Chapter 8: Showing off wealth is useless in the last days
An Qitong was a little dumbfounded, did she open the wrong door?
She has lived in the house for 4 years and the living room has never been so messy as it is now.
Is this the living room, this is the kennel and the pig's kennel?
The original clean and tidy sofa has been completely laid out behind the door, and the sofa cushions and pillows on it have been thrown to the ground one by one. There are also 4 chairs on top of the sofa, yes, the chair next to the dining table, and the dining table is against the back of the sofa. Behind the sofa was a two-door refrigerator, while the TV cabinet was raised to the dining table.
The whole living room was a mess as if it had just moved in, and nothing was in place. The only thing that hasn't moved is probably the cabinet air conditioner in the corner, which is connected to the outside unit, and it can't be moved.
Everything is piled up at the door, and there are many instant noodle boxes on the floor in the middle of the living room.
The curtains in the living room were pulled down, the light in the house was a little dim, and An Qitong, who was standing at the door, had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears, although this house was not her own, but the things in the house were slowly added by her in 4 years, and when she first rented it, there was nothing in the house except a bed. She secretly scolded the landlord in her heart at that time, with two bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom, and she didn't ask for a rent of 2,000 a month. But considering that it is convenient, and you can get to it by bus all the way from work, I agreed.
"Who are you? Who let you in? ”
A high-pitched female voice, visibly displeased, spoke of a woman in a white sundress.
"Chu Chu! If you make a small noise, it's not good to attract zombies. The chubby man standing next to the woman said in a low voice.
"What are you afraid of, zombies can't get in. It's you, why did you open the door for them, didn't you tell you not to let anyone else in? The woman in white crossed her waist with one hand and grabbed the man's ear with the other.
"Yes, yes...... You tap ...... It hurts......" the man begged for mercy flatteringly.
"Enough!" An Qitong really can't stand it, what's going on?
"You're in my house now, I can't come in yet, what's the reason?"
An Qitong came to the two of them in a few steps and continued:
"And who are you? How did you get in? Did you pry the windows of my house? ”
As soon as he heard this, the chubby man stopped doing it.
"Who pried the window? This is my house, and I can come in if I want. ”
"Your house?" An Qitong was stunned, if she was not mistaken, her landlord was an aunt who was about 50 years old, how could she become this man?
"Of course it's my house, otherwise where would I get the key?" The man was a little nervous, and took out a bunch of keys from his trouser pocket and turned them in circles in his hand.
The woman in white also said proudly:
"That's right, my husband has several houses, and this one is still small."
"The house I rented from Aunt Liu ......" An Qitong said the landlord, who was already a little confused.
"Oh, that's my mom." The man smiled knowingly, and a dimple appeared on his somewhat fat face.
An Qitong has solved any problems about the house in the past 4 years by Aunt Liu, she has never seen anyone other than Aunt Liu, it turns out that Aunt Liu has such a big son.
"And how did you get here?" An Qitong looked at the man suspiciously.
Before the end of the world, An Qitong did not owe rent, water and electricity, and had no other problems with the landlord, what was the situation with the landlord's son who suddenly appeared?
"Oh, my name is Xiao Dapeng, no, Chu Chu just became my girlfriend, so I will take her to see our assets, let her know that I don't have to worry about eating and drinking with me, I have 6 houses, and the value of these houses is not a loss to her, isn't it? But who would have thought that as soon as we arrived in the community, there was a cannibalism incident, I didn't see it right, why did it look more and more like Resident Evil, so I quickly hid here. ”
As the chubby man spoke, he stretched out his finger and compared it to a 6, and the big gold ring on his finger almost shook An Qitong's eyes.
It turned out to be here to show off her wealth to women, a typical image of a demolition nouveau riche.
As he was talking, the iron door outside the security door was slammed, and the woman in white was so frightened that she couldn't wait to shrink into Xiao Dapeng's arms, trembling.
An Qitong looked at the security door nervously, this movement was too big, it should be that the zombies found them, and even the security door shook a little.
Lin Zihao, who was beside him, suddenly opened the security door, stabbed out hard through the iron door, and the steel stick penetrated the head of the zombie outside the door, and its posture still maintained the appearance of slapping, but it never moved again.
Lin Zihao's movements were too fast, and by the time An Qitong reacted, the zombie had already fallen to the ground.
"Okay, buddy, you're very bold." Some voices came out of Xiao Dapeng's mouth, and he was obviously scared to death, but he still wanted to have a good time, so as to express that he was not very afraid.
Lin Zihao ignored Xiao Dapeng, he leaned the corpse of the zombie outside the door against the iron door outside, and after getting it done, he carefully locked the iron door, closed and locked the security door, and then turned to Xiao Dapeng and said.
"Well, you can try it next time."
Lin Zihao's eyes were very indifferent, not at all like the person An Qitong knew.
"Ah...... No...... No need...... I won't show it......" Xiao Dapeng stammered a little, and took a small step back, I don't know if it's hot, the sweat on his face is dripping down, this young man in a police uniform doesn't seem to like him very much.
"An Qitong, the zombie should have just come down from the second floor, there is the corpse of this zombie at the door, it should be able to resist the appearance of some zombies, you check if there is anything to take away at home, we had better go out of the city early tomorrow morning."
Lin Zihao didn't care about Xiao Dapeng's words, he turned to face An Qitong, the indifference in his eyes just now disappeared in an instant, and it was still the warm and shiny eyes that An Qitong knew.
"Fight off the zombies?" An Qitong was puzzled, would the corpses of zombies block zombies?
"Well, I found out a few days ago that where there are zombie corpses, other zombies won't pay attention to it anymore, we just need to keep the necessary quiet, unless you stand in front of the zombies, then the number of corpses is not enough."
Lin Zihao told his discovery, which he had verified when he was alone.
He turned to the other two:
"Listen, Xiao Dapeng, I don't care what your ability is, tonight, you and I will keep vigil together, and you have to keep quiet."
Xiao Dapeng, who was named by name, didn't say anything, and Chu Chu on the side scoffed:
"Cut, you think you're a cop, it's great, you say vigil, you keep vigil, it's not like we've been hiding for a few days."
Seeing Chu Chu's self-righteousness, Lin Zihao just stared at Xiao Dapeng coldly.
"You'd better pray that your luck is as good as ever, otherwise, the zombies won't pick whether you have a house or how much money you have."
An Qitong was a little strange, Lin Zihao was fine before entering the door, he felt that since he met Xiao Dapeng and Chu Chu, he looked a little angry, how did they offend him?
Chu Chu was a little unimpressed, she gently hugged one of Xiao Dapeng's arms, and said in a sweet voice:
"Dapeng, this is your house, how can you let a stranger make such a self-determination, let's let them go."
"Chu Chu, don't make trouble, it's the end of the world, there are zombies everywhere outside, multiple people have more power, isn't it? At night, you will sleep peacefully, and I will protect you, and it will be fine. ”
Xiao Dapeng didn't want Lin Zihao to go out, this person could kill zombies without blinking an eye, it can be seen that he is still capable, such a person should hurry up and win it over, maybe he can help himself.
In the past few days, let alone killing zombies, he has never been out of this door, but in front of Chu Chu, he has to show that he is very brave and can kill zombies, but he knows best how much courage he has. Men have some good faces, and he doesn't want to lose the price in front of Chu Chu.
Thinking of this, Xiao Dapeng smiled at An Qitong and said:
"Sister, it looks like you're younger than me, it's no problem to call you sister. Since you rented my house, I am not an unreasonable person, you and your friends are here for the night, tomorrow if you want to leave, if you want to stay, I also welcome, what do you think? ”
An Qitong was speechless, although the house was his, but she had paid the rent, and the end of the world had only started for a few days, so she couldn't move in normally?
An Qitong didn't know what to say, Xiao Dapeng looked at her like I was a good person, making her feel that no matter what she said, she felt as if she had accepted his favor, although she had only known him for less than an hour, she didn't like this feeling.
Seeing that An Qitong didn't speak, Xiao Dapeng turned his head to look at Lin Zihao again.
"Brother, what do you say?"
The stick that Lin Zihao had just pulled out of the zombie's head was still dripping blood, he didn't look at Xiao Dapeng, leaned the stick against the door, and then walked to An Qitong's side, lowered his head slightly, and whispered close to An Qitong's ear:
"This person should be careful, I will keep vigil at night, if you have anything to bring, hurry up and pack up, we will leave early tomorrow morning, there are already too many zombies in the city, we must get out of the city as soon as possible."
At such a close distance, An Qitong could feel the unique breath of a man hitting her ears, making her ears itch and unnaturally want to dodge, but fortunately, Lin Zihao only had one sentence, and immediately left his ears after speaking, which made An Qitong feel that he had just been hypocritical.
After Lin Zihao finished talking to An Qitong, he stood in front of An Qitong.
"Mr. Xiao, thank you for your kindness, we will leave early tomorrow morning, and we will stay for one night tonight, rest assured that we will not disturb your ......" The voice was a little cold, and after speaking, Lin Zihao glanced at Chu Chu next to him meaningfully.
Chu Chu was uncomfortable by Lin Zihao's look, she quickly grabbed Xiao Dapeng's hand, and the person was slightly hidden behind Xiao Dapeng.
"It's easy to say, I'm not a particular person, you can just do whatever you want."
After speaking, Xiao Dapeng was still smiling.
There was a little embarrassment in the room for a while, An Qitong didn't speak, Lin Zihao didn't speak, Xiao Dapeng didn't expect An Qitong and them to leave tomorrow morning, and they didn't even mean to stay, what should I do?
Chu Chu on the side knew that An Qitong and the others would leave tomorrow, and seeing that everyone didn't speak, she hurriedly pointed to a bedroom door behind her and said:
"This is the only room in the house that has a bed, and I've slept with it, so I'm still sleeping here tonight."
In that case, I was afraid that An Qitong would rob her, so I almost blocked the door of the room.
In fact, An Qitong hadn't slept well for a few days, and she desperately wanted to have a good night's rest in her big bed, but when she heard that her bed had been occupied by strangers, she gave up her plan, but she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.
When the end of the world comes, all social order no longer exists, let alone a bed, it is a supermarket, a car, and whoever meets it can use it. An Qitong understood the truth, so she didn't worry about the ownership of this bed with Chu Chu.
"It's okay, you can sleep in the bed, but I'm going to go in and get some of my own things, do you have anything in there that I need to pay attention to?" An Qitong looked at Chu Chu, and the expression on his face was very calm.
Chu Chu didn't seem to expect An Qitong to let the bed out without even arguing with her, and she was a little stunned. But soon she said with some joy:
"It's nothing, it's just some of my jewelry on the bed, you just need to pay attention."
An Qitong nodded, didn't say anything more, greeted Lin Zihao, and pushed open his door.
The room wasn't as messy as the living room, and some of her things were still in place, except that the pale blue striped sheets on the bed had turned bright red.
An Qitong was a little surprised, this big red sheet was sent by herself a year ago when she bought the air conditioner in the living room, she thought the red was too bright, so it was useless, and she kept it in the wardrobe, but she didn't expect Chu Chu to be able to find it out from the closet.
It's really good to adapt to life in the last days, the smell of her own body and the fact that she hasn't changed her clothes for a few days, the whole person can't compare with Chu Chu outside, Chu Chu not only has clean clothes, but also has spare time to change the sheets, also facing the end of the world, Chu Chu is living very well, and she has been so embarrassed.
An Qitong put down the backpack that she had carried since the morning and had not left her body, she urgently needed to change into clean clothes, found a white T-shirt and a pair of khaki slacks in the closet, and was about to change into them, only then did she remember that she should wash them well.
But the water has stopped for a long time, how to wash it?
No one could have imagined that the end of the world would happen so suddenly, let alone store water at home in advance, and it would not be a normal water outage. Even if the water supply is cut off, the water company will issue a written notice to inform the user to prepare in advance. But where is the water now?
Although he is too homely, he will not save some water at home if he is fine, and even if he does, it is estimated that it will be used by two strangers outside.
An Qitong was a little frustrated, when facing the zombies outside, she couldn't remember and couldn't care if she was clean or not, but now at home, as soon as she relaxed, she really didn't want to wear this stinky clothes for a second.
When Lin Zihao came in, An Qitong was looking at his clothes with a sad face.
"What's wrong?" Lin Zihao immediately asked nervously.
"Ahh It's okay, it's okay, it's not a big deal, it's just ......" An Qitong was embarrassed to open his mouth in front of Lin Zihao, he would not even have his life at any time in the last days, and he was still entangled in the question of whether there was water to take a bath, was it too undeserved?
"Then why do you look sad?"
Lin Zihao was still not at ease, he didn't notice that as soon as he touched An Qitong's matter, he was a little overly concerned. Lin Zihao, who couldn't figure it out, attributed all this to An Qitong being the first living person he met after the end of the world, and he was still a kind-hearted person.
"That's it...... It is...... I want to change my clothes, but I have to wash my body, it's too dirty. An Qitong was a little surprised.
Lin Zihao subconsciously looked at An Qitong's body, his hair was sticky to his face, the blood that was splashed when he killed the zombie had dried up, the clothes on his body had long been dirty, and he had not yet worn shoes on his feet.
When he saw his bare feet, he frowned, but An Qitong really thought that her request was a bit excessive, and she quickly said:
"Forget it, I'll just wipe it, it's okay, there's no water anyway."
"No, why don't you wear shoes? Still have a sore foot? ”
Looking at it from Lin Zihao's point of view, he could only see that An Qitong's feet were still a little red and swollen, but he couldn't tell whether he was injured or not.
"Ah, I forgot, my feet don't hurt so much." An Qitong shrank his feet a little uncomfortably.
"I see, let's go next door and see if there's any water." Lin Zihao proposed that the elderly generally like to save some rice, oil and other food at home, just go and look for it.
Referring to the next door, An Qitong remembered that Grandma Wang next door lived alone, her children were not around, she used to live in the suburbs, the government demolished her old house, she moved to this relocation community to live, but the living habits have not changed much, it turned out that when living in the old house, Grandma Wang's house has a small water tank, that is still an old antique, I don't know how many years, moved to the city to live, the water tank was also brought by Grandma Wang, and it was put in the kitchen. When An Qitong saw the water tank for the first time, he was curious and asked Grandma Wang why she wanted to use it, after all, tap water is so convenient now. Grandma Wang always smiled and told her that she was used to it, and she always liked to save some water, so that she could save some water from the tank.
If no one else found out, there should still be a water tank with water in the kitchen of Grandma Wang's house.
"Grandma Wang's house next door has a water tank in the kitchen, and there should be water. It's just that...... If there is water, should we keep it for drinking? An Qitong felt that if there was water, it should be better to keep it as drinking water.
"If there is, I don't know if it's been put in water for a few days, it's not safe to drink, we still have some water to drink, let's just go find some after we leave tomorrow."
Lin Zihao did not miss the joy that flashed on An Qitong's face, and now he really looked forward to the water tank that An Qitong said.
The door was not closed, and while An Qitong and Lin Zihao were talking in the room, there was also a deliberate low-pitched argument in the living room outside.
"I've been in for so long, I don't know what I'm doing, all my jewelry is still on the bed, what if ...... What if it's gone? ”
"Can you be quiet? Isn't it just some jewelry, I'll buy it for you later. If you rush in like this and offend someone, what will you do? ”
"Buy, buy, buy, buy? It adds up to a lot of money, are you really willing to do it? ”
"I, Xiao Dapeng, have nothing but money, as long as Chu Chu is happy, let me buy whatever I want, okay?"
There were still some chuckling voices and talking voices in the back, but they were lowered and couldn't be heard clearly.
This clearly shows that when An Qitong and they really took away the jewelry, and showed a generous and uncaring attitude, An Qitong was a little angry, she grew so big, she had never been so slandered, and Xiao Dapeng just said that he was a reasonable person.
As soon as An Qitong wanted to explain outside, he was stopped by Lin Zihao.
"You don't have to go, such a person is not worthy of your anger, in the last days, there are worse things than this, if you are angry, you can't be angry."
An Qitong looked at Lin Zihao suspiciously, obviously they had all experienced the end of the world together, why was there such a deep vicissitudes in his eyes?
Lin Zihao motioned to An Qitong not to speak, he stood at the door of the room and said in a low voice:
"Mr. Xiao, it's the end of the world, it's useless for you to show off your wealth in the last days, and zombies won't recognize money. Also, you should be careful when you speak in the future, don't accidentally offend other powerful people, then you have to be careful. ”