“We saw those two people you mentioned the day before yesterday. The woman looks quite like her. As for the man, I don’t know if he’s a soldier, but it seems like he’s missing his left hand,” the wife said.
"Your left hand is gone?" I asked in surprise.
The wife nodded and continued, "Yes, when I saw them, the man's left arm was still bleeding."
I asked, "Have you had any contact with them?"
The wife shook her head and said, "No, it was probably in the morning. My daughter and I saw it when we got up. My daughter wanted to go and help them, but I stopped her..."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yun became furious and demanded, "Why didn't you go and help them!"
The wife was startled by Lu Yun's words and stopped talking completely. There was no way around it; Lu Yun's expression was too frightening, and her questioning had come so suddenly that anyone would be startled.
I pulled Lu Yun back, shook my head at her, and looked at her again, saying, "Go on, and then what?"
The wife breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Mainly because I saw what looked like someone was chasing them, so I didn't dare go out to help. I was afraid of getting into trouble."
"Someone's chasing me?" I frowned and thought for a moment.
The wife said, "Yes, and then I saw them running south. As for the people chasing them, they didn't appear for a long time. Later, after the people chasing them failed to catch them, it seemed like they went back."
"What's next?"
The wife shook her head and said, "I don't know what happened next. If you want to look for them, try looking south."
"Thanks," I said. "By the way, I'd like to ask, how was the man when the two of them ran away?"
The wife thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be quite serious."
Is this serious? If the people they saw really were Fei Lichao and Sister Jing, then it is indeed quite serious. Fei Lichao's left hand is broken. It seems we must find them as soon as possible. If Fei Lichao's condition is not treated promptly, he could die.
I asked again, "Besides the two of them and the people chasing them, have you seen anyone else appear?"
The wife shook her head and said, "No, I only saw them the morning before yesterday. As for the others, I really didn't see them."
"Okay, I understand. Could you please give us directions? Which way exactly? We'd like to go and find it."
The wife pointed to the cement road due south and said, "That's the road they're going."
I turned and glanced at the cement road, then turned back to the family and said, "Anyway, thank you. See you again if fate allows. We're leaving now."
The three of us got back into the car and drove towards the cement road.
As for the family of three, we ignored them. They looked travel-worn and it was obvious at a glance that they had come from somewhere else.
Whether we'll meet again in the future, we'll see.
We drove south.
Du Xu asked, "Do you think what they just said is true?"
I said, "It's true."
Du Xu asked doubtfully, "What if it's fake?"
I glared at Du Xu and said, "I believe what she said is true, because they have no reason to lie to us. Alright, stop talking nonsense, keep an eye on the surroundings, and speak immediately if anything happens."
Lu Yun then crawled outside the skylight and began to observe her surroundings through binoculars.
Du Xu was in charge of the right side of the car, and I was in charge of the left side.
The car kept moving forward.
Based on what the family of three said earlier, Jingjie and Fei Lichao ran here because they were being chased. As for why they didn't come back, a big possibility is that Fei Lichao was injured, and Jingjie couldn't abandon him, so she had to stay by his side to take care of him, which is why she couldn't come back.
If that's the case, Jingjie and the other two definitely won't have gone too far; they're probably just staying somewhere around this road.
Furthermore, one thing that can be confirmed from this is that Fei Lichao is not dead. If he were dead, Sister Jing would definitely come back to school to find me!
However, Sister Jing has not appeared in the past few days, which clearly means that Fei Lichao is still alive.
The biggest problem now is the search. The route is fixed, but there are too many variables. If they turn a corner on this route, our search area will have to be much larger.
As we traveled along, most of the suburbs were filled with construction sites, and there were still many undeveloped areas.
There are very few zombies here; we only saw a few along the way.
While I was driving, I kept looking around, but when I glanced around, the surrounding area was practically empty. There wasn't a single person, not even a dog!
I couldn't help but quicken my pace, and before I knew it, we had arrived in the countryside. The houses around us started to increase, but they were all scattered.
I have some doubts about whether Sister Jing and the others will really come here.
"Stop the car! Stop the car now!"
At this moment, Lu Yun, whose upper body was outside the skylight, suddenly shouted.
I quickly stopped the car, and Lu Yun climbed back in through the sunroof, saying, "Look, look! Isn't there a township clinic over there?"
Du Xu and I followed Lu Yun's gaze and saw that there really was a township clinic about thirty meters away.
I immediately turned the steering wheel around and drove towards the clinic.
Fei Lichao was injured, so it's very possible that Sister Jing came to this clinic to help him, or they might even be inside the clinic!
We drove to the entrance of the clinic, and Lu Yun hurriedly got out of the car and ran into the clinic.
I grabbed my machete and followed, because there were still quite a few zombies in the town, and I had to be careful.
"Du Xu, you stay outside and keep watch."
I said something and followed Lu Yun into the clinic. The registration area was at the entrance, and the consultation rooms were further inside.
At that moment, Lu Yun was standing at the door of the consultation room. She opened the door, and a zombie ran out of the consultation room. However, the zombie did not notice Lu Yun and posed no danger to her.
I followed her and killed the zombie with a single blow. We went deeper into the infusion area and saw many reclining chairs and beds. There were no zombies here.
We then searched the infirmary but couldn't find Sister Jing and Fei Lichao.
But when I arrived at the pharmacy, I saw some clues.
The pharmacy was in a mess. All the cabinets that were originally locked had been forcibly opened, the glass was all broken, and the medicine inside, as well as a lot of alcohol gauze on the next cabinet, had been taken away.
When I came in, I saw a trace of blood on the broken glass of the cabinet. It didn't look like it had been there for long, maybe two days at most.
"Perhaps this bloodstain was left by Sister Jing. It's possible that Sister Jing is in the vicinity."
(End of this chapter)
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