Chapter 81 Finding Home
"Let's go first. It'll be easier for our parents to get in the car early so they can rest assured."
Ren Ru calmed down and glanced at Jiang Qian, but the two of them did not wait there as he had expected, but followed Jiang Dong upstairs.
There was no one on the fourth floor either, only two wide-open doors. Jiang Dong didn't dare go in. He just looked at the door for a few times. When he didn't find anything wrong, he closed the door and went upstairs again.
They climbed up the stairs step by step, and finally arrived at the fifth floor where Ren Ying lived.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the doors of the two houses on the fifth floor were also open. Nervously, Ren Ru followed her husband and found her sister Ren Ying's house. She found that her sister's house didn't look as messy as the two houses downstairs. Only some places looked like they had been hastily tidied.
There was a family photo of my sister's family and both parents on the entrance cabinet. There was a half-finished bottle of mineral water on the coffee table in the living room. There were even baby diapers on the sofa in the living room. There was half a pot of moldy rice in the rice cooker in the kitchen... There was a strong smell of life everywhere, but the three people searched all the rooms in the house and didn't find a single person.
Ren Ru looked at the empty house, and her shoulders slumped in an instant. Jiang Dong came over from behind and hugged her.
"Don't worry, they might have evacuated early. It might be a good thing that they didn't find them."
Jiang Qian also comforted him, "I looked at the things in the baby's room and found that the baby's bottles and other things were gone. There seemed to be some empty space in the closet at home. They must have packed up and evacuated in advance."
"Really?" Ren Ru's eyes were red. After calming down, she carefully looked at the furnishings in the house again. After discovering that some common household items were indeed missing, her eyes lit up again. "So they moved away in advance, right? So they're okay, right?"
"Yeah." Although Jiang Dong didn't know what the current situation of his father-in-law and his aunt's family was, he didn't want to see the disappointed expression on his wife's face again.
"It's definitely okay. Didn't Mom and Dad tell us they were about to evacuate in our last phone call? If you're worried, if we run into anyone else later, we can ask them where they've evacuated to. Don't worry, since they were able to evacuate ahead of time, they should be safe."
Ren Ru didn't know whether she believed it or not, but her expression did look better. She nodded, her eyes brightening again.
The evacuation here must have been very urgent. Jiang Dong looked at the house and saw that there were still many things that he had not taken away.
Anyway, they had come here this time. He patted his wife's shoulder and said, "We don't know what will happen in the future. See if there is anything important. Let's take it away for my sister and the others. If we can take it away, we can return it to my sister and my parents after we see them later."
"Yeah." Ren Ru nodded, and then took them to each room to pack their things.
She had lived in her sister's house with her children and parents for a period of time before, so she basically knew where her sister's things were usually placed.
The things Jiang Dong had bought before had been almost all eaten up during the days of heavy rain, and the rest were taken away by them when they evacuated. Ren Ru took a look and found that there seemed to be only two cans of baby milk powder left in the house.
Thinking that this thing would be difficult to buy in the future, Ren Ru stuffed them all into her bag.
Afterwards, she searched the rooms for some clothes and other daily necessities that might be needed later. While searching, Ren Ru noticed that the drawer of her sister's bedside table, which usually contained gold and silver jewelry, was empty.
Being able to take the jewelry with them before leaving meant they must have evacuated early. Ren Ru felt relieved and focused on looking for things she could take away.
The three of them only carried a backpack each, and there wasn't much they could take with them. In order to avoid being encumbered by their luggage if they encountered danger later, they could only take relatively important things with them.
Ren Ru sorted things out and filled the remaining space in the three people's backpacks with her sister's medicine box. After letting Jiang Qian and Jiang Dong put on their bulging backpacks again, she picked up the family photo on the entrance cabinet and stuffed it into her bag. After taking one last look at the house, she closed the door and went downstairs with Jiang Qian and Jiang Dong.
After walking out of the unit door, it was still pitch black outside.
Although they had already been there once, they still did not dare to let their guard down on the way back to the community.
After carefully walking to the intersection where he had separated from the Fang family, Jiang Dong looked at the road on the other side and didn't see any people.
He hesitated whether to wait for the Fang family and go back together, but he heard Ren Ru say, "Let's go first!"
We didn't agree to go back together when we separated before, so there is no need to wait now. The most important thing is to ensure our own safety.
What's more, her parents-in-law and children were still waiting in the car. Every second they were late in returning would make them worry a second more. Although Ren Ru didn't find her family, she had fulfilled her wish and didn't want to stay out any longer.
Jiang Dongben was just thinking that it might not be safe outside, and that maybe they could look after each other if they were together, but his wife's concerns were also reasonable.
"Shall we go first then?"
Jiang Qian nodded and said, "Let's go first. It will make our parents feel at ease if we get on the bus early in the morning."
It has been almost an hour since they got off the bus. Although it doesn't seem like a long time, for the parents who stayed in the car waiting, every minute and every second must be torture. There is really no need to delay any further.
Jiang Qian: "We didn't see any zombies when we came here just now. The three of us should be able to handle it."
Jiang Dong nodded, "That's right."
The three were about to leave when they suddenly heard a shrill scream coming from a nearby residential building. Then, screams and shouts continued to ring out.
Jiang Qian and the other two were so frightened by the sound that their hearts started pounding and they subconsciously stopped in their tracks.
Jiang Dong glanced at the place where the sound came from, still feeling a lingering fear in his heart. "What happened? Is it the Fang family or the Qian family?"
The previous residents of the community should have evacuated, and only these few families should have come to the community today. Thinking that the person who screamed just now might be the one who had just spoken, the three members of the Jiang family felt a chill in their hearts and held the weapons in their hands tighter.
This neighborhood doesn't look as safe as it seems.
Jiang Qian frowned, thought carefully about the voice she had just heard, and shook her head.
The voice was too terrified and too sharp to distinguish between male and female. They had only just met the Fang and Qian families and were not very familiar with them, so they naturally could not be sure which family they belonged to. But one thing was clear: they could not stay here any longer.
The sounds of crying and things falling over came from not far away, remarkably clear in the silent night. Faintly, one could even hear the roars of zombies.
The three of them knew their own weight, and even though they felt reluctant, they did not dare to act like heroes in an unfamiliar environment. Thinking that the sound might attract other things, they did not dare to stay.
Jiang Qian opened the system map in her mind and took a look, then urged in a low voice, "Don't worry about it, let's go first!"
But the reality did not give them the opportunity to leave smoothly.
When she turned around, the flashlight in Ren Ru's hand flashed a bright light in the air. Jiang Qian was about to turn around and walk out, but suddenly she realized that she seemed to have overlooked something when the flashlight was shaking.
She turned around hesitantly and saw a swollen monster in a black uniform that could barely be seen in human form rushing towards Jiang Dong in the dense forest behind the intersection.
Subconsciously, she pushed Jiang Dong aside and swung the hoe in her hand to hit him.
She didn't hit the target the first time in a panic, but fortunately she reacted quickly and hit the monster a second time when it reached her, completely rendering the monster that was rushing towards them unable to move.
Jiang Dong, who was next to him, staggered a few steps after being pushed away. With the help of Ren Ru subconsciously, he finally stabilized himself. Looking at the thing lying on the ground, he couldn't help feeling scared.
Ren Ru, who was watching the scene just now, was stunned and had not yet come to her senses.
Jiang Qian poked the humanoid monster lying on the ground with the tip of the hoe and looked over while suppressing her nausea.
The scene under the flashlight was even more disgusting.
This zombie was wearing what seemed to be a community security guard's uniform. His entire body was swollen and his skin and flesh were pale. There were maggots crawling in some of the broken wounds on his body. It must have been soaked in the water before the river water receded, which is why it became like this.
The rotting smell of this corpse was stronger than any zombie they had encountered before. Even wearing a mask and holding their breath could not resist the strong stench.
After Jiang Dong recovered, he poked it with the weapon in his hand. After taking a closer look, he took two steps back and gave up the idea of digging out the crystal core.
He looked at the impenetrable forest behind him, thinking about the crisis just now. He always felt as if something was staring at him, and he couldn't help but shiver.
"Let's go!"
If we delay any longer, we may not know what will happen! Jiang Dong now looks at this silent community and does not feel safe at all. He only feels a chill on his back.
Ren Ru recalled what had just happened and couldn't wait to leave.
Jiang Qian also thought it would be better to get back to the car quickly, so she said, "Let's go!"
The three of them ignored the corpse on the ground and turned around to walk out the door, but they heard another significant noise coming from the path behind them.
A chaotic sound of footsteps came from behind, and the faint sound of heavy breathing that was unique to humans could be heard.
The three of them subconsciously turned around and tightened their weapons.
Four or five people practically crawled along the jungle-covered path. In the flashlight, judging by their height, build, and attire, they were the Fang family group that had been separated earlier.
Although they were acquaintances, Jiang Dong and the other two did not let their guard down. Sure enough, not long after the Fang family members turned the corner, they saw a dozen zombies falling behind the Fang family members.
Jiang Qian couldn't help but gasp and yelled at Jiang Dong and Ren Ru, "Run!"
If there were only one or two zombies, they would still be able to fight, but now there are so many zombies, and they don’t know what the situation is like for the Fang family members who are escaping. They dare not help rashly, and it is safer to hide in the car as soon as possible.
The human body is more flexible than that of a zombie. The three reacted quickly and went out of the community gate first. After running for a distance, they opened up a gap with the zombies behind them.
【Author’s words】
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