Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 247

Chapter 247: Chapter 247: The Carriage Journey

Su Jin sighed; these children, although pitiable, were beyond her help.

In the apocalypse, such trade was a grey area tacitly accepted by people; nobody would adopt and provide for these children.

Even if she bought all the children now, the middle-aged man would just find more to sell.

It wasn’t until the middle-aged man left with the few remaining children that Ban Xiaobo and the others couldn’t believe that Su Jin had actually bought a child?!

“What happened?”

Tian Liao and Gao Lei, who had also tended to customers buying cars, came over to ask.

“Uh, I accidentally… just bought one,”

Su Jin actually felt somewhat guilty; it seemed she had indeed accidentally bought some trouble.

But that was Rong Yuan.

Although she didn’t know why Rong Yuan was like this now, that name, along with that severed arm, and the face she had seen only from a distance, couldn’t be mistook.

Back then, not only had Rong Yuan lost an arm, but his left leg was also missing half. After awakening his Metal Element Ability, he had managed to regrow both limbs, albeit in metal. His transformation had left a profound impression on Su Jin.

Furthermore, in the second year of his previous life, Rong Yuan had become one of the top Metal Element Ability Users. Su Jin had only caught a glimpse of him during an award ceremony in a small base, where she heard he had single-handedly dived into a horde of zombies and killed dozens of mutated zombies. Although he was celebrated and renowned at that time, his young age or perhaps his reclusive personality led him to be used as a pawn in power struggles. Betrayed by his teammates, he ultimately died from poisoning…

Whenever people spoke of him, it was with a tone of regret.

She never imagined she would encounter him here today.

Yet now, he looked so young…

“Aren’t you short of hands? How about he becomes your apprentice here? You don’t have to pay him,”

Su Jin said to Ban Xiaobo and the rest, having made up her mind.

“This…”

Ban Xiaobo wanted to say they were indeed short of hands, but they were looking to hire a Metal Element Ability User, not a boy with a missing arm who also looked so frail.

“I think it’s feasible. At night he can also stay here to mind the shop for you,” although there isn’t much to look after in your shop.

Lu Hao held back the latter part of his sentence, but his words really did make the others accept the idea.

With an additional free worker who could also keep watch over the shop, they had nothing to lose.

Seeing Ban Xiaobo and the others agreed, Su Jin remembered that she still had to ask Rong Yuan for his opinion. If he disagreed, she wouldn’t force him.

She walked over to the boy with the severed arm, smiling, and said, “Hello, I’m Su Jin.”

Rong Yuan turned his head away, seeming uninterested in engaging with her, yet the flush of red at his ear betrayed his true feelings.

Unperturbed, Su Jin continued, “You’re free now. Do you have any plans for what you want to do next?”

Rong Yuan shook his head, still not daring to look up at Su Jin.

“How about becoming an apprentice in this garage, start learning some skills to support yourself, would that be okay?”

Her words seemed to be seeking his approval at every turn, which made Rong Yuan somewhat moved. The trafficker had said that he could only be a watchdog, less valuable than a dog.

But this person kept asking for his opinion; now that she had bought him, he was free. Could he actually choose what he wanted?