Chapter 196: After Eating, Can We Take Others’ Leftovers? (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Of course, most importantly, Nima San saw the concern and affection for Jing Shu in Yao Zixin's eyes, which drove her into a frenzy of jealousy.

A person's status determines her thoughts and manner of speaking. People like Nima San, the lower-class survivors in the apocalypse, are actually the most pitiful.

But Jing Shu is not the open-minded and generous type. When it comes to such nuisances—people who aren’t even worthy of being called villains—Jing Shu usually stands up and directly asks:

“Why do my virtual coins matter to you? What’s it to you? Do you need me to inform you that even after saving a thousand people and receiving a reward of six thousand virtual coins, the payment hasn’t come through yet? Ignorance is truly terrifying. Don’t embarrass yourself here. You can gossip about me, but don’t let me hear it, or else… you might be the next corpse at my doorstep.”

“Wow, she’s been rewarded six thousand virtual coins.”

“Saving so many people deserves that reward.”

Nima San’s teeth trembled, her face turned pale, and she plopped down onto the ground. Yes, how could she forget that the person in front of her was a killer? She dared to kill even her high school classmates.

“Waaah… I-I only said a few random words.” Nima San burst into tears.

“Adults must take responsibility for their words and actions.”

The little episode quickly passed. Even after Ah Yu checked Jing Shu’s records, she said, “Big data shows that there is indeed a reward. It should be arriving soon. I’ll transfer the virtual coins to others first.”

The villa’s courtyard buzzed with people, becoming much livelier. While Ah Yu was helping to transfer virtual coins, the central area of the U-shaped banquet began exchanging various items.

As expected, people from the same social class shared common topics. Now it was Jing Shu’s high school classmates who shone brightly, bringing all sorts of strange daily necessities that could be exchanged among themselves. Meanwhile, the wealthy second-generation sat on one side watching.

Of course, for landowner Su Mali, she still had a lot of unused items. In her eyes, there’s no such thing as price—only useful and useless items.

Therefore, half of the piled-up things belonged to Su Mali. They were either sold at low prices or bartered away.

……

The man with an eternally grim face sipped his coffee in small sips, frowned as he watched the monitor, and couldn’t help but wrinkle his brows. “Zhou Bapi, stop transferring. It’s so annoying.”

“You old jerk, you’re so bad. You tricked me into coming here early but wouldn’t let me see that astragalus being kept in the potted plant. The spot in the video was just a blind spot. I don’t even know if that girl did it on purpose. And a few days ago, I wanted to come, but you blocked me. You wouldn’t let me come.” Zhou Bapi puffed his beard and glared.

“Ah… about that girl, I actually wanted to confirm something.”

“Have you confirmed it yet?”

“No, I can only leave it to fate.” The grim-faced man showed no sign of relief, letting out a long sigh.

“You’re so superstitious. Does that girl have something you admire about her?” Zhou Bapi continued, “I’ll make it clear: if she can really cultivate medicinal herbs in this apocalypse, I want her. As you know from internal sources, red worms have been detected, and this year we probably won’t be able to grow much.”

The man’s thoughts drifted back to over twenty years ago.

“Your daughter is blessed by heaven, hiccup~ with the luck of wishes coming true, hiccup~ whatever she wants or wants to do, she can accomplish it. But such luck will incur heaven’s envy, hiccup~ those envied by heaven will face calamities.”

“Oh, but someone will inherit your children’s luck and then cause calamities for your daughter… It’s easy to identify that person…”

Twenty years flew by in the blink of an eye. The man was about to forget the drunken words of Master Zhang who had casually spoken to Su Mali.

“Could it really be this person? Using my daughter as a stepping stone to inherit her luck?”

Then, the man thought he was overthinking. Fortune tellers couldn’t predict such detailed matters, right? They could inherit luck, but inheriting a person’s luck? They heard of inheriting properties or bodies, but not luck.

……

When the exchange meeting ended, Jing Shu’s six thousand virtual coins finally arrived. Thank heavens, she didn’t have to go home and use the old hens to settle the debt. Jing Shu also added these people as friends. A few others who acknowledged her did the same, thinking they might be useful in the future.

“I’m very happy that Su Mali’s trading fair was very successful this time. It seems everyone has gained a lot. My own gains are also plentiful. The big data has already tendered the online auction. I’ve already secured the ownership, but there will be a handling fee later. I still hope everyone will support it.”

The classmates felt a bit disappointed.

They thought they could come once a month, but didn’t expect it to be held online. However, this time was really satisfying.

“ Su Mali, look at all the leftover dishes on the tables. Can we pack them up to take home? Otherwise, they’ll go to waste.”

The servants standing behind rolled their eyes. They didn’t expect anyone to even fight over their leftovers.

Su Mali thought for a moment. Her high school classmates were quite pitiful, so she nodded, “Alright, I originally wanted to take away everything from the pots, but since that’s not possible, you can pack up what’s here.”

Although a few classmates felt a bit regretful, they followed the plan. It was as if they had secretly agreed beforehand, targeting their own leftovers. Before long, all the remaining dishes were cleaned up, just like washed plates.

The servants who had served all afternoon were exasperated. After struggling to enjoy a good meal, this group didn’t even leave any soup or sauce behind.

Fortunately, at this moment, Su Mali spoke up: “You’ve worked hard all afternoon. Eat up the leftovers in the restaurant.”

“Thank you, Miss!”

“Thank you, Miss!”

Jing Shu didn’t have time to watch this scene unfold. Anyway, her dining spot was clean, and as the trading fair had just ended, Wu Youai called her.

“Jing Shu, Building No. 1 is now processing check-ins. Wang Dazhao is your friend, right? His house has been allocated by the assignment officer, and I’ve been reassigned to manage other buildings, so I can’t oversee that area anymore.”

Upon hearing this, Jing Shu was furious. Someone was blatantly trying to embezzle a house that someone lived in. Without saying a word, Jing Shu immediately followed Wu Youai to Building No. 1.

“Damn it, how could you forget about Wang Dazhao’s situation?” Jing Shu knew that Wang Dazhao and Yang Yang were about to return, so she didn’t expect anyone to actually dare to lay claim to his house.

Only the houses of the deceased would be reclaimed by the state, and Wang Dazhao’s case was registered in Wu Youai’s big data system. It didn’t count as death, not even as missing.

In this situation, someone was blatantly declaring Wang Dazhao dead and then blacklisting his house? They were really going to change the name on it. By then, even if Wang Dazhao returned, the name would have already changed.

(End of Chapter)