104: Empty?

Su Mianmian was engrossed in the joy of picking snow pearl fruits, unaware that Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan were picking while also distractedly watching her.

After about an hour of picking, the three of them finally harvested a large patch of snow pearl fruits.

After reuniting, Su Mianmian reached out and picked up Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan's bags, weighing them. She found that they had both picked more than her.

She looked at the two of them in shock and asked, "Have you two picked fruit before?"

Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan didn't understand what Su Mianmian meant by the question. They shook their heads honestly, indicating they hadn't.

Seeing this, Su Mianmian looked disbelieving.

"If you haven't picked before, why did you pick more than me, who has?"

"This isn't scientific at all."

Su Mianmian muttered to herself, head lowered.

Shi Xu and Su Jinxuan heard her soft murmurs and both couldn't help but laugh.

"Mianmian, it might be the advantage of height!"

"Short trees only have one or two snow pearl fruits, while tall trees have five or six."

"We can easily pick from both tall and short trees."

"You're different. You can easily pick from short ones, but for tall ones, you have to jump."

"Sometimes you jump and still can't reach, so you have to jump several times."

Su Jinxuan had been watching Su Mianmian jumping up and down while picking fruit. If he hadn't had good self-control, he would have been laughing uncontrollably.

Su Mianmian was extremely displeased hearing Su Jinxuan's honest words.

"Brother, you weren't even focused on picking fruit, yet you had time to watch me. Really..."

"Look at Shi Xu, he didn't watch me."

Su Mianmian looked at Su Jinxuan with annoyance, accusing him.

Shi Xu remained silent. He felt that if he exposed Su Mianmian at that moment, he would suffer.

Su Jinxuan looked at Shi Xu with amusement, not exposing the fact that he had watched her even more diligently than himself.

"Alright, wasn't I just constantly watching you because I was worried you might be in danger?"

"Besides, the way you were jumping up and down was quite cute."

Su Jinxuan reached out and patted Su Mianmian's head, his expression doting.

Where Su Mianmian couldn't see, Shi Xu's lips couldn't help but curve upwards.

He quite agreed with what Su Jinxuan said; Su Mianmian's jumping up and down movements were indeed very cute.

Su Mianmian laughed in exasperation. She hadn't expected Su Jinxuan to say that. He shouldn't think that just because he said that, she would gladly accept him making fun of her.

She huffed at Su Jinxuan, then waved her hand, collecting the three bags of snow pearl fruit from the snow into her space.

"Brother, I've decided, your snow pearl fruit clothes will be made last!"

After Su Mianmian finished speaking, she turned and walked back.

Su Jinxuan was stunned in place, looking incredulous.

He looked up at Shi Xu, but Shi Xu completely ignored him.

Shi Xu was anxious when he saw Su Mianmian leave; how could he have time to look at Su Jinxuan?

With both of them gone, Su Jinxuan naturally wouldn't stay put.

He quickly quickened his pace to catch up with Su Mianmian and Shi Xu.

"Mianmian, you can't do this!"

"I contributed to the snow pearl fruits!"

"I promise I won't dare to do it again, okay?"

Su Jinxuan caught up to Su Mianmian, pleading anxiously.

Su Mianmian's face showed no expression, but inside, she was laughing uncontrollably.

She hadn't expected Su Jinxuan to actually believe what she said. How could she possibly make his clothes last?

Not to mention he contributed one-third of the snow pearl fruits, even if he was the one who discovered them, she wouldn't make his last, would she?

Her brother, Su Jinxuan, was truly silly.

Su Mianmian smiled, her lips curving upwards.

"Alright, Mianmian is just teasing you. How could she possibly make your clothes last?"

"Stop talking, you're giving me a headache."

Shi Xu had long known Su Mianmian's thoughts. Listening to Su Jinxuan still chattering and begging Su Mianmian for forgiveness, he couldn't help but shake his head, speaking with a look of disdain.

Hearing what Shi Xu said, Su Jinxuan looked up at Su Mianmian's smiling expression, and only then did he believe she had truly been teasing him.

Su Jinxuan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He had really thought Su Mianmian was angry and would make his clothes last.

He was very curious about the effect of this fruit and couldn't be the last to experience it.

Now that it was alright, Su Jinxuan finally relaxed.

After the three returned to the team, Shi Xu announced they would continue moving.

The team walked until past seven in the morning before reaching the supermarket entrance.

"If it weren't for Shi Xu, we wouldn't have found the supermarket entrance."

"I feel like this supermarket could be a maze; it's a bit too winding."

Su Mianmian looked at the large sign that read "Supermarket Entrance" and couldn't help but complain.

Su Jinxuan nodded, in full agreement.

Before, they had been going in circles, walking several times only to end up back where they started. In the end, they relied on Shi Xu's ability to navigate out.

Su Jinxuan thought of their previous predicament and couldn't help but feel helpless.

"Alright, there's no one inside, let's go in quickly."

"It's not safe to be away from home for too long."

Shi Xu still wanted to return quickly, unsure of the situation there now.

Su Mianmian nodded, thinking Shi Xu had a point; returning sooner would be safer.

If something attacked their home, that would be bad.

Ren Tingfeng's subordinates also wanted to go back. Hearing Shi Xu say that, they were quite happy.

The supermarket door was an electronic one, and without electricity, Su Mianmian looked at the door, a little unsure of what to do.

"No electricity and no key, how are we supposed to open the door?"

"Shi Xu, do you have any ideas?"

Su Mianmian looked at Shi Xu with curiosity, asking doubtfully.

Shi Xu glanced at Su Jinxuan, who then pulled out a key, inserted it into the supermarket door lock, and the door opened.

Su Mianmian looked at the key in Su Jinxuan's hand, her face full of surprise.

"Brother, how do you have a key?"

At this moment, Su Mianmian still didn't realize what was amiss.

"This is a master key, pretty amazing, right!"

Su Jinxuan dangled the key in front of Su Mianmian, an proud expression on his face.

Su Mianmian: "..."

At first, she thought it was quite impressive, but as soon as she saw Su Jinxuan's actions, she no longer thought so.

"Impressive, impressive, let's go in quickly."

Su Mianmian casually humored Su Jinxuan, then pushed open the door.

As soon as she pushed the door open, several cockroaches scurried out from inside.

Seeing something move, Su Mianmian instinctively released her ability to attack.

The result was the corpses of several ordinary cockroaches.

"Hehe, a subconscious reaction."

"Let's go in!"

Su Mianmian looked at the dead cockroaches on the ground, a little embarrassed.

The others paused, then all couldn't help but laugh.

Su Mianmian's face turned red hearing the laughter from behind her.

Shi Xu reached out and patted her shoulder, a strong gesture of comfort.

He turned and gave a warning look to those who were laughing, and they immediately stopped laughing out loud.

Su Mianmian knew this was all Shi Xu's doing. She looked up and gave him a grateful look.

"Mianmian's subconscious reaction is the best self-preservation response in the apocalypse. If you encounter danger and don't know to attack, just standing there dumbfounded, you would have been attacked long ago."

"I think Mianmian's behavior is very much worth learning from."

Su Jinxuan didn't like others making fun of Su Mianmian. He declared that only he could laugh, not anyone else.

Hearing his words, the others wanted to say something but didn't know how.

Their laughter wasn't mocking; they just found it amusing.

Unexpectedly... at this moment, they all felt embarrassed.

It was unclear who apologized first, but Su Mianmian's ears were filled with apologies from those who had just laughed.

Su Mianmian smiled helplessly. She hadn't expected such an outcome.

She knew their laughter earlier was good-natured, so she didn't make things difficult for them.

The group went inside and found the first floor in disarray.

Su Mianmian paused, wondering how this was different from her imagination.

She had originally thought there would be many supplies here, but unexpectedly... "How could this be?"

"Did someone get here before us?"

Su Jinxuan looked at the meager remaining supplies, his face filled with shock.

Shi Xu's eyes revealed an unreadable expression. He looked at everything before him with a poker face, saying nothing.

"If there are no supplies left, what are we going to do?"

"We can endure, but the others..."

One of Ren Tingfeng's subordinates looked at the scene before him, his eyes welling up with tears, his face filled with pain.