Chapter 51 Little Boy Dongdong
Yu Xiang thought about it and felt that Chen Yunfei's words made sense; one should not be ungrateful when one is a corpse.
So she bit her lip and compromised, saying, "Okay, I'll pack it up for you."
Upon hearing this, Mimi was so happy that she rolled around on the spot. To thank Youxiang, she specially brought the mutated rat king she had caught to Youxiang and placed it at her feet.
Yu Xiang understood its meaning immediately this time. Looking at the huge mutated rat in front of her, she waved her hands repeatedly, politely declining Mimi's offer.
How could I possibly think she'd like this? She'd never want it.
"Meow!"
Mimi tilted her head, looking at Yuxiang with a puzzled expression.
I really don't understand why the owner doesn't like it.
After successfully resolving the crisis involving the mutated rats, Qin Zhuo urged, "We need to find food quickly and leave this place."
Chen Yunfei's face was full of worry as he asked, "With so many mutated rats here, is there any food left? Won't it have already been completely devoured by them, leaving not even a scrap?"
Qin Zhuo patted Chen Yunfei on the shoulder: "Let's keep looking, maybe there are still some left."
So Qin Zhuo opened each door, and behind each door was a warehouse, neatly filled with grain.
Chen Yunfei's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief. "It's amazing that these mutated rats didn't destroy the grain!"
Qin Zhuo pondered for a moment and speculated, "These rats may have changed their habits after the mutation and no longer like to eat grain. Otherwise, how could so much grain have been preserved so well?"
Yu Xiang looked at Mimi walking gracefully ahead, pouted, and muttered, "We're both mutants, Mimi, why can't you change your habit of eating mice? What's so delicious about mice?"
"Meow—"
Why change the name of a hamster when hamsters are so delicious? I love eating hamsters; it's an innate love for them.
Mimi stopped and looked at Yuxiang with displeasure.
Each warehouse contains about 100 tons of grain, and there are about a hundred such warehouses, resulting in an astonishing amount of grain reserves.
Qin Zhuo turned to Youxiang and said, "Little Youzi, take the grain from this warehouse."
Yu Xiang nodded, waved her hand, and the warehouse was instantly emptied.
After finishing, she asked with some confusion, "Zhuozhuo, why didn't you take everything? Don't worry about not being able to fit it all, I have plenty of space."
Qin Zhuo explained, "We don't need this much food. Let's leave some for the other survivors. Everyone has had a hard time, and this food might save many lives."
Chen Yunfei chimed in, "Yes, the grain we've packed is enough for the rest of us to eat for a lifetime. There's no need to take it all. We should leave some room for maneuver."
"who?"
Just then, Qiao Yan suddenly shouted and rushed towards the pile of wooden crates.
The person behind the wooden box, realizing they had been discovered, turned tail and ran outside.
But Qiao Yan was faster and caught up with him in just a few steps.
Qiao Yan stepped forward and pinned the person down. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that it was actually a six or seven-year-old boy.
The little boy was so frightened that he burst into tears.
With a sob in his voice, Dongdong cried out in fear, "Waaah, don't kill Dongdong! Teacher Liu is right, there are bad people outside who will kill children."
Qiao Yan looked at the pitiful little boy in front of her and said in a gentle tone, "I won't kill you, don't be afraid."
Dongdong asked, sobbing, "Are you really not going to kill Dongdong?"
Qiao Yan helped the person up and said gently, "I won't kill him."
She wouldn't go so far as to harm a child.
"Are you all alone?" Qiao Yan then asked.
Dongdong wiped away her tears and said aggrievedly, "It's just me. I sneaked out by myself and was discovered by my sister as soon as I came in."
The others also ran over at this time. Apart from Youxiang looking at Dongdong with curiosity, Qin Zhuo and Chen Yunfei were full of surprise.
It's incredibly brave of such a young child to run around to the granary alone so late at night.
Yu Xiang stared at Dong Dong with her big, round eyes, full of curiosity.
This is a human baby. I haven't seen one since it turned into a zombie.
Chen Yunfei squatted down, trying to make his tone gentle, and asked, "Little friend, where are your mom and dad?"
Dongdong blinked his big, watery eyes and sobbed, "My mom and dad went to work and haven't picked me up from kindergarten for a long time. But Teacher Liu said they would come to pick me up and that they wouldn't abandon Dongdong."
That tender voice was filled with longing for her parents.
With just that one sentence, everyone except Yuka probably understood what had happened.
Presumably, the child's parents have perished in this disaster and will never be able to come and get him.
Qiao Yan looked at Dongdong with a hint of pity in her eyes and asked softly, "Why did you come here all by yourself?"
Dongdong said in his childish voice, "There's no food at the kindergarten, so Teacher Liu has to go out to find food every day. It's so hard for her."
“I know there’s a granary here. I used to pass by it on my way to kindergarten. I wanted to help Teacher Liu find something to eat so that she wouldn’t have to work so hard.”
Chen Yunfei: "You're really bold, kid. If you hadn't arrived a little later than us, you would have become delicious food for those mutated rats."
Qin Zhuo chimed in, "This kid is lucky. He ran all the way from kindergarten to here and didn't encounter any zombies along the way."
Dongdong didn't understand what these adults were talking about; all he could think about was getting back to Teacher Liu as soon as possible.
He shrank back in fear and asked cautiously, "Can I go now? I need to go back to find Teacher Liu."
Chen Yunfei glanced at Qin Zhuo, who nodded slightly.
Then, Chen Yunfei scooped Dongdong up and tucked him into his arm like a small package.
Dongdong was immediately terrified and cried out, kicking his little feet and desperately trying to pry Chen Yunfei's arm open, shouting, "Waaah, let me go! I want to go back, I want Teacher Liu, I don't want to be with you!"
Chen Yunfei gently patted Dongdong's little bottom and said with a smile, "Behave yourself, little guy. We'll take you back and make sure you get safely to Teacher Liu's side."
Qin Zhuo and the others did not drive Dongdong, since Youxiang had stored the car in her spatial storage.
If the car suddenly appeared in front of the child, he might go back and talk nonsense, causing unnecessary trouble.
Dongdong was able to run all the way to the warehouse, so the kindergarten must not be too far away. It should be just a short walk away.
But as they walked, they were surprised to find that the kindergarten was quite far from the granary; it felt like they had been walking for a long time and still hadn't arrived.
Chen Yunfei couldn't help but sigh again, "This kid is really something. At such a young age, he dares to walk such a long distance alone."
Yuxiang listened from the side, her eyes sparkling, and praised Dongdong, "You're so amazing!"
When Dongdong heard the praise, although he was still a little scared, he couldn't help but grin and look extremely cute.
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