209. Finding a relative in the last days (5)
Feng Xinglu took a kitchen knife and gestured at the obviously alive hen for a few times, but he couldn't resist the fear in his heart in the end, and went to Cheng Miao for help with a miserable face.
As for why he didn't go to Wei Mingyan, the big devil, isn't that nonsense?
Cheng Miao and Wei Mingyan had seen many mutant beasts along the way. When they saw this hen, they took the axe and bleed it without changing their faces.
They didn't drink the hen soup until the evening, because of the difficult plucking work. Feng Xinglu spent an hour plucking the feathers alone. Later, there was no other way, so he simply cut a piece of meat and only processed the meat.
Because he deeply understood his new status, although it was very difficult, the seasoning was slightly insufficient, and the firewood was even more chopping the table, Feng Xinglu still successfully made a pot of chicken soup with good color, fragrance and taste.
When the fragrance spread to the house, several people had some reaction.
Before, when they were in the team, they all handed in their rations, and Bai Xiang cooked. Later, after Cheng Miao and Wei Mingyan found Liang Mingxuan, none of the three entered the kitchen before the end of the world.
Liang Mingxuan could make a soup, but the problem was that she was in pain all over and couldn't even maintain her basic consciousness, let alone cook.
Cheng Miao and Wei Mingyan tried several times, but they didn't even want to eat the food they made.
These days, they either put anything into the pot to cook, or ate the cooked food they found directly. When they smelled the aroma of food that seemed to have returned to the end of the world, they were filled with mixed feelings.
Lighting the candles they had found, the three men sat in the living room and started eating. Liang Mingxuan couldn't get out of bed for the time being, so she ate in the room.
In the flickering light, Wei Mingyan ate slowly, Cheng Miao ate silently, and Feng Xinglu almost swallowed his tongue.
It had been a long time since he had eaten a hot meal, and the shock of the whole day disappeared directly after he saw the pot of soup in front of him.
When his stomach was almost full, Feng Xinglu quietly looked at Wei Mingyan's expression by candlelight. Seeing that he was drinking soup with an expressionless face, he swallowed his saliva and approached carefully.
"Brother Yan, is your ability ice-related?"
Before, because of the ice cone, Feng Xinglu always thought that Wei Mingyan had ice-related abilities, but when cleaning, he condensed water directly, which was different from the information Feng Xinglu intercepted from major bases.
Wei Mingyan raised his head and glanced at him, "What do you think?"
Feng Xinglu smiled awkwardly, and then he didn't dare to say a word.
This big devil seemed to be in a bad mood, so he shouldn't rush to make him think of himself.
In the room, Liang Mingxuan listened to the movement outside, lowered her eyes and looked at the chicken soup in her hand, with a bitter smile on her face.
She always said that she would go separately from Wei Mingyan, but in fact, she knew in her heart that if they separated, their journey would definitely not be as smooth as before.
Now she couldn't even take the important things. Although Cheng Miao was good at fighting, he was just an ordinary person after all. Moreover, he had nothing to do with her. He was willing to take her with him because he remembered that she had saved him before. Even if he was unwilling to take her as a burden, it was human nature.
Liang Mingxuan had never been so powerless before.
After her stepmother passed away, there was no mistress in the family. She had always been brought up by her stepmother. Her father was busy every day, and even the degree of eating at home was rare. In Liang Mingxuan's heart at that time, even if she respected him because he was her father, she was not as close to him as her stepmother.
At that time, she had just graduated and lost the elder who was her biological mother. She went to work in her father's company. Her cousin who had been there for a long time was nice to her on the surface, but she was gossiping behind her back.
She said that her father was in his prime, Liang Mingxuan was a girl, and Wei Mingyan had poor grades and was not close to her father. As long as the woman he married came into the house, there would be no place for the two of them.
Liang Mingxuan still remembers how she felt when she heard these words.
Finally, she quietly waited for her cousin to go out before she came out of the toilet. She was no longer a child and would not make a fuss over a few words.
Liang Mingxuan had always been very quiet since she was a child. Her stepmother liked painting the most, so she followed her and learned it. The two of them always went out to sketch together, and when they came back, they discussed where to hang the paintings.
Before her stepmother died, she was like a small grass protected under a big tree. Because she knew she was safe, she could always be quiet.
But now, the person who could protect her is gone.
She and her brother are no longer the ones who are protected. Her father believes in his uncle wholeheartedly and loves his cousins as much as his own children. It is too far away whether he will marry other women and have other children in the future. Now, the only ones who can threaten her and her brother's status are her cousins.
Liang Mingxuan did not pick up the paintbrush again, but worked hard to learn company affairs. She no longer thought that it didn't matter whether her brother's grades were good or not, as she would take care of him in the future.
Since her mother can leave, who can say for sure about her sister?
Liang Mingxuan began to fight with her cousins while urging her brother to study.
But later, the child who would call her sister sweetly, did not know when he began to change.
He became impatient and looked at her with disgust.
Liang Mingxuan was worried about the company's affairs and thought that her brother had reached the rebellious stage. After finishing the work and trying to communicate properly, she found that he no longer listened to her.
No matter how she asked, he only looked at her with hatred.
Liang Mingxuan didn't know what to do. Her first reaction was to find her stepmother to reconcile, but the next second she remembered that her stepmother was gone.
My father travels all over the world every day. In the past, when my stepmother was here, I would still find time to come home for dinner. But when my stepmother left, she would not come back even once a month.
Only then did she realize that she was alone and helpless.
How did she spend that period later?
Liang Mingxuan put down the chicken soup in her hand, her eyes filled with confusion.
She thought of her boyfriend, Lin Chenye. Although he had never had any contact with Mingyan, when she and Mingyan were still close, he had always shown great respect for this future brother-in-law.
Liang Mingxuan went to find her boyfriend, hoping that he could give her brother a good solution. Even if the solution was not good, he would at least tell him the reason for his sudden change of attitude.
Chen also went to find Mingyan and told him that it was just the child's rebellious period. In this case, she could only coax her to try to avoid going to Mingyan as much as possible.
Liang Mingxuan had no choice but to carefully please her younger brother, hoping that he would grow up soon. She thought that as long as he grew up, he would get better, but his rebellious period lasted until he was seventeen.
Hate her for no reason.
When the end of the world comes, she has a chance to escape home. Because her father is a businessman, the family has always stored a lot of food. As long as she returns home, she will be safe.
But my brother is still in school.
She finally found her brother on the rooftop and worked hard to get a chance to get in the car. Her brother was afraid of zombies and did not dare to touch them, so she went to kill them herself. During that period, he was the most well-behaved in the past few years.
He would smile at her after she handed her the food, and would also call her sister and ask her to be careful when getting out of the car.
Although she faced rotten-smelling zombies every day and could lose her life anytime and anywhere, Liang Mingxuan was still happy in her heart.
She thought that her brother had finally stopped making trouble. Before getting off the bus that day, because Cheng Miao proposed to find a building for temporary repairs tonight, Liang Mingxuan thought with some anticipation. When she went to the building tonight, she wanted to ask her brother. Why are you ignoring her?
Then, she was pushed out of the car.
After being pushed down, surrounded by zombies, and struggling all the way to the small supermarket, she climbed onto the cabinet and hid. While doing these things, Liang Mingxuan's mind went blank.
And when her adult body was squeezed into the narrow cabinet and spent the whole night, she couldn't help but think about everything that happened during the day.
The scene seemed to be put in slow motion. She got into the car without any precautions. She saw her brother by the door. She was about to smile at him when a pair of hands pushed her down.
The panic in his eyes, the figure standing there, and finally, the scene of the car driving away and his eyes full of zombies.
What Cheng Miao said during the day seemed to still be in his ears.
Did he suffer a lot?
That's why his temperament became weird.
Liang Mingxuan lay down slowly, being careful not to touch the wound. She turned over and stared at the moon outside.
Since being rescued by Wei Mingyan, she has not said a word to him alone.
Not out of anger, but out of fear.
She was afraid that if she were alone with him, she would not be able to help but ask those words.
"Did you push me down because you hated me?"
Cheng Miao said that he might have been frightened by the zombies under the car at that time.
But when Liang Mingxuan huddled in the cupboard that night, what she thought of was the look of disgust on his face in the past few years. The night before the parent-teacher meeting, he even said he hoped she would die because she asked about her homework.
At that time, I was sad, but when I was almost killed, I felt cold.
After the end of the world came, most of the human race died, but the moon became brighter and brighter. Liang Mingxuan stared at the moon outside the window, closed her eyes, and hid her tears.
She knew that if she asked, the answer would definitely be no.
But ask yourself, does she believe it?
Is it true that her brother, who had hated her for several years, pushed her down and really didn’t want her to die at all?
The wound on the arm still hurts faintly. No matter how long it takes, one cannot get used to this pain. And when he thinks about who caused these injuries, the pain seems to be a little deeper.
"Did you fall asleep?"
Cheng Miao quietly opened the door and saw the person lying on the bed sideways, and whispered, "Stop talking, Mingxuan is asleep."
It became quiet outside, although Feng Xinglu was always talking to himself.
Liang Mingxuan was not asleep, but she didn't want to speak, so she kept her eyes closed, her mind a mess.
I don’t know how long it took, but the edge of the bed suddenly sank a little, and someone must have been sitting there.
It must be Cheng Miao, she thought.
Then, someone carefully tucked the quilt in for her, and thoughtfully tucked the quilt at the end of the bed inside.
After he finished all this, he returned to sit by the bed without saying a word.
Although she didn't open her eyes or hear the sound, Liang Mingxuan knew that the person sitting behind her was Wei Mingyan.
The sound of exploding sparks was faintly heard in the living room, and the cool night breeze blew in through the windows.
Liang Mingxuan closed her eyes, hearing the young man's low and hoarse voice.
"Sister, I'm sorry."
It was just a word, but Liang Mingxuan suddenly couldn't help it.
She pursed her lips desperately, but her tightly closed eyes shed tears uncontrollably, wetting the pillow.
After all, why.
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