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.

at his ear, "Don't encourage Rosie

as she declared, "Fighting is easy. If anyone dares to bully me,

hard every day, but was no match for her brother. But after getting into a fight with someone else today, she realized that she wasn't

the subject, Stella asked, "Rosie, what did

got some tools, textbooks, a dress,

bunny-shaped fluffy hairband, which she was currently wearing on her

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

long as you think it's worth it,

and anyway, Jasper

and a lighter. Angela passed her a pack of sanitary pads, "Even in the apocalypse, we still have to bleed every month. It's such a

have plenty. You

"Lukas and Cody are hooked. They want to

thanks, I'm staying home for a few days. You go have fun." No

the idea of

project. Finally, she had finished her first thermal suit for Cooper. She called him

had made a onesie thermal suit, with a hole for Cooper's tail.

to put diapers on Cooper, she cut another

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

blunt,

and immediately covered her mouth, looking at Stella with innocent eye.

suit: 'Get this ugly thing off me. It's ruining

way, Cooper is the most handsome

ugly. He's even more handsome than

looked at

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

that and nuzzled into her arms: 'If I'm so handsome, make

a dark 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 second suit, she used the

and handed him a nail gun, "I almost forgot

"Keep it."

tool, and he was just giving