Chapter 85
A large, bloody person suddenly appeared in front of them, which would startle anyone.
Fortunately, Xia Weishuang’s psychological quality had been tempered by Sang Lu and was very good. She managed to hold back from wasting time—this person looked seriously injured, as if he were about to die in the next second.
Xia Weishuang didn’t have time to ask much. She turned on her flashlight to check the injuries of the person lying on the balcony and asked Sang Lu to get the medicine box.
This was a middle-aged woman, lying on the ground unconscious, but still breathing and with a pulse. The blood on her body mostly came from her head, shoulders, back, and arms.
Xia Weishuang first used a cloth strip to tie her arm to stop the bleeding, then pressed on the wound on her head to stop the bleeding, and said to Sang Lu, “Go and get Wei Yunlang.”
Sang Lu did not leave the balcony. She squatted next to Xia Weishuang and watched her take care of the injured person as if she were watching a show. She only extended a tentacle from her back and opened the door on Wei Yunlang’s side.
When Wei Yunlang was dragged over, he was also stunned.
“What, has someone invaded?!”
“No,” Xia Weishuang was a little speechless, but in the process of waiting, she thought for a moment and felt that she could not discourage Sang Lu’s enthusiasm for saving people, so she said, “Sang Lu saved her.”
She didn’t know why Sang Lu had suddenly brought someone back. She didn’t seem to care much, but after all, it was a rare breakthrough for her. Since she had said she would try to trust her… Xia Weishuang tried her best to think of Sang Lu in a good light.
After thinking about it, she felt that it might be that after coming into contact with the winged person, who was of the same kind, Sang Lu had been touched and had regained a little bit of her humanity.
In short, saving people was a good thing for Sang Lu and was worth encouraging.
So Xia Weishuang said to Sang Lu, “Well done.”
Sang Lu’s eyes slowly widened, and the corners of her lips curled up. She pressed her fingers to her temples and thought to herself, I’m so smart!
But unfortunately, besides Xia Weishuang and Sang Lu, the others’ feelings about this matter were always more of fear than pleasant surprise.
After all, Sang Lu… ahem, those who know, know.
Xia Weishuang and Wei Yunlang simply treated this person’s wounds. The other places were fine, but her arm could not be wrapped with a cloth strip all the time, as it would easily become necrotic, and the wound was too deep to stop the bleeding.
Just as the two of them were about to try to stitch the wound with a disinfected needle and a strand of hair, Mi Lele actually came.
She didn’t know when she had been woken up. She was holding a Sprite bottle with a small half of water in it, and said that this was all she had slowly saved up. Then she poured a little on the person’s wound.
The bleeding had finally stopped, and Xia Weishuang also breathed a sigh of relief.
With the current simple medical conditions, this person would have died for sure if the bleeding could not be stopped.
“Thank you for your hard work, Lele,” Xia Weishuang patted Lele’s little head.
A big head slowly squeezed over and pushed Mi Lele’s little head away.
Xia Weishuang’s hand was suspended in mid-air, and before she could withdraw it, Sang Lu took the initiative to rub against it.
She was both angry and amused. She glared at Sang Lu and patted her on the head. Sang Lu’s expression did not change, as if she did not mind that Xia Weishuang’s “care” was a little too strong.
This middle-aged woman was temporarily placed on Wei Yunlang’s side for the night, and she was fed some painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs. When she woke up, if she was alone and had no companions, she would be sent to the annex building to be with the few people with missing fingers.
After everything was taken care of and the person had left, Xia Weishuang finally had time to ask Sang Lu where she had picked the person up from.
Xia Weishuang was cleaning the blood on the ground. Sang Lu was sitting on the balcony, swaying with the wind. “From under a car.”
That person’s car had overturned, and she was the only living person in the car. The zombies were pawing at the car, and she was trapped under the car and could not break free.
So Sang Lu had pulled her out and brought her back. On the way, she didn’t know if it was because of the cold wind or because she was carsick, but anyway, she had fainted when she came back.
Sang Lu spread her hands innocently.
Well, at least the intention to save people was good, and the outcome was also good. The rough process was just a small flaw, which did not detract from the overall merit. The corners of Xia Weishuang’s mouth twitched. She patiently told Sang Lu that she could be a little gentler with people in the future.
After that, Xia Weishuang thought that the matter was over. Sang Lu had just saved someone on her way back. How could she be so lucky as to run into an injured person every day?
But the facts told Xia Weishuang that sometimes, coincidences could be man-made.
Sang Lu had brought back a second person, a third person, a fourth person… every time she came back with the winged person, and the winged person was getting closer and closer to the hotel.
This seemed to mean that the relationship between Sang Lu and the winged person was also getting better and better. Xia Weishuang knew that she shouldn’t think too much, but for some reason, she was a little resistant.
Even Sang Lu’s act of bringing people back made Xia Weishuang think more.
Did she really want to save people herself, or was she influenced by the winged person?
After a high school student was rescued, the student said pitifully, “Dear big sister, can you bring back my boyfriend, who is not physically injured but is also mentally scarred, or send me back?”
Xia Weishuang couldn’t bear it anymore. She asked the high school student to rest first, and after closing the door, she asked, “What are you trying to do?”
Sang Lu said with a smile, “Shuangshuang likes it, so I’m giving it to Shuangshuang!”
Xia Weishuang: “…???”
But Sang Lu suddenly closed her mouth, because after she was praised for bringing someone back the first time, she had gone to ask Bai Qian for advice. Bai Qian’s suggestion was not to say the purpose directly, otherwise it might cause new pressure.
Xia Weishuang was simply speechless. “What do I like? Do I like people?”
Sang Lu patted her chest and licked her lips. “You like me!”
Xia Weishuang: “…”
This guy was simply impossible to communicate with. Xia Weishuang couldn’t be bothered with her and just said, “Save a person to the end, send a Buddha to the west. Next time this happens, can you ask the other party’s opinion first? Since this person has already been brought back, take responsibility and bring her companion back as well.”
Sang Lu made an “okay” gesture and pushed her luck. “Shuangshuang has to like me more too.”
“Deal.”
**
Xia Weishuang went to the rooftop to water the vegetables she had planted.
It was now late September and early October. The few of them had planted radishes, green onions, lettuce, celery, cabbage, and onions. It was the first time they had grown vegetables, and they were not yet skilled. But under the guidance of the wisdom of their predecessors, they believed that the results would definitely be gratifying.
They had also planted some of those corn, wheat, sorghum, and soybeans. The season was not very suitable now, and they had no experience in farming, so they planted a little less to eat the tender ones, and had no intention of grinding flour or saving seeds.
On the rooftop, a few cats were lazily sunbathing, looking very comfortable and at ease.
Suddenly, they jumped up and ran down without looking back.
Xia Weishuang looked up and saw the winged person again.
Really…
This time, the winged person actually dared to stop at the edge of the rooftop and greeted Xia Weishuang.
“Are you looking for Sang Lu?”
“No, I’m looking for you guys,” the winged person smiled shyly and said. “I want to be friends with everyone.”
Xia Weishuang thought for a moment and said, “My name is Xia Weishuang. By the way, I’m not sure what your name is?”
The winged person said, “My name is Liu Kaiyin.” He took a step forward, as if he wanted to get closer to Xia Weishuang.
A warm and enthusiastic voice came from behind in time. “Yo, isn’t that the big brother with the wings? We meet again. What a coincidence!”
It was Wei Yunlang.
Wei Yunlang had noticed the cats’ restlessness and felt that it was abnormal, so he had come up to take a look. He happened to see Liu Kaiyin trying to get close to Xia Weishuang. He walked to Xia Weishuang’s side and secretly gave her a look: Safe?
Xia Weishuang nodded gently.
When she had realized that this winged person and Sang Lu were getting closer and closer, Xia Weishuang had used him as a condition to predict whether the group would encounter danger from him.
If her ability had not disappeared, then it should be that the winged person would not harm everyone. So seriously speaking, Xia Weishuang should have trusted Liu Kaiyin a little more.
But her intuition made Xia Weishuang a little resistant to this winged person.
Wei Yunlang did not know Xia Weishuang’s thoughts. Since he was sure that this person was safe, he opened his arms and went up to him generously.
Wei Yunlang’s harmless baby face was particularly deceptive when it was raised in a warm and bright smile. In addition, he would call him “good brother” every other sentence, and “friend” every few sentences. He soon got all of Liu Kaiyin’s background.
Liu Kaiyin’s account today was no different from his previous one. There were no flaws to be found. Under Wei Yunlang’s guidance, he recalled his hobbies before he died, and what he said was very sincere.
Wei Yunlang quietly nodded to Xia Weishuang, indicating that Liu Kaiyin should not be lying. He seemed to be sincerely making friends.
It was just that… making friends with a few humans was secondary. The most important thing was still Sang Lu.
Xia Weishuang lowered her eyes and thought for a moment. She sat opposite Liu Kaiyin, wanting to ask him what it felt like to be resurrected after death, and also wanted to ask what Sang Lu and he had been doing when they went out together these past few days.
But Liu Kaiyin was much more anxious than her. The wings on his back reflected a colorful halo. There were also several layers of soft and thin translucent insect wings stacked on his back and in between. At this moment, they were vibrating at a high frequency in excitement, making a faint buzzing sound.
“What does Sang Lu like?”
The buzzing sound was mixed in, and it actually made Liu Kaiyin’s voice no longer so weak and shy, as if a hidden beast was unable to restrain itself and was showing its sharp claws in its excitement.
The sound made Xia Weishuang a little dizzy. In addition, the magnificent and strange colorful light that lingered around Liu Kaiyin, for a moment, Xia Weishuang thought that she was having a hallucination again.
Otherwise, why would she feel that the scene in front of her was a little blurry and distorted?
Xia Weishuang didn’t even think and almost said that Sang Lu liked her. The words were at the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed them back.
Xia Weishuang raised her hand and pinched the bridge of her nose. “She likes crystals. She can eat them.”
Wei Yunlang chuckled foolishly and said, “Yes, she also likes us. With her around, we’re much more at ease.”
Xia Weishuang: “…”
Xia Weishuang forcefully stepped on Wei Yunlang’s foot under the table. Wei Yunlang sat up straight and said with a smile, “Oh my, this autumn tiger is really fierce. I almost got heatstroke after being in the sun for so long.”
Xia Weishuang calmly stood up and said, “Let’s not sit here foolishly. Wei Yunlang, let’s go down and make a pot of herbal tea. Oh right, Liu Kaiyin, do you have anything else?”
Liu Kaiyin picked at his fingers and said, “No, nothing.”
“Then we’ll go down first.”
“Wait!”
“Hmm?”
Liu Kaiyin apologized with some embarrassment. “I still can’t control my ability very well. Sometimes when I get excited, I want to fly a few circles. Did I scare you?”
“It’s nothing. It’s normal,” Xia Weishuang smiled at him and said. “We’re all used to it with Sang Lu.”
Liu Kaiyin stammered, “I want to live closer to you guys. We can chat together when we have time. Is that okay?”
Xia Weishuang did not answer directly, but threw the question to Sang Lu. “You have to ask Sang Lu about this. If she doesn’t agree, we can’t do anything.”
“Okay!” Liu Kaiyin seemed very happy.
After going down from the rooftop and watching Liu Kaiyin fly away, Wei Yunlang knocked on his head. “Are you sure he’s safe?”
Xia Weishuang said, “My ability has not made a mistake so far. I really did not see a scene of him hurting us. But… I always feel that he’s a little strange. In short, let’s not let our guard down.”
“Understood.”
After turning a corner, they saw the glass window at the end of the corridor. A person was lying on the window, and this person was also holding a person in his hand.
It was Sang Lu.
Sang Lu, who was hanging on the glass window like a big spider, slowly lowered her head, slid down a little, and jumped into the corridor. She also dragged the high school boy who was tied up with her tentacles in.
The poor child was suspended in the air and was tightly wrapped. He was almost either scared to death or suffocated to death.
This was the little boyfriend of that injured female high school student. Xia Weishuang told Wei Yunlang the situation and let him send this child to be with his little girlfriend.
As for Sang Lu, she was still stretching her muscles in the corridor. The height and position she was lying on the window just now, and the direction she was looking…
A flash of inspiration came to Xia Weishuang, and she suddenly realized something.
“You’ve been staring at us just now?”
Sang Lu smiled brightly at Xia Weishuang and admitted it.
Xia Weishuang glanced at her coldly, walked into the room, and closed the door with a backhand, not waiting for Sang Lu.
Sang Lu was full of questions, not understanding why Xia Weishuang was unhappy after she had brought that little boy back.