Chapter 235: Chapter 235: Yang Liu Village

“Xiao Leng, why do you keep looking at me?” Bai Zhengxuan touched his face, “Have you also noticed I’ve been getting younger lately?”

After absorbing the Crystal Core, he felt younger and could eat two braised pork knuckles in one meal!

Almost back to his youthful prime.

Leng Yebai’s eyes flickered, and his gaze fell on Bai Zhengxuan’s hair, “Grandpa, I think your hair looks darker.”

Bai Zhengxuan was already seventy, with graying hair, but there was a faint hint of gray that you could make out.

Looking closely, the roots of his hair were slightly grayer than the rest.

“Really?”

Bai Zhengxuan tugged at the wrinkles on his face; he also felt he was getting younger, though it wasn’t visible outside—he could feel it.

His physique had improved significantly from before the apocalypse.

He was even tougher than before the apocalypse!

“Yes, it is.”

Leng Yebai smiled lightly, holding his chopsticks horizontally at eye level. From his viewpoint, the chopsticks lined up with Bai Zhengxuan’s nose.

Through the upper part of the chopsticks, he could see Bai Zhengxuan’s eyes and eyebrows.

Their sparse and graying eyebrows, hinting that the elderly man might have been a handsome, thick-browed young man once.

Leng Yebai turned his gaze to Liu Jing, noticing eyes as dark as Bai Xiqin’s.

Leng Yebai was slightly stunned. Could the world really have such coincidences?

“What’s the matter?”

Bai Xiqin nudged the dazed Leng Yebai, always feeling he had been acting strange since his return.

Leng Yebai gently shook his head, picked up a dumpling for Bai Xiqin, and placed it in her bowl.

His deep eyes flickered slightly, a cold face full of confusion.

Does time travel truly exist in this world?

But, weren’t the experiences of Xiao Niu and him also inexplicable!

Leng Yebai rubbed his temples, his eyes on Bai Xiqin, unsure how to express his speculations.

Those two never took off their masks, making it impossible to truly confirm their identities.

Or perhaps they had other unspeakable reasons for not revealing their identities.

Leng Yebai savagely stuffed wild vegetable buns into his mouth, pondering how to decide.

Meanwhile.

The masked couple walked aimlessly in one direction, stopping after a while.

From afar, they could still see the black smoke slowly rising near the air-raid shelter.

They found a place to sit down casually, their eyes blankly staring in the direction of the air-raid shelter.

They seemed like ancient sculptures, exuding a strong sense of vicissitude.

In those eyes was a fleeting sadness and a desolation that didn’t belong here.

They appeared to be in their thirties, yet their demeanor exuded an elderly depth of history.

After a long time, the masked woman spoke.

“Old man, how about we just stay here?”

Her eyes were full of reluctance as she spoke.

Reuniting after a long time, how can one bear to part?

If they went back, they’d still be living alone, without sons or daughters-in-law, without grandchildren.

The man gently shook his head, “We don’t belong here. Once we finish what we need to do and find Chenghuang, we should leave here.”

The woman fell silent for a moment, her heart beginning to hope.

She wished they would never find Chenghuang.

…

After breakfast, Village Chief Li engaged Bai Zhengxuan in a conversation about the post-apocalyptic era.

The villagers had never left, so they wanted to hear Bai Zhengxuan talk about the outside world.

Bai Xiqin’s mind kept recalling the couple’s faces. Even though they wore masks, Bai Xiqin felt they were nice, giving off a sense of familiarity.

All morning, she was in a distracted state.

“Sis, how about we go somewhere else to play?”

Bai Yifan cheerily ran up to Bai Xiqin, rubbing his fingers mischievously.

“Where to?” Bai Xiqin raised an eyebrow.

What was her little brother plotting?

“I want to go to Yang Liu Village!” Bai Yifan grinned widely.

Yang Liu Village was close to Baiyang Village, about a kilometer away, passing a large pit whose edge led to Yang Liu Village.

In the pit was putty; during winter and summer breaks, Bai Xiqin and Bai Yifan used to dig there.

This kind of putty was very resilient, not sticky, and was favored by the kids in both Baiyang and Yang Liu Villages.

Bai Xiqin glanced at the kids peeking at the air-raid shelter entrance, her lips curling slightly.

“Let’s go!”

Bai Xiqin agreed with a nod.

“Yay!”

The kids cheered, then quickly covered their mouths after being scolded by adults, scurrying off toward the air-raid shelter.

The kids were still quite afraid of Bai Xiqin; although she seemed pure and harmless, she was once a formidable force in Baiyang Village, singlehandedly making the village’s little tyrant cry!

Bai Yifan cheerfully trailed behind Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai, informed Mr. Bai, and then headed toward Yang Liu Village.

Putty was far more fun than regular clay. Even the children wanted to play with it, and he couldn’t resist itching to join in!

Leng Yebai and Bai Xiqin walked ahead hand-in-hand, with Bai Yifan discreetly keeping a distance behind them.

Seeing this, Leng Yebai was quite pleased and decided to mix an extra cup of milk powder for Bai Yifan when cooking!

The village had quite a bit of land per capita; they walked a while before encountering just a few zombies and not even a mutant animal.

Bai Xiqin found it odd; the village should have plenty of pets, and even if there were no mutant cats or dogs, why weren’t there any other mutant animals?

A kilometer later, the trio soon arrived.

They were facing a large pit, its bottom barely covered by water.

The pit showed signs of past excavations by diggers, and it’s easy to descend through the uneven ground.

Glistening sheets of putty were visible to the naked eye, differing from regular dirt with a greater density and flexibility.

“Go ahead!”

Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai stood at the pit’s edge, hands on their waists, looking relaxed and content.

Understanding his place, Bai Yifan knew it was impossible for his gentle and caring beautiful sister to dig mud.

Thus, he carefully made his way down, pulling out a knife strapped to his leg, and started digging away diligently.

Putty was tough to extract due to its high stickiness, but Bai Yifan was patient, gradually working on it.

Once back, he could play putty games with the kids, and he believed he could win!

“Woof woof—”

A dog’s bark rang out.

Bai Yifan shuddered instinctively and lifted his gaze towards his reliable sister Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai, before resuming his excavation.

Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai, standing by the pit, observed a small, cute Teddy running toward them from afar.

Behind Teddy, a burly man chased relentlessly with a cleaver in hand.

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