Chapter 15 Desert Gas Station - 2 Tang Bufan was taken aback, rummaging through...
Tang Bufan was taken aback, and even stopped picking at the lettuce.
Tang Bufan remembered that Lu Yi's mother had passed away a long time ago. He thought for a moment and asked Lu Yi, "Is it related to your mother being in the resistance faction?"
“Yes.” Lu Yi nodded with mixed feelings: “After she was forced to marry my father, she did not give up the resistance. Every year when other protesters were sent to the Federation, she would try to help them escape.”
He paused for a moment after speaking, then continued in a low voice, "Anderson's partner and his lover escaped from the Union with my mother's help."
"Wait, let me sort this out." Tang Bufan was a little confused: "Anderson's partner and his lover... he has two wives?"
"No, it was Anderson's partner who cheated on him with someone who was a resistance human who was brought to the Federation years ago."
Tang Bufan understood: "Your mother helped that rebel human escape, and that human got together with Anderson's partner, so the two of them escaped together."
“Yes.” Lu nodded, his eyes filled with even deeper guilt: “And at that time, Anderson’s partner was already four months pregnant.”
"...Whose child is it?"
"Anderson's."
"Was his partner also part of the resistance movement?"
“No, he was expelled from the underground city for theft. I heard he stole a small piece of cream cake for his sister on her birthday.” Lu Yi said in a low voice, “A kind and cowardly man, no one would have thought he would cheat on his wife.”
Tang Bufan continued stuffing lettuce into his mouth with his fork, a little puzzled in his heart. Was this a timid man who would steal a birthday cake for his sister?
Lu Yi, with his eyes lowered, continued, "With my mother's help, they successfully escaped the Federation, but Anderson quickly discovered them. After all, anyone would be anxious if their pregnant wife suddenly disappeared. Anderson personally led a team to capture her, but when his wife saw him, she panicked and fell off a cliff, dying instantly along with the baby..."
Tang Bufan frowned upon hearing this. If that was the case, Lu Yi's mother had indeed interfered in someone else's family's affairs.
"Anderson was heartbroken and carried his dead wife back to the Federation, crying all the way. Of course, he also brought back the rebel human. The Federal Arbitration Court then awarded the rebel human to Anderson as his partner."
"Wait a minute," Tang Bufan interrupted him again, "Give that human to Anderson as compensation? Aren't they enemies?"
“Yes, he was an enemy.” Lu Yi explained, “According to federal law, protesting humans are forcibly assigned to orcs as partners, but after this incident, no orc dared to take that human. And that human, probably out of revenge, proposed to marry Anderson, and Anderson actually agreed. So they registered their marriage on the spot and took the person back from the courthouse in a matter of course. Then that human died that night.”
"Was it Anderson who killed him?"
"The autopsy results showed it was a gunshot wound. The Anderson family's maid said that the human wanted to kill Anderson, but couldn't win, so he shot himself. But everyone believes that Anderson killed him, and the maid was covering for him."
Tang Bufan understood.
"Everyone could understand Anderson's sadness and anger, so no one blamed him until the following year when Anderson remarried. His new partner appeared in court covered in bruises, accusing Anderson of violence and abuse. Only then did people realize that Anderson had become mentally unstable and he was locked up in a mental hospital for ten years..."
After Lu Yi finished speaking, he looked at Tang Bufan with a worried expression: "Now that my brother has released him, I am not afraid of him. I am worried about you, teacher."
Tang Bufan was taken aback at first, then he understood. There were three people who caused Anderson's tragedy: his partner who betrayed him, Lu Yi's mother who helped him escape, and the human from the resistance faction.
Tang Bufan is a member of the resistance faction.
Tang Bufan's lettuce suddenly lost its flavor. If it were a normal beastman, Tang Bufan wouldn't be too worried, because humans can reproduce for beastmen, so beastmen generally won't harm humans. But this Anderson clearly already hates humans.
Tang Bufan then thought for a moment and asked Lu Yi, "Does he have a car?"
Their RVs were military cargo vehicles, type B, with a decent top speed, but limited by their old batteries. If they went to that gas station to refuel, they could outrun the enemy.
Lu Yi clearly knew what Tang Bufan was thinking: "He has one, a military A-type off-road motorcycle, nuclear-powered."
Nuclear power! Tang Bufan's heart sank. Any nuclear-powered machine could go for decades without needing to replenish its energy, something their RV could never match.
"So, does that mean he'll definitely catch up with us?"
“Not necessarily.” Lu Yi said, “I turned off the bracelet after leaving that poisonous town. I checked his location at the time. He was in the northern Mediterranean, far away from us. Even if he rushed to the town, it would take him several days. And the town is now filled with the smell of blood, which can mask our scent. He might not be able to track us down.”
Lu Yi's massacre of that poisonous town was not only because he felt the people there were too abnormal, but also to cover up their whereabouts.
Listening to the RV's rustling sound as it drove across the desert, Tang Bufan asked again, "Where are the tire tracks?"
“It’s windy there, and the sand can cover the tire tracks. As for those dirty tire marks, I also covered them with the blood of poisoned people,” Lu Yi said. He had done everything he could.
Tang Bufan looked at him, then suddenly reached out and placed his slender fingers, which were holding a fork, in front of Lu Yi's nose.
Lu Yi was puzzled, but he caught a whiff of Tang Bufan's unique and elegant body fragrance.
"But your noses are very sensitive, aren't they?" Tang Bufan's eyes were dark. "I haven't showered for two months, but you still managed to smell my real scent, didn't you?"
So even if the stench of poisonous blood were to cover it up, Anderson could still possibly find his way by following their scent.
Lu Yi was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Indeed."
Tang Bufan withdrew his hand and looked out the window again, where he could see the desert wind blowing up a thin layer of yellow sand.
"Moreover, this area is windy, and the wind will carry our scent far away... We need to take some more cover."
Tang Bufan looked at Lu Yi again: "Do you have a way to capture a pack of wolves or hyenas?"
Lu Yi met his gaze: "You want to use their scent to mask ours?"
“Not only that,” Tang Bufan said, “We put our clothes on every wolf or hyena, and then let them out. That way, our scent will spread along a dozen paths, so they won’t know where we’re going.”
Lu Yi thought about it and felt that Tang Bufan's method was good, so he nodded seriously: "Okay, I'll go out and find the wolf pack in a bit."
By this time, Tang Bufan had finished a bowl of lettuce. Lu Yi turned to look at the kitchen, where the meat he had placed on the cutting board to thaw was almost completely melted. So he asked Kai Ge to stop the RV, move the barbecue grill and some firewood out, and grill the meat for Tang Bufan.
Tang Bufan was unconscious for four whole days and needed to replenish his energy.
Meanwhile, Tang Bufan, who was in the car, was not idle either. He glanced at the packet of clear liquid hanging on the roof of the car, which was almost empty, so he tore off the tape on the back of his hand and pulled out the needle.
Tang Bufan's hand hurt a little, but his foot, which had been stabbed by scissors, hurt even more. He slowly dragged his injured right foot along the side of the car to the front of the shelf and pulled out a large stack of old clothes.
So when Lu Yi brought the grilled meat into the car, he saw clothes all over the floor.
"Lie down and roll around." Tang Bufan dragged his aching feet back to the window and sat down, instructing Lu Yi, "Let these clothes be infused with your scent, the stronger the better."
"..." Lu put the meat in front of him, his expression somewhat awkward.
"Don't be shy." Tang Bufan had figured out Lu Yi's personality after spending this time together; he was a boy who cared a lot about his reputation.
"I'll go find the wolf pack first," Lu Yi said evasively, and hurriedly got out of the RV.
Tang Bufan was speechless. Was it really that hard to just roll around on the ground a few times? If he didn't want to expose himself, he would have done it himself.
However, Lu Yi had already run away, so Tang Bufan could only eat first.
Lu Yi roasted the meat until it smelled delicious, but Tang Bufan was too weak and felt nauseous at the smell of the meat. However, he forced himself to open his mouth and eat it in big bites.
Despite feeling unwell, Tang Bufan ate the meat, then clutched his stomach and vomited a few times before dragging his leg to the driver's seat.
As soon as he entered, Tang Bufan was surprised to find that Lu Yi had repaired the passenger side window. He helped the receptionist sit down in the driver's seat and called out to Brother Kai.
"Brother Kai, list out the current information about the RV."
"Okay, Xiao Tang." A gentle yet mechanical electronic male voice sounded, and soon a dense stream of information popped up on the windshield.
Tang Bufan watched intently, tapping lightly on the glass. As he confirmed each piece of information, his surprise grew.
As Lu Yi said, the RV's water tank is now full, and the fuel tank is half full of fuel. The solar panels on the roof have been moved back two meters to make room for a plant cultivation box, which Lu Yi took from that poisonous hospital.
The incubator has an internal monitor that shows the lush green plants inside. Tang Bufan couldn't help but smile, knowing that with this incubator, they could grow their own vegetables.
"Wow, they even added two extra batteries under the vehicle," Tang Bufan exclaimed in amazement. These two extra batteries would allow the RV to run for an extra hour each day.
“Xiao Tang, Lu Yi received an elite education,” Kai Ge said in a gentle electronic male voice. “And Evelyn also helped.”
Tang Bufan suddenly remembered something, and he looked up at the electronic camera in front of the car:
"Brother Kai, were you modified by him too?"
When Tang Bufan woke up, Lu Yi was getting out of the driver's seat, but Tang Bufan had not authorized Lu Yi to control the RV, so theoretically Kai Ge would not cooperate with Lu Yi to drive, nor would he allow the system to access his modifications.
The electronic camera stared at Tang Bufan, flashing red lights rhythmically, and after a few seconds answered in a gentle electronic male voice:
"Yes, Little Tang, Evelyn hacked into me while you were unconscious and upgraded my system."
Sure enough. Tang Bufan's heart raced. He knew Lu Yi meant well, but Kai Ge's system disk contained all his data... It showed Tang Bufan carrying a crying child into the car four years ago in that dark rain.
Despite the scorching sun outside, Tang Bufan broke out in a cold sweat. He swallowed hard and asked, "Does Lu Yi... know that I'm from another time?"
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