Zheng Jieming slowed down and tried to pull his left foot and leather shoes out of the zombie's cold claws and teeth, but heard the sound of the door opening on the second floor.

That old lady! Gave me a knife and made noise, did it help me or did it deliberately trick me? Zheng Jieming was suspicious and angry, and the noise she made almost buried herself in the belly of three zombies! He took off his shoes, then pulled them out of the zombie's mouth and put them on, drew his knife and cut off the zombie's thumb, and finally broke free. Then he quickly picked up the knife and went upstairs.

The old lady heard the sound of going upstairs, looked out through the railing of the security door, and saw Zheng Jieming rushing upstairs and staring at her.

"Did you just help me or hurt me?" Zheng Jieming questioned the old lady. He had just experienced a life-and-death killing, and his fear had not yet disappeared, and his suspicions were serious, but he didn't want to do anything out of the ordinary.

The old lady didn't speak, and only after a half ring did she say inarticulately:

"Young man, I'm sorry, I saw you in the cat's eye, and I wanted to hand you a knife to defend yourself, but I accidentally touched the vase on the cabinet..."

Zheng Jieming was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a heaviness in his heart, how could he be carried away by anger? Do you want to find an innocent old lady to vent your anger? The old lady didn't mean to make a sound, she could have left me alone. What if I don't enter the hallway and the old lady doesn't knock on the door? The knives were all given by the old lady, and if she didn't give me the knives, what would happen if I went up? I'm afraid I would have been bitten to death a long time ago.

Thinking from such a different position, Zheng Jieming himself felt ashamed.

"I'm sorry... Thank... Thank you for the knife you gave me. "He's a guy who knows how to fix his mistakes right away.

"Boy, you're not hurt, are you?" With a red face, the old lady made another sound, she did not wear braces, and her voice was leaky.

Zheng Jieming hurriedly carefully checked his body up and down, especially his left leg and left foot, to confirm that there was no injury, and looked at the old lady and shook his head.

Squeak.

The iron fence gate was also opened, and the old lady beckoned Zheng Jieming to enter the house. Zheng Jieming obediently followed in, and the old lady gently closed the door and carefully closed the inner door.

The house was cleaned up, Zheng Jieming noticed that there was a photo of the old lady hanging on the wall of the living room, he had an indescribable strange feeling, carefully looked at the photo for a while, and suddenly found a problem - the old man was the limping zombie downstairs who was sent to reincarnation by him with a stick!

Her wife has become a zombie, she doesn't know yet, right? Zheng Jieming thought.

The old lady didn't seem to notice at all, and with a trembling leg and foot, she brought out a pot of fruit from the kitchen: apples, and lychees in season. The apples have softened, and the lychees have turned black, apparently for too long.

"If you're thirsty, eat some. The water has stopped, so let's eat it directly! The old lady said, sitting down beside her.

Zheng Jieming didn't stretch out his hand, and the old lady didn't continue to let it, putting the fruit on the coffee table.

"Where did you come from, lad? Is it in our community? The old lady sat on the wooden chair next to the dining table and looked at Zheng Jieming.

"I... I live in Chengxi District and work in Hengji Building, and I originally worked in Hengji Building. Hide from the zombies... The group hiding outside came here. Zheng Jieming replied.

"Hengji Mansion? It's not far from here, but there's also a place to go. The old lady sighed, "I guess it was because of this accident that I came here." Sit down! How do you stand? ”

Zheng Jieming sat on the sofa behind him, and he felt that this old lady was actually quite kind. "Do you know the ins and outs of what happened?"

"I'm an old lady who doesn't know anything, and suddenly there was chaos outside that morning." The old lady seemed to think of something, and asked Zheng Jieming in turn, "What about your family?" ”

"Family... My parents... None of them are in the Northern Province, they all live in the Southern Province. Zheng Jieming didn't want to say that his 12-year-old father died on the battlefield, let alone the fact that his mother was missing. He never wanted to mention these things to outsiders, it was an eternal pain in his heart. He thought that Lei Yang's parents lived in Southern Province, so he made up a nonsense. He did not mention his sister, because he felt the need to explain his sister to the old lady.

"Good place in Southern Province, I hope nothing happens in Southern Province." The old lady's expression seemed to change slightly, and her lips began to move. "My wife, he... He is a native of Southern Province. ”

Zheng Jieming waited for the old lady to continue talking, he felt that the old lady wanted to talk.

"My wife... I lost my wife... He went downstairs early that morning, but never returned. The old lady bowed her head and began to weep. Tears soon covered the old lady's wrinkled face, which looked vicissitudes and sadness.

Zheng Jieming thought in his mind that her wife had become a zombie and was beaten to death, and he felt guilty for a while, as if he had killed not a zombie, but a living person.

"He's definitely dead. And it turned into those strange monsters downstairs. The old lady glanced up at Zheng Jieming, her tears were crystal clear, she pursed her lips, trying to control her emotions, but she couldn't control it at all, "He is no longer the same as before, he can't come back, I feel it." ”

Zheng Jieming got up and walked in front of her and shook the old lady's hand. There was not much flesh left on her hands, and her skin was like paper attached to her skinny bones. On the ring finger of his left hand, he wears a beautiful diamond ring. Her tears dripped down it, shining with a clear light.

The old lady cried for a long time, and finally relieved herself and raised her head to look at Zheng Jieming.

"Can you do one thing for me, young man?" Her eyes were full of anticipation and pleading.

"You say." Zheng Jieming replied without hesitation.

"Can you help me... Help my wife—" The old lady stopped talking.

"What, you say." Zheng Jieming is very patient.

"Solution... Take off... Is it? The old lady's tears welled up in her eyes again.

Zheng Jieming's heart tightened, and a burst of sadness came up, "She didn't know that he had been liberated..."

Zheng Jieming nodded, turned around and pretended to look at the photo carefully, and went downstairs with a knife. The old lady was still crying, she tried to calm down, and sent Zheng Jieming out, the broken porcelain pieces of the vase at the door were still all over the ground, Zheng Jieming closed the door - the sound was also very loud, it seemed that the door was just too astringent.

Zheng Jieming walked out of the corridor, thinking in his heart that if he told her that her wife had been sent away by him, I was afraid that the old lady would be even more uncomfortable, and he decided to weave a white lie to her.

Zheng Jieming walked back to the gym equipment and found the limping zombie corpse.

He looked carefully at the shapeless face, which had been beaten with a stick, and felt sad in his heart. Who of these zombies hasn't had a life of their own? Who hasn't had their own story? Who hasn't had their own love?

A burst of crystal light suddenly caught his eye, and he looked down to see that the zombie was wearing a diamond ring on his left ring finger - almost exactly the same as the one on the old lady's finger, only noticeably smaller.

Zheng Jieming carefully took off the ring and returned to the door of the old lady's house, the old lady had been guarding the door, and opened the door when she heard footsteps.

"He's gone, he's gone when I find him. It's serene. Zheng Jieming told the white lie that he had already calculated, simple, but obscured all the cruel facts.

"That's great," the old lady covered her mouth with her hands, trying to suppress her sadness.

"This... The ring, on his hand, is given to you. Zheng Jieming handed the ring into the palm of her hand.

"This ring—" The old lady's eyes flashed with happiness, and this happiness and sorrow were mixed, like a flower blooming on the other side. Every day before his death... Going out every day with our wedding rings, for years, it's been the same. ”

Zheng Jieming looked at her looking at the ring and crying and laughing, and he couldn't help but be moved, and tears flowed from his eyes. He didn't speak, just silently guarded this old man he didn't know, waiting for her to slowly bridge the sadness and sadness in her memories. After a long time, the old lady returned to the house and hid her wife's diamond ring in the jewelry box on the bedside table.

"Are you out there trying to survive alone? You're here to find a place to live, right? The old lady wiped her tears, walked out of the bedroom, and looked up to ask Zheng Jieming.

"Yes... I have three companions who gave their lives to save me. Zheng Jieming thought of his real mission, which was to explore residences, medicines, or food.

"It must be a good friend, right?"

"No... A chance meeting... One of them was badly wounded. Zheng Jieming was worried.

The old lady asked with concern, "What kind of injury?" Bites? ”

"No... He was beaten by someone else, had a wound on his head, and was in a fever. ”

"Fever... That's not easy, the hospital must have stopped now. Far away? Where are they now? ”

"Anping Lake, Anping Temple, is at the T-junction of Changchun Street and Huanhu Road."

"Oh, there, that's very close. Usually people don't like the past very much, there is no square, and there are many mosquitoes. The old lady thought for a moment, "Can you transfer here?" How do you live over there? My house here is a little smaller, and there is still a way to sleep five or six people. The quilt and blanket were also sufficient, and some medicine was stored. ”

Sudden surprise!

Zheng Jieming nodded again and again, this is the best news for him! Being able to sleep in a house in the community is better than sleeping in a deserted temple!

"That's just great! We were hoping to find other places to stay! Zheng Jieming showed joy.

"Hahahaha, that's great, my old lady also wants someone to accompany me! Go and bring them here, and come back early in broad daylight!" The old lady looked even more pleased, grinning and showing her leaky teeth.

"Thank you!" Zheng Jieming hugged the old lady and prepared to leave.

"Be careful, be sure to be safe, although this area is not densely populated, but also be careful, those things can run fast." The old lady reminded and stuffed her door key to Zheng Jieming.

"You give me the key, what about yourself?"

"Of course I have a spare!" The old lady smiled, "Just open the door yourself when you come back." ”