Chapter 1 Karen
Karen's shouts irritated Wan Lei to no end. He even regretted digging this guy out of the dirt.
If he wasn't counting on you to find a shelter with food, I'd have let you starve to death, you grandson of a turtle.
Wan Lei sighed and took out a pancake from his pack.
Karen's eyes lit up, and he revealed a happy smile.
Wan Lei thought for a moment, broke the pancake in half, put one half back in the pack, and handed the other half to Karen.
Karen's smile vanished.
"What are you looking at? This is all the dry food we have. There are three of us, and a dog. We've only walked less than a hundred miles today. This little bit of food isn't enough to support us until we reach the shelter, so we have to conserve it. Didn't you see that neither of us has eaten anything?"
"Then give me some water to drink."
"No, all the rivers and wells along the way are covered with sand. There's no water source at all. We don't know how long it will take for the rivers to break through the sand. We need to save the water even more."
See, who says this young master Lei doesn't know how to manage a household?
"Sigh."
Karen sighed.
"To think that my family is a city lord's family, and I am the first in line to inherit. I used to live a life of luxury and never worried about food. Now I've fallen to this state. The world is so cold and fickle."
Wan Lei glanced at him without saying anything.
If he and Fang Xiaoyu revealed their identities, they would be several streets ahead of Karen.
Sensing that the breathing of the girl in his arms was gradually becoming long and steady, Wan Lei pulled the face scarf on her face up a little more.
Looking at the way she frowned slightly even in her sleep, and thinking about how Fang Xiaoyu had been suffering and enduring hardships with him, either in Lei Xinghai or camping out in the open here, Wan Lei felt his heart ache.
She was also a pampered little princess, but she had never complained, and had always been silently enduring. And in the future, who knows how much more suffering she would have to endure.
Wan Lei secretly swore in his heart that in the future, he would do everything in his power to give her the best life.
With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for?
Gently holding his beloved, Wan Lei also quickly fell asleep.
Karen looked at the two of them and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He was a little envious.
After all, beauty and happiness are what everyone yearns for.
Although he was chewing on a dry, hard-to-swallow pancake, Karen didn't find it so difficult to eat with the dog food the two of them were dishing out next to him.
The next day, when the sun rose, young master Lei also… rose.
"Damn…"
Young master Lei whispered, feeling the rising power, and looking at the little beauty in his arms rubbing her sleepy eyes, he felt a surge of lust rush to his head.
Slap!
Young master Lei slapped himself.
What time is it, and I'm still thinking about this? I'm really not human.
"What's wrong?"
Fang Xiaoyu rubbed her eyes, almost rubbing sand into them.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little thirsty."
Wan Lei picked up the water skin, carefully took a small sip of water, and then handed the water skin to Fang Xiaoyu.
Getting up and shaking off the sand on his body, Wan Lei walked to Karen, who was sleeping like a dead pig, and kicked him.
"Damn, what are you doing so early in the morning? Let me sleep a little longer."
"Stop talking nonsense, get up and get moving. The sooner we get to the shelter, the sooner we'll have water to drink and food to eat."
Then, Wan Lei picked up the dog, who was sleeping soundly, and slapped it twice.
"Are you even human? I kept watch for you all night, and you're hitting me?"
The little yellow dog launched a whirlwind of fury kicks at Wan Lei, but its legs were too short and could only hit the air.
"I told you to keep watch, but you're actually sleeping."
"What's wrong with me sleeping for a while? I've been up all night, what's wrong with me sleeping for a while?!!!"
Wan Lei sighed and ignored the dog's protests. He put it on his shoulder, carried his pack, and pulled his little rain sister along, embarking on the uncertain journey once again.
Along the way, they still didn't speak, conserving their strength as much as possible. One of the two water skins was already empty.
The journey was dry and boring. Whether it was the sky or the ground, it was all yellow sand. They walked for an entire day, and it wasn't until it was completely dark that they stopped.
"We should have walked a hundred and fifty miles today, right?"
Wan Lei's voice was particularly hoarse. The dehydration made it difficult for him to speak.
"Probably. There are only a hundred miles left. Let's keep going."
Karen sat on the ground, his eyes constantly glancing at Wan Lei's pack.
Everyone hadn't eaten a single grain of rice or a drop of water all day, and they were all tired and hungry.
Wan Lei spread out the pack, frowned as he looked at the remaining two and a half pancakes and a little bit of dry food crumbs, and didn't know how to distribute them.
There was so little food, not enough for everyone to fill their stomachs.
Wan Lei thought for a moment, picked up a pancake, and put it in Fang Xiaoyu's hand. Then, he threw the half pancake to Karen. He picked up the last pancake, broke it in half, gave half to the dog, and kept half for himself.
Distribution complete.
Although Karen was so hungry that his front was pressed against his back, he didn't protest. After all, the food was Wan Lei's, and he could distribute it as he pleased.
The idea of taking care of women still existed in this era, when the disaster had just occurred and the laws of the apocalypse had not yet begun to appear.
"Let's drink some water to moisten our throats before we eat."
Wan Lei opened the water skin and handed it to Fang Xiaoyu.
"Alas, if I had known that the city and that village would be destroyed by celestial bodies, I should have taken more dry food."
Fang Xiaoyu took a big gulp of water and handed it to Wan Lei. After Wan Lei drank it, he handed it to the dog.
Karen thought to himself that people were not as good as dogs.
The three people and a dog struggled to finish the pancakes. Wan Lei saw that Karen still looked bitter and his stomach was still rumbling, so he poured all the remaining dry food crumbs in the pack into his hand and handed them to Karen.
This moved Karen greatly. He wouldn't have even looked at this little bit of food before, but in this situation, it was something that could save his life, and it was extremely precious.
And the fact that Wan Lei was willing to give him this last bit of food showed his friendship.
The three people and a dog slept on the ground, and there was nothing to say all night.
After the sun rose, the three hungry people stood up.
"All the food is gone. Either we are lucky enough to survive and reach the shelter, or we all starve to death. Let's go."
The three people once again stepped onto the desolate land and headed towards the west-north direction.
All along the way, there was nothing but boundless yellow sand. Fortunately, the land under their feet was becoming more and more solid, and there was less and less sand. Gradually, they could see black soil and some plants.
This showed that the shock wave had weakened a lot here. Although they still didn't see any buildings or people, it gave them great hope.
By noon, when the sun was high in the sky, Karen staggered and couldn't walk anymore.
"Why don't we eat the dog? It will fill our bellies and help us travel."