CH 42

Chapter 42 - Deserted (1)

Lu Xingchi found his behavior strange too. He didn't know why he felt this wave of nameless anger.

He had saved Jiang Fei once in his previous life too. At the time, Bei Nuan had cried and pleaded when they came out of the small restaurant. Du Ruo felt bad and made the decision to let Jiang Fei stay with them.

And afterwards? He only knew that Bei Nuan silently took care of Jiang Fei. She fed him food, applied medicine for him, and meticulously cared for him in every way. No one else had to worry about him. Lu Xingchi couldn't remember much about it. It wasn't something he paid attention to.

After Jiang Fei recovered, those two stuck together almost every day. Everyone could see the ambiguity between them. At the time, Lu Xingchi didn't care about it. He only cared that Jiang Fei was very useful.

It was probably related to his time in prison. Although Jiang Fei had a thin figure, he was a good fighter and had an agile mind. He could help him share his burden in taking care of the team.

Moreover, since he had saved Jiang Fei's life, Jiang Fei was a reliable supporter.

It was completely different from how Jiang Fei was now.

Lu Xingchi thought of the smile that Jiang Fei had directed at him when he raised his head to eat the congee from Bei Nuan. He almost couldn't restrain the impulse to pull over the jeep and throw Jiang Fei out.

Bei Nuan's behavior was even more upsetting.

When he went back to the tent and lied down, his mind was filled with the image of her standing under the moonlight. She was so small. She had to tilt her head to look him in the eyes. She had looked at him with such clear eyes as she told her story.

Lu Xingchi knew that every word she said was true.

After struggling for a night over the decision, he still felt that he couldn't bring her along. She was completely different from the Bei Nuan in his past life, but she would occasionally do the same things as that Bei Nuan.

For example, in the small restaurant, she had secretly opened the metal shutter door and let those people inside. Just like that Bei Nuan, this one would make decisions on her own without hesitation.

If he brought her along, she might push the team to death once again in the end. He had no way of knowing for sure either way. The safest method was to find a safe place and leave her behind.

***

Soon, they arrived in Jiangcheng.

Jiangcheng was a prosperous city. Bei Nuan still remembered that when Lu Xingchi and his party passed through Jiangcheng in the novel, they had gone to a supermarket to collect supplies.

Just like in the novel, Lu Xingchi had chosen Jiangcheng as a destination.

As soon as they were near Jiangcheng, Bei Nuan saw that this place hadn't been spared either. The place looked desolate and chaotic as if a swarm of locusts had passed through here.

The zombie virus didn't need to collect supplies or sleep and came here much faster than them. They had already fallen behind the zombie virus and were now entering an infected area.

Their phones had lost signals a long time ago. They had no way to check the outside situation and only could take one step at a time.

Lu Xingchi turned to enter the boundary of Jiangcheng without hesitation.

"Why don't we just drive around? Why are we entering this city?" Du Ruo didn't understand and asked Lu Xingchi, "We have so many supplies. Don't we already have enough?"

Bei Nuan thought; I can answer that question. He wants to find a place to throw me away.

Sure enough, Lu Xingchi drove the jeep along the border between the city and the countryside. He checked house after house and finally chose a two-story house.The house had a high courtyard wall and was far from the main road. The location was hidden. It wasn't too conspicuous and was a good place to hunker down in.

The door was fully open, and there were signs of fighting. The owner of the house had probably met with an accident, but there were no zombies inside.

"We're resting here at noon," Lu Xingchi said.

"Take a rest? Didn't we just start going on the road?" Du Ruo didn't get it.

"Didn't you want to make Hainanese chicken for Bei Nuan?" Lu Xingchi faintly said, "There's a kitchen here and it has a gas stove. It's perfect."

They found a bed on the second floor and put Jiang Fei down.

Du Ruo asked Bei Nuan to take out all of the chicken from the pocket space, chose the fattest and freshest one, and went into the kitchen. He rolled up his sleeves and started cooking.

Bei Nuan followed him into the kitchen to watch.

During this time, Lu Xingchi didn't come into the kitchen. He kept going in and out of the yard, but they didn't know what he was busy with.

When the delicious chicken was ready to eat and they came out of the kitchen, they were shocked by the drastic change outside.

T/N: More parts will be posted on Sunday midnight EST.