Chapter 43 Meat

It was obvious that the others didn't find anything strange, nothing strange seemed so strange after the end of the world.

The dimpled girl seemed to see Gu Ning's doubts and said with a slight hint of embarrassment, "It's been too long since we've had any strangers here."

"You've been here since the end of the world?" Gu Ning and his party were taken to a clearing, sat down to rest, and asked as if casually.

"Hmm. At first there were only a few people, but then there were more and more people, some stayed and some left. Now it's just us left, and we're all too timid to venture out, so you're all very welcome to come." The dimpled girl said with a smile.

Zhang Xiaobai interjected curiously and asked, "There are so many of you, what are you eating?"

The dimples at the corners of the dimple girl's mouth calmed down slightly before deepening a little: "We occasionally go out to find something to eat."

Zhang Xiaobai said, "There are so many zombies over here, it's pretty hard for you guys to find food, right?"

The dimpled girl smiled, then said, "I see that you are all so tired, so I won't bother you, you can rest first."

"Thanks." Gu Ning thanked again.

"You're welcome, it's our good fortune that you're here." An extraordinarily sincere smile bloomed on the dimpled girl's face. Then it was time to smile and nod at the others before turning around and walking away.

"Why do I feel like she just got a little angry? Did I say something wrong?" Zhang Xiaobai said sensitively.

Gu Ning's gaze faintly stared at her words, watching the girl's back as she left in thought.

The others were all very tired and had found a small corner to rest or do or lie down. Gu Ning's group and the white wolf's side naturally separated into two camps, having just returned from the dead, there was little hostility between them, and they were each resting.

The others didn't mind too much about the subtle glances that swept over them, finding them quite normal.

Gu Ning, on the other hand, had a strange feeling that would not go away.

Gu Ning was leaning against the wall, resting very tiredly, his tense muscles relaxed a little, but his half-hidden, half-opened eyes were cautiously observing the situation in the room.

Perhaps because they had not been exposed to the sun for a long time, the skin of those people was very white, and whether they were walking occasionally or doing the things in their hands, their movements were very slow, as if they were afraid of wasting their energy, and they had a sickly, deadly feeling. What attracted Gu Ning's attention was the pile of things covered with a tarp in the corner, not knowing what was underneath the tarp, the bulge was somewhat strangely shaped.

The indescribable, seemingly sour odor always lingered in front of Gu Ning's nose, mixed with an imperceptible hint of blood ...

"It's a corpse ..." Xiang Xu's deliberately low voice rang out in Gu Ning's ears as she looked down at her fingers, her voice trembling slightly, "The thing covered in the corner, it's a corpse ..."

The man sitting in the corner over there suddenly looked over here and met Gu Ning's gaze with obvious caution and tentativeness, Gu Ning's expression was not the least bit panicky, she just gave him a faint glance and then averted her gaze as if nothing had happened, and said a few words after Xiang Xu with a smile on her face, and Xiang Xu also cooperated by putting on a smile, as if Gu Ning had told her a joke. The man stared at Gu Ning for a moment.

The man stared at Gu Ning for a moment, saw her laughing and joking with the little girl next to her, and made sure she didn't notice anything before turning his gaze away, then uneasily pressed the tarp, which had risen a little at the edge, with his hand.

Suddenly Zhang Xiaobai looked like he had heard what Xiang Xu said and asked curiously, "A corpse? What corpse?"

He did not deliberately lower the tone of his voice, nor was his voice loud, but no one was speaking at the moment, and the room was empty and quiet, so the moment he said this, it immediately made the room even quieter - countless pairs of eyes looked this way, and the few men sitting by the tarp glanced at each other, their faces slightly changed. The young men and women standing in the doorway had been whispering, but at that moment they also silently looked this way because of Zhang Xiaobai's words.

Gu Ning sensed the change in atmosphere and gave a thump in his heart, but his face did not show any half-heartedness, as if he did not notice that Zhang Xiaobai had attracted so much hidden attention, and only glared at him before saying, "What are you yelling about? We were talking about when you found Wu Qiang's corpse, and I don't know what Third Brother taught you, just rushing up there like that, if I hadn't seen it quickly, you would have turned into a zombie by now too." Gu Ning seemed to be afraid of disturbing others, his voice was not very loud, yet it was clear enough to reach those people's ears. But Gu Ning could also clearly feel that those wary gazes did not disappear as a result.

Zhang Xiaobai was reprimanded by Gu Ning, but he was very ashamed and scratched his head and said, "I was in a hurry ... Promise to be careful next time."

As soon as he replied this way.

Gu Ning immediately felt those eyes staring at him disappear, and was relieved in his heart, but his face still carried a bit of anger.

Xiang Xu was almost frightened to the point of cardiac arrest when he was called out by Zhang Xiaobai just now, but when he saw Gu Ning's calm demeanour, he turned the crisis into nothing with just a few words, and he was suddenly saddened.

Zhang Xiaobai, however, was reprimanded by Gu Ning and wilted away to find a corner to reflect.

Only when he no longer felt any prying eyes did Gu Ning really put his mind at ease and began to slowly wipe his knife with the corner of his coat, but his mind was pondering another question.

Whose corpse was that? Why had it been placed in that corner instead of being disposed of?

And it was clear that the soldiers were worried about something else.

Zhang Yang stood there looking out of the window into the distance and said worriedly, "I don't know how the company commander and the others are doing."

Zhang Xiaobai said, "It should be fine, Zhong Xu Zou Ming and the others who are good marksmen are all here, besides the company commander is not a vegetarian."

Even Zhang Xiaobai, who was always optimistic, only dared to say that he should not say for sure at this time, but it was just a comfort to himself.

"Are you guys talking about Third Brother?" White Wolf, who had been leaning against the wall with his eyes closed, said, half opening his eyes to glance at Gu Ning before closing them again, stretching his long legs for a moment before saying lazily, "They were being chased by zombies when I saw him, heading in the direction of Eleven Square."

The soldier's faces changed, Eleven Square? That's where the zombie stronghold is in the downtown area ... If they really broke in there, even if they were lucky to survive, how would they get out?

The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into.

She stood up and walked to the window sill to look into the distance, this side was diagonally opposite the direction of Eleventh Square, but there were tall buildings in between, so there was no way to see the situation there. She looked down at the ground floor and could see the dense mass of zombies still huddled below, refusing to disperse.

Raising her wrist to check her watch, it was already about ten minutes past four. The sky was already dark and dreary today, and Gu Ning could see large black clouds covering the city, as if some terrible monster was hiding behind them, ready to swoop out and bring disaster to the world.

Even the air carried a dullness.

Gu Ning suddenly stretched out her hand and a drop of water smashed into her palm.

"It's raining." Gu Ning said as she looked out at the black clouds. Immediately afterwards the sound of clattering rain rang out, countless raindrops condensed from within the black clouds then dripped down, pounding rain poured down.

It was the first rain after the end of the world and it was significant.

Then she was pushed aside.

Those who were slow and dead seemed to come to life at this moment, rushing to the window with all sorts of utensils and reaching outside to catch the water.

Gu Ning's group all backed away.

Looking at the excited people, he was a bit bewildered.

"This rain has really come at the right time. If we don't get this rain, we'll be out of water. It looks like today is a good day." The dimpled girl walked up to Gu Ning's side again at some point and looked at the people who were catching the rain and said.

Gu Ning always felt that her last sentence seemed to be hiding some other meaning, but did not ask, only smiled lightly and held the knife in her hand tightly.

"I like you a lot." The dimpled girl suddenly looked sideways at Gu Ning and said, "Can you stay here with me?"

Only then did Gu Ning realise that the dimple girl's black eyes were very dark, a little frighteningly dark, and even the two dimples on her face looked a little strange. A chill rose up on Gu Ning's back, but she still had a smile on her face, which was a little cold: "There are people waiting for me at home."

"That's a shame." The dimpled girl seemed to really feel a bit sorry for herself, even the dimples on her face were gone, but soon the dimples reappeared and she said in a light tone, "But it doesn't matter, the zombies down there haven't left yet anyway, and it's raining heavily again. You guys can just stay here for the night and leave tomorrow."

Although Gu Ning's heart was a little uneasy because of the corpse under the tarp and the strange feeling in his heart, there was nothing else he could do at this time, so he could only reluctantly agree.

"There's water. We can cook meat for dinner tonight." The dimpled girl looked out at the rain and suddenly said in a cheerful voice.

"You still have meat to eat?" Daoist Jia suddenly interjected and asked, clearly surprised.

"Yeah. We found meat outside, and it keeps for a long time when cooked and dried in the sun. It tastes oh so good. Do you want to eat two pieces of jerky first?" The dimpled girl said and actually took out two finger-long pieces of dried meat from her pocket and handed them to Jia Daoist.

The jerky was finger-long and finger-thick, but the colour was still bright red instead of the brownish colour of the dried meat.

He took them with joy and said, "How can I say that?"

He hadn't eaten meat for too long, so he took the two pieces of dried meat and wanted to eat them.

Gu Ning's afterimage swept the dimples of the dimple girl's dimples deepening, and a meaningful light flashed in her eyes. Gu Ning's intuition was not good, and without hesitation, he stiffly pulled the dried meat that was only half left outside of Jia Daoist's mouth out of his mouth, and then frowned sternly at the dimple girl's fierce gaze, "Are you hungry now? Save it for when you're hungry if you're not."