The post-apocalyptic world has a space full of supplies.

Chapter 58 Returning to the Villa

They threw tear gas several times on the way to Nanfeng Villa to eliminate their scent and prevent the frenzied animals from following them. When they were almost at the university town, Gu Nanfeng thought for a moment and decided to take a few detours before driving back to his villa.

The villa was exactly the same as when the five of them left. The small fence at the entrance had been breached by the zombies that Ruan Wen had lured. There were no other zombies around. Their armored vehicle was too big to fit in Gu Nanfeng's underground garage, so they had to park it at the main entrance on the first floor. After they went inside, Lu Yuan put the armored vehicle away.

They had already renovated the villa's water and electricity systems. After entering the house and assigning rooms, everyone went to wash up. Lu Yuan and the others stayed in their previous rooms, while Lin Yun was now staying in Ruan Wen's room. The villa had a total of six bedrooms, and Qin Yuan said he could sleep on the sofa in the living room on the second floor, so that was the arrangement for the time being.

Lu Yuan still handed out changes of clothes to everyone as usual before swaying his still trembling legs and walking back to his room. The room he was staying in was probably left to his sister by Gu Nanfeng, so there was a large square bathtub inside. Lu Yuan filled it with hot water and lay down in it. Today had truly been a near-death experience for him; he almost thought he was going to die.

The bathtub was clearly a high-end model, with massage and temperature control features. Lu Yuan soon fell asleep lying down. He felt as if he were back in the hotel bathtub that day, seeing that blurry figure again, rising and falling with the water, but he just couldn't make out the other person's face…

After Gu Nanfeng and the others finished washing up, it was almost ten o'clock. They gathered in the living room on the first floor to discuss their next steps. Now that they had supplies from the two large warehouses in the resort, there was no need to venture out unless absolutely necessary. Therefore, Gu Nanfeng's plan was to upgrade the villa's security and stay there for the time being.

Qin Yuan and Lin Yun agreed to the arrangement, but they had a request they were about to make when they realized that Lu Yuan had not yet come out.

Gu Nanfeng calculated the time; Lu Yuan had been back in his room for over an hour. He knew that room had a large bathtub that his sister had specified for him to install, and fearing that Lu Yuan might faint from soaking in the bath, he immediately went upstairs.

"Bang bang bang!" Gu Nanfeng's knocking came from downstairs. He knocked several times, but no one answered. Pei Sihao couldn't stand Gu Nanfeng maintaining his gentlemanly image at a time like this, so he rushed upstairs and opened Lu Yuan's door for him. After all, they were all boys, and Lu Yuan hadn't locked the door. It was a door that could be opened with a twist of the wrist. He didn't know why Gu Nanfeng had been knocking for so long.

"Lu Xiaoyuan! If you don't speak, I'm coming in!" Pei Sihao called out from the bathroom door in his usual flippant tone, but there was still no response. He glanced at Gu Nanfeng, realizing that something might have happened to Lu Yuan, and then pushed the door open and went in with a "bang".

Sure enough, Lu Yuan soaked in the bath for too long and passed out. Pei Sihao called out to Gu Nanfeng twice, but Gu Nanfeng was too embarrassed to come in. Pei Sihao clicked his tongue, grabbed a bathrobe from the side, wrapped the unconscious Lu Yuan in it, and carried him out of the bathroom. When he saw Gu Nanfeng at the door, he sneered, "You're both men, what are you afraid of? How are you going to confess like this?"

The overly upright Gu Nanfeng didn't come to his senses until Pei Sihao put him on the bed and covered him with a blanket.

People downstairs heard the noise upstairs and rushed up. Lin Yun even brought a cup of warm water, guessing that Lu Yuan had fainted while taking a bath and needed to rehydrate.

As the heat dissipated after leaving the bathroom, Lu Yuan vaguely regained consciousness. He saw Pei Sihao sitting by the bed, taking the hot water Lin Yun had brought and intending to feed him. This figure seemed to overlap with that person from that day, and he felt like his brain had turned to mush...

After being dazed and fed half a cup of water, Lu Yuan finally came to his full senses and immediately thanked everyone, feeling embarrassed.

"Lu Xiaoyuan, don't be the first one to drown himself in a bath during the zombie apocalypse," Zhong Qiang laughed from the side.

"Can't you speak properly!" Yang Xiao slapped him on the back and pushed the foul-mouthed guy out of the room. "We have no objections to your plans, you can discuss the rest yourselves!"

"I still have objections. I want to have a good meal tomorrow!" Zhong Qiang, who had been pushed out of the room, was still trying to get what he wanted.

“Lu Yuan isn’t feeling well, so let’s get straight to the point.” Although Qin Yuan knew this wasn’t the right time, he still spoke up. “When we left the base, there wasn’t much food left. The supplies we took from the resort were enough for the seven of us to last for several years. Lin Yun and I would like to borrow some from you…”

“We can write an IOU,” Lin Yun continued Qin Yuan’s words. “Could you give us some of the supplies this time so we can send them back to the base? We will continue to try to find more supplies later.”

Lu Yuan was still a little confused, but he roughly understood that the safety base was running out of supplies. Although the base was unwilling to accommodate them now, the two of them still cared about the base. "It's okay, why write an IOU?"

Seeing that Lu Yuan agreed, Qin Yuan and Lin Yun were a little excited, but then said shyly, "We still need to borrow your car."

"Let's make arrangements tomorrow morning; we can't get them now." Gu Nanfeng, who had been standing as far away from Lu Yuan as possible, saw that although Lu Yuan was awake, he was still probably dizzy, so he persuaded the two to leave. Now that Lu Yuan had agreed to lend them supplies, they felt relieved. They told Lu Yuan to rest well and then left the room.

Only the three of them from dormitory 1203 remained in the room. Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao exchanged a glance, and Pei Sihao immediately understood his childhood friend's look. He put the water glass back on the bedside table and prepared to get up and leave.

He had just braced himself against the edge of the bed to stand up when Lu Yuan grabbed his hand. Lu Yuan stared at Pei Sihao with his drowsy eyes, not saying a word, but looking like he didn't want him to leave.

Pei Sihao gave an awkward laugh. What was going on? He glanced at Lu Yuan, then at Gu Nanfeng standing at the foot of the bed. Helpless, he could only reach out his other hand to pat Lu Yuan's head, intending to comfort him, when Gu Nanfeng spoke up:

"You can come out after Lu Yuan falls asleep. I'm going out now."

After saying that, Gu Nanfeng went out and closed the door behind him. Pei Sihao was completely dumbfounded. What was going on?

Lu Yuan was really tired today, and he was also dizzy from taking a bath. He had been in a daze for a while. After Gu Nanfeng left, Pei Sihao just sat back down without saying a word, but Lu Yuan just held his wrist and fell into a deep sleep.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Pei Sihao looked at the sleeping Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan was a typical G City resident—small in stature with a fair and delicate face. To these northerners, he was an adorable "fair-skinned, young, and thin" boy. From the moment Pei Sihao learned of Gu Nanfeng's sexual orientation, he knew Gu Nanfeng liked this type. Actually, he himself was just as adorable as that when he was little…

Pei Sihao unconsciously reached out and poked Lu Yuan's round little nose. It tickled him, and Lu Yuan frowned slightly, which Pei Sihao found rather adorable. He smiled involuntarily, thinking, "Who wouldn't love a child like this?" It wasn't until Lu Yuan's fluffy head nudged his arm that Pei Sihao snapped out of his daze…