Chapter 72: There’s Always a Weirdo Blocking the Way
The group here ate and then went to rest, but news of them had already attracted the attention of the high-level personnel of the Yongping City base.
The reason… still originated from Lu Weiyi’s reckless shot.
The Yongping City base now seemed to be controlled by the Police Bureau Chief Zhang Xun, but the supplies in Lin Jun’s hands and the capable people in Liu Qiang’s hands had already begun to slowly weaken the police bureau’s authority. Especially after ability users began to appear, the only thing Lin Jun and Liu Qiang were wary of was the portion of firearms in the police bureau’s hands.
After Lu Weiyi fired that shot, Li Zhuang was worried that someone would come looking for trouble. When registering, he didn’t hide that several of them were ability users, just to make others think twice.
They had just settled down to rest when their information was sent to Zhang Xun and standing beside him was one of the people Ning Yuan had chatted with earlier.
Before the apocalypse, Zhang Xun was the Yongping City Public Security Bureau Chief. After the earthquake, he immediately organized the police force. At first, he assisted government personnel in rescue efforts, but after the appearance of zombies, he immediately led the police force to take control of the situation, bypassing the government, and established a safe base.
There was definitely some sense of justice, but to reach his position, the pursuit of power was also essential, especially after the base was first established and he tasted the one-man rule. Who would be willing to let others share the spoils?
However, as the base’s personnel expanded and more capable people appeared, it was no longer solely under his police force’s control.
“Are you sure the handgun he was holding was a Desert Eagle?” Zhang Xun asked Zhang Qi beside him again. National military and police institutions generally didn’t use Desert Eagles, as they were considered too loud, but their penetrating power was particularly strong, making them a favorite sidearm of many underground organizations.
“Definitely. Wang Yang and I were very close, I recognized it at a glance. And the two people who came over to talk to us didn’t seem like ordinary people either, they looked like they had been trained,” Zhang Qi replied. “Lin Jun and Liu Qiang definitely know about this. Should we make the first move to contact them?”
Zhang Xun wasn’t sure if they only had one handgun or if they had a stockpile of weapons, but just based on the five ability users, he couldn’t let them become allies with others. Although the strength of ability users didn’t seem that strong now, but… Zhang Xun clenched his fist, and a layer of flames instantly covered his entire fist. He could feel that abilities could be enhanced, and as for what level they would reach in the end, no one could say for sure.
For uncertain new things, you either directly crush them so they can’t get up again, or you befriend them.
“Wait and see first,” Zhang Xun released his hand, and the flames instantly disappeared. “Those two are definitely more anxious than we are. You keep an eye on them and let them go probe.”
Zhang Xun was right. While he was still considering, Lin Jun had already sent someone over first. He only had a large amount of supplies, relying on these supplies to have a place in this base, but unlike Zhang Xun, he didn’t have weapons, and he wasn’t as strong as Liu Qiang, whose subordinates were all tough guys. At this time, those large amounts of supplies became something others coveted. Although it was said to be a three-legged standoff, his strength was the weakest, and he was constantly worried that the other two factions would use some means to swallow him up.
As soon as he heard his subordinates say that they might have weapons, ability users, and were also quite skilled, he was immediately moved and wanted to recruit them into his command as soon as possible.
Most of the people in the villa had gone to sleep. Gu Qingyue was the only one left, dozing off on the living room sofa while keeping an eye on Zhuang Mingxu’s medicine. The front door was knocked. Gu Qingyue instantly sat up, glanced around, was dazed for a moment, then got up and walked outside.
“Who is it?” Gu Qingyue yawned.
The ones who came were Wang Ning, Lin Jun’s trusted aide, and his son Lin Fei, just to show their sincerity. Both of them were ability users, one with water abilities and the other with space abilities.
Hearing the person inside ask, Wang Ning said, “Hello, we are from Tenglong Group. We have some things we want to discuss with your team. Could you please open the door?”
Tenglong Group. Gu Qingyue thought for a moment before remembering that this was the company of the wealthy businessman Lin Jun before the apocalypse, and it was directly named after the company after the apocalypse.
Gu Qingyue didn’t let them in. “Everyone is sleeping. We can talk about it later if there’s anything.”
“Damn it, some people just don’t know what’s good for them!” The childish-looking boy beside Wang Ning said angrily, raising his foot to kick the door, but Wang Ning beside him quickly stopped him. “Uncle Wang, don’t stop me. We’ve come all the way here, and they won’t even open the door. They simply don’t put our Tenglong Group in their eyes…”
“Xiao Fei, shut up,” Wang Ning scolded in a low voice, quickly covering Lin Fei’s mouth to prevent him from continuing to talk nonsense. Lin Fei was young and couldn’t see the situation clearly, but Wang Ning was different. He knew the purpose of this visit and absolutely couldn’t offend these people at this time. He said loudly towards the inside, “Sorry for the intrusion. We from Tenglong want to make friends with you all. We’ve prepared a small gift. Since everyone is resting, I’ll just leave it at the door and come back to bother you another day.”
Gu Qingyue was standing not far from the door and naturally heard the commotion outside. However, everyone was sleeping at this time, and he really didn’t plan to open the door, just wanting to send them away.
But this gift absolutely couldn’t be accepted. There was no free lunch in the world. Who knew what would happen after he accepted the things now?
Gu Qingyue looked up towards the second and third floors and saw Li Zhuang and Antonio standing behind the curtains. They had obviously been alerted. Li Zhuang shook his head at him.
Gu Qingyue nodded, opened the small window on the iron door, revealed half of his face, and looked at the two people at the door. “Sorry, I’m just a errand boy, I can’t make decisions. Please take your things back.”
“It’s nothing, just a few catties of flour, not anything valuable,” Wang Ning said with a smile, holding Lin Fei back with one hand.
It might not have been much before the apocalypse, but in the apocalypse, food was the most valuable thing. Gu Qingyue smiled without saying anything, but his refusal was obvious.
“You think you… uh uh uh…” Lin Fei’s next words were interrupted by Wang Ning’s hand covering his mouth. Wang Ning was also a bit annoyed by this person who was more likely to spoil things than accomplish them. He squeezed out a smile and said, “The child doesn’t understand things. We’ll come visit another day.”
Gu Qingyue made a “please” gesture, turned around, and locked the door in one smooth motion.
“Uncle Wang, did you see him? Why didn’t you let me speak?” Lin Fei questioned Wang Ning with dissatisfaction.
Wang Ning was annoyed in his heart, but this was the only space ability user in the entire base, and also Lin Jun’s son, so he couldn’t say much. He took the things they had brought, suppressed his anger, and said, “Let’s talk back inside.”
Gu Qingyue waited until the people left before entering the door. He saw Lu Weiyi waiting at the room door. Gu Qingyue thought he was going to ask who had come outside, but who knew that the first thing he said was, “The IV fluid is finished.”
“Weiyi, aren’t you even a little curious about who came?” Gu Qingyue followed him in to change the dressing, a bit curious if this child was truly unconcerned or simply didn’t know he should be worried.
“It definitely wasn’t important,” Lu Weiyi replied in a low voice. Seeing Gu Qingyue waiting for an explanation, he continued, “If there was any danger, Li Zhuang and Antonio would have been in the yard immediately. No movement around here can escape those two. You can sleep soundly.”
Gu Qingyue was stunned for a moment, gave him a thumbs-up, and walked out. “This is the last bag for the morning. Pull it out directly after it’s finished. I’m next door, call me if you need anything.”
“Mmm,” Lu Weiyi replied, placing a pillow next to the sleeping Zhuang Ai Yi to prevent him from rolling off.
When Zhuang Mingxu woke up, it was already late afternoon. Lu Weiyi beside him was sleeping soundly, his fair little face unchanged, looking like he was doing well and hadn’t been wronged. Zhuang Mingxu reached out to touch him, and a cheerful “Big Papa” came from the other side.
“Shhh,” Zhuang Mingxu looked up and saw Zhuang Ai Yi on the other side, already awake. Although Zhuang Ai Yi had been following him during this time, he hadn’t been naked with Zhuang Ai Yi, especially now that he was holding another person in his arms. Zhuang Mingxu felt a bit awkward.
Both of them were clean, presumably Lu Weiyi had bathed them while he was unconscious. The room was simply furnished, and there were people talking outside the door, indicating it was a temporarily safe place. He lowered his voice and asked, “Ai Yi, do you know where we are now?”
“A place where many people live. Little Papa brought in a lot of food,” Zhuang Ai Yi mimicked his lowered voice in reply.
“Yongping City Safe Base,” Lu Weiyi mumbled, stretching lazily with his eyes closed. “Are you hungry? I’ll have someone cook porridge for you.”
“A little,” Zhuang Mingxu was actually very hungry. He hadn’t eaten anything since Li Ji left him.
Lu Weiyi nimbly jumped off the bed, took out a toothbrush, toothpaste, and a cup from his space, and handed them to Zhuang Mingxu. “Wash up a bit, I’ll go get you food.”
Zhuang Mingxu grabbed Lu Weiyi’s hand. “You… this is…”
“Oh, space.” Afraid he wouldn’t understand, Lu Weiyi threw a few boxes on the ground and then put them away, emphasizing, “Storage space.”
“Is Little Papa Doraemon?” Zhuang Ai Yi asked Lu Weiyi with wide, surprised eyes.
“…I guess so,” Lu Weiyi didn’t refute him, thinking of the jade pendant space he also had. He said to Zhuang Mingxu, “I’ll give you one too.”
“Give… give me?” The surprise in Zhuang Mingxu’s heart hadn’t subsided when he heard something even more shocking.
Lu Weiyi sized up Zhuang Mingxu, thinking that the place he had put it in his previous life was quite safe. He stepped forward, lifted Zhuang Mingxu’s blanket, and looked towards a certain area.
Seeing his gaze, Zhuang Mingxu actually felt a bit embarrassed. After all, they had been together for several years, and Lu Weiyi had never taken the initiative once. And now that he was a cripple, he seemed unable to satisfy Lu Weiyi. The self-abandonment that had disappeared in Zhuang Mingxu resurfaced a bit. He pulled the blanket over himself and said as calmly as possible, “Little Yi, Ai Yi is still here.”
So what if he’s here? What does it matter?
Lu Weiyi didn’t understand what he meant and went to pull his blanket again.
Zhuang Mingxu’s hesitation only lasted a few seconds before he turned to Zhuang Ai Yi and said, “Ai Yi, go find Uncle Mu, okay? Little Papa and I have something to talk about.”
