Chapter Twenty-Three: The Townspeople
Liu Chang took the little girl's hand and just wanted to turn around and leave, but the clothes here were grabbed in his hands again.
"Where do you want to go?" This time it was "Xiao Yong's" father who was holding him, he was holding Liu Chang's clothes, and said in an aggressive posture: "You want to leave before you make it clear?" β
"Everything has been made clear, and I have nothing to do." Liu Chang pulled his clothes again, raised his voice, and said in a volume that most people could hear: "I have already made things clear, it is convenient for us to go to the toilet together, and in the process of entering the toilet, a tentacle monster came out of the drain of the sewer and attacked him with a tentacle, I have made this matter very clear, I hope you don't have trouble with me." β
"Why didn't the tentacle monster attack him but not you?" Xiao Yong's father continued to ask.
"So how do I know? Is that still a problem? Liu Chang was even more angry when he was asked this question, "Who does it want to attack, can I still control it?" I'm not his father! β
When Liu Chang spoke, the tone of the word "his father" was not deliberately stressed, but these two words were particularly harsh when they reached the ears of Xiao Yong's father, who had just died of his son.
So, the dispute began to escalate.
Because the family had just died, their anger had nowhere to vent, so they poured all their dissatisfaction on Liu Chang, and after the latter saw that there was no room for reconciliation, he no longer kept it, and let go of his worries and quarreled. All of a sudden, the noise and the chatter of the surrounding crowd blended together, and everyone was drawn into a mindless conflict.
Until the military personnel heard the news and appeared.
The two soldiers, led by a squad leader, dispersed the crowd of onlookers and took Liu Chang and Xiaoyong's father to a department.
"Tell me, what's going on?" A man with the rank of company commander sat in the office, looked at both sides of the conflict and knocked on the table.
"He killed my son." Xiao Yong's father was crying and mourning, with a posture of Dou E and the company commander to sue for injustice, with a look of "Lord Qingtian, you have to cook justice for Xiao Ming".
Seeing his expression, Liu Chang's mood became even more irritable. Before the end of the day, he hated these small people who loved to find trouble. After the end, these people became more lethal, and in just a while, they ignited his anger three times.
But fortunately, he is still a sane person, although he has a deep fire in his heart, he still forcibly suppressed his emotions and said: "Chief, the matter is probably a very simple matter. I went to the toilet with his son in the morning, and his son was attacked by a monster and died, and I didn't receive any damage, so this person lost his son and had nowhere to vent his feelings, so he pulled me and said that my son was killed by me. β
"If you don't believe me, you can go to the dormitory toilet and investigate the scene, and judging by the blood stains and fragments of the corpse, you can determine that his son must have been attacked by monsters. And I certainly don't have the ability to control the monster, and the monster doesn't attack me only because I'm lucky, and I'm just a few steps behind him to get closer to the sewer mouth. Here's the thing, if I really knew there were monsters there, no one would come near there. β
"Hmm." After listening to Liu Chang's words, the company commander nodded, and then the question directly skipped the matter of the dispute between the two, and instead asked about the topic he cared about.
"Monsters can attack humans from sewer drains?"
"Yes." Liu Chang nodded.
"Send someone to notify the superiors and subordinates of the Temporary Propaganda Organization Department, tell them about the special attack methods of the monsters, and ask them to inform the masses to pay attention to precautions." After saying this, the company commander got up directly and led people out of here.
It is clear that he is a very capable person. And as a capable person, he understands what he should do in this environment.
When he got up and walked past Liu Chang and the others, he nodded at them, didn't explain anything, and didn't look at the pleading look in Xiao Yong's father's eyes, and walked directly between the two.
"I'm sorry, in this environment, in this situation......" When the company commander walked away, Liu Chang smiled at Xiao Yong's father, and the mockery in his tone was no longer concealed: "Those army commanders don't have the heart to care about your 'trivial' things." β
After saying this, Liu Chang also turned around and left here - since he had already offended the other party, he was not afraid of offending more thoroughly.
Returning to his dormitory from the office of the agency, Liu Chang saw the little girl and the others who had returnedβall with worried looks written on their faces.
"How's it going?" Seeing Liu Chang coming back, the fat man took the first step and asked, "Didn't you say anything?" β
"No, now there is chaos everywhere, the army is just about food, and the communication problem with their superiors can make them very busy, but they don't have the heart to care about the shortcomings of their parents." Liu Chang spread his hands, "And a discerning person can see at a glance that his son's death has nothing to do with me." β
"Oh yes. a bunch of grandchildren. Seeing that Liu Chang was fine, the fat man sat back on his bed and said: "My son was attacked by a monster, but he dragged us and didn't let go. β
"In this world, there are more such people, and everyone has encountered them." Liu Chang sighed.
"But you shouldn't offend them outright either." Zhu Lin, who had not spoken, whispered when he heard this: "In this way, it will be even more difficult for us to be at peace in the future." β
"I can't say that." Li Qingshui pulled Zhu Lin's arm, told her to shut up, and said, "With their kind of petty citizen mentality, from the moment their son died, we have completely offended them. It doesn't really matter what our attitude is towards them. β
"How do you know?" Zhu Lin ignored Li Qingshui's hint and continued to ask.
"I know the kind of people they know too well." Li Qingshui said an ambiguous answer, and then changed the topic: "It's good to be more vigilant in the future, now is not the time for us to discuss these things." β
"Hmm." The fat man nodded on the side, "We have to discuss the issue of eating, and this issue is the more critical thing." β
"Can't you eat anything?" When Liu Chang heard the words "eating problems", the anger in his heart that was teased was completely thrown into the corner of his heart - now is indeed not the time to think about these things.
"I can't eat anything." When the little girl heard Liu Chang's words, she wiped the not-so-obvious tears from the corners of her eyes, and then turned around and took out several bags of food and bread from the backpack on the bed.
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