Xu An didn't notice the expression on Yu Qin's face. She and Zhou Haimei walked behind the other two. Their demand for supplies wasn't very high, so they just pretended to follow Lin Zhuoran, not actually putting anything into their backpacks.
Lin Zhuoran naturally knew that even if she saw useful items, Xu An wouldn't put them in her own backpack. Instead, she would signal to Lin Zhuoran with her eyes, giving them to others. Zhou Haimei had no objections to this. They were not lacking survival resources at the moment, so why would they compete with Lin Zhuoran and the others? In this group, only Yu Qin maintained a degree of wariness towards Xu An. When things were peaceful, she was happy to play the naive girl. But after the recent life-and-death moment, Xu An's words telling her to scram were deeply etched in her mind.
Lin Zhuoran was picking and choosing items from the shelves, even packing cling film and finding many seasonings. There was no longer any law protecting wild animals, and they often hunted wild animals in the surrounding forests to improve their lives. The difference was that most of the wild animals had mutated. Although they were still edible, their攻击力 (attack power) was incomparable to what it was before. Many people wanted to try their luck, but they didn't know who ended up on whose plate.
"Sister Zhuoran, there's instant noodles and mineral water over here!" Yu Qin's surprised voice came from behind a row of shelves. Xu An was wondering why the girl was calling out to Lin Zhuoran after finding something. She followed and then understood why. It turned out there was a whole large box of stock here, and it seemed the young girl Yu Qin couldn't fit it all.
The previous incident had already disappeared from Xu An's mind. She didn't remember speaking harshly to Yu Qin. In a life-or-death moment, one wrong step could lead to immediate death. Who had the time to care about a young girl's inner dignity? But just because she didn't remember didn't mean others wouldn't.
Yu Qin looked at Xu An, who was following behind Lin Zhuoran, with a troubled expression. "These things... I found them first..." Her words were both tactful and direct. These supplies were found by me, so these things are mine. But I can't fit them now, so I called Lin Zhuoran, but it has nothing to do with you.
Xu An observed the expression on her face clearly and instantly understood the meaning in Yu Qin's eyes. She couldn't help but find it a little amusing. But while finding it funny, she also felt a hint of confusion. "Did I ever offend this girl?" Xu An pondered as she looked at Yu Qin, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't figure out where she had offended this woman. Adhering to the principle of not thinking about what she couldn't figure out, Xu An decisively didn't make things difficult for herself. "I don't want these things, don't worry." After saying that, she pulled Zhou Haimei and went to look at the shelves on the other side. She left behind a wary Yu Qin and an awkward Lin Zhuoran.
"Qinqin, An'an won't fight us for supplies."
"I didn't say anything, I just said I found these things first." Seeing Yu Qin's wronged expression, Lin Zhuoran couldn't say anything more. The things were indeed found by Yu Qin; this was an undisputed fact. In the apocalypse, when two groups searched the same supply point, whoever found the supplies first owned them. This was the rule in the apocalypse. Yu Qin indeed had the right to dispose of these foods. However, not only did Xu An have no intention of competing with her for food, but it was also reasonable to give Xu An some food considering Xu An had risked her life to save them just now. She had seen clearly that when the monster charged at Yu Qin, Yu Qin seemed frozen in place. It was Xu An who pushed her away and saved her life. Yet, Yu Qin was now so wary of Xu An over a small amount of supplies.
"Qinqin, you weren't like this before." When Xu An first entered the bunker, she had also been ostracized by others. It was Yu Qin who had extended an olive branch to her from the beginning. Her original wariness gradually dissolved under Yu Qin's daily kindness, and they eventually formed a stable team with the other two. Although Yu Qin's strength was somewhat lacking in the team, she had always been a kind and tolerant girl, willing to suffer small losses without complaint. But today's Yu Qin was calculating in everything and even targeting Xu An, which Lin Zhuoran found somewhat incomprehensible.
"Do you have some misunderstanding about Xu An? An'an is truly a very good person." Lin Zhuoran still tried to explain to Yu Qin. However, Yu Qin did not seem to let go of things as she usually did; instead, her eyes were filled with anger. "What's wrong with me? Did I do something? These supplies were originally found by us. Their origins are fabricated, aren't they?" "With such good skills, how could they be ordinary people? Sister Zhuoran, do you really know their origins?" "Don't you see? They don't care about the food we found at all. What are you rushing for?" "And the clothes those two are wearing, at first glance, there isn't a single stain of blood on them, and their hair is also dry." "It's the apocalypse now, but these two can still wear clean clothes, and even bathe and wash their hair, tidying themselves up. Do you really believe their made-up stories?"
It's not for nothing that people say when they've blackened, their intelligence also increases. Once Yu Qin lost the filter of Xu An being Lin Zhuoran's friend, Yu Qin quickly found illogical and contradictory aspects in Xu An. Lin Zhuoran, on the other hand, failed to notice that all of Yu Qin's changes were understandable. Perhaps it was because from the moment Xu An appeared, Lin Zhuoran's gaze and all her attention were focused on Xu An. Yu Qin felt the sense of neglect. Or perhaps, when encountering the monster, Xu An, Lin Zhuoran, and Zhou Haimei worked together perfectly to subdue it. She herself could only sit helplessly on the ground the entire time. Yet, these three people were the same as her, girls meeting for the first time, and they could cooperate so well. Yu Qin then remembered Xu An harshly scolding her and telling her to dodge, and the resentment that had been building up in her heart erupted at this moment. She revealed her most incompetent and unbearable side to others but didn't want to admit that the weak person was herself. Thus, she turned all these emotions into indignation towards Xu An for her impolite words.
One might need a reason to like someone, perhaps because of their looks or their substance. But often, to dislike someone, a single glance or a single word is enough.