Chapter 43: Nandu (2)
Li Zhen took a step back, glanced at Qi Yuanshan again, and saw Yu Yongqiang walking down behind. So he missed his body and gave him a punch, and said with a smile: "You kid looks good." ”
"This ...... Ah, thanks to you......" Yu Yongqiang, who was not very happy just now, became inexplicably nervous and cramped when he saw Li Zhen, and he didn't know what to pick up after just saying a word, so he pulled Shen Ci up in a hurry: "Brother, this is my daughter-in-law, you didn't see it last time." ”
But he didn't expect that his daughter-in-law, who had always been sharp-toothed, would become cramped. Shen Ci squeezed and squeezed the smile on his face before he held back a sentence: "...... Hello, hello. ”
Li Zhen smiled and nodded at her: "Welcome, welcome!" ”
Then Shen Cicai shrank back behind Yu Yongqiang, smacked his lips, and thought in his heart: "Mom - this is a big man - I don't know how to speak when I see it!" ”
- Actually, anyone who sees a legendary person who can destroy the world standing in front of him will immediately have such a thought - it is not so much like a human being, but like a god!
And this "God" seems so humble and easy.
Then Li Zhen saw Qi Lingling. He was slightly stunned.
The four of them originally focused their attention on his face, and then they all went to see Qi Lingling - what's wrong?
But Qi Lingling herself was a little at a loss. Qi Yuanshan hurriedly introduced: "This is my daughter-in-law, Qi Lingling." ”
Li Zhen snorted and laughed: "How can it be so coincidental - Yuanshan, you are not a small blessing!" ”
Qi Yuanshan and Qi Lingling looked dazed.
Li Zhen winked at Qi Lingling: "We've seen it." ”
Yu Yongqiang and Shen Ci also became at a loss - what Qi Lingling said together was still true.
"That night - on a bench in the park. Don't remember? Li Zhen said with a smile. But he soon realized that he was overjoyed...... That's not a good idea. So he hurriedly said, "Let's meet and talk for a few words, I asked you if you regret coming to the empire from the Philippines, and you said you don't regret it." And then I never saw it again - I didn't expect it to be so coincidental, and the distant mountains were blessed. ”
Qi Lingling's eyes widened: "Ah...... It's really you! ”
She hurriedly pulled Qi Yuanshan by the hand: "Do you remember when I told you that I was the hardest and slept in the park, one night a strange person came up to me, I thought it was a robbery, but he gave me back the money?" It's him! ”
That night was the night when "Li Zhen" killed Shen Mu.
This little episode unexpectedly eased the atmosphere between the five of them. Li Zhen smiled: "Let's go, get in the car, let's talk slowly on the road." ”
Nandu was rebuilt on the ruins of Zamboanga. But no matter how great the enthusiasm. It is impossible to completely build a new city in five years. Thus served as the capital of Southern Luzon. Nandu looks a little "shabby". You will rarely be able to see tall buildings with more than six floors, and more often houses with two or three floors.
But even such a building is about to make the four people in the car look stupid.
Because the so-called "two-to-three-storey" houses in Nandu are not like those in Binh Duong. Binh Duong is an old city with a history of thousands of years. The old city naturally has the old town. And Binh Duong's old town. There are many, many low-rise buildings. Most of those buildings were built at a time when the empire's economy was growing rapidly. There is only one purpose - to accommodate a larger population,
So the buildings are actually not beautiful at all, they are all square buildings with red brick facades. Such a house looks quite imposing when it is newly built. But as time passed, the facades of those buildings became dirty and gray, and it was depressing.
Later, the old buildings were painted. However, after more than a decade of painting, the buildings became more dilapidated and dirty. Shen Mu's original warehouse was in such an old town, and at a glance, his heart was almost full of despair.
Qi Yuanshan: They were used to seeing that kind of building, and now they saw the buildings on both sides of the spacious streets of Nandu—all brand new. And these new buildings are not cube-like buildings, but small cottages with their own gardens and lawns. At first, they thought the car was passing through a villa area, but when they gradually entered the city center, they found that almost the entire southern city was laid out like this.
This scene surprised several of them - because the price of such a house in Binh Duong can reach more than 300,000 gold yuan, which is by no means affordable for ordinary people.
Li Zhenzhi explained their doubts, and only explained with a smile: "There are few people here. There won't be too many people in the future. ”
It dawned on them – but only the previous sentence was concerned. This island was indeed the hardest hit area, there was a core awakening first, and only one more kind of invasion was made, and there were indeed not many people who could survive.
Shen Ci stabbed Yu Yongqiang in the back, and there was an uncontrollable smile in his eyes. The meaning is clear - we can live like this in the future.
It's a pity that Yu Yongqiang was stunned at this moment.
The gray SUV driven by Li Zhen drove onto the main road, and at this time the number of cars slowly increased, but it was still not as endless as Pingyang.
Slowly, all four of them noticed one thing. That is, whenever Li Zhen's car appeared, the vehicles near him would slow down as if they had made an appointment in advance, allowing him to pass first. If there are people walking or enjoying the shade on both sides of the street, they will subconsciously stop if they have nothing else, and some people will even wave to them.
Li Zhen didn't explain much about this, but kept his expression as usual. But the other four looked at it with a secret smack—they never thought one would be treated so well by the others.
It was at this time that the little dissatisfaction in Yu Yongqiang's heart disappeared all at once - it was replaced by a little ashamed: it didn't seem that he came to pick them up alone because of contempt, on the contrary, it was extremely courteous and sincere.
After more than ten minutes of driving, Qi Yuanshan's mood slowly calmed down - although he still felt new and excited, it was already within a controllable range. So he really wanted to ask the question he had thought about on the plane before - would his own people cause trouble for Li Zhen?
They hadn't seen each other for many years, but Li Zhen behaved warmly and modestly, as if the two had just separated yesterday. This attitude made Qi Yuanshan attach more importance to the friendship between the two, and he didn't want to cause trouble to others. Of course, even he didn't realize that the thought he had actually made the relationship between the two people less pure—not because time or distance had spoiled the relationship slightly, but because of the huge difference in status between them.
He thought about it for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to turn his face and say to Li Zhen, "You let us come over......"
Li Zhen glanced at him, then turned to look at the road in front of him. The smile on his face became a little lighter, but it didn't make Qi Yuanshan feel unfamiliar. Because he could see that Li Zhen's slightly stronger smile before was for the four of them, and now this heartfelt smile is for himself.
"Don't overthink it." Li Zhen said two words, "It's different now than before, they have something to ask me." ”
After speaking, he took a hand off the steering wheel and patted Qi Yuanshan's knee.
The four of them all understood Li Zhen's words, and their hearts suddenly lightened, and they were completely happy.
After crossing the city, drive up another block. At this point, there were fewer cars and pedestrians on the streets, as if they had crossed an invisible barrier. Li Zhen saw a person on the lawn in front of a house with a black roof and white walls, so he slowly parked the car on the side of the road.
When the man saw Li Zhen's car, he smiled on his face and strode over.
The person who came was a tall man with long hair and a beard. Shen Ci looked out of the car window at the man for some reason, but after a glance, he let out a soft "ah" and shrank back to Yu Yongqiang's side.
Yu Yongqiang liked to play electric when he was young, so his eyes were not very good, and he didn't understand why his daughter-in-law would have this reaction. But when the man got closer, he realized what he was doing, and he was taken aback.
Because the comer doesn't look like a human being.
The human pupil will not be elongated, nor will there be tiny scales around the human eye socket.
This is...... Xenomorph??
He had the idea of running away, but immediately thought that this was Southern Luzon, Li Zhen's territory—even if there were really alien species, it would be a "good" alien species, right? What's more, Li Zhen seems to be quite familiar with that person. So he could only clench Shen Ci's hand and cheer her up in a low voice: "What's the panic, it's rare and weird." ”
Li Zhen spoke first: "Old Yu, how are you doing?" ”
The visitor grinned. With this smile, Shen Ci grabbed Yongqiang's hand tighter - the other party's mouth was full of sharp teeth, and it was frighteningly white. It was a breezy and sunny day outside, but she felt cold in the car.
"Someone has to pick you up in person." Yu Meng walked to the window of the car and looked inside, Qi Yuanshan reluctantly showed a smile and nodded to him.
"My buddy. I told you about it - distant mountains. Li Zhen replied with a smile, putting one arm on the car door, looking very casual.
So the four of them finally felt a little more at ease. At least the man could speak, and he really spoke like a "human", and he was still a good-natured person.
Yu Meng bowed his hand towards Qi Yuanshan and said seriously: "Long admiration, fortunate meeting." ”
Qi Yuanshan was a little stunned by him. This person with the surname Yu doesn't look like an Imperial, more like a Caucasians. However, the demeanor of the ancient scholars of the empire - to say old-school, it is too old. Who will meet now?
He had no choice but to follow the other party and say, "Fortunately, fortunately." (To be continued......)