Chapter 4: What can he do to me?

Some people were eyeing the supplies in the shops, while others were eyeing other people's supplies.

While Chen Ye was inside the tobacco and liquor grocery store gathering supplies.

Someone had been watching his every move all along.

It was none other than the yoga pants woman Jiajia and the fitness trainer Qiangzi.

The two of them only had one bicycle and one backpack.

Even if they collected supplies desperately, they couldn't compare to Chen Ye's tricycle.

So someone started coveting Chen Ye's tricycle.

Just as Chen Ye entered the store, these two quietly closed the shop door, conveniently inserting a wooden stick through the door handle.

At that time, Chen Ye was frantically sweeping goods and completely missed what was happening outside the shop.

"Jiajia, if we do this, we'll probably offend Chen Ye beyond repair!"

Qiangzi said with some worry.

"You useless fool, are you really that scared of Chen Ye? Wasted that big frame of yours!"

The yoga pants woman Jiajia said contemptuously.

"This tricycle is way better than your bicycle!"

"Besides, he went in to gather supplies himself, can he blame us if his bicycle gets lost?"

"Even if he comes looking for us later, if we don't admit it, what can he possibly do to us?"

"Plus, whether Chen Ye can even get out is a question!"

As she said this, the yoga pants woman's tone became noticeably more cheerful.

"If this were before the apocalypse, I wouldn't even want this tricycle if someone gave it to me!"

Jiajia said with both disdain and delight.

Seeing Jiajia like this, Qiangzi had no choice but to come over and examine the tricycle.

The excitement of obtaining this tricycle had already surpassed his fear of Chen Ye.

Although Qiangzi knew Chen Ye wasn't someone to mess with.

Qiangzi stroked the tricycle's handlebars and marveled, "Chen Ye's luck is really good, this tricycle is no worse than a car, no need for gas or charging!"

Just then, the sound of an overturned counter came.

The two quickly turned to look and saw a calm, emotionless face through the glass door.

It was Chen Ye.

Chen Ye was currently looking at them calmly.

It was this calm face that concealed killing intent, making both of them shiver simultaneously.

Chen Ye stood in the light, while in the darkness there was vaguely a small figure, unclear what it was.

"Qiangzi, let's go quickly!"

Jiajia said in panic.

Startled by Chen Ye's gaze.

Qiangzi also felt creeped out by Chen Ye's stare, directly mounting the tricycle and standing up to pedal, unexpectedly finding it surprisingly easy, quickly leaving the place.

The reason they were so wary of Chen Ye was because he, like Chen Ye, had escaped from Jiangcheng.

During the escape process, Chen Ye had broken a small thug's arms and legs before directly throwing him to the anomalies chasing behind, which allowed Chen Ye to escape.

You should know, that thug had previously been calling Chen Ye "Brother Chen" extremely affectionately, people who didn't know would have thought he was Chen Ye's own younger brother.

Yet Chen Ye threw him to the anomalies without hesitation.

Although that thug really wasn't a good person.

During the escape, he had done plenty of bad things.

But... Qiangzi always felt Chen Ye shouldn't have done that!

Qiangzi knew that Chen Ye seemed peaceful on the surface, sometimes even a bit joking around.

But if he really took action, Qiangzi couldn't match him.

That scene from back then, Qiangzi would never forget.

Beneath that somewhat scholarly appearance was definitely no nice guy.

If it weren't for Jiajia constantly egging him on, Qiangzi would never have dared to provoke Chen Ye.

But Jiajia had said that as long as he protected her and kept her alive, she would consider being his girlfriend.

It was this promise that made Qiangzi act recklessly.

And now, thinking about Chen Ye's ruthlessness, Qiangzi felt some regret.

If only he hadn't listened to that stupid woman Jiajia.

Chen Ye just watched as his tricycle gradually faded into the distance, not saying a word.

Right now, the anomaly hiding in the darkness was the biggest crisis.

And in front of him was the glass door with a wooden stick inserted through the handle.

This kind of glass door might seem flimsy, but sometimes if you really try to kick it open, it's actually quite difficult.

But sometimes you just lightly touch it, and the glass door shatters into pieces.

"I want candy, I want candy..."

"Give me candy!"

A babbling voice came from behind Chen Ye.

Chen Ye could even feel the chill behind him.

If he weren't standing in the sunlight shining in from outside, and the anomaly still had some reservations, he would probably be dead by now.

When anomalies face ordinary people, it's almost always an instant kill.

But the sun was still setting in the west, and at any moment there might be no place left for him.

The distance between the person and the anomaly was less than one meter.

Before long, this shop would no longer have even a sliver of sunlight, the entire shop would be enveloped in shadow.

Chen Ye looked around left and right but didn't find any handy tools.

Gritting his teeth, he lifted his leg and delivered a powerful kick to the glass door in front of him.

"Boom!"

Earlier when Chen Ye pushed the door open, the glass door's hinges had been squeaking noisily.

He hadn't paid attention at the time.

But now...

The glass door shook violently from the kick, looking precarious.

Chen Ye didn't hesitate and delivered another fierce kick.

The glass door fell with the impact, shattering into pieces of glass shards on the ground.

Chen Ye directly rushed out of this tobacco and liquor grocery store.

When the afternoon sunlight around four o'clock shone on Chen Ye, it dispelled the chill on his body.

Making Chen Ye feel like he had instantly returned to the human world.

He glanced back at the darkness inside the shop.

A pale-skinned child stood there in the darkness, with two patches of rouge on its cheeks that looked incredibly eerie, just staring fixedly at Chen Ye.

Its gaze was full of intense resentment.

"Lady Moon, shine on the coffin bed, little brother waits for candy crying his heart out..."

Now that Chen Ye was completely standing in the sunlight, he didn't feel much fear toward the anomaly.

Preparing his backpack, Chen Ye didn't look back again, chasing after the direction the tricycle had gone.

The direction Qiangzi and Jiajia were heading on the tricycle was exactly toward the large supermarket.

Chen Ye had previously worried that going too deep would be dangerous.

But now he had no choice but to chase after his tricycle.

The four o'clock sun was still slowly setting in the west.

Before the sun went down, he needed to retrieve his tricycle as quickly as possible.

Preferably while gathering some supplies along the way.

The shadows on the streets were growing more numerous.

Chen Ye could even feel pairs of eyes hidden within these shadows watching him.

Because of their group's arrival in Xinghua Town, it seemed like certain things were awakening.

"Jiajia, I think I just saw Chen Ye come out!"

Qiangzi said worriedly while rapidly pedaling the tricycle.

The yoga pants woman Jiajia looked back, then slapped Qiangzi on the back of his head and scolded, "Seriously, I'm saying you're so much stronger than Chen Ye, why are you so cowardly?"

"Even if he did come out, so what?"

"Can he really take the tricycle back?"

"If he really comes, you just fight him, see who can beat who?"

"When we get back with so many people around, can he really kill you?"

"Even in the apocalypse, you can't just kill people randomly."

Qiangzi's face showed distress: "He... he... has killed before!"

"Then what are you afraid of?"

"Qiangzi, I'm not trying to criticize you, but if you're this cowardly, how can I be your girlfriend in the future?"

Actually, seeing Qiangzi like this, Jiajia was also having doubts in her heart.

When she had escaped and joined the convoy, many men in the group had been fawning over her, like this Qiangzi in front of her - strong physique, decent features, and not too bright either.

If Chen Ye didn't exist, Qiangzi would absolutely be her best target.

But after seeing Chen Ye, Qiangzi seemed somewhat lacking.

Yet Chen Ye had never given her a proper glance.

She gave him opportunities, wanting to ride that tricycle, but he refused without hesitation.

This broken tricycle - if it were before the apocalypse, she wouldn't have even looked at it.

Now feeling that Qiangzi seemed quite afraid of Chen Ye.

The yoga pants woman Jiajia felt even more contempt for Qiangzi.

And felt even more favorable toward Chen Ye.

If that bastard would just try to please her, she might not be unwilling to dump Qiangzi...

She might not be unwilling to return the tricycle to him.

Who asked him to always act like he's ignoring me.

This young lady is very angry.

"Jiajia, where are we going now?"

"Where else? To the supermarket to collect supplies! Without supplies, do you want me to starve to death?"