Chapter 23: The Old Man
The helicopter arrived on time to pick up the four men, and after several hours of flight, they arrived at a military base.
Yun Qi was still a little nervous when he was helped off the plane by Xia Xiyue, his scarred hands, and his friend's torn uniforms were easily reminiscent of infection, didn't the driver stare at him suspiciously and vigilantly when he got on the plane?
Even if it turns out to be okay in the end, there will definitely be some torture.
But in fact, nothing happened, after getting off the plane, Lin Xinrui was taken away first, and then two officers came, and after collecting all their luggage, they and Zhao Chun were taken to different tents to change clothes.
Yun Qi's hand was sterilized and bandaged in the helicopter, but the injured left foot was not known whether it was a fracture or a sprain, and it was already red and swollen to the size of a steamed bun. Only the right foot in the limbs is fine, seeing that her friend is so inconvenient, Xia Xiyue naturally plans to help Yun Qi - although she didn't ask for it.
"Wait, wait! What are you doing? ”
"Help you change your clothes."
"I, I, I can do it myself......"
"It's inconvenient for you to get hurt."
"I ...... Uh......"
Looking at his expressionless best friend in front of him, and then at his mummy-like hands that were tied up by Xia Xiyue, and couldn't even move his fingers, if he didn't know too much, Yun Qi would really think that this was his friend's ploy to take off his clothes.
In the end, due to the fact that there were officers waiting outside, Yun Qi obediently accepted his fate and asked Xia Xiyue to help change clothes.
But no matter how strong Yun Qi's self-control is, when Xia Xiyue untied her underwear, she couldn't help but have hot cheeks, but fortunately, the person who did it didn't have any extra thoughts at all, just just wanted to help her friend do something.
The two changed into civilian clothes provided by the officer, perhaps because of the rescue of Lin Xinrui, the clothes not only fit and were clean, but they were obviously second-hand. But this is not the time to be picky, the original clothes must be disinfected and cleaned because they have been in contact with zombies, and they have no choice at all.
Again, the two were taken to a building by the officer.
When he entered the door, Yun Qi glanced at the note "Temporary Command Center" posted on the door.
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Without seeing Zhao Chun and Lin Xinrui, Yun Qi and Xia Xiyue were forced to sit and wait in this office.
There were people standing guard in front of the room, and the double-knife weapons had already been confiscated and disinfected, so the two had to sit on the sofa and drink tea.
I don't know the situation and I don't know what to do, Yun Qi is a little better, Xia Xiyue is very anxious.
I waited for almost three hours before someone walked in.
Coming in was an old man with gray hair, followed by a middle-aged man in a straight military uniform, the old man slowly walked to the sofa opposite Yun Qi on crutches and sat down, but the middle-aged man just stood respectfully behind the sofa.
Yun Qi noticed that the old man's face was slightly similar to Lin Xinrui, Xia Xiyue didn't notice it, she stared at the gun holster on the middle-aged man's waist, and her body became even tighter.
"First meeting." The old man in the suit has a very kind attitude, just like an ordinary grandfather next door. "The two of them are Yun Qi...... And Xia Xiyue? Thank you for rescuing Xiaorui. ”
"Please don't say that, without the helicopter sent by Senior Sister, even if we escape, we will be overwhelmed by the tide of corpses."
Yun Qi carefully pondered the words and replied politely.
No matter how there is no shelf, even if Lin Xinrui's elders can let the two of them be brought here, the old man must be a person who can control the military, even if he is kind in the face of this kind of predator, he has to be careful not to offend.
Besides, even if there are no two of them, with the strength of the military, sending a small team over, they may be able to rescue Lin Xinrui; If you hold on to this matter, the other party may still feel uncomfortable.
"It's us who should be thanked."
"In that case, then no thanks." The old man didn't care and asked lightly. "Xiaorui told me a lot just now, it is said that classmate Xia can face five infected people alone?"
"......" Sensing the old man's gaze, Xia Xiyue nodded casually, and was pinched by Yun Qi before speaking. …… With weapons and enough space, you can. ”
"Escaping from a large group of infected people and escaping to the top floor was planned and directed by classmate Yun? In the end, despite the danger, even climbed the water pipe to the top floor to open the door? ”
"Yes."
"Oh......" the old man squinted at the two of them, "aren't you afraid?" ”
"Of course I'm afraid." Naturally, you can't count on Xia Xiyue for the answer, Yun Qi said. "But I don't want to die."
"Close combat with infected people and unprotected climbing of water pipes, but if you are not careful, you will die."
"If you're not careful, you'll die, but if you're careful, you'll survive, it's better than sitting still."
"Not bad, not bad." Taking a sip of the teacup, the old man slowly smiled, "With this sentence, it's much better than most of the guys outside." ”
"You're wrong."
"If I only believed three points before entering the door, now your table xiàn, I think Xiaorui's words are fifty percent credible." The old man clasped his hands together, and his expression gradually became stricter, "After the outbreak of the corpse epidemic, the military is exhausted, and it will exhaust my mental strength just to resist the infected, and I can't worry about Xiaorui." ”
“…………”
"Xiaorui said that you protected her." With a thoughtful expression on his face, the old man continued to speak to himself. "Since I was a child, I have loved this little granddaughter the most, but she didn't confess to me just now."
"............" Xia Xiyue glanced at Yun Qi, only to see her friend shaking her head slightly, so she didn't say anything and let the old man continue.
"The deterioration of the situation coupled with the ...... of the people A beautiful girl's family, to say that she hasn't suffered in the past few days, it's impossible! Suddenly knocked on the table, and the old man changed his words. I want to know what has happened in the past few days, all the qiē, including the part that Xiaorui concealed. ”
"Absolutely...... But have you ever thought that there is a reason why the senior sister does not say it. Yun Qi pondered his words. Maybe they don't want to worry you? Something has happened, and the damage caused cannot go away. ”
"That's it." The old man waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about the rest. ”
“…… Good. ”
Yun Qi began to slowly describe the experience of the past few days.
From practice, to zombie infiltration, trapped in the social office, breakthrough to the closure of the welfare society, and the things of Cheng Feng and others are clearly explained one by one, including what they see in the monitor, what Cheng Feng does, and whatever they do.
She only concealed Xia Xiyue's dreams.
The remaining three people in the room did not stop or interject, and listened quietly.
After talking for almost an hour, Yun Qi finished speaking, and she leaned back on the soft sofa with a sigh of relief.
She licked her dry lips, and a teacup immediately appeared in front of her.
Yun Qi glared at Xia Xiyue, who was holding the cup, and asked her to respect herself, how could anyone hand the tea directly to her mouth?
She could accept it when there were only the two of them in the room before, after all, not only was her hands inconvenient to wrap up, but it hurt to bend or touch things, but now there were other people here!
But Xia Xiyue didn't seem to notice it, and the cup was leaning towards Yun Qi's mouth, making it clear that she wanted to feed her water.
Yun Qi quietly moved to the side, his movements were very light, but Xia Xiyue leaned forward strongly, and got up so big that the middle-aged men behind him looked up.
Yun Qi's face flushed, and he had no choice but to be obediently poured tea by Xia Xiyue.
It's obviously cold water, but it's inexplicably hot when you drink it.
originally thought that this would make friends settle down, but after Xia Xiyue put down the empty cup, she lifted the teapot, first filled the empty cup in front of the old man, then filled the cups of the two of them, and raised the teacup for the second time.
Looking at the cup that was handed to her mouth again, Yun Qi wanted to cry, she skimmed away a complaining look, and only drank half a glass of water before shaking her head in protest.
But Xia Xiyue didn't know her friend's mind at all, and after making sure that the other party was not thirsty, she simply drank the rest of the water in one gulp, completely ignoring that there was another cup on the table that she used for herself.
If it weren't for the inconvenience of her hands, Yun Qi would definitely pick up Xia Xiyue's cup and splash her face. Don't you have a cup?
"Ahem." The old man coughed lightly, picked up the tea and took another sip. "Mr. Yun said very carefully, but there are a few things I have questions about."
“…… Excuse me? ”
"Before the infected show up, you're just- no, forget it." His gaze wandered back and forth between Xia Xiyue and Yun Qi, and the old man smiled gently. "You said that you tied up Cheng Feng and threw them in the welfare club and surrounded them with several boxes of bottled water, aren't you worried that they will crash into the wall and die, and they won't be able to play the role of bait?"
"Cheng Feng is not a fool if he has a bad heart, he definitely knows what I want to do." Convergence feelings, Yun Qi said lightly. "Blocking him with a wall is just to stop him, so that he won't spoil my plans; The real bait is Li Ruiyan, who is timid and afraid of death, he is better to deal with than Cheng Feng. ”
"Then why didn't you kill Cheng Feng in the first place?"
"In addition to being too cheap for him, the most important thing is to hope that the zombies can be delayed for a while longer, and if one more person wants to eat, the one less second will catch up."
"You're confident in your strategy?"
"No, I just think that people who have broken their knee joints by Xiao Xi have no possibility of sabotage."
"Hmm...... What about murder and mutilation? The old man sneered. It's still the past to liberate people, but when you bleed corpses, lured the infected with corpse parts, and even splashed corpse blood all over the welfare society, and put the head next to Li Ruiyan, you didn't feel anything? ”
"Yes, it's just that I want to live more." Yun Qi did not flinch from the old man's sharp gaze. "I know it's wrong, but instead of being entangled by the zombies, I still choose to do it."
“…… But it's not you who actually do it. After looking at Yun Qi for a few seconds, the old man changed his gaze to Xia Xiyue, who was silent on the side. Do you feel guilty? ”
"Analyze her—"
"Classmate Yun, I'm asking Classmate Xia."
"......"
Yun Qi wanted to say something, but the old man raised a hand to stop it, and she could only look at Xia Xiyue anxiously.
In addition to worrying that her friends would offend each other, she was also a little scared, afraid that Xia Xiyue would really feel guilty because of her.
"Guilt?" Ignoring the feeling of oppression emanating from the old man, and not noticing the cringe of his friend, Xia Xiyue replied expressionlessly. "Those who hurt people are always hurt, they do it first, I just fight back."
"You also divided their bodies."
"I destroyed a lot of corpses, whether they could move or not, they were all corpses."
“…… You really don't care? ”
"All I care about is that Yun Qi almost died." Xia Xiyue was impatient, she really didn't understand why such a simple question everyone had to repeat over and over again. "No one else has anything to do with me, I don't have that much energy and time to mourn for each of the dead."
"Oh." The old man nodded knowingly. "Two feelings...... That's good. ”
"Yunqi is my best friend."
Xia Xiyue replied very simply, but as everyone knows, her best friend is as uncomfortable as eating a fly when she hears her say this.