Once the pot was boiling, the ingredients were added one by one, and the two enjoyed a sumptuous dinner.
The next morning, before dawn, the surveillance camera alarm went off.
Xu Lin and Zhou Pin quickly got up and went from the space to the car.
The visibility here is decent, unlike the haze near the volcano before, but the darkness before dawn is the perfect time for murder and robbery.
Xu Lin took out night vision goggles and put them on. Twenty meters ahead, an old man with two children was surrounded by a group of people.
I don't know what the other person said, but they started hitting the old man. The old man was protecting the two children and was punched several times. Then the children's cries could be heard.
Having learned her lesson from last time, Xu Lin initially didn't want to get involved. After all, such situations were all too common in the apocalypse; one could save someone temporarily, but not forever. Besides, who knew if this was a trap they had set?
"I'll go take a look."
Just as Xu Lin concluded that this was a ploy by the other party, Zhou Pin opened the car door and got out.
Xu Lin followed closely behind and got off the bus.
The people beating the man on the roadside stopped when they saw someone get out of the car.
"What? You want a piece of the pie too?"
"I don't like eating soup, but I can't stand seeing people bullying the elderly and weak," Xu Lin said.
"So you were just trying to stand up for the weak. There are still busybodies these days. Let me show you what happens when you meddle."
After saying that, the group attacked Xu Lin and Zhou Pin with their weapons. The two hadn't practiced their skills in a long time, so they were on high alert.
It has to be said that these people have the right to be arrogant. Xu Lin found out that they were quite skilled as soon as she fought with them.
After dealing with the three attackers, Zhou Pin immediately came to help Xu Lin. The two of them worked together for quite some time before finally defeating the attackers.
"Thank you so much!" The old man and his two children kept thanking Xu Lin and Zhou Pin.
"No need to thank me. What are you looking for? Why did they hit you?" Xu Lin asked.
“This used to be a large warehouse, which collapsed during the earthquake. There were a lot of supplies inside, and we would come here to dig. Two months ago, a group of people came and said that they had occupied this place and would not allow us to dig.”
"Didn't you resist?"
"It's no use. They're skilled. After fighting them, you're either killed or crippled. So everyone just stays far away from them."
“All the supplies in the vicinity have been taken away. The three of us, grandfather, grandmother and grandson, had nothing to eat, so we wanted to come and find some supplies before dawn. We didn’t expect to be discovered by them.”
Xu Lin roughly understood what had happened, took some medicine for external injuries from the car and gave it to the old man, then she and Zhou Pin prepared to leave.
"Young lady." The old man called out to Xu Lin as she prepared to leave.
"Is there anything else?" Xu Lin asked.
“I’m old and don’t have many days left to live. My two grandchildren are still young. Can you take them with you? They can take care of themselves and help find supplies and do chores. All we need is a bite to eat,” the old man said.
"Sorry, we don't plan to take anyone with us on the road."
Xu Lin pulled Zhou Pin and turned to leave.
After getting in the car, Zhou Pin started the car and drove away.
Zhou Pin knew that if he hadn't gotten out of the car, Xu Lin definitely wouldn't have gotten out to save the three of them, but she would have held a grudge for the rest of her life. She wasn't a cold-blooded person, and she didn't want to have too many entanglements in the apocalypse.
Zhou Pin didn't care about anything else; as long as Xu Lin could get over that hurdle in her heart, he was willing to open the car door first.
Many people say that in the end times, we should kill the saints first, but living a life is not just about existing, but also about being true to one's conscience.
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