Chapter 537: Chapter 531: Special Privileges

Xie Ning naturally didn’t pry into Zhuang Xinyi’s affairs.

Zheng Heng and the others were adults; they surely knew how to weigh the pros and cons.

She and Song Kexin were secretly munching on a small bag of dried sweet potato strips, sharing a smile.

Just then, a series of shrill, angry shouts erupted from the direction of the underground shelter.

Feng Jiamin was fuming. "What’s all this about special treatment? Everyone is to be treated equally. There are no privileges."

"What kind of way is that for a young girl to talk? Can’t you speak respectfully? We’re old enough to be lectured by a little girl like you."

"I’m old enough to be your grandmother. Don’t you know how to respect your elders?"

Feng Jiamin took a deep breath and forced a smile at the few elderly women who had started the trouble. "Ma’am, please, go on."

"See? That’s a much better attitude."

"Young lady, I just want to ask, will there be special vehicles arranged to transport us, the families of the base officials?"

"That’s right! And you have to guarantee our safety. We don’t know how to fight zombies, you know."

"Oh? Are you related to Base Chief Chen Zhaowei somehow?" Feng Jiamin asked, resting a hand on her stomach with a faint smile.

Upon hearing the name Chen Zhaowei, a stout woman who had pushed her way to Feng Jiamin’s side immediately jutted out her chin. "That’s right. I’m the second-oldest cousin on the side of Base Chief Chen Zhaowei’s third maternal aunt’s cousin."

Feng Jiamin’s head was already spinning from the convoluted relationship.

She smiled, nodded at the woman, and waved her toward one side. "Since you’re a relative of Base Chief Chen, please go and stand over there."

The stout woman froze for a moment and turned to look.

Several men and women were standing there, all looking gaunt and pale. Their expressions were timid and withdrawn.

Beside them stood seven or eight able-bodied men armed with guns, looking for all the world like they were guarding prisoners.

The woman immediately regretted her claim. Stiffening her neck, she quickly said, "I’m not going over there. Why should I have to stand with them?"

Feng Jiamin’s patience wore thin. "Didn’t you just say you were a relative of Base Chief Chen’s family? His relatives are receiving preferential treatment right now, so you’d better hurry over."

The woman jumped back in alarm, taking several steps away. Her face flushed as she said, "No, I’m not! I’m not related to the Base Chief’s family. I’m just the wife of an ordinary base official."

"Then what are you making a scene for? Is this the place for that? Get back in line."

"We’re the families of proper officials! Is it wrong for us to demand a direct conversation with your leader?"

"Exactly! Who is your leader? We must speak to him directly. What’s wrong with having a few small requests? Our husbands and sons have poured their blood, sweat, and tears into Gushang Base."

"Now you’re telling us to just pack up and move? Are we supposed to abandon everything we’ve built over the past year since the apocalypse began?"

"Yeah, who could possibly accept that?"

Xie Ning blinked, watching Feng Jiamin, Qu Lanping, and the other women getting mobbed by the crowd. "Feng Jiamin is always so nasty to me, but she’s being so polite to these women. What’s up with that?"

"That’s because Feng Jiamin has always been jealous of you," Song Kexin said, lifting her chin with a huff. "I regret going so easy on her last time."

"If she ever dares to give you any crap again, Sister, I’ll beat her so hard she’ll be picking her teeth up off the floor."

Su Xiyue, trailing after Song Kexin, nodded her little head vigorously. "Picking her teeth up off the floor."

"Hehe." The two "sisters" exchanged a look and giggled.

Xie Ning chuckled too. "I have a feeling Comrade Xiao Gu won’t be able to handle these women."

"Sister, you’re enjoying his misfortune, aren’t you?"

"I am not." Xie Ning turned her head to look at Gu Chen in the distance.

The young man and a few of his comrades were huddled off to one side, muttering about something.

Feng Lijian was pacing back and forth beside them, looking like he had something to report.

But Gu Chen was talking with Lu Wei, so Feng Lijian could only keep pacing nearby.

Finally, Gu Chen looked up at him impatiently. "Once everyone is registered, we move out."

’It was getting late. If they dawdled any longer, it would be almost high noon...’

Feng Lijian was at a loss for words. He glanced at his superior and asked cautiously, "What about those uncooperative family members...?"

"Let them go wherever they want. If they want to stay here, they can stay here. It’s their choice," Gu Chen said, waving his hand dismissively as if shooing away a fly.

’Alright, then. Since he’d put it that way, there was absolutely no room for discussion.’

’Feng Lijian knew his superior’s foul temper all too well.’

’Since he said to leave them, then leave them we shall...’

Feng Lijian turned and mobilized the members of Superpower Team One, hurrying them to organize the relocation of the shelter’s residents.

"How many people need to be moved right now?" The unoccupied Xie Ning sauntered over to Gu Chen and asked.

Gu Chen glanced at her with a smile. "Quite a few, I imagine."

"Ningning, are you hungry?"

Xie Ning shot her boyfriend a deadpan look.

’Her boyfriend was always trying to feed her at the drop of a hat. It was so annoying.’

"I’m not hungry. I’ll go help with the headcount." Xie Ning strolled off, yet she could still feel her boyfriend’s intense gaze on the back of her head.

Elsewhere, a few of Song Shijun’s classmates, who looked no better than refugees, were gathered around Teacher Zhou, watching Yu Tianfeng administer treatment.

"Teacher Zhou, how are you feeling? Are you any better?"

Teacher Zhou couldn’t help but laugh at these little rascals. "It’s not a Miracle Medicine that takes effect just minutes after one injection."

"Don’t you worry. Didn’t Doctor Xiao Yu say he’d help us find a Healing Ability User to take another look?"

"Come on, stop crowding around. Come get something to eat." Song Shijun walked over to them, carrying a bag, and patted Gao Dapang on the shoulder.

But the skinny, dark-skinned young man staggered from the pat, nearly falling over.

Song Shijun awkwardly pulled his hand back, his expression a mixture of heartache and pity. "Dapang, you’re way too thin now. You need to hurry up and eat to get your weight back."

Gao Dapang steadied himself and gave him a wry smile. "How could I?"

"Don’t worry. If you start now, you can definitely eat your way back to being the big, tall, chubby guy you were before."

Gao Dapang let out an exasperated laugh and took the bag from Song Shijun. When he opened it, his eyes went wide.

"There’s so much! We don’t need..."

"Alright, cut the nonsense. This is all food provided by the Jingji Base officials for the suffering people of Gushang Base. Just eat it."

Song Shijun reached out and patted Gao Dapang and the others on their shoulders.

The classmates’ eyes instantly welled up with tears. Teacher Zhou also straightened up. "Shijun."

"Teacher, we’re all going back to the Capital together. You guys all have the foundation for a superpower. As long as you train properly from now on, you’ll definitely have much more than just this."

"Our Jingji Base gives preferential treatment to fellow Superpower Users. There are plenty of jobs that would be a good fit for you. Once you’re there, you’ll definitely have food to eat and work to do."

Teacher Zhou nodded repeatedly in delight. "That puts my mind at ease. Shijun, thank you so much."

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