Survival in the Class: I'm the Only Boy on the Bus

Upon hearing the older brother's request, Armani tilted her head up adorably and blinked her clear, big eyes.

Her eyes were just as clear and innocent as Bai Nuonuo's.

Armani did not immediately agree to Jiang Chen's request. Instead, she turned to look at her grandmother, tilting her head slightly with a questioning look in her eyes.

After hearing Jiang Chen's words, the old lady gently patted her granddaughter's head and nodded with a smile.

The old lady thought for a moment before asking Jiang Chen:

"Young man, would you mind telling me why you're seeking out the City Lord?"

When the old lady talked about "Lord of the City", her eyes softened considerably, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up slightly.

But the old lady's lips soon drooped, and her eyes dimmed considerably.

She looked at Armani's small head and sighed softly:

"Today is the day the children's father is coming home. He should be home in about half an hour, but it might be earlier or later."

"To welcome them, the city lord should be on top of the city wall right now, busy hanging red ribbons..."

After the other elderly people and children dispersed, the girls all gathered around.

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the old lady address Azar as "Lord of the City," but then a relieved smile appeared on their faces.

Bai Nuonuo, clutching her teddy bear, was the most excited. She couldn't contain herself and took several steps toward the old lady, making a "tap tap tap" sound, even the tuft of hair on her head swaying back and forth.

"Grandma! You just said... Sister Hazar is the city lord?!"

"Is that Hazard, the one who plays guitar?!"

The old lady's face was full of a gratified smile, and her eyes curved into crescent moons.

She didn't respond to Bai Nuonuo's question, but instead looked down at her granddaughter and gently nudged her head, signaling her to answer the question.

Armani immediately puffed out her chest proudly, holding it high, her two buns bobbing as she spoke, her tone full of pride for Hazard:

"Yeah! Hazard is an amazing guitarist!!"

She counted them carefully, one by one, on her little fingers:

"She led everyone to build a very high city wall, planted lots and lots of crops, raised a whole city of white doves, and even taught us to sing 'Amani'!"

"All the pigeons in this city were raised by Sister Hazar, one by one!"

"Of course, Armani helped too, and my friends helped as well!"

"Later... a lot of older brothers and sisters wearing blue helmets came from outside. They also came to help Sister Hazar, and together they built White Dove City into a big and beautiful place!"

As Armani spoke, he stretched out his short arms as wide as possible to show the size of White Dove City:

"Those older brothers and sisters wearing blue helmets not only helped us build White Dove City, but they also let grandparents, older brothers and sisters, and children from outside the city move in! It's so lively!"

Armani became increasingly excited as she spoke, even starting to gesticulate wildly. But suddenly, as if remembering something, she scratched her head and pointed to her left shoulder:

"Oh! Right! Those older brothers and sisters have a really nice red flag stuck here."

Armani pointed to the red flag hanging on the city wall as he spoke:

"Look! It's exactly the same as the red flag on the city wall!"

The red flag fluttered gently in the wind, along with the red, white, and green flags and red ribbons beside it, all swaying in the breeze!

As Jiang Chen and the girls listened to Armani's words, their eyes involuntarily widened, and their pupils trembled slightly.

They all knew what that figure wearing a blue helmet and with a red flag stuck to his left arm represented.

Wu Maiduo and Tang Yan exchanged a glance.

Both of them couldn't help but recall the moment they parted ways with Hazard and the others, when Hazard rushed out of that dilapidated building into the rain and shouted at them:

"Brother and sister!"

"I'll raise lots of white pigeons here!"

"You must come back to see it then!"

Both Wu Maiduo and Tang Yan's eyes were a little red.

That frail little girl, so thin she could be blown away by a gust of wind, not only survived the ruins, but also brought white doves to this city ravaged by war and zombies...

How is the little boy who used a shell casing as a prosthetic leg doing?

And that kind pregnant auntie, does she already have her own child?

Are those little figures who were missing limbs but still smiled and showed off their incomplete bodies doing well now?

Most of the children in that group had some kind of physical disability, so they should be easy to recognize.

Since entering White Dove City, Jiang Chen and his group haven't seen a single elderly person or child missing limbs...

Jiang Chen's lips curled up slightly, his eyes filled with relief and tenderness.

He glanced around at the town that had risen again from the ruins, looked at the white doves perched on the rooftops beside him, and uttered these words softly:

"As expected... even in homes ravaged by war, flocks of white doves will eventually take flight..."

Right after Jiang Chen said those words.

The old lady shuddered violently!

Her cloudy pupils dilated instantly, and she reached out and grabbed Jiang Chen's wrist. Her wrinkled hand trembled violently, and even her voice shook uncontrollably.

"Child...child...I'm sorry...what...what did you just say?!"

"Could...could you say it again?!"

Jiang Chen could tell that the old lady's hands were very rough and had many calluses, clearly indicating that she had done a lot of farm work.

Although he didn't understand why the old lady wanted him to repeat himself, he said it again anyway:

"Even in homes ravaged by war, flocks of white doves will eventually take flight again?"

Upon hearing this, the old woman's eyes welled up with tears, and her voice choked with emotion.

"Child...child, are you...are you called Jiang Chen?"

Jiang Chen nodded, already having guessed it.

The old lady probably recognized them as the players who had helped Hazard and his team.

Armani, standing to the side, stared at Jiang Chen with his mouth agape, his face filled with shock.

She suddenly didn't like her brother anymore.

Armani pouted, put her left hand on her hip, and pointed her right index finger at Jiang Chen rudely, saying with a sullen face:

"Hmph! Why are you only coming back to see Hazard now?!"

"Sister Hazard...she...tells us your stories every day while playing the guitar..."

"What do you mean by taking down 30 monsters with a single shot, or killing 300 monsters with a single strike...?"

As Armani spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

She quickly raised both hands and repeatedly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the backs of her hands, but no matter how she wiped, the tears wouldn't stop, and the more she wiped, the louder her sobs became.

"Waaaaah—~!"

"Clearly...clearly, Sister Hazard has already raised so many white pigeons, clearly...clearly, there are cute white pigeons all over the city..."

"Why...why are there so many white doves? Why are you only coming back now...?"

"Sister Hazard...she's been waiting for you for so long..."

Armani became increasingly emotional as she spoke, and eventually burst into tears, yet she still managed to finish her sentence while crying:

"Whoa—~!"

"Do you...do you know how hard it is for Sister Hazar to raise so many white pigeons?"

"That means working under the scorching sun and in torrential rain, planting tons and tons of corn and rice in the fields!"

"Hazard, she...she really misses you all..."

"She...she would stand on the wall every day and play 'Amani,' and she would play it for a long time..."