Lao Lu asked Shao Tianming to rest in the small red house for the time being, to raise his spirits and spirits, and he would find a way to deal with the child's affairs.

Early the next morning, he told Yin Zhen that he had something to explain to him, and the two of them had to go out.

Yin Zhen couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Lao Lu's gourd, and he didn't want to ask too much, so he had to change his clothes and follow him out. They went to say hello to Julia, and Lao Lu asked her to take care of Shao Tianming at home, who had not slept for a few days, had not eaten anything, and was already very weak.

Julia told Lao Lu to rest assured, when she spoke, her expression was indifferent, and she didn't look at Yin Zhen's eyes next to her. There was some imperceptible awkwardness between the two.

After explaining the trivial matter, the old man's expression hesitated, as if he had not finished speaking, but in the end, he gently closed the door, walked up to Julia, and whispered, "Ah Zhen and I will try to come back in the evening, Julia, in the meantime...... You'd better keep your gun close by. ”

When he said this, the faces of both of them changed!

The courtyard door is locked, and the guns are all in Lao Lu's room, even if there is an invasion of foreign enemies, just go to Lao Lu's room to get a gun, and there is no need to keep the gun by your side at all times.

Unless, is to prevent the people in this room.

Julia looked at Lao Lu in horror, and she whispered, "Daddy, is it really necessary?" ”

Lao Lu said in a deep voice: "I also hope that this is not necessary." But Julia, we haven't seen him in almost four years...... I don't want to wait until something happens and regret it. ”

Julia nodded silently.

The two of them came out of Julia's room, went downstairs and greeted Shao Tianming in the living room, and then walked into the courtyard.

Yin Zhen opened the lock of the courtyard door and asked in a low voice, "Lao Lu, is it really necessary?" ”

Lao Lu was silent for a moment before he said: "In extraordinary times, human life matters. I don't care about taking care of any sensitive minds anymore. ”

The direction that Lao Lu took Yin Zhen to was the same road they were attacked by lions last time. Before leaving, the old man carried a large backpack on his shoulder. The cowhide bag was tied tightly, but Yin Zhen still smelled the smell emanating from the bag.

It smelled of bloody meat.

"This, it's rations." Lao Lu saw him staring at his shoulder, so he explained.

Yin Zhen thought for a while and said, "Last time Julia told me, you are going...... Go to paycheck. ”

Lao Lu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "Sort of, in the future, maybe the task of paying the salary will be handed over to you." ”

Lao Lu's words were vaguely ominous. Yin Zhen shook his head and said, "Old Lu, don't think so. Children's affairs, let's figure out a way together, although Sjepan is a villain, there are many of us. Shao Tianming and Sjepan have lived together for three or four years, and they know their group of people well, as long as they plan well and find out the key points, we can take back the child! ”

Lao Lu stopped and looked at Yin Zhen: "You are really a person with brains." I'm not going to let you and Julia get involved in this matter, though. ”

Yin Zhen was stunned: "Why?" ”

"It's our family's business, you two are outsiders, and it has nothing to do with you."

Lao Lu's tone was stiff and the words were quite unpolite, but Yin Zhen was not angry about it. He grabbed Lao Lu's arm: "Just the two of you, you are too weak, it's too dangerous!" Lao Lu, Julia and I are also your relatives, you shouldn't think of us like this. ”

Lao Lu glanced at him, pulled his arm away, and said lightly: "You can help with other things, this kind of thing, you'd better not interfere." ”

Yin Zhen looked at his back in a daze, and suddenly said, "Actually, it's because you don't trust Shao Tianming, right?" ”

Lao Lu stopped abruptly, and he sighed: "Ah Zhen, has anyone ever told you that it's not a good thing to see too clearly?" ”

Yin Zhen was silent for two seconds and nodded: "Yes." That's what my brother told me. But Lao Lu, he is your son-in-law, and the child is your own grandson, how could he lie to you? ”

Lao Lu turned around and looked at Yin Zhen tiredly: "Ah Zhen, I have been a scout for ten years, and I have been engaged in anti-terrorism at the border for five or six years, those no-man's land in Xinjiang and Tibet, I am as familiar as my own backyard, do you think I will suspect a person without evidence?" ”

"Xinjiang, Tibet?" Yin Zhen was stunned, "What are you going to do in that kind of place?" ”

Lao Lu smiled: "Being a soldier, being born and dying, if you don't go to that kind of place, do you sit in the compound of the military region and drink tea?" ”

Yin Zhen was a little embarrassed, he scratched his head: "I don't understand that, I don't know what a scout does." ”

Lao Lu nodded: "It's too professional, it's normal that you don't understand." But I can't turn a blind eye to the anomalies around me like ordinary people. ”

"Lao Lu, what is wrong with Shao Tianming?"

While walking, Lao Lu slowly spoke: "We hid in the mint house for a long time yesterday, didn't we?" Ah Zhen, do you remember that there was a girl in junior high school in that family? ”

Yin Zhen nodded: "Julia told me that the child may be thirteen or fourteen years old. ”

"I was separated from my father and daughter four years ago. Yuan Yuan was nine years old at the time. Lao Lu said, "Now counted, Yuanyuan should be thirteen years old." About the same age as the girl in the mint house. ”

Yin Zhen nodded: "And then?" ”

"On the third floor of the mint house is the girl's room. Because she was still a child, Julia couldn't wear her clothes, so she didn't touch a single one, and they were all stored in the closet and kept well. Lao Lu continued, "And Julia told me that this family is very doting on children, and all the clothes are imported goods, and the original European version ...... Yesterday we both took refuge in the house, and we searched the first to third floors in search of weapons. ”

When the old man said this, he stopped and turned to look at Ah Zhen. He said in an unfathomable tone: "But Shao Tianming didn't take a single piece of clothing. He opened the closet, found no weapons in it, and immediately closed it. I didn't even look at it a second time. ”

Yin Zhen's brain is flying! He stared at Lao Lu blankly, and for a long time, he stumbled and said, "Can ...... But that doesn't prove anything, maybe he was too flustered at the time to have that mind. ”

Lao Lu shook his head: "Ah Zhen, you don't know Shao Tianming, you don't know how much he loves Yuanyuan, that child is his life." I suspect that one day when Yuan Yuan cries out for meat, he will be able to cut off a piece of his arm and give it to his daughter. ”

When Lao Lu said this, Yin Zhen was speechless.

Finally, he said with difficulty: "So, Lao Lu, do you think he has something to hide from you?" ”

"I don't know." Lao Lu shook his head, "I don't even dare to think about it." I can only think of this step: something wrong happened, and Shao Tianming still refused to tell the truth. ”

Yin Zhen knew that it was not good to ask too much, but after a while, he still couldn't help but say, "Why the hell?" Lao Lu, why did you and Shao Tianming get into trouble like this? ”

Lao Lu lowered his head and didn't answer, just carried his bag and continued to walk forward.

Yin Zhen had to follow him on, and then, he heard Lao Lu's voice: "I killed Lu Ling." ”

Yin Zhen trembled!

Lao Lu turned his head to look at him: "Shao Tianming hates me, he is not wrong at all, he should hate me." Xiaoling was killed by my own hands, and I killed my own daughter. ”

Yin Zhen was dumbfounded! He suddenly shook his head desperately: "Impossible! No way! Lao Lu, you can't do something like that. ”

Lao Lu smiled bitterly: "You trust me so much?" ”

Yin Zhen restrained his expression and said seriously: "Lao Lu, I am young, I am inexperienced, and I don't know much about the current world. But I believe in my ability to read people. In the past so many years, I have never let myself down. You are certainly not a straightforward person, but you are not heartless. ”

Lao Lu didn't know whether to laugh sarcastically or pitifully: "Thank you for supporting me." But I know what I've done. ”

He sighed slightly and looked up at the distant blue sky.

"Ah Zhen, you heard about my daughter from Julia, right?" Lao Lu said, "Do you know what disease she has? ”

Yin Zhen nodded: "I remember it's liver ...... Sickness. ”

"Well, liver cancer, I have undergone surgery to replace my liver, and my family has spent all my money, but it still doesn't work." The old man said in a low voice, "Xiaoling's illness has been delayed for two or three years, from the beginning of the discovery to the end of the treatment, repeatedly tossing our family members, life is like a roller coaster, today is full of hope, and tomorrow will have to hold the critical illness notice in hand." The child himself suffers, and the disease of cancer is too grinding. Sometimes I look at her crying and beg the doctor to give me another shot of morphine, and I think, why don't you let this disease fall on my head? It's better if I die for her. ”

Yin Zhen listened without saying a word.

"Our house is a mess, and outside, it's a mess. At that time, zombies began to appear locally, and people everywhere were panicked, and the authorities repeatedly said that it would be eliminated if it didn't matter, but no one believed it. Everyone is fleeing, but our family doesn't have time to take care of that, Shao Tianming and I just worry about Lu Ling every day, oh, I just picked up Julia back at that time. Then the hospital told us that there was not much hope, so let's prepare for the future. ”

When Lao Lu said the last half of the sentence, his voice was already hoarse. It's been years, but it's still aching in his heart.

He paused and let out a tired sigh: "The outside world is about to end, but the small world of my family has come to an end." Shao Tianming didn't eat or sleep, he ran to the hospital like crazy, forcing the doctors to think of some more way, in fact, the whole society was in chaos at that time, and those doctors were already very conscientious if they could stick to Lu Ling. It's a pity that a terminal illness is a terminal illness, and if it can't be cured, it's useless for him to force the doctors to death. Soon after, zombies appeared in the city......"

Yin Zhen listened, and his heart began to beat wildly, for the ending he might have guessed.

"It quickly became unsafe to go out on the street, and often a zombie suddenly rushed out and attacked passers-by. Once, on my way to the hospital, I was almost bitten by a zombie. As a result, at this time, Shao Tianming told me that he had come up with a way to let Lu Ling live. ”

Yin Zhen swallowed a mouthful of saliva and whispered, "He...... Want to turn your daughter into a zombie? ”

Lao Lu smiled bitterly: "You are so smart." ”

"How can this work?" Yin Zhen shouted, "If you become a zombie, that's not a living person!" ”

"Shao Tianming doesn't care about that, he told me that instead of watching Lu Ling breathe and then be burned to ashes, it is better to let her become an immortal zombie - at that time we didn't know that zombies would also die - at least he can see her, and her body will not rot."

"He's crazy!" Yin Zhen concluded.

Lao Lu nodded: "I think so too." Lu Ling's illness is very tormenting, I know, and I don't want to watch my daughter die. But I don't want her to be a zombie. Shao Tianming and I said that it must not be. I don't allow him to do that, my daughter, when she was alive, she was a dignified person, and when she died, she was also a dignified ghost, and I didn't allow her to be like those zombies, half-dead, and finally end up without knowing what happened. ”

Yin Zhen was silent for a long time before he said, "Shao Tianming didn't listen to your persuasion, did he?" ”

Lao Lu nodded.

The mystery was revealed, Yin Zhen didn't know how to comfort the old man for a while, he pressed his hand on Lao Lu's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Dad, I don't blame you for this." You didn't kill your daughter, you were just a man-eating monster. ”

Old Lu Chang sighed: "Ah Zhen, do you know what is the most terrifying place in this apocalyptic world? ”

"What?"

"It can change you and change you beyond recognition. Those terrible things that you would never think of in a normal society, here you can do without any obstacles - it changes you into another person little by little, and you don't even know it. ”

“……”

"Okay, let's not talk about the old things," Lao Lu smiled, "Let's go, take you to see my 'elite troops'." ”

(Today's second watch)