All this happened so fast that Maurice was stupid, looking at the unrecognizable corpse with Scarface and unable to react for a long time.

Rayson put away his gun and took the lead to walk out of the alley, and when he saw Maurice still stupidly in place, he snorted coldly: "Let's go! What are you doing in a daze? ”

Maurice came to his senses and hurriedly followed Rayson out of the alley.

Maurice followed behind Rayson's ass, shocked: "Boss, boss, why did you shoot all of a sudden?" This will surely be discovered soon! ”

"I'm just going to let people find him." Rayson sneered: "I want the person who sent him to know that I don't cause trouble, but I won't be afraid either." This is the first warning I gave him, if he still wants to cause me trouble, it is better to think about the consequences first. I don't have that much time to waste with him! ”

Looking at Rayson's resolute expression, Maurice was cold again and didn't dare to say more.

After walking out for a distance, I looked back and saw that there were already a lot of people gathered around the alley, and there were a few soldiers with spears in their hands, obviously attracted by the gunfire just now. Fortunately, Rayson and the others left quickly, so no one found out.

After walking some distance, Rayson took two cans from his backpack and threw them into Maurice's arms.

"I don't have a place to stay, go to your place tonight and lead the way."

"Huh?"

Maurice was stunned, his face full of hesitation: "Boss, my place ...... It's very shabby, and besides, don't you have a hotel to stay in? Why ......?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't." Rayson didn't bother to explain to Maurice: "Lead the way." ”

Seeing that Rayson's face was impatient, Maurice could only shut his mouth and obediently lead the way to the front.

Through the streets and alleys, the surrounding environment became more and more desolate, and in the end, even the patrolling soldiers could not be seen, this was almost the northernmost part of Devon City, it is estimated that this area was once a battlefield, full of ruins, almost no intact buildings, only the wind whistling from time to time.

After walking for more than ten minutes, I finally saw some people, and a few wandering figures appeared in the distance. The men apparently spotted Maurice as well and greeted him warmly.

However, when they saw Rayson, their faces changed.

"You, you, you...... What are you doing! We are not afraid of you! One of the thin men shouted breathlessly, looked around, picked up a stick, and pointed it at Rayson.

The others also stared at Rayson in horror, thinking that Rayson had come to trouble them, and beckoned Maurice to flee quickly.

After all, this group of people were all the people who followed Maurice and wanted to rob Rayson, and they were naturally cleaned up by Rayson.

It took Maurice a lot of explanations to convince them that Rayson wasn't looking for trouble.

When he came to Maurice's residence, Rayson was a little dumbfounded, he said that the tattered life he lived in was indeed not perfunctory, it was really very tattered; Including Mauris, more than a dozen people here live in simple tents built with tarpaulins, living next to rats and cockroaches, all kinds of rags, pots and pans, and randomly piled up in the corner, looking like a waste recycling station.

Explain to everyone that Rayson is here to stay overnight, and although the neighbors are puzzled, they are not repulsed, and a few people take out uneaten cans to entertain Rayson; If you don't say it, you don't know that these people had ganged up to rob Rayson a few days ago, and they were finally cleaned up by Rayson.

Maurice walked into his tent, came out with another cardboard box, and beckoned to Rayson: "Boss, I've cleaned up inside, you can sleep in it at night, I'll find another friend's house to squeeze." ”

Seeing Maurice carefully holding the cardboard box, Rayson couldn't help but wonder: "What is this?" ”

"Meow~"

As soon as the words fell, a little orange cat poked its head out of the cardboard box, called milkily, and looked at Rayson with curious eyes, very cute.

The mouse-faced Maurice looked at the little orange cat, his eyes were full of tenderness: "Boss, this is what I raised, cute, right?" It's called Hope, which is the name given to Granny Soup. ”

A few pieces of shriveled meat can still be seen in the carton, which Rayson had given to Maurice.

Maurice put aside the carton containing the kitten Hope, looked around, and scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Boss, I don't have anything to entertain you here, why don't you go with me to Granny Tang's to have a look, I don't know if she cooked soup today." ”

With that, Maurice rushed out first. Rayson didn't want to follow, but thinking about it, being idle is also idle, just to pass the time.

Maurice took Rayson to the only building in the area that was still intact.

This is a small single-storey bungalow, although it looks old and in disrepair, but it is still intact. Maurice pushed the door in directly: "Granny Tang! Are you there? ”

An old lady came out of the inner room, and when she saw Maurice, a kind smile appeared on her wrinkled face: "It's you, Maurice, you don't need to bring me any more food, the meat you brought me last time hasn't finished yet." ”

"It's okay, you and the baby have to eat." As he spoke, Maurice took out the two cans that Rayson had just given him and put them on the table, with no reluctance in his eyes.

Baby? Only then did Rayson notice that there was a baby bouncer in the corner, which was probably the cleanest thing in the neighborhood, with neat cloth wrapped in it, and the metal bracket without a trace of rust, quietly supporting in the corner, swaying slightly from time to time.

Walking over, a baby was lying in the swaddling clothes of a rocking chair and sleeping peacefully, with a clean face, two small hands slightly clenched into fists, and a stable face, as if the cruelty and barbarism of this world had nothing to do with him.

The old lady also noticed Rayson: "This is ......"

"Oh, it's ...... This is my boss, who lacks a place to stay, and now lives with me. After Maurice finished the introduction, he asked, "Granny Tang, did you cook soup today?" ”

"I just cooked a little, and I haven't fed the children yet, so you guys are here, let's eat some together."

The old lady led the two to the back room, and in the middle of the back room, there was a huge pot, steaming, and it looked like it was cooking soup.

However, after lifting the lid, Lei Sen was a little dumbfounded, a large pot of water, there were a few pieces of minced meat the size of a fingernail floating in thin water, the color of the water was still clear, if you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see the floating oil stars on the surface.

Can this also be called soup? The corners of Rayson's mouth twitched, but Maurice didn't think there was a problem at all, and rubbed his hands together, as if that pot was really delicious.

The old lady brought three broken bowls and a spoon, divided them among Maurice and Rayson, scooped one herself, and trembled towards the baby in the corner.

"Boss! Drink it! You're welcome, just like your own home! Maurice beckoned, and drank a bowl himself.

But Rayson's attention was all on the old lady at the moment, watching her hold the bowl of water-like soup, and couldn't help but say, "Old man...... Don't you have anything else for the little ones to eat? Milk powder or something? This soup ...... Are you sure the little ones can eat it? ”

The old lady paused, turned her head, and looked at Rayson's face but was extremely shocked.

Rayson was a little puzzled, and Maurice interjected with a puzzled expression: "Boss, what is milk powder?" ”

After a moment's thought, Rayson suddenly realized. Milk powder is an industrial product of the old century, and now that the world is collapsing, how can there be any place to produce this thing? If you hadn't lived through the old century, you probably wouldn't have known that such a thing ever existed in this world.

"Forget it, it's nothing." Rayson shook his head helplessly.

Maurice didn't ask, but the old lady, with a shocked face, moved her steps and walked up to Rayson: "Young man...... You...... How old are you? ”

This Granny Tang is obviously also from the old century, and the people who can live from the old century to the present are basically a certain age. But Rayson was in a special situation, and spent fifty years in a freezer.

But the matter was too complicated, too complicated for Rayson to explain. After a moment of silence, Rayson only said, "You guessed right, I'll follow you...... From the same era. ”

Granny Tang looked at Lei Sen carefully, and although there was surprise in her old and cloudy eyes, there was no suspicion. She was visibly agitated, her lips trembling.

Lei Sen thought that Granny Tang had something to say, but after a long time, he threw out an inexplicable sentence: "You...... Literate, right? ”

Although he felt a little inexplicable, Rayson nodded.

"That's good, it's good to be literate......"

Granny Tang muttered, turned around again, and walked towards the baby with the soup bowl in her hand.

"You're done...... Let's go back and rest early, I'm a little tired today......"

Granny Tang instructed, ignored the two of Rayson, and quietly fed the baby soup with a small soup spoon.

Rayson was a little baffled, and the soup didn't suit his appetite, so he simply put down the soup bowl and left. Maurice struggled for a moment, quickly took two more sips, put down the soup bowl, and followed Rayson.

Halfway through, Rayson suddenly asked, "You gave all the supplies I gave you to the old lady and the cat?" ”

"Huh?" Maurice was stunned for a moment, and nodded a little embarrassedly: "Yes." Granny Tang is old, she usually helps to take care of her, and she often cooks soup for us to drink......"

Rayson was puzzled: "You yourself are a person who can't live happily, and you still have this mind." ”

"Uh......" Maurice didn't know how to answer for a while, and laughed dryly: "Everyone help each other, help each other." ”

Rayson occupies Maurice's tent, while Maurice hugs Hope the orange cat and goes to squeeze a smaller tent with a fat man.

The people here are all dressed in tatters, have no long things, and endure oppression and humiliation all year round, living at the bottom, and no one takes their lives seriously, not even themselves......

But, in their faces, Rayson does not see the decadence of complaining, they are easily satisfied, they will be happy to pick up a bottle of water, they will rejoice when they have a can, they will gather around the campfire, and share what they have, not much; Just as Maurice was hungry, he would raise the little orange cat and give the meat to Granny Tang.

Looking at Maurice, who was teasing the kitten, Rayson suddenly understood something.

When he forced Maurice to kill Scarman, Maurice was worried that the 'we' who would be retaliated against with his crying voice were not himself and him at all, but this group of people who lived with Maurice.

Maurice was so cowardly because he feared that he would be retaliated against, and that he was worried that his friends would be affected, and that his comfortable life would be ruined; Even if his dignity was trampled on, he didn't dare to raise his head.

This has nothing to do with kindness, in essence, it is just a person who wants to live and live comfortably, even if this comfort is full of hardships and is just a dream; But as long as you can have a comfortable day, it is good for Maurice, and for people like him.

Rayson smiled inexplicably and shook his head: "Dignity is nothing, you can live without life, you have to be comfortable......"

Thinking of this, Rayson suddenly became less disgusted with Maurice's cowardice. This poor man not only has something to hate, but also something to love.

The bonfire burned, and the fire was brilliant and bright, as if it could cool all the hearts of people in the dark night.

Unfortunately, the fire did not last until dawn, and only smoke remained before dawn.

Rayson, who was in the tent, was woken up by a cacophony outside.

"Nope! Oh no! Granny Tang is dead!! ”