Chapter 599 Letting Down One's Guard
I said with a smile, "We came from out of town, and it wasn't easy for us to get here."
The guy keeping watch asked, "What are you doing here? There are zombies everywhere."
I said, "Oh, who knows? We don't know who said there was a shelter in Hangzhou, so we left home and rushed over here. It took us almost half a year to get here. We were going crazy."
The guy keeping watch said, "You guys are really stupid. You actually believed in a shelter? Maybe it did exist at first, but a year has passed. Do you still expect a shelter to exist? Now, you should find a place to live a good life and stop thinking about shelters."
I said with a smile, "Brother, do you have a place to live? Could you take us in? We'll do anything as long as you give us food."
The man keeping watch chuckled, "You're really willing to do anything?"
I nodded eagerly and said, "Yes, yes, anything is fine, as long as I have food to eat."
The stalker laughed, "What if I told you to die? Would you go and die?"
"Uh." My smile froze instantly, and I was speechless.
The guy keeping watch said, "Didn't you say you were willing to do anything? Why are you silent now?"
I gave a wry smile and didn't say anything more.
The guy keeping watch seemed to think he was very capable, so he started to lecture, "So, don't be so sure about everything. You need to know your place. I can take you to where I live now, and I can let you join me, but I don't know if you can survive there. Don't think life is easy."
I quickly chimed in, "I know, I know, we'll definitely listen then."
The man keeping watch said, "This isn't about whether you're obedient or not; it's about whether you're capable, understand?"
I said, "I understand, I understand. Brother, could you tell us about your situation first? I'd like to be prepared. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't know anything and it might cause trouble if I go in. If it happens to implicate you, that wouldn't be good."
The man keeping watch thought for a moment, seemingly agreeing with what I said, and then nodded, saying, "Well, since I promised to take you in, I do need to tell you what's inside, otherwise, if trouble arises, it won't do. But before that, listen carefully: once you're inside, you can only obey my orders. Whatever I tell you to do, you have to do, understand?"
"I know, I know," I said with a smile.
The man keeping watch thought for a moment and said, "I currently live in an office building."
"There are about fifty people in our group. Since I'm considered one of the lowest-ranking people, I live on the second floor. There are about thirty people like me at the lowest level. As for the rest, the leader lives on the fifth floor, the two managers live on the fourth floor, and the rest of us mostly live on the third floor."
I nodded slightly. "I see."
The man keeping watch said, "Well, that's roughly the situation. If you really want to come in with me, I can't actually decide. I can only introduce you. Whether you can get in or not depends on your own performance. They'll screen you at the beginning. If you don't pass the screening, you're out, understand?"
I asked curiously, "So how can I get the review approved?"
The man keeping watch shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. These kinds of things are basically the responsibility of managers. People at my level don't have access to them."
As he spoke, he took a cigarette out of his cigarette case, and I promptly took out my lighter and lit it for him.
He looked at me and said, "I think you're quite clever, so there shouldn't be any problems. But for now, you two just stay here and behave yourselves. I have a mission to complete right now and can't introduce you. I'll take you there tomorrow."
I laughed and said, "Sure, sure, sure."
After that, we chatted casually and asked a few questions, and I basically gained a certain understanding of the situation in the office building.
There were about fifty people, roughly the same number as the school, the only difference being that the other side had guns while the school did not.
The guy keeping watch was named Fan Xian. During our conversation, I learned that he was a bit arrogant and looked down on everyone. Perhaps because he had no status in the office building and was used to being bullied, his confidence exploded the moment he saw the two of us.
Such people are the easiest to control.
After chatting for a while, Hu Fei and I went to the stairwell to rest so as not to disturb him, and to discuss some things.
Hu Fei asked, "Are we really going to the office building with this guy tomorrow?"
I said, "Well, this is the only way now. We'll see what happens after we get into the office building. The first step is to find out everything inside the building and the escape routes. The second step is to take all their weapons and see what they can do then."
Hu Fei smiled wryly: "Can I not go? This is too risky. I came here with you to find someone, not to be a spy for you."
I hesitated for a moment and said, "It's up to you. If you don't want to go, then I'll go alone."
Hearing my words, Hu Fei exclaimed in surprise, "Damn it, aren't you going to beg me?"
I said, "If you don't want to, why should I force you?"
Hu Fei was speechless and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you. If I disappear when we go tomorrow, they'll definitely be suspicious. So it's better to go with you. Besides, we're coming together, and I don't want to go back alone."
As he said this, he asked again, "Are you sure you want to do this?"
I said, "Otherwise, do you have any other good ideas? Although I know this has nothing to do with us, there's nothing we can do about it. Who told me to be so stupid?"
Hu Fei chuckled, "You really are stupid. It has nothing to do with you, but you still want to get involved. I think you're just itching for trouble."
"What's the meaning?"
"He deserves a beating."
...
To avoid arousing Fan Xian's suspicion, we slept right here that night.
When we woke up, it was already the next morning, and Fan Xian was the one who woke us up.
Judging from Fan Xian's current state, he has completely let his guard down around us. In his eyes, we are just two homeless people in need of help.
Fan Xian said to us, "Hurry up, we're leaving soon."
"oh oh."
(End of this chapter)
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