11 Has she boarded the pirate ship?

“Then... I... I’ll pay, can you escort us...”
“No!”
Before the man could finish speaking, Lixiao Xiao decisively refused. The man’s face instantly flushed red; he probably had never been rejected so bluntly before.
But he dared not act rashly because Lixiao Xiao’s hand was already on the knife handle.
She glanced at the time—it was 4:30. Her precious daughter should be waking up; she needed to find a place to feed her.
“You can't leave!”
As Lixiao Xiao and her group tried to walk away, another woman rushed out to block their path.
Lixiao Xiao frowned, irritated by this group of people.
If it were just herself, she wouldn’t hesitate to slash the person in front of her with her blade, but Lin Qiu was behind her.
A kind-hearted mother, Lin Qiu knew these people hadn’t done anything extreme yet. If Lixiao Xiao acted rashly, her mother might not be able to bear it mentally.
“Get lost! Is this your road? Why won’t you let us pass?”
Lin Qiu grabbed Lixiao Xiao and stepped forward herself, wielding a machete horizontally, eyes flashing fiercely.
This caught Lixiao Xiao completely off guard—when did her mother become so fierce?
What she didn’t know was that Lin Qiu was actually quite nervous inside.
As the saying goes, a mother knows her daughter best, and Lin Qiu clearly sensed Lixiao Xiao’s impatience, fearing her impulsiveness might lead to killing these people outright.
When Lixiao Xiao had previously told her about her past life, Lin Qiu had already noticed something was wrong with her daughter.
Madness, bloodthirstiness, treating human life like nothing!
But it wasn’t Lixiao Xiao’s fault—she had been forced into it. Who wouldn’t collapse after witnessing their own daughter and mother being savagely devoured alive?
Although Lixiao Xiao hadn’t gone into detail, Lin Qiu couldn’t help but imagine it!
Just thinking about that scene drove her nearly insane.
She pitied her daughter but didn’t want her to become a complete lunatic.
Lin Qiu had made up her mind to live well, accompany her daughter in raising her granddaughter, and use her love to warm her daughter’s heart and soul.
“I didn’t... I didn’t stop you from leaving. It’s just that you have to take us with you.”
The woman hadn’t expected the seemingly gentlest Lin Qiu to suddenly step forward wielding a knife to threaten her. Hesitating, she was about to back down, but when her eyes fell on her son not far away, she immediately stiffened.
No, even if it meant clinging on, they had to take these people and leave together.
This woman’s formidable strength was surely enough to protect them.
“Why?” Lin Qiu frowned.

“You can take her, so you can take us too.”
The woman pointed at Lin Shuangshuang, speaking confidently.
When these people stepped forward, Lin Shuangshuang had tried hard to lower her presence. She didn’t understand why Lixiao Xiao would save her. From their brief encounter, the other party didn’t seem kind and wouldn’t save a stranger without reason, let alone ask for repayment.
Now, Lin Shuangshuang belatedly realized that every step Lixiao Xiao took was carefully luring her into a trap.
Deliberately flaunting her strength, deliberately revealing her personal space... Lin Shuangshuang was stunned. Had she boarded a sinking ship?
But she was just an ordinary person—why would Lixiao Xiao value her so much?
“I’m willing. What business is it of yours?”
Lixiao Xiao’s mind was still focused on the childcare space. Seeing signs that her daughter had awakened, she lost patience.
She grabbed Lin Qiu’s hand and started to leave. When the woman tried to block them again, Lixiao Xiao kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying.
“Get lost!”
Lixiao Xiao was strong to begin with, and that kick caused the woman to curl up on the ground, clutching her stomach in pain, and she fainted.
A teenage boy of about fifteen or sixteen in the crowd immediately shrank back at the sight.
The crowd helplessly watched as Lixiao Xiao and the others left the mall.
Lin Shuangshuang thought Lixiao Xiao was incredibly cool, eyes full of admiration.
When she saw Lixiao Xiao casually summon an off-road vehicle, her eyes widened even further.
Wow! Where did Sister Xiao Xiao get such a cool car?
“Can you drive?”
Lixiao Xiao slashed at a zombie in front, its head instantly severed. Seeing her daughter was awake, she asked Lin Shuangshuang.
“Ah? Yes!” Lin Shuangshuang snapped back to reality. “But I’ve never driven an armored vehicle before!”
“This is an off-roader! Just being able to drive is enough. No one will fine you now.”
Lixiao Xiao was a bit stunned herself. She hadn’t examined her system inventory closely before, but now she saw this vehicle was quite large: about six meters long, two and a half meters wide, and roughly the same in height.
That chassis, that body—it was a mobile fortress!
Sis, do you even know what you’re talking about? Are you sure this is just an off-roader? You’re just taking advantage of her ignorance!
Lin Shuangshuang pouted, secretly grumbling, but resigned herself and climbed into the driver’s seat.
Wow! The interior was extremely luxurious too. Lin Shuangshuang was already numb to it all.
“Mom, get in!” Lixiao Xiao pulled open the rear door, helped her mother in first, and then got in herself.
“Go to Xingmei International!” Lixiao Xiao ordered without waiting for Lin Shuangshuang to figure out how to operate this mobile fortress.

She took her daughter out of the childcare space and placed her in the back seat. Swiftly, she opened the baby’s wrap and indeed, it was soiled again.
She took out wet wipes, tissues, disposable diapers, and diaper rash cream, piling them on the seat and began cleaning the baby.
Lin Shuangshuang, who had just begrudgingly started the car, saw through the rearview mirror Lixiao Xiao suddenly holding a baby out of thin air and changing the diaper, stunned speechless.
“Focus on driving!”
Without looking up, Lixiao Xiao reminded her.
“Ah, okay!” Lin Shuangshuang snapped out of it, only to see zombies swarming outside and slamming against the windshield, frightening her so much her face paled.
“Crush through them!” Lixiao Xiao said without looking up.
The little one whimpered—hungry.
Her little mouth puckered, ready to cry.
Lixiao Xiao found a pacifier and quickly stuffed it in to silence her, then rapidly cleaned the mess from her diaper, picked her up, and began feeding her.
Lin Qiu assisted, having just awakened water elemental powers, she conjured a fine stream of water to wash the baby, dried her, applied diaper cream, and put on a fresh, clean diaper before finally relaxing.
Raising a child was like fighting a war—especially in the apocalypse.
The baby didn’t care what was going on. If hungry, wet, or soiled, she cried to remind them. If uncomfortable, she cried.
She didn’t care if her cries attracted zombies; if she was unhappy, she would cry!
In her past life, food and clothing were scarce. Lixiao Xiao’s milk supply was insufficient, and her daughter’s constant crying for food had irritated those people, causing Chen Jiaojiao to decisively send the child away.
“Sister Xiao Xiao, your baby must have just been born, right?”
Lin Shuangshuang was a bit startled at first, but the car was truly excellent—high chassis, powerful performance; zombies were simply knocked flying.
Her driving skills were good, weaving through traffic or crashing through when necessary. Most cars couldn’t withstand this vehicle; Lin Shuangshuang was happy to call it the king of the land.
Looking through the rearview mirror at the back seat, she was more curious than shocked.
She hadn’t expected Lixiao Xiao to be carrying a newborn baby.
Also, the fact that she could summon the child out of thin air proved her personal space could contain living beings!
What an incredible power!
After reading so many novels, Lin Shuangshuang guessed that Lixiao Xiao might possess a rare treasure. After all, who is so powerful at the dawn of the apocalypse that their awakened space can hold living people?
No way... or perhaps Sister Xiao Xiao is a reborn soul?