Ladybug Eight

Ping Chengcheng asked Shen Mengyuan some questions about Xiao Lie, wanting to find a way to get rid of him. Shen Mengyuan provided information about the number of security personnel around Xiao Lie.

There were about ten people hiding near him at all times.

Ping Chengcheng was walking home alone.

Shen Mengyuan’s house and where she lived were two different villa areas, with quite a long way in between.

She planned to go to that little vendor girl again today, to see if there were any new interesting little gadgets.

Walking along the road, there were many people on the street, mostly workers participating in the construction of the city wall. From time to time, you could see groups of two or three people carrying cement bags towards the city wall.

Someone still recognized Ping Chengcheng like yesterday. Many eyes were on the girl, making her a little uncomfortable.

She lowered her head and walked, trying to reduce her presence as much as possible.

Ping Chengcheng was calculating when to get rid of Xiao Lie. Now Xiao Lie had no practical value to her.

Some time ago, she had been afraid that after getting rid of Xiao Lie, the people around Xiao Lie would guess that she did it, and then leak the news that she was a Variant.

But now, with Lu Linyuan around, Ping Chengcheng was not very afraid. He had said that as long as she didn’t do anything that was inhumane, he would give her a certain degree of protection. What’s more, she had a very good relationship with Lu Linyuan’s illegitimate daughter.

Now it seemed that Lu Linyuan still cared about his illegitimate daughter very much, so he would not let Ping Chengcheng have an accident.

Ping Chengcheng hooked the corner of her mouth with a happy mood.

The reason why she hadn’t gotten rid of Xiao Lie before was because he could allow Ping Chengcheng to have more contact with the upper levels of the base and gain many benefits.

Now, Lu Linyuan had also promised the Limit Single Soldier Exoskeleton, so Xiao Lie, it’s time for you to die!

Lu Linyuan’s words seemed to imply that he had no intention to kill Xiao Lie. Now, thinking about it, Ping Chengcheng estimated that Lu Linyuan was hinting at her at the time. He said that the base was a place that emphasized order and that everything required evidence. As long as she killed Xiao Lie and no one could produce evidence that she killed him, wouldn’t that be fine?

Soon, Ping Chengcheng walked to the vendor girl’s stall from yesterday. Seeing Ping Chengcheng, the vendor girl raised a happy smile: “That, thank you for yesterday.”

Her voice was hoarse, but her eyes were shining with light, and there was a hint of ruthlessness.

Ping Chengcheng looked around without leaving a trace. Those men who had spied on the vendor girl yesterday had all disappeared.

She smiled with satisfaction: “Not bad.”

“Do you have any interesting little gadgets today?”

When the vendor girl heard Ping Chengcheng’s words, she immediately pointed to a cute little bear in the stall: “That is a little bear I made with purple clay.”

“Older sister, what do you think?”

Ping Chengcheng looked over with interest. It was a delicate little brown bear, about the size of a palm.

“Not bad, I’ll take it. By the way, I forgot to bring food with me today.”

But the vendor girl shook her head vigorously: “I’ll give it to older sister. My name is Qian Yu, older sister, are you Ping… Chengcheng from the news?”

Qian Yu looked at Ping Chengcheng with admiration in her eyes.

Ping Chengcheng nodded: “If nothing else, yes.”

The news department was really enough…

“Older sister, I heard that you will have an operation in A City soon. I also signed up for the scavenging team!”

Qian Yu said excitedly.

“Not bad.” Ping Chengcheng couldn’t help but praise. She scanned Qian Yu from top to bottom. This guy was shorter than her and looked weak and malnourished, but she had the courage to sign up for the scavenging team.

“Pay attention, don’t die. I’ll still ask you to buy some gadgets in the future.”

“The kind that girls like, you know? Collect more.”

“If you have any difficulties during the operation in a while, you can find the third team of the Emergency Strike Team. The captain is me.”

Qian Yu responded: “Okay.”

Ping Chengcheng gave a few more casual instructions and left.

On the way back, she ran into Lao Ba, whom she hadn’t seen for a while. At this moment, Lao Ba was holding a small bag of rice, smiling sneakily, and following a woman wearing a cheongsam.

His eyeballs rolled around, and he inadvertently glanced at Ping Chengcheng, who was smiling at him on the side of the road.

Lao Ba was shocked: “Oh, it’s Sister Chengcheng~”

The cheongsam woman turned her head suspiciously and looked at the girl following Lao Ba’s gaze.

“Oh~ I was wondering who it was. It’s Brother Lao Ba’s… um~ Are you coming too?”

“You’re not allowed to steal my business~”

Ping Chengcheng frowned, and Lao Ba immediately broke out in cold sweat. He glared at the cheongsam woman fiercely and slapped her face hard: “Grass! What are you calling for!?”

The woman screamed in shock and fell heavily to the ground, tears and snot streaming down her face.

“She’s my boss! Do you know that? Apologize to me!?”

The cheongsam woman got up from the ground in fear, boss? This girl? No, it’s impossible, right?

But she knew that she had no right to refute or speak. She took a peek at the rice bag in Lao Ba’s arms, bit her lip, and crawled to the girl on all fours: “I’m… I’m sorry, please forgive me, I was blind just now… I, I deserve to die…”

She slapped herself hard and looked at Ping Chengcheng, trembling.

Ping Chengcheng glanced at the woman indifferently. In the apocalypse, a person with good looks and no ability was probably like this.

She didn’t want to embarrass the woman, so she waved her hand casually: “You can go.”

The cheongsam woman stood up tremblingly, nodded and bowed to thank her, and trotted back to Lao Ba, hiding behind him.

Ping Chengcheng looked curiously at the rice in Lao Ba’s arms. Noticing the girl’s gaze, Lao Ba smiled dryly and hid the rice in his arms intentionally or unintentionally.

“What? You’re taking the food stored in our house to go whoring?” the girl asked with some dissatisfaction.

Lao Ba hadn’t contributed to the food stored in the house at all.

But Lao Ba smiled embarrassedly: “How could I… This, this is the food I earned myself by taking on jobs outside… Well, I haven’t relaxed for too long, so…”

The food he earned himself by taking on jobs outside? The girl didn’t believe it.

When she lived in the S City base in her previous life, how could she not know where there was a job that directly gave rice?

Don’t look at rice being very common before the apocalypse, but after the apocalypse, rice is a very important staple food, and its actual value is very high.

Therefore, few places are willing to give rice directly. And the salary of the Emergency Strike Team—which can be regarded as supplies—is distributed monthly, and there are only three steamed buns per day as a guarantee.

Of course, you also need to go to the Emergency Strike Team’s office to receive those steamed buns, and the quality of those steamed buns can be said to be ridiculously bad.

In short, Ping Chengcheng completely disdained going there anyway. Anyway, there was so much food at home that a few people couldn’t finish it all.

“Really, I definitely didn’t steal the food at home, boss, don’t you believe me?”

He smiled at her.

Ping Chengcheng snorted softly: “Don’t mess around outside. If you get any STDs, get out of our place.”

Lao Ba nodded repeatedly: “Yes, yes, definitely not.”

His face was a little ugly. To avoid STDs, it seemed that he would have to go and buy some condoms at a high price.

This thing was also a high-end item in the apocalypse. Many people wanted to vent their desires, but they were afraid of being infected with STDs, so a small condom was more expensive than a prostitute.