"You're a soldier?!"

The girl suddenly asked me with wide eyes, the glint in her eyes was strangely friendly, although I don't chase stars, but I already realized what kind of look it was, a kind of yearning and worship.

But I didn't dare to answer her, I knew that she asked me this because she saw the combat uniform under my coat, but I wasn't, the owner of this dress had become a martyr, and I was just an ordinary survivor.

"Air Force?"

The uncle spoke suddenly, his eyes were calm, and there was a strange vicissitudes in the calm, maybe it was just that his appearance hinted at me so, but he should be a man with a story.

I was a little embarrassed, but I still subconsciously nodded slightly, anyway, I didn't admit it in person, so let them think whatever they want. I'm not ashamed to think so.

But my actions made the uncle's eyes change slightly, and the vigilant and cold eyes softened slightly, maybe the identity of the owner of this dress made him let down his vigilance against me.

"You guys?"

I asked, but I didn't finish my sentence.

"Oh, that's right, I got separated from my dad, and this uncle was with me to find my dad."

She seemed to have a crush on me. But I knew that this affection was just a closeness to being a soldier, which might have made her feel that I could believe and not be overly defensive of me.

"Oh."

I nodded.

"Do you want to come with us? This uncle said that you are the Air Force, then you should have had an accident yesterday while fighting in the sky, and landed here. There is definitely no one you are familiar with here, just so we can be together, there is a lot of strength. ”

She blinked sweetly, wanting to pull me into their team, giving people a very simple feeling, but what she said was using many things, such as the simplicity she showed, the intimacy she gave people, it was easy to move people, especially the kind of unguarded attitude, it was easy for people to believe in her involuntarily, but its essence was just to add protection to herself, so that she could find her father. But it's possible that after the disaster, my nerves were a little irritated, after all, she was only a girl in her early twenties.

I looked at the uncle, his expression was like a pool of stagnant water, unchanged for eternity, and his indifferent expression reminded me of her, Commander Zhang, with this uncle's skills, coupled with his sense of my identity, he should have been a soldier too, otherwise he wouldn't be so sensitive, I guess.

"Retired soldier, Xu Weiguo." He seemed to sense my thoughts, and replied to me in a stiff and dry tone. I nodded and greeted him.

"You haven't answered me yet?"

She spoke, obviously an aggressive question, but in her sweet voice, it seemed unusually soft, as if asking an extremely ordinary question, and it gave me the feeling that I didn't have to get my answer.

I nodded, "Okay." ”

She got my answer, Shui Ling's big eyes bent slightly, and the smile made people feel relaxed, but I was a little difficult to adapt, as if I had fallen into someone else's trap, and I felt honored. This is a girl who knows how to use her looks very well, and such an idea suddenly popped into my mind, but I can't help but feel that I am too conspiracy theory, beautiful women seem to be very good at using their looks, right? It's not to blame.

"My name is Huang Ying." She held out her hand and introduced herself with a light smile.

"Zhou He."

I had the audacity to borrow the martyr's name again.

"Then let's eat something to fill our stomachs first, well, Brother Zhou, the pocket of your coat is very large, I will use it to carry more food and take it away to eat on the road."

She pointed to my coat pocket, but what made me sensitive was her voice Brother Zhou, I couldn't help but feel a little weird, but she called it so naturally, although I knew that she was only calling my identity, although the identity was not mine, but it was still difficult for me to adapt, but she called it so natural, I couldn't find a sense of disobedience.

"Uncle, you eat more, I already heard your stomach gurgling." The girl teased the uncle named Xu Weiguo sweetly.

The uncle nodded, and inserted the pistol that had been removed from the safety into his belt, and before that he had carefully inspected the small supermarket.

Not long ago I ate something, so I'm not very hungry now, just ate a few pieces of chocolate, and then I will start to bag, the girl named Huang Ying found two backpacks, and also began to fill the backpack with food, her hands and feet are very sharp, the movements are clean and neat, after filling, she handed a backpack to the uncle, and then put a backpack on her own back, obviously, I can't be alone empty-handed. The gentlemanly self-cultivation that is compulsory for men has always been an important lesson in my inner cultivation: "Give me the backpack." ”

I said.

She didn't look surprised, she didn't give in, her eyes crooked and she smiled: "Okay." So he handed me the backpack.

"Alright, gentlemen, let's go."

Huang Ying raised her fist, she didn't look very worried about how much danger would appear ahead, maybe she thought that me and that uncle were enough to protect her safety, but unfortunately, I was just an impostor, Air Force? Not to mention flying airplanes, I can't even play with model airplanes.

"How's it going out there?"

On the way, I tensed my nerves to look at my surroundings, and Xu Weiguo's voice sounded in my ears.

I paused, and I thought of the freaks and monsters wreaking havoc in the city, and the screams of terror seemed to ring in my ears, and I seemed to see my parents facing the monsters, looking terrified and desperate.

"It's okay."

My mind returned to reality, and I replied to him insincerely, but in fact, I don't know what the outside world is, and it may not be as unbearable as I imagined, after all, the army is not vegetarian, and guns and shells are not vegetarian.

He probably saw my inner turmoil and stopped asking me.

"Brother! They're coming down!! ”

In front of us on the right, there was a sudden scream of a little girl, and Xu Weiguo and I glanced at each other and became vigilant.

There was a bridge ahead, and the river under the bridge had dried up, and the direction of the sound was under the bridge.

I heard the girl's crying scream, and I couldn't help but feel compassion and wanted to go over to see what was going on, but Xu Weiguo behind me patted me on the shoulder and motioned me to listen carefully.

Ho!!!

Sure enough, on the stone bridge, there were at least a dozen or more ghouls roaring excitedly, and they obviously found the little girl under the bridge.

"Don't be afraid, they can't come down, my brother will protect you."

Listening carefully, there was another person, a boy's voice gently comforting the little girl.

"Brother!! They're down!! The girl suddenly screamed again.

I couldn't help but worry about the little girl, and subconsciously took out my gun. But Xu Weiguo held down his shoulder, and I looked at him in surprise, a little incomprehensible.

He explained in a deep voice: "This bridge is the north-south junction of Fengping County, and there are a lot of people coming and going on a regular basis. ”

Although he didn't go on, I could read his subconscious that there was no way to save the man, and that if he did, he might put himself in it, because the sound of gunfire would alarm the ghouls lurking in the nearby corners.

But his expression was very indifferent, his deep pupils could not see the slightest pity for life, his expression was so indifferent that it made me feel a little frightened, I thought, if I hadn't replaced the martyr's military identity, he would have been so indifferent to me, I couldn't help but turn my head and look at Huang Ying, she nodded imperceptibly.

My ears were ringing, as if two noisy voices were arguing in my ears.

Can't you really save them?

Although I claim to be a gentleman, and I know my nature very well, I am not a good person, not a bad person, but I can do it, but I can stand by like this, is it really okay, can I pass the hurdle of conscience?

I clenched the homemade long knife in my hand, and his hand let go of my shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "This way won't work, let's go another way." ”

And I was like a manipulated marionette, listening to them and stiffening behind.

A picture from my childhood popped up in my mind:

"Mom, what about my sister? When the village chief's grandfather brought me over just now, he said that you gave birth to a little sister for me. ”

It was when I was a child, in the hospital room, ignorantly questioning the frail woman lying on the hospital bed. She is my mother, after marrying my father, she stayed in the village and taught in peace, I heard others say that my mother is very educated, but she married an illiterate hunter, that is, my father, it is said that it was because of a cliché hero to save beauty.

My mother was quiet and gentle, she was an out-and-out beauty when she was young, her face was pale when she lay on the hospital bed, as if she had aged many years overnight, she seemed to be very weak, so weak that she did not have the strength to answer my questions, just opened her eyes, and lay quietly on the bed looking at the ceiling. Ignorant of me, however, I still refused to stop asking her, even though she didn't answer me in the end.

Later, I learned from the broken mouths of the villagers that I was not an only child, and that I had a younger sister, but she died at birth.

This is a dusty memory that has been sealed for a long time, but it plays out in my mind without warning at this moment, and the picture is very clear.