spurt!
With a flash of the blade, the body split open, crashing down. From the attire on the zombie, it was evident that he had been a delivery worker before.
"In this life, one's journey is all about eating, and even as a zombie, it's still just eating."
He walked into the supermarket.
This supermarket was the largest one near the Sunshine District, stocked with everything from snacks, toys, clothes, vegetables, meat, and more.
The supermarket was in disarray, the floor covered in dried bloodstains. Perhaps during that time, there had been a great turmoil. Normally, those bitten by zombies turn into zombies, unless they are unlucky enough to encounter a horde, their organs gutted and bodies shattered, unable to turn into zombies, and thus food for zombies instead.
Perhaps this is why he found it so hard to see bodies on the streets.
They had all turned into zombies.
He didn't think too much about it.
There were shopping carts at the entrance; he pushed one from the escalator to the second floor. The escalator was out of operation, and he pushed hard upward, the cart making a dull noise. Any normal person encountering this situation would be extremely cautious, afraid of making noise and attracting zombies.
Soon, he arrived on the second floor.
This was the food area, where one could find various kinds of food.
"Excuse me, is anyone there?"
He asked softly towards the quiet second-floor area. It was so quiet you could hear only his own breathing, no other sounds at all.
The quiet environment made him a bit uncomfortable. In the past, coming to the supermarket was bustling and lively, with every customer wearing a shopping smile on their face.
But now... everything had disappeared.
"Huh!"
On the ground lay several headless bodies.
One!
Two bodies!
Three bodies!
Although headless, one could tell from the height of their chests that these were three men, backpacks on, weapons by their side.
An ax.
A machete.
Broken at the neck, blood was still flowing; it seemed they hadn't been dead long.
"They must have come to shop and were leaving after checking out when something unforeseen happened," Lin Fan observed in an instant, noticing the bulging backpacks, which meant they had definitely made their purchases.
Looking to the side, he finally saw their heads.
"Ah."
Lin Fan sighed, stepped forward, picked up their heads, and placed them back on their necks. What falls leaves the root; they were all people from the Sunshine District, and even in death, they deserved to be intact. He couldn't raise the dead, but he could at least reunite their heads with their bodies.
"Why is there a woman's head here?"
He looked at the head in his hand, then back to the body beside him, and finally realized the issue.
It turned out he had been mistaken.
This woman had a smaller chest and was wearing a tank top, which is why he hadn't recognized it at first.
After sorting this out,
he continued shopping in the supermarket.
Arriving in front of the refrigerator, where various frozen dumplings, rice balls, wontons, etc., were displayed, and the power was still on, allowing the refrigerator to operate normally and keep the food preserved longer.
"Three Delights Dumplings, hmm, the taste is nice, two bags for Sister Li, four bags for the four elderly,"
"The wontons are good too, should buy a few bags."
He quietly selected, and whenever he reached a type of food, he would check the ingredients, production, and expiration dates, as was his style when choosing items.
Though it was a supermarket, many supermarkets like to display food that's about to expire at the front, obviously in an effort to sell them off quickly.
Produce section.
Various vegetables were wrapped in cling film and sold piecemeal, definitely more expensive than those at local markets, but of course, cost-effectiveness shouldn't be the only measure; consideration should also be given to preservation, appearance, and packaging.
Bok choy, bell peppers, ginger, spinach, carrots, potatoes, etc.
"Feifei is still young; she needs nutritious vegetables,"
"The four elders are old; too greasy food won't do; they need a balanced diet."
He selected the vegetables like an experienced nanny, with seriousness and meticulousness. Some vegetables weren't wrapped in cling film and had gone bad during this period, so he had to be choosy.
"Oh, right, also need to buy chicken essence, salt, oil…"
The items he needed to buy were really numerous, and as he pushed his cart, he kept talking to himself, as if afraid he would forget something. Grocery shopping could be mentally taxing, and while enjoyable, it often led to forgetting one or two items.
In the supermarket, only Lin Fan, pushing his cart, slowly examined the goods on the shelves, calmly making his selections.
Sometimes, when he came upon items that had fallen to the floor, he would pick them up and place them back on the shelf.
Doing what was within his power.
No problem at all.
"The elderly's metabolism is slow, and they lose bone mass quickly; they should choose high-calcium pure milk, oh dear, I don't know if any of the four elders have high blood pressure or diabetes, hmm… still, sugar-free high-calcium pure milk would be better."
"Feifei is still a child; she definitely likes flavorful drinks, this is a good choice."
Suddenly.
A soft noise came.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Looking toward the source of the sound in the now quiet environment, any sudden noise was a bit eerie.
Seeing what made the noise,
he couldn't help but laugh.
It was just a basketball.
Why did the basketball suddenly move?
Looking around,
Had the window been left open, letting the wind in?