Chapter 97: Cruel Time

Xu Fei clenched his hands.

Before the apocalypse, the Xu family was a business clan and had many businesses including a supermarket chain.

Because they reacted fast and secured their warehouses, the Xu family was able to exchange some supplies for a mid-level position in the base leadership.

This position and the supplies in their hands allowed the Xu family to thrive in the apocalypse.

On this day, Xu Fei accompanied his father to attend a management.

However, enroute to the meeting, Xu Fei was sent back to retrieve a forgotten document.

As a result, he encountered Mo Chenxuan and Qin Wu and they witnessed something that they shouldn’t have.

“Mother, Rongrong has always been a good wife and a filial daughter in law. I hope you can give her the respect she deserves.” Xu Fei said in a solemn voice.

“You…, you…” Mother Xu stuttered, looking at her son with incredulous eyes.

She couldn’t believe that Xu Fei had talked back to her.

At the same time, her heart filled with resentment.

’This damned woman has bewitched my son.’ She thought, glaring at Lin Rongrong.

Seeing the glare, Lin Rongrong sighed.

She knew what mother Xu was thinking.

However, she didn’t plan to step back.

Although she and Xu Fei started as an arranged marriage, she had fallen in love and didn’t plan to abandon the marriage.

As long as Xu Fei didn’t leave or wrong her, Lin Rongrong planned to stick with him to the end.

“Rongrong, Brother Mo and Sister Qin are looking for you. They are waiting at the entrance.” Xu Fei suddenly said, looking at his wife with a meaningful expression.

After Lin Rongrong left, Xu Fei turned to his mother.

“Mother, I will take Rongrong to live with the team.”

“You…” Mother Xu was shocked.

She didn’t expect her son to be so decisive.

“Are you cutting ties with your family because of a woman?” Mother Xu questioned.

“I am not cutting ties with the family. Also, Rongrong is not just any woman, she is my wife. She is the person who will accompany me for the rest of my life.”

As he spoke, Xu Fei realised the truth of his words.

At the same time, he felt a little stupid.

After all, he had long discovered his feelings for Lin Rongrong but had never said anything.

’The apocalypse is an unpredictable time. I shouldn’t waste time on useless considerations.’ He thought, immediately deciding to confess when he next saw Lin Rongrong.

“I don’t agree.” Mother Xu angrily shouted.

“I am sorry mother but this decision is mine to make.”

After saying that, Xu Fei walked to his father’s study, retrieved the document and left the villa.

On the other side, Mo Chenxuan, Qin Wu, and Lin Rongrong entered villa number eight.

“Brother Mo, Sister Qin, is something wrong?” Lin Rongrong asked in an anxious voice.

After all, this was the first time that the two people specifically went to the Xu family’s residence to find her.

“Is someone hurt?” She continued.

“Let’s go to the study.” Mo Chenxuan said and the other two nodded in agreement.

Soon after, the three people settled in the study and Lin Rongrong immediately repeated her questions.

“Something is indeed wrong.” Qin Wu said and narrated everything they knew.

“What does Fang Tianlu want with the children?” Lin Rongrong asked.

“This…” Qin Wu looked at Mo Chenxuan with a questioning expression.

“Brother Chenxuan, is it what I am thinking?” She asked but Mo Chenxuan shook his head.

“It’s nothing sexual.” The man said and subconsciously sighed.

If possible, he didn’t want to tell Qin Wu what was going on.

However, his Wu’er was not a greenhouse flower.

“He is raising zombies.” Mo Chenxuan revealed.

“Raising zombies?” Lin Rongrong was confused but Qin Wu had a gloomy expression.

“This bastard!” She angrily cursed.

“Sister Qin, what’s going on?”

“That bastard Fang Tianlu is capturing children to feed them to zombies.” Qin Wu spoke through gritted teeth.

Lin Rongrong was horrified when she heard this.

At the same time, she was confused.

After all, zombies were everyone’s enemy.

Why would anyone intentionally raise zombies?

Thinking this way, she looked at Qin Wu and Mo Chenxuan with questioning eyes.

“There are two reasons that anyone would intentionally raise zombies.” Qin Wu started and quickly continued.

“One, they want to raise and control a powerful zombie.”

“Is that possible?” Lin Rongrong couldn’t believe it.

After all, zombies were mindless creatures.

Was it really possible to raise and control a powerful helper?

“It’s not impossible for a survivor to awaken an ability that can control zombies. Alternatively, there are those who believe they can raise a zombie like they would raise a pet. They believe that if they feed and take care of the zombie, it will become attached and can be controlled as a helper.”

“This…” Lin Rongrong didn’t know what to say.

Technically, awakening an ability that can control zombies was a blessing for the human race.

After all, such an ability could ensure that zombies stayed away from the base.

That said, Lin Rongrong instinctively felt Fang Tianlu did not have such an ability.

If he did, the Fang family would be the leader of the base instead of the Xuanyuan family.

“Could he be raising zombies because he treats them as pets and thinks he can control them?” She muttered.

“There is still the second reason.” Qin Wu reminded and continued before Lin Rongrong could ask.

“It’s still the early days and many people believe that researchers will soon find a cure. It’s not unexpected that some people are secretly raising zombies in hopes of keeping them alive until a zombie virus cure is developed.”

“I…, this…,”

“Rongrong, the apocalypse is a cruel time.” Qin Wu sighed.

“Everyone has a scale in their heart. They weigh priorities and decide the price they are willing to pay. Some people are willing to disregard morality and humanity in order to fulfil the priorities in their hearts.”

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