Jiang Yanxin was in a good mood as she glanced at the lunch and asked Qin Ke with a smile, "Are we having pasta for lunch?"
"Yeah, the beef sauce is ready. Once the pasta is cooked, we can eat right away." Qin Ke glanced at Jiang Yanxin, noticing her good mood.
She thought about how Chen Wan had been inside for quite a while and guessed what might have happened.
Holding back her laughter, she continued cooking the pasta without saying more.
Jiang Yanxin looked at Yiyi and Yang Yang, seeing Yiyi telling a story to the little one, who was happily sitting in her lap.
When Yang Yang noticed Jiang Yanxin looking at her, she took a moment to smile back.
The little one, enticed by the smell of beef, was getting restless and wanted to see what Aunt Qin Ke was cooking.
She sweetly asked Yiyi, "Auntie, I want to see the food."
Yiyi, being the RV's system and always with them, understood the child's intentions.
She picked up the little foodie and let Yang Yang go see the pasta Qin Ke was making.
Qin Ke was plating the pasta when she noticed the kid staring at her.
She scooped some beef and fed it to Yang Yang.
"Yang Yang, try it and see if it tastes good."
Yang Yang had been waiting for this, opening her mouth wide to eat the spoonful of beef.
Her head bobbed with excitement as she praised Qin Ke, "It's delicious!"
"If it's good, eat more later so your little tummy doesn't get hungry." Qin Ke turned to pour sauce over the pasta.
Yang Yang, satisfied with the taste, swung her legs contentedly in Yiyi's arms.
Jiang Yanxin chuckled at her little foodie and clapped her hands at Yang Yang.
"It's time to eat. Come over here. You've been clinging to your aunt all day."
Yang Yang reached out to Jiang Yanxin, and Yiyi handed her over with a smile.
"It's fine. I was bored by myself, and Yang Yang kept me company, right, Yang Yang?"
"Yes!" Yang Yang nodded obediently.
She then asked Jiang Yanxin to play with her.
With more people in the RV now, there were plenty of playmates, making Yang Yang happy.
Her legs swung unconsciously.
Meanwhile, Chen Wan was still blushing from Jiang Yanxin's earlier kiss.
She turned over and buried herself in the blanket, thinking about what had just happened.
How could she, a strong alpha, be so shy of a kiss from her wife? Chen Wan wrapped herself tightly, internally scolding herself: Chen Wan! How could you be like this? Your wife kisses you, and you go soft.
You're supposed to be the alpha!
Chen Wan pulled the blanket down a bit, exposing her head, and thought about Jiang Yanxin's kiss again.
Her heart raced as she realized that kissing on the lips felt much better than on the cheek.
She blushed, thinking she needed to find a chance to kiss back.
Then she heard Jiang Yanxin knocking on the door, calling her to eat.
She quickly hid under the blanket again, replying softly, "Got it, I'll be right out."
Jiang Yanxin knocked a few times symbolically before opening the door to find Chen Wan buried in the soft blanket.
Amused, she closed the door and leaned over Chen Wan, lifting a corner of the blanket to tease her, "Oh, Chen Wan, are you shy?"
"I'm not! I'm going out to eat." Chen Wan immediately raised her voice to deny it.
She couldn't admit it; otherwise, her reputation as a strong Alpha would be ruined.
She carefully moved Jiang Yanxin off her back, hurriedly left the bedroom without even fixing her hair, and only tidied it up in the bathroom outside.
Jiang Yanxin lay on the bed, hugging the blanket, almost laughing to tears.
Her Alpha was so pure, getting shy from just a kiss.
It was too cute.
But she decided to stop teasing, not wanting to really upset her, and got up to prepare for lunch.
Unlike the others, Yiyi didn't need to eat or rest much.
She leaned against the driver's seat, lost in thought.
Around one o'clock, the RV hit the road again.
Yiyi planned to drive to a nearby gas station to fill up on gas and water.
Pyeongtaek City was some distance from the nuclear leak in Linqi City, so they hadn't encountered any nuclear-mutated zombies yet.
Many vehicles were arriving in the area, likely heading to the largest survivor base in Busan City.
Yiyi found a gas station near the suburbs to refuel, while Chen Wan and the others rested.
As the RV was refueling, a convoy of five small cars approached the gas station, seemingly also to refuel.
The people in the small cars quickly parked near the pumps, and several men got out to refuel their vehicles.
The RV caught their attention, and a crew-cut man curiously approached to check it out.
When he saw Yiyi and Chen Wan in the front, he was momentarily stunned, then visibly excited.
His teammate noticed him staring at the RV and asked, "Li Zhe, what are you looking at? What's so interesting about the RV?"
The man named Li Zhe's teammate also came over and was similarly stunned by the sight of Chen Wan and Yiyi.
Seeing these two women with clean faces and clothes, a mix of emotions surged in him.
The teammate patted Li Zhe's shoulder with a chuckle, "Li Zhe, are you interested in them? Anyone who can drive such a vehicle and survive this long in the apocalypse must have someone backing them. We need to keep moving, so don't cause trouble."
"I know, I just took a look. Why so much talk? It's not like you're not tempted." Li Zhe glared at Ma Yongqing.
Ma Yongqing hooked an arm around Li Zhe's neck and laughed, "Even if I'm tempted, we need to stay alive. Our goal is to reach the base in Busan City safely. Staying alive is more important than anything."
"True, and my wife is here too, so I can't be too obvious." Li Zhe gave Ma Yongqing a knowing smile.
"Exactly, my wife watches me like a hawk, too." Ma Yongqing shook his head with a laugh.
Li Zhe's wife, Liu Jiajia, saw them taking so long and came over to check the RV.
One look and she was furious, "What are you two looking at? Can't walk past a pretty face? Look at who's inside. Wearing bright dresses in the apocalypse, they can't be any good."
Liu Jiajia glared at Yiyi and Chen Wan through the window.
Chen Wan found it amusing.
How was it their fault if her husband couldn't control his eyes and mind? It was like blaming a girl for wearing a short skirt on a bus and getting harassed, instead of blaming the harasser.
Like a mad dog biting people indiscriminately.
Chen Wan hadn't planned to respond, but hearing the woman's insulting words, she couldn't hold back.
She asked Yiyi, "How much longer until the tank is full?"
"About ten more minutes." Yiyi had heard the woman's words but hadn't planned to respond since it was just verbal.
The next moment, Chen Wan honked the horn.
If these people were so idle and talkative, she would give them something to do.
After all, her RV wasn't afraid of zombies.
With Chen Wan's horn blaring, zombies from the surrounding streets and alleys began to converge on the gas station.
Li Zhe was immediately frightened by the scene and glared at Chen Wan, "Damn, are you crazy? Honking now, do you want to die?"
He kicked the front of Chen Wan's RV and angrily called his people to prepare to leave, "Let's go. Those crazy women have attracted the zombies. If we don't leave, we'll all die."
For a moment, Li Zhe and his group didn't even bother to refuel, quickly driving their car to charge through the zombie horde.
It was clear that these people had gained some experience in dealing with zombies, knowing how to speed up and crash into the horde to carve out a path for themselves.
Their vehicle was obviously modified, with a roaring engine that allowed them to break through the crowd.
Chen Wan, sitting in the RV, commented, "These people have some brains, modifying their cars. It looks like their vehicles have been reinforced."
"Yeah, but the men can't control themselves, and the women are too mouthy. I don't think they'll last long," Yi Yi replied leisurely from the driver's seat.
The two of them weren't the least bit nervous about the zombies closing in.
To Chen Wan and her group, these were just moving crystal cores.
After the last RV upgrade, they only had a little over a hundred crystal cores left, so this was a good opportunity to harvest more.
While they were talking, the 5600L capacity fuel tank was filled with gasoline, but there was still a lot left in the underground storage tank at the gas station.
Chen Wan looked at the remaining gasoline with some regret.
"Yi Yi, can't we store the rest of the gasoline?"
"We don't have that function yet, but when the RV upgrades to level four, the fuel tank will have a capacity of 11200L. Then we can store a lot of gasoline. We'll take it slow," Yi Yi explained.
She wasn't too worried about gasoline, as it wasn't as scarce as one might think in the early days of the apocalypse.
"That's all we can do, as long as the tank is full," Chen Wan resignedly said.
Soon, the RV was fully refueled.
Yi Yi stepped on the gas, heading straight for the approaching zombie horde.
The area was deserted, scared off by the zombies, which made it easier for Yi Yi and Chen Wan to operate.
Yi Yi drove, crashing and crushing zombies while manipulating the mechanical arm at the back of the RV to toss them aside.
Chen Wan controlled the front mechanical arm, constantly blocking and throwing out any zombies that dared to approach.
By the time they dealt with these zombies, the number of level 1 zombie crystal cores in the RV had reached 723, enough to sustain their daily needs.