Pei Nansheng looked at him: "What's wrong?"
The man's lips moved for a long time, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped, and he let go of her hand: "Fine, go if you want to, no one can stop you."
It seems that someone has already noticed something is wrong with the food factory, but they have no choice but to go.
Pretending to be dissatisfied, he said:
"Brother, food and lodging included, such a great job, why are you stopping us from going? Are you afraid we'll take your spot?"
The man's face darkened: "You can't reason with a ghost who's courting death. If you want to go, then go. Who's stopping you?"
Seeing people looking over at the food factory's job postings, the man hurriedly left.
The man in charge of recruiting workers at the food factory was a burly, dark-skinned man with a fierce appearance. He kept watching the man who had reminded Pei Nansheng until the man disappeared from sight.
He turned his head and whispered a few words to the underling beside him, who then took his orders and left.
The man who reminded Pei Nansheng and his sister was named Zheng Chengye.
He walked for more than half an hour, making several turns, and when he was almost at the edge of the base, he entered a three-story detached building.
The small building was Zheng Chengye's home. Before the apocalypse, his family lived a relatively comfortable life.
As he entered the courtyard, a girl of about 7 or 8 years old ran and jumped toward Zheng Chengye.
"dad."
Zheng Chengye smiled and picked up the girl in his arms: "Daughter, you must have been waiting impatiently."
The girl blinked: "Didn't Daddy find any guests?"
Zheng Chengye's smile froze, and he coughed, "It's alright, Dad will look again."
The base was expanded from the small town where Zheng Chengye's family lived. His family owned a house and could rent out the extra rooms to others to earn money for food and daily necessities.
At first, life was pretty good.
As time went on, supplies became increasingly scarce. Although his house was nice, it was expensive. For his daughter's safety, Zheng Yecheng was very selective about his tenants, so he could find fewer and fewer tenants.
Without tenants, there's no income, and the family's finances are dwindling.
Originally, it shouldn't have come to this... With these thoughts in mind, I couldn't help but sigh.
The girl sensibly comforted her father, "Dad, don't worry, I'm not hungry."
Zheng Yecheng patted his daughter and coaxed her, "We'll have porridge for dinner. Daddy will cook the porridge, and Tongtong can go play by herself."
Tongtong agreed and obediently got down on the ground.
Tongtong loves swinging, and Zheng Yecheng, who dotes on his daughter, specially made a beautiful swing for her in a corner of the yard.
Looking at his daughter who seemed oblivious to all worries, Zheng Yecheng was truly troubled. He didn't know how much longer he could protect her.
Thinking of the look Lao Hei had given him earlier that day, Zheng Yecheng shuddered.
After dinner, I played with my daughter for a while, then put her to bed.
Zheng Yecheng couldn't sleep, lying awake thinking about how he should live his life from now on.
In a daze, Zheng Yecheng heard a noise outside the courtyard and sat up alertly, listening intently.
Seven or eight torches were thrown in, and there was also firelight at the courtyard gate.
Holy crap! Those bastards, they wanted to burn us alive.
Zheng Yecheng's face hardened as he stormed into his daughter's room and picked up his sleeping daughter.
Tongtong woke up with a start and was about to scream when Zheng Yecheng covered her mouth.
Huh? Zheng Yecheng suddenly realized that all the torches thrown into the yard had gone out, and the fire outside the door had also been extinguished.
This is……
Knock, knock, knock, knock knock, the sound of knocking on the door.
Zheng Yecheng held his daughter tightly, without saying a word.
Tongtong didn't understand what was happening, but seeing her father's expression, she knew something was wrong, so she obediently covered her mouth.
Knock, knock, knock, knock knock, the knocking on the door sounds again.
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