Chapter 107 Father and Daughter
"Yangyang, he..."
Guo Rui took a flashlight and ran along the mountain path before reaching the base camp where most people lived.
Although the visitor center was brightly lit, he didn't see anyone else except the guards standing at the door.
Because the guard at the door was still on duty as usual, his pounding heart was somewhat calmed. But when he walked along the path to the back of the building, he heard a familiar cry.
Guo Rui suddenly became anxious.
When my youngest son and my mother-in-law and parents-in-law first passed away, my wife cried for a long time, tears streaming down her face whenever she thought of them. It wasn't until the resettlement site needed a doctor and she became busy again that her crying gradually subsided.
In recent days, there has been a lot of exciting news coming from the resettlement site in City N. The base is filled with a joyful and promising atmosphere. My wife's mood has also improved, and she occasionally smiles.
But why is she crying again now? Is she in some danger?
Guo Rui didn't have time to think more. He hurried to the door, knocked twice and wanted to open it and go in.
The tightly closed door opened without any hindrance, but what appeared before his eyes was not the danger he was worried about, but a few familiar faces.
Guo Rui was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the face hugging his wife, which looked 50% like his wife, he exclaimed, "Dongzi, Xiaoru? Why are you here?"
Joy gradually outweighed surprise, "Why are you here?"
As he asked, he also saw Jiang Qian, "Aren't you guys in your hometown? Where are your in-laws? Where is Chenchen? Are you all okay?"
Jiang Dong was also happy to see his brother-in-law Guo Rui. "Everything is fine. My parents and Chenchen are all fine. After the apocalypse, we went to City N. When we heard that you evacuated here, we kept thinking of coming here to look for you. This time the train came here, so we just tagged along!"
Jiang Dong said, looking at the darker and thinner man in front of him, looking at the pot belly that was always complained about by his aunt but now almost disappeared, he said with both heartache and emotion, "Brother-in-law, you have lost weight!"
Guo Rui thought about the past two months, tears welled up in his eyes, but he tried hard to hold them back. "That's not true. Your sister always said I was fat before, but now I'm working at the construction site every day, so I can't gain weight even if I want to!"
He followed up with a sentence, then remembered what Jiang Dong had said before, "Wait, you said you came here by train?"
Jiang Dong nodded and told about his family's experience after the apocalypse. Of course, he glossed over the part about Jiang Qian being tied to the train, and only said that his family was now working on the train.
"Before, the mountains were far away, and most of the people at home were elderly, weak, women, and children. We wanted to go to N City to look for you, but we didn't dare to set out. Later, we heard that the train could reach N City, so we took a bus there to take a look. We heard that you might be there, but without a safe way, we didn't dare to come rashly. Later... this time we came here unexpectedly by bus. We were worried that we wouldn't be able to find you, but by chance, we ran into the leader here as soon as we got off the bus, and he asked Comrade Xiao Zhang to take us to find you, Big Sister..."
Guo Rui heard the explanation and apology in his tone and nodded indifferently.
"That's how it should be. You are the head of the family, and the safety of your family members should be your top priority. If I were in your position, I would do the same."
Thinking of everything he had experienced before, he was silent for a moment, trying hard to put the sadness out of his mind. "Aying and Dad have always been thinking about you, but we can only barely take care of ourselves here. We really don't have the energy to spare, so we can only ask the team members who often go out to help inquire and keep an eye out... I didn't expect you to find us first... Oh, right, I have to tell Dad this good news. He will be very happy to know that you are all well!"
Ren Ying, who was sitting on the bed in the infirmary, finally came to her senses after crying. When she heard her husband say this, she quickly said, "Yes, and our dad too."
She wiped the tears from her face and explained, "I'm the only doctor at this resettlement site right now, and sometimes patients come in at night, so I spend most of my time staying in the duty room inside the infirmary. At first, Dad and your brother-in-law were worried and stayed with me, but if someone came to the infirmary at night, they wouldn't be able to rest well, and your brother-in-law has to go to the construction site at the foot of the mountain to repair the wall during the day. So later, I applied for two guesthouses on the mountain for them. After all, there are people watching over the place inside and outside, so it's very safe..."
As Ren Ying spoke, he took off his white coat.
When everyone went out together, there was quite a bit of noise.
Ren Ying said something to Xiao Zhang who was chatting with someone at his post, and then took her sister and the other two up the mountain.
Although Jingming Mountain is located in a mountainous area and looks a bit remote, the living conditions are actually not bad. Aside from the poor communication signal, the entire scenic area has no shortage of electricity.
In addition to the power supply from the outside wires, there is also a power generation device of its own. Therefore, even in the mountains, the house is bright.
Although the power facilities cannot supply the entire scenic area as before and turn on all the lights on the mountain paths, there are flashlights and searchlights for use.
The five of them went up along the mountain road and soon arrived at the homestay where Ren's father lived.
On the way up the mountain, Ren Ru gradually adjusted his mood, but when he saw the figure standing in the night wind, the tears that had just dried up rolled down again.
"dad……"
"dad……"
Under the dim moonlight, the figure standing by the low wall at the door seemed to pause and turned to look at the direction where the flashlight was emitted.
With the help of the light from the room behind her, Ren Ru could clearly see the face reflected in the mirror, which looked much older than before. Her tears instantly surged even more violently.
She ran up the last gentle slope crying and rushed towards the person not far away, "Dad..."
…
Mr. Ren originally thought that his son-in-law had gone back to the room and he couldn't sleep, so when he saw someone coming up, he came out to check, but he didn't expect to hear a familiar call.
When he first heard the sound, he was stunned, thinking it was an auditory hallucination. Because in the past few days, he had heard his little daughter's voice calling him in his mind too many times, but every time he followed the sound and looked for his daughter around, he could not find her.
No one could have imagined that such a great change would happen on such a good day. First, there was the endless downpour, then Xiaobao and the old woman, and the father-in-law and his wife...
No one wants an accident to happen, but there's no way to change what's already happened. He's older and experienced more, so it's not like he can't let things go. His only concern is his little daughter, who has lost contact.
Even though his son-in-law had bought them a lot of supplies and had them delivered to them during the previous rainstorm, thinking that they should have prepared more at home, and even though he knew that his in-laws and his son-in-law were good people and would take good care of their daughter, he still didn't dare to trust human nature too much after seeing so many tragedies.
As parents, we are always worried. We always feel that our children will suffer if they leave us. We always want to keep our children like our favorite ornaments, safely placed by our bedside or on our desks, where we can see and touch them easily.
When the old woman was still alive, she mentioned her little daughter and grandson more than once. He also understood what she meant when she glanced at him in the last second before she lost consciousness.
After settling down here, Ren's father and his eldest daughter wanted to go and look for news of their youngest daughter, Ren Ru. However, although they did not have to face the danger of being besieged by a large number of zombies in the mountains, it was not easy for them to follow the rescue team's car out.
Mr. Ren also thought about finding a car to leave on his own without relying on the rescue team, but when his eldest daughter found out, she disagreed with him going out alone and insisted on taking her son-in-law and children with him.
He didn't want to put his older daughter's family in danger because of his younger daughter, so he had to abandon the plan.
Therefore, they had to ask the team members who often went out to transport supplies to help inquire outside.
Whenever he thought of his little daughter and imagined hearing her voice, his heart was filled with guilt.
"dad……"
When Ren's father was blaming himself, he suddenly heard the cry in his ear which seemed to be clearer.
He subconsciously looked towards the place where the sound came from, and saw a figure hurriedly walking up the gentle slope where the flashlight had just flashed.
He couldn't make out the person's face in the darkness, but the familiar movement made his heart skip a beat. He couldn't help but take a step forward, wanting to see more clearly...
Finally, the face he had been thinking about day and night was illuminated by the light behind him. Before he could say anything, he was hugged tightly by someone who rushed over.
"dad……"
The call that he had been thinking about day and night rang in his ears, and Ren's father placed his trembling hand on the head of the person in his arms.
The thin and soft hair, and the unique warmth emanating from the body, all indicate that everything before our eyes is not a dream.
"Xiao Ru? Xiao Ru! Xiao Ru..."
Father Ren's eyes instantly became moist and tears streamed down his cheeks.
Ren Ying watched from the side, and the tears that had originally dissipated welled up again, but seeing that her father was still only wearing a thin coat, and someone kept looking out the window of the next room, she had to interrupt the father and daughter.
"Dad, Xiaoru, it's too cold outside. Let's go inside first."
After hearing this, the two of them calmed down and went into the house together.
…
In the room, the boy who was originally sleeping on the bed had been awakened by the crying outside the room. He had already stood up and sat on the bed in a daze.
Seeing someone coming in through the door, the boy subconsciously wanted to shrink into the bed, his eyes filled with panic and fear.
Ren Ru looked at her nephew, who was about the same age as her son Mingchen. She thought of how the child was always as lively as a little sun every time they met him before. Seeing his current appearance, she felt so heartbroken that she could hardly speak.
"Yangyang, he..."
Ren Ying looked at her son, walked over and sat beside him on the bed, hugging him. The timid child came out of the bed and snuggled into his mother's arms when he saw his familiar mother.
Ren Ying stroked the child's back and said, "When we evacuated earlier, Mom went to pick up Xiaobao. He heard the shouting from inside and went in immediately. He was a little scared at that time. Later, when he came downstairs, his grandparents..."
【Author’s words】
Thank you all for your support. The next chapter will probably be updated the day after tomorrow.
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