Apocalypse: My Sweetie Is Tough but Cute-Chapter 149 - 148: An Apocalyptic Life from Scratch (22)

Chapter 149: Chapter 148: An Apocalyptic Life from Scratch (22)

Li Xiaoxia turned her head to look at her man, and after seeing him nod in agreement, she pushed the food in front of her two sons and whispered, “Eat, thank the auntie.”

The brothers turned their heads and whispered to Su Shu, “Thank you, auntie.”

Su Shu patted the younger brother’s head and smiled, “You’re welcome, hurry up and eat, have as much as you want, auntie has more if it’s not enough.”

Seeing her two sons eat so contentedly, Li Xiaoxia looked down, tears welling up in her eyes, but she didn’t let them fall.

A large hand rested on her back, gently stroking up and down, offering silent care and comfort.

Su Shu didn’t know that the Luo Family was one of the first groups of disaster victims brought here, surviving solely on bread these days. Although they weren’t starving, back at home, the Luo Family had never been short of food for the kids. Both boys had big appetites and especially loved meat, so suddenly being deprived like this, they craved it terribly, particularly when they smelled meat or other savory scents from other families, their eyes would turn green with envy.

Today, in the afternoon, it was also Luo Gang who couldn’t bear to see his wife and children so distressed, so he took out the last bit of money he had brought with him to buy some food to bring back.

As he was returning from doing some work for others, he overheard that the convoy carrying relief supplies and the troops maintaining order at the resettlement site were about to arrive, and that gave him some hope, allowing him to dare to spend a little money.

Even then he couldn’t bring himself to buy meat; he had heard that others had managed to buy delicious meals from nearby restaurants, but the prices were so exorbitantly high that the money he had wasn’t enough.

He also couldn’t bear to hear his wife say, “It’s all my fault, if it weren’t for trying to save and carry me, the money we had saved at home wouldn’t have been washed away by the flood.”

Luo Gang raised his head and looked at Su Shu, the strong man sincerely expressed his thanks, “Thank you very much, Sister Su.”

“Don’t mention it, I couldn’t finish it by myself anyway, just as well to eat it together, makes it taste even better,” she said with a shallow smile.

This smile, Li Xiaoxia would often bring up later.

Sister Su’s smile, just like the sun, all at once dried the dampness in my heart, warming it snugly.

Before going to sleep, Su Shu was holding Xiao’ai, about to sleep, when the little girl suddenly woke up, opening her eyes wide, staring unblinkingly at her.

“Xiao’ai?”

She called softly several times, but Xiao’ai didn’t respond, muttered a few words, then closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

Su Shu frowned, pondering over what she had just muttered.

After thinking for a long time, she couldn’t make out what Xiao’ai had said.

She said, “Are you talking nonsense because you’re full, you little imp?”

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She wondered when she would actually hear her speak properly.

This child… In the darkness of lights-out, her mouth corners turned upwards, helpless yet full of tenderness.

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Su Shu had stayed in the East City Gymnasium resettlement site for three days, and although she initially had trouble sleeping due to back pain, she gradually got used to it.

In these three days, more and more people filled the gym, and the Luo Family’s mattresses were almost pushed right up next to hers, with only a half-meter-wide aisle between them.

Outside, it was said that there were even more tents because the number of people had increased so much that the number of people living in each tent was also rising, and with it, the conflicts were becoming more frequent. Inside, it was common to hear the sounds of arguments and fights from outside.

The security staff was too few, and the moment they handled one issue, another would arise. If everyone simply followed the rules and the schedules, they could all get through this difficult time together.

But there were always those who broke the rules, followed by two, three, and even more people.

The resettlement site was in chaos, and with rumors spreading these past few days of women being harassingly and persistently bothered, causing unsavory rumors, government workers faced immense pressure daily to resolve disputes and problems, with their emotions and energy almost at the brink of explosion.

In such a tense and dangerous moment, a troop sent by the higher-ups to maintain order finally arrived at the gymnasium.