Rebirth in the end of the world, hold the ex's thigh tightly

The woman's eyes were dull and full of fatigue. She didn't react when she saw them. Instead, Huang Qian called them over:

"Ms. Lin."

The little girl was wearing a pink down jacket with her face hidden in a cute panda scarf, leaving only a pair of big eyes exposed.

Her eyes were beautiful in black and white, but a little hollow and out of focus, which didn't match her age. She looked a little out of place as she hid timidly behind her mother.

The woman stopped at the stairs and looked over, her voice hoarse and cold:

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

Seeing that the child was frightened, Cheng Jing and others did not step forward. They only let Huang Qian and Jiang Nian, who had an approachable aura, go over to question the mother and daughter.

Perhaps because they hadn't cleaned up properly for a long time, their clothes were dirty and gave off an unpleasant smell, a strong scent of perfume mixed with a fishy smell of medicine, which was very strange.

Huang Qian was talking to a woman. Jiang Nian looked at the names in the household registration book. The woman's name was Lin Qin, her husband's name was Shan Chengfei, and her daughter's name was Shan Ya.

After taking a rough look, Jiang Nian took out a lollipop and handed it to the timid girl:

"Xiaoya, right? Don't be afraid. I'll give you a lollipop."

Xiaoya relaxed a little when she met Jiang Nian's gentle eyes. She stared at the lollipop and swallowed but did not take it. She gently pulled her mother's hand.

The woman who was talking to Huang Qian lowered her head and smiled:

"Take what your brother gives you, and thank him."

"Thank you brother..."

Xiaoya's voice was a little dull. She took the lollipop and put it in her pocket. Her big eyes stared at Jiang Nian, whose half face was exposed.

Jiang Nian took the opportunity to ask where they were going. Xiaoya subconsciously looked at her mother before answering in a low voice:

"Go to the command room to get medicine..."

Jiang Nian was stunned:

"Which of you is sick?"

This is probably why the smell of medicine on your body comes from.

Xiaoya shook her head:

"It's not me, it's mom..."

At this moment the woman took over the conversation:

"After the apocalypse, I became very anxious and needed to take some medicine every day to fall asleep. My husband went out to collect supplies and got a lot of tranquilizers, but after he got into trouble... he didn't come back and the medicine ran out..."

"Condolences..."

Jiang Nianyan sighed, not knowing how to comfort the poor mother and daughter.

The woman shook her head and began to cry, but her tears turned into ice chips before they fell, and her voice became choked and unclear:

"I can't bear it any longer after a few days, so I want to go get some and ask about Xiaoya's father... Can you guys go inside to check later? I'm sorry, I feel really bad right now... I can't control my emotions..."

"Don't cry..."

Seeing the woman start to cry as she spoke, her emotions fluctuated greatly, Huang Qian stopped asking questions and turned to Cheng Jing and whispered:

"Boss, let's check other households first."

In this kind of weather, your mood swings are so great that you will get sick. It's already pitiful enough.

Seeing this, Cheng Jing nodded and said to the mother and daughter:

"The weather is too cold, you should go out and come back early."

After saying that, he led the team to continue checking upstairs.

However, when Jiang Nian stepped onto the stairs, Xiaoya suddenly called him:

"Brother...can you save Dad?"

"Xiaoya, stop making trouble..."

The woman who was crying sadly changed her expression, wiped the ice chips from her eyes and hurriedly pulled her daughter into her arms:

"Be good, my brothers are very busy and won't go out..."

"..."

The others looked back and continued to move forward. Cheng Jing frowned slightly.

Jiang Nian stopped and looked into her hopeful eyes. He felt a little reluctant, but the reality was cruel. In the end, he shook his head.

"I'm sorry Xiaoya... I can't help you."

Facing these empty eyes asking for help, he would agree if it was something else, but how to save someone who went missing when the body could not be found.

"..."

Xiaoya looked at him for a moment, then looked at Cheng Jing, whose expression was a little serious. Finally, she bit her lips hard and lowered her head:

"Okay... then don't come, brother... I'm sorry..."

Don't look away after you've said that.

"Xiaoya, don't be rude."

The woman blamed her daughter with red eyes and cast an apologetic look at Jiang Nian:

"I'm sorry... the child is quite upset..."

"It's okay, just take care of yourselves."

After Jiang Nian finished speaking, he turned and went upstairs. Cheng Jing was dissatisfied but didn't say much.

After they turned the corner of the stairs and went upstairs, the woman squatted down and hugged her daughter tightly. Xiaoya covered her face with her scarf and bit her lips, tears burst out of her eyes and turned into ice drops that rolled to the ground.

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, and the little girl was trembling all over.

Jiang Nian, who was walking behind Cheng Jing, felt choked up when he heard their cries. Such tragedies were everywhere in the end times, but it was still painful to face them up close every time.

The main reason is that women and children have a harder time than many others in this chaotic world. He is not a saint, but that doesn't mean he is heartless.

Cheng Jing looked back and patted his shoulder:

"Don't think too much. There's nothing we can do about it. It's beyond our control."

"I know."

Jiang Nian took a deep breath. The cold air could chill one's heart while keeping one awake.

……

The investigation went smoothly because not every floor was full of people, so the workload was not too heavy.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, all the inspection teams returned to the command room, and three people were left behind from each team to participate in the action summary.

Cheng Jing stayed with Jiang Nian and Zhao Lei.

There are only a few households in the entire community who are like Xiaoya and her daughter, who happened to be not at home because they went downstairs and were unable to enter to check.

Each team sorted out the residents that had not been checked, and planned to conduct another check after everyone went home after dinner according to the building numbers each team was responsible for.

I started to summarize the investigation, but didn't get any useful clues.

Even though one team went to the basement again, they found nothing else. Instead, they lured out a lot of zombies in the dark and dealt with them.

"..."

In the meeting room converted from the property hall, others were discussing the investigation. As an ordinary member of the team, Jiang Nian did not attract much attention, so he picked up the death report of the Jiaheyuan resettlement site and read it.

People die in the resettlement site every day, and the so-called investigation is just a few lines of description, such as death from illness, death from cold, going out and not coming back, leaving the room and disappearing, etc.

Jiang Nian focused his attention on the names of several ordinary people who had disappeared recently. Although they were on different floors and had different intervals between disappearances, they had two things in common:

1. Living alone without any relatives. Either he lived alone when he was assigned the property, or the person he originally lived with died.

Second, they disappeared suddenly. When supplies were distributed the day before, they came out to open the door and collect supplies, but the next day the night patrol staff discovered that they were missing and the supplies they had collected had not been touched.

Therefore, investigators speculated that they disappeared on the same night they received the supplies.

Because the door was not locked and the neighbors next door did not hear any unusual noise, the investigation report ended with "speculation that he ran away on his own."

After all, the resettlement site does not restrict the freedom of the residents. No matter day or night, leaving the shelter means that one is responsible for his or her own life and death.