Chapter 79 Chapter 79 Zombies

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The clever Xie Chaoyang immediately understood He Junxia's intention. A loud "Grandma" successfully shocked Xie Liqing so much that she forgot to cry.

Xie Liqing turned around and looked at him in shock, then looked at He Junxia and stammered, "Who is he?"

He Junxia smiled: "He is your eldest grandson Xie Chaoyang."

Xie Liqing patted his shoulder, glared at him and said, "Stop joking. I'm talking to you about something serious. Whose child is this?"

"It's ours."

He Junxia spread her hands helplessly: "Come on, Chaoyang, call me grandma again."

Xie Chaoyang said obediently: "Grandma."

Xie Liqing has a protruding forehead. She is only 43 years old this year. Before the end of the world, some of her peers were still having a second child. She would not be considered a grandmother at all.

All her motherly love was gone, and Xie Liqing almost couldn't help cursing, but she didn't ask any further questions.

The child is still there.

It seemed that something had happened to the family. If she tried to get to the bottom of it now, wouldn't she be exposing the child's wounds? It would be better for her to find an opportunity to ask her son alone.

Xie Liqing smiled and accepted the name "Grandma," then habitually praised the child. It was just a few polite words, but the child's face and ears turned red, his eyes sparkled, and he looked incredibly happy.

Xie Liqing suddenly felt a little distressed.

It's obvious that this child has never been praised much.

She couldn't help but praise him a few more times, which made the child feel more and more embarrassed. He even lowered his eyes and dared not look at her. For the first time, he looked at He Junxia for help.

He Junxia smiled and said, "Alright, alright, stop praising me. If you keep praising me, my face will turn red like a monkey's butt."

Xie Liqing looked at the child's flushed face, closed her mouth with regret, turned around and asked, "Since you're not leaving, what about your identity?"

He Junxia: "Chaoyang and I have adopted the identities of another father and son. From now on, I will be Zhang Dashan, and he will be my son Zhang Wangqi."

Xie Liqing asked, "What about the father and son?"

She knew that her son was unlikely to be stupid enough to take on the identities of two living people, but she still felt uneasy without asking any questions.

He Junxia: "Their whole family turned into zombies."

Xie Liqing sighed: "What a world this is."

He Juanxia changed the subject: "Mom, after I left, did anyone come to embarrass you, or ask you about me?"

Xie Liqing smiled and shook her head.

"No one gave me any trouble. They all thought I was kidnapped. Minister Pang took good care of me and gave me some compensation. He even wanted to put the house we lived in under my name, but I refused."

"You were simply missing, and the surveillance footage showed you leaving the base on your own accord. Some people have objections to this."

A tree lives by its bark, a person lives by his face. Family affairs are known only to them. Minister Pang has been good enough to their family, and she doesn't have the face to accept the house and cause trouble for Minister Pang.

Furthermore, according to government regulations, only the family of a deceased psychic can obtain ownership of the house. She would never admit that her child was in trouble, even if it was only on the surface.

"Xiao Da, Minister Pang is a very good person. She took good care of me after you left and told me to go to her if I had any trouble."

"We must repay her well if we have the chance."

He Junxia nodded: "Don't worry, I understand."

He didn't expect Minister Pang to go this far. Regardless of whether she was trying to build up her character by spending a lot of money on him or was simply kind-hearted, he accepted the favor.

Xie Liqing took out her phone and checked the time: "You two haven't had dinner yet, right? There's nothing here. Why don't you go home and eat?"

He Junxia: "There are too many acquaintances there."

Xie Liqing waved her hand. "You don't know, but the second week after you left, the base redistributed the accommodation for those with special abilities. All those within the system were relocated to another community."

“The people living in the building now are all strangers.”

He Junxia thought about it and decided to give up: "Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall."

It's just a meal, you can eat anywhere. Even if the residents in the building are strangers, they are all people with special abilities and sharp eyes and ears. If they are not careful, their conversation may be overheard by others.

Xie Liqing also reacted and said, "Okay, then let's go out to eat. I'll let you taste my cooking tomorrow."

He Junxia asked about some major and minor events that happened in the base, including the results of the investigation team's public disclosure and the subsequent developments after his sudden disappearance.

Although he had asked someone to inquire about some information in advance, a person's perspective is limited, and he was not sure that the other party was not fooling him. It would never be wrong to ask more questions.

As for her son's questions, Xie Liqing naturally told him everything she knew.

But she gradually fell silent as she spoke later.

He Junxia was puzzled: "Did something big happen after I left?"

Xie Liqing was vague: "Nothing serious, it's just you... Zhang Jingqiang was arrested and sent to labor reform, and he's not doing well."

To be precise, it was a very miserable life.

But he was Xiaoda's biological father after all, and she didn't want to explain it too clearly and make the child feel guilty.

He Junxia understood.

But it was impossible for him to feel guilty. If Zhang Jingqiang himself had not had ill intentions, he would not have found an opportunity to frame him.

Fortunately, when Xie Liqing and Zhang Jingqiang were negotiating the divorce terms, they gave the wisher a firm letter, otherwise he would have to use the other party's surname.

The three of them went downstairs to find a restaurant to eat.

He Junxia originally thought that they could just go to the public canteen. After all, the dishes there were not as delicious as the exotic beast meat, and the dishes in the restaurant were several times more expensive than those in the public canteen.

But Xie Liqing insisted on going to the restaurant, saying that the food in the restaurant was better than the big pot food, so He Junxia just went along with it.

During the two or three months he stayed outside, he saved up a lot of crystal cores, enough to pay for one or two meals. As long as Xie Liqing was happy, it was fine.

However, the restaurant Xie Liqing chose was quite far away, so they simply stopped a taxi on the side of the road. When the taxi driver heard Xie Liqing say the name of the restaurant, he was surprised and asked another question.

"Laojiu Restaurant isn't cheap. I heard a dish of stir-fried cabbage there costs fifty contribution points. I wonder if you got the wrong place."

Xie Liqing replied: "Yes, it's that restaurant. It's almost Chinese New Year, so I'll take the kids there for a good meal."

The driver nodded. “That’s right.”

Ten minutes later, the vehicle stopped in front of an ordinary little shop. The sign on the shop had the four big characters "Laojiu Restaurant" written in calligraphy. Today's menu was placed at the door of the shop, with the prices of large and small portions clearly written, and they were indeed a bit expensive.

A small portion of shredded potatoes with vinegar costs 60 contribution points, which is 20 times the price of fried shredded potatoes in the public canteen.

He Junxia read the entire menu from top to bottom. Today's special dishes are braised pork trotters, pork stewed with vermicelli, mutton offal soup and sweet and sour pork. The names alone sounded very tempting.

I hope this store doesn't disappoint him.

I don’t expect dishes made from exotic animal meat to be half as delicious, but at least they have to be worth the high price.

He Junxia took a step forward and lifted the heavy door curtain. In an instant, a burst of extremely rich fragrance rushed into his nostrils.

"Gudong"

He Junxia couldn't help swallowing.

He suddenly felt relieved.

There were neither too many nor too few customers dining in the restaurant. The three of them found an empty table and sat down at the waiter's call.

Xie Liqing ordered all the special dishes of the day on the menu, then handed the menu to Xie Chaoyang and told him to order whatever he wanted.

Xie Chaoyang ordered two dishes casually and then handed the menu to He Junxia. He Junxia did not hesitate and added three more dishes. The waiter was a little surprised and couldn't help but remind them that they would not be able to finish the food.

"If you can't finish it, pack it up for a midnight snack."

Seeing that they had made up their minds, the waiter did not try to dissuade them, but simply said that since they ordered a lot of dishes, the service would take a long time.

However, the food was served faster than expected.

The first dishes served were mutton offal soup and pork stewed with vermicelli noodles. Two large bowls were brought to the table, which looked quite large. Compared with the prices and portions in the cafeteria, they were ridiculously expensive.

Xie Liqing kept picking up food for the two of them, but there wasn't much in her own bowl. She kept staring at He Junxia, ​​as if she hadn't fully recovered from the fact that her son suddenly appeared.

Xie Chaoyang turned his head to look at He Junxia, ​​and received an encouraging look. He picked up a plate of the latest sweet and sour pork with clean chopsticks and put it into Xie Liqing's bowl.

"Grandma, you eat too."

Xie Liqing looked away and smiled so hard that her teeth were showing: "Okay, okay, I'll eat too, I'll eat too."

She has always loved the children her son brought with her, and naturally viewed the strange children from the perspective of an elder. The more she looked at them, the more she liked them.

However, in such a harmonious atmosphere, a few words of conversation from others exploded in the ears of several people like thunder.

"Oh shit, look, the Redwood Base is gone."