CH 143

Chapter 143 - Even when the little liar was drunk, she was still a little liar (2)

They discussed for a while how to arrange the gatekeepers and then talked about other things.

Someone suggested, "Something like this has happened. We shouldn't let in anymore people that went outside to work or go to school."

"Yeah, they're usually not home. They only come back when something bad has happened."

Some people were genuinely worried that they would let in someone infected with the zombie virus. If that happened, Yao Town would be destroyed.

Other people were selfishly venting their anger. People that had relatives working outside were better off materially, and they hadn't been happy seeing others being better off than them for a long time.

Someone who had family staying outside of Yao Town disagreed, "They're people from Yao Town. Why can you stay here, but my children can't come home? When we repaired the road last time, my family paid more money than yours."

"It was wrong of the Luo family's first son to slip into town after getting injured, but you can't make a rule to let everyone outside die just because of one person's wrongdoing."

"Yeah, my daughter and son-in-law are coming back. They'll follow the rules and get inspected. Why are you trying to provoke trouble?"

They each had their positions, and it was a messy quarrel.

In the end, it was decided that everyone in Yao Zhen would be inspected again. And from now on, only people from Yao Town were allowed in after a careful inspection. They wouldn't accept any more outsiders.

Bei Nuan had successfully avoided getting hit by the iron rod. However, she didn't have any hope of fulfilling Li Dahua's wishes. On the taskbar, "0 out of 3 completed" was still shining brightly after Li Dahua's name.

Lu Xingchi wasn't leaving, and Bei Nuan stood next to him out of habit, waiting for the meeting to be over.

Finally, the meeting came to an end. It was probably because the townspeople had gotten too thirsty from arguing so much and had to go home to rehydrate.

When Xie Yuanqing passed by Lu Xingchi, he smiled at him as if he was thanking him for his help today.

Lu Xingchi indifferently twitched his lips as his response.

The patriarch also came over. First, it was to thank Lu Xingchi for finding that person. And then, they tried to see if Lu Xingchi was willing to help them with a favor.

Lu Xingchi's skills were obvious to all. They wanted him to lead a group of people to search all the hiding spots in Yao Town. They were afraid there were more infected people. Yao Zhen couldn't take another scare.

Bei Nuan thought; Lu Xingchi wouldn't agree. He wasn't their nanny.

Sure enough, Lu Xingchi politely declined. It would take a long time to search the entire town, and he didn't want to stay here for that long. However, he agreed that he could take the time to teach the inexperienced townspeople how to fight zombies.

While they were discussing official business, Xie Yuanqing's gaze fell on Bei Nuan. He quietly said, "Come over to play with Dahua when you're free."

His low and magnetic voice was still terribly attractive.

Bei Nuan was a bit scared of him after seeing his interrogation methods at today's trial, but she still had to go to his home for Dahua to complete the task.

Bei Nuan nodded in agreement.

Lu Xingchi followed the townspeople to train them, Bei Nuan went back to Xiao Ji's home to rest for a bit. With no one watching her, she slipped out again.

Dahua was lying on the wall. She was elegantly curling her front paws and looking at the scenery with a melancholy expression.

Bei Nuan quietly called out, "Dahua -"

Xie Yuanqing's voice immediately came from the courtyard, "You're here? Come in."

Resigned to her fate, Dahua jumped down from the wall and reluctantly walked to the wicker chair in the courtyard to accept Bei Nuan's "loving embrace".

Bei Nuan calmly entered Xie Yuanqing's home.

Xie Yuanqing was sitting underneath the flower archway. There was a full set of tea cups and plates on the small table in front of him. He was brewing tea.

Such a big event had just happened, but he looked as calm as always.

Sunlight passed through the scattered vines on the flower archway and casted a strong light and shadow on his beautiful face.

Hearing the sound of Bei Nuan coming in, he looked up. His eyes were still as deep as ink. It was like looking into the abyss, but his lips were curved into a pleasant smile.

Hundreds of words had been written to describe Xie Yuanqing in the novel, so Bei Nuan knew his character very well. Maybe even better than Xie Yuanqing knew himself. He wasn't a good person in the strictest sense of the word. He was scheming and clever. He was ruthless when he had to be.

However, according to the novel, he wasn't a bad person. He achieved his goals by various means, but his motives were reasonable. For example, he only beat the Luo family's second son to get him to confess. He only seized the power to control Yao Town's gate because the locals were too unreliable. It was obviously more advantageous to give the control over to him.

Knowing the novel, Bei Nuan wasn't worried about her safety. She familiarly walked to the wicker chair.