Apocalyptic Disasters: Carrying a bun and hoarding supplies
Chapter 507: Rejection

Chapter 507: Rejection

"Of course not!" Lu Yu refused at once, but when Shen Zhen glared at him, the man lowered his head and softened his voice at once. He said to her, "I just wanted to ask you if you are seriously considering the offer that Yu Miaomiao made to you. If you are, then I am telling you that it’s not worth it. They will simply use you until you drop. I am only doing this for you. I–I am looking out for you; you are a good woman, and I don’t want you to be fooled by those liars."

Shen Zhen stood still; she looked at Lu Yu, who was staring at her with a stubborn look in his eyes. It was quite clear from her insistent attitude that he was not going to leave her without an answer. The look on his face showed that if Shen Zhen didn’t say that she was not going, then the man would die for her to see.

She sighed and then took off the stethoscope that she had thrown around her neck and then said to Lu Yu, "Come with me." After speaking, she turned around on her feet and then headed inside the makeshift hospital that they had made and headed to the office where she usually checked up on her patients.

When Nurse Lin saw Shen Zhen followed by Lu Yu, who was tall and had a cold face, she stiffened and looked at Shen Zhen worriedly. The latter waved her hand and told the woman to continue with her work and that she was fine.

Once she was inside her office, she pushed away the paper and the documents that had piled up on the table and said to Lu Yu, "Sit down. Do you want something to drink? I have tea and hot water."

"Water is fine." Lu Yu replied gruffly, and Shen Zhen nodded.

She poured a glass of water and then placed it in front of Lu Yu. Shen Zhen waited for the man to finish drinking the water and then said to him, "Do you like me, Lu Yu?"

Lu Yu coughed when he heard Shen Zhen’s question. He choked and said, "What—?"

"Do you like me?" Shen Zhen asked with a no-nonsense attitude. "The way you keep poking your nose in my life, trying to keep me safe and protect me... It will be really weird if you are doing it just as a friend, you know?"

Lu Yu parted his lips and wanted to tell Shen Zhen that she was wrong and that there was nothing wrong with it. That friends also looked after their friends in the same manner as this, but he knew that he would be lying if he said those words. There were no such friends who would intervene in the lives of their friends.

He lowered his head and thought about it a little, and after a long pause, Lu Yu realised that Shen Zhen was the only woman whom he didn’t find annoying. He didn’t hate how she would put him in his place and would scold him whenever he did something wrong. So, after a long pause, Lu Yu nodded and replied, "Maybe I do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Zhen frowned coldly, looking a bit annoyed. She said to him, "What do you mean by that you might like me? It’s either a yes or no."

"It’s not that I don’t want to say that I don’t like you," stammered Lu Yu. he looked at the woman and wished he had paid more attention to Lei Qian; that way, he would have known how to act and confess when faced with such a situation. "I mean to say that I do like you, but I cannot be sure about you."

When she continued frowning, he said to her, "Look, I know that we have our differences and it’s really hard for you to trust me, but I am sure that I am much better than any other man out there. At least I will never do anything to hurt you, and I will never betray your trust."

The more he talked, the more Lu Yu thought that he was making a mess out of the entire situation. After a short while, he stopped speaking because he could no longer speak. When he raised his head, he saw that Shen Zhen was frowning even harder, which made him worry.

He stammered, "Do...Do you dislike me even more now?" Maybe they might not be able to stay as friends either.

"It’s not that I hate you... It’s just that I cannot trust men or marriage."

"You don’t want to get married?" Lu Yu asked with an expression that screamed that he was about to die.

To make his biggest horrors come true, Shen Zhen nodded. She told him, "I am the oldest of my sisters; you know that, right?"

Lu Yu nodded.

"And you also know that my sisters were sold one after another, right?"

Another stiff nod. Lu Yu didn’t know where Shen Zhen was going with this topic, but he silently waited for her to continue speaking. He then heard her say, "My parents married out of love. At least my mother did; she never thought about the consequences of marrying a man who couldn’t earn well or didn’t have a decent background would do to her children."

"She just married my father and had us. As for how she would raise us? Neither of the two thought about it. And when they couldn’t do anything, they sold my sisters while lying to me that they needed money for this and that, pushing me to the point that I started to crumble. I worked hard until I couldn’t even have time for myself."

"You know how much money I make as a doctor? Millions, and yet I stayed in a small apartment."

"But I will never treat you like that!" Lu Yu exclaimed loudly, affronted that she even thought that he would treat her like her father treated her mother.