Chapter 256 Attacking the Heart
After paying the crystal core, the car started moving again. Zhuang Aiyi ate mouthful by mouthful with great joy, commenting on the street scene with Li Zhuang from time to time. Even though he didn't go out for a walk, he was still very satisfied.
Li Zhuang followed Lu Weiyi's command and walked through the streets and alleys. The appearance of the entire base finally appeared on the paper in another form.
It was almost noon and the three of them had just passed through half of the base. After discussion, Lu Weiyi decided to eat something outside and continue in the afternoon. They wanted to finish drawing the blueprint of the entire base within one day to facilitate evacuation if any problems occurred.
Finally getting the chance to get off the car, Zhuang Aiyi stood on the ground and jumped up and down to stretch his legs. Li Zhuang stood with him and cooperated with him very well. The two of them, big and small, did the same childish movements. It didn't look like they were at peace with each other, but rather a bit friendly.
Compared with the leisurely crowds on the spacious streets before, this place seemed to have a more difficult atmosphere of survival. There were bustling crowds all around, hawkers were constantly shouting, people wearing patched clothes had weathered looks on their faces, and from time to time, ragged beggars with a sour smell walked by tremblingly.
The three people standing aside looked particularly eye-catching, especially the fair and tender Zhuang Aiyi. Li Zhuang's attention was all on the two people in front of him, and he was on guard against attacks from all around. When he noticed a dark corner, someone slapped the three of them.
"It's too messy here, let's go eat somewhere else." Lu Weiyi looked around. Although he was used to being stared at as if he was fat, he still felt uncomfortable.
Zhuang Aiyi asked about the fragrance floating in the air. She didn't dare to say it to Lu Weiyi, who was usually serious. She could only look at Li Zhuang with pleading eyes, and even tugged at the corner of his clothes quietly and silently, hoping that he could say something.
Li Zhuang was amused by him and looked at Lu Weiyi, who also noticed his little action but was looking around and was unwilling to squeeze in. "The food in the restaurant is just those, nothing special. There are only snacks here. Let's buy some when we go in and eat somewhere else."
Lu Weiyi looked at the crowded crowd and could smell the sweat of everyone from afar. He pursed his lips and said nothing.
He was not a man who had never suffered. He had been out hunting zombies for days and nights without a place to take a shower. He had to be surrounded by the stench of corpses that could make people nauseous at any time, but he still persisted without changing his expression.
But now that conditions permit, there is no need to force myself.
"Let's go, young master, let's take this as an opportunity to understand the people's sentiments." Li Zhuang picked up Zhuang Aiyi, put him on his neck, and instructed, "Hold him tight."
Zhuang Aiyi skillfully grabbed Li Zhuang's head with his small hands. It was obvious that he was used to doing that action. His vision above the crowd made him excited. He looked around, but couldn't help but look at Lu Weiyi carefully.
“Maybe you won’t be able to see such a complete snack street in the future, so let’s just make up for our little Ai Yi,” Li Zhuang said, raising his chin towards the inside.
Before the apocalypse, there were several such places in every city, but now the bases are scattered, and the public security in some places is not very good. Lu Weiyi has only seen a few such large-scale snack streets after visiting several bases.
Although he had never been there before, at least he had some familiar impressions of it, but Zhuang Aiyi...
In today's world, what he sees and hears is limited, and it is not an opportunity for him to broaden his horizons. Lu Weiyi couldn't stop him and nodded in compromise.
Zhuang Aiyi was visibly happy and even jumped up and down twice.
Li Zhuang hit his little butt and said, "You little rascal, can you jump off the fog on your uncle's neck?"
"Hehe, uncle is the best," Zhuang Aiyi said sweetly, pointing in a direction, "Uncle, uncle, it smells so good there, Aiyi wants to go there."
"Let's go and buy," Li Zhuang said proudly, waving his hand.
Lu Weiyi didn't expect that Li Zhuang would be like this in front of the children.
He raised his eyebrows, walked forward a few steps, and looked back at Lu Weiyi, "Little boy, follow me, be careful not to get lost."
Lu Weiyi rolled his eyes at him and followed him closely.
People were passing by and bumping into each other inadvertently. The slim Lu Weiyi was squeezed and staggered, and was grabbed by Li Zhuang.
Neither of them found anything unusual and they walked forward. A pair of eyes in the crowd saw this scene and slowly smiled into a line, like the narrowed eyes of a snake.
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhuang Mingxu got up after a short lunch break and continued his rehabilitation in the hospital.
When Zhuang Mobai's voice came from outside the courtyard, he was still a little surprised, "Little Grandpa, how come you have time to come here?"
Seeing that he was the only one there, he opened the door after careful consideration, but did not invite anyone into the villa. He just said that he needed to seize the time to exercise.
Zhuang Mobai didn't even say anything about going inside. He just sat down on the steps under the eaves, stretching his long legs leisurely. "I went out to do something. I just came back and came to see you."
"Has anyone made a rehabilitation plan? There's no rush."
"Yes, I specifically asked the doctor." Zhuang Mingxu had sweat on his forehead, but he was in a good mood and didn't want to stop even under the scorching sun.
"Are you planning to leave now?" Zhuang Mobai asked.
Zhuang Mingxu shook his head, "No, before they came, they took a list of family members and said they would look for him within five days. If they still couldn't find him within five days, they would presume him dead."
"We still have to do what we say. If someone detains their family members and uses them to threaten the people in the team, we will have something to say if we abandon them." They didn't expect the current situation to happen at the beginning. The list has been handed out. If someone detains someone to threaten the team, it will be difficult to deal with.
Zhuang Mingxu simply made it clear.
"Will giving up directly cause dissatisfaction?" Zhuang Mobai seemed surprised by his words.
Zhuang Mingxu stopped and looked over, his eyes filled with coldness and indifference, a look he had never shown in front of Lu Weiyi before. He said calmly and condescendingly, "The anger of a small person is useless."
Zhuang Mobai didn't say anything for a moment, staring at the person in front of him. The gentleness on his face gradually faded, and the same arrogance flashed in his eyes. The mask he had been wearing seemed to be lifted up a corner. At this moment, no one could doubt that they were a family.
Zhuang Mingxu's eyes narrowed, and when he looked again, Zhuang Mobai had returned to his usual appearance, as if the moment just now was just an illusion.
He wiped the sweat dripping from the corners of his eyes and looked at this little grandfather who he once felt very familiar with. It seemed that for the first time he discovered that he seemed a little strange.
"The establishment of a base does require sacrifices," Zhuang Mobai said to excuse what he had just said, and then changed the subject, "Speaking of which, between you and Wei Yi..."
He looked at Zhuang Mingxu with concern, "Is there something wrong?"
"Why do you ask?" Zhuang Mingxu didn't feel that during the several meetings at the Zhuang family, their behavior made people feel that they were not in harmony.
Zhuang Mobai hesitated, as if he didn't know whether to say it or not. After a long while, he made up his mind and handed a mobile phone to Zhuang Mingxu, "I just went there to buy something and saw them..."
Zhuang Mingxu took it without knowing why and opened the album. There were quite a few photos in it, most of which were taken for some books, but the first few were obviously portraits of people.
As if there was a voice urging him to open it, Zhuang Mingxu clicked it, and the figures of Lu Weiyi and the other two immediately appeared.
Li Zhuang and Zhuang Aiyi smiled at each other with childish gestures. Lu Weiyi on the side watched the two of them. The sunlight passed through the roof, casting a hazy halo on his face, making his eyebrows less distant and with a hint of gentleness.
Zhuang Aiyi sat on Li Zhuang's neck, holding a string of candied haws in one hand, holding Li Zhuang's head with one hand, and smiled back at Lu Weiyi who was also holding a string of candied haws, while his other arm...
Caught by Li Zhuang!
Zhuang Mingxu felt as if something that belonged to him was taken away. The veins on his hands holding the phone were bulging, and his fingertips trembled unconsciously as he tapped the screen.
"It may just be a misunderstanding, but after all, your situation over the past year... is like this, so if Wei Yi were with someone else... it's understandable," Zhuang Mobai said at the right time.
"When you said yesterday that you wanted to leave with them, I didn't quite agree, but Wei Yi was there, so I couldn't say anything."
"You are different now than before. In the past, Wei Yi had no one to rely on, and you were powerful. No matter whether he had gotten rid of your thoughts or not, he could not leave you completely. But it is different now."
"Now he is surrounded by powerful people with special abilities. Even if your legs are healed, you still have no advantage in front of him. If... I mean if, he wants to leave you, you can't do anything at all."
Zhuang Mobai noticed Zhuang Mingxu's surging anger, and a smile flashed across his eyes. As he spoke, an invisible energy swirled around Zhuang Mingxu, like an invisible net, completely locking Zhuang Mingxu in it.
"The root of the problem is still supernatural powers," Zhuang Mobai finally sighed.
At this time, Zhuang Mingxu had already seen the last one. Li Zhuang and Lu Weiyi each held one of Zhuang Aiyi's hands, lifted her up high, and then put her down far away.
This is Zhuang Aiyi's favorite game.
Before the end of the world, he had no chance to do it, and after the end of the world, he couldn’t do it.
He could even imagine Zhuang Aiyi's joyful laughter.
The giggling sound seemed to be ringing in his ears, giving Zhuang Mingxu a headache.
He pinched his eyebrows hard, suppressed his anger, returned the phone to Zhuang Mobai, and said as calmly as possible, "They just went out to buy some things, it's just a misunderstanding."
As if to convince Zhuang Mobai, he continued, "Wei Yi and I have always had a good relationship. After the end of the world, my leg was injured, and he has been taking care of me. He even carried me on his back all the way back to Kyoto."
Zhuang Mobai's eyes showed a trace of pity, "Is it possible...he just wants to repay you for the kindness you showed him before?"
"This way... I'll have the opportunity to leave with a clear conscience."
As soon as these words fell, Zhuang Mingxu froze in place, and after a moment of silence, he replied, "Impossible."
"Grandpa, you misunderstood," he emphasized.
"Okay, maybe I'm overthinking it." Zhuang Mobai didn't continue.
He leaned back and looked up at the sky. The two were speechless for a moment.
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