Chapter 122 You look so handsome when you smile
"The dead cannot be resurrected." Zhou Kai pursed his lips and lowered his eyes in pity: "This is an unchangeable fact. Please accept my condolences."
The old woman was shaking with grief and anger.
Zhou Kai raised his eyes and looked at the other families of the victims behind the old woman: "I know that the death of a loved one is like a sharp knife piercing the heart for everyone. The unspeakable longing and sadness linger in the heart, making everyone miserable.
But have you ever thought about why they fight so hard?"
Zhou Kai paused briefly, his sorrowful gaze sweeping over the families of each victim, finally settling on the old woman in front of him: "Because... they need to protect you in this base!"
The old woman's eyes turned red and tears couldn't stop falling.
Zhou Kai pulled a pack of tissues from his pocket and handed it to the old woman, his voice softening. "You're right. Your son sacrificed his life to protect the base, but wasn't he also protecting you?"
The old woman lowered her eyes and looked at the tissue in her hand, her aged figure looking even more hunched.
Zhou Kai once again raised his head and looked at everyone: "The dead are gone, and the living are like this. Everyone, live well and don't let the sacrifices of your loved ones go to waste."
He turned to look at Ji Wanwan: "Don't worry, your loved ones sacrificed their lives to ensure the safety of the base. The base will never forget their contribution!
On behalf of the lord, I promise everyone that the base will build a monument for all the victims for all the survivors to pay their respects. Not only that, the base will also be fully responsible for everyone's living supplies in the future, and there is no need to earn additional points.
This is the base's expression of respect to the victims and its sincerity to the families of the victims.
Although these words cannot make up for the grief in everyone's hearts, I still want to say it again -
Please accept my condolences, everyone! "
After hearing this, the family members who were originally furious lowered their heads.
Although I don't know what they are thinking, I can clearly sense that the atmosphere has eased.
The old woman stared at the tissue for a while, then suddenly clenched it tightly and burst into tears.
Zhou Kai took a step forward and hugged the old woman: "Auntie, don't cry, I will be your son from now on!"
This time, the old woman cried even harder, patting Zhou Kai's back again and again, as if she was patting her own son.
The families of other victims also burst into tears.
But this time, there was obviously a hint of relief in the crying.
It seems that Zhou Kai's words have largely resolved the anger of these people.
Ji Wanwan looked at Zhou Kai with a bit more interest and admiration in her eyes.
After all, he is a president who has seen big scenes, so he is better at manipulating people's hearts than her. If she said the same words, the situation might be different.
The old woman was crying sadly. Feeling Ji Wanwan's gaze, Zhou Kai raised his eyelids and looked at her.
Their eyes met, and seeing the admiration and gratitude in Ji Wanwan's eyes, Zhou Kai curled his lower lip slightly...
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After comforting the families of the victims, Ji Wanwan had a conversation with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Ji felt sorry for the families and decided to stay here to help them bury the victims and also to take care of them.
After all, in this situation, if no one in the base takes care of them, then no one will really take care of them.
Ji Wanwan knew that her parents were soft-hearted, so she simply left the task of comforting the family to them so that she could free herself to do other things.
After leaving the villa, Ji Wanwan and Zhou Kai walked together on the way back to the inner city.
Zhou Kai raised his head slightly and looked into the distance, his eyes were deep and obscure, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Suddenly, he lowered his eyes to look at Ji Wanwan beside him: "The people we brought back from the Bai Ze Union are much better than those we brought back from the laboratory last time. At least they can understand human language.
To prevent any of them from being infected, I placed them all in an unused villa.
After three days of observation and no abnormalities are found, they can officially join the base."
Ji Wanwan nodded slightly: "I always trust you in your work."
This was the first time Ji Wanwan praised Zhou Kai so directly, and he couldn't help but smile.
Ji Wanwan was a little surprised: "What are you laughing at?"
Zhou Kai's eyebrows curled up with a smile, his tone lazy: "I used to praise my subordinates in this tone of superiors, but I never thought that I would be praised like this one day."
Ji Wanwan was amused by his blunt words and couldn't help but tease him, "Then I'll be more careful when I talk to you from now on and try not to use that tone."
"Hahaha..." Zhou Kai laughed out loud this time.
This was the first time Ji Wanwan saw Zhou Kai laugh so wildly.
Compared to his usual meticulous and serious appearance, Zhou Kai's smile has a bit more of the unrestrained and unrestrained look of a nobleman.
Of course, it would be better if we could ignore the swollen half of his cheek.
Zhou Kai was truly happy. This was the first time he felt so happy since the outbreak of the apocalypse.
The relief after winning the battle, the pleasure of awakening dual superpowers, the recognition from Boss Ji, it seemed that everything was worth making him happy. Since he was so happy, what was the harm in laughing?
This kind of smile that comes from the heart is very contagious to others. For example, Ji Wanwan beside him couldn't help but soften the curve of her eyes and eyebrows: "Brother Kai, you look very handsome when you smile."
Zhou Kai's eyes sparkled and he smiled brightly: "Really?"
Ji Wanwan nodded slightly: "It's just that I have something I want to ask you."
Zhou Kai nodded slightly: "You go ahead."
Ji Wanwan blinked, looking very innocent: "Brother Kai, why did you make the decision for me and let the base take full responsibility for the living supplies of the families of the victims?"
Zhou Kai's smile froze: "Ah, this... emmm..."
The man's smile disappeared.
A moment of cheerfulness was exchanged for a long silence.
Of course, the smile doesn't disappear, it just shifts.
Just like at this moment, Ji Wanwan laughed happily: "Brother Kai, I was just teasing you, you handled it very well, really!"
It’s just some supplies, Ji Wanwan is rich and can afford it!
As long as she could be helped to appease the families of the victims, she would agree, not to mention supplies, even if it meant asking Zhou Kai to take off all his clothes and run and dance around the base!
With a smile on their faces, the two returned to the inner city.
Zhou Kai, who had not rested since the battle, returned to the suite, while Ji Wanwan prepared to go to the operating room to see Xia Li.
As soon as Ji Wanwan turned from the lobby and walked towards the corridor, she saw a familiar figure sitting on a chair at the restaurant entrance.
The man had gray hair and a hunched body, and his usually kind face was now full of worry.
The moment he saw Ji Wanwan, the man stood up from his chair, his eyes filled with anxiety and concern that made Ji Wanwan's heart ache: "Wanwan, you're back..."
At this moment, Ji Wanwan's legs felt like they were filled with a thousand pounds of lead, and she couldn't even take another step forward...
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