Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 295 Wait and see what happens
"long?"

The woman standing face-to-face with Xu You across the counter, when she subconsciously called out the name, her voice carried a hint of uncertainty, and her wide eyes showed her shock and disbelief!
how come?
She's still alive?

The woman hadn't thought about her daughter for a very long time. When this damned apocalypse first arrived, she didn't dare leave her house to go to the school to look for her daughter.

It's not her fault.
There are zombies everywhere outside. She's a woman, she has no strength and no superpowers. She can't even protect herself, so how can anyone save her?
How many days had it been since the apocalypse began? She couldn't quite remember, but Xu Bo came looking for her, wanting Youyou back.

At first, she found it difficult to bring up the topic, but later she simply gave up and told him that the child was stuck at school.

Although she used the word 'trapped', she had almost already decided in her heart that her daughter would not be coming back.

At that time, almost everyone who ran home knew that the school was one of the areas most severely affected by the zombie outbreak. Nine out of ten people who failed to rescue their children and bring them home on the first day would be bitten and subsequently turn into zombies.

Either they were infected with the virus from the beginning and turned into zombies.

So when she told her ex-husband that, it was basically the same as informing him of their daughter's death.

She still remembers the look in that man's eyes back then—a look that seemed to want to kill her entire family!

He left in a hurry after that, and eleven years have passed since then. Unexpectedly, Youyou is still alive, and her father actually came to the school and rescued her.

"Youyou, is it really you?"

Long-buried memories surged back like a tide. The woman regained her senses and looked at the beautiful young girl in front of her. A mix of emotions welled up in her heart.

There was trepidation, guilt, and surprise.
Across the counter, she reached out to touch her daughter's face, but the girl dodged away.

He took two steps back, looking at her warily. His eyes held suspicion, unfamiliarity, and a hint of disgust.

Because she had been sick before, Youyou selectively forgot some things after recovering.

So she didn't recognize the woman who called her name.

However, instinctively, she disliked her!
"What are you doing?"

Lin Zhe, who noticed the commotion immediately, quickly approached and pulled Xu You to his side. He first gave the woman a questioning look, then looked down at Youyou and asked softly, "Do you know her?"

Youyou didn't speak, but shook her head.

Lin Zhe frowned. Shaking her head didn't mean she didn't recognize her; it only meant she was one of the people she had selectively forgotten. Since she was someone she didn't want to remember, the memories associated with her were definitely not pleasant.

He turned to look at the woman again. She was in her forties and dressed quite well. More importantly, her eyebrows and eyes bore a resemblance to Youyou's.

Lin Zhe had a guess in his mind, and the next second, he heard the woman in front of him cry out sadly, "Youyou, I'm your mother. Do you really not remember your mother, or are you pretending not to recognize her because of resentment?"
She didn't say what she was going to say, but it already made the boy in front of her change his expression.

Lin Zhe interrupted her coldly, "Auntie, don't make up relatives randomly. If you've lost your daughter, go find her. But she has a mother; she doesn't need a mother!"

Lin Zhe emphasized the last four words, and at the same time tightened his grip on Xu You's hand, interrupting her reminiscing so she wouldn't have to think about the past anymore.

All she needs to know is that she has a mother and she doesn't need one!

Xu You pursed her lips and looked at the woman, saying each word clearly, "I have a mother, and my mother is very good to me."

The words "very good" sounded particularly ironic to the woman, but before she could react, the young men and women in front of her had already turned and left.

Zhu Zhu glanced back at the watch shop a hundred meters away, then looked at the couple still holding hands in front of her, and sighed regretfully.

Ugh.
Why are good men always snatched up by others?
She leaned closer to her cousin and whispered, "That woman doesn't seem to be unrelated to Xu You. Brother, should we investigate her?"

Zhu Shen glared at her warningly, "Don't meddle. Xu You is our guest, and it seems she's still Lin Zhe's girlfriend. You can't let Lin Zhe interfere."

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

Before Zhu Shen could finish speaking, Zhu Zhu angrily interrupted him, "In your eyes, am I such a petty and despicable person? I admit that I have a crush on Lin Zhe, but it's only a tiny bit. Is it worth getting jealous over him? I'm not stupid."

She rolled her eyes at Zhu Shen as she spoke, "Didn't you say yourself that Xu You is a guest we invited? In that case, shouldn't we be responsible for her safety? Knowing that this woman might cause her trouble, how can we feel at ease without checking her out?"

That's certainly true.

Everyone's smart enough to see that woman's attitude towards Xu You and Xu You and Lin Zhe's reactions. They can tell that they're not as unrelated as they claim. That woman must really be Xu You's biological mother.

But Xu You doesn't remember her expression being fake, so what exactly happened and what circumstances led Xu You to deliberately forget her biological mother?

Realizing he had misunderstood his sister, Zhu Shen smiled sheepishly. "It's my fault, I was being petty. I apologize. But this is clearly Xu You's family matter and private. If we want to investigate this woman, it's best to get her consent first. Forget it, let's ask Lin Zhe. If he thinks it's okay to investigate, then we'll investigate. But if he says it's unnecessary, then let's just forget about it."

Before Zhu Shen could even ask Lin Zhe, Lin Zhe came to him instead. The topic of conversation was investigating the watch shop, the woman's connection to it, when she arrived in Kyoto, and how she was doing now. Lin Zhe wanted all her information, the more detailed the better.

Zhu Shen informed Zeng Tong, and then in just two days, he turned the woman upside down.

"Her name is Chen Ju, and the man's surname is Zhou, named Zhou Huai'an. He's from a collateral branch of the Zhou family in Kyoto, and he came to Kyoto to seek refuge with the Zhou family in the fourth month of the apocalypse. Because Zhou Huai'an awakened a metal-type ability, the Zhou family raised him as their direct descendant, and correspondingly, they also paid great attention to his family. However, unfortunately, his son, Zhou Zi'ang, is an ordinary person and hasn't awakened any abilities yet."

Lin Zhe flipped through the report in his hand and learned that the owner of the watch shop was Zhou Huai'an, and Chen Ju, who was Youyou's biological mother, was the owner's wife.

Zhou Zi'ang was Zhou Huai'an's son, but not Chen Ju's son.

Chen Ju divorced Xu Bo and later remarried, bringing Youyou with her, so they are a blended family.

Eight years ago, Chen Ju became pregnant, but she fell and lost the baby when she was five months pregnant. She has not been able to get pregnant since.

The report shows that she fell on her way to pick up Zhou Ziang from school. At first, she was very emotional and said that Zhou Ziang pushed her, but later she changed her story and said that she remembered wrong and that she accidentally stepped on a stone and lost her balance.

But whatever the reason, ever since her miscarriage, Zhou Ziang has been taken in by her grandmother and is no longer raised by Chen Ju.

After reading the data, Lin Zhe casually tossed it aside and asked Zhu Shen, "How is Zhou Huai'an's combat strength?"

He seemed to disregard Zhou Huai'an's son, Zhou Zi'ang, but in reality, he had no intention of letting him go. Of course, it wasn't to avenge Chen Ju's miscarriage; what did that have to do with him?

It's just to collect some interest for the years he bullied Youyou. Zhu Shen said, "The Zhou family has a team, and Zhou Huai'an is the vice captain. In Kyoto, they rank third."

Don't underestimate this third place; Kyoto has a population of over a million, and there are hundreds of teams of all sizes.

So let alone third, even tenth place is a force to be reckoned with.

Lin Zhe didn't care what kind of influence the Zhou family had in Kyoto. He only needed to know Zhou Huai'an's strength and cunning; he and Jiang Qi were enough to take him down.

He wasn't worried about whether the matter would be investigated after it happened.

You should know that he and Jiang Qi have four major backers plus Xu Bo, their future father-in-law. That brat Xiaobai once said something very true: "If you don't cause trouble when you're young, you're not a real youth!"

He and Jiang Qi had been well-behaved since childhood and rarely caused trouble for their parents. Now that they were almost twenty and no longer teenagers, they knew that if they didn't cause trouble now, they might never have the chance again.

With Uncle Jiang and Aunt Bai, plus Uncle Du and Uncle Qiao, how could they not handle the Zhou family of Kyoto?
After making up his mind, Lin Zhe asked Zhu Shen to help him find out Zhou Huai'an's daily routine, the places he went every day, the routes he took, and the places he passed through.

In short, everything related to Zhou Huai'an was obtained for him.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Lin Zhe thought for a moment and decided that it wouldn't be right to ask someone to help investigate without telling them anything.

So he gave a brief introduction: Chen Ju is Xu You's biological mother, and Zhou Huai'an is her stepfather. When the apocalypse first came, Zhou Huai'an, his son Zhou Zi'ang, and Chen Ju were all at home, but they left Xu You, an eight-year-old child, at school and didn't care about her. It wasn't until Uncle Xu traveled to several cities to find her that he was able to rescue Xu You from school, who was almost starving to death.
"Grass!"

Zhu Shen couldn't help but swear, and immediately stood up and said to Lin Zhe, "You wait, if I don't rip Zhou Huai'an's underwear off this time, I'm not Zhu."

Zhu Shen left in a hurry, but less than two hours later, he rushed back.

"Bro, that woman, Chen Ju, she and Zhou Huai'an are asking around about Xu You. Those bastards are pretty quick on the uptake, they've even come to our school gate. Guess what they're up to? Are they really planning some kind of family reunion?"

That's disgusting.

Whether Xu You truly doesn't remember or is pretending not to, since you abandoned her back then, there's no reason to acknowledge her now.

Lin Zhe lowered his eyes and pondered for a few seconds before asking Zhu Shen, "Does Zhou Huai'an have connections to get into the school?"

“Of course, the Zhou family has people working as teachers and instructors at our school. As long as Zhou Huai’an finds out that Xu You is here, he can basically get some information about her.”

"Alright, you don't need to investigate. Let's just wait and see."

Zhu Shen was puzzled: how could he simply observe the changes?

By the next morning, it dawned on him: so this was what it meant to wait and see!
They learned that Xu You was an outstanding team member from Pengcheng, an earth-type ability user, and had been invited by the Kyoto Military Region to study there.

Chen Ju's heart was immediately filled with turmoil, and even Zhou Huai'an felt a surge of excitement.

She's an earth-elemental ability user and an outstanding member of a military academy; after graduation, she'll naturally join the military. If they let her stay, she'll join the Zhou family.
Chen Ju had no children of her own. Before her miscarriage, she treated Zhou Zi'ang very well, almost like her own son. But ever since he deliberately pushed her down, causing her miscarriage, the peace between this stepmother and stepson was completely shattered, and they could no longer get along as closely as before.

The old couple in the Zhou family were afraid that she would resent Zhou Zi'ang and do something to him again, so they not only took her away, but also guarded against her like the plague all these years.

So when she saw her daughter, especially when she found out how beautiful she had become, Chen Ju almost immediately decided to keep her.

She had even planned it out. There were very few superhumans in the direct line of the Zhou family, especially in the eldest branch. Both of their sons, who were in their twenties and needed to get married, were ordinary people. In order for the next generation to produce superhumans, their goal had always been to produce superhumans.

Her daughter is not only an earth-elemental ability user, but also a graduate of a military academy, excelling in every aspect.

If Youyou can choose one of the two sons from the eldest son's family and successfully give birth to a boy with supernatural abilities, she will not only have no worries for the rest of her life, but she will also be able to hold her head high in front of her parents-in-law who look down on her.

Whenever she thinks about this, Chen Ju can't wait to see her daughter.
"Xu You, someone is looking for you downstairs."

Not long after returning to her dorm room after lunch, Xu You was talking to Yueyue when there was a knock on the door.

Song Xiaoxiao was nearby, so she opened the door without thinking.

The messenger was a female student from the Kyoto Military Academy, whom I had just seen at the training ground during the open class that morning, so she wasn't unfamiliar with me.

Song Xiaoxiao casually asked, "Do you know who it is?"

The girl shook her head. "They seem to be from outside, a middle-aged couple."

After the message was delivered, the girl left.

Song Xiaoxiao turned to look at Xu You and saw her sitting motionless at the table, her eyes lowered as if she was thinking about something.

She turned her gaze to Sister Yue, who gently shook her head at her.

Since returning from the market that day, Youyou has never mentioned the woman who claimed to be her biological mother to them.

If she doesn't mention it, they naturally won't ask.

However, Song Xiaoxiao knew that Lin Zhe was secretly investigating that woman.

As for what they found, I've been busy these past few days and haven't had a chance to ask yet.

"Who cares who it is? If I don't want to go, I won't go."

As Song Xiaoxiao was about to close the door, Xu You stood up, looked at her two best friends, and said softly, "Since she can find this place once, she can find it a second time. This needs to be resolved. I'll go downstairs to see her."

Separated from her at the age of eight, a full eleven years have passed. To be honest, if she hadn't met Chen Ju at the market a few days ago, even if she could remember that she had a biological mother, her face would still be blurry in her mind.

Yes, Xu You remembered everything. Whether it was Chen Ju's favoritism before the apocalypse or her abandonment after the apocalypse, she remembered it all.

Are you coming to her now to explain things to her?
She strolled downstairs, with Song Xiaoxiao and Yueyue following closely behind.

Meanwhile, downstairs, Lin Zhe and Jiang Qi had already gone out ahead of them.
good night!