Chapter 2 Temporary Stay
Lin Guzhi: “…”

This Mr. Du is still as good at talking nonsense as ever.

Lin Guzhi said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense. I really need a place to stay right now. Can you help arrange it?"

"Let me think about it..."

Du Bin pondered for a while on the phone and said, "You can't stay in the hotel. I have the key to my house, and you can't get in. There is only one place now, so you can go there for two days. When I go back in two days, I will arrange another place for you."

Lin Guzhi asked: "Where?"

Du Bin said, "You remember the address: Unit 1701, Building , Heping No. Community. That's the house that someone else mortgaged to my dad because they couldn't pay back the money. My dad gave me the house. The key is in the crack at the top of the door frame. You can find it by touching it."

Lin Guzhi memorized the address and said, "Thank you."

Du Bin said, "Why are you saying thank you to me? It's really different now that I have a family. I feel like a stranger now."

Lin Guzhi said: "Get lost."

Du Bin said, "That's right... Damn, am I a cheapskate? I give you a house to live in but you have to tell me to get lost."

Lin Guzhi smiled and said, "This is what you said, not me."

Du Bin also said "Get lost" and then said, "I have never lived there, and I have never asked anyone to clean up the place. You can go there and clean it up yourself."

Lin Guzhi said, "Okay." He had been in dirty and messy environments in the apocalypse, and had dealt with them before. How could a vacant room that had been empty for a long time be difficult for him?
After that, Lin Guzhi hung up the phone, returned the phone to the security guard, thanked the security guard, and left the guard room.

Before returning the phone, he checked the map, confirmed the location and distance of Heping No. 1 Community, and walked there with Xiaoxi in his arms.

"Gululu..."

Xiaoxi's stomach suddenly growled.

Lin Guzhi looked down at Xiaoxi and asked, "Are you hungry, Xiaoxi?"

Xiaoxi raised her head, stretched out her two little hands, touched Lin Guzhi's cheek, and said, "Don't worry, Xiaolin, Xiaoxi is not hungry."

However, her flat stomach immediately retorted: "Gurgle..."

Lin Guzhi felt as if Xiaoxi was holding his face.

In that cruel and barren end of the world, Xiaoxi always held his face with her little hands and said comforting words to him.

When he is hungry, he would say "Don't worry, Xiaolin, Xiaoxi is not hungry"; when he is injured, he would say "Don't worry, Xiaolin, Xiaoxi is not in pain"; when there is heavy bombardment, he would also say "Don't worry, Xiaolin, Xiaoxi is not afraid".

This little girl, who is only a little bit old, has already experienced so many life and death trials, she is a little too sensible.

Lin Guzhi touched Xiaoxi's head without saying anything, but he was thinking that he should find some work to make money so that Xiaoxi's life would become better.

Now that I'm back in this world, I can't let Xiaoxi live like it's the end of the world, starving one meal and eating another.

“Guagua!”

A scream attracted the attention of Lin Guzhi and Xiaoxi.

Xiaoxi immediately leaned into Lin Guzhi's arms and pressed close to him.

This was a reaction she had long been accustomed to. On the one hand, it could protect herself to the greatest extent, and on the other hand, it could interfere with Lin Guzhi as little as possible.

Lin Guzhi's gaze was already fixed on the front.

A child slightly older than Xiaoxi ran over the curb and into the road. There was a box truck speeding towards them in the distance, and it was too late to brake.

A woman on the side of the road hurriedly chased after him, shouting again, "Gua Gua!" She didn't pay attention to her step and fell to the ground. Her face suddenly turned pale and she was filled with despair.

"brush--"

Lin Guzhi held Xiaoxi in his arms and rushed to the middle of the road in an instant.

The body of the first person in the apocalypse had already undergone a mutation in that terrifying and desperate world. It suddenly started to move at a speed that exceeded the limit.

He quickly grabbed the child and jumped back. The van, which had slammed on the brakes and swerved furiously, was late and passed him by.

The child was not scared by the car, but was scared by Lin Guzhi's grab, and burst into tears.

"call……"

The people in the car that stopped suddenly and on the curb all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The woman who fell to the ground felt weak all over. She struggled to get up after a long time. She held the child that Lin Guzhi had handed over and kept saying to Lin Guzhi, "Thank you! Thank you!"

Lin Guzhi smiled and said, "If you want to thank me, just give me some money."

The woman nodded repeatedly, took out her cell phone and said, "No problem, I'll transfer the money to you." She was very straightforward. However, Lin Guzhi said, "I don't have a cell phone. Do you have cash?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, and then she looked at Lin Guzhi and Xiaoxi's clothes before she realized what was going on. She quickly opened her shoulder bag and took out a wad of money.

She handed the money to Lin Guzhi and said, "I'm sorry, I don't have much cash. Here's only one thousand. Take it first. And take this business card too. If you need anything in the future, you can contact me."

Lin Guzhi took the money and the business card and said, "Thank you."

The woman waved her hands quickly: "Why are you thanking me? You are my..."

She wanted to say something else, but she saw the man holding the little girl turned and left. His steps were steady and fast, which made her amazed.

What a strange man, but thank you.

"Wow!!!!"

The child in her arms was still crying. The woman's thoughts were pulled back and she hurriedly comforted the child.

……

"Yao Anxin, General Manager of Jinlong Supermarket Chain Co., Ltd."

A company I’ve never heard of, a person I’ve never heard of.

When Lin Guzhi put the thousand yuan in cash into his pocket, he glanced at the business card.

But even though he had never heard of it, he still put the business card in his pocket.

This business card looks like it was specially customized. The card is solid and well-made.

When he traveled back in time, he was still lacking a handy tool. This business card could be used as a weapon at a critical moment.

Passing by a convenience store, Lin Guzhi went in.

Xiaoxi was very interested in the wide variety of goods inside, but she was very well-behaved from beginning to end, curled up in Lin Guzhi's arms without saying a word.

She never disturbed adults when they were doing things. This was a habit she had developed over a long period of time and a skill for survival in that world.

Lin Guzhi selected bread, milk and instant noodles and paid for them.

He had forgotten to ask Dubin a few more questions before, so he didn't know whether there was a stove in the house, so he could only buy these ready-made things first.

As for ingredients that need to be processed, we need to consider the situation before deciding whether to buy them.

After leaving the convenience store, we walked a little further and finally arrived at Heping No. 1 Community.

He entered Unit 17 of Building 1701 and took the elevator directly to the th floor, where he sure enough found a key in the crack of the door frame of Room .

When I opened the door and went in, there was indeed a layer of dust inside, and there were even spider webs in the corners.

It looks like no one has lived here for some time.

Although no one was there, the electrical appliances and furniture were all available, including a stove, refrigerator, and washing machine. I don't know if they can be used.

"Xiao Xi, we will stay here for the next two days. With your ability, you should be able to adapt."

Lin Guzhi put Xiaoxi down and said.

"Yeah. Xiaoxi is very good."

Arriving at this place that seemed like "home", Xiaoxi finally relaxed, nodded and said.

Lin Guzhi rubbed Xiaoxi's hair, pulled Xiaoxi to the sofa, and placed bread, milk and instant noodles on the coffee table.

"Let's eat something first, and then clean up the house. It's a pity that on your first day in this world, you can only make do with these things."

But Xiaoxi did not respond.

Lin Guzhi noticed that Xiaoxi's attention was attracted by a magazine on the table.

It was an entertainment magazine with a picture of a very pretty woman on the cover.

Next to the woman was her introduction: Xia Qing, a talented singer and songwriter.

He's a star I have no impression of at all.

Lin Guzhi sighed inwardly. There was also the strange game disc he saw at the door of the game store and the strange song he heard on the road.

I have been gone for three years, and the world has become a lot stranger.

(End of this chapter)