Rebirth: Love in the Apocalypse - Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Wei Family
“Xuanyuan Yi and his mother’s family came up with the prices.” Uncle Zhang revealed and Mo Chenxuan couldn’t help but frown.

“Wei family.” He muttered and a trace of murderous intent flashed his eyes.

The Wei family was a scourge.

In the previous life, the Wei family founded a radical faction that tried to evict ordinary and poor survivors from the base.

According to them, these poor people did not deserve to enjoy the protection of the base because they did nothing to contribute to its prosperity.

Before the apocalypse, this kind of thing would have been denounced as discrimination, ethnic cleansing, genocide, or some such term.

However, in the apocalypse, this opinion was unexpectedly popular among the rich and powerful.

In a short period, many poor survivors were evicted or forced into inhumane situations.

Prostitution, slavery, zombie-baiting…

These people became less than human beings and could be ridden on the streets like horses.

That said, there were people who opposed this but their voices were too few and easily ignored.

When Mo Chenxuan recalled these matters, he couldn’t help but be angry.

‘Everything was a surprise in my previous life but this life is different. I won’t allow those bad things to happen again.’ He thought.

In fact, Mo Chenxuan didn’t want to save people because he cared about them.

Rather, he cared about the living environment in which Qin Wu and their future children would live in.

For that reason, he was willing to work hard to ensure the survival of the human race.

“Young master, I have prepared a detailed report of everything that has happened since the apocalypse began.” Uncle Zhang said and Mo Chenxuan nodded in appreciation.

‘It’s fortunate uncle Zhang awakened the brain enhancement ability.’ He thought.

With uncle Zhang’s help, Mo Chenxuan felt he and Qin Wu would be able to achieve their objectives much more easily.

“I will rest first and then look at the report.”

“Good.” Uncle Zhang said.

After that, Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu left the sitting room and went to the third floor.

Once in their room, Qin Wu looked at Mo Chenxuan with a solemn expression.

“Brother Chenxuan, the post you sent to the high-level leaders before the apocalypse….” Qin Wu started but didn’t finish.

“I specifically mentioned that ordinary people should be protected. It seems the Wei family and others didn’t take the post seriously.” Mo Chenxuan frowned.

“What should we do?”

“Rest first. We will decide after reading uncle Zhang’s report.” Mo Chenxuan said, rubbing between his brows to relieve a headache.

When Qin Wu saw this, she frowned and pulled the person to sit on the bed.

“Let me massage your head.” She said, threading her fingers into the person’s hair.

“Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it.”

Unfortunately, the headache couldn’t be relieved.

In the end, the two showered and went to bed and didn’t wake up until two hours later.

When he woke up, Mo Chenxuan felt a little better.

However, he still felt a distant throbbing that couldn’t be ignored.

‘What’s going on?’ He wondered but didn’t mention it to Qin WU.

Instead, the two had supper and then went to the study to read the information that uncle Zhang had accumulated.

At a glance, there were several folders of information.

These folders not only contained official announcements but also rumours that uncle Zhang deemed relevant to one or other thing.

By the time Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu finished reading the information, it was already past two in the morning and both were tired.

The next day, didn’t wake up until nine in the morning.

After waking up, their cleaned up, wore clean clothes and went down for breakfast.

“Young master, young madam.” The Zhang couple greeted when they saw the two.

“Breakfast is ready and can be eaten at any time.” Aunt Zhang said and led the two to the dining room.

Breakfast was an extravagant fare.

However, Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu weren’t too surprised because they were used to eating good food.

After breakfast, Qin Wu turned to the Zhang couple.

“Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, are there enough supplies?” She asked.

“We have enough dry and canned food but fresh…” Aunt Zhang stopped with an embarrassed expression.

“Don’t worry about that.” Qin Wu smiled and waved her hand.

A moment later, a small hill of meat and vegetables appeared in the room.

“This…” Aunt Zhang couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Brother Yuan and I went to a meat processing plant on the first day of the apocalypse.” Qin Wu said.

However, she didn’t explain the vegetables.

Fortunately, the Zhang couple were smart and didn’t ask what they shouldn’t ask.

Seeing this, Qin Wu smiled and continued to remove things from her space.

“We also collected some seafood, pork, chicken, and other things. You can keep them in your space and use them as necessary in the future.” She continued.

Aunt Zhang didn’t hesitate.

As the family’s chef, it was only natural for her to keep the food.

This way, she could cook on time and make good preparations when the young master and young madam wanted to go out for tasks.

“Tell me when you need more.” Qin Wu said and Aunt Zhang nodded.

“Thank you, young madam.”

“Wu’er and I will walk around the base to see the situation.” Mo Chenxuan said after Aunt Zhang finished collecting the food.

“We will wait here for the young master and young madam to return.” Uncle Zhang said and Mo Chenxuan nodded before pulling Qin Wu to leave.

However, after walking a few steps, Mo Chenxuan stopped and turned around.

“What’s the condition of the secondary villas?” He asked.

Before the apocalypse, the villa area was exclusive for extremely wealthy families.

As a result, each residence had a main villa, two secondary villas, a servant’s quarter, a vegetable garden, a swimming, and a very large compound.

The Zhang couple emptied and covered the swimming pool in the early days of the apocalypse.

However, they had always been living alone and Mo Chenxuan didn’t know if were able to spare some time to take care of the other facilities.

“We hire someone to clean the secondary villas and servants’ quarters every week.” Uncle Zhang said and Mo Chenxuan nodded.

“Let someone clean them again as soon as possible.”

“Yes, young master.” Uncle Zhang nodded.

After that, Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu left the villa and began walking towards the gate.

“Do you expect we will have guests?” Qin Wu asked.

“If possible, I want our teammates to live in our compound. They can live in the secondary villas and prefab houses.”

“Our house is so big and has many rooms…” Qin Wu said in a teasing voice.

“The main house is our family’s home. Not even our teammates can live there.” Mo Chenxuan said in a solemn voice.

Qin Wu became serious when she heard this.

She understood.

When people went out on missions, they could sleep anywhere and didn’t care about personal space.

Knowing that, Mo Chenxuan wanted to live a private space that was exclusive for their family.

In that space, they could be themselves and didn’t have to care about image or guarding against others.

‘I understand.’ She thought and looped her arm around Mo Chenxuan’s.

Villa eight was in the inner circle of the villa area.

Since the couple chose to walk instead of driving, the two had time to look at their surroundings and assess the current state of things.

So far, the villa area seemed unaffected by the apocalypse.

However, there were traces here and there that things weren’t normal.

“I wonder which team is living in villa sixteen.” Qin Wu couldn’t help but wonder.

As they were walking by the villa, she saw many people enter the villa and concluded it was a team house rather than an individual’s house.

“It should be high-ranking team.” Mo Chenxuan said and Qin Wu nodded.

After all, villas were notoriously expensive.

Without a large number of supplies or crystal cores, a team couldn’t afford to live in the villa area.

“Brother Chenxuan…” Qin Wu called and intentionally looked around.

Seeing this, Mo Chenxuan understood and secretly surrounded them with a spiritual power barrier.

“Go ahead.” He said.

“Do you have any ideas about the high cost?” She asked.

Although she and Mo Chenxuan didn’t lack supplies, few people could truly afford the high cost of living in the base.

If nothing was done soon, the situation would become uncontrollable.

“This kind of thing didn’t happen in the previous life so we have to tread carefully. Let’s go to the market first.”

“You want to listen to prevailing opinions?”

“Wu’er knows me so well.” Mo Chenxuan smiled and quickly continued.

“We will know how to proceed after gauging the social temperature.”

“Okay.”

The market was on the East side of the base.

This place was closest to zone D and had the highest traffic of all places in the base.

When Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu arrived, most of the sellers had just finished setting up their stalls and early buyers were slowly arriving.