Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

What kind of eyes were these—

Seductive and passionate, their luminous gleam captivating, beauty that could make one fall at first sight like the intoxicating peach blossoms of March, yet they turned Ji Wanwan’s face ghostly pale in an instant.

She had seen such eyes on Baize before.

She couldn’t help but look closely.

The owner of the eyes was a frail young man, his cheeks tinged with the pallor of malnutrition. His naturally aggressive handsome features now appeared even more gaunt and sharp. Yet, this sharply contoured face was graced with the supremely tender, affectionate eyes of peach blossoms, lending a few strands of harmonious tenderness to the young man’s otherwise unapproachable demeanor.

If the young man weren’t so pitifully thin, a stark contrast to Baize’s well-proportioned and robust figure, and if it weren’t for the clear foolishness in those beautiful peach blossom eyes, Ji Wanwan might have been deluded into thinking that this young man was Baize.

The mission was already completed, Baize was long dead, how could this young man be Baize...

At that thought, Ji Wanwan couldn’t help but laugh at herself in self-mockery.

She had never imagined that she would fear Baize so much that just a pair of similar eyes could make her feel like she was facing a formidable enemy, losing her composure.

She had come to understand this, but the young man was so frightened by her gaze that he looked at her blankly and uneasily, utterly at a loss. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

The people around the young man noticed the lord’s unusual expression and stealthily distanced themselves from him, fearing that they would be implicated in any unfortunate events that might occur.

The instinct to seek benefit and avoid harm was human nature. Because of Ji Wanwan’s gaze, the young man found himself isolated.

Ji Wanwan saw this with her own eyes and couldn’t help but feel the world was cold and humans were inherently selfish.

She pursed her lips and beckoned to the young man, "You, come here."

The young man hesitated slightly but still walked towards Ji Wanwan.

As he approached, Ji Wanwan realized that the young man was quite tall, roughly over one meter eighty-five in height, but he was so skinny, and he stood so far back that he appeared much smaller and seemingly fragile, which made him seem less imposing.

Ji Wanwan scrutinized him for a moment.

Before the apocalypse broke out, the young man must have had a good figure. His attire, still in the black-and-white trendy style, revealed his former vitality. But now, the clothes hung too large on him, looking baggy and awkward.

Ji Wanwan curved her lips slightly, "What’s your name?"

Looking down at Ji Wanwan, the young man fidgeted with his fingers, unease written all over him, "Wang Youde."

Ji Wanwan: "..."

She truly hadn’t expected such a handsome boy to have such a down-to-earth name.

After a brief silence, she asked again, "How old are you?"

Wang Youde’s ears turned bright red due to Ji Wanwan’s moment of silence just now, "19."

19?

He was only a year younger than herself, which surprised Ji Wanwan. She had thought Wang Youde looked very young, practically a child.

Seeing Wang Youde’s face growing redder, Ji Wanwan couldn’t help but curve her lips into a smile, "Don’t be nervous. I just think you resemble someone I used to know. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t mistaken, so I called you over to ask."

Wang Youde nodded hastily, "Oh, then I’m probably not your friend, because I’ve never seen you before!"

Ji Wanwan: "..."

After another pause, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

What a classic straight man’s response!

At that laugh, Wang Youde bent over a little.

Ji Wanwan thought the kid was simply too naive and adorable, "Wang Youde, why were you captured by the Baize Union?"

At the mention of this, Wang Youde’s mood soured instantly, "How would I know! I was just fleeing normally on the road, and then out of nowhere, I got knocked out and taken away! If I knew why, I wouldn’t have been captured!"

This plaintive tone almost made Ji Wanwan laugh again.

She didn’t know why, but it seemed that just looking at Wang Youde made her want to laugh.

She suppressed the corners of her mouth, "The Baize Union has always acted in incomprehensible ways, but it doesn’t matter, the Baize Union no longer exists, so you don’t have to worry about being inexplicably taken away anymore."

"emmm..." Wang Youde fell silent for a while before finally squeezing out a response, "Thank you for the reminder, leader, otherwise I would still be in the dark!"

"Pfft, hahaha..."

Ji Wanwan laughed out loud again, "Brother, you don’t have to be so straightforward, if you really don’t know how to answer, you can just not answer."

Wang Youde: "..."

The onlookers at the entrance of the villa, however, had different thoughts.

This Wang Youde is impressive, just with a few words he made the leader so joyful!

This young man is extraordinary, he might become the favorite by the leader’s side! Seems like we should treat him well from now on!

As though to confirm these thoughts, Ji Wanwan, after laughing for a while, looked at Wang Youde seriously and said, "Wang Youde, do you still have family?"

Wang Youde looked down and shook his head, his voice hoarse, "Gone, they were all gone when the apocalypse first broke out."

He’s also a pitiable person.

But like him, there were countless others; compared to them, at least Wang Youde was still alive, which was fortunate amidst the misfortune.

It was rare for someone to catch her fancy, taking him in as a little brother to work for her didn’t seem like a bad idea.

Thinking this, Ji Wanwan twirled her fingertips, "In that case, once the quarantine period is over, you will follow me and work for me."

As soon as her words fell, the crowd at the entrance of the villa stirred.

Most people who looked at Wang Youde had eyes full of shock and envy.

This guy has such good luck, just by resembling someone from the leader’s past he’s treated differently by the leader, truly enviable.

But there were also some people whose eyes were filled with jealousy when they looked at Wang Youde.

Showing off in front of the leader just because he has some good looks, bah! Shameless!

Wang Youde, standing in front of Ji Wanwan, was stunned for a moment, looking up at Ji Wanwan with wide, bewildered eyes, even forgetting to respond.

Ji Wanwan’s eyebrows lifted slightly in a teasing smile, barely curving her lips, "What? You’re not willing?"

"No! No! No!" Wang Youde denied vehemently with a threefold declaration of loyalty, "How could I be unwilling? If the leader is willing to give me this opportunity, I am naturally willing!"

After pausing for a bit, Wang Youde still timidly voiced the question in his heart, "I just don’t quite understand, why would the leader choose me, what did you see in me?"

Murmurs rose again from the crowd at the entrance of the villa.

Someone said, that kid might be a fool, the leader gives you an opportunity and you should just work well, why must you dig to the bottom of it, as if the leader has to report her reasons to a small fry like him?

Others said, bah, a sly fox, deliberately asking, playing hard to get, trying to seduce the leader with those words, simply shameless!

These voices inevitably reached the ears of Ji Wanwan and him.

Wang Youde bent even lower, as if wishing he could bury his head in the ground, his ears burning red.

Ji Wanwan lifted her eyelids and glanced at the crowd at the villa’s entrance, and everyone fell silent.

Seeing the man in front of her looking uneasy, Ji Wanwan felt the urge to tease him.

She leaned in slightly, whispering into Wang Youde’s ear with a voice only the two of them could hear, "Of course, it’s because little brother you are too pleasing to the eye..."