Chapter 25

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For a while, Jiang Huan didn’t even know what kind of emotions were in his heart. There were too many plot reversals in a short period of time, and he couldn’t bear it.

From the initial suspicion to the affirmative answer, it was true and a little bit vaguely wronged… Why did you tell him but you refused to tell me before? Could it be that even on Shen Shanwu’s younger brother’s side, I can’t compare to He Jingyang?

But now, Jiang Tong actually gave him another surprise: I am Shen Shanwu’s younger brother… Haha, it was a lie!

As for Jiang Huan, he had been struggling with how to tell Jiang Tong before. His cousin had already been there four years ago…

But now he didn’t need to worry. Jiang Huan swallowed the words he was about to reveal back into his abdomen, but the feeling in his heart made him not know how to relieve it for a while. He pursed his lips and saw that Jiang Tong was still smiling. He was a little angry. He simply found Zhang Xiaowen to take him to drink functional water to help him have fun, and he sat in the back row and closed his eyes to refresh his mind.

In a daze for a long time, looking at Jiang Tong, who was frowning, until the sunset slanted westward, Jiang Huan finally clarified his true thoughts. It doesn’t matter whether Jiang Tong was Shen Shanwu’s relative or not; in any case, he would definitely be responsible for this child to the end.

Because of the delay in the Bellona incident, the Shanhai team drove for two hours at night to reach the next rest point. This place was already close to the jurisdiction of the coastal base, so the conditions for the rest stop were very good, and the activity areas of the permanent residents were clearly divided. If you want to be “disturbed,” you can go to a special area to find excitement. If you don’t want to be disturbed, there are also clean and pure resting places.

The Shanhai Team naturally belongs to the letter. They drove in fear for two hours at night. The drivers of the two cars were exhausted and fell asleep when they got to the place. The others quickly laid out their sleeping bags and said good night to each other. Only Xu Honglin, who was stuffed halfway, looked left and right. With a look of hesitation to speak, Xiaowen kindly asked if she needed anything, but she closed her mouth and shook her head and said it was okay.

“Just that…” As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Honglin bit her lower lip again and asked evasively, “The child of your team is so old, why is he still sleeping with his adoptive father?”

Shen Shanwu, who was painting in Jiang Huan’s arms, raised his eyes and glanced at the woman not far away. He snorted coldly, wanting to say that it was none of her business. When Jiang Huan was fourteen years old, he said coquettishly that he was afraid of the dark and didn’t dare sleep alone. He was now at least ten or eleven years old. Why couldn’t he sleep with adults?

Zhang Xiaowen scraped her cheeks with his fingers. What she thought was that it was none of her business, but she said very gently, “We didn’t prepare a sleeping bag for Jiang Tong. Jiang Tong was embarrassed to sleep with me, so he had to let the captain sleep with him.”

“But…”

The person at the vigil tonight was Xu Ye. He whispered to Zhang Xiaowen and Xu Honglin to go to bed quickly. They will get up early tomorrow. Zhang Xiaowen quickly used this as a reason to stop the topic, quickly lie down, and pull up the zipper of the sleeping bag, but Xu Honglin glanced at Jiang Huan’s direction again, and then reluctantly closed the sleeping bag.

“It’s time to go to bed.” Jiang Huan took the pen in Shen Shanwu’s hand and folded the ugly graffiti into the book as a bookmark—to be honest, this may be the only way to make the best use of Shen Shanwu’s paintings.

Shen Shanwu yawned at the right time. The sleeping bag was very crowded. It was just right to lie down with Jiang Huan and Jiang Tong, and the two of them would hold each other tightly. Jiang Huan leaned sideways around Shen Shanwu’s waist, and Shen Shanwu’s arms naturally pressed against Jiang Huan’s chest. The warm and tight chest muscles really tested the determination of a naturally bent gay.

Many people would be attracted by Jiang Huan’s beautiful appearance at first sight, but Shen Shanwu was not. On the one hand, he had seen too much and was immune. On the other hand, if you have seen a person crying with a spluttering nose and tears flying around, it is difficult for you to have an idea about his appearance anymore.

But Jiang Huan’s current figure was tilted where it should be tilted, narrow where it should be narrow, and even the curve of the throat was so sexy.

“…” Maybe I should really sleep with Zhang Xiaowen?

Just when Shen Shanwu was still thinking about a fierce struggle with his own nature, Jiang Huan, who was holding him, had quietly fallen into a dream…

In his dream, he saw a familiar figure with black sunglasses covering his face, a mask under his nose, covering only his mouth, a navy blue leather jacket, black gloves, overalls with stains and mud spots, and slightly glued boots with straps.

This was not Shen Shanwu’s usual dress. He had always loved cleanliness, and he would never tolerate old clothes if he could wear new clothes—but it was definitely Jiang Huan’s most memorable appearance.

Because when he first met Shen Shanwu, the other party was dressed like this.

Jiang Huan clearly knew that he was dreaming because he saw this person, this man who could only be seen in his dreams.

Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his arm, and the picture in front of him flipped in an instant. He was kicked to the ground vigorously. A five-year-old flat-headed man cursed at him in anger, and his stinky saliva soared everywhere. “Damn it, a bastard, a wild breed that no one raises, you dead thing…”

Countless vulgar words hit Jiang Huan’s head to express the anger of the flat-headed mob, “I warn you, if your dad doesn’t come to pay the ransom, I will cut off your fingers one by one and feed them to the dog!”

Jiang Huan, who was only thirteen years old, was curled up on the ground shivering. His face was stained with dirt, his hair was mottled, and his clothes were dirty and messy. His strength to cry had been exhausted by the previous beating and hunger, and his reaction after being beaten was also very weak. Soon, he might not even be able to shed tears.

This was an abandoned factory. Although it was dilapidated and dilapidated, fortunately, the doors and windows were neat, the gaps were blocked, the leftover filters used by others were installed, and the radiation content was barely maintained around the safety line.

Jiang Huan was like a beautiful young bird that was taken out of its nest by a hyena. The high-quality clothes were out of place with the surroundings. Even if his unkempt clothes were not neat, one could see how pampered he was before.

“Brother Yue, Brother Yue.” A thin man ran into the door carrying a large plastic bag, “It’s dinner.”

“Finally fucking here, I’m starving to death.” The flat-headed man spit on Jiang Huan while cursing. The muddy liquid was stained with greenish phlegm, which was extremely disgusting, but Jiang Huan didn’t dare to hide at all. Once he dodged, these people would use this as a reason to attack him with their fists and feet.

The flat-headed man walked over with a few people around him swaying, picking at the plastic bag in the hand of the little thin one, “Fuck, you know how to deal us some broken cakes. It’s hard and dry. I can’t chew it with my big teeth.”

The little thin one smiled flatteringly, “Isn’t there any way? Everyone is like this. Brother Yue, the boss said, as long as this ticket is done, we will be able to eat popular and spicy food in the next two months, and we will be able to shoot!”

“All right, all right.” Although his mouth was disgusted, the flat-headed man took the lead in picking up the biggest piece of cake, breaking it, and stuffing it viciously in his mouth. The rest of the younger brothers were not far behind and rushed to snatch the remaining flatbread in the plastic bag.

Except for one person—the man wearing sunglasses. He sat firmly on a scratched and unpainted yellow desk, his legs overlapping, his arms around his chest, his head drooping slightly, as if he was dozing off.

Jiang Huan was so hungry that he couldn’t feel his stomach. He watched the others eat cakes with clear water. The coarse cakes that he had looked down on before had now become a delicious delicacy in his eyes.

“Hey! The one sitting at the table, you won’t eat anymore?” The little thin man shook the remaining cake residue in his hand at the man in sunglasses from a distance. There was still a piece of cake broken in half, and it was the smallest.

Hearing this, the man in the sunglasses raised his head slightly. He stretched out silently and jumped off the table. His soles touched the ground without making a sound, which was more sensitive and lightweight than a cat.

This was a new member of their mercenary gang. His surname was Shen. He didn’t like to talk or gather with them. He was very boring and indifferent. He was very ruthless in fighting, especially when facing zombies. It was simply a deadly style of play, so their boss liked him very much and recruited him into the group.

Brother Shen was a weirdo with a quirk. He wears sunglasses all the time, and he wouldn’t take them off even when he sleeps. He claimed that his eyes were bad and he couldn’t see the light, so he had to wear sunglasses anytime, anywhere.

Previously, there was a rascal who was unhappy with him. He maliciously provoked and wanted to take off his sunglasses, but he was beaten to the ground. Therefore, Shen also got a label of high force value and was difficult to get along with. Now everyone walked around him quietly, and they rarely communicated with him.

Here it was said that it was a mercenary group. In fact, it was a group of desperate gangsters and bandits. They usually do some work of kidnapping people for ransom materials. In the end times, they live like cockroaches, disgusting others, but also disgusting themselves.

Brother Shen took the cake and was not in a hurry to eat it, because he was the last one, and the plastic bag was also given to him, so he folded the bag and stuffed it into his coat pocket with the cake. The little thin one didn’t have dinner either. Seeing him like this, he couldn’t help but have nothing to say. “Brother Shen…why don’t you eat it?”

Shen Shanwu twisted his neck, which had been in a stiff posture for a long time, “I’m not hungry.”

“…awesome.” The little thin one glanced at a group of gobbling pigs next to him, and said in heartfelt admiration.

Jiang Huan hadn’t eaten for more than two days; his lips were chapped, and he was so hungry. His gaze involuntarily followed Shen Shanwu’s coat pocket, swallowing his saliva subconsciously. The latter was unaware of it. He took the food routinely and went back to his place to continue taking a nap. On the contrary, the flat-headed man sneered at Jiang Huan with his mouth full of crumbs, causing him to lower his head in shame.

The night without lights had always been quick and boring, and a group of five big men had no entertainment activities. After leaving the two wardens, they went to sleep in the simple dormitory next door without washing their teeth or brushing their feet. For a while, the snoring in the workshop was shocking.

Jiang Huan also lay on the ground and closed his eyes very calmly. The cold and hard ground overdrew his anger, and his young and weak body had obviously reached its limit.

Maybe he would be able to see his mother soon, Jiang Huan thought.

His mother looked very ordinary and had a normal figure, but she was extremely capable. She was a famous strong woman entrepreneur before the end of the world. After the end of the world, she still had the ability to not make Jiang Huan worry about food and clothing, and even made a name for herself in the northern territory of Anping, pulling out the prototype of a team.

Jiang Huan’s father was the exact opposite. He had a beautiful appearance, but he was a soft-fed man, raised by his wife. Selfishness and laziness were perfectly combined in him. However, he had a good face, a good figure, and a good ability to serve and coax people.

At the beginning, Jiang Huan’s mother tried her best to marry him, even at the expense of turning her face to the family, purely for Jiang Huan’s father’s face, just like those bosses who married vases and went home to spend money. Jiang Huan’s mother was also happy to marry a vase and take it home to help her spend the money that she couldn’t use.

Jiang Huan was born into such a family. He perfectly inherited his father’s appearance, but they didn’t know how he had inherited his mother’s character. Before he was ten years old, he was spoiled, arrogant, and naive. Even after the end of the world, he was still carefree.

However, all this was broken in the third year of the end of the world. His mother died unexpectedly in the tide of zombies, leaving nothing behind. Jiang Huan didn’t even see her for the last time, nor did he get any relics.

There were many people in the team who had never been accustomed to women in charge. These people immediately squeezed Jiang Huan and his white-faced father out. Jiang Huan was helpless in an instant, while Jiang Huan’s father picked up another woman who was fascinated by him in the blink of an eye. The woman who was fascinated by him was completely indifferent to Jiang Huan’s state.

Even so, outsiders with blocked news took advantage of Jiang Huan’s poor vigilance and kidnapped him in an attempt to ask his mother’s original team and father for supplies.

Although Jiang Huan was naive, he was not stupid. He did not dare to tell the truth, saying that his father would not pay a ransom at all. He only hoped that the man who was related to him by blood would not be so cold-blooded. At least he tried to save him…

His stomach was twitching with hunger, and the cold penetrated into his internal organs a little bit from the air, freezing his blood and mind…

Suddenly, in the dark, his shoulders were pushed, and Jiang Huan immediately curled up reflexively, making a defensive state to prevent being hit on the fragile lower abdomen and cheeks during the beating.

But then, his body was forcibly opened. Under the almost full moon, Jiang Huan saw the man with the strangest behavior in sunglasses. Even if the other party was still wearing sunglasses late at night, he didn’t know what he could see.

The man squatted in front of Jiang Huan, and after straightening Jiang Huan’s head, he let go of his hand. Soon, the sound of plastic bags rubbing together came to his ears.

The author has something to say:

Shen Shanwu: To be honest, I really can’t see it clearly.

Jing Huan: I thought you were going to play the song Er Quan Ying Yueon the spot.