"you--"
When Su Tao opened the door, she saw Shi Zijin with his face covered in blood, flesh and blood on his chest, his mechanical prosthesis broken, sparks flashing at the joints, and his head lowered.
Blood was flowing from his feet. The blood seemed to be warm, burning her eyes and making her tears fall uncontrollably.
She wanted to speak, but her throat seemed to be strangled and she couldn't make a sound.
She wanted to reach out and help him, but her arms felt so heavy that she couldn't lift them.
He was so close to her, as if within reach, yet out of reach.
He opened his lips slightly and repeated two words.
Su Tao couldn't hear clearly.
"Peach, peach——"
Su Tao suddenly sat up from the bed, looked at the familiar bedroom, gasped for breath, tears in the corners of her eyes.
Xuedao jumped onto the bed with a whimper, licking the tears on her face with his big tongue.
When Lin Fangzhi heard the noise, he didn't even have time to put on his slippers and ran upstairs barefoot to see her. His confused and worried eyes widened slightly, as if asking her what was wrong.
Su Tao grabbed the white sesame seed next to her and used its furry belly to wipe away Xue Dao's tears and saliva. She said to Lin Fangzhi sullenly:
"It's okay, it's just a nightmare. Go back to sleep."
Lin Fangzhi was worried and pointed to the door to indicate that he would sleep there tonight.
Su Tao raised her eyes: "No."
After chasing him away three times, Lin Fangzhi reluctantly went downstairs.
Su Tao lay down to calm down.
Jiang Yu walked out from the night and said calmly
"If you're worried, tell him not to go."
Su Tao looked at his slender figure by the window and asked in a muffled voice:
"How do you know what I dreamed about?"
Jiang Yu was speechless: "You called out 'Zi Jin' several times."
Su Tao: "Is it loud?"
Jiang Yu glanced at the sleepy Bai Zhima: "It's awake now."
White sesame is famous for being able to eat and sleep.
Normal noises will not wake it up.
He added, "I heard it next door, too."
Su Tao's expression became wooden, but the awkwardness lasted only for a few seconds before worry took over her heart again.
She wasn't sure whether her dream was a premonition or a simple dream that came to her mind during the day.
She sighed: "I can't persuade him, and he has also received military orders."
Jiang Yu said nothing more, disappeared into the shadows and prepared to leave.
Su Tao called him:
"By the way, I've asked Captain Song and the others to help find out about your sister. Their team has been traveling north and south for many years and knows a lot of people, so they should have some clues. Also, after our website goes online, I'll have Gan Hongyu issue a missing person notice."
Jiang Yu was stunned and his heartbeat began to accelerate.
He thought he would have to wait a long time, but he didn't expect her to take it so seriously and start asking someone to do it early on.
Jiang Yu thanked him solemnly and said softly, "Go to bed early. Call me if you need anything."
Su Tao rubbed his brows and said, "Okay, you should go to bed soon."
A sleepless night.
As soon as the sun rose, she called Shi Zijin.
He didn't ask anything, nor did he give any advice, he just kept nagging and giving some instructions.
Shi Zijin just listened quietly.
After hearing the rest, seeing that she had nothing to say but still didn't hang up, he smiled and said, "Why don't you just talk to her face to face?"
Su Tao was stunned: "You're back?"
Shi Zijin smiled: "Yes, I just arrived. Wait for me, I have to go see the old leader first."
Before the agreed time, Su Tao couldn't help but go downstairs and wait at the Taoyang gate.
There are quite a lot of people around Taoyang, most of them are homeless survivors, and others who came here because of its reputation but failed to get approved for admission.
They pitched many tents around, with all kinds of daily necessities piled up next to them. The sanitary conditions were also terrible, with eating, drinking, defecating and urinating everywhere. Add to that the hot weather, and it seemed like Taoyang was like two different worlds inside and outside.
Su Tao asked suspiciously, "When I came to pick up Gu Mingchi two days ago, I didn't see so many people. Why are there so many today?"
Zhuang Wan, who came out with them, sighed:
"Before that day, Sister Lan asked Xiaobo and the others to drive them away, but it didn't work. A few days later, they all moved in again today, as if being closer to Taoyang would increase their chances of survival."
Su Tao looked around again and saw many old, weak, sick, pregnant women, and mothers with children.
When these ragged people saw her looking at them, they shrank back and hid.
Su Tao felt very uncomfortable and said to Zhuang Wan:
"Find a time to have Aunt Kang and the others come and talk to them. Those who maintain hygiene and don't cause trouble can live around here for a long time. If there are zombies attacking the city, Taoyang will also protect them."
"Those with bad hygiene habits, those who refuse to change after two or three warnings, those who fight and bully the weak, should be driven away early by Xiaobo and Miwu."
Zhuang Wan thought this was a great idea and happily agreed.
Who knew that just as he finished speaking, three or four burly men suddenly rushed out from the corner.
Their target was very clear, their eyes were locked on Su Tao like hooks, and they rushed towards her madly.
Jiang Yu discovered it almost immediately, and kicked the man who was rushing in front of him the moment he appeared.
But in the end, he was no match for four people, and he only had time to protect Su Tao in his arms and retreat.
Before Zhuang Wan could even shout, two strong men covered her mouth and dragged her into a van that had just driven to the side of the road.
Su Tao was horrified and immediately pointed the gun at the tire of the van. With one shot, the tire blew out and the van that was trying to escape instantly stalled.
The survivors around were frightened and fled in all directions.
"Fucking bitch!" The bald driver turned around and cursed.
Jiang Yu was about to rush over, but the entire van disappeared on the spot! !
It disappeared completely, without even leaving a wheel mark.
It was as if everything just now was an illusion!
Su Tao was shocked and angry.
She ran over and looked around, somewhat unable to believe her eyes.
She was extremely anxious.
These people might have come for her, and if they failed to catch her, it would have implicated Zhuang Wan.
Hearing the noise, Qi Yunlan, Bao Tu and others hurried over.
After listening to the whole incident, Lei Xing said solemnly:
"It's a supernatural power. They definitely haven't really disappeared. Find them quickly!"
Chen Yang pulled out his gun with red eyes and rushed around like an angry bull. He almost got into a conflict with the onlookers, but was finally yelled back by Lei Xing.
Chenxi's face was pale, she wanted to cry but didn't dare to. Zhong Gaoyi tried to stay calm, held her shoulders and comforted her for a while, then strode towards Lei Xing and Su Tao to discuss how to find someone.
Just as everyone was preparing to disperse the survivors and burn the place to force the van out, a military jeep stopped at the door.
Shi Zijin, dressed in a neat military uniform, got out of the car, with a black cat wearing a leather collar and looking very majestic standing on his shoulder.
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