Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 247 Women and Cats
Jiang Minglang was pestered by his old classmate, but he didn't agree directly. He just said he would think about it.

What he was really thinking was, "Can he really make the decision about Qiqi's marriage?"

He could do it, but he didn't want to. Raising his brat wasn't enough; he also needed help finding a wife.

He doesn't care about that.

Therefore, I don't understand Zeng Xi's persistence. He said that in Kyoto, families like the Zeng family value marriage between equals, and many people are betrothed from childhood.

Commonly known as a marriage alliance.

Because his ancestors, his father, and even himself had all gone through this, Zeng Xi himself accepted it well and didn't feel anything was wrong with it.

The family is good, the parents know each other well, so how bad could the child be?
Even if the two kids don't get along when they grow up, we'll see. If they can't be husband and wife, they can be friends.

In short, it doesn't mean it's completely untethered.

Some might say, "Why bother? There will be too many children to look at when they grow up."

No!

Zeng Xi believes that good things should be reserved in advance. For example, if he has his eye on Qiqi, he wants to reserve it for his daughter in advance.

This way, both parties will be each other's first choice in the future.

Just like him and his wife.

Before leaving, he repeatedly told Jiang Minglang to discuss with Bai Li that he would bring his wife and children to visit after some time.

Anyway, Bai Li will give birth in a few months, so I can come over for her wedding banquet then.

"Old Zeng insists on arranging a marriage between his daughter and Qiqi. What do you think about this?"

After seeing Zeng Xi off, Jiang Minglang returned and said to Bai Li helplessly, "This guy is very persistent about this, and he even said that his wife agrees."

Bai Li was sitting in a recliner, her hand on her belly interacting with her daughter. Hearing this, she paused for a moment, then looked up and asked, "I remember, his daughter isn't very old, is she?"

"Yes, he's not even six years old yet."

Bai Li laughed, "Qiqi will be eleven soon, five years younger than our son, but he doesn't mind that he's older. By the way, have you met his daughter? Isn't she pretty?"

“I saw him once when he was two years old,” Jiang Minglang thought for a moment and smiled. “His double chin was quite attractive.”

Yes, she's a chubby little girl, fair-skinned and tender, quite cute.

Bai Li laughed too. Neither of them took it too seriously, mainly because Qiqi was still young, and Zeng Xi's daughter was even younger. Who knew what would happen when the two children grew up?

On the other side, Qiqi and Jiji rode their mountain bikes out of town as usual.

The two children made a special inquiry and learned that Liu Ying's team had left a portion of its members to patrol the western reclaimed areas, while the majority had gone to Ancheng to investigate and resettle the recently arrived survivors.

After running around for a while, they finally found Liu Ying on a dilapidated street in Ancheng city that was filled with the smell of blood.

Qiqi and Jiji exchanged a glance. The two children rode forward quietly, keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings. When they were almost there, they called out, "Aunt Ying."

Liu Ying turned around and was initially delighted to see the two children, but then her face hardened and she frowned. "Why are you two out here again?"

These two naughty kids, why are they so mischievous?
She was quite tired and was sitting on the roadside resting in a rather unrefined manner. Hidden on this street were some unexpected mutated creatures, a pack of organized large wolfhounds.

When they found the lair, they discovered several humans who hadn't been completely eaten, including a child. Their arms and legs had been gnawed clean, but their upper bodies remained intact. Cruelly, apart from the child, who was completely dead with only a third of his body remaining, the others, though barely alive, were still breathing.

Damn, are they there to keep the food fresh?

The moment they saw the scene inside, everyone, including Liu Xu and Liu Ying, felt their hair stand on end.

How could such a thing still be kept?

Fifteen people fought a pack of wolves and dogs for more than an hour. In the end, three dogs escaped, fifteen were killed, and six were injured.

Several of their team members were also injured, including Liu Xu, who was scratched on the arm, and Cheng Le was bandaging his wound.

"Don't worry, Aunt Ying, we can protect ourselves. Here, I brought you some fruit. See which one you like, and I'll get you more next time."

Liu Ying's eyes lit up, but before she could speak, she heard Liu Xu, who was sitting opposite her, hiss. He looked at Qiqi and asked, "Is all the fruit for your aunt? Is there any for me?"

Qiqi turned to look at him, looking completely bewildered. "Do I know you?"

Liu Xu's expression froze, and Liu Ying couldn't help but burst out laughing.

After laughing, he introduced Qiqi, "This is my brother, Liu Xu. You can call him that."

Liu Ying paused, glanced at Liu Xu, and continued to say to Qi Qi, "Just call him Uncle Xu." Let's skip the "uncle" title.

Liu Xu wiped his face, feeling dejected, and muttered to himself, "I got a share of the gift for him too, okay?"

For example, that box of gold bars was given to me by him.

"Oh, there's also durian."

Liu Ying looked at the big guy that Qiqi took out of the back basket with surprise and delight, her dimples showing on her happy face.

A group of people gathered around. Apples, pears, oranges, mangoes. Although there weren't many of each variety, the variety was impressive.

They were all greatly impressed, no wonder their place was called Ginkgo Garden, it truly lived up to its name. Although they knew that wood-based cultivation was easy, the key was having trees and seeds.

As they ate their fruit, their guard lowered for a moment.

Just then, Gigi, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly shouted at a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, "Watch out!"

Crack!

As Gigi shouted, he subconsciously unleashed a bolt of lightning. With a crackling sound, the purple lightning struck the wolfhound that had just leaped up to pounce on the boy.

The wolfhound's body visibly paused in its upright position, then a burnt smell spread out, and with a splat, the wolfhound turned into a blackened dead dog, lying motionless on the ground.

The scene was silent. Everyone first looked at the charred wolfhound, and then slowly turned their gaze to Gigi.

Is this what they were referring to as having the ability to protect themselves?
Aren't you two being too modest?
Qiqi can freeze anything instantly, even animals. Even those who haven't seen it have heard of it. To be honest, it's quite a powerful fighter.

But they never expected that the child who had been silently following him was actually a rare lightning-powered being!

So, you two together are said to have the ability to protect yourselves?

Are all kids with superpowers this awesome these days?

A group of people felt a pang of sympathy, realizing they were not even as good as the children.

"Pretend you didn't see Lin Zhe's superpower, and no one is allowed to tell anyone."

After Liu Ying realized what had happened, she immediately understood the cause and effect.

Everyone knows that one of Jiang Minglang's subordinates has a rare lightning ability. When he was attacked for no apparent reason before, some people saw purple lightning flash in the direction of Yunxi Village.

Everyone is guessing who that lightning-powered person is.

Some said it was Xi Yu, others said it was Shi Jiashu, and still others said it was Kang Erbao. Jiang Minglang's capable henchmen guessed everything, but none could figure it out. Unexpectedly, the lightning ability user turned out to be Lin Zhe, a child not even eleven years old.

Liu Ying looked at her teammates with a stern gaze, "No matter how Lin Zhe's superpower is eventually revealed to others, I don't want it to come out of your mouths, understand?"

"I understand, Sister Ying. Don't worry, I'd rather die than tell."

The first to react and speak up was Si Hang, the earth-elemental boy who had been saved by Lin Zhe. At this moment, his face was pale and his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

He was just a hair's breadth away from being killed by the wolfhound.

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said sincerely to Lin Zhe, "Lin Zhe, I won't thank you enough. My name is Si Hang. If you ever need my help in the future, you can come to me."

The others also stated that they would absolutely not utter a single word about Lin Zhe's superpowers.

Liu Xu's eyes swept back and forth between Jiang Qi and Lin Zhe. He felt that in the future, in Pengcheng, no, in the whole country, these two little guys would definitely become the best among superhumans.

It has to be said that this guy, who's never been very bright, had a pretty good intuition this time.

Afterwards, the group cleaned up the wolfhound's body, flushed the remaining bloodstains into the sewer with water, and left the old street.

Afterwards, the others returned to their residences, while Liu Ying took the two children to the villa complex where the cat had been found.

Actually, they originally wanted to bring the food bucket with them when they came out, since only it knew where the black cat was. But now, they didn't know if the guy had become estranged from them or was worried about something else, but it just wouldn't come out with them.

There was no other way but for the two of them to take Xiao Wu out and look for him.

It's not necessarily about finding someone; it's just that I had nothing else to do, so I went out for a stroll.

You're saying this cat stole things to give to its owner?

Qiqi shook her head. "Aunt Ying, we're not sure if it's that one yet. It might not be. After all, we met it in the north, which is quite far from here."

It's not that it's impossible for it to come here, but almost all the survivors who come here are aiming to seek refuge in Pengcheng. It's been almost half a year; if its master has arrived here, why hasn't it entered the city?
For an ordinary person, entering Shenzhen might be like finding a needle in a haystack; they wouldn't easily be discovered.

But the cat's owner is a foreigner, and if she comes here, she'll definitely be treated specially by the management office.

Special treatment doesn't mean special care, but he's still different from ordinary people. At the very least, his father should know.

Therefore, Qiqi was certain that the owner of the black cat they had seen had not entered Pengcheng.

As the three entered the residential area, they unexpectedly heard what sounded like a child crying.

The baby was crying loudly; it sounded like a baby a few months old, not very big.

Liu Ying instantly shielded the two children behind her, watching the neighborhood warily.

At that moment, she was thinking that the thing making a sound like a child crying might not necessarily be a child; it could be a mutated cat or something else entirely.

"You two stay here for now, I'll go in and take a look."

Jiang Qi helplessly grabbed Liu Ying's arm and said bluntly, "Aunt Ying, if something really happens, the two of us might not be weaker than you."

They were trained repeatedly by their father, Uncle Xi, and Uncle Du every day, from all aspects and angles. Although their bodies are still those of children, their speed, reaction ability, and superpowers are no less than any superhuman outside.

They even sparred with the superhumans under Uncle Wei's command, such as Uncle Ge Xiaomi and his comrades, who were completely defeated by the two of them.

So there's really no need to always treat them like children.

Recalling Lin Zhe's reaction earlier, Liu Ying had to admit that those who had received formal training were indeed stronger than those who had learned the ropes themselves.

Therefore, it was the right thing for her to enroll Cheng Le and Si Hang in military academy. Children should go to school to receive systematic learning and training.

"Okay, then if there's any danger, Auntie will rely on the two of you to protect her."

The boy kept calling her Aunt Ying all day, but Liu Ying thought "Auntie" sounded better.

However, she was too embarrassed to correct him, so she took the opportunity to add a sentence.

The two children pushed the bicycle into the neighborhood and placed it behind a secluded tree. As before, Liu Ying wrapped it with the vines of a pothos plant.

Qiqi saw that she was very skilled at handling the green ivy, but she had to hold it in her hand the whole time and couldn't control it remotely.

However, this is also very powerful, at least it makes it difficult for external objects to get close.

The three of them tiptoed toward the source of the child's crying, but the crying stopped after only a few steps.

Qiqi's ears twitched, realizing that the person seemed to have spotted them and was about to run away.

Without saying a word, he took off running.

When they reached the villa in the innermost corner, they saw two dark figures leap over the villa's wall and jump into the woods behind it, disappearing without a trace.

Wow, you run so fast!

It felt like he was moving even faster than Uncle Sheng.

However, he still managed to see that one of the dark figures was a person, a woman dressed in all black.

A black cat was running alongside her.

The same black cat and woman almost certainly meant it was the same person and cat they encountered when they went to destroy the base.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

But what exactly is causing the child's crying?

Could it be that the cat's meow has changed?

No way.

So far, he has encountered many kinds of mutant cats, but no matter how they change, their meows seem to remain the same, without any change.

so.
Was that woman carrying a child in her arms when she ran?
Liu Ying and Lin Zhe arrived just one step behind him, but that one step caused them to miss the two dark figures.

The three entered the villa and found traces of burning wood on the living room floor, and the air was filled with the smell of cooking, as well as a faint milky smell.

So the crying just now really came from a child?
Liu Ying clicked her tongue, "If you really want to stay here, you can, so why run away?"

What they didn't know was that the person and cat who left didn't go far. After hiding in the woods, they immediately entered a mutated willow tree hollow.

The space inside wasn't large; it was covered with blankets and mats, and there were some daily necessities and food placed on the side.

The woman sat cross-legged on the mat, her pale blue eyes almost eerily beautiful. She looked down at the baby in her arms, lifted her shirt, and stuffed his food into his mouth.

The baby had eyes exactly like hers, now filled with tears, sucking on them while looking at her with a pitiful expression.

The woman sighed silently. She had intended to leave the baby at the villa and wait for the three men to come and pick him up.

Unfortunately, she had only just put him on the sofa and hadn't even left yet when he started crying his heart out.

good night!