CHAPTER 131: CHAPTER 3: THE DRAMA QUEEN SISTER REFUSES TO BE CANNON FODDER (PART 3)

Jiang Chao looked at Jiang Lai in disbelief, surprised that his usually pampered and selfish sister could still think about others at a time like this.

He felt somewhat moved inside, and carried the rabbit back. Amidst everyone’s puzzled and surprised looks, he said:

"Jiang Lai found it."

They needed to go to the car to bleed the rabbit, to prevent the fresh blood scent from attracting nearby zombies. After dealing with it, the rabbit was roasted over the fire, and its aroma spread, stirring everyone’s hunger and desire.

This was fresh meat. How long had it been since they last ate such fresh protein?

After the rabbit was roasted, Jiang Chao cut off the rabbit leg and handed it to the injured Yang Jun. Yang Jun instinctively glanced at Jiang Lai and hurriedly waved his hand.

"Your sister found it. Let her eat first."

Even face to face, Yang Jun would only refer to Jiang Lai as Jiang Chao’s sister, never calling her by name or looking at her. He showed all his disdain and dislike on his face.

Usually, even if the supplies weren’t found by her, if she didn’t get her share first, she’d throw a tantrum.

Especially since she found the rabbit; if the first bite went into someone else’s mouth, this little princess would cry on the spot.

Yang Jun found such delicate women annoying.

The newcomer, Gu Han Yan, was not bad.

Silent, capable, obviously had fought through storms of blood, crucially not at all pretentious, and could sit with a bunch of brothers and eat using shared utensils without disdain.

Looking at Jiang Lai again, he still felt disdain.

It wasn’t worth getting entangled with such a person over a rabbit leg.

Thinking this, pale-faced Jiang Lai, who hadn’t spoken much, took the rabbit leg and handed it directly to Yang Jun with a tense expression and a not-so-good tone.

"You eat it; sorry about earlier... I don’t expect you to forgive me, but you should eat this rabbit leg first. You saved everyone’s lives."

Jiang Lai’s words made everyone present show an incredulous expression, as it was the first time she had said something human after known her for so long. Yang Jun didn’t react for a while, hesitated for a long time before taking the rabbit leg, feeling strangely honored as he ate.

The rest of the rabbit was split and distributed to everyone, and Jiang Lai got another leg. She swallowed, but finally handed it to Jiang Chao.

"Brother, you eat it."

Jiang Chao was somewhat surprised, wondering if his sister was scared out of her wits today, as she wasn’t acting normal.

"You eat it, I don’t really like rabbit meat."

"Oh."

After a polite gesture, Jiang Lai impatiently stuffed the meat into her mouth. The massive sense of satisfaction seemed to elevate her entire soul. She squinted her eyes, happily devouring it, oblivious to her surroundings.

Seeing this, Jiang Chao felt a pang of sadness.

His sister used to be picky about food, even in the apocalypse when everyone was close to starving, she’d still be choosy. But seeing her today, she seemed to have been starving, like she hadn’t eaten for days.

He, as her brother, hadn’t taught her well, making her excluded and hated, eating poorly every day.

"Eat slowly, drink some water."

At this point, Jiang Chao suddenly noticed Jiang Lai crying large tears while eating, then eating the meat mixed with tears, which startled him. He hurriedly asked softly:

"What’s wrong? Why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"

Jiang Lai, chewing the meat, sobbed:

"No one bullied me, just realized brother is too kind to me. When that zombie almost bit me today, I knew how good you were to me... I was scared to death, I thought I’d never see you again."

The little girl’s pitiful look deeply touched Jiang Chao’s soft spot.

He didn’t actually like his sister much; he took care of her because of their parents’ dying wish.

But now he suddenly realized how deep her feelings for him were, how important he was to her, reflecting on his attitude, Jiang Chao couldn’t help but feel guilty.

"Stop crying, it’s my fault for not protecting you."

"Not your fault, it’s my own uselessness that almost dragged Yang down. You don’t have to care about me anymore."

While feeling sorry, Jiang Chao felt a headache too.

"Don’t worry about those things, just listen to me and don’t act on your own."

After saying this, Jiang Chao went to sit next to Gu Han Yan, the two chatted, and when they set off again, Gu Han Yan sat in the front driver’s seat, which meant she was one of the ones searching for supplies.

The car stopped and started along the way, the destination being a human activity area, where there were plenty of supplies. Once there, they could trade weapons for gasoline and food.

Before reaching the destination, they encountered an abandoned gas station. Jiang Chao wanted to stop to see if they could find some gasoline. When the car stopped, Jiang Lai voluntarily got off with them.

Jiang Chao repeatedly instructed her not to wander off.

Jiang Lai nodded repeatedly, then as everyone entered the building, she turned directly towards a locked storage room marked with the blood-red words "Do Not Open."

Gu Han Yan frowned slightly at this but continued following the others into the gas station.

Jiang Lai walked to the door, shook the lock, looked around, and without hesitation, pulled out a knife to pick the shaky lock.

The next moment, the alert sound indeed rang out.

"Death Value: +2.

Congratulations, Host, for starting your death journey, earning 2 points, which can be exchanged for survival items, medicine, food. Points can be accumulated, and a skill can be redeemed with 10 points. Do you wish to redeem?"

Jiang Lai thought for a moment, deciding to wait and see.

As the lock dropped, she heard beast-like growls coming from inside the room; clearly, zombies were trapped behind the door.

Normally, someone at this stage would lock the door and run, but not Jiang Lai. She held her breath and carefully pushed the door open, shining her flashlight as she entered, not forgetting to close the door to prevent others from becoming curious.

The room was pitch-black as Jiang Lai turned on her flashlight to look around. The chaotic room was covered in dried, dark blood stains, and on the couch, Jiang Lai saw two zombies tied up with ropes, furiously snapping at her. The ropes didn’t look very sturdy and seemed ready to break anytime.

Jiang Lai stepped forward, causing the two zombies to struggle more frantically. There was a gun on the ground. Jiang Lai picked it up, not firing but rather using the gun handle to jab at the fiercest male zombie.

She waited a while, but didn’t hear the sound of her death value increasing.

"That force isn’t enough."

Little Buding’s reminder made Jiang Lai nod, and the next second she threw down the gun and extended her finger towards it.