stop fighting

"How about—" Lu Ze's voice dragged on slightly: "Let's talk about this little girl first."

There was a hint of surprise in Ghost's eyes: "Miao Miao?"

As noon approached, the sun overhead gradually became fiercer.Lu Ze stepped on a concrete block next to him, took off the mask on his face, squinted his eyes and looked at Ghost as if he couldn't bear the sunlight: "Yes."

He was at a higher position, and with his own height, Ghost had to raise his head slightly to meet his gaze.After pondering for a second, he walked to Lu Ze's feet and sat down on the wreckage of another concrete pile, casually patted his trouser legs: "To be precise, I sent Miu Miu to Lindsay.

"About a few months ago, I found her on the outskirts of the infected radiation area. She was wounded and had a high fever. I took her back for a simple treatment and she woke up the next day. It is not convenient for me to bring her A young child was around and Lindsay was contacted."

……

At that time, summer had just begun, and the climate in the old city was a bit special. The first month of summer was the time when the rain was the most abundant.The sky has been shrouded in a layer of gray and black rain clouds for a week, and the torrential rain has hardly stopped.

Ghost doesn't like this kind of weather very much. The humid air seems to be full of rancid smell, reminding everyone all the time that this is no longer the world they are familiar with.

The place where he lives is in the east of the Lower West Side. The previous bombing damaged the city's drainage pipes, and some low-lying areas have been filled with swamps of water. It is not a wise choice to go out at this time. After being locked up for nearly a week, Xiao Bai, who has always been calm, couldn't stay.In the early morning of the sixth day, it slipped out quietly while Ghost was still sleeping.

Nearly half an hour had passed by the time Ghost found out that the white wolf was not in the room.

At this time, the rain outside had lightened a little. Looking through the thick glass, the neighborhood outside was no longer shrouded in a layer of misty rain like it was a few days ago.

By the time he went out with a bang, the rain had almost stopped.

Although the "herd" generally wouldn't come out to hunt in this kind of weather, he still carefully avoided several main roads.

Xiao Bai didn't run far. He only walked two streets when he saw a white tail protruding from the door of a shop facing the street. He flicked it from time to time, but he couldn't see his body.

He was a little worried that Xiaobai would be injured, so he took two steps forward, but before he could yell, the white wolf had sensed his movement, poked his head out from the door opening, looked in his direction, and let out a low-pitched cry A few times.

He almost walked to the white wolf's place with his heart hanging, Xiaobai seemed to guess his thoughts, stood up and circled around him, curling his ankles with his tail flatteringly.

Seeing that the white wolf in front of him was not abnormal except that its fur was a little wet from the rain, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then tapped it on the head: "When did you learn to sneak away?"

Xiaobai whimpered, raised his head and looked at him eagerly.

He raised his eyebrows: "Don't do this, I know you are pretending to be pitiful. Go, go home. "

Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Xiao Bai grabbed his trouser leg from behind him.

"What's wrong?" He turned around in surprise.

I saw the white wolf let go of his trouser legs, let out a low cry, turned his head and took a step deeper into the room.

He had some bad premonition in his heart, followed Xiao Bai and walked a few steps inside cautiously.

Through the dim skylight coming in from outside, he could barely make out a thin figure lying against the wall inside.

Xiaobai had already walked to the side of that figure, nuzzled that person with his nose, the person moved slightly, and let out an indistinct groan.

Xiaobai turned his head to look at Ghost, his eyes seemed to be urging something.

Ghost frowned slightly, took out the dagger with his right hand, and leaned over step by step.

When he got closer, he realized that it was a little black girl, her curly hair was dirty and knotted together, her eyes were tightly closed, and there was a thin layer of beads of sweat on her forehead.

His eyes moved down and landed on her left forearm: a deep wound with bone visible.

Sighing silently in his heart, he reached out to test the temperature of the little girl's forehead, then loosely bound her hands and feet, bent down to pick her up, greeted Xiaobai, turned and walked outside.

Xiaobai looked around, lowered his head and picked up a tattered teddy bear doll that had fallen beside the little girl, and followed Ghost's pace.

The wound on the little girl's hand was already infected, and there was only so much he could do. He simply wiped her body clean, fed her a little water, and then waited for a long time. What an accident.

The cowhide scabbard has shown a layer of warm luster after being rubbed for a long time, on the contrary, the grooved blade looks a bit dull under the dim light.His eyes fell on the blade, he didn't know what he was thinking, and the white wolf just lay quietly beside him.

Towards evening, the little girl woke up.The moment she regained consciousness, she subconsciously rolled up the blanket on her body, and quickly shrank to the corner behind her, looking warily at the man and wolf in front of her.

Ghost breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little sad.Judging from her reaction, although this little girl was infected, she still retains her own consciousness. She does not belong to those "herds" outside, but she is destined not to return to the world of normal people.

He took some effort to make her relax her vigilance, and then he realized that this little girl was not only born with damaged vocal cords, but also a mute, her eyes were also a little weak under strong light conditions, and there seemed to be no reliable adults around to take care of her.

On the third day after he settled down here, the little girl had almost turned into a little tail of his, following him wherever he went. This situation really gave him some headaches.

Until that month, he went to Lindsay's jurisdiction to exchange supplies as usual.

Lindsay noticed the little figure poking around him at a glance, and asked him with a half-smile tone when he found a little follower for himself, and then he remembered that he could give the little girl to Lindsay.

Before leaving, Lindsay took the little girl's hand, and turned his head as if he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I almost forgot to ask you, what's the name of this little guy?"

He pondered for a second: "Call her Miu Miu."

Lindsay raised her eyebrows: "Miu Miu? Does it have any special meaning in your native language?"

"It's nothing, but I hope she can be smarter, and at least she can protect herself in this chaotic world." He stopped looking at Lindsay, waved his hand, turned around and left with Xiaobai.

……

Ghost's narration was flat and short, without any extra emotion in his voice.

On the contrary, Lu Ze was silent for a while after listening, and finally looked at the people next to him with some complicated eyes: "If I remember correctly, the oil depot near the southern suburb was originally the largest bio-fuel depot around the old city. If it is true As you just said, it is the foundation for the survival of the entire southern region, and they will definitely send heavy troops to guard it. I need a detailed topographic map of that area, as well as all the information you have about the deployment of troops in the southern region. If the action is decided In the wee hours of tomorrow, less than 12 hours from now, we are running out of time."

Ghost seems to have guessed the result: "Then it's a pleasant cooperation, Captain Lu." He stood up from the ground and adjusted the mask on his face: "Let's go out of the city and meet your team members first, Xiaobai will definitely wait Anxious."

The outskirts of the old city, the camp.

Only a few hours had passed since the time agreed with Lu Ze, but Chen Xin felt that the uncertainty in front of him was more difficult than ever.

He roughly told Fang Luxian and Zheng Guanqi what had happened in the past day. Fang Lulian said in a muffled voice, "I'll go to the police" after listening, and jumped off the armored vehicle.Zheng Guanqi seemed to be in a daze, and he pulled Chen Xin's sleeve after a while, and looked at him blankly: "Captain and Angkor...will they come back?"

Chen Xin didn't answer, but just looked up at the sky not far away.

It was past noon, and the entire camp was quiet.

Xiaobai was lying a few meters away from the rear of the armored vehicle, his eyes were fixed on the bushes not far away, and he flicked his tail occasionally; Fang Lujian ran off to nowhere, and there was no one there; Zheng Guanqi didn't know what was messing around in the front , There was a rustling sound from time to time; Chen Xin sat in the seat at the back of the carriage, carefully dismantled the sniper rifle in his hand, wiped it clean, and put it back together again.

"Brother Xin, here is lunch." Zheng Guanqi's voice came from behind him.

Chen Xin turned his head and saw Zheng Guanqi holding a pry open can and handing it over.

He took it over: "Thank you."

"I'll go see if Miss Xiaolu is back." Zheng Guanqi said as he was about to jump off the carriage.

Chen Xin put the can aside and pressed his shoulder: "I'll go, you stay here. You don't know where you are hiding, Miss Xiaolu."

Zheng Guanqi scratched his head, showing a silly smile: "That's right, every time she hides, only you can find her."

A rare faint smile appeared on Chen Xin's face, and he jumped out of the carriage without saying anything more.

Their camp is in a small mountain depression, about 30 kilometers away from the old city in a straight line.Chen Xin found Fang Luxian at a sniper position in the southwest direction of 12 o'clock.

The girl was sitting on a rock with her chin in her hands and she was in a daze.Hearing the sound of his approaching footsteps, he immediately aimed the gun at his feet: "Who?"

Chen Xin laughed: The vigilance is still there.

"It's me." He came out from behind the bushes.

Fang Luxian saw that it was him, put down the gun a little discouraged, and muttered, "I thought it was the captain who came back."

"Want to chat?" Chen Xin walked to her and sat down.

Fang Luxian shook his head, and covered his ears childishly: "I don't want to hear anything now, the captain will definitely bring Wu Zhuo back. We have done so many missions together before, and we all came here together. This time we must also the same."

Chen Xin was silent.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught two figures moving in the bushes below. As if he was not sure, he stood up and squinted his eyes to look carefully.

"What's wrong?" Fang Lulian looked at him with some anxiety.

"It seems that the captain is back." The corner of Chen Xin's mouth curled up.

The author has something to say:

See you on Thursday~