Chapter 64: Gambling with Conscience
Chi Wan's words might be a reminder to Li Xingye that no matter how powerful a person is, there are always things that are beyond their ability.
After all, even a lion may not be able to escape the bite of a pack of hyenas, and the villains are never good at head-on confrontation.
Fortunately, Li Xingye has always been a man who listens to advice.
He is certainly confident in his own strength, but having survived for so long in the apocalypse, he knows better than anyone that caution is sometimes more important than strength.
Chi Wan felt relieved after hearing what Li Xingye said. She simply entered the space, found a patch of grass to sit down, hugged her knees and complained helplessly: "I just don't know who hates our family so much, to the point of causing us to go bankrupt and still not satisfied.
"Although my mom often complained about my dad because he was too straightforward and unwilling to compromise, he never got to the point of making enemies with others. In fact, I am more worried about them than myself.
"If only... I could be a little more powerful."
It was rare to hear Chi Wan, who was always full of energy, sound so depressed, and even Li Xingye couldn't help but frown: "Wan Wan, you are already very good, don't put other people's mistakes on yourself.
"Sometimes, you can't find someone to make an enemy of. Maybe... it's simply because people in your family don't like to assume the worst of others."
He seemed to have thought of something and continued, "A few years ago, I was not as cold-blooded as I am now. At that time, I saved a man from a zombie tide. He gambled his life on my conscience - because he was holding a child who was less than ten years old under him at the time."
Jiang Ning couldn't help but widen his eyes: "He... He not only used his own life, but also the life of that child to kidnap you?!"
Is this guy crazy? !
"Besides, who said you were cold-blooded? You're also a very good person!"
Li Xingye just smiled: "So he won the bet."
In fact, if it weren't for that child, Li Xingye might not have saved him. Because in the ups and downs of the last days, the thing he learned most was not to meddle in other people's business.
After all, it happens every day that people are dragged into a zombie group while saving others, and end up having their corpses stepped on to escape.
With Li Xingye's strength, he is not worried about being dragged down. But it really affects your mood when you go to save people with full enthusiasm only to find out in the end that the person you saved just wants to use you as a scapegoat.
Especially when it was discovered that food was difficult to preserve, for a long time, there were many places where people used themselves as bait, lured people over and then stabbed them in the back, just to steal the supplies and food from others.
However, the look in that child's eyes made Li Xingye think of himself when he was trapped in the apocalypse - judging by his age, this child was forced to face a desperate world not long after he started talking. It was indeed not easy for him to be well cared for and raised up.
So Li Xingye rescued them and brought them into his team.
Unexpectedly, I almost let a wolf into the house.
"They are a gang of bandits who use this method to induce sympathy from others. Once they gain their trust, they kill and rob. Do you know who their leader is?"
When Chi Wan heard Li Xingye ask this, an incredible thought flashed through his mind: "Could it be... that child?"
Li Xingye looked at Chi Wan's surprised expression and could not help but gently rubbed her head: "Wan Wan is really smart. The child's ability is to change his image in the eyes of others. As long as you look into his eyes, he can make you see the appearance that you can't refuse the most.
Perhaps because he was afraid that Chi Wan would feel even more depressed after hearing this, Li Xingye said in an indignant tone: "In fact, he is already in his twenties. He relied on his short and thin body to pretend to be young and deceived a real young person like me. Isn't it too much?"
Chi Wan was amused: "It's really too much! But did you guys already build a base at that time?"
Li Xingye nodded: "At that time, there were not many people in the base, and the safety measures were not perfect. We took turns to go out hunting. I was stronger, so I went with Brother Qiang and Qianqian.
"It was only later that we found out that they had been targeting us for a long time. They targeted us because they saw Brother Qiang taking care of Qianqian while we were on the road."
Chi Wan didn't quite understand: "What's the connection between them?"
As if thinking of the original scene, Li Xingye's expression was slightly cold: "Because his original target was Qianqian. He said that he hated that Qianqian, a useless 'waste' in his eyes, was protected so well by us, and wanted Qianqian to feel what it means to be helpless.
"So after joining us, he used the excuse that we were of similar age to play with Qianqian, saying that he wanted to teach her how to deal with zombies. In fact, he poisoned the food in the base and tricked Qianqian out of the base, intending to throw her into the zombie pile."
Chi Wan couldn't believe it: "He... clearly had no grudges against us, but he wanted to harm an entire base just because he was not happy with someone?! Is he sick?!"
Li Xingye said calmly: "In the end times, the evil of human nature will be infinitely magnified. It's just that some people indulge themselves, while others stick to the bottom line. Wanwan, I tell you this just to let you know that sometimes, some people may not just deal with you because they have a grudge against you.
"Just like those guys in your village before, they have no grudge against you, right? To be honest, your father was kind to them, but they still did bad things."
Chi Wan exhaled lightly and smiled broadly at Li Xingye: "I see. Thank you, Brother Xingye. I was a little too stubborn before. I always thought that someone was targeting our family because they had an enemy."
After his thoughts were broadened, Chi Wan suddenly thought of a question he had not considered before: "I thought about it carefully. Regardless of whether they have an enemy or not, the person behind this interlocking scheme must not be too simple.
"It seems that there is only one person in our family who has some connection with people of this background..."
*
The next day was a sunny day. Chi Wan got up very early, which made Song Yinghe a little uncomfortable: "Wan Wan, why did you get up so early today? Are you going out?"
Chi Wan smiled and hugged Song Yinghe: "I was thinking that school is about to start, so I need to adjust my schedule. Mom, I'm going to the city today, so you don't have to wait for me for lunch~"
As he spoke, he smoothed a few strands of hair off Song Yinghe's back and ran out the door in a hurry.
"Eat breakfast before you leave? You kid..."
Chi Wan quietly put her hair into the bag and waved her hand: "I brought food!"
After getting off the car, she went straight to Zhou Huaian's shop, intending to ask him for help with something.
I didn't expect to see someone who shouldn't be here as soon as I entered the door.
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