The male supporting character was actually myself.

Ugh, I'm so angry!

The girl with the sweet, coquettish voice burst into laughter after hearing that Lily had forgiven her, praising her profusely before finally revealing her purpose: "Lily, I've been starving for two days. Do you have anything to eat?"

Chapter Five I really have nothing

Upon hearing the word "food," the little white cat immediately perked up and shouted, "I don't care, host! If this little beauty dares to take our food and give it to others, I won't grant her access to the system space!"

"Me or the pretty girl, you choose one!"

Before Jiang Chen could reply, Tang Xueli shook her head decisively and answered, "I have no food."

A girl with a sweet, coquettish voice: ...

Damn! After all that crying and playing the victim, this is all I got in return?

Her face immediately fell, and then, still not believing it, she sobbed and begged her to have pity on her.

But no matter what the other party said, Tang Xueli always expressed her sympathy but apologized, saying she really hadn't eaten anything.

The girl, who was quite sweet and charming, turned pale with anger.

When I was in school, my small group of friends all came from well-off families, so we were able to hang out together.

Students like Tang Xueli, who are dirt poor, are not even worth a second glance from him!

Unexpectedly, the world changed drastically after the sudden apocalypse.

The poor girl who used to be poor and couldn't afford nice clothes has transformed into someone who dares to challenge herself!

Another girl, unable to contain her anger, came up and launched into a tirade, "Tang Xueli, why are you so petty?"

We've already apologized, what more do you want?

This is the end times; there's no obligation for anyone to save anyone else. In that situation, we were just trying to survive, otherwise we would all die.

You're completely unharmed and have even benefited from misfortune, haven't you?

We're classmates, why hold a grudge?

"Holy crap!" The little white fluffy ball of fur stood on end. "How can you be so arrogant when you're in the wrong? You're shameless!"

Jiang Chen scoffed, "The world is in chaos. You'll see this kind of thing all the time in the future."

"I didn't mean anything by it," Tang Xueli said firmly and respectfully. "You apologized to me, and I accepted it and said I forgave you. Isn't that enough?"

Their argument quickly attracted the attention of others.

Gossiping is human nature; when we hear people arguing, we want to find out what's going on.

The two girls were whispering to each other, and it was hard to hear what they were saying. Now someone joined in and shouted at them, saying that the clean and pretty girl had done something to offend that group of people.

"When we were fleeing together, you pushed me out as bait to lure away the zombies so you could escape."

Logically speaking, it would be fair if I pushed you all out one by one to block a zombie.

But I'm magnanimous and don't want to hold a grudge. You came to apologize and I said I forgave you.

Forgiveness means—next time I encounter zombies, I won't seek revenge or do the same thing to you.

The problem is that now you turn around and ask me for food, and I didn't immediately change my attitude.

Did you feel you didn't gain anything and regret your apology?

If so, I can retract my forgiveness.

"When we encounter zombies, I wouldn't mind pushing you out to shield us too."

As soon as she finished speaking, the crowd watching the situation turned their attention to the other students, their eyes filled with wariness and vigilance.

In the apocalypse, everyone is fleeing, and no one is idle enough to uphold justice.

But that doesn't stop them from staying away from those people.

In critical moments, they'll push their classmates out as bait; who would dare get too close to them?

Even if I help them, I might be pushed out at any time!

The only boy in the group was both anxious and angry upon seeing this, and shouted, "Tang Xueli, how could you do this? You've changed!"

"Excuse me, do we know each other?" She calmly and logically retorted, "Apart from when we escaped from school together, you pushed me down on the street to attract the attention of zombies, I have no interaction with you whatsoever."

What right do you have to say I've changed?

The other group was speechless after being rebuked, glared at her a few times, and then scurried back to their little corner.

Tang Xueli returned to the car as if nothing had happened and began to tidy up and clean. She would be sleeping in the car that night, so she wanted to make it as comfortable as possible.

"I thought you would give them some food."

"Of course not!" She looked at Jiang Chen, who was leaning against the back of the car drinking water from a mineral water bottle, and smiled slightly. "Those foods are yours, not mine."

How could I be so generous with other people's money?

Besides, they should apologize in the first place. Why should I give them food after they apologize?

They are the ones who wronged me, not the ones I owe them.

Their lives matter, but mine don't?

Since we won't be walking together in the future anyway, and I can't bring myself to actually kill someone, I'll just say I forgive each other and let it go.

The little white cat rubbed its belly with a relieved expression. "Looks like I was overthinking it. This little beauty is really quite nice; at least she's not confused."

Jiang Chen smiled and nodded, "I'm going over there to take care of something. Keep an eye on our car."

Stepping over the cars surrounding the crowd, he went straight to the bald, fat man who was clearly the leader of a gang, tilted his head to look at the old-fashioned pistol tucked into his waistband, and asked, "Want some weapons?"

"What the heck?" The fat man was clearly confused.

He pulled open his combat uniform jacket a little to reveal a brand-new pistol at his waist.

The other person's eyes were immediately drawn to it.

"Not bad, young man, this stuff is really good!" The fat man became interested and asked, "How many do you have?"

"Firearms and ammunition, pistols, sniper rifles, machine guns, all types; as well as grenades, time bombs, mortars, and so on. I have everything you can think of, it just depends on what you have to trade."

The fat man's eyes gleamed with excitement, "Do you have a Gatling gun that shoots blue flames?"

"The price is very high."

The other party's lips twitched at the thought of the transaction price.

I really don't have anything of value!

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Jiang Chen took a bag from the car and tossed it to the other person.

A gun and a few boxes of ammunition complete the transaction.

Then the other party ordered a burly man with tattoos and a gun to move the car blocking the road, and Jiang Chen's car was able to drive to the front and stop smoothly.

The fat man had some food and water, as well as two large barrels of gasoline, delivered to him, along with a night of security.

"Boss, wanna pull off a heist?"

The subordinate's foolish idea earned him a sharp rebuke.

The fat man lowered his voice and cursed, "Are you out of your mind? In this chaotic world, two young kids running around with so much new equipment and dressed so neatly, they're obviously not ordinary people!"

Stop staring at other people's girls!

Be careful, you might not even know how you died!

With so much stuff in the trunk, you didn't even notice the tires hadn't moved?

Let me tell you, these two are definitely superhumans!

"You don't even have this much sense of propriety, yet you want to rob people?"

After someone got scolded for speaking out of turn, no one dared to bring it up again.

The students were huddled in the corner, thirsty and hungry. The girl with the sweet and coquettish manner finally couldn't sit still any longer and took an empty bottle to try her luck.

"Lily, didn't you say you had nothing to eat?" She walked over and saw Tang Xueli eating a fragrant chicken leg with her mouth full of oil, and she couldn't help but swallow.

Tang Xueli swallowed the chicken leg in a few bites, wiped her greasy mouth, and said frankly, "I have no food. This isn't mine. It was given to me by some of the older brothers over there."

The girl with the sweet, coquettish voice looked over in the direction her fair finger pointed.

The bald fat man and several burly men were eating and drinking heartily.

She licked her lips and said aggrievedly, "If you don't want to give it to us, just say so. There's no need to lie and deceive us."

"I'm not lying, I really have nothing left to eat." Tang Xueli said, putting the last piece of chicken into her mouth and turning the bag of roast chicken inside out for the other person to see.

"Then...could we have a little water? My throat is practically parched!"

Tang Xueli turned all her pockets inside out. "Look, I really don't have anything."

Chapter Six: The Technical Five

"I love how this little beauty talks nonsense with such a straight face, it's so cute!" Little White laughed, waving its paws and legs as it lay there. "It's just like its host!"

Jiang Chen, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but chuckle.

Seeing that Tang Xueli wouldn't budge, the other person turned to him and pleaded, "Handsome guy, can I have some water? You're so good-looking, you must be very kind!"

Even half a bottle of water would be helpful; a handsome guy wouldn't bear to see such a cute little beauty die of thirst, right?

Jiang Chen slowly chewed on the spicy duck neck bone in his hand, and asked with a smile, "Then what can you offer in exchange?"

"I..." The girl with the coquettish voice glanced at Tang Xueli and slowly leaned down, deliberately letting the other person see her full breasts. She lowered her voice and said seductively, "Whatever she can give you, I can do too! In fact, I know even more tricks. You definitely won't lose out by taking me with you!"

The little white kitten covered its face with its paws, "Oh dear, how shameless!"

Tang Xueli blushed instantly, opened her mouth but didn't know how to refute.

He smiled even more broadly, his dimples making Jiang Chen's smile look rather cute. "When you say you have many tricks up your sleeve, do you mean you have many ways to push me out as bait when you encounter zombies?"

Should we push horizontally? Vertically? Or lying down?

The girl's expression immediately changed, and she glared at Tang Xueli, retorting, "How can you listen to only her side of the story? She's framing me! We didn't push her!"

After shouting twice, she noticed that everyone resting in the camp was looking at her, so she simply shouted even louder: "It was clearly Tang Xueli who abandoned us and ran away."