18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 65

The first time Rosie got into a fight, it left a deep impression on her young mind. She clung to Jasper's neck, "When I grow up, I'll protect you too." "Alright."

"I'll protect Stella too, and Cooper."

"Alright."

Next, they sold fish, with Jasper showing her the ropes.

Stella listened silently. Jasper's teaching methods were rough, but in a world where order had collapsed, maybe Rosie would have been worse off if they'd stuck to the old ways of kindness and gentleness. "Yes, what your brother taught you isn't wrong."

Curious, Stella asked Rosie, "Have you ever been hungry or been beaten up?"

Rosie lowered her head, nervously fiddling with her clothes.

"That's okay. You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

"When Jasper didn't come home, I was so hungry. My cousin bullied me, and my aunt scolded me."

"Do you want to go through that again?"

"No!" Rosie shook her head vehemently, her voice tinged with a sob. "I don't want to."

"Well, remember that feeling. If anyone ever treats you like that again, you fight back. Don't be afraid. They can't beat you."

"But my aunt said the police would take me away."

"As long as you're not the one starting trouble, the police won't take you away." Stella comforted the little girl, "Today, when you fought, the police didn't come to get you, did they?"

Relieved, Rosie said, "I'll listen to Stella and Jasper. No one will bully me anymore."

Cooper growled his agreement from the side.

tugged at his ear, "Don't encourage Rosie to

she declared, "Fighting

with someone else today, she realized that she wasn't weak. Jasper was just too strong. The boy who tried to steal her candy

the subject, Stella asked, "Rosie, what did you get for the

"We got some tools,

pink bunny-shaped fluffy hairband, which she was currently wearing

did we lose out on brother's fish? Cody and Lukas said we only got useless

as long as you think it's worth it, it's

had different needs, and anyway, Jasper wasn't

salt, dried vegetables, sanitary pads, and a lighter. Angela passed her a pack of sanitary pads, "Even in the apocalypse, we still have

"I have plenty. You

They want to go again tomorrow. Do you want to

staying home for a few days. You go have

gleefully at the idea of a

project. Finally, she had finished her first thermal suit for Cooper. She called him over, "Cooper, come here." The suit was

with a hole for Cooper's tail. There was

be another hole. Not wanting to put diapers on

looked like he had just come out of a coal mine with this black

blunt, "It

looking

insulted Cooper bit at the suit: 'Get this

comforted him, "No way, Cooper is the most handsome

He's even more

at Stella,

"I'm not lying, my dog is the most

her arms: 'If I'm so handsome, make me another

green fabric. While making the suit, she observed Cooper's reactions. Unfortunately, his thick fur meant he didn't feel the change in temperature now, so he didn't react to the suit. When she finished the

Stella stopped him and handed him a nail gun, "I almost

"Keep it."

This was a life-saving tool, and he