Chapter 100 – Betrayed

Edited by Ruru

The Yuncheng secure base was very quiet at night. It could be seen that the law and order here was rather good, and the civilians’ lives were also not too bad— Otherwise, if there were people dying or turning into zombies at night, it wouldn’t be so peaceful.

Everything here was nice, and Li Shu didn’t show any malice towards them at all. Nie Yi really wanted to hold Qi Jingchen and fool around, but soon realised he had done something stupid.

In the past, he had forbidden Qi An from casually coming into where he and Qi Jingchen slept, but he had told Qi An to watch Feng Qinyun just now.

Who knew whether Qi An would run over late in the night to report? When that time came, if he saw something…

Nie Yi hugged Qi Jingchen, not moving at all as he endured.

Qi Jingchen could more or less guess some of Nie Yi’s thoughts and reached out.

Nie Yi felt as if he was about to explode…

In the end, he didn’t explode, because not long after, Qi An came over. “Feng Qinyun started off dealing with government affairs, then went to sleep.”

“Continue following him tomorrow,” Nie Yi said with a dark expression.

“Then I’ll go to sleep!” Qi An said. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly asked, “Nie Yi, your voice is a bit strange. Are you alright?” Although Nie Yi had always been very fierce to him, in the end, they had been in contact for many years, so Qi An was still very concerned about Nie Yi.

“I’m fine!” Nie Yi ground his teeth.

Qi An listened to Nie Yi’s voice and suddenly thought of something. “Attend to boss well.” Nie Yi was his family’s boss’s wife. Did he disturb a happy occasion between his family’s boss and Nie Yi?

Ai, he also didn’t know when he would grow up…. And whether he could marry a wife in the future.

Qi An left in distress. Qi Jingchen smiled at Nie Yi. “Do you want to serve me?”

Nie Yi did not hesitate. “Of course I do!”

Ultimately, Qi Jingchen fell asleep from exhaustion, not wanting to move a muscle.

Nie Yi helped him clean up while holding his hand and kissing him lightly.

Although he had already done the most intimate matter with Qi Jingchen, he was still a little uneasy, and always wanted to confirm that Qi Jingchen was by his side.

He liked Qi Jingchen for too long, yet happiness came so suddenly, so much that it made him a little unsure.

But as long as Qi Jingchen was always in his embrace, he had nothing to fear.

Nie Yi and the others brought many supplies when they came here, and Li Shu had also ordered people to send them some vegetables yesterday. The next morning, they cooked the food themselves.

“This place is pretty good. There’s no lack of vegetables all year round,” Shao Zhenglan said. Being able to plant so many vegetables during winter without needing any large sheds was quite magical.

“This place is truly nice, but speaking of, Nie shao is seriously awesome ah! Not only is he the son of B City secure base’s chief, over here, he’s also the nephew of the secure base’s chief,” Zhang Zihai said. If it weren’t for Nie Yi, he believed that they definitely wouldn’t have received such good treatment.

Other people’s luck in birth was truly great! On the contrary, he himself… didn’t even know how his parents were doing. They’d most likely died already ba?

“We can stay a few more days,” Nie Yi said. During the apocalypse, it was rare to have such a stable place. Allowing everyone to stay a few more days to rest was pretty good.

Humans couldn’t always be on strained nerves; they still had to rest.

Most importantly, he also wanted to stay together intimately with Qi Jingchen for a few more days.

“Then we’ll stay for a few more days, and eat more delicious food!” Zhang Zihai said. When he thought of eating, his saliva flowed uncontrollably.

“You guys can go hunting nearby; remember to survey the terrain,” Nie Yi’s eyes flashed as he suddenly spoke.

“We’ll go later,” Ping Shengchao immediately said.

Not long after Nie Yi spoke, Li Shu came over. “Xiao Yi, Jingchen, shall Uncle take you guys for a stroll around Yuncheng secure base?”

Nie Yi wanted to take a stroll around Yuncheng secure base in the first place, so he naturally had no reason to refuse. He promptly picked Xiaomao up and led Qi Jingchen off.

“This child is going too? What about the bigger child?” Li Shu was a little curious. He was rather interested in that slightly older child that acted like a little adult. Back then, Nie Yi used to be just like him, and he was incredibly fond of it for some time.

But due to the issue of his sexuality, although he had found a similarly gay woman to marry, it was inevitable for him to be discovered if he stayed with his friends and family for a long time. As such, he didn’t really return to B City, and slowly grew distant from his only older sister.

“That kid has a bit of diarrhoea and doesn’t want to go out,” Nie Yi said.

Li Shu didn’t probe deeply in this matter, nodding and bringing Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen out. He introduced the secure base to them.

This secure base had already set up some factories, such as brick, cement, and others. They were currently working overtime to build paths around this secure base’s perimeter fence, and a few houses were under construction. Now, most people were living in a □□.

The residential environment wasn’t good, but everyone’s complexion wasn’t bad. It made sense; this secure base was built in the mountains, and everyone didn’t need to face zombies every day. When it came to the spirit, they weren’t as tense as those from secure bases that were surrounded by zombies, and everyone also had more hope for the future.

The entire Yuncheng secure base could be said to be auspicious and peaceful, but Nie Yi had also noticed a few small issues. Namely, the civilians of this secure base unexpectedly did not recognise Li Shu.

“Uncle, you didn’t publicise yourself?” Nie Yi asked in astonishment.

“I have. No matter who you ask, they definitely know that I’m Chief Li,” Li Shu said with a smile.

“But no one recognises you,” Nie Yi said. If Li Shu were to publicise himself more, it definitely wouldn’t have ended with everyone quickly accepting Feng Qinyun as the secure base chief after he was murdered.

“There’s nothing great about me for everyone to recognise.” Li Shu sighed. He was the chief of this secure base only because he wanted the civilians here to live a little better, and didn’t want to find it annoying to even step outside. Moreover, it was the apocalypse; most electronic facilities couldn’t be used anymore, so if the common people of the secure base recognised him, it’d be even more unbearable.

As a secure base chief, Li Shu was very busy. After he accompanied Nie Yi and Qi Jingchen for a stroll, he took them to where he worked.

The place where Li Shu handled official business was a small three-story house built with tiles and bricks. This building was semi-finished, and the inside was partitioned into small rooms. Each room had a person working, and different names hung on the doorways. Nie Yi glanced at it and knew that the various positions here were set up according to B City secure base’s.

“My office is on the third floor. Since you guys are free, how about going up and having a seat?” Li Shu said, looking at Nie Yi with faint anticipation.

Li Shu had no child, and had always regarded Nie Yi as his own child. Although he didn’t meet Nie Yi for more than a few times due to him being located two states away, he often sent things to Nie Yi and was always very concerned about him.

Previously when he had received a lot of information sent by B City secure base and learnt that Nie Boyuan disliked Nie Yi, he pondered about wanting to fetch Nie Yi and bring him over. Unfortunately, in the beginning, Yuncheng secure base was a lump of chaos, and he couldn’t find the time to do it. In the end, when he managed to make some time, Nie Yi had already left B City secure base.

Their country was vast, and wanting to find a two thousand man team was akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Although he was able to receive news about Nie Yi from time to time, he did not know of Nie Yi’s exact location.

However, he was very approving of Nie Yi’s method— Travelling more outside meant Nie Yi’s strength would inevitably improve. Of course, approval might be approval, but he would rather Nie Yi not go confront dangers outside.

It would be nice if Nie Yi could stay in Yuncheng secure base… Nie Boyuan did not want him, but he did. Wasn’t Yuncheng secure base lacking precisely a powerful inheritor?

With such thoughts, as Li Shu dealt with various affairs, he occasionally explained it to Nie Yi.

In the beginning, Nie Yi was unaware of Li Shu’s idea, but he understood it after a while. He didn’t know if he should laugh or cry.

He had no interest in Yuncheng secure base, but he truly was a little lacking in handling various affairs, and often preferred to use force. Learning a bit wouldn’t be harmful anyways.

Nie Yi’s current spiritual strength wasn’t weak and he could multitask. When he encountered something interesting, he’d earnestly listen to Li Shu speak; if he wasn’t interested, he would simply practise controlling his ability at the side, a waterball and fireball in his hands occasionally transforming shape.

His two ability nuclei turned into one and the method to use it was vastly different than before; wanting to control it well needed a little more effort.

Nie Yi’s appearance appeared extremely distracted, but Li Shu initially thought that Nie Yi simply wouldn’t listen to him explain governmental affairs at all. Now, he was already extremely satisfied since Nie Yi was listening occasionally. Seeing that Nie Yi was training his ability when he was free, he even felt that Nie Yi was extremely motivated in improving himself.

Li Shu’s explanation continued on for several full days. During these days, Qi An frequently followed Feng Qinyun, yet did not discover any oddities from him.

Moreover, Feng Qinyun was very enthusiastic towards Nie Yi, and could be said to have given Li Shu the utmost care. If they merely looked at the present situation, he had no reason to murder Li Shu at all.

Nie Yi even suspected he might have misunderstood in his last life, but when he went undercover in Yuncheng secure base for a time during his past life, he had definitely learnt from Feng Qinyun’s subordinates that it was Feng Qinyun who killed Li Shu.

On this day, Nie Yi was still following Li Shu to learn about governmental affairs, while Qi Jingchen was sitting at the side and playing with Xiaomao.

“It’s going to be Chinese New Year in two days. The secure base will be holding some events at that time. Come take a look,” Li Shu said, smiling at Nie Yi.

Nie Yi glanced over, then realised what Li Shu was holding was a list of events and programmes that were going to be conducted during Chinese New Year sent over by a subordinate.

There were many prepared events, and were even separated to many places and celebrated at different times; it was thought out very thoroughly.

Speaking of, though Li Shu appeared very warm and gentle, he honestly had pretty good capabilities. Yuncheng secure base had so many things, yet he was always able to handle all of it neatly and tidily.

“No one liked watching CCTV New Year’s Gala in the past, but now, even if we just casually found some people to go sing and dance, everyone would love to watch,” Li Shu said with a smile.

Nie Yi also knew that it was honestly just as he said. When he noted that there were some programmes that were probably very interesting, he immediately looked at Qi Jingchen.

Nie Yi was just about to ask what programmes Qi Jingchen liked when the air before him warped and Qi An suddenly appeared.

Qi An appeared very abruptly, and Li Shu’s face was filled in astonishment. “What’s going on here?” How could this child suddenly appear in his office?

“That person revealed his cloven foot,” Qi An said, then glanced at Li Shu.

During these days, Li Shu had treated both Qi An and Xiaomao very well. It was probably because of this that Qi An would reveal his ability in front of Li Shu.

“Take him to see,” Nie Yi said while pointing at Li Shu.

“See what?” Li Shu looked at Nie Yi in bewilderment, but the next second his legs were clutched by Qi An. “Don’t be scared later.”

Qi An had barely finished speaking when he mobilised his ability while hugging Li Shu.

After his space ability reached level three, he wasn’t like before where he could only carry a child like Xiaomao; he could teleport entirely while bringing an adult.

Li Shu suddenly felt his world spinning, then he unexpectedly appeared outside the Yuncheng secure base perimeter wall.

“See that small house?” Qi An asked while pointing at a small house in a distant mountain. That small house was built in a farming area and was meant for farmers to rest while working. Recently, the vegetables here didn’t need to be taken care of, so there was probably no one there.

“Why?” Li Shu was a little bewildered and uncertain.

“Feng Qinyun is there. Don’t talk later,” Qi An said, then hugged Li Shu’s legs again.

Li Shu had another spell of dizziness again, then discovered he was already standing next to the wooden house he had seen. They were standing against the wall, and Qi An’s complexion was also pale.

Qi An pulled Li Shu and got into a sitting posture. Although Li Shu was a little puzzled, he still obediently sat down.

Then, he heard Feng Qinyun’s voice.

The window of this house was open, and Feng Qinyun’s voice was transmitted especially clearly.

“That Nie Yi’s strength is very powerful. I can’t make a move now; I’ll have to wait until he leaves.”

With just this sentence, Li Shu couldn’t help trembling all over. Make a move? Make what move?

He was finding an excuse for Feng Qinyun when unexpectedly a young woman’s voice soon emerged. “Feng Qinyun, you’re not lying to me, right? Are you just unwilling to leave that old man?”

“Why would I lie to you? Nie Yi isn’t that easy to go against.” Feng Qinyun said. “We can’t come in contact during this period either. If we were discovered, we’ll probably have to face the consequences.”

“Why ah? Clearly I was the first one to meet you, and I also have your child. Why do you have to accompany that old man now?” That woman’s voice carried a sob. “Feng Qinyun, don’t you dare think of treating me half-heartedly. Otherwise, I’ll go to Li Shu!”

“Be good, we just have to endure a little longer, so don’t be angry,” Feng Qinyun coaxed.

Li Shu sat against the wall, listening to the inside voices with an expressionless face.

Although his sexuality was unlike normal people, he had always concealed it very well and had always been careful, so much that he had never dated before until he met Feng Qinyun eight years ago.

Feng Qinyun had originally been a special forces soldier, but couldn’t endure high-intensity training after suffering an injury. After he couldn’t go on missions, he came to his side. He himself liked this type of man, and inevitably paid a little more attention.

At that time, he didn’t dare let other people find out about this matter, so it was just secretly being interested, then Feng Qinyun gave a response.

He and Feng Qinyun had been together for eight whole years. He had some background, and so Feng Qinyun followed him to rise all the way. Before the apocalypse, he even introduced his wife’s girlfriend to Feng Qinyun so that he could also have a fake marriage.

Then the apocalypse arrived.

After the apocalypse struck, there was simply no one who would bother to care about their sexualities anymore, so he began openly dating Feng Qinyun.

He thought that no matter how hard the apocalypse was, they’d still be able to live well with mutual support, while Feng Qinyun?

Feng Qinyun wanted to kill him.

Moreover, Feng Qinyun and the girlfriend he had before they were together seemed to also have… a child?

Baobao Notes

100 chapters! And yet we’re not even a third way in… Just a small note, but thanks to all the readers who stuck on like Nie Yi to Qi Jingchen even though it’s been weekly updates for literally over a year!

And especially!!! To my editors, Ruru and Meri!（*＾3＾）/～♡ Katie, unfortunately, had to leave due to irl issues, but she was actually one of my first editors, so if you’re reading this, hope you’re doing well!!!

Ruru: 100th chapter wwww. A big thank you to all who are reading!!