136: granary

Late at night, when all was quiet.

Qin Shilei once again tiptoed out of his room.

He arrived at Zhang Xiaoli's door, twisted the handle gently, and the door opened.

As soon as Qin Shilei stepped into the room, several vines wrapped around his feet from below.

"Could this girl like bondage games?" Qin Shilei chuckled to himself, letting the vines bind him tightly.

The door closed and locked itself without any wind.

Zhang Xiaoli giggled, "Bold pervert, how dare you trespass into this maiden's room."

Qin Shilei pleaded for mercy, "My lady, spare my life. I was momentarily dizzy and entered the wrong room. I'll leave right away."

"Hmph!" Zhang Xiaoli pouted, "You think you can leave after entering this maiden's room? Dream on."

Qin Shilei said lecherously, "Then what are your demands, my lady? I will surely satisfy them. I am proficient in eighteen kinds of martial arts; there must be something you like."

"Hmph!" Zhang Xiaoli snorted lightly, "It seems you're quite experienced, aren't you?"

She paused, then added, "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep first. I'll punish you to stand all night. Don't break my vines, or I won't talk to you anymore."

After speaking, she pulled up the covers and closed her eyes.

"A moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold; this isn't good, you know."

"My feet are numb; you should retract your vines first. I'll teach you the art of bondage later."

"Hey, you're not really asleep, are you?"

Before long, Qin Shilei actually heard Zhang Xiaoli's faint snoring.

Qin Shilei's heart stirred, and he suddenly appeared under the covers.

The vines, after losing their target, did not fall down but remained suspended in the air as they were.

"She's really good at pretending, even the snoring came out."

Qin Shilei chuckled, but his hands reached out from under the covers.

"Why did you turn off the light? Let me get a good look at you."

"No."

"You're quite skilled with these vines."

"Are you saying you want me to play the art of bondage on you? My vines can totally satisfy you, you know."

"....... You can't tie me up. Don't even try that."

"Hmph, bullying me just because you can teleport."

........

The next day, Qin Shilei walked out of Zhang Xiaoli's room feeling refreshed.

But as soon as he closed the door, his face instantly fell.

"Hmph, look at you, so smug." An Qian snorted lightly and walked towards the staircase.

Qin Shilei shamelessly chased after her, "For fairness, how about I sleep between you two tonight?"

An Qian rolled her eyes, "Who cares? Get lost."

Qin Shilei could only continue to say with a playful smile, "I care about you two."

After saying that, he wanted to hug her and kiss her.

But An Qian pushed him away with both hands, "You stink! Go wash up, or you're not allowed to kiss me."

"Yes, I'll go wash up immediately." Qin Shilei's worries finally subsided, and he turned back to his room.

"Hmph, you got off easy." An Qian pouted again.

Since she had decided to share a husband, An Qian, though still having reservations, was trying hard to accept it.

After dinner, the Panshi Battle Group once again crossed the Chi Yuan River and continued to slay zombies.

Around noon.

An Qian brought a man in his forties to Qin Shilei.

"Shi Lei, this man was rescued from a basement and has important information."

The man was short and stout, but his face was pale and his whole body was dirty, emitting a strange odor from afar.

"I'm a low-level cadre from the granary. I can tell you the location of that granary, and I hope you can take me to the other side of the Chi Yuan River."

The middle-aged man had miraculously survived in the basement for almost a month. After being rescued, he learned that the army had established a base in He Shan District, and he now desperately wanted to return to the human world.

"That's simple. Mark the location for me now."

Qin Shilei took out a map of Nanzhuang City from his ring and handed it over.

The middle-aged man took the map and used a pen to circle a small red circle at the very top of the map, in a suburban area of Nanzhuang City.

"It's here. That's a national strategic granary, storing enough grain to feed at least two to three hundred thousand people for a year."

Qin Shilei looked closely and indeed saw the words "Fujiji Granary" on the map.

However, he had never worried about food before, and the words on the map were too small, so he hadn't noticed that it was a large granary.

"Fujiji Granary?" Kong Qingshu, who was beside him, frowned and unconsciously blurted out.

"You know about this granary too?" Qin Shilei turned to look at Kong Qingshu, "Is your military also eyeing this granary?"

"What 'our military'? Ever since I joined the Panshi Battle Group, I've left the army; I've been discharged."

Kong Qingshu said unhappily, "The military is indeed eyeing this granary, hoping to use the grain inside to solve Nanzhuang City's food crisis."

Yesterday, when she saw Qin Shilei had a super-capacity ring, she almost impulsively asked Qin Shilei to retrieve the granary's food for the military.

Qin Shilei asked again, "I'm going to collect the grain inside now. Do you have anything to say?"

Kong Qingshu shook her head, "Being able to get the grain inside is your capability, Leader. I have nothing to say. I just hope that when you have an abundance of grain, you can consider exchanging some supplies with the military, or even helping the refugees in Nanzhuang City."

"We'll see."

Qin Shilei turned to An Qian and the others and said, "I'm going to this granary. You all continue to kill zombies here. If there's an irresistible danger, retreat to the large ship on the Chi Yuan River."

"Okay, be careful," An Qian instructed.

Qin Shilei whistled, summoned Little Strong, and flew towards the granary on the map.

Half an hour later.

Qin Shilei finally found the Fujiji Granary, which covered tens of thousands of square meters, on the map.

However, when he looked down, he found that the granary below seemed to be occupied.

The electric iron gate in front of the granary had been reinforced with several layers of barbed wire.

"So what if there are people? At most, I'll leave some for you."

Qin Shilei thought to himself, then had Little Strong fly lower, jumping to the front of the shortest building.

Although he didn't know the exact layout of the granary, he had made up his mind to take all the grain inside, so he planned to visit every room.

The granary consisted of four main buildings. The one in front of him was the shortest and smallest, only about ten meters high, and its main gate was currently tightly shut.

Qin Shilei went forward and pushed it; it didn't budge, so it must have been locked from the inside.

He knocked hard on the door, "Anyone home? Water meter reader."

This shout immediately attracted the attention of the people inside.

"Boss, someone's here. Should we open the door?"

"Go to the window and see what kind of person it is and how many there are."

"Only one, wearing a flashy golden armor, very showy."

"Then ignore him. He's not a woman. Why open the door? Do we have too much grain?"

Qin Shilei waited for a while and saw no response, so he had no choice but to take out his Blood Soul and slice open the door lock with two swift slashes.