Chapter 91: Collecting Protection Fees
"Shengsheng, those people clearly have bad intentions in their eyes. You and Zhimo should be careful."
Yuan Rong reminded him, and Liang Yingsheng nodded: "Thank you, uncle."
Back on the road, many people were walking towards the river with kitchen knives to deal with the animals they caught. It’s no wonder that quite a few people got something out of it.
Water resources are scarce. Although there are many floating corpses in the river, everyone still uses containers to fetch water. Some make simple water purifiers, while others just drink the water without caring about anything.
Grandma Chen and her daughter-in-law also went to the river to deal with the pheasants. Liang Yingsheng gave them some water purification tablets.
"Shengsheng, I heard from Xuyang that you caught two wild rabbits. Aren't you going to kill them?"
Liang Yingsheng shook his head, "My father has been killed."
She really didn't dare use the water from that river.
Grandma Chen nodded. "Okay then. Do you need us to get some water?"
"There's water in the tank. I won't bother you for now. Thank you."
As soon as the person left, Liang Yingsheng closed the car door and put the rabbit back into the car.
Dinner was century egg and lean meat porridge with stir-fried seasonal vegetables and pickled mustard greens. Liang Yingsheng ate two bowls in one go.
At this moment, there was a hurried knock on the door.
Zhou Lanxin quickly got up to clean up the dishes, and fearing that the smell of the preserved egg and lean meat porridge would remain, she took out some toilet water and sprayed it on the porridge.
Liang Yingsheng gripped the bayonet tightly and opened the door a crack.
Three men in black were standing outside the car door.
"Open the car door and let us go in to check it out!"
The leader waved his pistol and gave the order.
Liang Yingsheng frowned. The clothes these people wore were exactly the same as those worn by Qian Guangyao's two bodyguards.
It seems to be someone from the Qian family.
He immediately put on a frightened look and asked tremblingly, "You, who are you? Why should I let you check me?"
"We are from the Qian family, the richest family in Liaocheng. We suspect that the young master's disappearance is related to you survivors."
Liang Yingsheng continued in a trembling voice, "Are you really from the Qian family? Why should I trust you? What if you are robbers?"
The man lost his patience and pointed his gun at Liang Yingsheng's forehead. Liang Yingsheng was so frightened that his face turned pale and he reluctantly opened the car door.
There were also several RVs in front, so the three were not very surprised when they saw that this ordinary-looking van was actually an RV.
After getting in the car and checking it out, he said angrily, "Have you seen the young master?"
Liang Yingsheng huddled in Zhou Lan's embrace, "We don't even know what the young master looks like."
The man took out a photo.
The family of four took a careful look and shook their heads in unison, "Never seen it before."
"Have you really seen it?"
"Really not."
He took one last look at them before leaving with his men.
Liang Zhimo breathed a sigh of relief and quickly closed the car door. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Sister, you are too reckless."
Liang Qiuwen grasped the key words, "What do you mean, Shengsheng, is the disappearance of Young Master Qian really related to you?"
Liang Yingsheng recounted what had happened.
Zhou Lanxin couldn't help but slam the table, "You dare to tease my daughter? Well done!"
Liang Qiuwen quickly covered her mouth and said, "Keep your voice down. They are from the Qian family. They are the richest people in Liaocheng. Even in the end times, they have the ability to kill us."
Then, he looked at Liang Yingsheng with a worried look on his face, "Girl, are you sure everything is okay?"
Liang Yingsheng tapped his fingertips on the table and nodded heavily, "Don't worry, I'm very sure."
Not long after, there was a commotion outside. The Qian family's bodyguards came back carrying the young master's body.
Liang Yingsheng hurried over to watch the fun.
Maybe even God couldn't bear to see this, but after she left, Qian Guangyao's body was eaten by zombies. There were five or six zombies in total. Fortunately, the Qian family bodyguards had already discovered them and dealt with them all.
The other survivors were worried, fearing that zombies would come down from the mountain.
Through the crowd, Liang Yingsheng saw a man in a suit walking towards the corpse led by bodyguards.
The body was covered with a red-stained sheet. Someone tried to lift it but was stopped by the man.
"Master Ming, the young master was bitten to death by a zombie."
It turns out that this person is the illegitimate son of the richest man.
He looks okay, but he's a little short, probably around 1.73 meters tall.
Qian Guangming glanced at Qian Guangyao's body with disgust, with obvious gloating in his eyes.
"I will explain the situation to Dad in person when we get to Jiangcheng."
"Master Ming, the young lady is urging us not to take the young master's body with us, otherwise she will tell the master that it was your failure to protect the young master that caused the accident."
Qian Guangming's face was gloomy. "Throw the body into the river and leave immediately."
Those zombies finally did something human.
As soon as the Qian family left, many people started talking about it, and most of them said that it was a good thing for Qian Guangyao to die.
Soon, the cars in front started moving one after another, and behind them, even many survivors on foot caught up.
"Now Shengsheng has no worries at all. Everyone will just think that Young Master Qian was bitten to death by zombies."
Liang Qiuwen lamented, "This is the fate of being a bad person. No matter how glorious you were in life, after you die, your family won't even want to take your body away."
After all, everyone is afraid of being infected by the zombie virus. Qian Guangyao's parents are not in the team, and they are half-siblings. Who would be willing to take the risk?
"Since we are all going to Jiangcheng, it will be much safer for us to follow the Qian family's convoy."
Liang Yingsheng made up his mind that he would not refuse the free bodyguard.
"Well, we'll just follow behind from a distance. Shengsheng, try to keep a low profile and don't cause any trouble from now on."
Liang Yingsheng nodded.
Her parents' worries were completely unnecessary. If it had happened before the end of the world, she would definitely not have dared to do anything rash. But this was already the end of the world. Not to mention that it was Qian Guangyao who died, even if the richest man in Liaocheng died, no one would be able to find out the reason.
When the convoy was about to enter the jurisdiction of Jiangcheng, it suddenly stopped.
The car door was knocked again. It was Yuan Xuyang and Yuan Rong, father and son, who had returned from investigating the situation at the front.
"Lao Liang, the Qian family is collecting protection money."
"What protection money?"
Yuan Rong frowned, his face full of displeasure. "They said that following them with our cars would save us a lot of trouble. There are many zombies for the next few dozen kilometers. The Qian family has firearms and will allow us to continue following and protect us, but each car must hand over five kilograms of food."
Zhou Lanxin was a little excited. "Five kilograms of food, why don't they go and grab it?"
Liang Qiuwen glanced at the surrounding situation and said, "Let's just not follow them. Why not give the Qian family five kilograms of food at a discount?"
Yuan Rong shook his head. "It's not that simple. The main road is occupied by the Qian family, and the other roads are in bad condition. Several cars tried to take a detour but ended up returning in disgrace, claiming they encountered a swarm of zombies."
After a long silence, Liang Yingsheng asked, "Uncle Yuan, what are your plans?"
Yuan Rong sighed, "We have no choice but to pay it. We also want to be safe! There is no specific grain requirement, as long as it reaches five kilograms, but a bag of salt or a bottle of wine can offset the grain."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com