Chapter 226 Anyone can be replaced

"Huh?"

Shen Qingci was stunned. "Faking it?"

"Gulu!"

Water Bubble's eyes suddenly widened as it looked at Chen Yu, its gaze carrying a sense of guilt from being caught red-handed.

Chen Yu looked at it, and it looked back at Chen Yu.

"Gulu~"

*Pia!*

After staring at each other for about two seconds, Chen Yu tossed it onto the ground.

Water Bubble lifted its head and bounced twice defiantly.

"Gulu! Gulu gulu!"

Chen Yu ignored it and turned around. "Class Monitor, give me a few hundred units of construction materials."

Zhang Wanyue was taken aback. "A few hundred?"

Chen Yu nodded.

After all, they were about to return to the Road to Survival, and construction materials could no longer be wasted recklessly.

While he used to throw thousands or tens of thousands of units at Water Bubble, he certainly couldn't do that now.

Zhang Wanyue jogged over with three hundred units of iron blocks, squatted down, and fed them to Water Bubble.

After swallowing the materials, Water Bubble puffed out its chest, looking full of spirit.

Chen Yu: "..."

Zhang Wanyue and Shen Qingci glanced at each other and then burst into laughter.

[Evacuation Countdown: 00:00:08...07...06...]

[...01...00]

"Buzzing—!!!"

Along with the buzzing in their ears, everyone's vision went white, and their ears were filled with terrifying noise!

Everyone instinctively covered their ears, but it was useless; the sound didn't travel through the ear canals at all!

By the time everyone came to their senses...

The feeling of jolting had returned!

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!*

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!*

The vibration of the wheels rolling over the highway rose from beneath their feet, and the sound of rain enveloped the entire vehicle from all directions!

Yang Kexin, being the driver, was actually teleported back to the driver's seat by default!

She immediately grabbed the steering wheel, startled. "Phew, scared me to death. They really don't give any preparation time, do they?! At least let me sit firmly first!"

Inside the cabin, the voices of the women immediately rang out—

"Finally, we don't have to sleep on the grass! This is great!"

Li Mengyao sighed with emotion.

Zhang Wanyue also nodded. "It's good to be back. Even the air in the car smells good! Take a sniff~"

Water Bubble, in her arms, spat out a string of bubbles as a response.

Zuo Shi smiled. "Others don't want to return to the highway, but we're the only ones looking forward to being back in the car!"

Wang Mengmeng hummed, "Is it the same? We have Brother Chen Yu! Being back in the car is what true comfort is!"

The women chatted briefly, and then they all thought of something at the same time.

They began rummaging through their personal backpacks.

Taking out beef jerky, jackets, water, and biscuits from their storage spaces...

"What if our backpacks get locked again one day?"

"Hurry and prepare supplies, be ready for the next mission at any time!"

"The next mission won't be like this again, will it?"

"We still need to prepare in advance. Don't you think so, Class Monitor?"

"Uh... you can prepare, but Mengmeng, there's no need to prepare so much. Put that down jacket away; it's a rainstorm outside, not a blizzard."

Chen Yu sat in the seat behind the passenger side, hands in his pockets, with ten golden body cards in each pocket.

Not far behind him...

Wang Mengmeng slumped against the back of her seat. "Phew, it's finally over~ After enduring for so long on the island, I almost forgot what a chair feels like! Time to sleep, time to sleep!"

She covered her face with her jacket and stretched her legs out, assuming a standard useless person posture.

Chen Yu, sitting in the seat behind the passenger side, patted his thigh. "I'm tired too, Wang Mengmeng."

"?"

Wang Mengmeng's muffled voice came from under the jacket. "Hmm? Brother Chen Yu? What's wrong?"

"Come and give me a massage."

"..."

"What, are you unwilling?"

The jacket was pulled aside, and Wang Mengmeng revealed a standard service-style smile.

"How could that be! Brother Chen Yu, I'd be more than happy to!"

She scrambled up from her seat, walked over to Chen Yu, squatted down, placed her hands on his thighs, and began to massage.

After about seven or eight strokes, she even let out a yawn.

Only after yawning did she realize something was wrong; she quickly shut her mouth and stole a glance at Chen Yu.

Chen Yu was looking down at her. "Wang Mengmeng, do you have some kind of problem with me?"

Wang Mengmeng's hands stopped abruptly. She looked up, her mouth slightly agape. "No, no, no!"

Chen Yu spoke coldly, "Do you hate me?"

Her speaking speed instantly accelerated. "How could that be! Brother Chen Yu, how could you think that! I just..."

"Just what?"

Wang Mengmeng's eyes darted around quickly. "It's just that I just got back from the island, and my muscle memory hasn't adjusted yet! That's why the massage was a bit light. I've completely adapted now! Look!"

She lowered her head and started massaging again, the frequency faster and the pressure stronger!

She massaged until a layer of fine sweat broke out on her forehead!

"How is it, Brother Chen Yu? Is the pressure right?"

She looked up, that standard service-style smile hanging on her face once more...

Chen Yu closed his eyes and didn't say a word.

The other girls in the car also peered over curiously, not knowing what was happening.

But Chen Yu's silence made Wang Mengmeng even more afraid.

She would rather Chen Yu scold her a bit, say her massage was bad, make her restart, make her kneel, or even kick her.

"Brother Chen Yu?"

Her voice began to tremble. "Did I do something wrong?"

Only then did Chen Yu speak indifferently, "You know that on this vehicle, everyone except me can be replaced, right?"

Wang Mengmeng bit her lip.

Chen Yu continued, "Yuxin has the crayfish, Class Monitor has water, Xiaoyu has Rice, Kexin can make blades, Zuo Shi can scout, Qiao Xi can treat illnesses, Senior Sister Shen can fight, Mengyao has camouflage, and Aunt Liu can restore energy."

Chen Yu paused. "What do you have? Massages? Do you really think you're good at it? To be honest, your massage skills aren't even at the Class Monitor's level."

Wang Mengmeng opened her mouth but made no sound.

She squatted before Chen Yu, head bowed, her hair covering her entire face.

Chen Yu reached out and tilted her face up. "So, can you tell me why I should still keep you around?"

The cabin was so quiet that only the sound of rain remained.

"I..."

"I can learn..."

Wang Mengmeng was truly terrified. "I can learn anything. I learn things very quickly, really. Brother Chen Yu, give me a chance, I beg you..."

Chen Yu shook his head. "I've given you many chances."

This wasn't a lie; Wang Mengmeng's red luan level had been stuck at lv12 for longer than he could remember.

Even Liu Manqing had reached lv13!

Now that he was back in the car, if he couldn't solve this problem...

...then he would be more than willing to just kick Wang Mengmeng off the vehicle.

After all, a red luan that wouldn't increase its level was just taking up space.

Wang Mengmeng's tears finally fell, one after another, looking pitiful.

But Chen Yu was cold and heartless. "You know me; this is meaningless to me."

"I really can learn... Brother Chen Yu, don't drive me away..."

Her voice was already broken beyond recognition.