Chapter 169 Old Acquaintance Ms. Zhang
"Do you still remember when we first met at the Tsui Wah Hotel? I was arrested and punished by Mr. Zhao, the hotel manager at the time. It was you who saved me and brought us back to the safe house in the basement..."
Geng Duofu's words suddenly reminded Qiao Lan.
"Oh, so this 'Ms. Zhang' is the person you helped back then... that person's last name was Zhang, right?"
"Yes, it's her." Geng Duofu nodded.
At that time, a storm hit and order was in chaos. The Tsui Wah Hotel was under high-pressure control by its manager, "Mr. Zhao". Drinking water was sold at exorbitant prices. Many people were trapped inside by the strong wind and could not get out. They could not afford to buy food and were starving. The situation was worrying.
The father and son, who were still in the hotel kitchen at the time, were approached by a very poor guest who asked for help. Feeling pity for her, they secretly gave her a small piece of bread.
The guest was Ms. Zhang.
It is said that she asked for bread for her grandmother.
As a result, Ms. Zhang was identified as a thief by Mr. Zhao and was beaten half to death and locked up.
The chef and his son, unable to bear the consequences, quietly let her go. The old chef, taking advantage of a lull in the storm, took Ms. Zhang and her grandmother out of the restaurant and settled them elsewhere. Mr. Zhao's men discovered Geng Duofu, who was captured and beaten with clubs. If Qiao Lan hadn't come to his rescue, he would have been beaten to death.
"Dad, you didn't explain clearly at that time where Ms. Zhang took her grandmother?" Geng Duofu asked his father.
At that time, he followed Qiao Lan and others out of the hotel and found the old chef at the door of a surviving small building nearby.
He was shocked by the bloody incident in the hotel and was on the verge of a mental breakdown. The old chef was also in a very bad state. Both father and son were stunned. When asked where Ms. Zhang was, the old chef just said "gone".
The stunned old chef didn't explain whether this "left" meant leaving or dying. Later, various things happened frequently, and no one mentioned what happened to the "Ms. Zhang" at the time.
Who would have thought that in these precarious apocalyptic times, old acquaintances would meet again? And the poor resident, Ms. Zhang, has become a member of this strange gang, seemingly in a fairly high position.
It is really curious how she went from being a resident who ran away after being beaten to becoming the "Messenger Zhang" today.
"Dad, you...what's wrong with you?"
The old chef suddenly started to lose his composure, his eyes widened in anger, he gasped heavily, and seemed to be going crazy, which scared Geng Duofu.
"Uncle Geng!"
Qiao Lan pressed those soothing acupoints again and called the old chef back to his senses.
This trick was quite effective and helped the old chef gradually calm down.
"Waaaaaaaa——" he yelled, his hair standing on end with anger.
"Son! What did you just ask?"
"Ah? I... I didn't ask anything..."
"Bah! You're lying! You clearly asked your father where that woman surnamed Zhang and her grandmother went!"
"...You heard it? Then why are you asking me what I'm asking?"
"I want to emphasize it again!"
"……oh."
Geng Duofu already knew at this time that Ms. Zhang had caused great distress to his father, so he didn't dare to ask any questions.
The old chef, however, received energy from Qiao Lan at the acupoint, which released his pent-up anger, freed his emotions, and made him talk incessantly.
"Oh! Son, that's a good question!"
"Where do you think the woman surnamed Zhang and her grandmother went?"
"I don't know where she went, but her grandmother, her grandmother!"
"Wow! Her grandmother was killed by her!"
"Killed with my own hands!"
"I saw her with my own eyes. She! She! She pushed that poor old woman out of the fourth-floor window!"
“Woo! Ah—”
The old chef was like an actor on the stage, screaming and venting his emotions in an exaggerated manner.
Qiao Lan and Geng Duofu looked at each other and were both shocked by what they heard.
"Dad...did it happen in that building? The remaining small building you took them to?" The young chef's voice was trembling as he asked.
"That's right! My son, that woman surnamed Zhang is truly a beast!"
Geng Duofu took a breath of cold air.
At that time, the father and son agreed that the old chef would lead the others out of the hotel first and settle in a small building nearby. Then they would wait for Geng Duofu to pack up and meet up, and then they would figure out what to do next. After the father and son knew that they had helped Ms. Zhang and her grandson, they could no longer stay in the hotel and had to consider a way out.
As a result, Geng Duofu was suddenly arrested and chaos broke out in the hotel. When he saw his father again, there was only his frightened father sitting in front of the building, and there was no sign of Ms. Zhang.
"Did she kill her grandmother and leave? Why did she kill? Does she have a bad relationship with her grandmother... No, she was begging for food for her grandmother, so they should have a good relationship..." Geng Duofu didn't understand.
"brute!"
The old chef just kept cursing.
I can't figure out the reason.
"Uncle Geng, you beast will get what you deserve. Calm down first." Qiao Lan held down the old chef who was gradually getting angry again, and shook his head at Geng Duofu, signaling him to stop being curious.
In the apocalypse, anything inhumane can happen. I guess even the old chef might not understand why the other party killed his relatives.
Whether he was stunned then or furious now, it was obvious that the old chef was deeply shocked by the incident and had a deep mental mark on him.
"Come, eat first."
Qiao Lan took out compressed biscuits, dried meat and other things from his pocket and shared them with everyone.
I’m starving from the battle, so I’ll fill my stomach first.
The most important thing in the world is eating. No matter what happens, you can’t delay eating.
While eating, Qiao Lan thought of that group of people and wondered what they ate to survive in the wild.
Everyone was eating, and soon Fu Xingyuan came back with the pigeon Huihui. Xiao Li also sent out two level one rats, a small snake that mutated and no longer needed to hibernate, and a beetle.
"The species has increased again?" Qiao Lan admired.
The snakes started training before the snow fell, and now they can all go on missions. The progress is really fast.
And when did the beetles appear... Xiao Li is busy teaching about mutant animals, and she is becoming more and more effective.
Qiao Lan had the animals circle the area where the group had been, collecting scents, traces, and other information, then sent them on a tracking mission. The pigeons flew high into the sky, while the other animals hid themselves in the snow and quickly left.
"You should eat something too. After you're full, we'll continue patrolling and pretend that this episode with Ms. Zhang never happened." Qiao Lan gave Fu Xingyuan a big bag of jerky and two bags of Yanjin plums.
Fu Xingyuan blinked, took it with a red face, lowered his head and started eating.
When did Boss Qiao discover that she loved eating plums? Such subtle considerations are truly touching.
Ms. Zhang's group went from north to south. Qiao Lan and his group's next patrol was to walk forward another kilometer or two, then turn and walk in a large circle with the safe house as the center to check for changes in the surrounding environment.
During this period, they encountered three mutant animals, but none as difficult as the big sparrow. They killed them easily and harvested their crystal cores. At dusk, they camped in the ruins of a desolate forest.
This time, we are going to spend the night outside in order to observe the situation of the nocturnal mutant beasts.
Tents, sleeping bags and heating accessories are all available, so sleeping outdoors in the snow is not difficult.
There was a round moon hanging in the sky, and its bloody color faded and returned to its normal light yellow.
The moon is bright on the snow, and the night is silent.
Very beautiful.
"Today is the Lantern Festival."
In the middle of the night, Ye Qi called. Qiao Lan woke up from her sleep, still in a daze, and heard his voice as mellow as wine.
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