CH 52

The sky was completely dark and the projection lights around the hydroelectric power plant have been turned on, adding a touch of light to the dark and dreary night sky.

A lot of zombies gradually gathered around the power grid and their screams mixed with the sound of rushing water.

The soldiers in the hydropower plant found guns from Hao Jian’s body and also found devices that could hack into communication bands, so there is no doubt that they are suspected as ‘spies’

Although they had expected it from the beginning, they still felt a little helpless when they were interrogated separately.

“How did you get this gun?” The interrogator of Hao Jian is a soldier with big eyebrows, but his expression at the moment can be described as ‘cross-eyed.’

“A gift from a soldier stationed in Jiang City. As thank you for delivering her letter.”

Bullshit! Guns are controlled, as a member of the military, it is impossible to give you such an important object just as thank you for delivering her letter. You still refuse to tell the truth?!”

The soldiers suspected her, but how could he trust her completely?

Perhaps he couldn’t pry anything out of Hao Jian, so he was so angry that he almost took action but he was stopped by his superiors.

“Leave this to me, you go patrol!” The man said.

The team member left rather reluctantly, and the man sat down in front of Hao Jian, slightly smiling, “His good friend was killed by some man-made incident, so he’s very distrustful of those of you who call yourselves ordinary people but do things differently.”

What he said was very clever. He set several traps for Hao Jian and pointed out the loopholes in her words. If Hao Jian had a guilty conscience, there would be loopholes in the future and he might even take the initiative to expose her true identity.

However, Hao Jian thought he was open-minded and calmly took his advice, “The man-made incident refers to what happened at the refugee base in the airport?”

The man narrowed his eyes and his smile became a little dangerous. “You really are not ordinary people.”

“Whether I’m an ordinary person or not, that depends on what the situation is.”

The man played with the gun that Chen Zhen gave Hao Jian, removed the magazine again, and looked at it before saying, “My name is Hu Dan and I’m the commander of the escort team stationed at the Heshui Hydroelectric Power Station in Xinghua City, which means that I have the highest authority here, so you don’t have to worry about revealing any secrets. Let’s be honest, we’re all tired of going around in circles like this.”

Hao Jian explained the unimportant parts that happened in Jiang City and excluded the confidential information. Even if she was the commander of a military team like Yi Gao or An Minghui, she couldn’t tell them all in one breath.

As Hu Dan listened, he thought in his heart that what Hao Jian said was consistent with the news he received in many ways, He also saw that Hao Jian had hidden a lot of things that he hadn’t said. This cautious attitude made him sure that hao Jian indeed had contact with the military personnel of Jiang City.

The expression on his face was still smiling, “Then what is your purpose of coming here?”

“One, to come over and confirm how long ‘Wugui’s reach is. Two, our car has insufficient fuel and we want to come over and ask for help.”

After Hao Jian finished speaking, several other soldiers came over to report, “Sir, all interrogations are finished.”

Hu Dan glanced at Hao Jian and took a quick; look at the folder that was handed to him.

Most of the four people’s statements matched up. He also found that except for Lian Ru Ning and Hao Jian, Peng Mao and Xin Ting’s statements had very little information about ‘Wugui’.

However, because they trusted their soldiers, Peng Mao and Xin Ting’s confessions provided more information because they told them their experiences in the first half of their lives.

Hu Dan easily eliminated Peng Mao and Xin Ting’s suspicions from these confessions. As for Hao Jian and Lian Ru Ning also carried ID cards on their bodies, and Lian Ru Ning’s backpack had books related to her profession, proving that she was indeed a student.

The most suspicious of them were Hao Jian and Shi Gong Dui, but because of the other people’s statements, Hao Jian’s suspicions were reduced. It can be said that if Hao Jian is not a spy of ‘Wugui’ then she is undoubtedly an excellent ‘ordinary person’.

Hu Dan directly let the four of them go, but only Shi Gong Dui was still missing.

“His suspicions are indeed not easy to clear, but if he’s really okay, then we don’t have to worry about him.”

“Yeah.” Lian Ru Ning, who had just been cleared of suspicion, was also not worried about Shi Gong Dui. Instead of letter her, Hao Jian, or the remaining two outsiders determine Shi Gong Dui’s identity, it would be better to let the military do it.

“But won’t we be locked up for forty-eight hours for observation?”

Hao Jian responded, “Chief Hu said that if we aren’t here to seek shelter and will only stay for a short while, there is no need to lock us up for observation. However, after all, it is still the place where they are station, so we shouldn’t run around.”

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The four who had gained the trust were allowed to enter the area of the hydropower plant. There is only one plant in the hydroelectric power station, but there is a building that is more than twenty meters long and two stories high next to it.

Compared to the plant that takes up half of the length of the dam and is three stories high, this building is much smaller. Because of the structure of this building, it is obvious that it is being used as an office and dormitory, and there are more than forty rooms inside.

The soldiers let them choose their rooms at will and Lian Ru Ning said, “Can there be so many rooms available here?”

The soldier responded, “Originally, there were many workers in the hydropower station, but because some people were worried about their families, they went home. Others were unfortunately bitten and brought the zombie virus back here, scaring many people away. Later, the higher-ups asked us to organize the remaining manpower and continue to maintain the operation of the hydropower station, so the remaining to adults were retained.”

“Then, you didn’t take in the survivors who took refuge?”

The soldier’s face sank, seemingly remembering some very bad experiences. His expression became much colder, “Our duty is to organize workers to maintain the operation of the hydropower plant, not to take the initiative to organize survivors and create a refugee base.”

Lian Ru Ning knew that the question she asked must have reminded this soldier of the incident that happened in the airport refugee base, so she didn’t ask any more questions.

The rooms for the four of them were scattered, and the room wasn’t large – only about ten square meters with a desk and chair aside from the iron-framed bed.

As soon as Lian Ru Ning entered, she subconsciously looked up at the ceiling and found a pinhole camera.

Remembering Hao Jian’s words before, she was psychologically prepared to be monitored. Peng Mao and Xin Ting also paid attention to check if there was surveillance after being monitored in the Shi residence.

They were not blind, and when they deliberately looked for it, they soon discovered the camera hidden beside the light bulb.

They just found the camera but they couldn’t remove it, so they could only warn themselves not to do anything unusual in the room.

Contrary to expectations, as soon as Hao Jian entered the room, she went to the corner of the iron-framed bed and laid down, intending to take a nap first.

“It seems that this girl is the most unsuspecting.” The person next to Hu Dan looked at Hao Jian on the monitor and said.

Hu Dan sneered, “The reason she doesn’t check is not that she’s unsuspecting, but because she knows we’re watching them. So instead of making those unnecessary moves, it’s better to take a break in silence.”

“If she really is what the chief said, she doesn’t look like an ordinary person.”

Hu Dan’s eyes darkened, “The things they said are consistent with the information we got after we recontacted the Jiang City Headquarters.”

“So we’re being superfluous?”

“The airport incident taught us that there is no such thing as being ‘superfluous’. all the probing and repeated questioning were just to confirm the truth and remove them from suspicion. Even our brothers who once swore together to the military flag and emblem have betrayed us, not to mention those who come from unknown origins.”

After Hu Dan finished speaking, he got up and gave Hao Jian’s gun to the soldier beside him, “Give it back to her and see what she will do.”

Before Hao Jian’s gun was returned to her, Hu Dan found out that she had left her room and then appeared in front of Lian Ru Ning’s room.

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Lian Ru Ning wasn’t surprised by Hao Jian’s arrival, but she thought that Hao Jian was going to talk to her about business and wanted to remind her that there was a camera here and perhaps a wiretap, so she wanted to drag Hao Jian outside.

Hao Jian pulled her back inside the room and asked, “Little Junior Sister is not willing to say with me since just now, why is this?”

“Huh?” Lian Ru Ning was slightly stunned. She didn’t expect that Hao Jian was here to talk about this matter.

She quickly came back to her senses, somewhat helpless, “I’m not unwilling to stay with you, and we were interrogated separately just now, so there is no way to stay together, right?”

“I didn’t say at that time. I’m talking about before entering the powerplant.”

Lian Ru Ning suddenly remembered her own mentality at the time, and now, Xin Ting’s words crossed her mind. Her depression was completely manifested in her expression. Hao Jian raised her index finger and flicked her forehead to bring her back to her senses.

“Come on, why are you avoiding me all of a sudden?”

Lian Ru Ning looked at Hao Jian complainingly, wondering if she knew that they were being spied on here and perhaps a wiretap. But a thought flashed in her heart and quickly followed Hao Jian’s words and thought of personal matters.

“You misunderstood, I’m not avoiding you.” Lian Ru Ning sheepishly avoided her gaze.

“Little Junior Sister is guilty. Why else wouldn’t you look me in the eye and say this?”

Lian Ru Ning was a little annoyed with Hao Jian so she moved her gaze up to meet Hao Jian’s eyes. The moment their eyes met, the unspeakable fluttering feeling started to spread in her heart again.

“I, I didn’t avoid you.” While Lian Ru Ning’s heart thumped and thumped, she was also inexplicably aggrieved. She seemed to have forgotten that they were under surveillance and stared at Hao Jian with a pair of moist eyes as if she was on the brink of crying.

“. . .” Hao Jian didn’t want to make her cry, and she didn’t expect Lian Ru Ning to explode with emotion at this time, so she panicked a little, “Okay, okay. I know you didn’t avoid me, I care too much about you, so I overreacted and thought too much about it.”

Lian Ru Ning was even more aggrieved and couldn’t help but say, “If you want to explain, then explain. Why did you have to say something so misleading?”

“Misleading words refers to. . .”

Lian Ru Ning turned her face away, adjusted her emotions, and said, “Have you ever thought that on weekdays, among the three of us, only the two of us always act together, but I also miss Xiao Ting. Have you ever considered how Xiao Ting feels?”

Hao Jian thought about it carefully, and after figuring out the cause and effect of before and after, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “You’re avoiding me for such a boring thing?”

“Boring?”

Hao Jian stopped laughing and looked at Lian Ru Ning, “This is the post-apocalyptic era, the era of chaos and crisis everywhere. Do you think it’s still the student days where a few friends show who has the best relationship with whom and spend the whole day together? Or what about the painful youthful microblog stories like ‘the friendship of three people will always leave one behind’? Just because all three of us are female, we have to be a ‘threesome’?”

Lian Ru Ning was speechless. She understood what Hao Jian meant. Hao Jian was deciding on a course of action based on each person’s ability and role. In other words, Hao Jian felt that she was the only one who could work with her so she was the preferred choice and she didn’t care what feelings Xin Ting had when she joined them.

Fortunately, Xin Ting wasn’t there, otherwise, she would have cried out when she heard this.

Then should she tell Hao Jian what Xin Ting was thinking?

As soon as the thought came up, she rejected it.

Xin Ting caring about Hao Jian’s opinion is only her personal speculation. No matter what happens between Xin Ting and Hao Jian, this matter should be resolved by them, not her.

“Little Junior Sister, you just said that I said something that was misleading. I wonder if it’s the phrase ‘I care too much about you’?”

Seeing that she had brought the topic back, Lian Ru Ning couldn’t help but glare at her, “What are you trying to say?”

Hao Jian leaned closer to her and said softly, “I’m trying to say that there is no hidden meaning in that sentence. I really care too much about you.”

OH JUST KISS ALREADY!!!

So, at first, I thought that Hao Jian’s here to give the soldiers a reason to lessen their suspicions and give Hao Jian a pretense to drag Lian Ru Ning out of the room, instead of blatantly leaving the room all of a sudden.

If I were a soldier, I would be suspicious of them if they just left the room all of a sudden after being interrogated, so yeah.

But now, I think Hao Jian’s line of thinking is still along these lines, same goes for Lian Ru Ning, but I believe this is an added bonus in Hao Jian’s side, hahaha.

But that’s just my opinion hahahaha!

Anyway~! I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did!

May the abyss be with you~!

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