Su Tao recalled her experience of meeting Alice.
The first time I heard her name was from Lei Xing.
Lei Xing had originally said that she was a little psychopath, whose words and actions were absurd, and because her supernatural powers were rather useless, she had always been despised by Tan Yong.
Later, Su Tao learned from Xu Qi that Tan Yong once had bad intentions towards Alice, but Alice would go crazy and Tan Yong couldn't handle her, but he was reluctant to give her up, so he could only leave her at the old station and ask her whenever he remembered her.
Usually, Xu Qi took pity on her and gave her food and water so that she could barely survive.
When I first met Alice, she was still pretty, but she was a little too thin. It was only in the past few months in Taoyang that she gradually gained some weight and looked more and more charming, like an expensive doll in a shop window.
But this doll also has flaws and pain.
Xu Chang's voice gradually drifted away, sinking into the vortex of memories:
"Perhaps it was a mistake from the moment I met her mother and decided to give birth to her."
Perhaps it was because he had been suppressed for too long and had no one to talk to, Xu Chang couldn't stop talking.
So Su Tao found out that Alice was a mixed-race girl. Her mother, Minister Xu's wife, studied in Changjing before the end of the world and met the young and promising Minister Xu at that time.
After two years of dating, the two got married successfully, but who knew that the sweet days after marriage would not last long before the end of the world came.
At the darkest moment of their lives, Minister Xu's wife discovered that she was pregnant.
Minister Xu’s first reaction at the time was to have an abortion, as the child could not be kept.
When a child is not well fed, not well clothed, and faces huge survival challenges at all times, giving birth to him is simply suffering.
But the wife didn't want to. The arrival of this new life was like a ray of light in the darkness, giving her the courage and confidence to live.
Minister Xu softened his heart and ultimately did not force her.
However, bad luck struck her. On the day of delivery, a massive zombie wave broke out and most of Changjing fell. Those who were destined to die died, and those who were destined to escape escaped. There was no way to find a midwife.
In the end, his wife died of heavy bleeding due to a difficult labor, and the child suffered brain damage due to suffocation for too long.
That night, Minister Xu cried almost all his tears dry. He held his daughter, who was covered in bruises, and begged for help everywhere, almost kneeling down to others.
Only he knew how hard it was for him to raise his daughter over the next decade.
A child with intellectual disabilities who can barely take care of himself, in the end times, with a single father, just thinking about it makes me feel dizzy.
It was already past one in the morning when Xu Chang finished speaking.
Su Tao returned to her room yawning. Without even having time to wash up, she fell unconscious on the bed.
Shi Zijin floated over, saw this scene, sighed deeply, and then instructed Xue Dao to take off her shoes.
He then ordered Lingyu to bring a thin blanket and cover her with it.
But just as she closed the door, Su Tao's communicator rang.
Shi Zijin was startled at first, afraid of waking her up, and then he quickly instructed Heizhima to take the communicator to the living room.
He wanted to hang up immediately, but when he saw the caller ID, Shi Zijin's face instantly turned dark.
He asked Heizhima to press his paw to connect it.
Before the other party could speak, he spoke in a bad tone:
"Boss Gu, it's inappropriate to call so late, right?"
Gu Mingchi, who was in a state of panic, heard this voice, which was like adding fuel to the fire:
"Who are you? Where is Su Tao?"
Shi Zijin: "Can't you tell who I am? She just fell asleep next to me."
Gu Mingchi glanced at his communicator in disbelief:
"Shi Zijin?"
Isn't this person healing?
I heard that the injury was quite serious and the Dongyang Pioneer Army even issued a notice.
Shi Zijin hummed, "It's me. What do you want from her?"
Gu Mingchi hung up the phone with a snap.
Is Dongyang engaging in some kind of fraud?! Shi Zijin's voice sounded quite strong, but it didn't sound as serious as the announcement said.
Moreover, how could a seriously injured person in bed run to Taoyang to watch Su Tao fall asleep? ?
When his angry mind recovered, he realized that he had not said something important, and it was not easy to fight back, so he could only turn around and wake Zhuang Wan up.
Zhuang Wan answered the phone in a daze, and heard Gu Mingchi on the other end say indifferently:
"You must go and tell Su Tao before dawn that a team of about 200 people, whose identities are unknown, is heading towards Taoyang. They are not friendly, so be prepared in advance."
Zhuang Wan suddenly woke up: "Boss Gu? How did you know this?"
"They passed through the East District and were discovered by my people. Go quickly."
"Okay, thank you for this time, Boss Gu. I'll go now."
Zhuang Wan put on her shoes and walked out. Just as she was about to hang up the phone, she heard Gu Mingchi ask:
"Is Shi Zijin in Taoyang?"
Zhuang Wan, who was unaware of the situation, said in confusion:
"No, isn't Major General Shi seriously injured and receiving long-term treatment in Dongyang? I heard he hasn't woken up yet. How could he come to Taoyang?"
Gu Mingchi narrowed his eyes, something was fishy.
Su Tao felt that she had just laid down when she was called up. Hearing that a team of more than 200 people had come with ill intentions, she jumped out of bed and began to notify all the directors and managers to come to Taoli Building for a meeting.
Apart from Fang Zhi, this matter has little to do with him, so let the child have a good sleep.
Qi Yunlan started checking the surveillance footage immediately, and Su Tao also asked Xian Lingyu and Hei Zhima to check it out. Sure enough, they found traces of two hundred people in a depression ten kilometers away from Taoyang.
Because it was too dark at night and this group of people came prepared and hid very well, it was impossible to identify their identities, let alone guess their purpose of approaching Taoyang.
Ma Dapao cursed, "I think they are the ones who are jealous of our supplies and want to rob us."
This possibility cannot be ruled out.
Qi Yunlan looked at Su Tao: "Boss, how should we deal with this now?"
Su Tao said, "We should be patient and wait for the right moment. I'll send Lingyu and Heizhima to see what they plan to do next. If they plan to invade and plunder Taoyang, then they are too naive. Wu Zhen's man-eating plants are not vegetarians either."
At the same time, the two hundred people hiding in the depression stared at the lights and city walls of Taoyang in the distance.
Someone asked, "Boss, will we be discovered if we set up an ambush like this?"
Hu Lei snorted coldly: "So what if they found out? Can Taoyang still send people to fight us? Don't be ridiculous. They can't even take out their weapons. It's good enough that they don't get scared of us."
The subordinates thought about it and felt more confident.
Hu Lei's face showed a trace of cruelty. He was completely sure that his wife Jiao Qing died at the hands of Su Tao.
The murder of my wife must be avenged.
Besides, Dingnan had long coveted Taoyang's supplies.
In his opinion, any place that the company commander Kyoto has not yet recognized can be occupied. There is no need to be cautious like Xindu, just go ahead and do it.
So what if Taoyang has city walls and a protective shield? Will the people of Taoyang not come out?
As long as they leave the base, he will kill one of them. He doesn't believe that Su Tao will not show up.
"The fifty men of the first team, follow me. This is still too far away. It will be easier to attack if we get closer."
No one noticed that a crow was circling low over their heads, and on the crow's back lay a pitch-black cat.
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