Chapter 23 Lure the snake out of its hole
After Lu Nange finished washing up, Lu Xici strolled into the master bedroom.
Lu Xici: "Nan Nan, where did you get that gun?"
Lu Nange paused in drying her hair, then casually replied, "I found it in the office of a domineering CEO in an office building when I was collecting supplies."
Lu Xici raised an eyebrow... his face showing a "you see what I'm talking about, right?" expression!
Lu Beiye blinked his light chestnut-colored pupils: "It was raining heavily that day. My sister and I pried it out of a square box."
Lu Xici clicked her tongue softly, but inwardly she thought: Fine! So the siblings are xenophobic, huh? Out of the three siblings, only I get excluded?
Then, a thought crossed his mind, and he couldn't help but laugh at himself, thinking how pathetic he was to be competing with his own two children.
Lu Xici patted their heads: "I don't know if the world will get better. I feel more at ease knowing that you and Aye can protect yourselves."
Thank you for coming to save my brother today, but please remember, in the future, if you encounter a similar situation, your first priority should be your own safety.
"Brother, I have my own way of doing things, you hear me?"
Lu Beiye tilted his head slightly and said arrogantly, "Brother, have you ever thought about why my sister and I saved you?"
Lu Xici lowered his eyes, a faint smile playing on his lips.
With great interest, he said, "Come on, brother, let me hear it?"
Lu Beiye raised an eyebrow slightly and crossed his arms: "Isn't it because you're... the... weakest!"
Lu Xici...Where did this naughty kid come from!
"...Lu Beiye, an elder brother is like a father to his elders. Today I'm going to teach you what it means to respect your elders!"
Laughter and playful noises drifted from the master bedroom.
Chi Yanzhou leaned back, his thoughts drifting back to the scene at the stairwell.
...
Given that there are women and children in the house, and to avoid discomfort caused by the smell of smoke, the group tacitly staggered their smoking times and went to the hallway to relieve themselves.
Lu Xici caught a glimpse of Chi Yanzhou getting up and walking towards the corridor out of the corner of his eye, and followed him without making a sound.
Chi Yanzhou walked to the corner at the other end of the corridor, raised his hand and pushed open half of the window, and a breeze instantly rushed in.
Hearing footsteps behind him, Chi Yanzhou leaned against the window.
After recognizing Lu Xici, Chi Yanzhou handed him the cigarette case.
Lu Xici took it casually and leaned against the wall next to Chi Yanzhou, the two facing the door.
Lu Xici lowered his voice: "Nan Nan knows where there's a car."
Chi Yanzhou looked downstairs: "I don't know how long this situation will last. Let's look for her ourselves first. We should hide her somewhere. We can't keep clinging to our sister and sucking her blood forever."
The area around the guard booth was deserted, and the fire outside the window was gradually subsiding.
Chi Yanzhou flicked the half-smoked cigarette butt onto the ground and ground it. "There must be someone in the neighborhood watching us. We need to take care of them first, otherwise our house might be raided if we go out."
Earlier, when Lu Nange was taking a shower, she thought that they were probably being targeted by a group of people in the neighborhood.
After careful consideration, he told Lu Xici that he had a car in his space.
After all, she was just cannon fodder, while A-Ye had already died twice; they were practically brothers in misfortune.
The rain stopped early, but who knows if any unexpected bugs might occur?
It's probably more reliable to stick close to the male lead's group for now.
Upon hearing Chi Yanzhou's words, Lu Xici's gaze instantly turned cold.
***
Having made the plan, before it got completely dark...
Lu Nange and Lu Beiye followed the others out the door, leaving only Gu Wan and Wen An at home.
The fire at the guard booth had been extinguished, and the surrounding area was littered with charred zombie corpses, scattered haphazardly.
A pungent and eerie odor filled the air, resembling the aroma of roasted meat mixed with a putrid smell, making it extremely unpleasant.
The group pretended to leave the residential area, then cleverly returned through the back door.
Chi Yanzhou walked at the front, leading the way, deliberately avoiding buildings three and five, and choosing hidden corners to lead everyone into building four.
Upon entering Building 4, they began a thorough search from the first floor upwards, checking each floor until they reached the third floor.
Every door was wide open, and severed hands, feet, and internal organs such as intestines were scattered haphazardly on the ground, creating a gruesome scene.
Lu Xici hugged Lu Beiye and subconsciously covered Lu Beiye's eyes.
Lu Beiye's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he obediently did not struggle, quietly leaning against Lu Xici's chest.
As the group searched the rooms, a zombie suddenly sprang out of the room on the left, roaring with its mouth agape, almost dislocated.
It revealed its mouth full of rotting flesh and lunged at Lu Nange.
Chi Yanzhou, who was standing to the side and behind, swiftly reached out and pulled her behind him.
Almost simultaneously, he raised his other hand high with the sharp Tang sword in his hand and slashed at the zombie's head.
The sharp blade, accompanied by a strong gust of wind, fell and cleaved the zombie in two.
Internal organs splattered out, clearly visible.
The two halves of the mutilated body fell heavily to the ground with a thud.
Blood splattered everywhere, a powerful visual impact.
Lu Nange looked at Chi Yanzhou, who was covered in splatter, and pursed her lips.
Actually, if she had just swung her stun gun at him, the scene wouldn't have been so bloody!
As Lu Xici carried Lu Beiye over, he asked, "Nannan, are you alright?"
Chi Yanzhou loosened his grip slightly. Lu Nange looked at Lu Xici, shook her head, and then turned to thank Chi Yanzhou.
After confirming that there were no other zombies in the house, Chi Yi closed the door.
Ji Xian and Chi Yi each held a pair of binoculars, staring intently at the ground floor of Building 6.
As expected, just over ten minutes later, a thin man came into view.
He was surrounded by four burly, hulking men.
Each of them carried an iron bar and a dagger, their expressions fierce, and they hurried toward Building Six, their intentions clearly hostile.
"Are you sure that woman went with them yesterday?"
One of the shorter men, with a buzz cut, moved closer to the leader, the one called "Brother Shen."
He said in a low voice, "Brother Shen, you can rest assured. I saw it with my own eyes. Yesterday, that woman who had a strange air about her left with those men."
The tattooed man behind them darted around, licked his lips, and...
He muttered with regret, "Oh, what a pity, that woman was truly a gem."
Upon hearing this, Brother Shen abruptly stopped in his tracks, slowly turned around, and stared directly at the tattooed man with eyes as cold as ice and as if they were poisoned.
That one glance sent a chill down the spine of the tattooed man, making him feel as if he were being stared at by a deadly viper.
Every hair on his body stood on end, and he instinctively bent over.
With a trembling voice, he said, "Brother Shen, don't worry, I will absolutely not ruin our big plan!"
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