Shen Qing seems to be naturally sensitive to people's little thoughts.
For example, he was able to quickly discover the pawnbroker's intentions and Wang San's thoughts. This may be a natural intelligence, or it may be the result of his years of observation and observation during the unhappy days in the old Shen family, or both.
In short, he noticed that something was wrong with Li Li.
She lied.
But Shen Qing glanced at Song Kaiji: After getting Li Li's answer, Song Kaiji relaxed for a moment, as if he really believed, or was willing to believe, that his parents were on the way and would soon arrive at Hongcheng Base to reunite with him.
Shen Qing didn't know whether he should immediately tell Song Kaiji what he had noticed, or whether he should break Song Kaiji's fantasy and dream at this moment - after all, all this was just his "perception" and he had no evidence.
Li Li was still crying while pulling Song Kaiji's sleeve: "Cousin, please take me away. I can't stay here for even a minute. You don't know how bad the conditions are here. It's freezing cold at night and it's chaotic. People always touch me in the chaos... My parents are gone, and my second uncle is my only relative. If he were here, he would definitely not ignore me..."
Song Kaiji was annoyed by her crying, but when she mentioned his stepfather, Song Kaiji suppressed the urge to get rid of her. Li Liang stood aside and stared at him without saying a word, obviously too embarrassed to ask for help, but as long as Song Kaiji took Li Li away, he would definitely follow immediately!
Shen Qing looked around and said, "Forget it, let's take them in first." He was sure that Li Li was lying, but if he wanted to make Li Li tell the truth, this was obviously not a good place to ask. It would be better to take them into the base first and make other plans.
Song Kaiji nodded. But this time he didn't use his supernatural power to pack up their tents like he did to Tang's mother, but let Li Liang and Li Li pack up themselves. Fortunately, the two people didn't know about Song Kaiji's supernatural power, and had no objection to it. They just secretly complained that Song Kaiji was unwilling to help, and actually stood by and watched them pack up like a big boss.
Li Liang wanted to speak several times, but was stopped by Li Li. At this critical moment, she didn't want Song Kaiji to change his mind because of Li Liang's unpleasant words!
After all, they were not his biological children, so how could Song Kaiji really feel sorry for them! Li Li bit her lip, and became even more determined not to let Song Kaiji know the truth.
There were many envious people nearby. They were all jealous that the brother and sister had relatives in the base. What made them even more envious was that even in such a world, these relatives were willing to give out dozens of crystal cores to bring them into the base!
"Boss, are you still short of people? Take me into the base. I can do everything from washing clothes to cooking and cleaning. Just give me something to eat..."
"Boss, I can go on missions with you. I can dig crystal cores! Just don't let me face off against zombies... I'm very good at logistics, boss, please take a look at me!"
Song Kaiji dodged and refused. There are too many pitiful people in this world. Who in this refugee camp is not pitiful? Even the government can't do anything about it, let alone him, Song Kaiji. At the same time, he urged Li Liang and Li Li: "Hurry up!"
He didn't want to reveal his superpowers in front of them. Based on Song Kaiji's understanding of the two of them, if they knew that Song Kaiji had superpowers, they would be even more dependent on him.
Li Liang and Li Li were even more hurried and clumsy in packing up. Suddenly, a woman's voice rang out from the crowd: "Mr. Song, Mr. Song!"
Song Kaiji turned around and saw that it was the housewife from one of the two families that he had helped Shen Qing find someone who could make tofu. At that time, she made a higher request, asking Song Kaiji to bring their family of four into the base. At that time, they met Tang Wenjie and his son, and it happened that Tang's mother could make tofu, so Song Kaiji did not contact these two families again.
At this time, the woman was pushing through the crowd and pushing towards him. Compared to the last time they met, the woman looked even more haggard and thinner, and her clothes were no longer as clean and tidy as before in the messy environment. Instead, they were stained with a lot of dirt, as if she had not taken care of them for many days. She stared at Song Kaiji closely, as if she was afraid that if she missed him, this last hope would be gone.
Song Kaiji sighed in his heart, what kind of luck did he have today? He knew that meeting Li Liang and Li Li would not be good!
"Mr. Song, Mr. Song, we had a good talk before, why don't you come to see me?" The woman squeezed in front of him, and stretched out her skeleton-like hands to grab Song Kaiji's arm. Song Kaiji quickly avoided her, and her words were too ambiguous: "Mrs. Chen, I told you before that our boss's condition is that you can bring one person in addition to you, and you want to bring three. We can't give you this treatment."
"I regret it, I go back on my word. Just take one. No, you just take my two children into the base. I don't need to go to the base!" No one knows what happened in the past few days, but Mrs. Chen no longer has the energy and spirit she once had before.
Song Kaiji had no choice but to refuse: "Sorry, we have found another candidate."
Mrs. Chen seemed unable to accept this answer. She closed her eyes and swayed slightly for a few times, as if she was about to faint. The next second, she opened her eyes and stared at Mrs. Tang standing beside her: "It's you, you stole my chance, right!" She turned to Song Kaiji again, "Come to me, I can also make starch sausage, chicken and vegetable patties, and sandwiches... Take my child to the base, I beg you to save my child!"
Who can see a proud woman begging for her child without being moved? Both Tang's mother and Song Kaiji showed a look of pity, thinking that something happened to her child in the past few days, maybe she was sick, which made Mrs. Chen like this. However, Shen Qing's attention fell on other places: "How do you know that she took your opportunity? How do you know that she can make starch sausage?"
Mrs. Chen froze. She couldn't explain it clearly, and didn't know when she had acquired such ability. She was rejected by Song Kaiji just now, and her hope was shattered and she almost fainted. At the moment she closed her eyes, she seemed to see some scattered pictures in Song Kaiji's mind, seeing the slightly plump woman telling Song Kaiji that she could make tofu, and seeing the slightly plump woman taking out her mobile phone and playing a video of making starch sausage...
This was not the first time this had happened. Sometimes she had to deliberately "see" it, and sometimes she would just glance at it and it would naturally enter her mind. She had always suspected that she was sick or crazy, and just now she blurted out what she had seen in a hurry.
Song Kaiji was shocked. This Mrs. Chen turned out to be a rare person with mental abilities!
Brain power is an extremely rare power, even rarer than healing power users. Or it is also appropriate to call them psychics: not only are their brains fully developed, their memory and IQ are highly improved, and they can also perceive things that normal people cannot perceive through their mental power.
However, this kind of superpower is not welcomed by the superpower team, because their superpowers are useless to zombies, but only to humans. Who wants to have someone around them who can find out their secrets and even influence them through mental power?
On the contrary, they have made greater achievements in academic research. As far as Song Kaiji knows, only five people with mental abilities have been found in the Hongcheng base, and they have all been absorbed into the research institute to study and develop vaccines.
But in this case, Song Kaiji didn't want to have anything to do with Mrs. Chen even more: Shen Qing had many secrets. If Mrs. Chen could see the fragments of memory in Shen Qing's mind, wouldn't they be causing trouble for themselves?
Moreover, it seemed that Mrs. Chen did not know that she had awakened her mental ability. If she reported her ability to the base officials, the institute would probably recruit her, and she would no longer have to worry about entering the base. She just didn't know how many places the institute would give her to enter the base.
Song Kaiji was about to explain the matter to Mrs. Chen, but Shen Qing suddenly pulled him and then held Mrs. Chen's hand: "What happened to your child?"
When talking about her child, tears welled up in Mrs. Chen's eyes immediately: "He, he suddenly had a fever, and it was very hot... I didn't have a thermometer, so I didn't know how high it was, but it was hot to the touch... He has been in a coma for two days..."
Shen Qing handed her a tissue, then turned to Song Kaiji and said, "After they finish packing, you can take them into the base and bring them back to where we live. I'll go check on Mrs. Chen with me." After a pause, Shen Qing reached out to Song Kaiji again and whispered, "Give me some crystal cores."
Their crystal cores are all in Song Kaiji's space. Shen Qing has always trusted him, and he has nothing on him.
Song Kaiji was a little surprised. Whether it was Shen Qing's intention to help Mrs. Chen or to let him take Li Liang and Li Li back to their house, this was different from what had been discussed before. But Shen Qing leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Keep an eye on them."
Song Kaiji rubbed his ears. Shen Qing had said so, and it was obvious that he had other plans, so he had no choice but to do as he was told. There were too many people around, so he didn't just take out the crystal core to attract attention. Instead, he reached into Shen Qing's pocket and filled it up in a short while.
Shen Qing brought Tang's mother and followed Mrs. Chen to the tent where they lived. It was a bit far from Li Liang and Li Li's residence. Maybe because they arrived early, their location was better, occupying a large piece of land right next to the city wall.
This tent is much cleaner and tidier than the surrounding tents. It can be seen that despite the environment, Mrs. Chen is trying her best to live. A man is taking care of a child in the tent. He wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, and the left lens has a long crack. He is holding a towel and carefully pouring some water from a mineral water bottle to wipe the child. There is also an older child sitting quietly beside him.
"Are you back? Did you find the person? He hasn't been here for such a long time. I guess he doesn't need someone to make tofu with him anymore." Hearing the noise outside the tent, the man said calmly, as if he had expected his wife to return empty-handed, but deep sadness was hidden beneath his calmness.
Song Kaiji never showed up again. It's not that they didn't regret it. They were too greedy and offered too high a condition. If they agreed to let two people go in first, and then slowly save money to take the rest in, would the situation not be like this today?
But where is the medicine for regret in this world?
It turned out that Mrs. Chen was looking for Song Kaiji on purpose. No wonder she was able to find him even from such a distance. Shen Qing glanced at the man and child in the tent. The couple were both quite smart people.
Noticing that the area blocked by the tent opening was particularly large, the man turned around and looked at Mrs. Chen and Shen Qing and Mother Tang behind her in surprise: "Who are these two?"
"This is Mr. Song's boss." Mrs. Chen introduced, and glanced at Tang's mother uncomfortably: "They really don't need anyone to make tofu..."
Mrs. Chen didn't know why Shen Qing followed her back. But she saw Shen Qing asking Song Kaiji for crystal cores. If it wasn't for helping her, why did he bring so many crystal cores? She felt hopeful again, but she was still worried, not knowing what Shen Qing wanted from her.
"I can pay the entrance fee for your family, and I can also find a healing person to treat your son. But I can't accept you into my team." Shen Qing said after a moment's deliberation. Although Mrs. Chen's ability is very rare, Shen Qing is not willing to accept her into his team. Besides, Song Kaiji once said that Mrs. Chen and her husband's personalities are not easy to get along with.
It's not that they are bad people, but it's like some people like to wake up at 7 am, and some people like to wake up at 12 noon. There is nothing right or wrong, but the person who wakes up at 7 will more or less disturb the person who wakes up at 12. If they can't get along in life, it's painful to force them to get along. The style of this couple is different from theirs.
However, there is no need to worry too much about Mrs. Chen's future. As long as she applies for a job at the research institute as a person with mental abilities, the family will at least not starve to death.
"Then...then what do you want me to do?" Mrs. Chen clenched the corner of her clothes.
"Don't be nervous." Shen Qing smiled. "Didn't you just see the scene in Song Kaiji's mind? Did you see the man and woman packing up the tent just now? I want you to help me see the scene in their minds."
"Also, I want you to swear on your child that you will never look at the images in my mind."
Mrs. Chen was stunned for only a moment. She didn't need to think about it to agree to this condition. She had no choice! She immediately made a swearing gesture: "I, Chen Jiaqian, swear to heaven that I will never look at the pictures in your mind in my life, including those of the people around you. I will never look at them again! If... If I accidentally see them, I will keep them to myself and never tell anyone. Otherwise, otherwise..." She gritted her teeth and glanced at her little son who was still unconscious. The oath became more solemn and sincere: "Otherwise my child will die!"
As soon as she swore this oath, even her husband looked at her in surprise. However, Chen Jiaqian knew that only a solemn oath could reassure the boss in front of her!
Shen Qing was indeed very satisfied and nodded: "Very good, now pack up and follow me immediately."
Chen Jiaqian couldn't wait any longer, so she asked her husband to stay and pack up, and she picked up the child and ran to the base. Before coming to the hospital, Shen Qing still had a glimmer of hope. After all, Tang Wenjie and Song Kaiji had both had fevers when they awakened their superpowers and upgraded their superpowers. Maybe Chen Jiaqian's child also awakened superpowers? It turned out that it wasn't the case. The child was really just sick.
"Luckily we came early. The child has a fever and has meningitis." Medicines are the most scarce thing now. It is harder to find the right medicine than to find a healing person. If we don't come to the hospital, the child will probably just wait to die. "But we are not doctors after all. We can only help him recover slowly. If you can find medicine, please go and look for it."
Chen Jiaqian touched her child's forehead, and the temperature had dropped a little. She was more grateful to Shen Qing: "Although you helped me because you wanted me to do something for you, I still remember this favor. If you need me in the future, just ask." She was a little embarrassed. If it was before the end of the world, it would be fine. She and her husband were both industry elites, with some achievements in their respective fields and some connections.
But after the end of the world, they were like two useless people. If there was anything they could do to help Shen Qing, it would probably be to help him look at someone's memory fragments.
She hadn't thought that her ability could actually help her at a critical moment. Before, Chen Jiaqian once thought that this apocalypse had driven her crazy, causing her to have continuous hallucinations.
Shen Qing was a little curious: "Are you proficient in using this ability? How far back in time can you see?"
"I'm pretty proficient at it. Sometimes I don't use it on purpose, but I still see it by accident." For example, today she saw the scene in Song Kaiji's mind. As for how far back in time she could see, she wasn't sure: "I saw things in my husband's mind before we got married." At that time, she thought she was dying, and the beautiful scenes of her life before she died flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern.
"That's good." Shen Qing nodded and instructed: "For those two people later, you mainly look at the scenes after the outbreak of the apocalypse, about their second uncle and second aunt, and about their parents."
Shen Qing certainly didn't want anything to happen to Song Kaiji's parents, but his intuition told him that Li Li must have lied about this matter. Now it depends on how serious this lie is...
Leaving her husband in the hospital to take care of the children, Chen Jiaqian was taken home by Shen Qing. Song Kaiji and his family had also returned, and Li Liang was complaining to Song Kaiji: "Why can't people live in a big room? How can three of us squeeze into such a small room? Is it okay for him to occupy such a big room by himself?"
Veins popped on Song Kaiji's forehead: "He is the boss, he funded this team, why can't he live in a big room?" He really didn't understand why Shen Qing asked him to bring these two things back. Didn't he plan to just bring them into the base and leave them alone?
But Shen Qing asked him to keep an eye on them, so he could only watch them carefully from the side with a wronged look on his face.
Li Liang was still mumbling: "Now that we have formed a team, the boss should also share the joys and sorrows with the team members. Why are we still doing the capitalist tricks in the end of the world? What's so special about it..."
Li Li couldn't stand it anymore: "Brother, please stop talking. Do you really have to offend everyone? The boss doesn't even know you. Why should he share the joys and sorrows with you? Who will spoil you? Have you forgotten..."
"Shut up!" Li Liang said viciously, but finally stopped talking.
Li Li didn't really want to tell the truth, she just wanted to shock Li Liang and make him quiet. She was going to go crazy if she heard Li Liang say those stupid things again! Now that her goal was achieved, she naturally stopped, smoothed her hair and asked Song Kaiji: "Cousin, what do I need to do to join the team? My brother and I are ordinary people, especially since I'm a girl. You have to talk to the boss and take care of me."
Song Kaiji slumped on the sofa in depression and did not answer.
Li Li bit her lip and wanted to urge him a few more words, but was afraid of angering Song Kaiji: There was really no deep friendship between them, just a little bit of face.
Li Liang sneered. He didn't hesitate to step on his own brother to please Song Kaiji. What was the result? Did he give you a good face?
The three people in the room had their own thoughts. Shen Qing came with Tang's mother and Chen Jiaqian. They also came back with Qu Weiwei and Tang Wenjie who had just finished selling vegetables. Song Kaiji jumped up from the sofa in a hurry: "You are back!"
Shen Qing nodded without saying much. He just winked at Chen Jiaqian and stood in front of the door with Tang Wenjie and Qu Weiwei.
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