Chapter 153: My vision is obscured and I feel a little trapped
Gu Wenxing glanced coldly at the group of strangers, opened the door, put his hand on the roof of the car, and helped his sister get out of the car.
As soon as Gu Wenyue got out of the car, she was dragged by Gu Wenxing and stuffed behind him without even seeing their faces.
Zheng Renjie didn't notice who came down behind him. He just smiled and said to Gu Wenxing, "What do you call this little brother?"
Gu Jinguo stepped forward to block his view, took over his words and said: "Zhang Xingchen."
Zheng Renjie nodded, and the smile on his face deepened: "What a good name. Guys, come in and sit down."
When he turned around, he saw several brothers not far away, and his eyes fell vaguely on the seemingly thin figure behind Gu Wenxing.
His footsteps paused, and then he asked: "Brother Zhang, who is this lady?"
Gu Wenxing took a step away, blocking his view, and said coldly: "My sister, Zhang Mingyue."
Zheng Renjie said "Oh" twice, lowered his eyes, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and strode into the service station.
The four of them took their backpacks and followed him in. As soon as they entered, they felt that the light suddenly dimmed.
Gu Jinguo looked at the service area calmly. The originally neat and clean floors and stores inside became messy. Because they had not been cleaned for a long time, they were all covered with a dark color.
Red blood flowed in many places, but it was wiped away roughly, leaving only a layer of black and red marks.
There were four men guarding the bathroom door. When they passed by, several people's eyes were fixed on them. Gu Wenxing gave them a cold look and shrank back.
Zheng Renjie led a few people to the innermost store where the rolling shutter door was halfway down. He patted the rolling shutter door, making a sound of iron sheets colliding.
Someone pulled up the rolling shutter door from inside.
Zheng Renjie then walked in with a few people. It was originally a large restaurant, but now there were more than a dozen people sitting here and there.
Gu Wenyue and Zhao Minan were protected by two men at the back. Gu Wenyue vaguely saw a group of men sitting inside, no old people, children, and no women.
She frowned. Ever since she met this group of people, there were only men.
Zheng Renjie said: "Friends, these are all my brothers. You can sit down wherever you want, and go get some food."
A man with acne scars on his face responded to the call. Passing by the Gu family, there was a vague stench coming from them.
Gu Jinguo refused: "No need to bother, we have brought food."
Zheng Renjie winked at Lezi, who rolled his eyes and returned to his seat.
Zhao Minan took the opportunity and whispered: "There are all superpowers here, nine first-level, six second-level, and that leper is second-level."
Zheng Renjie showed his bright and dazzling but fiery smile again, but the light in the store was too dim, making it difficult to see clearly.
"Brother Zhang, sit down and rest. Are you coming from Jingshi?"
Gu Jinguo's eyes quickly circled around the store, and finally walked to an open space in the corner. There was supposed to be a dining table here, but it was empty for some reason. He took off his backpack and took out a picnic mat from the bag. He spread it quickly on the ground to signal his family to rest for a while.
After finishing these tasks, he walked up to Zheng Renjie, nodded to him, and answered his question: "Yes. Go find your family."
Zheng Renjie asked further: "Going to Haishi? Jiangshi? Or somewhere else?"
"I don't know. I only know the address before the end of the world. Let's try our luck."
Zheng Renjie pulled up a stool and sat down, motioning for Gu Jinguo to sit down and chat.
Gu Jinguo glanced at the dirty stool and rejected his kindness: "I have been driving for a long time. I will stand for a while and stretch my muscles. Mr. Zheng, how long have you been here?"
The two chatted back and forth for a while, and Gu Jinguo took out a crumpled pack of cigarettes from his arms and handed it to him: "Thank you, let's have a day off and leave early tomorrow morning."
Zheng Renjie took the cigarette and grinned.
He only cares about a few people entering this service area and doesn't care when they plan to leave. He waved to Gu Jinguo and saw him walking to the other three people and sitting down. He tore open the cigarette case, took out a cigarette, held it in his mouth and sneered.
Gu Wenyue used the cover of her backpack to take out a few pieces of bread, compressed biscuits, and a few bottles of water, and placed them on the picnic mat.
After sitting in the car for a long time, I feel hungry.
She tore open a bag of compressed cookies and took a bite.
Although there were a lot of compressed biscuits stored in the space, this was the first time she ate them. The aroma of crispy scallion biscuits was mixed with overly salty and rich oil vapor, and she even bit into one. There are no grains of salt that melt.
It didn't taste good. She frowned, took the water handed over by her brother, and took a big gulp.
Gu Jinguo shared the information he learned with his family: "This group of people took root in the service area more than half a month ago, and there are people from other forces further ahead. This section of the road is the best section to take. It won't be easy to walk for hundreds of kilometers. Get some rest and leave as soon as we can get on the road. If they stop us, then..."
At the end of the sentence, he silenced himself, tore off a piece of bread in his hand, put it into his mouth and chewed it.
Several people understood what he meant.
Zhao Minan took out a small pack of gummy candies from her bag, handed it to her daughter, and said in a low voice: "There is something wrong with these people. You two, don't eat what they give you. Remember?"
Gu Wenyue nodded, took the snack from her mother's hand, and stuffed the half compressed biscuit that she couldn't eat in the corner.
Zheng Renjie looked at the four people eating together, took out a small bag of dried meat from his arms, and bit off a large piece, his eyes staring directly at them.
Suddenly, the rolling shutter door rang again, and two men walked in from the outside.
Gu Wenyue raised her eyes and saw two familiar faces - the people who stopped them on the highway.
The two people only glanced at them, then walked over to Zheng Renjie and whispered to him.
Zheng Renjie patted someone on the shoulder and strode over: "Brother Zhang, would you like to take a look inside later? There are still a lot of useful things in here."
Gu Jinguo shook his head and said: "Thank you brother for your kindness. We are too tired, so just rest here."
Zheng Renjie agreed, turned around and walked out the door.
After eating and drinking, Gu Wenyue felt a little sleepy, so she tugged on Gu Wenxing's arm.
Gu Wenxing looked down and saw that his sister's head was getting sleepy little by little, so he turned sideways and let her lean against him.
Seeing that his daughter was sleepy, Gu Jinguo said, "Let's go to the car and rest."
Places with people are not necessarily safer than outside.
Zhao Minan nodded and stood up following Gu Jinguo's strength, feeling a little sleepy.
Gu Jinguo quickly put away his things, picked up his wife and daughter's backpacks, and walked out first. Gu Wenxing used his arms to lift his sister horizontally.
Zheng Renjie was standing not far away smoking. When he saw them coming out of the store, he raised his eyebrows, put out the cigarette and put it in his pocket: "Brother Zhang, why don't you rest inside?"
"No, let's go back to the car."
Zheng Renjie stepped forward, bent slightly and said, "Then I'll have someone take you off."
As he said that, he shouted: "Sick man, come and see me off!"
The man called Lezi trotted over, bringing with him a faint strange stench.
Gu Wenyue wrinkled her nose and patted her brother on the shoulder: "Brother, I'll go by myself."
As soon as she landed, she felt like the world was spinning and she almost fell to the ground.
Dear friends, I don’t know if there is something wrong with the compressed biscuits I bought, or if the compressed biscuits are just like this. They are really good! Disaster! eat! ah!
(Crying, darkness creeps——)
(End of this chapter)