Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

Chapter 454

Occasionally someone got up to add more coal, and the firelight illuminated their tired faces.

As the night deepened, the wind and snow showed no signs of abating, but instead grew more intense. From time to time, disturbing cracking sounds could be heard from the roof.

"This...this house won't collapse, right?" a young woman asked in a trembling voice.

No one answered her, but worry was written on everyone's face.

Zhou Shuwan sat next to Tao Zheng. He couldn't fall asleep in this situation, so he could only lean against the wall, close his eyes and rest, trying to conserve his energy.

Although Tao Zheng's ankle had been treated, it still hurt slightly. He gently moved his ankle with a frown.

Zhou Shuwan noticed his movements and asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"

Tao Zheng shook his head, his lips moved, wanting to say something, but in the end he just uttered one word: "Not bad."

Zhou Shuwan took out a small medicine bottle from the first aid kit, poured out two pills and handed them to him: "Take them, they're painkillers." Tao Zheng took the pills and swallowed them without saying a word.

Then he whispered, "No one here can be trusted. I'll guard the second half of the night, and you guard the first half."

This is the vigilance of being a soldier.

Zhou Shuwan nodded.

Generally speaking, the second half of the night is when people are more likely to feel sleepy and more prone to danger. Tao Zheng took the initiative to stay by her side in the second half of the night to take care of her.

No one got a good night's rest.

Two piles of coal were burning in the room, and there was only a small hole in the window to allow the gas to escape, otherwise carbon dioxide poisoning would easily occur in the extremely cold weather.

So, Zhou Shuwan leaned against the wall and always felt a cold wind blowing from the side.

It wasn't until the early morning that I took a nap.

Early in the morning, a small noise woke her up.

She looked around and saw that most people had already gotten up and were gathering around the only remaining window to see what was happening outside.

Zhou Shuwan didn't even have to get up to hear the howling wind outside and the muffled sound of heavy objects hitting the roof and walls.

Her heart sank. Tao Zheng beside her had already whispered, "The snow hasn't stopped."

Zhou Shuwan glanced at him. His eye sockets were sunken and there were bruises under his eyes. He didn't get enough rest.

She pursed her lips and walked to the window to look. Sure enough, the wind and snow were still going strong. Visibility was less than half a meter. All she could see outside the window was a patch of white, mixed with large flakes of snow, which hit the ground like hail.

She said nothing, and after returning home, she simply ate some food.

Because Tao Zheng was next to her, she didn't take out high-energy foods like chocolate and brown sugar buns that might arouse suspicion, but instead ate compressed biscuits.

Tao Zheng raised his eyebrows when he saw her take out another pack of compressed biscuits from the first aid kit.

The other party handed him a piece.

He actually had some compressed biscuits with him, but the other party had no intention of negotiating with him. He handed the biscuits to him and chewed them silently.

Then I took a few sips of water before saying to him, "I must find a way to go back today."

Tao Zheng was stunned for a moment, then he understood what she meant.

If only Mu Mu and her grandmother were at home, Zhou's parents would not be able to move in such snowy weather, so the only ones left would be Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu.

He frowned slightly.

Yesterday they went up to the roof to shovel snow, which was extremely difficult. Three grown men couldn't withstand the strong blow of the wind and snow, and one of them was almost blown away.

Not to mention a woman.

After a moment of silence, he said, "If the captain has the energy to spare, I believe he will find a way to go back. You don't have to take any risks."

Zhou Shuwan shook her head. "Even if Brother Xiaoyu goes back, the snow is so heavy now that the house will be overwhelmed. He won't be able to clear all the snow by himself. I can help him when I go back. If he... then I should go back even more."

She didn't want to see the devastating scene of collapsed houses when she returned home.

"Then I'll escort you back." Tao Zheng said.