Chapter 56 You're talking nonsense!

Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes and discovered that the building opposite was quite rich in supplies!

One by one, fat-headed and big-eared guys were lying on the windowsills, pointing and gesturing at the people below.

Judging by their appearance, were they planning to split these girls up among themselves?

Did they really have enough supplies at home to support another mouth?

Seeing that the man beside her clearly hadn't grasped the point of her words, Zhuang Yan was so angry she couldn't help but pinch him.

"Can you bear to watch them, so young and beautiful, being ruined by those old men and bachelors?"

"It's a mutual exchange. One is willing to hit, and the other is willing to be hit. They get something to eat, and the guys satisfy their physiological needs. I don't see anything wrong with that. After all, food is more precious than gold right now..." Zhou Yan said, talking to himself.

"Bullshit! I don't believe for a second that a beast like you is some naive idiot! If those girls go over there, they'll definitely lose their innocence, but whether they'll actually get anything to eat is another matter entirely!"

Zhou Yan quickly reached out a hand, interrupting her moralizing.

"First, the reason they're risking their lives to build a Floating Bridge and escape is because merfolk keep attacking this building... Don't you have any clue why the merfolk are attacking this place?"

"Second, this building doesn't seem to be lacking in supplies, does it? I heard that if you work for them, you even get instant noodles?"

"..." Zhuang Yan.

Why did she keep feeling like the boy in front of her could use Mind Reading...

Seeing that Zhou Yan had exposed her, Zhuang Yan stopped pretending.

She smoothed back the stray hair dampened by sweat on her forehead and looked at Zhou Yan seriously.

"Help me solve the merfolk problem, and I'll owe you a favor!"

"If I stab you to death right now, the merfolk problem will be solved. You can save that favor to promise to the King of Hell..." Zhou Yan perfectly embodied what it meant to pull up one's pants and refuse to acknowledge someone.

Those girls clearly didn't know that their home had been set on fire by some idiot.

They were still nervously laying down the Floating Bridge on the water.

Zhuang Yan sighed.

"True, I've let them down. If it were you, you wouldn't be able to solve it either. I can't just tell them the merfolk are targeting me; if I did, I probably wouldn't survive..."

"And I can't control a dozen of them at the same time..."

"That day... I tried to control that merfolk but failed, which resulted in it being able to sense my location ever since..."

"So tell me! What should I do? What can I do! I've already tried my best not to drag them down with me!"

Zhou Yan gently patted Zhuang Yan's cheek and said:

"'High expectations, low ability' is exactly what describes you. When you tried to control that Sea King, you must have been filled with ambition and fantasies about the future, right?"

Zhuang Yan flushed red.

Looking at the woman whose little face had turned pink with anger, Zhou Yan chuckled:

"I can help you solve the merfolk problem, but I want you."

"Wasn't I yours last night?"

"That's not what I meant by 'want you'..." Zhou Yan said with a dark face.

"Then what...?"

"From now on, you follow me and do things for me..."

Zhou Yan was already "drooling" over Zhuang Yan's ability!

Zhuang Yan's ability combined with Zhou Yan's blind boxes—he just wanted to ask: Who else is there?!

Zhuang Yan bit her lip, feeling a wave of regret...

Soon, she readily agreed. After all, they had already slept together; if he refused to take responsibility, there was nothing she could do...

"Fine, as long as you can help me solve that merfolk, I'll follow you! But I have one condition!"

Zhou Yan gestured for her to continue.

Zhuang Yan was pressed completely against Zhou Yan.

The situation was extremely awkward because last night, for some unknown reason, Zhou Yan had lost his mind, leading him to tear his own clothes to shreds.

Now, he was standing at the corridor window wearing only his underwear, and Zhuang Yan's pants were very thin, with her thighs rubbing against Zhou Yan.

"You can sleep with me, anything you want is fine! But you cannot harm those girls!" Even though her words were full of ambiguity, Zhuang Yan's gaze was extremely firm.

"You think I want to sleep with you? Last night that was... that was..."

Zhou Yan stammered for a long time without being able to finish his sentence.

Zhuang Yan also guiltily averted her gaze; the main reason Zhou Yan had acted like a beast last night was the scent on her...

"Whether I sleep with you or not, I don't really care that much. What I care about is how you can make me trust you?" Zhou Yan's gaze carried a hint of inquiry and obvious killing intent.

"Even if I said I was loyal to you right now, you wouldn't believe it. As long as this matter is resolved and these girls can survive the merfolk, we'll see how things go in the future!"

Watching Zhuang Yan's poised demeanor, Zhou Yan nodded:

"Fine, I'll agree to it for now! I don't have much interest in them... I've heard of buying a used car, but never of buying a public bus..."

"Bullshit!" Zhuang Yan was suddenly very agitated.

Zhou Yan turned his head, looking in surprise at the suddenly bristling Zhuang Yan.

"What? Did I hit a sore spot? Are you angry from shame?"

"Why are you just parroting the same nonsense as those idiots on the internet? It was just that a mistress was caught cheating in our building and posted online! There are many normal people in our building! Many of the girls are just students from Qingyang University renting apartments here! Don't act like such an idiot! Did you see them being kept by someone? Did you keep them?"

Zhou Yan was scolded into silence.

He stared blankly at the Zhuang Yan before him, feeling that she might not be as bad as he had imagined...

"For you men, it might just be gossip over tea, but for them, it's their reputation! It's idiots like you who make it so that whenever they say they live here, they're met with strange looks from everyone around them! Asshole!"

"Why are you yelling at me? I'm not the one who posted it online!"

"Then why did you just say it?"

Zhou Yan sighed: "I'm sorry! This is my fault. I shouldn't have looked at people through colored glasses..."

Downstairs, a girl holding a makeshift weapon made from a mop handle and scissors stabbed a mutated fish that was trying to attack them to death.

Even while attacking the mutated fish, she was able to direct everyone, looking exceptionally calm. She seemed out of place compared to the panicked crowd around her...

Zhou Yan couldn't help but point at her and ask: "That girl is quite impressive, isn't she? What does she do?"

"She is... being kept here by a developer boss..."

Zhuang Yan covered her face, not daring to look at Zhou Yan...

Among the remaining girls, she was the only special one. His eyes were really sharp!

"..." Zhou Yan. You were really enjoying scolding me earlier, weren't you?