Lu Qingyan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If I had known that something like this would happen, I would never have come all this way."
Zhang Bao watched the two reminiscing, looking dejected: childhood sweethearts, now he has absolutely no chance.
Sigh, following the battalion commander is good, but it's a bit difficult to find a wife. It's pitiful that he's so old and still a bachelor, without even a hint of a girlfriend.
Pan Qingbai opened the car door: "It's getting dark and a bit cold outside. Let's get in the car and talk slowly."
Lu Qingyan nodded, followed him into the car, and then looked at Pan Qingbai as he handed her a thick coat: "Cover yourself in this."
Lu Qingyan readily accepted good advice.
“Speak. Since we’re at school, it’s impossible for someone to be walking here alone. With so many people, some are bound to survive. I don’t believe you don’t have a single friend.” Pan Qingbai’s expression turned cold.
Although he wasn't very familiar with Zhu Ran, since he had encountered this matter, he was determined to take care of it.
"No need to say anything more, right?" Lu Qingyan looked at Pan Qingbai, but Pan Qingbai persisted: "If you don't tell me, I'll go back and report this to Grandpa Zhu, and then ask him what exactly happened. Will you still refuse to tell me then?"
Pan Qingbai figured that Zhu Ran was only refusing to talk about it because she was worried that Grandpa Zhu would be concerned for her. So he brought up Grandpa Zhu directly, and he was sure he wouldn't refuse to tell her.
Helpless, Lu Qingyan had no choice but to tell the truth: "I was originally traveling with some classmates. We had two cars. But halfway there, I suddenly developed a fever. They thought I was about to turn into a zombie and were worried that I would infect others, so they abandoned me here."
The temperature around them seemed to drop several degrees suddenly. Pan Qingbai said angrily, "They're just going to abandon you because of this little bit of speculation?"
If it were them, they would never abandon their companion so easily. They would have tied him up with rope from the start to prevent him from hurting anyone, and observed if anything changed – perhaps it was just a common cold and fever that would clear up in a while. To just leave someone like that, did they even consider how that person would survive?
Looking at his angry expression, Lu Qingyan wasn't particularly angry: "Brother Pan, they are different from you. You are the most responsible people in the world, and many of you are willing to give up your lives for others. But they have never experienced cruel reality and cannot remain so calm. Their first thought is how to achieve a situation that is advantageous to themselves. In that environment, abandoning me was the best choice. I don't blame them."
Lu Qingyan's words impressed Pan Qingbai, who said meaningfully, "She has indeed grown up and looks much more sensible than when she was a child."
His words reminded Lu Qingyan of Zhu Ran's tyrannical behavior when she was a child, making her blush.
“This train isn’t going to the capital,” Pan Qingbai suddenly said.
Lu Qingyan: \(◎o◎)／!
Then why did you bring me along? Couldn't you have explained it beforehand?
Lu Qingyan gritted her teeth, wishing she could rush up and bite him to vent her anger. One wrong step and she'd gotten herself on a sinking ship! Would it be too late for her to get out of the car and walk back to the capital? Or should she just climb up and drive back?
Well, Lu Qingyan really doesn't dare now.
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