The Flower of Embers

A look of overwhelming joy suddenly appeared on Shen Yiyue's face:

"Where is she?!"

The Little Girl stared at the snacks in her hand, swallowing hard before asking innocently:

"If I tell big sister, can you give us some food?"

Ning Yu noticed that she used 'give us' rather than 'give me'.

Shen Yiyue waved the bag of snacks in her hand and answered without hesitation:

"Of course!"

The Little Girl showed a hesitant expression, seeming somewhat embarrassed. She pursed her little lips a few times before finally speaking again:

"Could you... also give some to everyone else?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly added cautiously:

"Not much! Just two or three more packages would be fine, we can share them!"

She looked at Shen Yiyue with hopeful eyes.

Teacher Zhang, standing to the side, showed an ashamed expression and couldn't help but turn his face away.

He didn't speak up to help with the request, fearing that if he said anything, they might think he had put the children up to it.

He was blaming himself for being incapable, for not being able to find food from the school, and now having to let these children beg for food.

He felt both heartache for them and self-reproach.

Hearing the Little Girl's words, Shen Yiyue also showed a hesitant expression, because the food wasn't just hers alone, but belonged to both her and Ning Yu.

In fact, having these items with them was mainly thanks to Ning Yu.

But before Shen Yiyue could ask, Ning Yu pretended to reach into her bag, but actually retrieved two small snacks from her storage space, directly handing them to Shen Yiyue from behind.

Seeing the grateful look in her eyes as she took them, Ning Yu understood she was worried about causing trouble again, and mentally called her an idiot.

When the Little Girl saw two more packages of food, as if afraid they might be taken back, she quickly nodded and said:

"That's enough, big sister, these will do!"

Shen Yiyue walked over and gave three packages to the Little Girl, who immediately started speaking:

"That day, Teacher Li took a group of students from the gymnasium to the school bus, and Qian Qian was among them!"

"Qian Qian called me to come along, but I was too scared and just wanted to hide."

"Then Teacher Li never came back, maybe they've reached somewhere safe!"

The Little Girl's expression was sincere, not seeming like she was lying.

The Teacher Li she mentioned was naturally the PE teacher who drove the school bus.

Although their fate was unknown, there was at least hope, and Shen Yiyue let out a slight sigh of relief.

Her sister might still be alive, hope wasn't lost!

She had been more afraid of hearing the Little Girl say that Qian Qian had been bitten to death by zombies.

After speaking, the Little Girl gave a slight bow to her, very politely.

She turned and opened the package, and immediately the snacks released an appetizing aroma.

All the other elementary school students' eyes suddenly focused on her.

One by one, they were swallowing, showing their desire.

The Little Girl seemed to have quite some authority as she said sweetly to them:

"Don't grab, everyone will get a share, line up and take them one by one."

She poured everything out, counted them, roughly figured out how many each person should get, and began distributing.

At the end, four pieces were left. She gave three to the last little boy and kept one for herself.

However, the last little boy wouldn't have it and insisted on giving one back to her, so they each had two.

Soon, the activity room was filled with chewing sounds and the aroma of snacks.

Seeing the students all getting something to eat, Teacher Zhang showed a gratified expression and quickly thanked the two of them.

Shen Yiyue looked at Ning Yu, only then remembering that Ning Yu had also just received news about her twin sister Ning Xuan.

But she seemed completely unworried, her amber eyes showing only calmness.

Perhaps it was because of the bodyguards and helicopter, she probably didn't need to worry about her sister's safety.

But even if there was no need to worry about life safety, didn't she want to meet?

She didn't know, and since Ning Yu wasn't saying anything, she decided not to ask.

Only Ning Yu herself knew that she had absolutely no desire to meet her "family," no expectations at all.

[Required Charm Value for Task: 6, Host Charm Value: 9, Qualified.]

[Ding! Task Triggered: Ember Flower (1/?) Stay overnight in the gymnasium]

[Series Task Completion Reward: Random Attribute Points *2, Skill Shop Access Unlocked]

While Teacher Zhang was expressing his thanks, the prompt sounds rang in Ning Yu's head.

The silver-haired little loli showed a pleased smile.

Another named task meant more attribute points coming her way.

Moreover, this task's reward included something new.

The "Skill Shop" access was going to be unlocked, and Ning Yu couldn't help but think of the [Detect] skill that was automatically given when encountering the Glutton.

This skill was very useful for detecting mutated zombies.

If she could get new practical skills from the skill shop,

Or if there was a way to upgrade [Detect] from low-level to mid-level, allowing her to see low-level mutant zombies' weaknesses,

That would be quite good.

Ning Yu suddenly became full of expectations for this task.

Besides, there had been hidden rewards with Lin Hao last time, maybe there would be hidden rewards this time too.

Just then, two more people suddenly walked into the activity room.

A man and a woman, both in their twenties or thirties.

The man was somewhat fat, his face full of flesh, with an arrogant expression. He was covered in gold and silver jewelry, looking like a nouveau riche.

The woman was dressed rather provocatively, wearing a light-colored long-sleeved V-neck top with the neckline plunging down to near her cleavage, as if deliberately showing off her impressive figure.

Below, she wore a matching pleated short skirt with black stockings, her beautiful long legs semi-visible through the translucent black material.

Her face was typical of internet celebrities, with light makeup, quite attractive, and she walked with a seductive air.

After the fat man walked in and saw two more people inside, he raised his eyebrows and spoke in a vulgar voice:

"Teacher Zhang, why did you bring in more survivors again?"

There was a hint of displeasure in his tone.

Hearing his words, Teacher Zhang shot back without any politeness:

"What do you mean 'again'? How could I turn away people who came knocking for help? Besides, this gymnasium isn't your private property, it's our school!"

"Don't forget, I'm the one who let you in too!"

The fat man heard this and was about to angrily argue back, but was stopped by the woman beside him.

"Teacher Zhang, don't be so angry, Boss Zhao is just thinking of all of us."

"This place is only so big, the more people there are, the worse it is for us, right? You still have so many students to take care of."

"And what if someone who's been bitten comes in? Wouldn't we all be done for?"

Sun Jiao spoke coquettishly in support, while her eyes darted around, fixing on Shen Yiyue.

It seemed she had discovered that the newcomer Shen Yiyue was considerably more beautiful than herself, and her almond eyes looked her up and down.

Boss Zhao, hearing the woman beside him speak up in support, let his hand rest inappropriately on her slender waist, his eyes somewhat lecherous:

"Sun Jiao knows how to put it well. Teacher Zhang, isn't this the way it is?"

Suddenly, Sun Jiao let out a cry, pointing at Shen Yiyue and shouting:

"Ah! Look at her leg! Has she been bitten?!"