Chapter 86, They are all little ancestors
While eating breakfast, Jiang Ran clearly felt that Qi Yuan was not in a good mood.
The girl lowered her eyes and listlessly picked at the rice grains in the bowl, looking absent-minded.
Beside her, Chu Yuan would occasionally pick up some side dishes to go with the porridge for her, and she would just stuff them into her mouth numbly, accepting them all.
After finally finishing breakfast, while the team members were packing up to set off, Jiang Ran pulled Qi Yuan aside and asked her in a low voice what was going on.
Now that he had someone to talk to, Qi Yuan curled his lips, wanting to cry but unable to: "Ranran, I feel so useless!"
The girl looked weak, pitiful, and helpless. Jiang Ran patted her back gently and comforted her: "What's wrong? Did you have a fight with Captain Chu?"
It doesn't look like it. Chu Yuan took good care of her during the meal and didn't show any negative emotions.
Qi Yuan shook his head and said in a muffled voice, "There was no quarrel."
"That……"
"In the room, I asked Chu Yuan about some things that happened before I lost my memory. I took the initiative to ask. I felt that I was mentally prepared and could accept the past, whether good or bad..." Qi Yuan rubbed his eyes, listless and lifeless. "But when Chu Yuan asked me seriously if I really wanted to listen, I... I refused."
When the man seriously asked her if she really wanted to understand the one-sided past in his eyes, she hesitated again and again and finally rejected him.
Even though she was the one who made the request seriously at the beginning.
"Why?" Jiang Ran asked after hearing the whole story. "Did you reject him because you were worried that his story was too one-sided and that something might happen that you couldn't accept?"
"No." Qi Yuan denied Jiang Ran's guess, pursed his lips, and hesitated, "I don't know why I refused. I thought I was mentally prepared, but when he opened his mouth, I suddenly had a feeling..."
"What does it feel like?"
The girl was silent for a long time, then smiled bitterly and said, "Once we understand the past, he and I will never be the same again."
"..." Jiang Ran didn't want to judge other people's feelings. She changed the question and asked, "What was Captain Chu's reaction after you rejected him?"
"No reaction... He seemed to know I would refuse. As soon as I shook my head, he dragged me downstairs to have breakfast." This was what made her even more frustrated.
"Then... maybe he doesn't want you to know?" Jiang Ran made a more reasonable guess. "From what you said, since you have some unpleasant memories in the past, it's good that you forget them now."
"But even if it's not a good memory, it's still a very important part of my life."
"Since you already know it's a bad memory, and one you've already forgotten, why do you still insist on letting it get tangled up in your life?"
Jiang Ran's opinion was completely different from Qi Yuan's. He said, "You have to remember those painful and sad things, and make yourself live in torment all the time. If they are really painful memories, wouldn't it be better to forget them?"
Qi Yuan: "..."
"So, I don't really understand why you have to know those bad things." Jiang Ran said, "Wouldn't it be better for him to tell you some sweet love stories? If you're really bored, you can even do some adult restricted sports with him."
Qi Yuan: "..." Why did the originally serious topic suddenly become more interesting?
Thinking carefully, Qi Yuan felt that Jiang Ran's words made sense. He naturally accepted Jiang Ran's comfort. Out of curiosity, he asked: "Ranran, if it were you, would you escape in that situation just now?"
"No." Jiang Ran answered decisively, "I'm mentally strong, unlike your fragile heart."
The implication is that she can withstand the blow, but she can't.
After hearing this answer, the little comfort that Qi Yuan, the "glass-hearted" man, had originally received was once again replaced by sadness.
She lowered her head and dragged her heavy steps back to the convoy that was about to depart.
——Wow, Ranran doesn’t know how to comfort people at all. Next time you have something on your mind, don’t confide in her!
…
Not noticing his fiancée's dejection, after everyone arrived, Chu Yuan ordered the convoy to head to the blockade area.
After clearing out the zombies along the way, we arrived at the blockade area at ten o'clock in the morning.
The blockade area is built against the Beijiang River, with high walls and electric fences. At first glance, it looks like a heavily guarded prison.
This time, in order to protect his teammates, Chu Yuan ordered everyone to stay on standby while he went to investigate the situation alone.
After the order was given, Chu Yuan felt someone grab his hand. He looked sideways at the girl who had been lowering her head. He seemed to see what she was thinking. He patted her head and said gently, "It's okay - wait for me outside, don't run around."
Qi Yuan, who originally wanted to go in with him, was worried that he would hold him back. After hesitating for a long time, he nodded and responded to his words: "Be careful. If anything goes wrong, get out."
"I know."
After the two of them finished their whisper, Jiang Ran raised his hand and interrupted: "Captain Chu, I'll go in with you."
Chu Yuan rejected her without hesitation: "No - if anything happens to you, Brother Seven will kill me."
This conversation seemed familiar. Knowing that this man would not go against Si Xu's request, Jiang Ran did not continue to pester him, but after the man pushed open the heavy iron door, she followed him silently.
Looking at Jiang Ran who was following Chu Yuan like a little tail, Qi Yuan wanted to speak up to stop her, but when he saw the girl turned around and made a gesture to silence her, he subconsciously shut up.
Jiang Ran is not a superpower, so she followed Chu Yuan in. She is not a superpower either, so she also wanted to follow Chu Yuan in...
Walking along the long metallic corridor, the light tubes above your head kept flickering, and in the flickering light, you can see zombies wandering around.
The corpses that had lost their human consciousness smelled the scent of fresh flesh and blood and staggered towards the new prey.
The sharp metal blade chopped off the zombie's head. Chu Yuan heard footsteps following not far behind him and sighed helplessly.
"Now that you're in, follow closely."
Knowing that he would be discovered sooner or later, Jiang Ran stuck out his tongue and was about to go out when he heard another sound of footsteps behind him.
She was startled and turned around, only to see Qi Yuan coming out from the corner with his head down and looking hesitant.
Jiang Ran: “…”
Chu Yuan turned around and waited for them. The two girls stood in a row in front of him obediently, like elementary school students who had made a mistake.
"If you were my subordinates, I would definitely beat you up right now." The young man said as a warning, and did not continue to tangle with the two girls. "Follow me closely, I won't look for you if you get lost."
Jiang Ran, having received permission, saluted like the other members of the Ability Team and shouted back, "Got it, Captain Chu!"
Qi Yuan followed suit: "Understood, Captain!"
Chu Yuan: "..."
The man sighed heavily again and led the way.
After shooting and helping to kill two zombies, while Chu Yuan's attention was not on them, Jiang Ran leaned close to Qi Yuan and whispered, "Qi Yuan, Captain Chu is so graceful."
"Hey?" Polite? He's always teasing her, how can he be dignified?
"If someone else had acted without following the captain's orders, he would have scolded them long ago," Jiang Ran said. "Captain Chu has a good temper."
Qi Yuan: "...Really."
The little girl was really easy to brainwash. After hearing the two people's whispers, Chu Yuan became more helpless.
It's not that he didn't want to get angry, but these two people who acted on their own—one was the younger ancestor of his great ancestor's family, and the other was the younger ancestor of his own family—what could he do? He was also helpless.
(End of this chapter)
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