Who says a female supporting character must serve the protagonist? Who says a female supporting character is just there to be a bystander, making a brief appearance before getting killed off?
Chapter 157 Kill the Man
Guozi sat down on the side without saying a word. Li Zhen went over and pressed his shoulder: "Brother, what's wrong?"
"It looks so beautiful here!" Guozi said with a wry smile: "Ever since the end of the world, I've actually longed for a place like this, but—what you saw, I saw too!"
Bai Nana looked at him and Li Zhen in surprise: "What did you see? So mysterious?"
After entering the village, everyone felt strange. They didn't seem happy as if they had seen a large number of brain cores or a large amount of supplies. Instead, their happiness seemed forced.
The village does give people a very strange feeling. Perhaps she has become accustomed to the end of the world and cannot get used to normal life.
Hou Chao walked to the door and windows and checked them out. He found that it was a small house with inner and outer rooms. There was another bathroom, but it was very small and had simple drainage facilities. "Let's continue talking about this house! The other houses are all crooked and dilapidated. The simple ones can only keep out the rain, not even the wind. This one is completely different!"
As Hou Chao was speaking, everyone was looking out the windows at the house next door. There was no one outside the window, but they could see the simple walls of the adjacent house, which undoubtedly confirmed what Hou Chao said.
"Kao, remember this in the future. There is no good thing in this world without a reason." Liu Xujiang raised his hand and was about to hit the wall. If he hit it with such great strength, the wall would definitely fall down.
Wang Qiancheng grabbed him and said, "Don't be impulsive! This is just speculation!"
As soon as these words were spoken!
Almost everyone looked at Wang Qiancheng.
Ye Xiaofang said unhappily: "Chengzi, what do you mean?"
Wang Qiancheng was also a little unhappy: "I think you are all overthinking it. Others gave me a nice house to live in, leaving a good impression, and hope that we stay. There is nothing wrong with that!"
"Let's talk about this later!" Tian Yao interrupted them and said to Ye Xiaofang, "Fangfang, why don't you go take a shower first? After you're done, we'll go!" After that, she made a silencing gesture to the others, motioning them to look!
"I'm too lazy to move! I want to lie down for a while! It's so nice here!" Ye Xiaofang went to the big bed in the room and lay down heavily: "I love this bed!"
Outside the door that Tian Yao pointed to, a figure stopped briefly and quickly walked away.
A piece of paper appeared on the floor at the door!
Wang Qiancheng walked over, picked up the paper, and after reading it, handed it to Hou Chao. Hou Chao read it and gave it to Tian Yao. The paper was written in handwriting that Tian Yao was very familiar with. There were only four words on it, and three big exclamation marks: "Leave now!!!"
The exclamation mark is so big that it has some warning meaning!
The others also came over to look at the paper in Tian Yao's hand. Bai Nana lowered her voice and said, "A Zhen, Guozi, what did you find? Can you tell me now?"
Li Zhen whispered, "The black soil in the ground is made of human blood and ashes. I saw some finger bones that hadn't been completely burned."
Hearing this, Bai Nana suddenly covered her mouth and said, "So when they say there's meat at night, do they mean human flesh?"
Tian Yao showed her composure at this moment: "The meat they are talking about is our meat. To be more precise, it is the meat of the male members of our team."
"The village chief just told the other villagers to kill the men and leave only the women alive."
"Fuck! I'm going to kill him--" Liu Xujiang said as he was about to rush out the door.
Hou Chao held him tightly and said, "Don't get excited! It's not just the village chief who's involved! Killing so many of us men is more than just a village chief and a few villagers."
"Also, someone has issued a well-intentioned reminder. What if we act rashly and hurt innocent people?"
"I know who's reminding us," Tian Yao said, picking up the paper. "I've seen this note before! It's from one of my classmates! Only by seeing the person can I know who's reminding us."
"Then we'll go to their banquet tonight and bring out more food. We should try not to eat their food or drink their water." Guozi said, "We'll just kill those who harbor ill intentions!"
But as he spoke, he glanced at Wang Qiancheng and said, "Chengzi, if you still think the people here are kind, please, for the sake of our former companions, don't ruin our business."
Wang Qiancheng's face immediately darkened. "I'm just saying don't misunderstand other people's good intentions. That doesn't mean I'm on the same page with them. Who do you think I am?"
Bai Nana, who had some feelings for Wang Qiancheng, said, "After today, if you really like this village, I'll stay with you!"
Tian Yao couldn't help but glance at Bai Nana. Her two protectors had practically died for her, and this woman was so quick to fall in love with someone else? Why did she find this so strange?
"Are you trying to split the village?" Hou Chao was a little angry. They were companions who had lived and died together! They had never said they wanted to separate in the face of danger and hardship. But they were causing a disagreement just for a seemingly normal village. His heart ached. At this moment, he also understood why Tian Yao didn't want to be the team leader. It was because she was young and had already seen through human nature.
"No," Wang Qiancheng said stiffly. He didn't believe that such a quiet and peaceful place could be the scary place that Hou Chao and Guozi had described.
"Then everything's fine," Wang Jin said, hastily trying to smooth things over. "Hurry up and get some rest. There's a welcome party tonight! I'm looking forward to it. Aren't you guys looking forward to it too?"
Guozipi said with a forced smile: "Looking forward to it!"
Bai Jie said, "When I think about the fact that we only have meat during festivals, why do I feel like my quality of life is regressing?"
"I won't let you live such a miserable life," Hou Chao patted Bai Jie, feeling a little worried about Cheng Zi and Bai Nana. "We are a team with five space ability users."
As the sky gradually darkened, villagers began to gather on the flat ground in front of the village, setting up stools and tables, and some even built a bonfire.
Someone started cooking.
A fragrance could be smelled in the room, and a deliberately low voice came from outside the window: "While no one is watching you now, jump out of the window and leave quickly. I will set fire to cover you!"
This voice! Tian Yao is so familiar!
Although she had only heard it a few times, it did not prevent her from remembering the voice.
Tian Yao held onto the window: "Haiyan, I will take you away!"
The sound outside the window stopped abruptly.
After a moment, Li Haiyan's voice became impatient: "Don't worry about me, leave quickly, it's too late to leave!"
The footsteps quickly left the rear window.
"Be careful," Tian Yao still said, regardless of whether Li Haiyan could hear what she said.
Bang bang bang!
Liu Dexin's smiling voice came from outside the door: "Everyone, come out to eat! We have prepared a feast for you."
Hou Chao glanced at everyone and saw that everyone's eyes were calm. He walked forward and opened the door: "Village Chief, you are so polite!"
(End of this chapter)