Chapter 378: Recruiting New Members
Wei Zi Qi clenched his fists when he heard Li Kun's question. He wanted to invite You Yue to his house. He wanted to tell her that no matter what happens, she could always turn to him.
However, he didn't want her to think that he was taking advantage of the situation. He knew that if he asked her to go to his house now, she might think he had ulterior motives.
Therefore, he just kept quiet and observed her. If she chose to go to his house herself, he would be more than happy to accept her.
However, he also knew that she was a girl and had a reputation to protect even if it was the apocalypse. Just because the world was ending didn't mean that people had to forget that they were humans with morals and character to protect.
You Yue was quiet for a while with her head lowered as if she was in deep thought before raising her head and looking at Li Kun.
"I can't go back to the base because my family will make my life miserable.
However, joining the Seyi safe base that was built by some rich men together is also not an option because I heard that they treat young girls like commodities.
If I go there, especially now that I have no other form of protection, including a family, I will only be walking into a tiger's den.
So, I can't join another base so quickly. In that case, I will find an apartment in an area where the residents haven't all moved to the safe base and live there.
It may not be as safe as the base, but I will have my freedom. I will also be living alone, so I will have the independent I need." You Yue wasn't going to start throwing a pity-party for herself just because her family had turned their backs on her.
She had her pride and dignity and would not become a burden to others. Actually, not even though Wei Zi Qi tried hard to hide his thoughts, You Yue still saw through him.
She knew that he meant well but she wouldn't put him in a difficult position with his family. If he took her back, his family may not say anything to her face, but they might recent him.
After all, nowadays supplies, especially food is more important and valuable than gold. So, if she followed him and caused him trouble, it wouldn't be worth it.
When Wei Zi Qi heard that You Yue planned to live alone, he was shocked, but then he understood her character and knew that even if he invited her, she wouldn't go.
So, he made a decision that he felt was getting both of the best world.
"Then I will also find an apartment in the place you move to and live there alone as well. This way, you won't have to live in a place with strangers and possibly bring danger to yourself."
"Zi Qi, how could you do that? You have a family, what will they say if they saw you do something like that?
Besides, that is so dangerous. I am doing it because I have no choice, you don't have to be so stubborn." You Yue was really shocked that Wei Zi Qi would make such a decision just because of her. She didn't want to drag him down.
"Yue Yue, you don't have to worry about me. My family will definitely understand and support me. So don't worry about that." Wei Zi Qi tried to reassure her.
Actually, he wasn't comforting her at all. He meant what he said. Moreover, his family was aware of his feelings for You Yue and would definitely support him if he decided to chase her.
So, he wasn't worried about them causing problems for him. He was actually worried about You Yue's family shamelessly following her to bother her after she broke away from them. So, he wanted to be close by to prevent any mishaps.
The others also understood his feelings and didn't try to dissuade him. They would make the same choice if the woman they loved was in trouble.
Li Kun got the information he wanted and only then did he speak out to present his offer.
"Why don't you join us? You can join our sect. We don't discriminate against people except those with bad character.
If you join us you will have all the your basic needs met and all you have to do is complete the mission you are given." Li Kun explained in shallow details.
"What do you mean your sect? Is it another safe base?" You Yue asked curiously.
"You could say that. But it works more like an institution where everyone has their own role to play. You will have food, shelter, medicine, and other necessities. However, you also have to contribute too." Li Kun added and waited for her to make a decision.
"That is pretty organized. What safe base is that?" Wei Zi Qi was the one who asked before You Yue could speak again.
"It already had a team of over a hundred and fifty people, but we haven't established it officially yet. However, those who live there like us have everything we need.
It is in a protected community and people function as a unit even though there are a lot of us.
Like now, there are people who are doing cleaning work within the community where we are establishing our sect. Others like us have gone out to collect supplies. There are those doing repair work to restore the parts that were ruined by the floods within the community as well.
There are also people scouting the area and acting as security to prevent others organized groups or zombies from invading our base.
All these people provide a report to administration department at the end of the day and action is taken depending on what they report.