209. Searching for Relatives 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 have 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 work of plucking the feathers. Feng Xinglu spent an hour plucking the feathers alone. Later, there was no other way, so he simply cut off 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 chopped on 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 reactions.
When they were in the convoy before, they all handed in their rations, and then Bai Xiang cooked. Later, after Cheng Miao and Wei Mingyan found Liang Mingxuan, none of the three of them went into 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 her body and couldn't even maintain 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 things 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 grown 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, 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. They 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 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 protected. Her father believes in her uncle wholeheartedly and loves her 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, only her cousins can threaten her and her brother's status.
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 younger brother to study.
But later, the child who would sweetly call her sister, did not know when he began to change.
He began to get 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 her work, she wanted to communicate properly, but 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.
Her father ran all over the country every day. When her stepmother was there, he would at least take time to go home for dinner. When her stepmother was gone, he might not come back once a month.
Only then did she realize that she was isolated and helpless.
Later, how did she get through that period?
Liang Mingxuan put down the chicken soup in her hand, her eyes full of trance.
She thought of her boyfriend, Lin Chenye. Although he had no contact with Mingyan, when she was still close to Mingyan, he always showed great respect for this future brother-in-law.
Liang Mingxuan went to her boyfriend, hoping that he could comfort her brother. Even if he couldn't, he should at least tell her why his attitude changed so much.
Chen also went to Mingyan and told him that it was just the child's rebellious period. In this case, she could only coax him well and asked her to try to find Mingyan less.
Liang Mingxuan had to carefully please her brother, hoping that he would grow up soon. She thought that as long as he grew up, he would become better, but his rebellious period lasted until he was seventeen.
He hated her for no reason.
When the end of the world came, she had the opportunity to escape home. Because of her father's merchant nature, the family had always stored a lot of food. As long as she returned home, she would be safe.
But her brother was still in school.
She finally found her brother on the rooftop and tried hard to get a chance to get on the car. Her brother was afraid of zombies and didn't 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 him food, and would also call her sister and ask her to be careful when getting off the car.
Although she faced the stinking zombies every day and could lose her life at any time, Liang Mingxuan was still happy in her heart.
She thought that her brother finally stopped being upset. Before getting off the car that day, because Cheng Miao suggested to find a building to rest temporarily tonight, Liang Mingxuan was still looking forward to it. When she went to the building tonight, she would ask her brother why he ignored her before.
Then, she was pushed out of the car.
She was pushed down, surrounded by zombies, and fought all the way to the small supermarket, and climbed on the cabinet to hide. When doing these things, Liang Mingxuan's brain was blank.
And when the adult body was squeezed in the narrow cabinet and spent a whole night, she couldn't help but recall everything that happened during the day.
That scene seemed to be put in slow motion. She got on the car without any preparation, saw her brother at the door, and was about to smile at him, but a pair of hands pushed her down.
The panic in his eyes, the figure standing there, and finally, the car was far away, and the scene of zombies in his eyes.
What Cheng Miao said during the day seemed to still ring in my ears.
Has he suffered a lot?
That's why his temper became weird.
Liang Mingxuan lay down slowly, carefully not touching the wound, turned over, and stared at the moon outside.
Since she was rescued by Wei Mingyan, she has not spoken to him alone.
Not because of anger, but fear.
She was afraid that if she was alone with him, she would not be able to help but ask that question.
"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 Liang Mingxuan huddled in the closet that night, thinking of his disgusted look in the past few years. The night before the parent-teacher meeting, he even said that he hoped she would die because she asked about homework.
At that time, she was sad, but when she was almost killed, her heart was cold.
After the end of the world, 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?
Does she believe that her brother, who has hated her for several years, pushed her down, and didn't really want her to die?
The wound on her arm was still aching. No matter how long it took, people could not get used to it. When she thought about who had given these injuries, the pain seemed to deepen a little.
"Is she asleep?"
Cheng Miao quietly opened the door and saw the person lying on the bed on his side. He whispered, "Don't talk, Mingxuan is asleep."
It was quiet outside, although Feng Xinglu had been talking to himself.
Liang Mingxuan didn't fall asleep, but she didn't want to speak, so she just kept her eyes closed, and her mind was a mess.
I don't know how long it took, the bed suddenly sank a little, and someone should be sitting there.
It must be Cheng Miao, she thought.
Then, someone carefully tucked in the quilt for her and thoughtfully tucked the quilt at the end of the bed inside.
After he finished all this, he returned to the bedside and sat there without saying a word.
Although she didn't open her eyes and didn't hear any sound, Liang Mingxuan knew that the person sitting behind her was Wei Mingyan.
The sound of sparks exploding in the living room was looming, and the cool night breeze blew in through the window.
Liang Mingxuan closed her eyes, and heard the boy's low and hoarse voice in her ears.
"Sister, I'm sorry."
It was just a sentence, but Liang Mingxuan suddenly couldn't help it.
She pursed her lips desperately, but her eyes were tightly closed and she couldn't help but shed tears, wetting the pillow.
Why in the end.
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