The man clearly recognized me, and recalling the previous encounter, he felt truly helpless.
I asked, "By the way, didn't I give you a gun last time? How come we still encountered this situation?"
The man looked a little embarrassed and said, "I lost it."
I was speechless. How could a gun have taken it down?
The man said, "I'm sorry."
I waved my hand and said, "Alright, stop apologizing to me. By the way, my name is Lu Xiaonan. I don't even know your names yet."
The man said, "My name is Wen Guochao, this is my wife Zhang Xue, and this is my daughter Wen Yue."
"Hello, Uncle, we meet again."
I nodded. "Yes, we meet again."
Immediately, I asked about what had just happened. It turned out that those men had taken a liking to his wife, Zhang Xue, and wanted to kidnap her. If I hadn't arrived in time, they would probably be in grave danger.
I said, "I see. You should really thank Lu Yun for this. She's the one in the car. If she hadn't heard your cries for help, we wouldn't have come over."
Wen Guochao said, "Thank you."
Zhang Xue also said, "Thank you so much. I don't know what I would have done without you."
I said, “It’s all in the past now. You seem to be having a hard time right now. Why don’t you come with us? I don’t know why you’ve been staying out here. My companion and I are living in a safe place now. If you don’t mind, you can come and stay with us for a couple of days. Anyway, we’re leaving in a few days.”
Wen Guochao looked troubled, but Zhang Xue was decisive and asked, "Are you sure it's okay? We won't bother you?"
I laughed and said, "There are only four of us, so there's no problem with disturbing you. If you'd like, get in the car now and we'll leave."
Zhang Xue breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly quite willing. She decisively grabbed her daughter's hand and said, "Okay, let's get in the car now."
Although Wen Guochao felt somewhat helpless, he did not refuse.
I led the three of them into the car, and they sat in the back seat, which fit perfectly.
Lu Yun had no objection to the arrival of the three of them, and asked me, "Shall we go back together?"
"Okay, let's go back together."
Lu Yun smiled and said, "That's good. At least I don't have to chat with you anymore."
What does "..." mean?
What does it mean to say "you don't need to chat with me anymore"?
Immediately, Lu Yun demonstrated the meaning of her words with her actions. On the way back, she kept chatting with Wen Guochao and his family of three in the back. As for me, I was relegated to being the driver and couldn't get a word in edgewise. I opened the car window and smoked a cigarette the whole way, expressing my helplessness.
On the road.
Lu Yun talked to them about a lot of things, and I also gleaned a lot from their conversation.
I was surprised when the family of three told me they had been homeless since the zombie outbreak began.
Lu Yun also expressed her surprise, "You've been wandering for so long? Didn't you join any groups along the way? Was it just the three of you wandering alone?"
Zhang Xue said, "I guess so. At first, there were many people with us, but later some left, some died, and now only the three of us are left. If it weren't for you just now, we would probably all be dead."
Lu Yun said, "You guys are really lucky to have survived until now."
I agree with Lu Yun's statement. This family of three is incredibly lucky. More than half a year has passed since the zombie outbreak, and they have managed to survive unharmed. They are truly blessed.
Most people would want to find a team to survive with, but this family of three's idea is a bit strange.
Why not find a place to settle down? The world is in such a state now, why wander around aimlessly? Isn't that just courting death?
Or perhaps, what is the purpose of this family of three?
I was puzzled, but I didn't think much of it.
It's not easy for anyone to survive, so there's no need to guess what others are thinking. Maybe they think that constantly wandering around will help them survive better.
However, it's still necessary to take precautions.
What if we open our hearts to them, and they turn out to be heartless and treacherous?
After seeing this kind of thing so many times, it's no longer surprising.
About half an hour later, around noon, we returned to the village.
When Fei Lichao and Jingjie saw this unfamiliar family of three, they were both puzzled as to who they were. Lu Yun explained to them before they understood.
Lu Yun told them a lot of things along the way, so the family of three became much less unfamiliar with us.
In addition, we chatted a lot during lunch, and we learned where this family of three came from, and that Wen Guochao used to do medical equipment research, which surprised me a bit.
However, despite this, I always felt that this family of three was hiding something from us, as if there was something they didn't want to tell us.
Actually, it wasn't just me who noticed this; Sister Jing and Fei Lichao also noticed it.
But we didn't bring it up; we wanted them to tell us themselves.
...
Two days later, we had prepared quite a lot of things, but the family of three still seemed to be hiding something from us.
While it's normal to have privacy, and we have privacy too, what they're hiding from us seems a bit important, and it seems to be about their destination.
So we discussed it and decided to talk to them before we left, to avoid any disagreements on the way.
It was nine o'clock in the morning that day.
We called the family of three over and planned to have a good talk with them.
After they came into the living room, they sat on the sofa and looked at us with a puzzled expression.
I spoke first, saying, "I called you here to tell you that we plan to leave this place today. As for where we're going, the four of us don't have a destination in mind."
Wen Guochao nodded blankly, but his wife Zhang Xue's expression changed slightly.
I continued, "I'm telling you this mainly because I want to ask you what your destination is. I don't mean anything by it, I just want to know what your destination is, since the four of us have nowhere to go since we left Jiajiang, and we've basically been wandering around for the past few days."
"If you have a destination in mind, it would be best to tell us. If you don't, that's fine too. You can leave us if you want, but I think it's dangerous for the three of you to go out alone without any weapons."
“If you stay with us, you'll have some protection. So, I hope you can be honest about your destination.” I smiled slightly. “That's all I have to say. What are your thoughts?”
(End of this chapter)
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