CHAPTER 17: CHAPTER 17: FAMILIAR FACES

The next day.

When Zhou Yingting’s boat returned to the dock, she saw Cen Kewan observing the surroundings from afar. After ensuring no one was watching, she hurriedly ran over, carrying a password box.

It was unclear if she hadn’t slept all night, but she brought ten password boxes with her.

Looking at the password boxes, Zhou Yingting recalled something.

Previously, the item unlocked was a safe.

Now, the other party had brought password boxes, which perhaps indicated a level of distinction between them.

If we were to compare, naturally, safes are much harder to open unless you have a key or something like that.

If there’s no key, trying to open it would be quite difficult.

With Zhou Yingting’s strength, trying to forcibly open a safe would likely be impossible.

"Come, eat."

Zhou Yingting watched as Cen Kewan approached, first taking out food from the table and placing it outside, indicating for her to eat first.

Then, Zhou Yingting brought the password boxes inside, one by one.

Cen Kewan, exhausted from the night and starving, quickly started eating the sumptuous meal in front of her.

The meal today was slightly different from yesterday’s, but mainly consisted of home-cooked dishes.

Starving, Cen Kewan ate hastily, with no concern for her manners.

At the same time, Zhou Yingting began opening the password boxes, one by one.

By the time the boxes were all opened, Cen Kewan had finished eating.

She ate so quickly because if she took too long, the food would become contaminated by Plasma; eating it then would lead to it being tainted.

This level of contamination is much worse than just casually coming into contact with Plasma.

So the few remaining people in Wali Town basically eat as little as possible, only enough to maintain their strength.

Zhou Yingting finished opening the password boxes, and after counting, there were fifty-three Blood Golds.

Taking out a third of these fifty-three Blood Golds was inconsequential.

Seeing this, Cen Kewan didn’t hesitate and directly took out all her Blood Gold, handing it over to Zhou Yingting.

"What are you doing?"

Looking at the Blood Gold she handed over, Zhou Yingting was momentarily stunned.

"I want to temporarily store the Blood Gold with you. It’s not safe outside; yesterday I saw many people already robbing others of their Blood Gold. If I don’t have any on me, there won’t be anything for them to rob."

Considering that yesterday Zhou Yingting generously gave her Blood Gold, and now Zhou Yingting already had a ticket and boarded the boat,

she figured that Zhou Yingting wouldn’t need the Blood Gold, and keeping it with him would be safe.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yingting glanced at her and said, "You could also find a place to hide it."

"Ugh, those people don’t just rob; they search everywhere for Blood Gold, hiding it elsewhere just doesn’t feel safe."

With no other options, Cen Kewan worried that whether carrying the Blood Gold on her or hiding it elsewhere, something might happen.

What if someone happened to see her coming or going from where she hid the Blood Gold? Then what?

Hearing this, Zhou Yingting nodded slightly. It reminded him of when he was young, holding tens of thousands with a similar mindset.

Back then, it felt like no one around him was safe.

"Alright, you can leave it with me for now, and when you’re ready to buy a ticket, come retrieve the Blood Gold."

Zhou Yingting accepted her Blood Gold, "By the way, did you happen to see any other ticket machines in the town? It’s best to look around; I’m worried someone might be watching the ticket machines, waiting to rob whoever comes to buy a ticket."

Upon hearing this, Cen Kewan’s expression slightly relieved, "When I was searching for Blood Gold before, I noticed there were other ticket counters, so I’ll just go to one of them when I want to buy a ticket."

Zhou Yingting wasn’t surprised by this reaction.

He always thought there should be more than one ticket counter.

But since he left early, he hadn’t had the chance to explore many parts of the town, so it was normal that there would be multiple ticket points.

Having finished her meal, Cen Kewan, not wanting to waste time, turned and hurried back towards the town.

Having had his fill, Zhou Yingting rested briefly on the boat before beginning his study of the town’s surroundings.

At that moment, Zhou Yingting suddenly heard footsteps approaching from outside the boat.

When Zhou Yingting turned to check, he saw a few people already by the boat’s side.

These people were gathered around the boat, seemingly trying to find a way to get in.

Among them, a few looked particularly familiar to Zhou Yingting.

After trying for quite some time without success, they sat down in frustration.

"Brother, could you spare us some of the food inside? We haven’t eaten for days!"

A big man, panting and with a pale face, spoke to Zhou Yingting.

As he spoke, he kept glancing into the small boat.

From his position, he could clearly see the food inside the boat was plentiful and untouched by Plasma pollution.

The food was remarkably clean, and they were all eagerly craving it.

"Oh, this stuff can’t be taken out," Zhou Yingting replied indifferently.

"Bullshit, you haven’t even tried, how do you know it can’t be done?"

No sooner had he spoken than someone shouted angrily, glaring at him.

Zhou Yingting recognized the speaker as one of the men who had earlier tried to block him from boarding the boat.

Considering this, Zhou Yingting pondered for a moment and then nodded, "You’re right, I should at least try to know for sure."

He then turned around, picked up a plate of crispy meat from the table, and threw it into the water.

The plate flew easily and landed in the water.

"So it can be taken out after all!"

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting acted as if he had just realized something.

"Quick, bring us some more! We would be so grateful!"

Seeing Zhou Yingting really could send food out, their faces lit up with joy.

Zhou Yingting laughed, "And why should I?"

"Did you really think I’d forget how you tried to block and rob me of my ticket that day?"

Blocking him and trying to rob him of a ticket, and yet they still expected food from him? Impossible.

With Zhou Yingting’s words, Lin Yu Yan’s eyes flashed. He hadn’t expected Zhou Yingting to remember that incident.

This presented quite a challenge.

Seeing this, one of the big men among them stepped forward, "Brother, that day was just a misunderstanding. You have plenty of food; saving a life is a noble deed. Can’t you show us some mercy?"