Chapter 25: The Phantom of the Hotel (1)
This person was the sentry arranged by the deputy captain outside the hotel, and when he saluted Gu Yu, his eyes glanced at the car, and I pretended to coax the child, patted Nini's back, and tried to make myself and Nini look like normal people.
Gu Yu didn't explain our identities to this person, and the car was quickly released, and I secretly glanced at the man's wrist and saw that the watch on his wrist was not flashing red.
Gu Yu restarted the car, stared at me in the rearview mirror and said, "The maximum standby time of the detector is 20 hours, and it needs to be charged." ”
I snorted and said, "Then why didn't you tell him we were zombies?" ”
Gu Yu retracted his gaze in the rearview mirror and said in a very official tone: "Avoid causing panic among the people." ”
Then he immediately added: "You be honest and watch her." ”
I pouted, I agreed, I have to admit that Gu Yu thought very thoughtfully, if I tell the others now that there are two zombies that are exactly like humans to stay in the hotel, I am afraid that not only Minping will have to escape, but even the soldiers will have trouble sleeping.
Bypassing the circular flower garden in front of the hotel, Gu Yu parked the jeep at the main entrance, but I was attracted by the sculpture in the center of the flower garden.
Three snow-white plump female statues sat or reclined together, every fold of the dress was so realistic, but they had no heads.
"The Three Goddesses of Fate in Greek Mythology." Gu Yu explained unprecedentedly: "Imitation. ”
"Then why is there no head? Same as Venus with Broken Arm? I wondered.
"War." Gu Yu said in a deep voice.
"Like the Library of Alexandria in Egypt?" I stopped looking at the statue because Ah Ying had already opened the car door for me, and Gu Yu didn't continue to discuss history with me, and as soon as he got out of the car, a black and thin soldier came up to talk to him.
The man and the one who had just stood guard in the tree looked very embarrassed, not to mention the abrasions on their faces, and the camouflage uniform was torn out of it, and there were large dark stains on it, which smelled of dry blood.
Last night must have been very difficult for them, it is estimated that no one has had a good rest, the man and Gu Yu talked for a while, his expression paused slightly, he looked like he wanted to say something, and glanced at me, I didn't want them to think that I was deliberately eavesdropping on their conversation, so I carried Nini to the other side of the gate a little farther away from them.
Ah Ying pretended to come over casually, her dark eyes glanced at Nini from time to time, I think she paid a little too much attention to Nini, there may be something hidden in this.
"Like babies?" I volunteered to ask.
"I... I have a younger brother. She bit the last two words very lightly, which was not an auspicious tone, and sure enough, she paused, and added: "There used to be." ”
There used to be, but not now, the poor child is probably no longer alive, I didn't continue to ask, ask about other people's deceased relatives, it is very hypocritical to express apologies and sympathy after satisfying curiosity, at least I think so, so I don't want to talk about this topic in depth, unless the other party is willing to take the initiative to talk.
Ah Ying obviously didn't have the desire/desire to continue talking, she set her eyes on Gu Yu, her eyes were full of longing, my heart trembled, and I took a deep look at Gu Yu, this guy looks so serious, shouldn't he have a fetish/childishness?
Gu Yu's senses were very keen, he noticed that two eyes fell on him, and immediately glanced at us, Ah Ying's eyes changed content, and asked seriously: "Captain, how are they placed?" ”
I, a bystander, can see it, and my heart says that it turned out to be this little girl who has a crush on Gu Yu, and it is normal for a 12-year-old girl to fall in love in this era, but isn't the combination of the two of them a little Lori and a cool uncle?
This age span is a bit large, and it will definitely make headlines on the Internet a few months ago!
"Give them a separate room." Gu Yu didn't explain to the man, and the man didn't ask the reason, maybe this is a habit developed after years of military life.
"Hello, my name is Fu Yan, I am the deputy captain of the rescue team, the last room on the left corridor on the first floor and the room opposite it is still empty, you can choose which one to stay in, the hotel has a boiler room, so don't worry about freezing the child."
"Oh, thanks, I'll go in first."
"Ah Ying, you accompany her and take care of the child."
"Yes."
I was used to having a pair of eyes staring around me, and I walked into the door of the hotel without care, and there were two soldiers in the hall who were on guard with guns, they knew Ah Ying, and greeted her warmly, and when they saw me holding Nini, they just thought it was a newly brought back survivor, and didn't ask much.
Ah Ying seemed to want to stop and talk to them for a few words, I thoughtfully stood and asked them to communicate a little more, Ah Ying knew that there was a fierce battle last night, so the topic always revolved around last night, and the two soldiers spoke to her in a very gentle tone, and they also answered her questions.
When she heard that a comrade-in-arms named Cheng Gang had died, her face turned pale in an instant, and the soldier who knew that she had said the wrong thing was glared at fiercely by the comrades around her, but the water that was spilled out of the words could not be taken back.
It seems that the relationship between Cheng Gang and Ah Ying should be very close, Ah Ying heard the bad news, and the whole person lost his mind for a moment, then his eyes were certain, he bit his lip tightly, turned around and walked out the door.
She seemed to be going to find Gu Yu, I waited in the hall a little cold, so I simply carried Nini into room 114 at the end of the corridor on the left, the opposite room has no house number, it may be a place like a storage room, these two rooms belong to the cold mountain, and they are colder than other rooms in winter, no wonder they will be picked left.
The whole hotel is very luxuriously decorated, the windows of the other rooms are facing the flower garden in front of the building or the hot spring pool in the backyard, only mine has the window open on the side, facing a gazebo in the grove.
There is only one big bed in the room, the wall opposite the bed is a wall-mounted LCD TV, the bathroom is on the left hand side of the door, the bathroom door is facing the window, I looked at the glass wall of the bathroom, and the almost transparent door, walked to the window and closed the curtains.
As soon as the curtains were drawn, Long Tao symbolically knocked on the door twice, and before I could agree, the other person had already entered the door.
"You may be seated." I pointed to the sofa under the window, and I was arguing with Long Tao about playing the piano to the cow, and even if I protested, he would tell me that zombies have no 'human' rights.
Long Tao strode to the sofa and stood the gun next to the armrest of the sofa, but he was not in a hurry to sit down, he looked at the tightly drawn curtains, and opened them again, and muttered 'What curtains are drawn in the daytime'.
With Long Tao watching, it is inconvenient for me to feed Nini blood, she has been asleep, I suspect that the amount of blood used is not enough, but after all, there is no precedent to refer to, and I don't know why she fell asleep.
When it was time to eat in the evening, a young soldier brought us three loaves of bread, a pot of hot water, and half a candle he was carrying before leaving.
I took the opportunity to stand at the door and look at the corridor, or Brother Bing can do anything, there are already three torches in the corridor, although it is not particularly bright, but it is no problem to illuminate the ground.
He said that the hotel had a backup generator, but there was not much diesel left, and they would start it between 7 and 8 p.m., so that we could use the appliances in the room.
I thanked and took the bread, and when the little soldier left, I threw the two breads that were given to me and Nini to Long Tao, and he didn't be polite to me, he took it and gnawed it, and the image of eating was like a hamster, and his eyes were already small, so he looked more like a rat who ate to his heart's content.
"Hey, no one came to chat, what are the other survivors doing, why hasn't there been any movement for a day?" I was bored fiddling with the TV remote control, Long Tao wouldn't let me out, and there was no one to talk to, and I couldn't sit still after a day in the room.
"Captain Fu ordered that no one should leave the room." Long Tao carefully rubbed his rifle, as gentle as a lover, and I rolled my eyes when I saw it.
"Huh? Why? There is danger outside the house, so it's always okay to wander around the building, right? I was immediately interested, so I asked.
"I don't know." Long Tao closed his mouth and continued to adjust the parts of the rifle, he did not say 'no comment', but 'I don't know', with his personality, this should be true.
People are often more curious than usual when they are extremely bored, Gu Yu has not paid attention to me since he came here, combined with Captain Fu and his cautious behavior when speaking at the door, I have a gut feeling that they are in big trouble.
"Huh? Is something wrong? I looked at Long Tao and replied to myself: "It must be, we will come here at 9 o'clock this morning, according to the plan, after the two waves of people converge, we should march to Chunyang City, and we can get to the city before noon, but now it's night, there is no intention to leave, and the survivors are not allowed to go out of the room, hum, there is a problem!" ”
"You've read too many detective novels, right?" Long Tao said so, but his eyes betrayed him, it was obvious that he was also worried about this matter, but his identity was there, and he was not good to inquire.
"Do you still need to read detective novels to analyze clues? Hey~ Just use your brain, you didn't pay attention to Captain Fu's expression this morning, he has something very important and secret to report to Gu Yu, but last night's fierce battle has been reported on the walkie-talkie, what does this mean, it means that this matter has nothing to do with last night's battle, it must have happened after arriving here. ”
"You think too much, maybe it's because Team Fu made an important discovery in last night's battle."
"Yes, that's what you're talking about, but I'm going to keep my opinion."
"It's seven o'clock, turn on the lights."
"What kind of lamp do you use for candles, save some electric bucket bath water."
After I finished speaking, I got up and walked to the door of the bathroom, Long Tao was muttering that women are too many things, and his hand just reached out to the door panel to push it away, and suddenly, from the reflection of the glass, I saw a black shadow.
"Who?" I shouted, turned around, and through the window, I saw a man standing in the gazebo outside!