Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 86 - 78: Slim-Waisted Girl
Chapter 86: Chapter 78: Slim-Waisted Girl
Upon hearing that a group of wanderers had arrived, Su Lin and Su Tongxi rushed to the marketplace, hoping to find suitable tenants.
Along the way, listening to the villagers’ discussions, Su Lin’s little bit of hope chilled.
Although he wasn’t insisting on being picky, he wasn’t someone like Cao Cao either, who would take any woman.
“Indeed, it’s been over three years since the apocalypse came. This is normal. Truly beautiful and clean women have either perished or have long attached themselves to the strong.”
Thinking this, Su Lin glanced at Su Tongxi by his side.
This Humpty Dumpty, first protected by her parents, then by her previous life’s parents, such luck eventually landed her with him.
“Brother Kirin?”
Feeling his gaze, the young girl raised her head blankly, her apricot eyes blinking with innocence and purity, inexplicably arousing a desire to “bully” her for no reason.
Su Lin turned away and said:
“Those wanderers seem to have gone to the marketplace?”
“Yes, whenever a Wanderer Clan comes to a human camp, the first place they always go is the marketplace.”
Su Tongxi explained softly:
“Firearms and bullets need crafting stations, beast meat requires a slaughter saber, and rice bran still needs the garden of an advanced safe house. Apart from wild vegetables, wanderers can’t acquire anything and can only buy from Shunfeng Travel Group.”
Su Lin turned back, surprised:
“What if they don’t come across the Shunfeng Travel Group, wouldn’t they starve to death?”
“No, most camps have one or more travel group merchants stationed there.”
“Hmm???”
He had no idea!
Su Tongxi said curiously:
“Brother Kirin should have seen it. The first stall inside our village marketplace is run by Shunfeng Travel Group. Second Uncle said you bought your first blueprint there.”
“Hmm???”
Su Lin was genuinely stunned this time.
The guy missing a left ear and with mismatched eyes was from the Shunfeng Travel Group?!
“He’s a wanderer?”
“Yes.”
“Where does he stay every night?”
Su Tongxi shook her head:
“Not sure, wanderers’ hiding places at night are usually very Hidden, otherwise, if found by Shadow Beasts, they basically won’t survive.”
Su Lin rubbed his forehead, feeling extremely surprised.
As they spoke, the two had already reached the marketplace.
The scene before them was vastly different from usual.
The gray-yellow dust clouds were roiled by the crowd, and under the shattered overpass, stalls were scattered along the cracked asphalt road.
Weathered tarps flapped in the chaotic wind, some draped over abandoned car remnants, some held up by a few rusted steel pipes, barely shielding the gloomy sky overhead.
The goods on the stalls were a hodgepodge of items.
A few wanderers wrapped in tattered cloth squatted in a corner, exchanging a large bag of supplies for half a sack of rice bran, their low bargaining voices drowned out by the surrounding hustle.
“Take a look! See what’s on offer from afar!”
“Bet on meat! Bet on mutant beast meat!”
“Selling wild vegetable buns!”
“Selling coal!”
…
The crowd surged like muddy water, people in worn clothes and dusty faces jostling shoulder to shoulder.
This was the first time Su Lin had seen the village so lively since crossing over, almost giving him an illusion reminiscent of pre-apocalypse times.
However, this illusion was quickly shattered by reality.
He saw someone leading a hemp rope, tied behind them were four or five people in ragged clothes and numb expressions.
“Wanderers… selling wanderers?” Su Lin frowned tightly.
Su Tongxi lowered her gaze, her voice somber:
“To many wanderers, the most valuable and worthless thing is the life of other wanderers. Some people sell others as slaves.”
“They don’t resist? Others don’t stop it?” Su Lin was puzzled.
“Why resist?”
There was a trace of sadness in Su Tongxi’s eyes, as if recalling an unbearable past.
“Not everyone becomes a wanderer willingly. Most people are either blacklisted or unwanted. To survive, to have a meal each day, some… can only choose to become slaves.”
She was once a wanderer herself, having seen too many familiar faces fall into the abyss for survival.
Su Lin was speechless, not knowing what to say.
Yet it was none of his business, he wasn’t very empathetic, nor did he possess the tragic empathy of Humpty Dumpty.
In the apocalypse, it was enough to take care of oneself and family.
After circling the marketplace, Su Lin was greatly disappointed.
Not to mention beauties, even women were rarely seen, mostly from the village.
It seemed the hope of finding a pleasing female tenant was slim.
Really, must he lower his standards and bring some men into his home?
Just as he was planning to leave, a commotion and the sound of fighting suddenly came from the depths of the marketplace.
“Aiya!”
A figure screamed and flew out from the crowd, landing heavily at Su Lin and Su Tongxi’s feet, clutching his stomach and groaning.
The two looked towards the sound, and Su Lin’s eyes instantly lit up!
In the center of the open area ahead stood a graceful and proud young girl.
She was dressed in clean, sharp short sleeves and long pants, hands on her hips, her slender waist tightly hugged by the fabric, outlining an astonishingly beautiful curve seemingly too delicate to grasp.
That waist was slender and supple like a willow branch in early spring, both pliable and sensual, even though her chest and hips weren’t particularly full, her slim waistline made her entire figure’s silhouette exceptionally graceful and alluring.
Thin!
Really incredibly thin!
If the King of Chu were reborn, he’d likely be bewitched by this slender waist.
Upon seeing the girl’s features, Su Lin’s heart skipped a beat.
It was an exquisite oval face, albeit slightly sallow and rough from the elements, yet unable to hide its graceful features.
Below two slender, curved eyebrows were a pair of lively big eyes, mischievous and sparkling, beneath a petite, straight nose, and her plush, pink lips arched slightly.
In stark contrast to the lifeless wanderers around, she exuded a vibrant energy.
“You lost! Thanks for two hundred copper coins!” the girl said with her hands on her hips, her crisp voice filled with pride.
The man on the ground struggled to stand, reluctantly pulling out two strings of copper coins and tossed them into a broken pot beside him with a “thud.”
The girl rubbed her petite nose, her sharp gaze scanning the entire area, lingering briefly on the striking duo of Su Lin and Su Tongxi before moving on.
She raised her voice and issued another challenge:
“Anyone else daring enough? Bare-knuckle fight under the Tendon Lock! If you can beat me head-on, I’ll be your tenant! Lose and just leave two hundred copper coins!”
A bet under the Tendon Lock?
Su Lin was slightly surprised; this energetic girl was also a Flesh Lock Martial Artist?
Su Tongxi stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear:
“Brother Kirin, this sister looks really pretty.”
Hmm?
Su Lin calmly looked at her.
He thought this Humpty Dumpty was being cunning, hinting at something, but found she was simply gazing enviously at the girl’s thin waist, comparing it with her own.
So funny, she couldn’t even see her own toes when she looked down, let alone her waist.
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