1181: Offline, new plant illustrations

After watching for a short while.

Discovering that the Big Mouth Flower was still diligently chewing on Zombies, Hong Lei's interest waned considerably.

It seemed that any significant changes would require waiting until tomorrow, or even the day after, to be seen clearly.

"I told you not to lean against that potato, you were almost bitten by a Zombie, weren't you?" As Hong Lei walked towards the villa, his wife, Jiang Qun, muttered, her tone carrying a mix of relief and reassurance.

"You woman, you really have no knowledge, have you? That's not a potato, it's called a Nut." Hong Lei scoffed at Jiang Qun.

"I don't care if it's a Nut or a strange fruit, what's wrong with me calling it a potato?"

"You were outside for the entire day and only answered three of my calls. Afterwards, you didn't answer any of the calls I made. If you do that again next time, I'll prepare a coffin to collect your body!"

"You yourself said the world is chaotic now. If you don't report that you're safe constantly, how can I not worry..."

After Jiang Qun came to Hong Lei's side, her rambling words were an endless stream of complaints.

Hong Lei's ears automatically filtered these words, and the information he gathered was simply his wife's worry.

"Alright, stop rambling. Listening to you say these things and looking at your face, I feel like you've aged twenty years."

"Today I bought a lot of things. For the next few days, I'll be staying at home, using those machines to cultivate the area outside the villa. I won't leave just anywhere." Hong Lei interrupted the woman's rambling, stretched his waist, and said, "Ah, is dinner ready?"

"I've reheated the dishes for you several times. You're back so late, I was just about to set up a memorial tablet for you! And you say I've aged twenty years and dislike me? You shouldn't have come to bed last night..."

"You didn't even answer a single telephone." Jiang Qun's still charming face showed a hint of anger, and she turned and quickly walked back into the villa.

"This woman." Hong Lei smiled helplessly.

Jiang Qun might have become a bit sensitive.

However, he also knew that this was all influenced by him as her husband.

When he first got together with Jiang Qun, he was eighteen or nineteen.

That was when he was most recklessly involved in what was called the underworld.

Basically, he had fights every two or three days, and he would always have injuries on his body.

And Jiang Qun silently helped him bandage his wounds every day.

As he went further down the road of no return, his injuries also changed from superficial wounds to knife wounds that drew blood.

"Please stop hanging around with those people, okay? Your previous injuries haven't even healed, how did you get injured again? I heard someone from the Small Knife Society was stabbed to death with a knife. Haven't you thought that if you continue down this path, your end will also be being stabbed to death?" Jiang Qun, not yet twenty, was like a pure lotus emerging from the mud. Her reddened eyes and the tears welling up in them showed how pitiful she was to behold.

At that time, Hong Lei's only thought was that this woman, who was stopping him from doing great things, didn't understand anything.

He was clearly trying to make a better life for himself so this woman could live better, yet not only did she not support him, she even wanted to stop him!

Because of this matter, the two had their first quarrel.

Afterwards, their arguments continued to increase, always revolving around this issue.

However, no matter how fiercely they argued, neither side ever mentioned breaking up.

Until that day.

Hong Lei still remembers it clearly now.

Just as Jiang Qun had worried, he was indeed stabbed through the body with a knife!

Hong Lei didn't know who was behind the attack. In that group fight, he only felt a sudden coldness in his body – the feeling of a dagger piercing his chest!

And because of the adrenaline secreted during the fight, Hong Lei didn't notice at the time that his body had suffered a life-threatening severe injury.

It wasn't until a progressively stronger stabbing pain began in his chest that his attention finally went to his chest.

And he saw his clothes, stained red with his own blood!

In the Hospital.

Hong Lei woke up alone on the Hospital bed.

For two months, he recuperated alone in the Hospital room.

The good thing was that his bravery and skill in fighting earned him the Boss's appreciation, and all the medical expenses were covered by the Boss.

What was unbearable was that his woman, Jiang Qun, didn't inquire about him at all after he suffered such a disaster!

After he had recovered mostly, Hong Lei received a letter.

It was a breakup letter from Jiang Qun.

This letter completely ignited the anger that had accumulated in Hong Lei over the past two months.

He had suffered such an injury, yet Jiang Qun, the woman who had promised to stay with him forever, didn't appear. During the two months of recuperation, she hadn't even met with him once.

The next time he heard from her, it was a breakup letter. How could this woman be like this?

It wasn't until later that Hong Lei learned the whole truth.

That was in his Boss's company office.

Hong Lei saw Jiang Qun curled up in the corner, barely clothed and trembling all over, and on the nearby sofa, the Boss, completely dead with a bloody hole in his chest, his eyes wide open!

"He wanted me to accompany him before he would give you the money for treatment. He... they took advantage of me a lot. I didn't dare to resist, and was even forced to write a breakup letter. I kept putting it off for two months, but he lost patience and wanted to force me. I just killed him with scissors."

"Hong Lei, I didn't give myself to him. I'm still fine, you have to believe me!"

The woman in the corner's voice was full of sobs.

This woman could have originally chosen to just run away and not care about him.

Looking at Jiang Qun at this moment, Hong Lei felt a pang in his nose and pulled her into his embrace.

"Hong Lei, I'm so scared, so afraid!" The woman, who had been holding on strongly, had her defenses completely collapse. "Can we not stay here anymore? I... I... Woo woo woo..."

"Okay, let's leave."

Since then, Jiang Qun's nerves had always been this sensitive.

It wasn't until the birth of their Hong Lei's daughter that it seemed like a good medicine that soothed Jiang Qun's heart.

Hong Lei understood that ultimately, he himself was the cause of all this.

Therefore, he had no right to lose his temper with Jiang Qun.

...

At the dinner table.

Hong Lei and Da Hu held their bowls and buried their heads in eating rice heartily.

His wife, Hong Lei's daughter, and that Teacher were also at the dinner table.

Because the general environment was visibly deteriorating, and they were preparing for danger in times of peace, there weren't many dishes on the dinner table.

A bowl of meat, a fish, and a plate of cabbage.

It wasn't overly rich, but it was enough to eat.

"How many Zombies were attracted by that Nut outside during its growth process today?" While eating, Hong Lei's attention went to the Delicious Nut outside the villa.

"Quite a few, gradually, at least ten or twenty." Hong Lei's daughter, Hong Yunyan's attention to this matter was clearly stronger than her focus on studying.

"There were a total of 17 Zombies. All these Zombies were eaten by the Big Mouth Flower next to the Nut." Teacher Xu Si Xu provided the exact number.

"17? That many?" Hong Lei's heart tightened. This number was beyond his expectation!

Their gradual appearance indicated that these Zombies had entered the villa area by mistake at different times.

Hong Lei remembered clearly that within a ten-kilometer radius of his villa, there was hardly any sign of human habitation!

17 Zombies couldn't have come from nearby, which meant they had wandered here.

If they were just wandering normally, could there be this many Zombies?!

...

Just as he was wondering, at the dinner table, Hong Yunyan, holding her telephone, said with dissatisfaction, "Sigh, the telephone is completely useless now. The internet is completely down. Although I already guessed this time would come, it seems to have arrived too early!"

"The things I ordered online haven't arrived yet. The logistics had already been stopped in that place for two or three days, and now it's completely hopeless!"

"No internet?" Hong Lei took out his telephone and opened app after app. Just as his Hong Lei's daughter said, none of them worked!

He couldn't even make a telephone call!

"Ding dong ~"

At this moment, a text message popped up on the telephone.

"Affected by the aftermath of the cosmic storm, satellites in various countries have uniformly shut down parts for a period of time. Citizens who wish to learn news can do so by watching television."

This message gave Hong Lei a rough guess.

In fact, communication is also a resource.

With everyone having a telephone, the occupation of information channels is too large.

During this extraordinary period, it's certainly necessary to make way for military channels and various official organizations.

Leaving television is considered not bad.

It might not be long before satellites truly become unusable...

The unusual number of wandering Zombies outside the villa indicated that a larger number of Zombies might arrive later!

After shutting down the telephone network, some inevitable disturbances can be anticipated!

The officials even came up with such an imprecise reason as a cosmic storm, indicating that they are already preparing to gradually disclose the truth!

These unclear yet factual occurrences instantly placed a strong sense of urgency on Hong Lei!

Lifting his head slightly, A Man liked to open the System panel to look when he felt a lack of security.

"Ding ~ Congratulations Host, you have successfully Acquired two customers. The Plant Store Boss mode is officially enabled. Host has achieved the accomplishment [Official Business]."

"Host has successfully unlocked a new Plant Illustration. To learn more, please open the Plant Illustration page."

After opening the System panel this time, Hong Lei obtained a new Plant Illustration.

"This plant..."