Seeing that everyone chose the second plan, Hou Ying informed everyone of the further arrangements.
At the stopping point, he and Qiao Daye are responsible for sending signals to search for survivors, while the others hunt zombies with the same attributes in batches near the docking point. Then he drew out the driver and made a watch list. Meng Hanghai is the only one in the team who can’t drive so that left them with nine people. He divided them into four groups in pairs. The team that’s not on duty will focus on absorbing the crystal nuclei. There’s still an extra person left so he let Qiao Daye continue teaching Meng Hanghai.
When grouping, before Hou Ying said anything, Wang Hehe slyly pulled Ji Yao to be with him and winked at Hou Ying.
When Gongsun Jing saw this, she also kindly said that she wanted to team up with Jiang Tao. Liu Zhan has always been more excellent than them, so he got together with Su Fenghe and successfully sold Li Xuanyuan to Brother Hou.
Hou Ying couldn’t laugh or cry. Although he’s too happy in his heart, he had to face Li Xuanyuan with an innocent and pure smile. Li Xuanyuan has no opinion about this arrangement. He no longer cared about Hou Ying’s “once” crooked mind. He just didn’t know what to do in the face of everyone’s ridicule.
After agreeing on the details, several people split up.
Qiao Daye made a roundtrip around the town and put the fireworks in four directions—middle, south, east, and northwest. Meanwhile, Hou Ying took all the speakers and recorded loudspeakers, chose a car on the spot, and set off with a small bucket of gasoline. After driving for a while, he chose the location of the government building and began to announce on the roof.
“Attention, survivors! Attention, survivors! The current location is the municipal building. If you’re unsure of reaching this place, please call for help! There are auditory abilities in our team. I repeat, if you’re not sure you can go to the municipal building, please call for help or send voice signal feedback.”
Hou Ying recorded these words and played them out. He waited in the municipal building for an hour. Seeing no response, he took the loudspeaker and walked back and forth along the national road of the town. The landmark buildings recorded are also replaced. After setting up the fireworks, Qiao Daye followed the sound of the announcement and saw Hou Ying driving the convertible slowly with the lights on. The zombies attracted by the sound surrounded him and followed him, but he was not moved.
Qiao Lao Er couldn’t help feeling that Brother Hou is really a master!
At the sixth stop, they still didn’t see any survivors but harvested a lot of zombie nuclei. Naturally, most of them were level 1.
Proceeding step by step all the way to the eighth stop, the journey is still calm and tranquil. Quanshi in front of the highway is a very developed city with a large population. They are expected to stay here for one more day to hunt zombies. When everyone gathered for dinner, Ji Yao said with emotion, “There is a film and television city next to Quanshi. There should be a lot of stars in there. Ah, I don’t know if the stars had become zombies, are they also the high face-value group among zombies?”
They were not interested in his question at all. Ji Yao’s mind turned to Hou Ying and said, “Brother Hou, I told you before that my three male gods worked together to make that movie called Dragon Slaughtering, right? It was filmed in this film and television city. I don’t know if my male gods have become zombies. It’s sad to think about it.”
Seeing his sincere sadness, Su Fenghe couldn’t help wondering, “Yaoji is chasing stars too? But I’ve only heard of male otakus worshiping goddesses. When did male otakus worship male gods?”
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Hou Ying chuckles, “Lao Su, he’s not a star chaser, he’s coveting! The kind of white face, long legs, and perky ass. He likes that.”
Li Xuanyuan said, “Just like you?”
Hou Ying, “…”
Everyone burst into laughter.
Su Fenghe found himself provoking a strange topic, so he remedied by saying, “By the way, Brother Hou, I’ve always been very curious about how your name came from. Isn’t Ying only used by women?”
He used to think that the Ying on his name was the Ying of shadow.
Wang Hehe swallowed the rice in his mouth and raised his hand, “That’s what my grandparents got. My uncle is an old son, and my mother was born soon after graduation. The names of him and my mother are derived from the names of my grandfather and grandmother. One of them is Hou Bi and the other is Ye Tingting. So my mother’s name is Hou Ye, and my uncle’s name is Hou Ying. The word Ying, taken apart, means Bi and Ye.”
It’s also the first time for Ji Yao to know the origin of Hou Ying’s name. He couldn’t help sighing, “Uncle and aunt have such a good relationship.” But to be honest, the name Hou Ye is more suitable for boys, right? How domineering when it’s shouted.
Wang Hehe chuckled, looked at Li Xuanyuan, and said, “Of course, our family has a love gene, inherited.”
Several people saw his careful thoughts and snickered. Hou Ying said sadly, “My parents and Xiaohe’s parents were killed in a major car accident. We used to go to the Qingming Festival and their Memorial Day every year before. Now it’s the end of the world, I don’t know if we can do it again in the future. There’s no one to take care of their graveyard…”
This year’s Qingming Festival passed in a flash. It was only after the event had passed that he thought of such a day. He could only say a few words in his heart because it’s impossible to visit their graves and hold a memorial ceremony.
Everyone felt a little uncomfortable when they heard his words. Whether their families were safe or not couldn’t be confirmed, they could only hold their hopes that they’re all alive and hope for the day when they meet again.
Jiang Tao, the oldest, patted his thigh and said, “Didn’t we find several bottles of good red wine in someone’s wine cellar last time? Why don’t we drink a few glasses today and give the dead glass of wine to make up for the unfulfilled Qingming Festival.”
Hearing this, Gongsun Jing got up and went to get the wine.
For fear of any accidents at night, everyone didn’t dare to drink too much. Li Xuanyuan and Liu Zhan, who were at the vigil tonight, haven’t touched a drop of wine. It’s Ji Yao who can’t stop drinking. Hou Ying knew that there was something in his heart so he didn’t stop him. He shook his head at the worried people, indicating that he wanted him to have a good drink.
It’s a pity that Ji Yao’s drinking volume hasn’t grown even if he became an ability user. After two bowls of red wine, he started to shed tears while pouring wine.
Hou Ying didn’t stop him until he finished a whole bottle of red wine by himself.
Ji Yao took his hand, and a man who’s nearly 1.9 meters, cried pitifully, “Houzi… Houzi… I have nothing… I feel so uncomfortable…”
“My dad, my dad called me that night. I was drunk and didn’t answer. Why did it happen that day… My dad sent me a message saying my mother was sick, said she was hysterical and biting. He said that he sent my mother to the hospital and asked me to hurry home. I didn’t see it… My dad and my mom, both became zombies… I, I didn’t even say the last word to them. Why should I go drinking on that day…”
“Houzi, also, my daughter-in-law… He ran away with other men with the real estate certificate that day… He ran away, why did he run to the bar crowd… He wasn’t among the survivors in Kangcheng. I didn’t find him… Houzi, they’re all dead… I have nothing…”
There’s a lump in Hou Ying’s throat and hugged him sadly, “How could there be nothing, isn’t there still me?”
Ji Yao cried even more. It took him a while, before he said to Hou Ying, “Hou Ying, you used to say that if we can’t be lovers then we can be relatives… I regret it… Back then… I didn’t listen to you… I still owe you 200,000… I can’t afford it, what should I do… I only have you now, you can’t leave me alone… Houzi…”
He didn’t say what he was regretting, and Hou Ying didn’t ask.
That night, Ji Yao cried so badly that everyone shed tears.
In the last days, they all turned into rootless duckweed, floating around, not knowing where the future is. Those who they care about, those who are far away, are they still alive?
They’re afraid of getting answers.
That night, Li Xuanyuan stayed up all night. Because even Liu Zhan drank a lot of wine in silence, lying on the table, hiding his face and crying.
At sunrise the next day, the scorching temperature evaporated last night’s tears, the haze had also been dispelled. The mature adults regained their smiling faces and continued to live with enthusiasm. No one mentioned the fragility of last night, and no one asked about each other’s thoughts.
But Wang Hehe kept it in his mind all the time. After holding it for a day, he finally asked Ji Yao, “Yaoji, are you still interested in my old uncle?”
“What?”
It was their turn to drive the second car, Ji Yao drives while Wang Hehe defends. He didn’t hear it clearly the first time. When Wang Hehe asked again, Ji Yao shook his foot and stepped on the accelerator, almost hitting the car in front and causing a rear-end collision.
“Huh? How can you ask such a funny question?”
Ji Yao’s surprised appearance is so exaggerated that his eyes almost flew out the window. He’s a poor drinker and has a poor drinking capacity. After drinking, he can’t close his mouth tightly but forgets everything he says and does after he goes to sleep.
Thinking of his problem, Wang Hehe couldn’t help but angrily repeat his cries to his old uncle at the time, looked at him with wide eyes, and waited for his answer.
Ji Yao laughed and said, “Of course I love him.”
The car in front suddenly swerved. It’s Hou Ying’s turn to drive. Ji Yao laughed and smashed his head on the steering wheel. After a while, he holds it back. He stretched out a hand, squeezed Wang Hehe’s face, and said, “I love him as much as you love him. Is there any problem, little nephew?”
Wang Hehe slapped his hand away and said suspiciously, “Really?”
Ji Yao twisted his stiff neck after driving for a long time, and smiled, “Why do I lie to you? Except for my future daughter-in-law, I’m just your old uncle. Why are you staring at me? Are you jealous? You see, I’m like you now. I’m an orphan without a father or mother. Can’t you pity me and give me a little bit of your old uncle?”
Wang Hehe, his face stretched, said proudly, “Go away! The old uncle is mine alone!”
Ji Yao smiled.
Hou Ying’s helpless laughter came from the Bluetooth, “You two concentrate on driving. Xiaohe, don’t be angry. Besides my future daughter-in-law, your old uncle loves you the most.”
Wang Hehe, “…”
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So cuuute☺️
Oh my heart! The last part was so cute 🥰 Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Sorry to disappoint but it seems to me that you will get a son-in-law in the future instead of a daughter-in-law hihi~
Wait what does it mean by “just like you?”…does xuanyuan mean ji yao preference same as houying or houying is one of the example of ji yao preference