Chapter 103.
Twenty four hours have passed safely and everyone is looking forward to the moment when the door is opened.
At this time, someone heard footsteps and opened the door with the key. The base staff member standing outside said with a smile: "Everyone, the 24 hour observation has been passed. Please leave in an orderly manner. Here, please follow me."
"Oh my god, we can finally live in the base."
"I seem to smell the aroma of rice? Is there something wrong with my sense of smell?"
"No, no, it seems to be the smell of food."
During the conversation, some people inevitably had tears in their eyes. They had been running around outside for a long time, hiding from the siege of zombies and after going through all kinds of hardships, they came to the base. In their hearts, the hardships during this period were comparable to those in Journey to the West, and each of them became... They had eaten Tang Monk's flesh and were chased by a series of zombies. They didn't have three apprentices to protect them, so the feeling was really uncomfortable.
Tangli held Lin Doukou in front of her, using her arms to block the crowd of others. Seeing this, the tall bodyguards ran to Tangli's side and surrounded the two of them.
Tangli breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you very much."
Due to my height, I can't squeeze in at all! It is the taller people who are most popular here.
The short haired bodyguard smiled naively, rubbed his head, "We should both thank Miss Tang."
Tangli took Lin Doukou's hand and laughed casually, "Let's just stop being polite. The more serious thing is to get out quickly."
"Yeah."
Thanks to the previous instructions from the staff, and of course the intimidating force brought by the soldiers holding guns at the door, everyone was queuing up in the safe room, and soon it was Tangli's turn to leave.
As soon as Lin Doukou came out, she saw Tong Hao, who was looking embarrassed. He was standing alone, his arm reluctantly placed on Qi Yi's shoulders, while Qi Yi impatiently cross his arms, not even bothering to look at Tong Hao.
She covered her mouth and laughed, could these two people stop being so funny?
"Where are your shoes?" Tangli asked speechlessly.
Tong Hao smiled awkwardly and explained: "It was stepped on, and then... I don't know where it fell."
Qi Yi couldn't help complaining: "Miss Tang, can we go to the market to buy a pair of shoes for Tong Hao first?" The two grown men holding each other's arms was really unbearable for Qi Yi, and he even wanted to use part of his rations to buy Tong Hao a pair of shoes!
Tang Li nodded in a reasonable manner, showing some sympathy for Tong Hao for the first time, "Okay, I just want to go there too. But before that, we have to decide on a place to live. Now in base A a large number of people have been admitted here, and this house must be occupied first."
No matter how expensive it is, you have to get it.
She was discussing with Lin Doukou and others when suddenly a staff member with an olive branch badge on her chest walked towards Tangli. She still held a file in her hand and said, "Miss Tang, excuse me."
Tangli turned her eyes. This staff member was the woman who recorded their personal information yesterday. Tangli asked back, "Hello, are you okay?"
Qin Lanxin stretched out her hand to Tang Li and said with a smile: "I knew yesterday that Miss Tang probably didn't recognize me. I should actually call you senior sister Tang. My name is Qin Lanxin and I also graduated from the police academy. I'm two years below you, I was lucky enough to meet senior Tang several times, but I never thought we would meet again here."
Tangli recalled the plot of this female supporting character from another world, and she had a clue in her mind. She reached out and shook Qin Lanxin's, and then put it down, "I didn't expect to meet a schoolmate at the base."
Qin Lanxin glanced at the people around Tang Li and said considerately: "I just heard that the senior sister wants to find a house to live in?"
Tangli heard what she meant, but she did not intend to negotiate too much with this schoolmate and did not answer her words. Instead, she said: "Yes, we are going to go to the housing exchange to have a look. We have saved a lot of money. It's time for it to be used."
When they were arranged to enter the safe room, the staff explained to them the various facilities in the base and the regulations for superpowers. After all, there are humans and superpowers in the base, so the administrator needs to ensure fairness in the base, otherwise it will be a mess.
The housing exchange mentioned by Tangli allows you to rent houses using materials and crystal cores. The houses here were originally factory employee dormitories and are limited. They cannot be purchased and can only be used for exchange and rental.
Qin Lanxin's eyes flashed, and she looked deeply at Tang Li, who was not showing her emotions, and then said: "Senior, you have the thunder system. Currently, you and one other superpower are the only ones in the base who have the thunder system. Senior, there is no need for you to spend crystal core materials in exchange for houses."
Tangli seemed not to understand what she meant, and said: "I like to spend what I earn with my own hands. At least it doesn't have so much trouble. I don't know how many people with lightning powers there are now, but I think in the future it won't be less. I still have things to do, so let's chat next time if we have a chance."
Qin Lanxin said enthusiastically: "Okay, senior sister, you can come to me if you need anything. I should be able to help with some small things in the base."
Tang Li nodded with a fake smile, holding Lin Doukou's hand and walking in the direction of the housing exchange.
She turned her back to Qin Lanxin and at the same time put away the hypocritical smile on her face, and there was sarcasm in her eyes. Does she want to recruit her to do work for her? She might as well go to bed and have a sweet dream.
Lin Doukou asked: "Did that person come to you with a purpose?"
Tang Li speculated casually: "Qin Lanxin should have a status in the base. Did you see the badge on her chest? I observed before that ordinary staff do not have this badge. Besides, she said it as soon as she opened her mouth. She wanted me to accept the favor she offered me. I guess there might be something in this base that she needed and something she really wanted to get, so she came to me with the power of thunder."
Lin Doukou couldn't hide her surprise and widened her eyes, "Just the ordinary words you two just said, how could you infer so many things?"
Tangli smiled and rubbed Lin Doukou's hair, and said teasingly: "Only those with a dark heart can understand the subtext between the two of us. Since Doukou can't understand, it means that Doukou is an innocent girl."
From the corner of her eye, she saw Tong Hao's mouth opening and closing, and asked in confusion: "What are you trying to say with your mouth moving?"
Tong Hao smiled and said: "Because I understood what you and Qin Lanxin said, I wanted to echo a few words, but Miss Tang said that only people with a dark heart can understand, so I could only shut up again for a while."
Lin Doukou burst into laughter, her body trembling with laughter, her eyes couldn't help but look at Qi Yi, and asked: "Then do you understand?"
Qi Yi was not a man willing to accept defeat. Tang Li and Tong Hao both said they understood, so how could he possibly tell the truth? Especially when Lin Doukou asked him. You should know that Lin Doukou rarely talked to him. This time the question simply made Qi Yi excited.
He said seriously: "Of course I understand."
Lin Doukou sighed meaningfully: "As expected, you are also a dark hearted guy."
Qi Yi didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. This sentence was not a good word, but the person who said it was Lin Doukou. Qi Yi could only comfort himself and treat it as a good word.
Tang Li stopped her smile, put her arm on Lin Doukou's shoulders, and glanced at Qi Yi with a cold look in her eyes with a warning.
"Let's not talk about this and let's go see the house."
"Ok."
After Qi Yi saw Tang Li's eyes, he suddenly thought of the previous scene of Tang Li holding a gun to his head, and subconsciously covered his head.
Tong Hao suddenly lost his supporting shoulders and asked helplessly: "What's wrong with you?"
He and Qi Yi were assigned to another safe room before, and had no choice but to ask him for help. But now that he had the choice of two bodyguards, he turned around and abandoned Qi Yi.
Qi Yi is not out of his mind, but suffering from a disease called "Tangli phobia".
The base was formerly a factory. At first, the area was not as vast as it is now. After the military took over the base, they had people build high walls again. Later, with the help of superpowers and the help of researchers, using special materials, this high wall can be called an iron wall, and zombies cannot break it even if they want to attack it.
Standing in the base and looking out, the high walls seem to blend into the sky, tightly surrounding people in the base, and doing their best to protect the humans living here.
This is not the first time Tang Li has done a post apocalyptic mission. She has seen all kinds of bases, but this time, she has an understanding she has never had before.
Tang Li suddenly felt that it was good to be alive.
I can drink water, I can see the lights on, I can fill my stomach and the most important thing is that I have her by my side this time.
Lin Doukou shook Tangli's arm and said in surprise: "Look, I saw this diamond necklace at an auction. I didn't expect that I can exchange it for two pieces of bread now."
No matter how empathetic you are in a dream, nothing can compare to witnessing it with your own eyes in reality.
Lin Doukou understood this truth more and more. Things in dreams would only serve as warnings to herself and would not become reality.
She looked up at Tang Li, with lingering tenderness in her eyes. This was Lin Doukou's most natural reaction, and it was also a little bit lucky after she understood the truth. She was glad that she didn't have the heart to do that to Tang Li, in fact, at that time, she was not cowardly at all, on the contrary, she was extremely calm, because she made the most perfect decision after weighing the pros and cons.
"Do you want it?"
Lin Doukou shook her head and said softly: "I don't want it."
They had already chosen a house and then went to visit the market. The moment they first stepped in, Lin Doukou almost thought that she had returned to the life before the appoclypse.
It's calm here, as if the zombies outside the high wall are just a dream.
Tong Hao had already bought shoes at this time. As a young man, this was the first time for him to wear shoes worn by others, so he frowned and looked very unhappy.
"Don't be particular about it, as long as it's the size you wear." Qi Yi said in a strange way.
Tong Hao looked at the shoes on his feet and sighed: "I'm just worried that these shoes were taken off... other people's feet."
After saying that, he couldn't help but shudder, and quickly stopped the random thoughts in his mind.
"Why are you two here again?"
When Tong Hao saw that Tang Li and Lin DouKuo were empty handed, he asked with a smile: "I came to you after I bought the shoes, and Qi Yi didn't have anything to buy. Didn't Miss Tang and DouKuo find what they wanted?"
Tang Li didn't have a good look towards Tong Hao and the others. She turned around and spotted these two people just now. She felt that it was an eyesore and her good alone time was ruined.
Lin Doukou hid her little face in her scarf, smiled and said: "The main thing is to take a look, but there is nothing I want to buy."
Tangli was interested in the necklace. As soon as Lin Doukou finished speaking, she approached the woman selling the diamond necklace.
She had a haggard face and white hair. She looked to be in her forties or fifties. She said with hope in her eyes, "Do you want to buy this diamond necklace?"
The woman looked at Tangli nonchalantly and saw that she had a ruddy complexion, dark hair, and more importantly, she was impossibly clean. The woman had noticed Tangli and Lin Doukou since they entered the market.
She thought that Tang Li and Lin Doukou had someone to rely on, so they were still so beautiful in the chaotic apocalypse. Until Qi Yi and Tong Hao appeared. These two men were tall and neatly dressed. The woman guessed that Tang Li and Doukou are their accessories.
However, the respect in Tong Hao's words made the woman unbelievable. Only then did she realize that Tangli was the one with the most say among these people.
"Two pieces of bread?" Tangli asked.
The woman swallowed her saliva, as if she could smell the aroma of bread. She nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, yes!"
Tangli looked around and saw the woman alone again. She pressed her brow and said, "Take your necklace and I'll send you home."
If I really gave it to her directly now, wouldn't it be snatched away?
"Thank you... thank you!" The woman was not stupid, and she quickly understood what Tang Li meant. She rolled up the sheets on the ground, put them on her shoulders, and led the way forward cautiously.
"Please follow me."
Upon seeing this, Tang Li and Lin Doukou followed her, regardless of what the two grown men behind them thought.
Tangli tilted her head and asked in a low voice, "Why are you staring at me?"
Lin Doukou said quietly: "What are you going to buy this necklace for?"
"Give it to you." Tangli felt that she was a little oversatisfied by sending the woman home, but...now that they have met, it's okay to be idle and do it casually. It doesn't involve her interests anyway.
Lin Doukou glared at her and retorted: "How do you want me to wear it? Stand in the sun and rely on diamonds to attract zombies?"
What she said was so interesting that it made Tang Li laugh. The hand on her shoulder took the opportunity to pinch Lin Doukou's face, "I saw you looked at it several times. You should like it. This necklace is good, wear it at home."
She lived with Lin DouKuo, and she just wore them for Tang Li to see. A beauty should wear the most exquisite jewelry, so as not to wrong her.
"Nonsense, I don't like it." Lin Doukou just didn't want to admit it, and her duplicity looked very cute to Tang Li.
While not admitting it, Lin Doukou was also delighted by Tang Li's words. This was an uncontrollable emotion. Lin Doukou's lips were raised, and her eyes looking at Tang Li were bright and full of energy.
"Then I'll go and tell people now that I don't want it anymore."
"No!" Lin Doukou's eyes widened and she said unconvinced: "You said you gave it to me, so there's no reason to go back halfway. I won't listen to you! What's mine is mine, and no one can take it away."
Tangli was hugged by her arms, and she glared at Tangli with beautiful eyes. If Tangli dared to continue saying things that Lin Doukou didn't like to hear, she would be angry.
Tangli held back her smile and squinted, "You were the one who said you didn't like it first."
"Who impressed me with your sincerity in giving gifts? If I don't want your gift, you will be sad." Lin Doukou said nonsense seriously. People who don't know the inside story will definitely be deceived by her.
Tang Li patted her head good naturedly, nodded and said, "Yes, yes."
"That's pretty much it. Why are you standing there in a daze? They've already gone far away. Come on, keep up."
The two of them were flirting, and Qi Yi and Tong Hao behind them finally smelled something was wrong.
Tong Hao smiled ugly. He pretended to be calm and asked Qi Yi, "Do you think it's a little abnormal for Miss Tang to be nice to Daukou?"
Qi Yi clenched his back molars and warned himself not to be distracted by Tong Hao's words. He said: "Miss Tang and Miss Lin are friends. They are the only women in our team. Maybe we won't accommodate other women in the future. That's going to be it."
"Other... woman?"
Qi Yi said firmly: "Yes, another woman!"
At this time, Qi Yi told the truth, "Then why do you think Miss Tang is willing to let others join in?"
Qi Yi said with a livid face, "What if Miss Lin is willing!"
"I'm looking forward to it."
"How will you know if you don't try."
"Damn it, don't do this nonsense. I just said casually, maybe this is the friendship between girls. Doukou is so good, dhe deserves Miss Tang to treat her like this."
Qi Yi's eyes were serious, without the slightest hint of playfulness. He looked at the backs of the two women. There were some things that he had overlooked before. Why didn't he notice Tangli's possessiveness towards Lin Doukou, especially the former one? What happened soon, Lin Doukou just glanced at him, and Tangli warned him that this was no longer friendship, it was completely beyond the scope of friendship.
"Brother, I would like to advise you, if you are stupid, don't get involved with me. I didn't say anything." Tong Hao saw the change in Qi Yi. Although he was surprised by the strangeness between Tang Li and Lin Doukou, that was all, he wouldn't do any unnecessary actions hastily, because he could see that Lin Doukou was also addicted to it without any resistance, so why should he be a blind person.
But Qi Yi is different. His ambition and coveting for Lin Doukou have never disappeared. Even if he is afraid of Tangli, he is not willing to be her errand boy all the time. They all arrived at the base, and people with special abilities were scarce. Why could Tangli get the favor of the base staff, but he got nothing.
"Where did you think about it? How could I do something detrimental to Miss Tang?"
He downplayed it, as if the sinister look in his eyes just now was Tong Hao's illusion.
Tong Hao hesitated to speak, and finally said: "You'd better think so."
Everyone who returned home had their own thoughts.
Lin Doukou and Tangli were smiling. They smelled the aroma of rice as soon as they opened the door. Tangli said, "Fang Wei's cooking skills have been honed."
Fang Wei is Cuntou, one of the bodyguards, and the other one is Huang Mingren. They are both good natured people, so Tangli is willing to keep them in the team, but they will not be a drag and have a strong presence in the team.
"Hahaha, thanks to Miss Tang's guidance."
Lin Doukou joked: "Who told her to be naughty? She can taste the good and the bad all at once."
Tangli pushed her into the room, closed the door, cross her arms and said, "I won't let you out. I see why you still say bad things about me."
The two of them were separated by a door, and they both knew that the other was joking.
Lin Doukou hummed softly and threatened: "Tangli, just wait, sooner or later I will lock you up too."
"I'm waiting."
"Remember what you said!"
The person who pushed her into the room was Tangli, and now it was Tangli who couldn't bear to do it, so she opened the door with a smile and said gently: "Let's stop making trouble, let's go to the kitchen to serve the food."
Lin Doukou poked Tangli's chest fiercely, pushed her against the wall, then raised her head and walked straight to the kitchen.
Tangli also followed, smiling and saying nothing.
Suddenly, the dimly lit house turned on the lights.
Lin Doukou looked at the bright light in surprise, and the smile in Tangli's eyes deepened.
How cute.
Completely opposite to their expressions were Tong Hao and Qi Yi who came back later.
Tangli didn't care. Except for Lin Doukou, she didn't care about anyone else.
But after listening to Tong Hao's words, her eyes reacted.
It was already very dark at this time, and Tong Hao finally found the opportunity to talk to Tang Li about what happened to them the day before yesterday.
In the ice and snow, Tang Li looked at Tong Hao with murderous intent and curled her lips, "I do like Lin Doukou. What, you don't agree?"
Tong Hao smiled bitterly. He was not surprised when he got this answer, then everything would make sense.
"It doesn't matter whether I agree or not. Even if I don't agree, can I persuade Miss Tang? Besides, the only person who has the say in this matter is Dou Kao."
Tangli smiled with satisfaction, "Yes."
"Then you...aren't you worried about Qi Yi?"
Tang Li was calm and composed, "Qi Yi is just a clown. I will not be offended by his actions."
"What about Doukou?"
Tangli answered him simply and decisively, "We trust each other. Daukou will not abandon me to choose another woman. This assumption put forward by Qi Yi cannot be established."
Tong Hao was speechless and silently watched Tang Li go away.
[Why did he tell you this? ]
"He is afraid that I'll settle the scores in the future, and he is also afraid that Qi Yi will really cause trouble." Tangli put her hands in her pockets and came to the market to look for what she wanted.
[Then why didn't he tell Daukou? He and Daukou were obviously more familiar with each other. ]
"Probably, he is afraid that she will also point the gun at his head."
Tangli took a leisurely look at the gloves in her hand, "There's nothing I can do about it. Daukou is also a kitten with only a temper."
[Hey, be careful if your kitten jumps up and scratches your face. ]
"Putting on the gloves I bought. She shouldn't be willing to scratch me, right?"
[Only Lin Doukou knows the answer best. ]
But I was really looking forward to Tangtang being defeated. Who would let it be...what? That's right, it's what humans often call a bad friend! I hope Lin Doukou will not disappoint itself.