Chapter 69: Settlement (Part 2)

"Who's hurt?"

He hadn't finished speaking, but Zhang Chongguang knew that the child understood what he meant.

The boy who had been taking care of his sister bravely and had never cried since the incident happened shed tears for the first time.

Crystal clear drops of water overflowed from his eye sockets, falling drop by drop onto the floor, splashing tiny water droplets.

Silence filled every corner of the living room. Seeing the child crying, even the team members who had killed many zombies in the past few days felt a little sad.

They were thinking about how to comfort him, but they saw the boy quickly wipe his tears and run to the kitchen.

"Uncle, are you hungry? I have plenty of food at home."

As he spoke, he opened the refrigerator and took out yogurt/drinks, fruits, and even frozen braised meat.

He put the things on the coffee table in the living room. After he finished, he thought of something and found the key from the low cabinet at the door and put it in Zhang Chongguang's palm.

"Uncle, there's no danger at home now, let the other uncles come in and have some rest!"

The sadness on the boy's face was gone, and he actively entertained them.

"Grandma Gui used to go to town every week to do the shopping. We have plenty of food at home, including meat and shrimp in the refrigerator. Uncle, you saved my sister and me, so I'll treat you to a meal."

The team member next to him couldn't bear it and was about to say something, but was stopped by his teammates on the other side.

Zhang Chongguang clenched the key in his hand and smiled, "Okay, but you don't have to do it."

He found some yogurt and vacuum-packed braised chicken legs from the pile on the coffee table and stuffed them into the boy's arms. "Go upstairs to see your sister first, and eat these before coming down, okay?"

Chen Chen hugged the things in his arms, stunned for a moment, and finally glanced towards the dining table. He held back his tears and nodded. Then, without looking back, he went upstairs.

Watching the boy disappear around the corner of the stairs, Zhang Chongguang threw the keys in his hand to the team member next to him and said, "Let everyone in the car get off. Let's rest here."

"Yes, Captain."

The two team members who received the key turned around, opened the door and went out.

In the yard, the team member who had just been stopped poked the teammate next to him, "Mushroom, why did you stop me just now? We have regulations. How can you eat the food of ordinary people? Especially two children?"

"Rules are rules," the team member called Mushroom whispered, "but Monkey, do you think these two kids can survive if we leave them to eat?"

"That's definitely not possible!" The monkey said subconsciously. It was difficult for the two children to live independently before the rainstorm, let alone after the rainstorm.

Suddenly, he realized something. "You mean the captain wants to take these two dolls away?"

The mushroom didn't say anything, but the monkey started talking to himself.

"Yes, yes. These two children clearly have no other guardians. Even if there are relatives in the surrounding villages, they might not be able to properly care for them in this environment... But how can you be so sure that these children are willing to go with us? Just based on our uniforms that are so dirty that the color is almost unrecognizable?"

Mushroom shook his head, looking at his teammates with sympathy in his eyes, "We're all human beings, but their kids' reactions are much quicker than yours!"

monkey:"???"

"Hey, what do you mean?"

Mushroom didn't explain to him, but used the key to open the iron door and let other teammates in.

…

Chen Chen returned upstairs and shared the food with his sister. He had wanted to give some to his uncle who was watching over his sister, but the uncle refused, so they had to eat it themselves.

When he finished eating and took his sister downstairs, the downstairs was very different from before.

There was no dirt on the floor, no broken porcelain, and except for a few missing vases, everything was the same as before the rainstorm.

As for the chair where the person was tied up, it was now empty.

Chen Chen felt a pain in his heart and couldn't bear to watch any longer.

Someone was already busy in the kitchen.

Chen Chen and his sister watched curiously. They didn't expect that these uncles who looked so majestic with swords and guns could actually cook, and the food was quite delicious.

The two people, who hadn't had a proper meal for more than ten days, smelled the fragrance wafting from the kitchen and their stomachs instantly started growling.

Seeing someone looking at them, Chen Chen and Chen Ling blushed.

At this time, Zhang Chongguang walked in from outside and put the small basket in his hand on the coffee table.

When Chen Chen saw the strawberries he had picked earlier, his eyes lit up and he picked up the basket and ran into the kitchen.

After washing with clean water, he came out with a fruit plate filled with strawberries and stood in front of each team member.

"Uncle, try the strawberries we grow at home. They're so sweet!"

Most of the people who were asked shook their heads, and Monkey even said, "Uncle doesn't like sweet food, you and your sister can eat it by yourselves!"

The two children were so hungry and hadn't eaten for many days. How could he snatch food from the children's mouths?

Just as the monkey was thinking this, he was hit by an elbow. He was about to yell when he saw Mushroom, who usually had no expression, picked up a strawberry from the fruit bowl with a smile on his face.

"Really? This uncle doesn't like sweet things, but I do. Let me try it."

Before the monkey could complain about when Mushroom, who never ate sugar, started to like sweet things, he saw the child, who had just been dejected after being rejected by him, suddenly perked up after hearing his words, like a rice seedling that had absorbed water after a drought.

He vaguely realized something.

"Then uncle, please eat more. There are so many here!"

Mushroom smiled and took two more to eat before saying, "Okay, I've eaten. The other uncles don't like to eat fruit, so you and your sister can eat yourselves. Compared to strawberries, uncle still prefers to eat the meat cooked by the uncle in the kitchen."

"Okay." After hearing what he said, Chen Chen placed the plate in front of his sister. But he didn't eat it himself, and ran back to the kitchen.

"Uncle, there is rice and noodles in this cupboard."

"There's pork and roast chicken in the freezer at the bottom of the refrigerator. You all have worked hard today. You like to eat meat, so we can make more meat dishes..."

"Do you like vegetables? There's a small vegetable garden outside with bok choy, peppers, and everything... Also, we have the spicy beef sauce we made earlier. It's delicious..."

…

Seeing the child circling around them like a little bee, Monkey couldn't help but approach Zhang Chongguang and whispered, "Captain, should we take these two children with us?"

Their journey was very dangerous, and it might not be safe for the two children to follow them, but seeing the child's efforts, he couldn't bear to abandon the two children.

Along the way, they rescued many ordinary people who were trapped for various reasons, including children. However, those children were generally with their guardians, and it was rare to see two children and a nanny living in a villa.

Now that the nanny has been taken care of, there are only two children left. If they can't find relatives or friends in the village who are willing to take in the two children, they can't just abandon them here! What's the difference between that and leaving them to die!

Moreover, he saw that although the little girl didn't seem to have any idea, the older boy was willing to go with them!

Zhang Chongguang glanced at the two children but didn't immediately give a clear answer. "Let's talk about it after we pass the village!"

He glanced at the little guy in the kitchen, and the scene of the little guy easily pushing the large bookcase blocking the stairs emerged in his mind.

He had just asked the team members who touched the bookcase later, and they knew that the bookcase was indeed made of solid wood, just as it looked! It was also solid!

There were things placed on top of the bookcase, and people like them who had undergone long-term training could barely move it. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that the bookcase was moved there by the child alone.

Has that child always had this much strength?

Just as I was thinking this, my thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a loud noise.

“…Don’t run!”

"If I didn't run, would I have waited for you to catch me? It's just a small wound, it might have healed by now!"

Zhang Chongguang came back to his senses, his face solemn, "Who's injured?"

This journey is very dangerous because the smell of blood may attract zombies, and because no one knows how the mutation will be transmitted, everyone is extremely concerned about injuries on this trip.

But these people are used to being rough in their daily lives, so they don't really care about minor wounds.

Sure enough, the person being questioned said, "Captain, it's just a leaf that got caught on my face. It's nothing. Don't make a fuss, Songzi!"

His teammate Songzi, who was chasing him, said, "Captain, there's a three or four centimeter gash on the shark's face, and it's bleeding."

Then, he turned to the shark and said, "It's not like we don't have Band-Aids. If you don't want to use one now, you won't have any later!"

"If you don't have it, then don't. You're such a sissy, I don't want to get close to you..." Shark was saying this when he felt the captain glance at him coldly.

He subconsciously stopped running and immediately changed his tone, "Alright, alright, let's stick it on."

As he spoke, he showed the place where he was recently injured, but he saw the person holding the Band-Aid in front of him staring at his face motionlessly.

Songzi in front of him pulled at his collar, took off his hat, and rubbed it on his face.

"What's wrong? Can't you find the wound? I told you, it's just a small wound. It might have healed in this little time!"

He struggled away, not really caring.

Only Songzi was still puzzled. "Did I really see the cut? It was so long, and it was bleeding. Even if it was just a skin break, there's no way it can heal so quickly!"

The shark said proudly, "Sorry, my wounds heal so quickly, so you should give the Band-Aid in your hand to someone else!"

The others didn't pay attention to what the two said, but after hearing what Shark said, they all came over curiously and indignantly.

Especially those who were injured and had bandages wrapped around their bodies.

"You're so cocky, kid!" One of his teammates couldn't help but pull his hair.

"What happened? Is it really healed?"

"Matsuko, maybe you remembered it wrongly? He wasn't injured in the first place."

"I remember correctly, I saw the wound on the shark's face before!"

"I was behind the shark and got caught by the leaf!" Someone even ripped off the Band-Aid on his face and said, "Look, my wound is still there!"

But the wound on the shark's face did disappear.

No matter how hard they looked, they couldn't find it.

The wound seemed to appear briefly in their memory and then evaporated.

If the sharks themselves didn't actually remember being injured, they would all think their previous memories were hallucinations.

【Author’s words】

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