Black Sky - Chapter 39

Hearing Bai Zi’s answer, Meng Yilan fell silent.

She didn’t know Bai Zi’s family situation, but she knew that Bai Zi had always hated her brother, Bai Sang, and that the two hadn’t seen each other for many years, so their relationship definitely wasn’t good.

Meng Yilan regretted it a little, thinking that she should have chatted with Bai Zi more, maybe she could have found out some information.

But soon, Meng Yilan was stunned by this thought that had suddenly appeared—why did I want to know more about Bai Zi’s family situation?

This was an absolutely impossible thought for the Meng Yilan of the past.

At this time, Bai Zi saw two or three guards arguing fiercely in the parking lot. Suddenly, one of the guards pulled out a knife and stabbed another guard to the ground.

The guard who had attacked was one of the subordinates who had come in with Uncle Hong earlier. He should have been carrying out orders, dealing with the bitten personnel.

This conflict didn’t attract Bai Zi’s attention. She had lost her curiosity to explore the surrounding things because of Meng Yilan’s question just now. After watching for a long while, Bai Zi silently put down the wooden board sealing the window.

Not long ago, she had wanted to find out the origin of the mutants, mainly because she was worried that more dangerous situations would arise next, or rather, she was worried that more dangerous situations that would be unfavorable to Meng Yilan would arise, after all, Bai Zi herself couldn’t die.

But now, she felt her actions were somewhat unnecessary.

Although Bai Zi didn’t remember why she had regarded Meng Yilan as her “light,” she did remember that Meng Yilan had said that after returning to Bei City, the two of them would no longer have any connection.

But perhaps it was her subconscious mind at work, but Bai Zi couldn’t help but worry about Meng Yilan in various ways.

Maybe her concern for Meng Yilan was too obvious, which was why the other party had suddenly asked that question—Bai Zi reflexively believed that Meng Yilan wanted to use this to imply that the two would part ways.

Perhaps she should, as Meng Yilan had implied, plan her next actions properly.

After all, she had forgotten a lot of memories about the old world, and she had only been in contact with this new world for a few days, so she should indeed make the corresponding preparations.

For a moment, neither Bai Zi nor Meng Yilan spoke. Their expressions seemed identical, but the thoughts in their heads were vastly different, and increasingly divergent.

“Cousin.” Liao Yuting, who had been silent, suddenly spoke.

The two turned their heads, and saw that the other person was still sitting on the armchair in the corner, her face still showing panic.

“I really didn’t know that my sister would do this kind of thing.” Liao Yuting grabbed the corner of her clothes uneasily.

Meng Yilan didn’t reply, only looking at the other party expressionlessly.

“The things that the company told us to do have always been carried out by my sister, I had no idea…”

“You don’t need to tell me this,” Meng Yilan finally spoke, but her tone was very indifferent. “I have nothing to do with ‘Hongya’.”

“The mutant who attacked us just now did come out of the wooden box,” Liao Yuting still continued on her own. “Although I don’t know the reason why the company is transporting these things, it should be related to some experiments.”

This sentence finally attracted Meng Yilan’s attention: “Experiments?”

“I don’t know what kind of experiments,” Liao Yuting shook her head. “For the past six months, my sister has been responsible for the detailed handover. Cousin, you know, I’ve never wanted to participate in the company’s affairs since I was a child. A year ago, I originally planned to go abroad…”

“You mean,” Meng Yilan raised her chin slightly, “Your sister betrayed the company without your knowledge?”

Liao Yuting immediately waved her hands anxiously: “My sister would never betray the company, there must be some unspeakable reason!”

Meng Yilan didn’t reply again, but turned her head, looking at Bai Zi, who was sitting on the sofa.

She had noticed long ago that from the moment Liao Yuting had opened her mouth, Bai Zi had seemed absent-minded.

The person who had been very interested in the pile of wooden boxes outside just now was now showing indifference to what Liao Yuting was saying, which was really strange.

“Cousin,” Seeing that Meng Yilan didn’t want to continue chatting with her, Liao Yuting directly stood up and walked to the other party’s side, saying in a low voice, “Uncle Hong said that he has to report this matter to the company’s higher-ups truthfully. If that’s the case, my sister will definitely be wanted, and I and my mom will also be implicated…”

Meng Yilan frowned slightly: “Yuting, I have no right to interfere with any arrangements of ‘Hongya’.”

“Cousin, I would never have come to this place,” Liao Yuting’s emotions began to get a little agitated. “But my mom suddenly arranged for Uncle Hong to change the direction of the convoy for you. This means that you’re very important to the Meng family, and you’ll definitely participate in the big and small affairs of ‘Hongya’ in the future…”

At this time, the door suddenly opened, and Uncle Hong walked in, his face even more gloomy. He obviously heard Liao Yuting’s words.

Uncle Hong’s expression was solemn, and he changed the subject a little stiffly: “Miss Meng,” He looked at Bai Zi, who was sitting on the sofa in a daze, “Miss Bai, there’s a buffet in the main hall. If you two are hungry, you can come out to eat at any time, or I can have someone bring it over.”

Bai Zi, who had been silent, seemed to suddenly wake up from a dream. She stood up with Mao Mao on her back, and said with an eager expression: “Really? That’s great, I’m starving.”

After saying that, she left the room on her own with Mao Mao on her back, looking as if she had wanted to leave the room for a long time.

Seeing Bai Zi like this, Meng Yilan couldn’t help but purse her lips, but also raised her leg and followed her out.

The “main hall” that Uncle Hong had mentioned was actually the very center of the entire shopping mall.

At this time, the pile of wooden boxes that had originally been placed in the main hall had been moved away, and instead, a large bonfire had been lit.

Next to the bonfire, there were actually two or three small food trucks parked, with all kinds of cooked food on them, with a wide variety of types, including meat and vegetables, and even all kinds of drinks.

Seven or eight injured people who had already had their wounds bandaged were sitting by the bonfire, enjoying the food while chatting and laughing, and even Sister Hua was sitting next to them, drinking hot soup.

At first glance, it was like a bonfire party was being held.

But Bai Zi clearly remembered that not long ago, a terrible disaster had just occurred in the parking lot, and several people had lost their lives.

Perhaps, this was the “new world” that she needed to adapt to as soon as possible.

Bai Zi walked to the food truck, looking at the food placed on it, and was stunned in place.

It wasn’t the monotonous canned food with a shelf life of several years, nor was it the boring grilled meat without any seasoning, but a pile of dishes that Bai Zi couldn’t name, but had been carefully cooked—such as stir-fried shrimp, sweet and sour fish, braised pork, and even yam and mutton soup, as well as all kinds of fruits and desserts, like a buffet.

Presumably, the chef in charge of cooking in the convoy hadn’t been injured in the accident just now.

Mao Mao on Bai Zi’s back called out excitedly a few times, but it didn’t dare to reach out to take the food, only obediently clinging to Bai Zi’s back, looking at the food truck in front of it with an expectant expression.

“Sorry,” Uncle Hong bent down, took out two sets of tableware from the lower level of the food truck, and said to Meng Yilan and Bai Zi, “The types of dishes are limited, so I can only wrong you two for now.”

Bai Zi forced a stiff smile at Uncle Hong: “It’s okay.”

She hadn’t suffered this kind of “wrong” for many years. Thinking of this, Bai Zi only felt even more wronged.

Meng Yilan took the tableware, scooped up some fruit and hot food, and turned around to go to a long bench in the corner, but she didn’t start eating immediately, but instead looked up at Bai Zi.

At this time, Bai Zi was standing by the food truck, but looking in another direction—the accompanying doctor was treating the wounds of seven or eight injured people by the bonfire.

After a few seconds, Bai Zi suddenly walked quickly towards that side, and Mao Mao, who had been directly taken away from the food truck, patted Bai Zi’s head in annoyance.

Meng Yilan watched Bai Zi talk to the doctor, who was carrying a medicine box, for a few sentences, took a small bag of medicine, and then turned around, walking straight towards her.

“The wound on your hand,” Bai Zi handed the medicine in her hand to Meng Yilan, “needs to be changed.”

Before leaving the prison, the accompanying doctor had simply treated Meng Yilan’s wound. Although Bai Zi didn’t know about this, she had actually noticed it when she had first woken up in the car.

And now, an irresistible intuition forced Bai Zi to urge Meng Yilan to change her medicine.

Meng Yilan didn’t speak, only picking up an apple and handing it to Mao Mao on Bai Zi’s back.

Almost instantly, Mao Mao leaped off Bai Zi’s back nimbly, and squatted down at Meng Yilan’s feet with a comfortable expression, gnawing on the apple wildly.

Bai Zi glared at Mao Mao helplessly, put the medicine next to Meng Yilan, and turned to go to the food truck.

Meng Yilan rubbed Mao Mao’s head, and then moved her gaze to Bai Zi not far away.

The latter was circling around the food truck, really like a customer who was silently selecting dishes in a buffet restaurant. After a long while, she filled her plate, but at the moment she looked up, she made eye contact with Meng Yilan.

Bai Zi was stunned, and then unconsciously wanted to walk towards the other party—like before.

But this time, she deliberately suppressed this impulse, and carrying the food in her hand, sat down next to Sister Hua.

Seeing this scene, Meng Yilan frowned, and the confusion in her eyes was replaced by a hint of coldness.

Deliberately ignoring the gaze that Meng Yilan was casting, Bai Zi put a large piece of braised pork in her mouth. When her taste buds tasted the familiar taste, she immediately let out a happy sigh.

And not far away, Meng Yilan couldn’t help but be slightly stunned after witnessing the satisfied expression on Bai Zi’s face.

She still remembered that this person hadn’t eaten any food for the past few days.

At that time, Meng Yilan had thought that it was because Bai Zi’s body had undergone a mutation, causing her to lose interest in all food, but now it seemed that this wasn’t the case.

Sister Hua, who was sitting next to Bai Zi, quickly noticed the gaze that Meng Yilan was casting from time to time, but she didn’t say much, only burying her head and eating her food.

“Sister Hua,” Bai Zi swallowed the braised pork in her mouth, and asked softly, “What are your plans after returning to Bei City?”

Sister Hua couldn’t help but frown.

She didn’t want to reveal her whereabouts to others, especially to a person like Bai Zi, whose background she didn’t know at all. Moreover, Bai Zi, who had always been taciturn, was now taking the initiative to talk to her, and this point alone was already very suspicious.

Now, she only hoped to return to Bei City as soon as possible, ending this mission.

Although this trip had been full of twists and turns, in the farm where she had separated from Lin Quwei, Meng Yilan had promised her that after returning to Bei City, she would give her a generous reward. In this way, her wish to find a stable place to live in the green zone would soon be realized.

“I was planning to go to Lingnan City,” Bai Zi didn’t mind Sister Hua’s cold attitude, but instead said her plans to the other party frankly. “Do you know the situation there?”

“Lingnan City?” Sister Hua finally opened her mouth, but with a suspicious expression. “That’s a red zone, what are you going there for?”

Bai Zi’s expression froze slightly.

She remembered that Fatty Qiu had said that the places that had been designated as “red zones” had become hell, no different from the places she had been to these past few days—dangerous, full of mutants, and staying inside meant that her life was in danger at any time.

But that place was Bai Zi’s hometown.

“If you really want to go, it’s not difficult,” Sister Hua continued. “You can have Miss Meng arrange it for you.”

Bai Zi’s thoughts paused, and then said casually: “After returning to Bei City, I probably won’t contact her anymore.”

“Huh?” Sister Hua seemed to have heard something unbelievable, and couldn’t help but glance at Meng Yilan not far away.

A person who could make the young lady of the Hongya Group go to such great lengths to rescue was saying that she wouldn’t contact her anymore? What a joke!

“What’s wrong?” Bai Zi’s mouth was full of rice, and with her chubby cheeks, she looked like a hamster chewing on sunflower seeds.

But before Sister Hua could answer, this hamster was attracted by a guard who had just walked in from the parking lot.

Bai Zi immediately recognized that the other party was the guard who had stabbed another guard with a knife in the parking lot just now.

At this time, he had a sneaky expression, looking around for a while, and then quickly walked towards Meng Yilan.

A bad premonition surged into her heart. Bai Zi didn’t think too much and put down the food in her hand, but before she could stand up, another guard rushed in, pointing at the guard who was walking towards Meng Yilan and shouting loudly: “Catch him, he’s been bitten!”

In the next moment, Bai Zi saw that the guard had forcefully pulled Meng Yilan into his arms, and then quickly took out a handgun, pointing the muzzle at Meng Yilan’s temple.

“Everyone, don’t come over here!” He shouted excitedly, his face flushed red. “If you dare to take another step closer, I’ll shoot her!”

Seeing this scene, a familiar agitation suddenly surged from the depths of Bai Zi’s body.