Chapter 70: Brother is very upright

"That little girl is really miserable. I don't know how many days she can live."

Wang Guangjun looked at the departing Q5 and sighed.

"It was her luck to survive the initial zombie siege on the first day, and it was another piece of good luck to meet us today and expose her boyfriend's ugly face. I don't know how long this kind of luck can accompany her."

Zhong Xiaoshan murmured.

"If she can do the two things I said, she should be able to live until she adapts to this world... Holy shit!"

Before Zhang Su could finish his sentence, Ma Xuechuo on the ground, as if he knew Pan Ru had left, actually turned into a zombie!

*Urgh-awoo, awoo. *

Ma Xuechuo sat up with stiff joints and a rigid body, twisting his neck like a puppet. His blood-red eyes instantly locked onto the fresh flesh nearby, and then he actually stood up on one leg, stubbornly to an excessive degree.

"It seems that just like in those zombie movies, you can't let your guard down even after they're dead. You have to either burn them or destroy their brains!"

Zhang Su frowned at Ma Xuechuo, then took the crowbar from Old Wang, walked up, and thoroughly finished Ma Xuechuo off.

"Here, for you."

Seeing Zhang Su finish his work, Zhong Xiaoshan walked up and handed him something.

"Hmm?"

Zhang Su took the phone Zhong Xiaoshan handed him, feeling slightly surprised, and suddenly realized, "Is this the phone Ma Xuechuo wanted to give me earlier?"

Zhong Xiaoshan nodded. "Yes, it's the phone that has those videos of Pan Ru..."

"Oh, she actually forgot about this?"

Zheng Xinyu looked toward the direction the Q5 had left, feeling quite surprised.

Zhong Xiaoshan smiled faintly. "I picked it up secretly a long time ago. She wouldn't be able to find it even if she wanted to."

"Hey, little nurse, your heart is both meticulous and dark. And is your hobby a bit perverted? Pan Ru's videos—you're interested? Hmm, there's a password..."

Zhang Su teased Zhong Xiaoshan while fiddling with the phone. The screensaver was a photo of Ma Xuechuo and Pan Ru together; Pan Ru, with makeup on, looked very delicate. He tried two simple passwords, but neither was correct, so he gave up.

"How could that be... nonsense!"

Zhong Xiaoshan blushed at Zhang Su's words and hurriedly walked to the side to gather equipment.

"I thought you would take Pan Ru in."

Zheng Xinyu whispered into Zhang Su's ear.

Zhong Xiaoshan, who had just walked away, heard Zheng Xinyu's words, immediately pricked up her ears, and couldn't help but lean toward the two of them.

Wang Guangjun walked toward a further place very naturally; the intricate love-hate relationships between young people weren't something he could understand.

"Stop using your low-class, dirty thoughts to speculate about Brother. Brother is very upright, understand?"

Zhang Su curled his lip in disdain and stuffed the phone into his bag, lighthearted.

"Pfft, forget it..."

Zheng Xinyu rolled her eyes, then said, "Seeing Pan Ru so pitiful, actually, if she could be obedient and come with us, it wouldn't be bad."

"Hey, such a kind heart? Then should I drive and call her back?"

Zhang Su squinted at Zheng Xinyu.

"Pfft! Calling her back is totally unnecessary. Anyway, you guys go gather equipment, I'll go into the store and take a look!"

Zheng Xinyu pretended not to care and carried her baseball bat toward the blood-stained door of the convenience store.

"Be careful!"

Zhang Su reminded her with a smile. The two hadn't known each other for long, and they hadn't spent much time together, but there was a strange sense of familiarity between them. Perhaps it was because they had come together in such a rush that this special feeling had been created.

"Hmm?" Zhang Su turned his head and saw Old Wang fiddling with a radio. He asked, "Any news?"

"I don't know if the parts were broken when it fell, but the signal is terrible!"

Wang Guangjun shook the radio helplessly.

"Right! There's a radio in the car. Let's go, let's listen and see if there's any news!"

Zhang Su and Wang Guangjun rushed to the car and turned on the radio, fiddling with the frequency, but still found nothing...

The two looked at each other and got out of the car.

"Old Wang, how do you plan to go on the next part of the road?"

Gathering equipment was enough for Zhong Xiaoshan to handle. Zhang Su pulled out two cigarettes, ignored the dirty "No Smoking" sign, and handed one to Wang Guangjun.

Wang Guangjun looked toward the direction of the School of Environmental Science, lit the cigarette, squatted down, and said melancholically, "Brother Zhang, thank you for bringing me out. I plan to take a few things and then set off. In the afternoon, let me have one more lunch, how about that?"

He hadn't forgotten the original agreement: they would go their separate ways after leaving the residential complex. From the gas station where they were to the School of Environmental Science wasn't far, but it wasn't close either. Who knew what situations they would encounter on the way? It was better to be prepared, but he was also embarrassed to take too many things.

Zhang Su blew out a puff of smoke, looked at the gray sky, and then looked at Wang Guangjun. A thought occurred to him, and he used 【Insight Tag】.

【True to his word】 【Stubborn】 【Slow to perceive】

"Old Wang, have you thought about coming with me?"

Zhang Su asked casually.

He had once been angry because Wang Guangjun held the door and wouldn't let him into the unit, but Qin Ya was right—neither side was wrong, they were just in different positions and had different stances. After spending a day or two together, plus the further understanding from 【Insight Tag】, he felt that Wang Guangjun could be a teammate.

Perhaps he couldn't become an elite because he was slow to perceive things, but his character of being true to his word was rare and worth using.

Wang Guangjun was stunned and looked at Zhang Su with some surprise, not expecting the other party to invite him.

"Brother Zhang, I really want to go with you..." Wang Guangjun thought for a while, sighed, and then said, "But my son is at school, and I don't know if he's alive or dead. No matter what, I have to go see!"

"Then have you thought about the difficulties on the way? Even if I give you a car, do you have the confidence to break through to the School of Environmental Science?"

Zhang Su said without emotion.

"Brother Zhang, let's put it this way: I need to see the person if they're alive, and see the corpse if they're dead. Even if there's bad news, I can give up. Now, how can you expect me to be at ease? If I don't give it a try, I won't be able to close my eyes even in death."

As a single father, his son in college was his obsession. Now that things had come to this, seeing so many tragedies, he could accept the result that his son might already be dead, or even turned into a zombie, but he couldn't accept giving up on rescue without knowing the situation!

"Go, let's go to the convenience store and take a look. Take whatever you need. Anyway, I won't be staying here, and whatever's left won't be able to be taken away!"

Zhang Su patted Wang Guangjun on the shoulder and didn't continue to persuade him. From their brief contact, he could see that Wang Guangjun was indeed a man who was true to his word, and with his stubbornness about saving his son, more words would be useless.

Zhong Xiaoshan finished gathering the equipment, put the usable things in the car, and followed Zhang Su into the convenience store.

Nearly a week had passed since the zombie crisis broke out, and the situation inside the convenience store was surprisingly not bad. The shelves were a bit messy, and the dust on the floor was marked with messy footprints, but there were no obvious signs of being looted.

"Looks like no one has visited here, but the things in this store aren't complete—all flash and no substance!"

Walking into the convenience store, Zhang Su looked left and right and came to a conclusion. He used to come here to refuel often and had to complain every time.

The area of his own 24-hour convenience store wasn't as large as this one, but under the unified management of the headquarters, the placement of goods was very particular, and the variety was complete with many categories.

In this convenience store, just the dried shiitake mushrooms and dried wood ear mushrooms were displayed in two large piles, under the guise of local specialties. Behind the counter was a row of white liquor and cigarettes, and there was also a whole shelf of western red dates...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 71 =====