After Thomas Xu sat down, he took a small sip from the bowl that Bingbing handed him. Seeing her twisting her body with a flirtatious expression, he rolled his eyes and said, "Little hoof, I warn you, don't try to seduce me again when we go to sleep later, or my sister-in-law will scold me for not knowing restraint!"
Hearing Thomas Xu mention her trying to seduce him in front of so many outsiders, Bingbing's pretty face couldn't help but flush red. She playfully punched his shoulder and said in a soft, coy voice, "You're so annoying! We've only done it twice today!"
"Do you think I'm a faucet, that it's just there whenever you want? Go get me a can of pineapple; I saw this little sister eating so deliciously just now that I'm craving it too!" Thomas Xu patted Bingbing's backside, pushing her away, then leaned forward to look at the girl across from him who was eating noodles, smiling as he asked, "Sister, is the instant noodles good?"
"Not very good!" The girl looked up, put down the small bowl that William Guodong had given her, and said with a grimace, "It has a sour taste!"
"Xiao Jie, don't talk nonsense. Having food is already good enough. Didn't you eat that moldy piece of bread when you were hungry this afternoon?" William Guodong gently kicked the girl's foot, then awkwardly said to Thomas Xu, "Sorry, man, the kid is a bit picky!"
"Hehe~ It's fine!" Thomas Xu waved his hand dismissively, lit another cigarette for himself, and said to Xiao Jie, "Girl, do you still want to eat canned food? Should I go get you a few more cans?"
"I'm not eating anymore; the more I eat the hungrier I get!" Xiao Jie shook her head with a pained expression, but her eyes were fixed on the large bowl of soup in front of Thomas Xu, and she couldn't help but swallow.
"What? Do you want to eat my ham? Uh... ham soup!" Thomas Xu suddenly felt that his words sounded a bit wicked, so he quickly corrected himself.
"Mm!" Xiao Jie weakly nodded while biting her chopsticks.
"Then come over and eat; it's all for you!" Thomas Xu waved his hand generously, and Xiao Jie immediately ran over with a beaming smile, cheerfully thanked her brother, and sat down beside Thomas Xu to devour the food.
"Eat slowly; no one is competing with you. If it's not enough, I'll get you more from the pot!" Thomas Xu looked helplessly at the cute-looking but messy-eating Xiao Jie. He took a puff of his cigarette, leaned to the side to look at her, and asked, "Your name is Xiao Jie, right? How old are you this year?"
"My name is Chen Jie, eighteen... oh, eighteen before doomsday, now I'm nineteen!" Chen Jie looked up, with half a piece of seaweed still hanging from the corner of her mouth, smiling innocently at Thomas Xu.
"Sigh~ If my sister hadn't died, she would be the same age as you!" Thomas Xu suddenly sighed with a hint of melancholy, and his gaze towards Chen Jie softened considerably.
"Brother, did your sister... get eaten by a zombie?" Chen Jie asked cautiously.
"No, she got seriously ill when she was twelve and passed away many years ago!" Thomas Xu smiled freely and shook his head.
"Brother, then I'll be your sister from now on; I'm very well-behaved!" Chen Jie gently patted Thomas Xu's shoulder, smiling sincerely.
"Great, my name is Thomas Xu, and you can just call me 'bro' from now on. My sister used to call me that!" Thomas Xu immediately nodded happily, and the lewd look he had when he first saw Chen Jie's large chest was gone, replaced by an indescribable affection.
"Brother, eat some ham!" Chen Jie said happily, using her chopsticks, which were wet with her saliva, to affectionately feed a piece of ham into Thomas Xu's mouth.
"Xu Ge, your canned food!" Bing Bing glanced at Chen Jie, who was feeding Thomas Xu, with a somewhat displeased expression and heavily placed the can on the table.
"Brother, is this sister my sister-in-law?" Chen Jie bit into a piece of ham and turned around with a smile to look at Bing Bing.
"Uh... just call her sister!" Thomas Xu glanced at Bing Bing and gave a very vague answer.
"Hmm, hello sister, I'm Chen Jie, Thomas Xu's younger sister!" Chen Jie immediately called out sweetly.
"Ah? Oh, hello, hello, just call me Bing Jie!" Bing Bing felt a bit dizzy, not understanding why this girl had suddenly upgraded to being Thomas Xu's sister just because she went to get a can, but seeing Chen Jie's innocent smile, she didn't think too much about it.
"Old William, don't call me big brother anymore, I'm definitely not older than you. You can call me Old William, and just call me Jack!" Jack smiled and waved to William Guodong beside him, handing over the roasted ham sausages and toasted buns that Bai Ru had brought over, then asked with a smile, "You've got a rough idea of our situation here, so tell me about you guys!"
"Hmm, okay!" William Guodong nodded, placing both ham sausages he received into the bowl of the young woman beside him, then gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder and said, "This is my wife, her name is Chen Yalan. I'm just a rough guy, but I got lucky and partnered with friends to start a small trading company. She works as my accountant there, and the little girl across from us is her biological sister. Both of them have been influenced by me and have taken a liking to real shooting, which is why they were with me when the incident happened... Oh, this is Old Lu, Lu Bin, my good man and partner. I started that company with him!"
"Hehe~ Lin... man, hello, just call me Old Lu!" The bald man, who was heavily patted on the shoulder by William Guodong, immediately straightened up, nodding repeatedly at Jack with his chopsticks in hand, but in a few moments, he knocked his broken glasses off his nose, looking quite comical.
William Guodong continued to introduce the man and woman beside Chen Yalan, saying, "These two are also a couple. Marcus Kai is a lawyer and a very good friend of mine and Old Lu. His wife is a nurse named Ryan Tingyu, hehe~ she's a close friend of my wife, and we got to know Marcus Kai through him!"
Marcus Kai is a man who looks very refined and pays great attention to his appearance. Even after not shaving for over a year, his face doesn't look messy at all. His greasy hair is neatly parted to the sides in a 3:7 ratio. He is as thin as Boss Hu, with a pair of eyes that occasionally sparkle, indicating that he is a very shrewd person. His wife, Ryan Tingyu, although a close friend of Chen Yalan, is clearly not as attractive as her and appears to be quite a bit older than Chen Yalan. She is wearing a black dress with a large belt, has a round face, looks average, and her figure is also average. At a glance, one can tell she is definitely in her mid-thirties.
"Brother Lin, my surname is Marcus. Please take care of me!" Marcus Kai stood up with his wife, and the couple bowed to Jack in a very flattering manner.
"No need to be so polite, please sit down!" Jack waved his hand and turned to look at the handsome young man sitting properly at the corner of the table. He smiled and said, "This young man is really handsome, broad-shouldered and well-built. You're not a male model, are you?"
"No, Brother Lin, I'm just a college student!" The young man hurriedly stood up, smiling respectfully at Jack with his chiseled face, and continued, "Brother Lin, let me introduce myself. My name is Lü Liangjia, and I'm a sophomore at Jiangcheng Media College, majoring in acting!"
"Hmm, acting is great, a promising industry!" Jack nodded with a smile, then tilted his head to catch the cigarette that Bai Ru handed him.
"But now even the Marcus gold industry is useless!" Lü Liangjia smiled bitterly, then looked excitedly at Bai Ru, who was gently helping Jack light his cigarette. He said excitedly, "Brother Lin, this lady beside you is Bai Ruyu, right? She... she is my idol!"
"Hehe~ Bai Ru, I didn't expect to meet one of your fans here. Aren't you happy?" Jack said, taking a puff of his cigarette and turning to Bai Ru with a teasing tone.
"Hmph~ I will make you my fan sooner or later!" Bai Ru playfully glared at Jack, then elegantly turned to Lü Liangjia and said generously, "Hello, young Lü, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
"I... I'm also very happy!" Lü Liangjia seemed a bit overwhelmed with excitement, as his idol was sitting right in front of him today, giving him an explosive sense of surprise. He nervously rubbed his hands together and continued, "Miss Bai, I've watched every one of your films and listened to every one of your songs, especially your expression when you killed the male lead in that movie 'South African Spy Shadow.' Our teachers often play that scene repeatedly, and even the girls' quizzes often include that. You are practically the idol of everyone in our school!"
"Hehe~ Young man, don't be too excited. I'm not a star anymore; I'm just a survivor like you. You should sit down and eat something; it won't taste good once it gets cold!" Bai Ru pressed her hand down to calm Lü Liangjia, but then turned to Jack with a somewhat proud look, raising her eyebrows. She wasn't so happy just because she met a little fan; it was mainly because she could show off in front of her man, which genuinely made her happy.
"Haha, Ruru, you don't have to be so modest. A star is a star; even if the world faces doomsday, you will still be a star!" Jack laughed heartily, but suddenly paused, his expression turning a bit strange as he quietly asked, "Did you finally take down that blonde foreigner?"
"Which foreigner took me down? Oh, are you talking about the one in the movie? Huh? Didn't you finish watching it that day?" Bai Ru furrowed her brows and looked at Jack with some confusion.
"You know I really don't like that foreigner!" Jack looked at Bai Ru seriously, but he felt a bit anxious inside, as he couldn't exactly say that he didn't finish the movie that day because he was being attended to by Cao Mei and Jiao Jiao.
"Oh, I told you that was just acting in a movie, why do you keep thinking about it?" Bai Ru's tone was somewhat reproachful, but she timidly stuck out her tongue, remembering her outrageous performance that Jack had seen, causing her pretty face to blush secretly.