They were almost thrown off by the big cat.
When they came up covered in dust and dirt, they saw that their usually ruthless leader was holding a soft, living creature in his arms.
"Chief, what is this?"
Long Qian held the baby in his arms tightly, not letting anyone else see it.
His gaze swept over the person next to him: "Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."
The others immediately shut their mouths.
They kept speculating in their hearts that their leader must have encountered some kind of extraordinary encounter. Could it be some kitten? Perhaps it was through the little creature in his arms that the leader was able to control the raccoon.
That's still pretty impressive.
They couldn't help but feel a little envious, wondering why they couldn't encounter these things.
When the cub woke up and peeked out from Long Qian's arms to look around, it realized that the leader was holding a child.
Moreover, Long Qian's attitude was clearly different from when he helped others in the past. Some children who didn't know the situation had regarded Long Qian as someone they could rely on, but Long Qian just coldly cut off their hopes.
He doesn't leave anyone with any illusions about things he doesn't want to do.
But with the cub, Long Qian actually held him carefully, protecting him in his arms. Even though the cub was running around like a restless kitten, he patiently reached out and pulled him back into his arms.
After busying himself for half a day, the little boy realized he couldn't get out of his father's arms at all. The silly boy didn't even know that his father would reach out and pick him up every time he got halfway. He could only sigh with exhaustion and choose to give up.
Long Qian suppressed the darkness hidden in his eyes and coaxed the child:
“Baby, tell Daddy where you want to go, and Daddy will take you. It’s too dangerous outside now. There are many bad people who eat children. If you leave Daddy, you might get caught.”
"If Dad can't find you by then, he'll cry himself to death."
"Never leave Daddy, okay?"
The cub may not understand what it means to lose something and then get it back, but he knows that his father is sometimes vulnerable, and the cub will be sad if his father is gone.
So the little one will nod seriously and voluntarily show his cheek so that his dad can stick it on.
Unfortunately, this father hasn't yet experienced the joy of cuddling his baby. When he saw his baby turn his little face to the side, he thought it was dirty and needed him to wipe it.
But even though Long Qian wiped the baby's face until it was red, he couldn't see anything dirty.
He had just washed himself so clean.
The cub with half its face red: 0.0
Forget it, this dad is a straight man, hopeless.
The cub buried its head in Long Qian's arms again, playing with the gun strap on Long Qian's body for a while, and touching Long Qian's earring for a while. Long Qian treated it like a child running around on his body, without being angry, only loving.
Their oblivious, sticky behavior made everyone's teeth ache.
Chief, you weren't like this before!
They had never seen Long Qian's expression so gentle before.
Seeing Long Qian calling the cub "baby" so affectionately, practically spoiling it to the bone, they thought their leader had been possessed.
But when they saw the little guy's profile with his round cheeks, they strangely came to understand the leader's mindset.
What's the difference between this and getting a kitten that's someone else's dream for free?
It's free!
If they were to find it, they would probably be extremely excited.
But we didn't know before that the leader was a child lover.
Perhaps it was because the leader had been alone for so many years that seeing such a small thing suddenly stirred up his fatherly feelings, and he no longer intended to be a widow?
But this is none other than their ruthless leader who kills zombies without blinking an eye and even turns on his own comrades... Can this really be the same...?
They all felt like they were about to have a mental breakdown from shock and couldn't accept the facts.
Only a handful of Long Qian's confidants knew about Long Qian's past and that he had been searching for his child all along.
They didn't say much, but they were at least happy that their leader had been recovered.
Until a gust of wind blew the hat off the cub's head.
"Baby……"
Long Qian hurriedly protected Qian Yuan's head, but it was too late to block Qian Yuan's scarlet eyes.
The fear of zombies is an instinct ingrained in everyone's bones. Even the cutest cub, if it suddenly reveals its red eyes without warning, is enough to leave everyone dumbfounded.
But when everyone saw those eyes, their first reaction wasn't disgust or panic, but rather stunned.
Red eyes...? Are those the murky red eyes of a zombie?
The red eyes of zombies are caused by the rupture of capillaries due to the inability of the eyeballs to withstand viral contamination; it is a terrifying and dreadful red in the shadows of humanity.
But the cub's red eyes are like rubies, or like red agate.
It is translucent and clean, yet it retains the misty beauty of a cub's eyes, making it look even more ethereal, undisturbed by the mortal world.
Not a demon, but rather like a celestial being.
But when they came to their senses from those bright red eyes, they couldn't help but huddle together.
Because an outsider will always be an outsider.
Their gazes toward the cubs now held a hint of rejection and unease.
Even Long Qian was included.
Those who knew that Long Qian was looking for his child probably had a pretty good idea of what was going on. They thought that the leader was lovesick and had gone mad from searching for his child, and was now using zombies as a substitute.
No matter how cute it is, this little one is still a zombie!
“Chief…Chief,” someone couldn’t help but say, “didn’t you notice that this child has red eyes?”
Despite the stares from these people, Long Qian remained calm. He simply turned the cub's head back and raised his hand to shield it from their gaze.
"Of course I know what my child is like."
When Long Qian said that, he meant he was tacitly agreeing.
Moreover, he also meant that he wanted to treat the cubs as his own children and raise them personally in the refuge.
Everyone fell silent.
Humans have an instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm. Even if Long Qian is their benefactor, and even if Long Qian is stronger than them, they still don't want to live next to a ticking time bomb.
Just as the situation reached a stalemate, Long Qian reached out and threw all the guns on his back, landing them at everyone's feet.
“If you no longer wish to travel with me, you are free to leave. I will not stop anyone and will provide them with supplies and weapons to survive.”
The expressions on everyone's faces turned even worse.
They didn't want to be with zombies, and they didn't want to lose Long Qian's protection.
One of them gritted his teeth and spoke up: "Leader, we are all your brothers who have followed you for a long time... We have risked our lives for you, shedding blood for you. He is just a zombie. If you really miss your child, I will ask my wife to give our son to you to raise, okay?"
Long Qian was already at his limit of patience and couldn't bear to see his child being criticized any further.
So Long Qianyan didn't even raise his head, and said expressionlessly:
"No matter what my child becomes, he will always be my precious child. I have already shown you enough kindness, as for the child of a heartless bastard like you..."
"What are you to me?"
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