Ge Bingbing and Sun Cheng have been together since high school. They didn't go to the same college, but they went to the same city. It’s not a long-distance relationship, but there is a bit of beauty created by distance, which makes our relationship even better.
There were classmates who expressed their affection for Ge Bingbing during college, but both she and Sun Cheng withstood the test.
Ge Bingbing always felt that she married for love, so even though Sun Cheng's family conditions were a little worse, she was willing to endure a little bit of humiliation as long as Sun Cheng treated her well.
After they got married, they had their own family and did not live with their parents-in-law. Although the brother-in-law's personality was a bit annoying, he usually lived on campus and they only saw each other a few times during the winter and summer vacations. During the winter and summer vacations, except for the New Year's days, they only visited their parents-in-law once a month. Sun Cheng knew his brother's problem and deliberately separated his wife and daughter from his brother.
And because they rarely saw each other, the in-laws could at least be fair on the surface.
Ge Bingbing was very satisfied with her husband and always felt at ease until the apocalypse broke out and the two families had to flee to the Hongcheng base together. They no longer had the conditions to live separately, and everyone was crowded together in a small room, where conflicts big and small broke out every day.
Sun Cheng's parents revealed their unconscious bias in the specific circumstances: they did not think it was fair to give each son 100 yuan if they had 200 yuan. Instead, he felt that since the eldest son had 200 yuan, it would be fair to give the younger son 100 yuan.
Even though one hundred out of the two hundred belonged to Ge Bingbing.
Before, Ge Bingbing always felt that her husband had a difficult life, being torn between his own family and his parents. He didn't want to let himself and his daughter down, but he couldn't just abandon his parents. But this afternoon, Sun Cheng mentioned inadvertently that they had gained a lot on this trip and could buy more delicious food, so his brother and daughter wouldn't have to fight over it anymore. Ge Bingbing suddenly exploded.
Sun Xian is already in his twenties, yet he still has the nerve to snatch food from his seven or eight-year-old daughter. Why should I share with him what I have earned through hard work? Why! And Sun Cheng, whose family background was not as good as his, who was admitted to a university not as good as his, and whose supernatural powers are not as good as his, yet he wants to take away most of the supplies, and also asks him to consider the overall situation and suffer injustice!
Once her anger was aroused, she could not stop it. She felt disgust towards every man she looked at, and felt that they were all the same as Sun Cheng. When she saw abandoned cars on the side of the road, she wanted to pick them up and smash them!
However, Song Kaiji's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over her head, sobering her up a little.
Although there were indeed problems between her and Sun Cheng, looking back on it, her anger today was indeed a bit puzzling - even if she wanted to be angry, she shouldn't have been so angry, and she shouldn't have used the ice blade to attack Tang Wenjie.
Song Kaiji looked carefully and found that Ge Bingbing's eyes were even a little red and had some bloodshot eyes. But everyone in the car had been awake for more than 20 hours, so they didn't find it strange.
And in this car, Ge Bingbing was the only one who absorbed the crystal core of the mutant, and she was the only one who showed abnormalities.
"Is it really because of that crystal core?" Ge Bingbing murmured. What will happen to me? Will this irritability be eliminated after a period of time, or will it become more and more serious? Are there any other side effects?
Ge Bingbing grabbed the seat handle in panic.
Song Kaiji thought for a moment and turned to Yu Le next to him: "Although it may be a bit offensive...but when you were in the mountain, did you feel that those people were particularly irritable?"
Thinking of his experience on the mountain, Yu Le shuddered. But Ge Bingbing was very nice to her, so Yu Le was naturally worried about her and began to recall the past seriously. After recalling this, Yu Le felt that Song Kaiji's guess was correct: "Yes, their boss is a thunder-type mutant. I have even seen him kill his own people and absorb their crystal cores. I originally thought that these bad guys were inherently brutal..."
But no matter how cruel one is, there is no need to kill one's own people at every turn, right? But the boss seemed to be out of control. If anyone made a mistake, he couldn't control his anger and would kill the person immediately.
Yu Le looked at Ge Bingbing's increasingly gloomy face and quickly comforted her, "But they all sucked a lot of human crystal cores to become like this. Sister Bingbing only sucked one, so it shouldn't be too serious. I didn't see anything else abnormal about them. Just this point, I wouldn't have realized it if Brother Song hadn't told me."
"So Pandora's box should not be opened easily. Even if those people are scum, they still have to take care of themselves." Song Kaiji said meaningfully, and sure enough, Chen Jiaqian tightened her grip on the steering wheel again. "To be honest, I am sorry for you."
If it weren't for this action, Ge Bingbing wouldn't have been forced into a desperate situation to absorb human crystal cores. They didn't recruit any people from their own team, but instead asked temporary workers to do it. Song Kaiji felt really bad about it.
Ge Bingbing only felt more and more irritability surging in her heart, and her brows were furrowed in annoyance. She tried hard to control herself, even condensing ice cubes and placing them on her forehead, and then she said, "What can I do? If I don't inhale then, I will die. It's my bad luck. I'm always so unlucky..."
Hearing something wrong in her words, Song Kaiji didn't dare to respond. I just frequently gave Ge Bingbing some spiritual spring water, hoping that it would have some effect. I don’t know whether the spiritual spring water really worked or Ge Bingbing deliberately suppressed it after realizing it. After that day, she didn’t quarrel with Sun Cheng again, nor did she vent her anger on others.
After waking up, Sun Cheng knew the reason and expressed his understanding: "In the end, it's our family's fault. If it weren't for my brother, she and my daughter wouldn't have suffered so much. It must have been suppressed in their hearts for a long time, which is why the crystal core has affected them and amplified their emotions."
"But they are my own brother, my own parents, how can I just abandon them?" Sun Cheng was also helpless.
Song Kaiji looked at him, as if he saw the difficulties and struggles that Li Aiguo had once faced. There may never be a standard answer to the question of choosing between the original family and the new family. Everyone has his or her own stance and difficulties.
But after saying that, Sun Cheng felt strange again: "You said that we absorbed so many zombie crystal cores, but nothing like this happened. Instead, it was the human crystal core that caused it. Are human crystal cores more poisonous than zombie crystal cores?"
Song Kaiji was stunned for a moment: "This question may only be answered by the researchers at the institute. I don't know if the institute has discovered that human crystal cores can be absorbed and that there will be side effects after absorption."
And if they already know it, will they make it public after the research is done?
Sun Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it. We don't dare to go to the research institute to ask. Otherwise, they won't find out and will take my wife away for research." After that, he said to Song Kaiji in a serious tone, "My wife was forced to absorb the crystal core for the sake of the team. Whether we have cooperation in the future or not, I hope you can keep this matter confidential."
When he heard the words "capture him for research", Song Kaiji was startled and immediately thought of Shen Qing who would not be attacked by zombies. "That's for sure. We may have many opportunities to cooperate in the future. I hope you won't tell anyone about our team's affairs."
Sun Cheng thought it was Song Kaiji's teleportation and a series of changes caused by Qu Weiwei absorbing the crystal core of the mutated zombie. Teleportation is fine, but Qu Weiwei might really be worth studying, so he solemnly agreed.
After rushing for a long time, the group finally returned to the Hongcheng base the next night. After Shen Qing and Song Kaiji discussed it, they paid Sun Cheng and Ge Bingbing twice the original amount of the balance, mainly to compensate Ge Bingbing. Although Chen Jiaqian agreed to do it to repay her gratitude, Shen Qing still relied more on Chen Jiaqian this time, and she also gave her some supplies.
"There's no need to do that. I've dug up a lot of zombie crystal cores while following you all the way. That's already a great advantage." Chen Jiaqian said. If employed by other superpower teams, the harvested crystal cores must be handed over for collective distribution, with the boss taking the majority and the superpowers taking the smaller share. And Shen Qing was very generous in allowing them to keep the crystal cores they dug out.
"Since we have dug up a lot of zombie crystal cores, we can absorb more." Song Kaiji said. “Those things should be given to the children.”
Chen Jiaqian paused, and finally nodded: "I understand."
Yu Le said that she had a friend in the base and planned to stay outside the city temporarily, so she asked Qu Weiwei to help her convey a message to her friend.
They had developed some feelings for each other during these two days. Qu Weiwei went to help Yu Le run errands, and Song Kaiji rushed Zhang Sujuan to the hospital. However, they didn't expect that on that day, two teams were fighting for territory outside the safe zone, and many people were injured. The hospital was so crowded that the healing psychics were overwhelmed.
They couldn't even get a bed, so they could only stay in the corridor temporarily. Song Kaiji took out a mat from the space and gave it to Zhang Sujuan. Tang Wenjie said anxiously, "We are queuing up so honestly, but we don't know when we will be in line! I see that others are not following the rules and are trying to snatch people, so I'll try too."
It's not a regular hospital like before the apocalypse, with rules and regulations. The two fighting teams were at odds with each other and were both eager to get medical treatment for their own team members. Whoever got the treatment first got it, and the hospital was in chaos.
Tang Wenjie followed the others and rushed to the lounge for healing psychics, but the room was already empty. When he came out, he saw a young man holding on to the wall, weakly coming out of a ward and slowly moving towards the lounge.
Looking up and seeing Tang Wenjie, the young man was stunned: "Is it you?"
Tang Wenjie was a little confused. He didn't know this man at all: "Have we met before?"
The young man was amused. "I'm impressed. You almost drained me dry last time. How could I forget it?"
These words were really thought-provoking. The wounded soldiers who were still cursing and had lost limbs in the gunfight fell silent for a moment and glanced at the two men with curiosity.
The man was still talking: "But you were asleep that day, so it's normal that you don't remember me. I was just very sad..."
Tang Wenjie's face turned red. What was he talking about? He is a straight man! "I'm not without you, don't talk nonsense, I don't know you!"
The young man laughed and did not explain. He just asked, "Why are you here again? Is there a problem with your superpowers again?" He was quite curious about the subsequent development of Tang Wenjie's superpowers. More importantly, Tang Wenjie looked much better when he woke up and stood up than when he fainted.
"No, I'm very good." Tang Wenjie said in shock. He didn't know why the man asked this, but he still answered obediently: "My brother's mother was injured, very seriously, I want to find a healer." He suddenly realized that this man was just walking towards the healing lounge: "So you are a healer?"
As soon as the young man nodded, Tang Wenjie picked him up and ran towards Zhang Sujuan.
"Hey, it's no use trying to rob me." The young man said helplessly, "Can't you see that my legs are weak? I've been drained again today."
In the end, thanks to the young man, they found another person with healing abilities. The young man half-jokingly said, "I will charge an agency fee."
Tang Wenjie had no impression of him, but Song Kaiji and Shen Qing remembered the young man. At that time, Tang Wenjie had just awakened his supernatural powers and had a fever for several days. It was Song Kaiji who came to the hospital to find him to help Tang Wenjie comb his hair. Only now did Tang Wenjie realize that the energy that had stroked his meridians like gentle hands in his dream had come from the person in front of him.
He scratched his head in embarrassment: "I haven't thanked you yet. Because of your combing, my supernatural power is very good."
The young man waved his hand: "Why thank me? I took your friend's money, so it's my duty."
Tang Wenjie continued, "...but what you said is too weird, what's the point of squeezing it dry or not?"
"I'm not lying. You were sucking me and refused to let go." Seeing Tang Wenjie's face getting even redder, the man laughed. It was really fun to tease children.
It’s even more fun to tease a handsome straight guy who is over 1.8 meters tall!
Another healing psychic nearby gave Zhang Sujuan a simple treatment, but then she couldn't hold on any longer. There are too many people today, and each of them has consumed a lot of their superpowers. This healing superpower user is only slightly better than the young man.
"I treated Auntie. She is no longer in danger of death, but she is not fully recovered. Please come again tomorrow. We are too weak today and cannot get anyone else to come." The healing psychic said, "Come at 7 o'clock tomorrow. I will treat Auntie first. Please don't let anything happen again."
It looked like the two teams would start fighting again at any moment. If it weren't for the strict laws in the base that prohibited private fights, their hospital would probably have been overturned.
"Will I still need you tomorrow? Can't I make money on my own?" The young man raised his eyebrow and leaned softly on Tang Wenjie, whose hands and feet were stiff. "Come to me directly tomorrow. Remember, my name is Qi Zhan."
All in all, they were gone for only a week. Mother Tang really kept her promise to Shen Qing and used the sofa and table to block the door and never left the house. Only when he heard the agreed-upon knock on the door did he move the things away: "Finally you're back, and you came pretty quickly. Did you have a smooth journey?"
Thinking of the dead Li Aiguo, everyone's expressions were a little sad. Mother Tang saw this and realized that only Zhang Sujuan was brought back. She also knew that something was wrong and quickly changed the subject: "Oh, I'll go clean up the room and make room."
When Zhang Sujuan came, she naturally lived with her and Qu Weiwei, but it was a bit crowded for three women to live in the second bedroom. Tang Wenjie thought about building a bunk bed himself, but he had never built one before and didn't know if it was stable. It would be bad if someone fell down again.
But Shen Qing said, "Aunt Zhang is injured. It's not convenient for her to stay together. Let her stay in my room and recover."
He lowered his head, his heart in turmoil and he didn't dare to look at Song Kaiji: "I'm not staying here tonight. It's time for me to go back."
Will you come back? Shen Qing hasn't thought it through yet. When he goes back, he won't be able to see Song Kaiji, so he can think about this matter more calmly. It would actually be okay to do it a few more times, but Shen Qing was afraid that he would become more and more reluctant to do so, and that he would suffer the consequences if he hesitated.
Song Kaiji was silent for a moment: "Okay." He carried Zhang Sujuan directly into Shen Qing's room and came out after a long time, so long that others had already returned to their rooms to rest, and so long that Shen Qing was considering leaving directly.
But in the end, I couldn't bear to let him go and wanted to look at him one more time.
Song Kaiji opened his hand towards Shen Qing. In his palm was the pendant that Zhang Sujuan had intended to give to Shen Qing: "Take it."
Shen Qing's pupils trembled.
Even if Song Kaiji didn't tell him, he guessed that Zhang Sujuan's suddenly awakened water-based ability was related to this pendant. But even if he knew that this pendant was so precious, would Song Kaiji and Zhang Sujuan still be willing to give it to him?
However, Shen Qing did not feel happy about obtaining the treasure. If Song Kaiji didn't tell him about the pendant, he would have too many wild thoughts. But after he really told her, he felt the pressure suffocating him: "This is really precious, I can't accept it. Besides, I'm afraid my aunt's health still needs it..."
Song Kaiji hung the pendant around his neck without saying a word and hugged Shen Qing again.
If it weren't for Shen Qing, he would have neither the ability nor the financial resources to go to Zizhou and would have been unable to save his mother. Without Shen Qing, he couldn't even afford to buy gasoline to go to Zizhou. Zhang Sujuan's life was saved by Shen Qing. Without Shen Qing, he wouldn't have been able to see his father for the last time.
Shen Qing was held in his arms and couldn't break free. He whispered, "Aren't you afraid that I'll take your treasure and run away?"
It was a long time before he heard Song Kaiji's voice. He thought Song Kaiji would say "I believe you", but he didn't expect Song Kaiji to say: "That doesn't matter."
"When you get back...drop your blood on it."
Even if you never come back, it doesn't matter, I am willing.
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