104: Chapter 104 Strange

Over at the Blockhouse.

Chen Ze was naturally completely unaware of the upcoming attack.

He, Fatty, and Xingzhe Sun were getting ready to leave the Blockhouse and head to the Light Curtain Forest once again.

As soon as they came out of the Blockhouse, a stinging sensation of being watched suddenly washed over him.

Chen Ze frowned and instinctively looked around, but didn't find anything unusual.

"Fatty, do you feel like someone is watching us from the shadows?"

Hearing this, Fatty scratched his head in confusion and scanned back and forth for a long time, only to find that besides some survivors' Fortresses, there wasn't even a single shadow of a person around.

"Brother Ze, I don't see anything at all? Could it be that you've been under too much pressure lately and are hallucinating?"

Hearing this, Chen Ze couldn't help but feel a trace of doubt in his heart.

Could it be that he and Yalan tossed and turned too late yesterday? And didn't rest well?

"Forget it, whatever, let's get ready to move out!"

"Yeah!"

Fatty nodded and climbed straight into the driver's seat of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

At that moment, Xingzhe Sun, who had been squatting on Chen Ze's shoulder, suddenly let out a few squeaks and pointed a finger at a house not far away.

Chen Ze looked in the direction it was pointing.

Inside an ordinary shelter not far away, through the gaps of a window that had long been tightly sealed with bed boards, a sinister pair of eyes was peeking out stealthily. The moment they met Chen Ze's gaze, they abruptly pulled back.

"Is that the little girl's house?"

Chen Ze narrowed his eyes and spoke sharply.

"Get out here!"

His voice wasn't small; even Wang Yalan, Li Mengmeng, and the others were startled, hurriedly raising their crossbows in alert.

"Creeak!"

The door was slowly pushed open, and a man walked out cringingly—it was the father of the girl named Xiao Yun.

"Brother Chen Ze, it's me, it's me, Xiao Yun's dad!"

Chen Ze of course knew who he was, but still asked mercilessly,

"Were you spying on me just now?"

Faced with the terrifying aura suddenly pressed down by Chen Ze, the man's entire body stiffened abruptly, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.

His eyes shifted about in panic, his hands waved constantly, and he didn't dare to make eye contact with Chen Ze at all.

"No, no! Absolutely not! Brother Chen Ze, you've misunderstood!"

He hurriedly explained stammeringly, and halfway through, he shifted his body to the side, revealing Xiao Yun and his wife standing at the doorway.

"Th... That, Brother Chen Ze, the child ate the candy you gave her that day, and she's been pestering me about it for several days. I wanted to ask if I could trade for some with you."

The man's lie was full of holes. If he wanted to buy candy, he could completely go to the Trading House; why sneak around spying on him in the dark?

"You'd better be telling the truth!"

Chen Ze glanced at him coldly and turned to look at Xiao Yun.

The little girl was still as innocent as ever, her big eyes blinking, and she smiled sweetly, revealing a few small milk teeth.

"Uncle Chen Ze!"

Xiao Yun spoke in a soft and sweet voice, instantly easing most of Chen Ze's guarded heart.

He walked forward, stroked her head, took out two White Rabbit creamy candies from his backpack, and handed them to the little girl.

"Children shouldn't eat too much candy, or your teeth will go bad, you know?"

Xiao Yun nodded, first looked at her mother, and only after getting permission did she carefully take the candy.

"Thank you, Uncle Chen Ze! Uncle, you're so nice!"

Just as Chen Ze turned around and prepared to leave, the girl's mother spoke up.

"Chen Ze, are you going out? I saw everyone in the chat channel saying that many people have been attacked by Mutated Beasts. Why don't you not go out today!"

The woman's out-of-nowhere remark fell into Chen Ze's ears, causing his just-lowered guard to be raised again.

Chen Ze turned his head sideways, staring indifferently at the woman, and remained silent for a long time.

This couple was very abnormal today!

"You guys seem very reluctant to let me go out?"

"Ah? No, no, Brother Chen Ze, please don't overthink it!"

The man hurriedly explained, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

"We just thought that if a Mutated Beast comes, if you can guard the Blockhouse and our family stays close to you, we can be a bit safer. We definitely don't have any other motives."

The woman didn't speak, only lowering her head even deeper.

Listening to their explanation, Chen Ze always felt something wasn't quite right, but he couldn't pinpoint it for a moment.

He turned around in silence, and when he walked up to the man, he said in a low voice,

"If you want to stay alive, don't play little tricks with me!"

The latter immediately felt a bone-chilling cold, and goosebumps all over his body instantly burst out.

He vaguely felt that if it weren't for Xiao Yun, Chen Ze might have already taken action!

The man froze in place, his lips trembling, unable to spit out even half a word.

It wasn't until the G-Class completely vanished from sight that he staggered back into his home.

"Xiao Yun's dad, Chen Ze really went out!"

The woman spoke absent-mindedly.

"You say... You say his Fortress won't really be breached by Liang Kun, right?"

A person with normal values would involuntarily feel guilt after doing a bad thing, and at this moment, the woman's heart was filled with lingering self-reproach.

Ever since her husband told her about selling out Chen Ze's location last night, the woman had spent almost every moment in agony.

She even thought about whether to tell Chen Ze the whole truth of the matter!

But as soon as the thought popped up, it was ruthlessly snuffed out by reality.

If she did that, Chen Ze might just take direct action and kill their entire family!

"Stop letting your imagination run wild, it's too late to regret now!"

The man slumped to the ground.

"Isn't this all because of you! Just for a few survival coins, you did this kind of thing. Chen Ze helped us before, has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"

The woman completely erupted, shouting at the top of her lungs.

The man suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of ferocity, and abruptly stood up, roaring lowly at the woman.

"Shout! Go ahead and shout out loud! If you leak this matter, none of our family of three will survive! Fuck!"

He stepped forward, his chest heaving violently, venting all the emotions that had been suppressed for so long in one go.

"Do you think I want to do this kind of shameful thing? Am I doing this for yourself? Huh?"

The argument didn't last long. The fierce confrontation from just moments ago suddenly subsided, leaving only the woman's irrepressible sobs in the dim room.

Xiao Yun in the corner didn't know why her parents were arguing. Timidly, she walked up to her mother and opened her small hands, revealing those two crumpled White Rabbit creamy candies.

"Mommy, don't cry. The candy Uncle Chen Ze gave me is for Mommy!"

The woman lowered her head abruptly. Looking at her daughter's pure and clueless expression, her tears instantly breached the dam, falling in large drops onto the candy wrapper.

"Chen Ze! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"