"What the hell are you doing to shoot a bird? You beat half of this pigeon's body to pieces, and you still eat a piece of it..."
On the side of an inter-provincial highway not far from the golf club, Mr. Hu was standing in the field holding a tattered gray homing pigeon in his hand. His face was full of anger. He turned to look at Thomas Xu who jumped off the Dongfeng Warrior in a hurry. He threw the tattered pigeon at his feet and said angrily, "I finally encountered a fresh animal and beat you like this. You still want to drink pigeon soup? You can't even make up a pot of pigeon feathers."
"Can you blame me for this? The distance is only a hundred or two hundred meters. If you can hit it, my ancestors' graves will be smoking. You are so fucking squeaking. Why don't you hit yourself?" Thomas Xu glared at Boss Hu with the gun on his back, and bent down. He picked up the homing pigeon with only half of its body left with two fingers. Blood shook it in his hand and said, "It still has one leg and one wing. You can just eat it as a squab. It's a new product after all."
"Tch~ Then you can keep it for yourself and cook it slowly. There are so many people, and one lick will kill them all." Boss Hu curled his lips in disdain, lifted up his baggy jeans, and turned to look at the sparse tile-roofed houses behind him. His eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly pulled out the 92-style pistol inserted in his waistband. He patted Thomas Xu on the shoulder and shouted excitedly, "Look, look, it's a cat."
"Where, where is it? The cat meat is delicious." Thomas Xu immediately raised his head in surprise and threw away the pigeon in his hand. He looked in the direction of Boss Hu's finger and saw a white Persian cat lying lazily on the roof of a bungalow a hundred meters away. Thomas Xu immediately became energetic and then Throwing away half of the rotten homing pigeon in his hand, he quickly took off the rifle on his back and was about to take aim, but Boss Hu hurriedly held him down beside him and said angrily, "Are you sincere? How many taels of meat will be left even if you hit it from such a distance? Let's get closer and shoot it in the head when we are sure..."
"Master Lin, where are Thomas Xu and the others going? Aren't they going to pick up pigeons?"
By the side of the fierce vehicle, Bingbing, dressed only in a pair of sexy hot pants, was leaning against the car door drinking a cola. She looked at Thomas Xu and Boss Hu sneaking into the village and asked in confusion.
As Jack observed the road conditions ahead, he turned around upon hearing the words, took the bottle of mineral water that Cao Mei handed him, took a sip, and looked at the figures of Thomas Xu and the others who had already disappeared into the village. He shook his head and said, "I don't know, maybe they've found something good!"
"Huh? Could it be that there are still surviving village girls in that little village?" Gao Chujing, wearing a white tank top, stood by the tricycle being towed behind the car, bending down to check the ropes used to secure the rain cover. The tricycle was filled with food and drinking water they had collected from the clubhouse. Since there was no more room on the roof, they had to find a tricycle to tow behind. After hearing Bingbing's words, he took off his brand new white NewEra baseball cap and fanned himself, looking at the village ahead with the same confusion.
Thomas Xu and Hu Laoda didn't know what they were up to, so everyone had to wait around the car bored. But not even ten minutes had passed when a gunshot suddenly rang out from the village. From the sound, it should have been Thomas Xu's Type 81 rifle, but it only went off once and then fell silent, so everyone didn't pay much attention, assuming that Thomas Xu and the others had encountered a wandering zombie and dealt with it with a single shot!
However, just two or three minutes later, not only did Thomas Xu's Type 81 rifle start firing wildly, but even Hu Laoda's handgun began to fire recklessly. As soon as the sound erupted, even the women knew something was definitely wrong.
"Bai Ru, you and Cao Mei stay alert. Lao Gao, come with me!" Jack was startled. He didn't know whether Thomas Xu and the others had encountered zombies or living people, but he quickly opened the back door, pulled out two fully loaded Type 81 rifles, and tossed one to the anxious Gao Chujing. Jack pulled the gun bolt and, with Gao Chujing right behind him, rushed towards the village.
But before they could reach the village entrance, both Thomas Xu and Hu Laoda's guns fell silent. Jack furrowed his brows and immediately quickened his pace. Just then, the disheveled figures of Thomas Xu and Hu Laoda darted out from behind a red brick house.
Hu Laoda was running in front, looking extremely flustered, his face showing unmistakable fear. He held up an empty handgun in one hand and carried a soft white object in the other. Thomas Xu was about five or six meters behind him; although he was also panicked, he appeared much calmer than Hu Laoda. Just as he was about to turn the corner of the house, he quickly spun around, and his rifle went off, firing a burst. He then took off at a fast pace, leaving the panting Hu Laoda behind.
"Run! There are a lot of zombies behind us…"
From a distance, Thomas Xu saw Jack and the others rushing towards him and immediately waved his hands, shouting. But whether he shouted or not didn't really matter, as Jack and the others had already spotted the large group of zombies chasing after them. Looking at the crowded scene, there were at least a hundred of them, but from the identical blue uniforms on those zombies, they didn't seem like the villagers from the area.
However, Jack and the others didn't have time to think about that. Upon seeing the zombies, they immediately turned around and ran without a second thought. The women who had been gathered around the car were not foolish; seeing so many zombies chasing after them, they quickly dove into the car. Bai Ru was even more decisive; she jumped into the driver's seat, started the engine, quickly turned the steering wheel, and stepped on the gas to meet up with Jack and the others.
"Old Hu, what kind of plane are you playing with? Didn't you go to catch pigeons? Why are you heading into the village again?" Gao Chujing panted as he got into the car, squeezing next to Boss Hu while holding a gun, looking quite displeased at him and Thomas Xu. He glanced at the group of living corpses that were getting farther away behind the car, but his heart was still racing, thumping loudly.
"Damn it, don't mention it! It's all because I was tempted to try something fresh, all thanks to this dead cat!" Boss Hu said, raising the white object in his hand. Everyone focused their eyes and realized he was actually holding a plump white Persian cat.
"Oh? This cat seems to still be alive!" Xiao Min, who was squeezed in the trunk, leaned over and curiously touched the cat's belly, discovering that it was still breathing.
"It's not dead; I knocked it out with a brick!" Boss Hu proudly shook the Persian cat in his hand and pointed at it, saying, "Don't be fooled by how docile it is now; it was quite a ghost earlier. We were still dozens of meters away when it spotted us and ran off. Thomas Xu couldn't even hit it with his gun. In a fit of anger, we chased after it and finally managed to hit it with a stone from a tree, but who knew that behind the village was a factory? The stone not only hit it but also broke the factory's glass, and as a result, a whole bunch of living corpses rushed out. Luckily, we ran fast; it scared me to death!"
"You broke their glass, so of course, they would come after you! Come on, let me play with that cat!" Jiao Jiao, who was lying on Bing Bing's lap, reached out to grab the unconscious white cat. While petting its head, she noticed that there was a small golden tag hanging from the cat's neck. She pinched the tag and looked at it curiously, saying, "Oh? There are words on it... Mascot of Pansen Pharmaceutical Factory—Dubi! Ha, this cat is not just a stray; it's their mascot!"
"Dubi? Isn't that a dog's name? Why is it used for a cat?" Boss Hu scratched his chin and then pinched the cat's hind leg, quite satisfied as he said, "This cat is really fat; it can grow like this without anyone feeding it. But let me make it clear, I caught this cat, so how you divide it is up to you, but you have to leave one hind leg for me!"
"Huh? You... are you going to eat it?" As soon as Boss Hu said this, A Xue, who was holding Mikael, immediately sat up straight in the trunk and glared at Boss Hu with extreme surprise and hatred.
"Of course, I'm going to eat it! What else would I do with it?" Boss Hu looked at A Xue in disbelief and pointed at Mikael, saying, "Besides, don't you like dogs? You can't raise cats and dogs together; they'll fight!"
"Hey, hey, old man, what nonsense are you talking about? Do you think my noble Mikael is like those mutts? Keep talking and I'll bite you to death!" Mikael glared at Boss Hu, growling threateningly, and only then did Boss Hu remember that Mikael was almost human, so he naturally didn't dare to say more. He chuckled awkwardly, shrank his neck, and rubbed his hands, saying, "Hehe, Mikael, how about I save you a hind leg for dinner too?"
"Ha, that's good, I also like to eat cat hind legs, um…" Mikael's eyes lit up, but then he saw A Xue looking at him with a face full of grievance and pinching him hard. Mikael could only smile awkwardly and cautiously ask, "So, darling, we can't really keep this dead cat, right? The meowing is so annoying!"
"Brother Michael, please don't eat Dobby! It's so pitiful. I... my dad and I will take care of it!" As she spoke, Gao Yuanyuan, the daughter of Gao Chujiang, also wriggled out of William Fang's arms and pulled on one of Michael's paws, looking at him with a pitiful expression.
When Gao Yuanyuan called him brother, Michael inexplicably straightened his back and grinned widely at Gao Yuanyuan, saying, "Alright, if you don't want to eat, then we won't eat. Let's give Yuanyuan some face; who told our Yuanyuan to be so cute!"
"Hmm, thank you, Brother Michael!" Gao Yuanyuan immediately beamed with joy and leaned over to give Michael a kiss on the cheek.
"Well, you have the biggest mouth here, so if you say we won't eat, then we won't eat. I guess it was all for nothing!" Boss Hu looked extremely frustrated as he shot a glance at the smiling Michael and pouted.