"Jiang Yan, who was that woman in the red dress just now? Why did she treat you... like a servant?" Lu Liangjia stood by the fire, looking at Jiang Yan, who was squatting on the ground washing Jiao Jiao's underwear, with a mix of surprise and anger.
"Aren't I just a servant here?" Jiang Yan shrugged indifferently and said softly, "I'm not the same person I used to be. The whole world isn't the world I knew. Here, I have no friends, no family. What I learned in university is of no use here. What can I do? If I hadn't been lucky enough to run into Master Lin, I might have starved to death with Jian Wei in the service area by now!"
"But you don't have to lower yourself to do such degrading things, do you? Look at that woman just now; she actually told you to lick your clothes clean if you couldn't wash them properly. How can she treat you like that? What right does she have to command you?" Lu Liangjia said angrily.
"What right? Of course, it's because she's prettier than me and still a virgin!" Jiang Yan suddenly raised her voice and looked at Lu Liangjia, self-mockingly saying, "Do you think, just because of my looks, I could win the favor of any man here after being deceived by your fickle man? Besides William Fang, everyone here is better looking than me! And I'm not afraid to tell you, I even stood here naked dancing tonight, but those men showed no interest in me at all except for touching me. So if I don't find a way to survive, all that awaits me is starvation, illness, or being eaten by the living dead!"
"You... you gave your first time to Jian Wei?" Lu Liangjia stared at Jiang Yan, seemingly in disbelief.
"Is this important?" Jiang Yan put down the underwear in her hand, frowning slightly in displeasure. She didn't understand why Lu Liangjia was fixated on this question after she had said so much.
"I... I'm just curious, after all... after all, you haven't known each other for long!" Lu Liangjia said hesitantly.
Jiang Yan stood up, looked at Lu Liangjia, and sneered, "Yes, I only met him less than a month ago when we went to Wuhan together, but I was stuck with him in the service area for a whole year and three months! In fact, he's not a good person at all. At first, he was always restless and completely ignored me, but one day, I don't know if he was bored or what, he started sweet-talking me. That night, in front of several men, he took my first time. I was willing, and the circumstances were what they were, so I have no regrets. But at the moment of his explosion, he actually shouted another woman's name, a woman named Jiajia. Afterward, I asked him who Jiajia was, but he told me I had no right to know. He said he took my first time just because he wanted to experience what it was like to be a real man before he died. He doesn't love me; he loves that Jiajia!"
"Jianwei... did Jianwei really say that?" Lu Liangjia asked in shock.
"Alright, I don't want to discuss him anymore. I admit that even if he doesn't love me, I still love him, so I don't want to rub salt into my own gaping wounds anymore!" Jiang Yan gasped a few times, then squatted down to continue washing her clothes, looking very dejected.
"Jiang Yan, stop washing. From now on... I will protect you!" Lu Liangjia seemed to muster a lot of courage to say this.
"You protect me?" Jiang Yan wasn't too surprised by Lu Liangjia's words. She turned her head, looked at Lu Liangjia's handsome face, and asked lightly, "Have you ever killed a zombie?"
"No... I haven't!" Lu Liangjia replied honestly. On this journey, apart from William Guodong and the two men who were killed, he hadn't even dealt with a single zombie.
"Huh? Then how can you protect me? My school hunk!" Jiang Yan shook her head with a smile and continued, "Thank you for your kindness, but my only hope in this life is to wash clothes for others and be a servant. If I'm lucky, maybe my master will favor me a bit. If I can get pregnant with his child, then I might have a chance to rise!"
"Jiang Yan, when did you become so degenerate? It's not a feudal society anymore; how can you have such a fallen mindset?" Lu Liangjia shouted angrily, clenching his fists.
"Then look around; who here isn't degenerate?" Jiang Yan raised her hand and pointed at the women nearby who were chatting and laughing, sneering as she said, "See those flight attendants? In the past, would they let an ugly chef grope them? And your idol Bai Ru, even if she truly likes Lin Ye, would she normally go to such lengths to please him? Aren't they all as degenerate as I am?"
Looking at the stunned Lü Liangjia, Jiang Yan coldly said, "After spending so many days with them, I've actually understood that it doesn't matter how handsome a man is; what's important is whether he has the ability to help these women survive. If you had the skills of Jack or Thomas Xu, you wouldn't need to seduce those women at all, because your abilities would be the best aphrodisiac. They would come to you on their own, and you could play with them however you like..."
"Hehe~ I don't think you should be too surprised, because you've also experienced hunger and know what it's like to be surrounded by fear. For survival, humans can do anything. If one day you can support yourself and your women, even if I, Jiang Yan, am not to your liking, I will do everything I can to stay by your side, whether as your servant or your plaything. I will have no regrets!"
Jiang Yan looked intently at the increasingly dazed Lü Liangjia and suddenly smiled seductively, saying, "I look forward to that day. After all, I am considered the widow left by your best man. If you don't take care of me, who will? Don't let me look down on you! And... I'm actually a lot of fun!"
Seeing Lü Liangjia's lost expression, a deep sense of pride flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes, and the barely noticeable smile on her lips began to resemble that of Jiao Jiao. She didn't say anything more, took the clean underwear she had washed for Jiao Jiao, and deliberately swayed her slender waist as she slowly walked away from Lü Liangjia.
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Waking up after a hangover and continuing to mess around can leave heavy aftereffects. Just like Jack, who surprisingly slept until noon, and even after getting up, his head felt like it was still "whooshing," leaving him dizzy and exhausted.
After downing a large glass of cool boiled water in one go, Jack let out a refreshing breath that still carried a hint of alcohol. He turned to look around and saw that the two women who had slept beside him last night had definitely left early. Stretching lazily, he got up from the floor and looked at the blue sleeping bag right next to him, a wry smile appeared on his lips.
Aside from serving him wholeheartedly at all times, Cao Mei had almost completely refrained from any overt actions. It was just that while he was sleeping with a delicate beauty in his arms, there was also a charming woman lying beside him, gazing at him affectionately. The feeling was hard to describe; it was both tangled and torturous.
Patting his buzzing head, Jack stepped out of the house in just a pair of casual pants, as the midday heat made him too lazy to put on a shirt, which was neatly folded to the side. Bare-chested, he stepped out of the tile-roofed house, stretched widely, and looked up at the glaring sunlight. Jack walked into the yard and asked Gao Yuanyuan, who was teasing the fat cat Dubi, "Yuanyuan, where are the others?"
"Uncle, you're up!" Gao Yuanyuan happily placed Dubi on her lap and said with childlike innocence, "Aunt Bai and Aunt Cao went up the mountain behind us because Brother Mikael and Sister Xue found dried bamboo shoots and a lot of sweet potatoes up there. They took several people to dig! Brother Thomas Xu and Sister Bingbing are both big lazybones like my dad, still sleeping in the tent! Those new uncles and aunts dug a lot of holes outside and buried those dead people!"
"Haha~ Yuanyuan is so clever, explaining everything so clearly!" Jack laughed heartily and affectionately ruffled Gao Yuanyuan's hair.