20: Chapter 20: What was our relationship before?

"Yes, The Apocalypse." She put the coffee table back down. "The Apocalypse will descend in three months. At that time, countless people will mutate into zombies, and the world will fall into chaos. In my past life, you passed away before you could wait for me to return and find you..."

Mother Xu hugged her daughter and shed tears. "Then, then you came back, does that mean you also died, died?"

Xu Wanning nodded. "Yes, three years later, another Acid Rain triggered a secondary mutation. The base was breached, and my friends and I all died."

Father Xu placed his hands on his knees. "Dad believes you. Dad will handle all the real estate in the family right now and use the liquid funds to hoard supplies."

He had already thought it through; if The Apocalypse didn't come, he could just sell the supplies and recoup his costs.

Mother Xu nodded along immediately. "Right, right. I will also handle all those bags and jewelry of mine. Let's hoard as much as we can."

Xu Wanning hugged them. "Mom, Dad, thank you for believing me."

She thought it would take a long time to convince them, but she hadn't expected it to go so smoothly.

Mother Xu pinched her daughter's cheek. "You are our daughter; if we don't believe you, who would we believe? Mom will call your aunt right now and tell her to hurry up and sell her house and everything else..."

Xu Wanning grabbed her. "Mom, don't tell her." Hatred appeared in her eyes.

Mother Xu was stunned. "Wh-what's wrong?" Father Xu was also taken aback. Didn't Ningning like her aunt the most? Why wouldn't she let them tell her?!

Xu Wanning gritted her teeth. "In the past life, it was my aunt, uncle, and uncle's parents who killed you."

"What?" Mother Xu and Father Xu completely didn't expect this. "How could they?" They hadn't helped that family any less than usual.

Xu Wanning clenched her fists. "After The Apocalypse began, they came to our house to look for you, and you let them into the house directly."

"But that very night, they stabbed you to death, buried you under the tree in the yard, and forcibly occupied our family's supplies and house."

Father Xu slapped the table. "How could they do such a thing?!"

Mother Xu also couldn't believe it. "Was your aunt forced? She, she shouldn't treat me like that, right?"

Xu Wanning shook her head. "When I returned, they hypocritically said that you had turned into zombies, and I believed them. But that night, they snuck into my room wanting to get rid of me too."

"Fortunately, when I returned, I didn't tell them that I was an Ability User. I discovered them the moment they entered. Both my aunt and uncle attacked together."

"When I opened my eyes, the dagger in my aunt's hand was already raised to strike down, so I killed them both."

"I interrogated my uncle's parents and found out you had been buried. After digging you up, it was very obvious that you hadn't mutated into zombies at all; there were still knife wounds on your chests."

Mother Xu was trembling with anger. "Fine, just fine. Lin Wandong and Zheng Cheng, they aren't even human!"

"If it weren't for our help all these years, could they have lived such a good life? How could they be so evil?!"

Father Xu sighed. "Since that's the case, we don't need to care about their lives or deaths anymore."

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Ningning, your second uncle, Second Aunt, and your grandparents..."

Xu Wanning smiled and said, "Second Uncle, Second Aunt, and my grandparents are all good people. After I killed them, I went to Second Uncle and Second Aunt's house."

"Second Uncle's legs were broken. They said that when they went to look for you, they just questioned them, and Zheng Cheng, who had awakened a strength-type Supernatural ability, broke his legs. If it weren't for Second Aunt having a speed-type ability, they might not have been able to escape."

"It just so happened that my teammate had a Healing Ability, which helped heal Second Uncle's legs. At first, they didn't want to leave with me, not wanting to drag me down."

"They only agreed to come with me after they knew I had the ability. However, not long after we returned to the base, another Acid Rain came, and we didn't survive."

Father Xu breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness, thank goodness Jingping is not that kind of person."

Mother Xu glared at him. So, it was worth being happy that his side had good people while hers had bad ones.

"This matter cannot just end like this. Since Lin Wandong and Zheng Cheng want this house so much, then we will fulfill their wish."

"Daughter, you go to your Second Uncle's house first. Your dad and I will stay and trick them into buying this house. Even if we sell it for half price, they will have to go bankrupt to afford it."

"At that time, I'll say we will hand over the property and transfer the deed in three months. We'll take their money to hoard supplies. When The Apocalypse arrives, with the property deed in hand, the house will still be ours."

Xu Wanning gave a thumbs up. "Very good!"

She thought her mother would soften her heart and plan to deal with Lin Wandong and Zheng Cheng privately. She didn't expect her mother to be so capable. This was for the best; let them reap what they sow!

Leaving the house, she drove her dad's car directly to Second Uncle's house. Second Uncle's home was not very close to here. Both Second Uncle and Second Aunt were teachers, and their family conditions were limited.

Grandparents felt sorry for the couple working so hard, so they stayed there to help with chores and cooking, and incidentally took care of their younger brother, Xu Yu, who was in high school.

In the past life, when The Apocalypse broke out, Xu Yu was still in school class and couldn't come back. In this life, she couldn't let them have any more regrets.

Just as the car stopped downstairs at Second Uncle's house, her phone rang. She took out her phone and saw that it was actually Lu Chengyue. "Hello, Brother Chengyue."

"Is what Xiao Yu said true?" He didn't mention the words "The Apocalypse."

Xu Wanning gave an "En" sound. "It's true." A-Yue probably just wanted to confirm it so he could arrange to hoard supplies or report it.

There was silence on the other end for a long while. Just when Xu Wanning was planning to hang up, he finally spoke up. "Then, what was our relationship before?"

Xu Wanning almost spat out water. After doing so much psychological preparation, the result was to ask this. "Zhiyu's roommate and Zhiyu's brother, that's all."

She didn't want to directly admit that they were lovers. In fact, she quite enjoyed the current ambiguous relationship.

Moreover, the Lu Chengyue of the past life was the past life's; this life's Lu Chengyue didn't love her as deeply yet.

If they defaulted to being boyfriend and girlfriend just because of the past life's relationship, maybe he wouldn't cherish it. She still had to play hard to get a little longer.

A sigh came from Lu Chengyue on the other end. "Okay, I understand. When are you coming back? Let's meet."

"I'm not sure yet. I'll tell you before I go back. Can you pick me up at the airport?"

She thought about handling things here first, then asking about the results from Yangyang and Qingqing. If things weren't going smoothly on their side, she would have to fly over there to demonstrate her Supernatural ability.

As for school, she would just ask the counselor for leave. Hoarding a large amount of supplies was more important first.

She originally wanted to take a long vacation or go next weekend, but she was afraid that The Apocalypse would arrive early. It was better to ask for a few more days off and get everything done before returning to school.

Lu Chengyue's voice was deep. "Okay, I'll wait for your news. I won't tell anyone else about this for now; we'll talk when you get back."

"Okay, Brother Chengyue. But everything I said is true. You all had better start preparing in advance."

A-Yue's comrades also had parents; it would be better if they could be brought over in advance.

"Okay." Lu Chengyue was planning to find some reason to bring his teammates' relatives over.

Xu Wanning hung up the phone, stepped out of the car happily, and went upstairs.