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Chapter 16: Gorgeous Bestie.

Time flowed on.

Another night had passed.

Today was the sixth day of the apocalypse.

Rescue still had not come.

Social order was on the verge of collapse.

Numerous survivors fought fiercely over a single bite of food or a bottle of water.

Arson, murder, looting, rape, and pillage… crimes that would never openly appear in the country under normal circumstances… were now almost everywhere.

A little after 11 o’clock, inside Dorm 610.

Shen Yi sat stark naked gnawing on a roast chicken while Xu Wanting watched with pleading eyes like a child who had done something wrong.

“Let me see your phone.”

Shen Yi finished the drumstick, took a sip of mineral water, wiped his hands with a few tissues, and looked at Xu Wanting.

“What do you want to look at?”

“Open WeChat; I want to see how your bestie replied to you.”

Shen Yi wanted to run a spot check to see whether Xu Wanting had obediently messaged her friend.

If she had not obeyed, that would prove she harbored disloyalty.

Disloyalty meant she might betray him.

Shen Yi would never keep a woman who intended to betray him.

Even though she pleasured him so well, he was in post-ecstasy clarity now and could think rationally.

“Only one person replied; no one else did.” Xu Wanting unlocked her phone, opened WeChat, and handed it over.

Although she felt upset and jealous, she dared not refuse again.

Shen Yi took the phone and said, “Come eat, and remember… don’t entertain last night’s ideas again.”

“Mm-hm, I’ll never make you angry again!” Xu Wanting nodded frantically, then rushed over to rummage through Shen Yi’s leftover bones and gnawed at whatever meat remained.

She looked as though she had been starving all morning.

Shen Yi scrolled through Xu Wanting’s WeChat and saw she had indeed messaged more than 10 contacts, yet only a girl saved as “Jiang Nanyan” had answered.

Shen Yi opened Jiang Nanyan’s Moments, flipped a few pages, and located the girl’s photo.

His eyes lit up slightly.

She was gorgeous.

From her features he sensed a mature, domineering charm.

Moreover, the picture showed no obvious signs of whitening filters or Photoshop.

He wondered why the System had not issued a notification.

He had tested it before; the System would not alert him over a photo unless the subject herself sent it to him and the image was unedited, so any Photoshop or beauty filter prevented the trigger.

This rule also spared Shen Yi from being catfished by photos.

After a moment’s thought, Shen Yi replied to Jiang Nanyan using Xu Wanting’s account.

Little Bunny: “Mm, I have water and food here; come find me.”

Little Bunny was Xu Wanting’s screen name.

Xu Wanting peeked from the side, feeling thoroughly depressed.

Her boyfriend was hitting on her best friend, and she even had to help him.

Wasn’t this basically cheating on herself?

Jiang Nanyan: “Really? Wanting, where are you? I haven’t eaten in almost 2 days.”

Little Bunny: “My friend and I are in the men’s dorms of Campus A; it’s safe for now, so come find me!”

While answering, Shen Yi deliberately snapped a few pictures of bottled water and roast chicken and sent them to the girl.

Jiang Nanyan: “Wow! You actually have that much water, and cooked chicken too!”

Little Bunny: “Mm-hmm, will you come over? For old times’ sake I can take care of you.”

Jiang Nanyan: “The men’s dorms… that’s a bit far from me.”

Jiang Nanyan: “Um, Wanting, if I go to you, can I bring 2 friends along?”

Little Bunny: “Male or female? It’s all girls here, so if you bring a boyfriend I’m afraid my friend will mind.”

Xu Wanting secretly shot him a contemptuous look when she saw that message.

He was clearly driven by lust yet pretended to be pure.

So disgusting!

But she only dared to complain inwardly.

Because she had acted jealous and tried to drain Shen Yi last night, he punished her by giving her neither food nor water all morning.

If she angered Shen Yi again, she might truly be kicked out.

The thought of the monsters outside the building and the lecherous stares from the 2 boys on the 6th floor filled her with dread.

Shen Yi might be a philanderer, but at least he had a superpower that guaranteed food and water.

Besides, he had become handsomer and more… enduring.

His abs and pecs felt wonderful to the touch.

Compared with that, she wanted nothing to do with the other 2 smelly guys; merely seeing them disgusted her.

Xu Wanting’s arrogance remained; a lifelong temperament was not easily altered.

The only difference was that her arrogance was no longer aimed at Shen Yi.

Jiang Nanyan: “All my friends are girls… how could I have a boyfriend? I’m worried men might prey on us; after all, there are no laws restraining them now.”

Jiang Nanyan: “Wanting, why would you even ask that?”

Ask that kind of question?

Shen Yi froze for a moment and looked at Xu Wanting.

Did the two of them have some secret code or hidden message?

“What does she mean by that?”

“Jiang Nanyan is mildly into girls and somewhat dislikes men, so she definitely wouldn’t date a guy; your question made her suspicious. If it were me, I wouldn’t have asked, since I used to tease her about her orientation,” Xu Wanting explained.

Shen Yi understood and kept typing to coax her.

Whether she liked girls or hated men was irrelevant; Shen Yi only wanted to unlock her supplies.

He was never chasing love or affection.

In the apocalypse, who still bothered with pure romance!

Little Bunny: “Of course I know your orientation, but my friend was worried you might be staying with guys, so I asked to be sure.”

Little Bunny: “Since your friends aren’t men, bring them over; it’s very safe here.”

Jiang Nanyan: “OK, we’ll pack up and head out now.”

Shen Yi slowly broke into a smile.

As expected.

Using Xu Wanting’s account to lure her friend was far quicker than searching blindly on his own.

The reason was simple: beauties usually had other beauties for friends.

Besides, persuading someone who was already close to her would be far easier than coaxing a stranger.

As for the friends Jiang Nanyan would bring, that depended on how they looked.

If they met the System’s criteria, Shen Yi would hit the jackpot.

It would be like buying one and getting two free.

If they failed the standard, he would simply chase them out.

They were only 2 female students; with his current power Shen Yi could handle 2 grown men, let alone women.

The Physical Evolution had granted him a tremendous boost.

After adapting overnight, he felt he could now take on 4 or 5 adults with ease.

Meanwhile, on the other side, inside an office of an academic building.

3 girls were chatting while packing their belongings.

“Nanyan, what kind of person is this friend of yours? She won’t trick us, right?” a chubby girl asked skeptically.

“She won’t; her personality isn’t great… she can be arrogant and selfish… but she wouldn’t deceive a friend, and besides, what do I have that’s worth cheating me for now?” the pretty girl with delicate features sighed.

“Honestly, I never thought she’d reach out and even be willing to share food with us.”

“Maybe I misjudged her before; she isn’t that selfish after all… crises really reveal people’s hearts.”

“I see, that’s good! I’m starving to death too, so let’s head out quickly!” The chubby girl nodded excitedly, then couldn’t help grumbling, “But why did your friend run to the men’s dorm… such a gross place! Just thinking of all those guys living there makes me nauseous!”

“I don’t know; maybe there was some danger in the women’s dorm?”

In truth Jiang Nanyan was also puzzled, faintly sensing that something was off about Xu Wanting.

But hunger left her too weak to ponder the details.

Their food had long run out, and they had survived the last 2 days on sheer hunger; if Xu Wanting hadn’t messaged last night, Jiang Nanyan would have risked going out to find supplies.

“We must not harm others, but we must guard against them; with the situation outside, we still need to be cautious.”

At that moment, a mature woman wearing glasses spoke up.

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