Chapter 731 The Unexpected Person
Wang Tao never expected that he would see Ding Yuqin's husband Zhao Yuan here.
"He is still alive..."
Wang Tao's expression suddenly felt strange.
In the current situation, Ding Yuqin will be very embarrassed if Zhao Yuan is alive. Do you want to tell Ding Yuqin...
Wang Tao touched his chin.
It doesn't matter to him. Regardless of whether Zhao Yuan is alive or not, Ding Yuqin is his. After all, he promised her in the previous life, and he also has the strength.
But if Ding Yuqin knew that Zhao Yuan was still alive, it might be difficult to tell. After all, Ding Yuqin had not experienced much with Wang Tao in this life, and the relationship was definitely not that deep.
As for killing Zhao Yuan... Wang Tao didn't know that he was that bad. With his strength, he didn't need such means.
While thinking, Wang Tao looked at Zhao Yuan again.
Compared with before, Zhao Yuan has changed a lot. In the past, he was gentle, seemed to be very knowledgeable, and was a successful person. But now, he is wearing a suitable military uniform, with a cold face and a sharp look on his eyebrows, and he looks quite like that.
"Are you joining the military..."
Just as Wang Tao was touching his chin and thinking, a fat woman with a cane appeared and walked towards Zhao Yuan.
Seeing the woman, Zhao Yuan's serious and cold face showed a warm smile. He helped the woman lift the broken hair from her forehead, revealing a face with several scars. The two whispered quietly for a while, and then left together.
Because they took another door, Zhao Yuan did not find Wang Tao.
"Mr. Wang, those are Colonel Zhao and his wife from our base."
The soldier leading the way looked at Wang Tao and suddenly stared at Zhao Yuan. He immediately introduced them with a wink.
"Colonel?"
Wang Tao was even more surprised. In just a few days, he not only joined the military, but was also promoted to colonel. There is something!
As for that woman... Wang Tao can only say that Zhao Yuan's taste is quite unique. He doesn't want such a beautiful Ding Yuqin, but he actually likes this lame and disfigured woman.
Of course, Wang Tao doesn't know what happened between them. Maybe they helped each other in the apocalypse and experienced life and death together. It is normal for the two to have feelings for each other.
However, there was one problem that puzzled Wang Tao - Ding Yuqin had been unable to contact Zhao Yuan for a long time, thinking that something had happened to Zhao Yuan. But Zhao Yuan is alive and well now, which shows that he has not contacted Ding Yuqin.
Could it be that the phone was lost? But even if his phone is lost, he can't even remember his wife's phone number, right? And before today, communication has not been cut off, and he is doing well here. It should not be difficult to borrow a mobile phone to make a call...
"Brother, do you know him?"
Jiang Shixue was a little curious.
"Knowing."
Wang Tao nodded and didn't say much. Do business first and see him later.
"Mr. Wang, we have arrived."
The soldiers took Wang Tao and Wang Tao to the command center upstairs and pushed the door open. The layout inside was somewhat similar to the command center of Wuyang City Military Base.
"Welcome, welcome! I am Bai Hao."
A middle-aged man in military uniform who looked very energetic walked over with a smile. It was Bai Hao, the actual leader of the Red Stone Base.
"Hello, I am Wang Tao, and this is my sister Jiang Shixue."
Wang Tao reached out and shook his hand.
"I didn't expect that you could actually come here from Shuize County, and there are only two of you... It must have been a difficult journey for you, right? But with your physique, you are a master at first sight!"
Bai Hao was a little emotional and surprised. He didn't expect Wang Tao to bring a little girl and a cat with him... Are you sure this doesn't make survival more difficult? But he didn't ask in detail.
"It's really not easy."
Wang Tao nodded.
"Thank you for your hard work! It happens to be noon, let's go have a meal together and chat while eating?" Bai Hao said again.
In the last days, the best way to treat guests is to treat them to a meal.
"The relationship is so good, I'm already hungry!"
Wang Tao said with a smile.
"Haha, let's go then."
Bai Hao took Wang Tao directly to the private room of the restaurant downstairs.
This restaurant is specially designed to provide food to their military. Although the food is not rich compared to before the end of the world, the amount is definitely enough. It can be seen that they are not short of food currently.
But since we are entertaining guests, we must eat better than usual. Bai Hao asked the chef to use fresh ingredients for today's meal.
"Well, although there is no shortage of food now, these foods are all reserved grains saved before the end of the world. There is nothing wrong with the food itself, but the taste is just average. There are fewer and fewer fresh ingredients. If it weren't for you guys coming all the way, I’m still reluctant to eat it!”
Bai Hao seems to have no airs and is very down-to-earth. If it weren't for the military uniform, his identity might have been ignored.
"Then we'll be in for a treat!"
While Wang Tao and Bai Hao were chatting, some more people in military uniforms came over one after another.
These people are all high-level officials of the Red Stone Base. They heard that someone came all the way from Shuize County, and they all wanted to come over to see who they were and have a meal.
"Hello, Chief! I'm here to have a meal, I hope it's approved!"
Some people also said bluntly.
"You kid, you're already here, can I still drive you away?"
Bai Hao laughed and cursed.
It can be seen that Bai Hao's prestige among them is still very high, and he is deeply loved by them. Their relationship is also very good. Although they are superiors and subordinates at work, they are also friends in daily life.
From the status of the people in a survivor base, the current situation of the base can be judged; from the status of the top management in a survivor base, the potential of the base can be judged.
Judging from what Wang Tao has come across so far, both the people and the top management of this Redstone Base are in good condition. The Red Stone Base can definitely be developed. I don’t know why it suddenly fell in the last life...
At this time, three more people walked in.
A fat middle-aged man in military uniform, a young woman on crutches, and a young man in military uniform supporting her.
Seeing this scene, Wang Tao felt strange. I originally said that I would go find Zhao Yuan later, but I didn't expect to meet him again now.
"Old Bai, you're so unreasonable! You didn't even call me when there was something delicious!"
The slightly fat middle-aged man said loudly as soon as he entered the door.
"Hey! Didn't I hear Xiaolian say that I didn't bother you since you were drunk yesterday and you were still awake?"
Bai Hao spread his hands helplessly.
"Then I don't care, you have to compensate me with a bottle of wine!"
The slightly fat middle-aged man looked reluctant. Nowadays, whether it is cigarettes or liquor, they are both good things. Even in their base, they are very precious and cannot be bought with money.
"Okay, okay, here you go!"
Bai Hao opened the cabinet next to him, and there happened to be a bottle of liquor inside. Obviously, he had prepared this in advance.
"That's almost it!"
The fat middle-aged man immediately took the liquor happily, then looked at Wang Tao and said with admiration:
"This comrade is amazing! He was able to come to our Hongshi County alive from Shuize County! Now if we let our army attack, we may not be able to survive. After all, there are too many zombies outside!" "Better luck, I didn’t encounter many zombies on the road.”
Wang Tao explained with a smile.
Naturally, everyone would not take these words seriously, and just regarded Wang Tao as being humble. There may be lucky people in the apocalypse, but being able to travel dozens of kilometers from one county to another in the apocalypse cannot be explained by luck.
Bai Hao then took the initiative to introduce Wang Tao:
"Comrade Wang Tao, this is Ji Chen, General Ji. This is his daughter, Comrade Ji Lian, and this is his son-in-law..."
"Zhao Yuan."
Wang Tao suddenly spoke.
"Eh? Do you know each other?"
Bai Hao and others looked at Wang Tao curiously.
At this time, Zhao Yuan was a little dumbfounded. He never expected to see Wang Tao here!
"Brother Zhao and I are from the same hometown, and we have been neighbors before, living across the street."
Wang Tao explained with a smile.
As the saying goes, when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager, his eyes well up with tears. Logically speaking, you should be very excited to see your fellow villagers in the apocalypse. But at this time, Zhao Yuan's reaction was somewhat beyond Wang Tao's expectations. He didn't seem very excited, but rather...frightened?
However, Zhao Yuan reacted quickly. After he was shocked, he immediately showed a look of joy.
"Yes, yes! Wang Tao and I have known each other for a long time, and we had a good relationship before!"
After briefly explaining to everyone, Zhao Yuan looked at Wang Tao again and sighed:
"When the apocalypse broke out, I contacted you, but I never got in touch. I thought you..."
"Haha, I'm lucky. Before the apocalypse broke out, I was stunned due to an accidental electric shock. When I woke up, I found that the world was ending..."
Wang Tao explained with a smile, then looked at Zhao Yuan and said slowly:
"Brother Zhao sent me a message asking me to do something. I saw it when I woke up, but I couldn't contact Brother Zhao at that time. I thought something had happened to Brother Zhao... Now that I see that Brother Zhao is fine, I will Don’t worry, and I can just tell Brother Zhao what you asked me to do..."
"Cough-cough-"
Zhao Yuan suddenly coughed, interrupting Wang Tao's words, and then when others were not paying attention, he gave Wang Tao a blink of an eye.
Although Wang Tao didn't understand what he meant by blinking, judging from Zhao Yuan's current mood, it seemed that he didn't want to continue talking.
So Wang Tao shut up, but looked at Zhao Yuan with an inexplicable look.
"Husband, what did you ask Mr. Wang for?"
Ji Lian, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
"Ah? Oh, I have a cat at home. I hope Wang Tao can take care of it if he has the ability!"
Zhao Yuan saw the black cat lying on Wang Tao's shoulder and immediately became anxious and wise.
"Oh...that's it! This black cat is so beautiful. What's its name?"
Ji Lian looked at the black cat and asked curiously.
"Treading on the snow."
Wang Tao took the initiative to explain.
"What a name!"
Ji Lian didn't seem to like cats very much. After asking her name, she didn't say anything more, let alone pet her.
Taxue glanced at her and then said "meow".
Others didn't pay attention to its cry, but Wang Tao could understand it. It said that the woman named Ji Lian looked at it with a somewhat evil look, as if she wanted to kill it.
Although Ji Lian was just an ordinary person and could not threaten Ta Xue at all, Ta Xue still told Wang Tao about this.
Wang Tao touched Taxue's head to express receipt.
Through Zhao Yuan's reaction when he saw him and Zhao Yuan's current identity, Wang Tao felt that he seemed to know what was going on.
But after all, it was at the dinner party, so Wang Tao didn't say anything more. After the dishes were served, Wang Tao chatted with Bai Hao and the others while eating, and said no more to Zhao Yuando.
Bai Hao and the others were still very curious about the situation in Shuize County. They heard that there were more than 2,000 survivors in the Shuize base renovated by Shuize University, and everyone was a little stunned.
"Good boy! There are so many survivors! Wei Zhenguo and the others are quite capable!"
"We left in a hurry, and there were still many people who couldn't be saved. Fortunately, Wei Zhenguo rescued them! Unfortunately, they were too far away from us, and we probably won't be able to move to our Red Stone Base for the time being..."
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Wang Tao came to Hongshi Base mainly to see how the situation was here and whether people from Shuize Base could be transferred here.
Bai Hao and the others naturally said that there was no problem. The Red Stone Base was very large and could accommodate another 20,000 people, not to mention more than 2,000 people. They are already discussing how to bring more than two thousand people back safely.
Wang Tao did not participate in the discussion on how to transfer. As long as they agree, Wang Tao will naturally find a way. But there is still a question, and that is how the Red Stone Base fell in the previous life. If the reason for the collapse is not found, then the Red Stone Base in this life will still not be very safe. Wang Tao came here this time to help them investigate...
After the meal, Bai Hao asked someone to arrange a room for Wang Tao so that Wang Tao could have a good rest. They had a rescue operation in the afternoon and were going to work now.
When Wang Tao and Jiang Shixue entered the room and were about to close the door, Zhao Yuan appeared sneakily.
Just as Wang Tao was about to say hello, Zhao Yuan shushed, then came in directly and closed the door.
"Brother Zhao, what are you doing?"
Wang Tao was a little confused.
"Wang Tao, is she...still alive?"
Zhao Yuan's eyes were a little complicated.
"Are you talking about sister-in-law? She has food and drink, and is living well. Of course I take the things you entrust me to my heart."
When he heard that Ding Yuqin was not dead, the expression on Zhao Yuan's face changed. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said to Wang Tao:
"Wang Tao, because we have known each other for many years, do me a favor! Don't ever mention what I asked you to do before! Don't mention her again, just treat her as dead! Please!"
"Why?"
Wang Tao asked directly.
"You must have noticed that I have achieved some success in this red stone base, but this has a lot to do with my wife - my current wife Ji Lian."
Zhao Yuan looked embarrassed, but he still said it.
"I thought Yu Qin was dead before I got together with her, and that's what I told her, and her character is a bit jealous. If she thinks I lied to her on purpose, it will be troublesome... You Don’t worry, I won’t let your help go to waste! You will definitely live here in the future, right? I will find a way to repay you!”
After listening to Zhao Yuan's words, Wang Tao frowned and said:
"Brother Zhao, isn't this bad? My sister-in-law has been waiting for you to come back at home, but you..."
"Don't tell him I'm still alive! Just say I'm dead - no, just don't mention me!"
Zhao Yuan looked determined.
"This... alas!"
Wang Tao sighed helplessly, but he was sneering in his heart.
What Zhao Yuan said is very disgusting. Isn't this a heartless man who abandoned his wife and children for his own benefit?
And most importantly, Wang Tao felt that what Zhao Yuan said was not entirely true, and he also concealed something important...
(End of chapter)