Chapter 138: A Difficult Choice

"It really is the sound of a zombie!"

"Brother Su said it was a human..."

"Damn, is it a human or a zombie?"

Everyone couldn't help but discuss, while tightening their grip on their weapons.

Zhang Su narrowed his eyes and shone the flashlight on the wooden door of the office. Ten seconds passed, and there was no response at all.

He spoke again: "I'll say it one more time, come out, hands over your head, don't play any tricks, don't force us to take action."

A few seconds after he finished speaking, everyone saw the wooden door, which had already lost its color, being pushed open slowly. Then, a woman in tattered clothes appeared in the flashlight beam. She probably wasn't used to the piercing light, one arm raised, while the other arm covered her eyes.

The people holding flashlights moved the light beams to the nearby ground, which allowed the woman to reveal her face.

"Look, I said so, who wouldn't be scared to death seeing this! Does it look like a ghost? You tell me!"

Lu Yubo became energetic after seeing the woman's appearance.

It wasn't his fault that he was scared just now. The woman was disheveled, not to mention her short hair was frizzy as if she were a Super Saiyan, and her face was black and white, making it impossible to see her appearance. Paired with the dark and gloomy environment inside the warehouse, it was somewhat scary.

"You..."

Zhang Su didn't know what to ask for a moment. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a zombie again from the office, so he said: "Big sister, why is there the sound of a zombie in there?"

"What is a zombie?"

The woman shook her head helplessly, her voice clear and crisp, then said: "Inside is my daughter. My daughter is sick. I beg you to be kind, don't hurt us."

Damn.

Zhang Su and his group looked at each other, instantly knowing what had happened inside.

He gave Zhong Xiaoshan a wink. In this situation, it was better for a woman to come forward to talk.

"Sister... how could we hurt you? Come, tell me what difficulties you have. Are you hungry? Let's go outside to talk." Zhong Xiaoshan, as a nurse, was as gentle as a lake, moistening people's hearts.

"I, I won't go. I want to take care of my daughter. Don't lie to me, I won't be fooled."

The woman was clearly very guarded, didn't move a step, and her toes were pointing toward the office, not willing to leave at all.

"You guys go outside and wait first."

Zhong Xiaoshan whispered to the people beside her.

"Be careful, don't let your guard down!"

Zhang Su warned, and led the group to leave the warehouse one after another. He saw Zheng Xinyu poking her head out in the RV, so he walked over and told her roughly about the situation.

About five or six minutes later, just when Zhang Su couldn't help but want to go in, Zhong Xiaoshan walked out of the warehouse alone and shook her head at everyone.

"What happened?"

Zhang Su asked.

Zhong Xiaoshan led the group to the RV and said: "Xiao Pang, is there a Pan-ge Village nearby?"

Pang Dakun nodded vigorously as soon as he heard it, pointing to the southwest: "It's right over there, not far from here."

Zhong Xiaoshan continued: "That sister is named Pan Guihua. She lived in Pan-ge Village before. When the virus broke out, she took her second daughter at home. The one who turned into a zombie was her second daughter. She always thought the girl was just sick..."

"The survivors in the village refused to take Pan Guihua with them unless she killed the child who turned into a zombie. Pan Guihua refused, so she took the child and ran out, and has been hiding here ever since."

This result was about the same as what everyone had guessed, but when the guess was confirmed, it was hard not to feel a sigh in their hearts.

"What about her husband and the eldest child at home?"

Tan Huajun asked.

Zhong Xiaoshan pointed in the direction of the city and said: "Her husband was working at the Qincheng Building Materials City, living in the city with several coworkers. The eldest is boarding at Qincheng No. 3 Middle School..."

"No. 3... Middle School?" Tan Huajun's mouth twitched, remembering the scene when they left the Yihe Car Dealership. The ones who attacked them were zombies that had been students at No. 3 Middle School. It was estimated that they were also doomed.

"How old is the little girl who turned into a zombie?"

Zhang Su frowned and asked.

"Four years old..." Zhong Xiaoshan answered with a complex expression.

"What a sin." Yu Qing turned around and leaned into her father Yu Wen's arms, not wanting to hear this tragic story anymore.

When zombies attack, kill them if you must. They wouldn't care if there were children or old people inside, but in this situation, it made people feel sad unconsciously.

"What the hell are we supposed to do..."

Zhang Su scratched his head, feeling distressed. They were going to stay at the Nonghua Glass Factory for a while to rest, so naturally, they couldn't leave a zombie to live with them...

It wasn't difficult to kill the zombie, but it was too cruel to take action in front of the child's mother, and Pan Guihua definitely wouldn't allow it. In the end, it might even lead to human casualties.

Kill the villain, and the knife falls. But Zhang Su couldn't bring himself to kill an innocent person.

"Brother Lu, you are usually the fiercest, why don't you show off?"

Zhao Dezhu nudged Lu Yubo.

Lu Yubo rolled his eyes at Zhao Dezhu, furious: "I'm not going. Killing her daughter in front of her mother, I can't take it. Not going, not going..."

After finishing, he looked at Zhang Su guiltily, really worried that he would be ordered to kill the little zombie, but found that Zhang Su was just frowning and worrying, which made him feel relieved.

"How does Pan Guihua control her child?" Zhang Su asked.

Zhong Xiaoshan pursed her lips and said: "She wrapped the child in a quilt, tied it with hemp rope on the outside, and wrapped the head with something, and even wore two masks."

"The precautions are quite in place, but it's still not enough. It's too dangerous even like this."

Zhang Su thought about it. Although Pan Guihua had tied the little zombie very tightly, no one dared to say there wouldn't be an accident. If she herself was bitten and turned into a zombie in the middle of the night and rushed out to bite people, it would be very unsettling.

Everyone was in a dilemma. They knew the little zombie had to be killed, but they couldn't deal with it directly.

Many people realized again how difficult it was to be a decision-maker. They could easily wait for Zhang Su to make a decision, and at most execute it, which was much lighter on the conscience.

But a decision-maker was different; they needed to bear the condemnation of conscience and the risk of failure.

Zhang Su paced back and forth by the RV, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to Zhong Xiaoshan: "Xiaoshan, go talk to Pan Guihua again. If she can move to another place, we can provide her with some supplies."

"Brother Su..." Yu Qing said in a low voice: "Pan Guihua came here first..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but everyone knew what she meant. The atmosphere at the scene was awkwardly embarrassing.

The original team members knew Yu Qing's personality and smacked their lips, making a helpless expression. But the Tiguan trio who had just joined had different thoughts. Liu Tianji and Wang Xin just waited for the result, while Zhou Litao's eyes lit up when he looked at Yu Qing.

Zhang Su took out a cigarette and lit it, exhaling smoke: "According to the moral standards of the past, that's right, first come, first served. But times are different now. I have taken a fancy to this place. To let the team members rest in this safe place, we must clear out unstable factors. And now Pan Guihua, no, Pan Guihua's daughter is an unstable factor."

"Brother Su is willing to provide food and supplies to let her leave, which is already very merciful..." Zhao Xue said leisurely: "Do you still remember the encounter Wu Lue and I had?"

As soon as these words came out, Yu Qing pursed her lips and didn't speak again.

"I don't want to kill the little zombie in front of Pan Guihua, but if she doesn't agree to leave..." Speaking of this, Zhang Su touched the hilt of his knife and continued: "So Yu Qing, if you really hope she is well, go with Xiaoshan to persuade her to leave."

Everyone felt a warmth in their hearts but also a chill down their spines when they heard Zhang Su's words. For the safety of the team, he could do things that crossed the bottom line. This was telling everyone not to touch the red line, otherwise, the consequences would be extremely serious.

"If Pan Guihua were hiding here alone, we wouldn't only not drive her away, but we would also take out delicious food for her. But she brought a zombie. In her eyes, it's her daughter, but in our eyes, it's a zombie. This is too dangerous. I support Brother Su!"

Zheng Xinyu leaned out of the car window and raised her hand to express her stance, but her gaze fell on Zhao Xue's face.

"Didn't you see that the people from Pan Guihua's village didn't take her with them? We are still willing to give her food, what else does she want? I agree, I agree. Big brother is simply compassionate!"

Zhao Dezhu seconded, but at the same time, he looked at Yu Qing with a flattering smile. One was a good brother, the other was his wife; it was hard to handle.

Lu Yubo raised his hand high: "Even if you killed the mother and daughter, I wouldn't have any opinion, just don't let me do it, he-he."

Soon, almost everyone agreed with Zhang Su's proposal.

Yu Wen looked at Zhang Su with some embarrassment and said: "Mr. Zhang, you don't need to listen to my daughter's opinion in the future. Her ideological concepts are a bit old-fashioned."

A fifty-something Chinese teacher criticizing a thirty-something chemistry teacher for having old-fashioned ideological concepts, even if it was in the apocalypse, was a very explosive statement.

Yu Qing looked at her father in disbelief, not knowing what to say, and then said to Zhang Su: "Then I'll accompany Nurse Zhong to talk to Pan Guihua."

Yu Qing felt that Zhang Su was right. If it was for Pan Guihua's own good, she should persuade her to compromise.

"Okay, go."

Zhang Su didn't blame Yu Qing. After all, she just talked about it, and she was quite reliable in doing things usually. Plus, Yu Wen and Zhao Dezhu had good abilities, which could be considered to make up for Yu Qing's behavior to some extent.

Vaguely, Zhang Su felt that the team needed someone with a little kindness to exist, who could occasionally remind everyone not to forget their bottom line as humans, even if they had to do anything to survive on the road of slaughter.

Some book friends feel that the character Yu Qing is too holy-mother-like, but she never does things that harm herself to benefit others. In my setting, her occasional opinions can step on the brakes for everyone galloping on the road of killing.

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