Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 80: He's in my heart

"Why not? My classmate is your niece. Out of courtesy, I call you uncle like she does. Is there a problem with that?"

Zhang Shaoda:
No, it’s not okay to call me uncle, right?
He said with a headache, "Can you get in the car first? As long as you get in the car, don't just say uncle, I will even answer if you call me grandpa."

Xia Min:.
She stamped her feet in anger, "Who wants to call you grandpa? Who are you taking advantage of?"

Zhang Shaoda saw that her eyes were wide open and her cheeks were puffy like a goldfish because of anger. Suddenly, all his anger disappeared and he even found it very funny.

But on the surface he was still serious, "If you don't want to shout, then don't shout. As long as you get in the car, you can shout whatever you want."

Xia Min always felt that what he said was strange, but after thinking about it carefully, she couldn't find what was strange.

But she was indeed tired, and her legs were a little sore, and it was pitch black in front of her, like the open mouth of a monster. It was impossible to say that she was not afraid.

After biting her lower lip and thinking for two seconds, Xia Min turned around, walked to the passenger seat, opened the door and got in.

Although I have only met this man twice before, he is Zhizhi's uncle, a soldier, and a family member of that sister. He should be trustworthy, right?
But what Xia Min didn't know was that, although it was true that she had only met Zhang Shaoda twice, Zhang Shaoda had thought about her countless times, but he got angry every time he thought about her, which led to his anger bursting out involuntarily as soon as they met today.

If Xu Bo were here, he would definitely be able to guess who Xia Min is.

Once when he was drinking, Zhang Shaoda said drunkenly that he met a girl in Wucheng. She had a beautiful nose, eyes and a small mouth, and she was all in his heart. It was a pity that she was blind.

They all thought that the girl was blind.

They all felt sorry for him.

After all, people in their line of work cannot stay at home all the time. How can you take care of a blind person?
What’s more, Zhang Shaoda has an elderly grandmother. The old lady raised him with great difficulty. She can’t let him take care of a blind wife at the same time, right?
Not suitable.

So everyone advised him to forget it and find another one.

He was so drunk at the time that he had no idea what he said.

When I woke up the next day, I found a lot of photos in my phone, no, pictures, downloaded from the Internet.

Xu Bo patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's not easy to find a wife in our line of work, but if you do find one, you have to find one with a healthy body. It doesn't matter if you can't find one for the time being, just look at the photos to comfort yourself."

As for the one in your heart, don't think about it.

He was confused and horrified at the time. What did it mean to find someone with an intact body?
what does it mean?

But Jiang Minglang didn't know about this, because that group of bachelors didn't like to take him with them when they went drinking. They thought he drank a few glasses of cat urine and kept talking about his wife and son, which was annoying.

If he wasn't the captain, we would have ganged up on him long ago.

Seeing Xia Min get in the car, Zhang Shaoda finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After asking how to get to her house, he looked at the road cautiously and asked casually, "It's quite far from Wucheng to here. How did you get back?"

Xia Min was also looking at the road, and at the same time looking at the city where she grew up. The streets and buildings that she used to be familiar with were now desolate and no longer prosperous. Stores and shops were smashed open, with bloodstains at the door, corpses, and messy things that were destroyed.

At first glance, it seems depressed and decadent.

Xia Min felt powerless and sad. She murmured, "I hid in the dormitory for more than ten days, then escaped from school with a few classmates. Later, we found a car and drove across Connecticut. After that, we couldn't find gasoline, so we had to abandon the car and walk."

She was relatively smart. When they came out of the foggy city, they found a small supermarket. While others stuffed bread, instant noodles and biscuits into their bags, she only took small and energy-boosting items such as chocolate and Snickers. She didn't take any drinks, only small bottles of mineral water.

Therefore, although her bag did not look bulgy and she actually carried quite a lot of food, she was able to avoid being robbed during the trip.

A girl who was with her was forcibly taken away by a boy because she had packed too much bread and instant noodles.

If you still want to talk about classmate friendship at this time, you are stupid.

Because Xia Min knew this, she was very alert throughout the journey. Although she was in the same car with them, she did not dare to relax at all, even sleeping with one eye open. During the break, she took the initiative to find food and drinks, and then only kept a little for herself, and shared the rest with the driver and a few boys.

Because she was so tactful, the boys didn't make things difficult for her, and didn't even touch her backpack, which looked quite deflated. It was not until they abandoned the car and walked that a senior student who was traveling with her wanted to steal her bag after his own bag was snatched away by some survivors they met.

Pingjiang Bridge is not long, but the road conditions are unclear and I don’t know how long it will take. Should I take a detour?
In this situation, if he had nothing to eat, it would be the same as death. So Xia Min did not give in, even if he was beaten.

Now she was just thankful that she was not far from the sister's car when she was beaten, so she rolled under the car and escaped.

However, there was no need to explain all this in detail to Zhang Shaoda, after all, they were not familiar with each other.

Zhang Shaoda thought it was simple from what she said, but seeing how dusty and dirty she looked, he knew it wasn't easy to get here.

So what about that high school classmate you had a crush on?

If you like her so much, why don’t you come back with you at this time?

I thought so in my heart and said it out loud, "Why didn't your two-timing boyfriend save you? Aren't we high school classmates? Logically, he should have saved you and returned to Pengcheng together."

Xia Min:.
Is it necessary to be so sarcastic?
But she also remembered that she had taken his kindness for granted and her behavior was indeed inappropriate.

"Thank you for reminding me. Since I found out he had a girlfriend at his school last year, we broke up and haven't seen each other since."

Fortunately, I never agreed to be his girlfriend, otherwise wouldn’t I become his mistress?

Because according to Zhang Shaoda's investigation, he and his girlfriend have been in a relationship for more than half a year.

The School of Engineering and the School of Medicine are both in the university town, not far from each other. Maybe many people who know him know that he has a girlfriend, but she is the only one who doesn't know.

Thinking about it this way, it’s no wonder that Zhang Shaoda said that she was not smart and not clever.

It's quite stupid!

After hearing Xia Min say that she broke up with that boy and they never met again, Zhang Shaoda's depression suddenly disappeared. He was in a good mood and drove over a big pit without dodging or avoiding it.

Xia Min exclaimed, "Little..."

Before the word "heart" came out, the car had already passed the big pothole without any shaking at all.

She widened her eyes in surprise and turned to look at Zhang Shaoda, "Are you... ah, I remember now, you erected a mud wall on the bridge when you got off it."

At that time, she didn't recognize Zhang Shaoda, but later she was annoyed by what he said and then forgot about it.

"This is an earth-related ability, right? It's similar to that sister's wood-related ability?"

Zhang Shaoda said proudly, "Yes, it's the Earth type. That's my sister-in-law, her surname is Bai, her name is Bai Li, and her home is in Yunxi Village on the outskirts of your Pengcheng."

"Yunxi Village, I know there is a ginkgo orchard there. The fruits there are very famous and delicious. Every year many people go to order them before they are ripe. If you are late, you will not be able to order them."

"That's Uncle Bai's orchard, which belongs to my sister-in-law."

Zhang Shaoda thought about it carefully and realized that Yunxi Village seemed to have only a few orchards rented by Uncle Bai, so the one Xia Min was talking about should be his.

"My mother loves eating the fruits from his house." Xia Min didn't finish her words when the car turned into the sunny avenue leading to her home. Under the light of the car lights, she saw several zombies in the front who were turning around and staggering towards this side because they heard the noise over here.

Running in the front was a face that was very familiar to her.

"mom"

Tears burst out, blurring her vision in an instant.

Zhang Shaoda was silent.

After all the hardships along the way, I return home with hope
But he didn't stop the car. He used a mud wall to surround the female zombie in front, turned around her, and went straight forward.

Xia Min didn't dare to look back. She raised her hands to cover her face and cried uncontrollably.

I remember that she called her mother the day before the end of the world. She was fine and told her that her aunt had given birth to her second child and wanted her to help take care of her during the confinement period.

It’s so tiring to take care of a woman who has just given birth.

She disagreed and asked her mother to refuse her aunt and let them hire a confinement nanny. It was not that much money, so why did she have to make her mother suffer?
Thinking of this, she suddenly raised her face from her hands and looked back.

Not far behind where her mother was standing just now was her aunt's residential area.

How could it be such a coincidence that it happened to be here?
She didn't want to think too much, but she couldn't control her mind.
"Xia Min."

"Zhang Shaoda, did you see clearly just now? My mother..."

She turned her head to look at Zhang Shaoda, but she was not very clear about what she wanted to ask. It was too confusing. She felt her mind was very confused. One moment she thought of her mother's face with white eyes and blue veins, and the next moment she thought of her aunt's face which always had a calculating fake smile.

"Your mother was wearing home clothes and had a wound on her neck. She probably didn't get infected by the virus herself, but was bitten and turned into a zombie. And she must have been bitten at home."

Zhang Shaoda didn't know what she wanted to ask, but he tried his best to tell her everything he had just seen.

But when it comes to the last sentence, although it is cruel, I still want to remind her to be mentally prepared, "If you were really bitten at home, who else is there in your family?"

".My dad, I am an only child, my parents are the only ones in my family."

Xia Min understood what Zhang Shaoda meant. She turned her head woodenly and stared blankly ahead.

Fifteen minutes later, the car arrived at Jingsi Garden.

Unlike other residential areas, the iron gate here is still in good condition. Not only that, there is an extra layer of protection on the outside.

There were shadows moving in the security room. Zhang Shaoda's car lights were seen shining towards the gate, and four people walked out.

"What?"

The person walking in front was holding a high-powered flashlight and shining it towards Zhang Shaoda and Xia Min.

"He's the security guard in our neighborhood."

Although it was a familiar face, Xia Min did not feel safe.

She turned her head and said, "Uncle Zhang"

Zhang Shaoda rolled his eyes, and Xia Min quickly changed the subject, "Zhang Shaoda, could you please take me in?"

"What happens next? If your dad... do you plan to stay home or go with me?"

Xia Min was surprised. She had never thought that Zhang Shaoda would take her away, just like she had never thought that her mother would become a zombie.

On the way back from school, what she thought about most was how the three of them would survive in the apocalypse when they got home with their parents, and where they should go if they could no longer stay in the community.

She never thought about being with anyone other than her parents.

Zhang Shaoda glanced at her and easily saw what she was thinking from her expression.

"Hello? Didn't you hear me? What are you doing? Don't park your car here if you don't have anything to do."

The four security guards were full of impatience. Although the zombies on this street had been cleared, there were not many of them at present. However, some would still come out from the community from time to time, and it would be troublesome to lure them over.

Xia Min rolled down the car window, poked her head out and said to the security guard in the front, "I'm a resident of Building 15 here, I need to go in."

".Come down, I'll see if you are it?"

"Yes, come down. Our community is not accepting outsiders right now. We need to check. We can't just say yes or no."

Need more checking?
How to check?
Zhang Shaoda sneered, he loosened his seat belt and said to Xia Min, "Come on, I'll go in with you."

After the car was turned off, the area in front of the gate suddenly became dark.

The two men got out of the car and walked towards the small door where the security guard was. The cars behind him quickly erected four walls, surrounding the car in the middle.

The security guards inside the door were all shocked when they saw this scene. A person with super powers?
After the end of the world, these three words appeared in people's mouths from time to time. The most common one was that so-and-so's strength suddenly increased. Some also talked about the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, but they were rare. At least they had never seen it once.

So this person is earth element?
If he could stay in the community.
The deputy captain in the front had a flickering look in his eyes. After Zhang Shaoda and Xia Min approached, the expression on his face was no longer as serious as before, but became much softer.

Xia Min took out her ID card, and the address on it showed Building 15 of Jingsi Garden.

The deputy security captain smiled and said, "Building 15, I remember there was someone at your house. I saw your father standing in the yard yesterday."

In fact, he recognized Xia Min the first time he saw her. After all, this community was a row house with not many residents. That was why they chose to stay here and treat it as their home.

Of course, they had no share of the houses here before, but now they can choose any one they want.

Hearing that her father was at home, Xia Min's heart suddenly settled down and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"So this is your boyfriend?"

Xia Min was stunned for a moment, and was about to deny it, but she saw Zhang Shaoda nodded and asked stiffly, "Can I go in?"

"Yes, yes, of course."

The deputy security captain saw Zhang Shaoda's dissatisfaction, and quickly opened the small door with a smile, and said, "Drive the car in, it's not safe to leave it outside."

Xia Min looked at the deputy security captain with complicated eyes, whose attitude was completely different from before, then looked at Zhang Shaoda, and said nothing.

"Go in first, we'll talk about the car later."

Zhang Shaoda stepped forward, pushed open the door, and walked in holding Xia Min's hand.

　It’s twelve o’clock noon, and it’s out!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)