Chapter 569: An Ordinary Woman
Chapter 569: An Ordinary Woman
Seeing Fatty approach, Liu Zhi took the initiative to strike up a conversation, mostly about firewood and charcoal.
As Fatty had already investigated, Liu Zhi’s family were indeed natives of the Yaoyang base. Many of them had survived the apocalypse, and regardless of gender or age, almost all had awakened abilities—mostly strength, with one or two wood and water abilities.
However, the wood and water ability users had gone missing.
Because they were locals, rooted in Yaoyang since the very beginning of the apocalypse, they held considerable prestige among the grassroots survivors. Later, as more and more teams of survivors arrived at the Yaoyang base, the locals’ influence weakened.
It was during that period that their wood and water ability users disappeared.
At first, Wu Simiao’s wealthy father wasn’t as ruthless as Tang Jianjun and allowed wood and water ability users to remain among the common people. It wasn’t unusual for grassroots families to house a few wood- or water-type ability users. But as more survivor teams settled in, they began using different methods to seize those ability users. Those who refused to join the teams would mysteriously vanish.
The wood- and water-type ability users in Liu Zhi’s family would leave for a while and return briefly—then disappear completely.
There were so many survivor teams in Yaoyang, and in such chaos, a person could be snatched off the street and never be seen again. No one could explain how they disappeared, nor was there anyone to appeal to for their return.
On a snowy path, Liu Zhi now walked side by side with Fatty, chatting. Casually, she asked: “By the way, that An Ran you’ve got with you—are you sure she isn’t a wood-type ability user? I only saw her once, and she’s never shown up in the planting room again. She feels… different compared to the rest you’ve got under you.”
“Just an ordinary woman who relies on her husband. Nothing special.” Fatty’s green eyes flickered as he replied offhandedly.
He didn’t dare expose An Ran. Being beaten to death by her was one thing—but if others learned how powerful she truly was and tried to poach her, then who would protect him?
So, clinging to the goddess’s thigh was his only option.
Liu Zhi gave him a look, clearly unconvinced.
Fatty quickly added, “She’s really just an ordinary woman. Look, her husband is the amazing one. I heard he served in some mysterious military force. He’s a fighter—solid, strong, he can even build windmills. Wow, her husband is incredible!” Fatty’s eyes shone with admiration.
“Yes, I also think Mr. Zhan is extraordinary.”
At last, Liu Zhi seemed convinced. Truthfully, she couldn’t see what was so special about An Ran either. From her perspective, Fatty must be hiding something. At most, An Ran might be a wood-type ability user, nothing more.
The one truly powerful was Zhan Lian. And as his wife, An Ran naturally enjoyed a good life. Otherwise, how could someone who never worked, stayed in the villa, and only looked after the children, live so comfortably?
“Oh, right.” As they neared the planting room, Liu Zhi suddenly brought up another topic. “Brother Fatty, I’d like to ask you about Zhan Lian’s brother, Luo Feifan. Does he have a wife? Or a girlfriend? Or a sweetheart? How old is he? From his demeanor, is he, like Mr. Zhan, also from some mysterious military background?”