Farming in the Apocalypse: My Assassin Wife is Super Gentle 166

Chapter 166: Abandoned Soldiers

“Then how do we settle them? We can’t just leave them, can we?” Ke Yajun asked.

And at this moment, Ke Yajun’s watch lit up with a warning. “Someone has broken in.”

“How many?”

“Five people. They’re sneaking over from the west.”

Ke Yajun and Zhuang Jiayuan went out to deal with it, leaving Zhang Can’er and Wan Feng to stare at the woman.

The woman tentatively spoke, “Can you let us go?”

Zhang Can’er said heartlessly, “No. After the situation in the main city and the military base has stabilized, we will send you in.”

“Can we… really enter the main city?” The woman was a little in disbelief. When she had gone before, those military officers were all so arrogant, as if they were looking at them with their noses.

“What’s your name?”

The woman looked up at Zhang Can’er and, as if she had resigned to her fate, said, “Li Qing.”

Zhang Can’er and Wan Feng walked to the corner of the wall and made a video call to Xiao Huan.

When the blue virtual shadow appeared, Xiao Huan appeared in front of them. “You’ve arrived?”

“We’ve arrived. I want to ask you something. Are there any regulations in the main city and the military base that prohibit disabled people and children from entering?”

“No. Why do you ask?”

“I found a team of wandering survivors here. According to their leader, they were refused entry to the military base, so they had no choice but to survive outside.”

Xiao Huan frowned. “Refused? Neither the military base nor the main city would refuse survivors. I will investigate this matter. What’s your situation now?”

“We arrived last night. After we got up this morning, we didn’t see any sign of the Transmutant in Star Shoal City. I think they might have moved the Transmutant away, or there’s a big trap waiting for us.”

“Then what’s your next step?”

“I haven’t thought about it yet. This team of people appeared suddenly. I’m afraid it’s a trick, and I don’t dare to send them to the Federation. So I’m seeing if there’s any way to take them with us.”

Xiao Huan lowered her head in thought for a moment and said, “I’ll send someone over to verify their identities. The database of the Starshine Federation has not been destroyed. It will take some time to check.”

Zhang Can’er thought for a moment and felt that there was no need to be so troublesome. “We’ll send the video and photos over. After you’ve verified them, you can just send them over. If these people are really fine, we can just send them back ourselves.”

“But…”

“There’s no but. You’re so busy in the Federation. Just leave this small matter to us. It’s on the way anyway.”

“Alright.”

After the call ended, Ke Yajun and Zhuang Jiayuan also happened to come back from outside. They were holding five people and entered the room.

One of the women’s eyes instantly turned red when she saw Li Qing. “A’Qing! Are you okay?”

Li Qing paused when she saw the person and just shook her head.

“It’s my fault. I didn’t protect you. If I were a little stronger, a little stronger… it would have been fine… I wouldn’t have been bullied, and I wouldn’t have to be on tenterhooks every day, and I wouldn’t have to worry about food every day. I’m useless…”

Zhang Can’er squinted her eyes at this scene. Was this acting a bit too good?

Li Qing was, after all, not a hard-hearted person. She glanced at Wan Feng and then said, “You don’t have to blame yourself. I have nothing to do with you. My business is not your business. You don’t have to blame yourself.”

“I like you, so your business is my business!” The woman’s eyes held a hint of hurt, but she still suppressed those emotions.

Li Qing did not speak again. As for love, she had no time for it now. She was worried about food and drink every day. How could she have the heart to talk about love?

Ke Yajun and Zhuang Jiayuan put the people on the other side. Then, under Wan Feng’s threats and inducements, they found out the basic situation of the woman.

The woman’s name was Jiang Ruhai. She was a former soldier of the Starshine Federation. Because she had been backstabbed in an operation, she had come to hate the entire Starshine Federation. In that operation, she had fought for her life and escaped.

Later, she met Li Qing and was rescued by her, and then she fell in love with her. After that, she returned to the place of the operation and found a few of her trusted subordinates who had escaped. After that, she had been following behind Li Qing’s team to protect them.

Zhang Can’er felt that this story was okay. But to do these things just because she liked her, did her teammates have no complaints? At the very least, they should have planned something and caused some trouble for the soldiers of the Starshine Federation, right?

Jiang Ruhai rolled her eyes after hearing what Zhang Can’er said. “My sisters and I have worked so hard to get out of there. Are we going to go and die again? We have no weapons and no food. What confidence do we have to cause trouble for those soldiers? If I had half your strength, would I let those soldiers have it easy?”

“And after being a soldier for a long time, I can’t be idle. I always want to find something to do, so I don’t get immersed in memories. Finding food and supplies for A’Qing and the others every day is just to give ourselves something to do.”

Zhang Can’er felt that what she said made some sense. “Then who were you under before?”

“I was a small captain myself. The person who led us was a deputy city lord, called Zhu Guangyao.”

Zhang Can’er raised her eyebrows and continued to ask, “What operation did he have you do?”

“I don’t know. I only know that we entered a laboratory. Then, after we had moved all the things, we were stabbed by our own people on the way back. If it weren’t for the fact that my mind was always tense, I would have almost been stabbed to death by them. My subordinates are all skilled, so they were able to escape.”

After speaking, she glanced at Wan Feng and asked, “I’ve asked everything. Can you move the knife from A’Qing? A’Qing is delicate and weak. You should be gentle with her.”

“You’re not afraid of us?” Wan Feng asked coldly.

“Afraid? I’m not even afraid of death. How can I be afraid of you? At worst, I’ll fight you. In the end, I’ll die with A’Qing. Even a cornered rabbit will bite.”

Zhang Can’er chuckled softly and had Wan Feng let her go.

She walked gracefully to Jiang Ruhai and asked, “Do you still want to join the army?”

“No.”

“What if I can guarantee that Li Qing and the others can enter the main city?”

Jiang Ruhai hesitated. She glanced at Li Qing’s tired face, and a hint of heartache rose in her heart. Such a good person. How could she let her bear those things alone?

Li Qing saw her hesitation and said, “I said I don’t need your good intentions. I’ve never accepted your things. Don’t you understand what I mean by this?”

Jiang Ruhai sighed, not knowing what to do for a moment. “Why would someone not even want a happy life? If you enter the main city, you can get treatment, get food, and have a good night’s sleep. What’s not good about that?”

Some of the people around Li Qing couldn’t hold it in anymore. “Li Qing, just agree. My younger brother is having a fever now. If this goes on, he’ll be burned out.”

“Xiao Qing, I’m an old man, and I’m begging you. My granddaughter is still young. She can’t go on like this outside. The Mutants outside will eat us at any time. I don’t want my granddaughter to live in fear like this all the time. I’m begging you, please agree.”