Chapter 68 My Financial Sponsor Was Injured
How could Zhuang Mingxu, who always had a gentle smile, elite appearance and was always calm, become like this?
He should be the one with the most powerful superpowers, the one who could negotiate with the top leaders of the base calmly, the one who led his team to escape danger time and time again. How could he be humiliated like this?
Lu Weiyi felt very upset. He was not only distressed about Zhuang Mingxu's embarrassment, but also felt guilty that his rebirth seemed to have changed Zhuang Mingxu's situation.
For a moment, he didn't know whether it was better to reunite alive in such a miserable state, or to die gloriously like in his previous life.
"Xiaoyi..." As the hoarse voice came out, Lu Weiyi cried even harder. Zhuang Mingxu wanted to go forward to take a look, but his broken legs made him unable to move at all, so he could only move forward a little. Zhuang Mingxu, who had been able to endure hunger, thirst, and even insults from the time his leg was broken, pounded the ground hard.
"What's wrong with your leg?" Lu Weiyi asked in a crying voice.
The person who suddenly spoke "interrupted by Li Ji" attracted Lu Weiyi's attention.
When Zheng Xin saw Lu Weiyi looking at him, the ice pick on Zhuang Aiyi's neck unconsciously pierced a little deeper. Little Zhuang Aiyi was still so thin, he was forced to raise his head, and shouted with tears in his eyes, "Little Daddy."
"Zheng Xin, you actually attacked a child!" Lin Yimu shouted.
Zheng Xin didn't even look at Lin Yimu. His eyes were fixed on Lu Weiyi. At the same time, he leaned against the wall tightly, wishing he could blend in.
His nose and mouth were like Zhuang Mingxu's, only his eyes were exactly the same as his own. Lu Weiyi had no feelings for this child before, but when he heard his soft call and saw a little face that combined the two people's images, his heart seemed to be gently caressed, so soft that it was unbelievable, but his attention was still focused on what he had just said.
"What did you say?"
"Boss Zhuang's legs were broken by Li Ji," Zheng Xin repeated. Seeing Lu Weiyi's expression change from surprise to resentment, he pinched Zhuang Aiyi fiercely. Amid Zhuang Aiyi's suppressed crying, he said, "Master Lu, let me go. I won't hurt him. Just leave and I'll immediately..."
Before he could say the three words "let him go", he was shot in both shoulders at the same time. Lin Yimu hugged Zhuang Aiyi over immediately, and then Ning Yuan behind Lu Weiyi shot him in the head. Zheng Xin fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, and died with his eyes open.
"No matter how good your kung fu is, you are still afraid of a kitchen knife. No matter how strong your superpowers are, you are still afraid of a gun." Ning Yuan spat at him and turned to look at Zhuang Mingxu who was curled up on the ground. All kinds of emotions emerged in his mind and he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Lu Xiaoyi, a large number of zombies are coming this way, hurry up," Xu Sa's voice came from downstairs.
"Young Master" Lin Yimu called out to Lu Weiyi who was still in a daze.
"Ah? Oh." Lu Weiyi took a few steps forward and grabbed Zhuang Mingxu's hand, pulled it, turned around, and did not move. He remembered what Zheng Xin said again.
"I'll do it." Ning Yuan put the gun behind his back and walked towards Zhuang Mingxu with a choked voice.
Without waiting for him to get close, Lu Weiyi leaned over and picked up Zhuang Mingxu. It was not known whether it was because of his supernatural powers that strengthened his body, or if Zhuang Mingxu had simply lost a lot of weight, but in any case, Lu Weiyi felt that Zhuang Mingxu was so light that it was easy for him to pick him up.
Zhuang Mingxu was originally feeling somewhat self-loathing, but he immediately became embarrassed when Lu Weiyi suddenly gave him a princess hug.
Without waiting for him to say anything, Lu Weiyi rushed downstairs carrying him, then got into the car and closed the door in one go.
"Lu Xiaoyi, oil tank, oil tank," Xu Sa said, driving the car and turning quickly to the place where the oil tanker was placed on the east side of the house. Lu Weiyi immediately jumped over. Although it was said that he stretched out his hand, he actually let Xiao Luzhi touch the oil tanker. But strangely, the oil tanker was not taken into the space.
"What's wrong?" Xu Sa asked anxiously when he saw that he paused for a long time and the tanker was still there.
"It's full." Lu Weiyi hasn't entered the space since he lived with Antonio and Dean. He has never paid much attention to the existence of the space. He just put things in when he saw them, without paying attention to the size. When he saw that the tanker truck could not be put in, he concentrated his mind and took a look at the space. It was full, and things were piled up to the edge of the well in the yard.
Lu Weiyi quickly threw out some unimportant things in the space, such as beds and cabinets, and then found the problem.
When he used his mental power to look at the space, what he saw was just a miniature, like a place that had been shrunk countless times. Before, he just put things there and didn't pay attention to how much he put there. Now, looking closely, it seemed that the space had become a lot larger. He remembered that when he first entered the space, there was only about 100 square meters around. Now he thought that the space of about 100 square meters was not enough just to place the five oil and gas tankers, not to mention that he had also brought in more than a dozen large trucks at the beginning.
But now is not the time to think about these things. Xu Sa was already urging them to leave if they couldn't take it. Lu Weiyi quickly threw some electrical appliances he had collected from the mall before, then put the tanker truck in and turned around and jumped into the car.
"Hold on tight, it's about to speed up," said Xu Sa, who was driving. The car suddenly rushed out, and the bumps made people jump up. Zhuang Mingxu, who was disabled in walking, was almost thrown under the seat, but Lu Weiyi was quick to hold him down.
Lu Weiyi had a sullen look on his face and didn't have time to curse. Xu Sa glanced at the rearview mirror and took the initiative to explain, "Brother Mingxu, I'm sorry, if we don't hurry up we will be surrounded by zombies."
"Xu Sa?" Zhuang Mingxu recognized his good friend Lu Weiyi at a glance.
"It seems that I am still so good-looking. Brother Mingxu recognized me at the first sight." Xu Sa spoke to him with a smile, but he stepped on the accelerator without any hesitation.
Zhuang Aiyi, who was being held by Lin Yimu in the passenger seat, had just witnessed the scene of Zheng Xin being killed and was also injured on her neck. Although she could hit her head at any time due to the bumpy ride, she was a little safer after all. She immediately turned around and cried softly to find Zhuang Mingxu.
"Aiyi, be good and let Uncle Damu hold you first. There are monsters outside. Daddy will hold you when we get out," Zhuang Mingxu coaxed patiently.
"This is Xiao Aiyi, right? I'm your...godfather." Xu Sa smiled and spoke to Zhuang Aiyi while taking out a bottle of yogurt from his pocket. "Here's a bottle of yogurt. When you finish drinking it, the monster will be thrown away by your godfather. Okay?"
"Okay, thank you godfather," Zhuang Aiyi replied softly. After taking the yogurt, she immediately handed it to Zhuang Mingxu who was behind her. Her baby voice could not hide her excitement, "Daddy, drink it quickly."
Zhuang Mingxu was extremely soft-hearted for a moment. Although he was in a very bad situation these days, with his compromise, Zhuang Aiyi was not troubled. Although the amount of food and water was not much every day, there was always food and water. Zhuang Aiyi, who was less than three years old, always secretly left some for him. Relying on that one or two sips of water, he managed to persist in this hot July.
"Dad doesn't want to drink, Ai Yi can drink it by himself," Zhuang Mingxu said in a gentle voice.
"Then keep it, Aiyi. When dad wants to drink it, we can drink it together." Zhuang Aiyi still spoke with tears in her voice, but she stopped struggling to find Zhuang Mingxu. She held the yogurt in her arms and was held obediently by Lin Yimu.
The car was quiet for a moment. Zhuang Mingxu turned to look at Lu Weiyi beside him. Seeing Lu Weiyi's dazed look with tears on his face, he reached out to wipe his hands, but seeing the dirt on his hands, he didn't touch him. He just whispered, "Xiaoyi..."
Lu Weiyi met his gaze dully, with a look of bewilderment and helplessness on his cold face, which made Zhuang Mingxu feel extremely distressed. Lu Weiyi had been very well protected by him since he followed him. Without him by his side in the sudden end of the world, he would surely be panic-stricken. Now that he was in such a state, he must be even more uneasy.
"Don't be afraid, I'm still here." Zhuang Mingxu's previous thought that it would be better to die early disappeared in an instant. If he died, the simple and harmless Lu Weiyi would definitely be schemed against and nothing would be left in this doomsday world.
Although he has lost his legs now, his body is still there and can still protect him a little.
Zhuang Mingxu is still gentle and reliable, as if no situation can change him. This kind of him made Lu Weiyi, who was in a complicated mood, gradually calm down. Yes, it was just a broken leg, no big deal.
In his previous life, a man had his arm cut off, but a person with healing abilities restored it to its original state. Later, his arm was able to wield a knife and write without being affected at all. Now Lu Weiyi has taken Dean, who also has healing abilities, into his sight, and believes that Zhuang Mingxu will be able to recover in the future.
If Dean can't do it, then he will look for other healing psychics. Although they are rare, the supplies and munitions in his hands should be enough to trade with them. At worst, he had participated in several missions to the country's large-scale material storage sites in his previous life. At worst, he can be one step ahead and take those things for himself. He doesn't believe that he can't exchange the supplies for a few healing psychics.
"Yeah," Lu Weiyi nodded heavily and grabbed Zhuang Mingxu's hand, "Don't think too much, I have a way to get someone to cure you."
Zhuang Mingxu no longer thought about recovery after being hit by two sticks from Li Ji. He came from the field army and was very skilled in diagnosing injuries. The chance of a complete recovery from a broken kneecap was too slim even before the apocalypse, not to mention now in the apocalypse when there is not even a decent doctor to be found.
But seeing that Lu Weiyi was no longer crying and was faintly motivated, Zhuang Mingxu was not discouraged. He nodded and smiled, "Then it depends on Xiaoyi."
"Yeah," Lu Weiyi nodded, very solemnly, then frowned again after a moment, touched Zhuang Mingxu's forehead, and asked, "Do you have a fever?"
Zhuang Mingxu also touched himself and smiled, "It seems so." In fact, he had been running a fever for several days. Li Ji locked him up after breaking his legs. After that, he was hungry and thirsty. From time to time, he had to worry about Zhuang Aiyi and Lu Weiyi. His restless mind and the infection of the wound made him run a fever not long after. However, there was only a child who was less than three years old by his side, so he could only hold on.
Lu Weiyi took a bottle of water from the space and wanted to wet a towel to cool him down, but unfortunately most of the water was spilled due to the shaking of the car. Zhuang Mingxu stopped his hand and said, "I'm fine, let's talk after the car stops."
"Then you should have a drink and take a rest first."
Zhuang Mingxu nodded and reluctantly took two sips to moisten his throat.
The original plan was to stop at the next village after rescuing people and take a day's rest. However, the noise was too loud and attracted a group of zombies. It was a bit unsafe to go to the neighboring village, so we communicated on the intercom and decided to go directly to Yongping City.
Yongping City is located between Wutong City and Qingyuan City. Before the end of the world, you could take the highway directly without passing through the city, but now most of the highways are damaged. Instead of taking the highway and encountering no roads in the wilderness or facing collapsed tunnels, it is better to pass through various counties and cities. You can take a detour when the highway is blocked.
After communicating with each other, they decided to choose a small villa area in the suburbs. Before the apocalypse, this was where rich people lived and the population base was not large. After the apocalypse, those with money and background would definitely go to the provincial capital as soon as possible to choose a safer place to stay. Not many people would stay. Moreover, this place is remote from the city, so the number of zombies would definitely be small.
Imagination is beautiful, but reality is cruel.
When the group arrived at daybreak, they discovered that their ideal place to stay was the safe zone in Yongping City.
Stay or leave?
This is a problem.
Lu Weiyi took a look at the feverish and dizzy Zhuang Mingxu and the dirty Zhuang Aiyi and decided to stay.
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