Chapter 3434
Xue Ling and Wen Jiu never went to the roadside camp to rest again.
From August to the end of October, more than two months, they finally came from Anxi City to the former Xiu Ze County.
Now that they are here, they are closer to Yogyakarta. If everything goes well, they can reach Yogyakarta in a few days.
The destination that Wen Jiuze had always told Xue Ling was Yu City, not Andong City.
They were almost there. Xue Ling, who had been relatively cooperative along the way, started to feel uneasy as she watched the increasingly familiar scenery outside the car window.
Her uncle's family lived in Yogyakarta, and she had also lived in Yogyakarta for many years. From childhood to adulthood, almost everyone she knew, including classmates, teachers, and friends, lived in Yogyakarta.
When she returns to Yu City, she will definitely meet people she knew before.
And there are my uncle and mom, I wonder how they are doing now. Whenever I think of these, Xue Ling gets anxious and wants to find something to bite.
Wen Jiuze noticed that he had been intentionally driving slower in the past two days, and had been talking to Xue Ling more often to distract her.
But it was no use. Xue Ling was too tired to even write on the tablet, let alone watch any videos on it.
Of course, it was also because of the power shortage. Half a month had passed since they last went to the base to exchange supplies. The power in the battery box had long been used up, and only a little power was left in the tablet.
"Before going to Yu City, we have to pass through the Xiu'an base in Xiuze County. I heard that it is the closest base to Yu City, and many people living there are former Yu City residents."
Wen Jiuze reminded her that the people she knew were no longer in Yu City, but were scattered in surrounding bases.
Xue Ling turned around and looked at him nervously.
Wen Jiuze couldn't help laughing when he saw her like this, so he took out a rubber toy and gave it to her: "If you can't help it, bite this."
Stop biting the chair back. She scratched and bit it so hard that the skin is broken and the sponge is exposed.
Last time he fell asleep in the passenger seat, he almost got poked in the head by the protruding wires inside.
Xue Ling did not get angry because the rubber toy looked like a dog toy, nor did she throw it in his face.
He took it silently and stuffed it into his mouth. After a while, it was covered with holes and teeth marks. A beautiful rubber man became tattered.
The journey took them longer than expected, from the hot summer to the autumn.
The temperature around Yucatan has started to drop in October. After two autumn rains, it is cool in the mornings and evenings, except for a short while at noon when it still feels hot.
As their car got closer and closer to the Xiu'an base, Xue Ling saw that most people on the roadside had already put on their coats.
Wen Jiuze parked the car in an open space close to the entrance of the base as he did before and got out to replenish supplies.
He asked Xue Ling: "Do you want to come down and find a place to sit for a while?"
Xue Ling hesitated and shook his head.
When she approached the base for the first time, she was a little scared and stayed in the car, not daring to get out. However, after passing several bases on the way without any accidents, Xue Ling became braver.
Later, when they passed by the base again, Wen Jiuze asked her if she wanted to get off the car and sit for a while, and she agreed.
The two of them sat at the gate of the base for several hours, watching people coming and going, and no one noticed that she was a zombie.
If a real zombie saw a person, it would rush over madly. How could it sit there quietly?
So even though Xue Ling looked a bit strange in full armor, people passing by would not think that she was a zombie.
At most, they thought she was sick and subconsciously stayed away from her.
Later, whenever they passed a base whose management was not very strict, Xue Ling would get off the car, find a place to sit nearby, and watch people coming and going at the gate of the base.
But now that she had arrived at Xiu'an Base, she didn't want to get off the bus anymore.
Wen Jiuze didn't make things difficult for her. He closed the car door and went to the trading point at the entrance of the base.
After a while, he came back and leaned against the car window and said, "There is no battery pack to replace here. We have to wait for the battery pack to charge, and some supplies need to be temporarily transferred. It will take a few hours."
"Do you want to get off and sit? Don't you think it's too stuffy to sit next to the car instead of going anywhere else?"
Xue Ling hesitantly opened the car door and got out.
Wen Jiuze placed two chairs next to the car, and Xue Ling sat down next to him, hoping to draw some calmness from him.
People passing by would glance at them.
Because these two people don't look like they are in the same season.
Xue Ling was wearing an unusually large, thick coat that covered her hands.
Hat, sunglasses, gloves, long pants and long boots, not a single bit of skin exposed. This is all the clothes that people in Yushi wear in winter.
As for Wen Jiuze, he was wearing only a thin long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his arms.
There was an autumn rain this morning. The sky is still gloomy with a slight breeze, but he doesn't seem to be afraid of the cold at all, as if it is still a hot summer.
Xue Ling sat close to Wen Jiuze and could feel the heat radiating from him.
If Xue Ling hadn't found him a long-sleeved shirt, he would still be wearing his short-sleeved shirts.
He really wasn't afraid of the cold. During the coldest winter of the year when Xue Ling was with him, he only wore a thin down jacket, which he had to wear open.
When Xue Ling suspected that he was showing off and hoped that he would wear more clothes, Wen Jiuze pulled her hand into his clothes, letting her feel what it meant to be full of passion.
He really wasn't cold, and he wasn't pretending.
So that winter, she slept with Wen Jiuze, and even the electric blanket and hot water bottle that were required every year were not used, because Wen Jiuze was warm and cozy, and was particularly useful for warming the bed.
Xue Ling was distracted for a while, and her tense mood relaxed a little.
She looked through her sunglasses at the people passing by on the road in front of the base gate.
After looking for a long time, she found that there was no one she knew, only unfamiliar faces. She felt a little disappointed, but also a little relieved.
She was afraid of running into her mother and uncle, but it was not that easy to run into them. There were so many people that she might not be able to find them even if she went looking for them.
It was getting dark, Wen Jiuze stood up and prepared to go to the trading point to get supplies, when he suddenly felt his clothes being pulled.
He looked back and saw Xue Ling staring intently in a certain direction, looking so nervous that he was about to shrink.
Wen Jiuze sat back down under her force and looked in the direction of her gaze.
There was a middle-aged woman on the road, holding a little girl of a few years old, and seemed to be waiting for someone on the roadside.
She was no different from all the middle-aged women Wen Jiuze had met on the road, with a worried look on her face and fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
It seems like he has experienced some hardship, but not so bad that he is in a gloomy state. It is clear that life can still go on.
Wen Jiuze observed the woman carefully, but could not find any similarities between her and Xue Ling, such as the curve of Xue Ling's eyes, or her nose, mouth, and face shape.
She doesn't look like Xue Ling, but Wen Jiuze knows that she must be Xue Ling's mother.
When Xue Ling saw her, she was immediately frightened and it was obvious that she wanted to hide even through the mask she was wearing, but she didn't dare to make any big moves to attract attention. In the end, she lifted up his T-shirt in a panic and dived into his T-shirt like an ostrich.
Wen Jiuzhe: "..."
She felt cold, and leaned against his back, unable to help shivering slightly.
If it weren't for the fact that zombies couldn't cry, he would have suspected that she was hiding in his clothes and crying.
Their posture was very eye-catching, and everyone who noticed it took a second look at them out of curiosity. Her mother also looked over.
However, she didn't know Wen Jiuze, and had no curiosity about him or the strange shape around him, so she quickly looked away.
Because the person she was waiting for also showed up.
A car stopped beside her and two people got out.
The young woman took the sleeping little girl from her arms, the middle-aged man put his arm around her shoulders and said something, then they got into the car together and drove into the base.
Wen Jiuze watched them disappear before he patted the group hiding behind him.
"They've left. Come out."
Xue Ling waited for a while before pulling open his T-shirt, revealing his head.
Wen Jiuze pulled at his baggy T-shirt and asked her, "Is that your mother?"
Xue Ling stared at the empty spot on the side of the road and nodded.
"Shall we stay here tonight and leave tomorrow?" Wen Jiuze said.
Xue Ling came back to her senses and looked at him. They never stayed near the base for long and would leave after a few hours at most.
It was Wen Jiuze who hoped that she could sit around the base to relax, but it was also Wen Jiuze who was afraid that she would be in danger if she stayed around the base for too long.
Facing her gaze, Wen Jiuze smiled. He seemed to understand all the emotions that she couldn't express.
"Just stay here one more day so you can see her again tomorrow."
No one entered or left the base at night, and all the doors were closed, so they rested in the car at night.
There was a silent autumn rain outside. Wen Jiuze laid the chair flat and the two of them lay down to rest.
There was a blanket in the car, which Xue Ling had specially found after the temperature dropped. However, Wen Jiuze was too hot to cover himself with it, so he just held a corner of it to cover his stomach, and covered most of it on Xue Ling, who was not afraid of the cold anymore.
Xue Ling squinted her eyes and leaned against Wen Jiuze's chest. His chest muscles were soft, and she unconsciously bumped them lightly with her forehead.
She thought Wen Jiuze was asleep, but he suddenly turned her over and made her lie on her side, and said in a faint voice, "You hurt me here, try the other side."
Xue Ling: “…”
Wen Jiuze asked again: "What is your mother's name?"
Xue Ling lifted the blanket and climbed up, carefully writing the three words "Xue Pingying" on the writing board.
The next day, Xue Ling refused to get out of the car, so she sat in the passenger seat, opened the window a little and peeked out.
Unfortunately, the person she wanted to see didn't show up the whole morning.
At noon, when Wen Jiuze was leaning against the car and chewing on instant biscuits, he saw someone with his sharp eyes.
He ate the remaining biscuits in two bites, clapped his hands and shouted over there, "Ms. Xue Pingying!"
"Bang!" There was a loud noise in the car. It was unclear whether Xue Ling bumped into something out of nervousness or was angry because he suddenly shouted.
But Xue Pingying had already looked over here in confusion and walked towards this side, and the zombies in the car suddenly dared not make any sound.
"Do you know me? Who are you?" Xue Pingying couldn't remember who this young man was, and her face was full of confusion.
"Are you Xue Ling's mother? I'm her college classmate. I've seen your photos. You and her look quite similar." Wen Jiuze said nonsense.
When Xue Pingying heard the name Xue Ling, she couldn't help but reveal a sad look, and her eyes immediately turned red. She didn't even bother to find loopholes in his not-so-serious statement.
"Yes, I'm Xue Ling's mother. You're her classmate, college classmate, right? Hello, hello."
Wen Jiuze looked down at the incoherent lady in front of him, and suddenly asked with a smile: "Where is Xue Ling? How is she now? Is she with you? Why can't I see her?"
Xue Pingying's tears immediately fell, and she quickly raised her hand to wipe them away: "She, she has... passed away. She turned into a zombie three years ago."
Wen Jiuze seemed to be just a classmate of Xue Ling. Hearing this, he showed a look of regret and said a few words of comfort with an apologetic tone.
After a few words, Xue Pingying said she had something else to do and left with red eyes.
After she left, Wen Jiuze opened the car door. Xue Ling clutched her clothes with both hands and stared at him with a stiff face.
Suddenly, she looked around the car, grabbed the bottle of water that Wen Jiuze had not finished drinking, twisted it open, tilted her head back, and poured the water into her eyes.
The look of tears streaming down one's face was created manually.
She held the bottle of water, blinked, and her face was covered with water, dripping from her chin.
This was not enough. She suddenly raised her head and opened her mouth, silently revealing an ugly expression of crying.
Wen Jiuzhe: "..."
He knew that she couldn't cry and was feeling uncomfortable, so she wanted to express it in this way.
However, when he watched this scene, he really couldn't help laughing, and he thought she was cute.
She held back her laughter with great difficulty, her expression even distorted a little. She took two deep breaths before showing a solemn expression that suited the sad atmosphere. Wen Jiuze walked forward, hugged her in his arms and patted her on the back twice.
"Poor thing... just cry, shall I pour you some more water?"
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