CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 45: YOU’RE THE POLICE, SO IT’S YOUR JOB TO PROTECT US!

Lu Chuan was in high spirits after gaining a great asset.

He could already imagine that in the near future, with a powerful group of zombies behind him, he could thrive in this apocalyptic world.

The two evolved zombies were left to guard on the first floor, while Lu Chuan returned to the seventh floor.

Just as he pushed open the door and entered the room, Lu Chuan discovered a shocking scene.

Little Qiqi was using the copybook he had bought, lying on the floor practicing writing!

Although the characters Little Qiqi wrote were crooked and looked quite ugly, one could vaguely recognize what characters they were.

Of course, the reason they were so crooked was because Ji Ruxue did it on purpose.

She didn’t want to expose her identity as a reborn person too early; being able to read and write at this young age would be too extraordinary.

Therefore, she deliberately wrote the characters crookedly, barely pretending that she was in the process of learning.

If she had written neatly from the start, even a fool would have noticed something was off.

Yet, even though the writing was very ugly, Lu Chuan was still both shocked and delighted.

Although Lu Chuan had been single for many years and had neither dated nor had children, he knew that at Little Qiqi’s age, most infants were still crawling on the ground.

When he first met Little Qiqi, the little one could only lie in the crib, not even having the energy to cry.

In such a short period, not only did the little one learn to stand and walk, and talk, now she was even self-learning to write!

Lu Chuan increasingly felt that his precious daughter was a prodigious genius, beyond what words like prodigy could describe.

After all, in Lu Chuan’s previous life, he never heard of any child at Little Qiqi’s age being so exceptional.

Moreover, this was achieved without him providing any guidance, solely through Little Qiqi’s self-learning!

However, Lu Chuan didn’t think much of it, attributing the achievements to Little Qiqi’s intelligence and the learning machine.

"As expected of the genius learning machine, truly a worry-free tool for parents!"

Watching the little one practicing writing stroke by stroke, despite the careless handwriting now, it was already groundbreaking.

Lu Chuan’s heart filled with pride and satisfaction, perhaps this is the inner sense of accomplishment a parent feels hoping for their child to succeed.

My daughter, Lu Chuan’s daughter, is truly extraordinary!

Then Lu Chuan gently squatted down and carefully pinched Ji Ruxue’s cheek.

The little one’s skin was very smooth, even in the apocalypse it was kept clean by Lu Chuan, very fair like a porcelain doll and adorable.

"Daddy seems really happy today; apparently he has had a good haul on this outing."

Ji Ruxue secretly speculated in her heart.

During their time together, zombie dad would pinch her cheek whenever he was free.

Ji Ruxue might not understand what zombie dad wanted to say, but she could sense it was an expression of his happiness.

...

The Police Station.

After escaping the evolved zombies, Zhao Lin returned to the police station alive, only to find an intense argument occurring inside.

One side was her colleagues, the officers within the police station.

The other side was the survivors their station had rescued and sheltered.

At this moment, the survivors were highly emotional, pointing at the officers and scolding them harshly.

"What are you guys doing? Why are you sending us ordinary people out to search for supplies?!"

"You’re wearing uniforms, as police you should be protecting us, that’s your duty!"

"We are taxpayers, paying you guys so much to feed you, and you expect us to risk our lives outside? Hah! Don’t even think about it!"

Being scolded by the survivors, the officers’ faces turned extremely pale, their expressions filled with gloom.

"Alright, alright, what happened here? Why is everyone suddenly arguing?!"

Zhao Lin quickly stepped in to separate the two sides.

Seeing Zhao Lin had actually returned alive, her colleagues were filled with surprise.

When they left, they saw Zhao Lin had been cornered by the evolved zombie, but unexpectedly she was able to return from such a situation.

The survivors who were originally scolding harshly changed their expressions upon seeing Zhao Lin, showing excitement.

"Wonderful Officer Zhao, we didn’t expect you to still be alive."

"Officer Zhao, quickly come judge this! Officer Li and Officer Wang are actually sending us out to search for supplies, this is no joke!"

"We are just ordinary people, the outside is so dangerous, what if we encounter a zombie?!"

"The outside is so dangerous, sending us out to search for supplies is truly too much!"

Listening to their grievances, the officers inside increasingly found it difficult to accept.

They never expected that risk their lives to gather resources would not receive praise but be met with intensified criticism.

Officer Li and Officer Wang, thinking about today’s situation in the shop, felt a surge of nameless anger.

"Enough! Is your life precious and ours should be thrown away?"

"Why should it always be us risking our lives to gather resources, while you just sit inside waiting for distribution without needing to exert any effort?!"

Hearing their colleagues’ complaints, Zhao Lin frowned.

"Alright, let’s stop arguing."

"Let the task of gathering supplies be handled by us, we’re police after all, it’s our duty to protect the people, facing danger is our responsibility."

Hearing Zhao Lin’s words, the survivors inside applauded joyously.

"Officer Zhao is indeed just and righteous! Not like some people who are selfish!"

"Yes, Officer Zhao is a real good cop, thank you Officer Zhao!"

The survivors knew how dangerous the outside world was; once they went out there was a chance they wouldn’t come back, they didn’t want to take that risk.

Officer Li and Officer Wang’s faces turned extremely gloomy, but thinking of how today Zhao Lin drew the zombies away, they just exchanged a glance, snorted coldly, and said nothing further.

Then the officers began distributing the resources.

Seeing the decreasing amounts of supplies in their hands, the survivors couldn’t help but complain.

"Officer Zhao, can’t you gather more food next time? This isn’t enough to eat."

"Yes, yes, every night I’m hungry, the food you bring back isn’t enough."

Hearing their complaints, Zhao Lin couldn’t help but frown.

Nonetheless, witnessing everyone’s plight in the apocalypse, Zhao Lin felt a duty to care for them, so she always allocated herself the least supplies.

Others could still have two meals a day, while Zhao Lin would only eat a small packet of biscuits a day.

The prolonged malnutrition often made her feel dizzy.