Every year at this time, Dad would take her to the "KFC" fast food restaurant.

Yang Lulu didn't know what Lu Dao's father did, and he never said this to himself. I only know that Lu Dao doesn't earn much, but he is very tired. Even for birthdays, you can only buy a small packet of french fries, a glass of Coke, and two pieces of fried chicken.

All you actually have to pay for are fries and coke. Fast food restaurants have discounts for children celebrating their birthdays. In addition to fried chicken, some worthless toys are given as gifts, and the clerk comes to sing happy birthday songs with them

To older children, these activities already seem childish.

Yang Lulu liked it very much.

She knew very well that ———— was already the limit of what her father could do.

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you———— Happy birthday to you"

In the empty fast food restaurant, the lonely voice of the little girl sounded.

All the team members, including Su Hao and Xinyan, said that they wanted to give her a happy and unforgettable birthday. Yang Lulu politely declined.

It's not that she doesn't like to be lively, she just feels that this is her time alone with her father and shouldn't be disturbed by outsiders.

Singing, making wishes, blowing out candles.

This set of birthday processes, which is not produced in China, has been familiar to many people. However, in the face of the flickering candle, Yang Lulu felt a terrible heartache and even a little desperate.

"I just want you to come back to life, Dad, and we'll be together forever."

Yang Lulu looked at the photo, her face revealing the piety and firmness of a child who did not belong to her age: "If there is really a God in this world, I am willing to exchange anything for it." Dad, I will be well-behaved, I will be obedient. I'm not going to make a fuss anymore. I will do my homework well, listen carefully in class, no longer fight with my classmates, and I will not call her a witch and a pervert behind the teacher's back. I admit my mistake to you: Uncle Wang's cat downstairs was rat poison that I fed him, and he kept saying that you were a poor ghost. I poked the tires of Aunt Liu's car in the opposite unit, and she always said that men like you are waste. and the golden silk bird raised by Grandma Hu was also released by me, and I also plugged her keyhole with chewing gum. She told a lot of people that you forced your mother away, and you are the worst man in the world."

"I don't believe what they say. Everyone but you are lying to me. I know that you moved bricks on the construction site for days in order to buy me that dress with sequins. I also know that every time you buy meat and come back to cook, you are reluctant to eat it, and it all goes to my bowl. I had a high fever that time, and it was you who carried me to the hospital, and it should have cost a lot of money to call a taxi and get an injection. Since I came back from the hospital, I have never seen you wear a watch, you are the best dad in the world. ”

Yang Lulu has been talking to herself. Only she understood what these words meant. It's not so much a birthday as some kind of solemn ritual that allows her to communicate with her dead father in a quiet fast-food restaurant.

"I have only one wish, and that is to bring you back to life."

She had been in tears and had visible wet marks on her face.

"Please, don't leave me alone."

"Dad, I miss you so much."

"Woohoo"

The burning candle gets shorter and shorter, eventually turning into a puddle of hot red oil that rolls off the surface of the cake and seeps deep into the syrup and honey, turning into a condensation that makes it impossible to distinguish its original color

Li Li stood on the roof of the building plastered with the "Sanjiu Pharmaceutical" billboard, holding a tactical binocular, and gazing with interest at the "KFC" fast food restaurant more than 200 meters away.

The hazy sky was dimly lit, but it didn't prevent him from seeing the effective red figure in the fast food restaurant through the camera.

Like all soldiers, Li Li wore a camouflage combat uniform and straddled the latest 7. 62mm assault rifle. Two anti-infantry grenades were hung on the sides of the pockets, and a dozen gun-fired grenades of thick caliber were embedded in the chain. These weapons and equipment, which ordinary people do not have access to through normal means, indicate that he is an active military man.

Li Li is a private.

According to Wu Guoguang's order, he and two other teammates were observing the periphery of the bank building.

This kind of behavior is not surveillance, and Wu Guoguang has never been suspicious of Su Hao. In a sense, Su Hao, who has obtained the status of a "D3" level researcher, also belongs to the personnel under the jurisdiction of the military. All the soldiers at the headquarters monitoring station had seen Su Hao, and subconsciously, they had already regarded Su Hao and his team members as their own people. However, in the depths of the mind, there is still a more or less curiosity about these survivors.

Last week, when Yang Lulu returned from the camp, Li Li noticed the little girl, who was only nine years old.

Li Li is twenty-four years old, has no special hobbies such as pedophilia, and is not a weird man who likes to trick little girls into seeing goldfish.

He was just surprised that there was such a minor in Su Hao's team.

It can be seen that those survivors like Yang Lulu very much, her living environment and situation are very good, and it can even be said that she is happy.

A few years before the world became chaotic, Li Li had a girlfriend. The two were once as good as glue, but they broke up because of a quarrel over some small things. Two years later, she and her new husband emigrated to New Zealand. Before leaving, he left a letter for Li Li. There is no guilt or scolding in the content, and there is no entanglement or memories of the relationship between the two people, only a slightly sad poem.

At the end of the letter, she confessed that she had been pregnant with Li Li's child ———— but had not given birth to it. The doctor in charge of the abortion told her that the fetus was a little girl.

It doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong.

Anyway, the world is already like this.

Li Li put down his binoculars and glanced at the blurred red figure in the window of the fast-food restaurant, as well as the "Land Rover" off-road vehicle parked on the road outside, and a slightly melancholy smile crossed the corner of his mouth.

He always wanted to talk to Yang Lulu.

As for the content, maybe it's about the weather, or just say hello.

Or it is to discuss life and talk about ideals with a profound and serious attitude. Let's talk about the love story between Ultraman and the little monster, the gray wolf pushes down the beautiful sheep, and the various gossip after the joyful ** Red Taro.

Li Li always subconsciously linked Yang Lulu with his daughter who had never met. He prepared a large piece of chocolate and got a pack of "Alpine" lollipops from the supermarket.

Kids love candy and it's a great gift.

Picking up the assault rifle, Li Li turned away from the rooftop and walked down the stairs all the way out of the building.

Li Li's steps were very light, and his vigilant gaze never let go of the slightest movement from his surroundings. He had been injected with immunotherapy and first-order boosters. Although the strengthening effect can only be reflected in the muscles without taking the Silver Bone, it surpasses the zombies in terms of strength and speed. As long as you are careful enough not to be surrounded by mass corpses, there is no danger.

He walked towards a fast-food restaurant not far away.

When walking through a neighboring alley, Li Li suddenly noticed that ———— corner of the wall shrouded in shadows, a short figure was standing.

It was an eight- or nine-year-old boy. Wearing an oversized gray blouse, with his head hanging down, his skin is very dark. He clenched the sharpened wooden stick in his hand and stared at Li Li vigilantly.

Li Li slowly relaxed his suddenly tense muscles, and the expression on his face tended to soften.

The city is littered with survivors. Especially in recent times, many people who had left before have returned to their original homes, and more and more people have gone to the garrison headquarters to ask for assistance. Occasional encounters on the streets, not to be surprising.

If the other party was an adult, Li Li would not stop and waste time.

However, he always has an indescribable affection for children.

"Hey! What is your name? ”

Li Li pulled the assault rifle behind him, took out a pack of compressed biscuits from the pocket on the side of his backpack, and smiled gently: "Take it, this is for you." ”

The hostility and wariness on the boy's face subsided for the most part. He hesitated and took a few steps forward, took the biscuit, leaned in to his nostrils and sniffed it. The peculiar aroma of the food dispelled his worst doubts. The boy's indifferent face gradually loosened, revealing the innocent smile characteristic of a child.

His attention was focused on the biscuits, and he didn't seem to hear Li Li's question.

After staring at the boy for a few seconds, Li Li asked seriously, "Have you ever had an injection?" ”

The boy looked up, his eyes full of confusion.

Li Li took out a disposable syringe filled with needle water from his backpack and shook it in front of the boy's eyes: "As long as you have taken this medicine, you are not afraid of being scratched and bitten by those monsters." It doesn't get infected and it doesn't mutate. Well, how to say it? Do you understand what I mean? ”

One of the purposes of the military's monitoring bureaus in various cities is to inject survivors with immunization drugs to prevent more people from becoming zombies due to scratches. According to Wu Guoguang's order, all soldiers who went out on a mission, including Li Li, were to carry a part of the immunization pill with them and inject every survivor they encountered.

Faced with an eight- or nine-year-old child, Li Li found it difficult to use words like "immunity" as an explanation. He could only make a gesture to let the other party understand that he had no malicious intent, and then slowly held the boy's hand, asked the other party to roll up his sleeves, and pierced the syringe needle with the sealed packaging off into the skin, and slowly injected the medicine.

Just when he finished all this, stood up, and thought about whether he should take this child to the bank building and hand it over to Su Hao's team, the boy suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Li's clothes.

"I still have my mother."

It sounds a little weird, but the meaning is clear enough.

Li Li turned around in surprise, squatted down, put his hands on the boy's thin shoulders, and asked suspiciously, "You're not alone?" ”

The dark-skinned little boy nodded vigorously, raised his finger to a nearby residential building, and said in a childish voice, "I live there with my mother." ”

A few minutes later, Li Li led the little boy into a dimly lit room on the third floor.

It's not far from a fast food restaurant, just across the street. Through the gaps in the corners of the curtains, you can see the stained "KFC" sign.

There was a middle-aged woman in the room, in her thirties, dressed in black, with a thick long skirt that covered her knees. She seemed to be a little afraid of the cold, the buttons of the sweater were buttoned all the way to the neckline, and her hair, which had not been washed for a long time, had become knots, very thin, and ordinary-looking, not to mention any appearance.

The boy let go of Li Li's hand and trotted over to the woman, clutching on to her clothes.

"Hello!"

Li Li politely greeted him while carefully observing the furnishings in the room.

Thick curtains blocked the light, and it was dark and dark.

In the corner of the wall are wooden furniture that has been chopped into pieces to make firewood, and there are several bowls stacked together on the dining table, and next to it is a bag of "Huai salt peanuts" that have been unsealed. From Li's location, you can see the kitchen and bedroom, which are quiet and there are no more occupants.

The woman looked at him cautiously, and after a few seconds, she hesitated to reply, "Hello." ”

"Your son is cute."

Li Li made his voice sound as gentle as he could. He took another immunization potion out of his backpack and repeated what he had said to the boy a few minutes earlier: "This is a medicine that immunizes zombies, it will keep you from being infected, if"

"I know it."

The woman put her hands on her lap and said calmly, "I met a man. He told me that he could get injections at the garrison headquarters and get food. ”

Li Li had a smile on his face. He took half a step forward and corrected the mistake in the woman's words: "Everyone can get immunity pills, but food can't. You know, there are a lot of survivors in the city, and we can't take care of everyone. Only as much as possible"

"Can you take us away?"

The woman with an indifferent expression interrupted him again: "Send us to a safer place." Priority should be given to women and children, right? ”

Li Li didn't continue. He felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer.

"In the past, when I was working in the unit, part of my monthly salary would be deducted to pay taxes."

The woman's voice was calm, cold, without the slightest emotion, and even had some indescribable strange meaning: "We pay taxes, and this money is used to support the country and you." Why don't you take us with you? Where were you when those monsters appeared? We are starving to death, but we have no food or help. A lot of people are dead, there are corpses everywhere outside, who cares about them? Who cares about us? ”

Li Li pursed his lips.

He really didn't know how to answer. Instructors and officers did not tell themselves the answer, and there were no similar regulations in the combat manuals. It was not his fault, and there was no order for him to bring the survivors back to the base. The superiors instructed that the survivors who were messing around could be killed on the spot.

He was at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Sighing, Li Li approached the woman, grabbed her left hand, and prepared to inject without saying a word.

That's the only thing he can do.

By the way, there are two canned braised beef in the backpack, so I'll take them out later and leave them for them.

Li Li didn't notice that the boy quietly dodged away from the woman, walked closer to the bedroom, grabbed a hanging rope from above the curtain, and looked at him with a grim gaze.

"Whoosh————"

The moment the boy pulled the rope hard, Li Li, who heard a huge movement behind him, turned his head almost at the same time, and his face suddenly changed drastically.

A small, heavy safe, tethered by several ropes like a bell tower ram, slid down from the open closet above the roof and slammed into his side. This sudden force was extremely strong, and Li Li, who was caught off guard, only felt as if he had been hit by a copper hammer, his eyes were dark, and he suddenly lost consciousness.

The boy ran to the door, slammed the door shut, and then walked over with the woman, looking at Li Li, who had fallen into a coma, with a hideous expression.

"Hmph———— these idiots are always so stupid."

The woman swept away the gloom and indifference from before, and a fierce and cruel gaze was released in her eyes.

Both mother and son are survivors.

When the virus broke out, women with their children fled the city with their husbands and fathers and wandered around in the wilderness.

Unfortunately, while looking for food in a village, my father was surrounded by a large group of zombies and torn to pieces.

As for her husband, he was caught by another family of survivors. The men took the food and water he was carrying, stripped him naked, and threw him off the cliff.

The woman and the boy had nowhere to run but to return to their own home in the city.

Hunger, despair, and pain are the best healing elixirs in the world. They completely exorcise the qualities of women and boys about "kindness" and the like, inducing the evil and tyranny that they suppress in the depths of their hearts, which are infinitely magnified.

They had a few traps in the room. Use pulleys and ropes to control a small safe or sack filled with rocks to inflict a deadly impact on the target if the opponent is unsuspected.

Before Li Li, there were already six men who fell victim to this trap.

They are all prey that the boy lures into the room from the outside.

The woman judges the actual identity according to the dress of the other party, and uses different methods such as seduction, pleading, crying, etc., to let these people take the initiative to enter the trap. When the attention is fully focused on the woman, the boy will run to the side and pull the rope. Heavy falling objects are enough to make them incapacitated and even die on the spot.

The head is the most concentrated part of the nervous system in the human body. Although Li Li had been injected with a first-order enhancement potion, he would also lose consciousness when he was hit hard.

The boy took an axe from the kitchen, dragged it through the hallway, and handed it to the woman.

"Wait."

The woman took off the assault rifle from the unconscious Li Li and held it in her arms for a few seconds. She had never touched a similar weapon before, and she didn't know how to use it. However, she was well aware of the power of firearms and their value in the current situation.

"It's a nice outfit. Don't get dirty, get everything off him and kill him. ”

As she spoke, the woman put the gun aside, squatted down, and unbuttoned Li Li's military uniform with a quick movement.

(Li Li, the character who appears in this section, is played by "Transparent-Xuan" children's shoes.) By the way: the damn Martian word is really hard to type)