Chapter 41: Feeding His Wife with Blood

"Impossible!"

The old man clutched He Yunxi’s hand, trembling slightly, and wished he could strangle him.

He couldn’t imagine what might happen if his granddaughter were taken away for a night.

His granddaughter had always been pampered and couldn’t endure the slightest hardship!

"Grandpa, why don’t we go check where he’s staying? If there’s no trace of Duoduo, it means we wrongly accused this gentleman." Bai Xiqin looked at Bai Zhengxuan.

"Alright!"

Bai Zhengxuan didn’t see any issue with it.

Finding a child was such an important matter, visiting his place couldn’t be considered excessive.

"This is our factory; you can’t just come and go as you please!"

A flash of panic crossed He Yunxi’s eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"He Gong, we’d better go and take a look!"

Captain Zhu glanced at the old man, who was trembling all over with excitement, and couldn’t help saying.

Taking a look cost nothing, and the old man was so obsessed that anything could happen if they didn’t look.

"Let’s go! I know which room he’s in!"

Uncle Wang dragged He Yunxi towards the second floor.

The old man stumbled, clutching He Yunxi’s clothes, unable to utter a word, shaking all over.

He wanted to see, yet he was afraid to see.

The group followed them upstairs.

The closer they got to the second floor, the more panicked He Yunxi’s face became. He even wanted to shake off Uncle Wang and the old man’s hands clinging to his clothes.

As they reached the second floor, everyone noticed something was wrong.

He Yunxi kept trying to run downstairs, visibly panicked.

"Bastard, confess quickly, or I’ll feed you to the zombies!"

Uncle Wang kicked He Yunxi, cursing profusely.

He had no children or grandchildren and hated those who harmed the country’s youth the most!

He Yunxi staggered, his face turning red and then white, unsure of what to say.

Captain Zhu looked at He Yunxi seriously, then kicked open He Yunxi’s door.

Inside, it was still pitch black.

"Duo... Duoduo, are you... are you in there?"

The old man’s voice trembled.

It was utterly silent inside, with no response from anyone.

"I told you, I’ve never seen Duoduo. What are you looking at? Leave now!"

He Yunxi forced a smile, taking steps towards the stairs.

As if in the next moment, he could rush down and escape.

Everyone noticed something was wrong with him and wouldn’t let him escape.

Those in front instinctively blocked He Yunxi’s way, ensuring he couldn’t suddenly run out.

Bai Xiqin looked gravely into the dark room through the door.

The curtains were drawn, and the lights were off. The room’s appearance couldn’t be fully seen at a glance.

Technically, even if the wind power plant stopped operating, there should still be a lot of stored power; there’s no need to save electricity like this.

Every now and then, there were faint noises in the room, as if something was swaying.

The sound was faint, and Bai Xiqin barely heard a bit by holding his breath.

Bai Xiqin looked toward Leng Yebai.

Leng Yebai nodded slightly and strode into the room.

With a snap.

The lights in the house came on.

The room, not too big or small, was now fully illuminated with no dead corners.

The crowd instinctively gathered around, wanting to see if the child was inside.

"Ah!"

"Zombie!"

Exclamations erupted one after another.

In the corner of the not-too-small room was a double bed, and on it lay a hideous-looking zombie!

From its appearance, the zombie seemed like a middle-aged woman. It was wrapped in thick quilts, with circles and circles of wire tied around it.

The zombie’s mouth was bound with numerous layers of bandages, tightly gagging it.

The zombie snarled hideously at the crowd but made no sound.

It tried to lunge forward but was unable to move, only swaying uselessly in the soft blankets.

"Don’t hurt her; she’s my wife." He Yunxi lowered his gaze, looking sad, "She’s just sick; she’ll get better!"

Captain Zhu was stunned for a long moment, instinctively glancing at He Yunxi’s scarred hands.

He remembered that when they first rescued him from the room, his hands were bleeding.

He was feeding his zombified wife with his own blood.

Feeding his wife with blood.

Absurd and helpless.

"Where is my Duoduo?"

The old man’s bloodshot eyes glanced at the lying zombie, his voice tinged with despair.

For some reason, he just felt that the elastic band on the person’s wrist belonged to his granddaughter.

He could feel it.

Seeing the zombie lying on the bed, he didn’t dare think deeply.

"I didn’t see your granddaughter; I’m just keeping my wife. Is that illegal?"

He Yunxi looked at Captain Zhu.

Captain Zhu remained silent.

On the fourth day of the apocalypse, human conscience hadn’t been completely obliterated.

In fact, most people were waiting for rescue and for the world to return to its previous order.

Zombies were once people; many couldn’t let go after their loved ones turned into zombies.

Maybe someday zombies could return to being humans?

"Haven’t searched the room yet," Bai Xiqin said.

"Search for what?" He Yunxi’s face twisted for a moment, "Don’t disturb me, uh..."

Before he finished speaking, a sharp pain came from He Yunxi’s abdomen.

Leng Yebai slowly withdrew his hand and then lightly patted it.

His hand had touched something dirty.

It was the first time he’d seen someone dare to speak to Xiao Niu like that!

"You—"

He Yunxi glared at Leng Yebai, wanting to curse him, but was frightened by Leng Yebai’s cold eyes.

"This is the last time."

Leng Yebai gave He Yunxi a dangerous smirk.

He Yunxi instinctively took a step back.

He had no doubt that if he said anything more, Leng Yebai would kill him.

"Too gentle,"

Bai Zhengxuan muttered after glancing at He Yunxi.

In a spot where no one was looking, Bai Zhengxuan extended two fingers, pinched a fingernail-sized piece of flesh on He Yunxi’s wrist, and twisted it hard.

He Yunxi: ...

"Go in and take a look!"

Bai Xiqin prepared to enter.

Leng Yebai held Bai Xiqin’s hand and softly said, "It’s dirty inside."

Then, Leng Yebai stepped boldly into the room.

The old man’s eyes were fixed intently on Leng Yebai’s every move.

He most wanted to find his granddaughter.

The thing he feared most was finding his granddaughter here!

Leng Yebai checked every corner, finally pulling out a blood-stained blue down jacket from under the bed.

When the blue down jacket was pulled out, everyone went silent.

The old man’s cloudy eyes stared blankly at the blood-stained blue down jacket, unable to speak for a long time.

After a while, the old man viciously grabbed He Yunxi by the neck.

"Ah!!! I’ll kill you!!"

The old man’s face twisted, his previous kindness gone.

With a snap.

The plastic bag holding the egg custard fell onto the ground, spilling it everywhere.

"Ha ha!"

He Yunxi laughed strangely twice and did not explain.

Indeed, he was the one who secretly took the little girl and fed her to his zombified wife.

So what?

His wife couldn’t go hungry!

"****"

Uncle Wang cursed, kicking He Yunxi hard.

Captain Zhu’s lips twitched, wanting to stop him, but the words didn’t come out.

He remembered his position, except the bloodied down jacket stopped him from saying a word for He Yunxi.

In the current situation, the law couldn’t punish him anymore.