Jiang Cixu was determined to lead them on the right path and take better care of them, but his status prevented him from taking care of both.
There is no intention but no power.
The two of them played with their children all afternoon, and their lunch was just a simple meal. Song Jinhe was not used to the strange-tasting black paste, so he didn't eat much.
Tired from playing, all the children crawled into the soft quilts and fell asleep. Their faces and bodies were dirty, but they were indeed much better than the children outside who were sold as commodities.
Song Jinhe felt that Jiang Cixu was indeed a very good person in power.
The two left Jiang Cixu's home and returned to the villa where Song Jinhe and Cheng Qianhuai lived.
Although he was close to Tao Shuangxue, Song Jinhe was not so impulsive as to bring out those good things to entertain her. He just handed her a glass of warm water.
"You must be thirsty after telling them stories for so long. Drink some water to moisten your throat."
Pushing the cup over, Song Jinhe stretched his sore feet and put his feet into his slippers with a grin on his face.
Although the blisters have been treated, I still feel a bit sore from walking too much today.
Tao Shuangxue picked up the cup and took a sip, then asked curiously: "Are you planning to settle here with Cheng Qianhuai in the future?
If you want to find a suitable job, you can come to me. I have a lot of high-paying and easy jobs, and I can take you with me when I go on missions. "
Song Jinhe shook his head: "I haven't decided yet. I plan to try living in the base with Mr. Cheng Qianhuai. If I can't get used to it, I will choose to leave."
Tao Shuangxue was a little surprised after hearing what she said.
"Are you sure? It's so dangerous outside, how can the base be safe?
Besides, now that supplies are increasingly scarce, the base is recruiting survivors to go out and scavenge for supplies and some rare metals. This is a good time to catch up.
As long as you are willing to work harder during this period, you will definitely have a bumper harvest. When you have more supplies in hand, you may be able to make a name for yourself in the base. "
Tao Shuangxue drank all the water in the cup: "Besides, what can't Cheng Qianhuai do with his ability?
He started his own business when he was in college and has always been a leader in our eyes. As long as he is willing to stay in the base, he can at least earn the title of captain, and then your life will only get better and better. "
Song Jinhe smiled and drank water, but did not answer Tao Shuangxue's question.
Cheng Qianhuai never seemed to want to leave her, and now he was busy behind Jiang Cixu just to help relieve some of his brother's burden.
I have to say that he does respect her wishes enough and always puts her thoughts first.
She is also willing to make compromises. As long as Cheng Qianhuai expresses her intention to stay after three months, she will not refuse.
The two of them were talking about something to talk about, but they never thought that a crackling sound suddenly came from outside the window.
Song Jinhe stood up and went to the window, only to see hailstones the size of billiard balls falling rapidly. All survivors who failed to escape in time were more or less injured.
She frowned slightly. In the past, he and Cheng Qianhuai had off-road vehicles to hide in. This guy left the safe zone today and didn't know if there was a place to hide.
Tao Shuangxue, who was standing nearby, seemed to notice her worry and walked to the window and patted her shoulder gently.
“Relax and don’t think too much.
The situation is like this now, maybe a hailstorm will fall down at some point.
But neither of them are fools, and they will definitely find a place of refuge and return safely. "
She seemed to be saying this to Song Jinhe, but also seemed to be saying it to herself.
I stood quietly in front of the window and watched the hail falling rapidly. It took more than an hour for it to stop. Many of the unprotected walls and glass had been shattered into debris. The safe area It was a mess inside.
Seeing that the hail stopped, Tao Shuangxue left in a hurry, heading towards the base gate.
Song Jinhe originally thought about going out with her, but he looked down at his feet and slowly returned to the sofa to wait.
She is not familiar enough with the base now, so instead of going out to look for Cheng Qianhuai, she would be better off waiting for him to come back at home.
If he couldn't find her when he got home, he might have to drag his tired body out to look for her again.
Sitting on the sofa from dawn to dusk, the sound of a key turning was finally heard in front of the door.
Song Jinhe hurriedly greeted him, looked up and down his slightly tired body, and reluctantly relaxed after not seeing any wounds.
"What have you been busy with today? I'm worried to death when you come back after so long."
Song Jinhe helped him take off the backpack from his shoulders and hurriedly brought him a glass of warm water from the space.
Cheng Qianhuai's hands were stained with a lot of blood, and his body could not be said to be very clean. Song Jinhe simply took him into the space, pushed him into the bathroom and cleaned himself up.
After cleaning himself from head to toe, Cheng Qianhuai walked out of the bathroom, wiped his wet hair, sat on the sofa next to Song Jinhe and took her into his arms.
"I originally thought that the safe zone would always be safer than Yuncheng, but I never thought it would become such a mess."
He sighed slightly, hooked the end of Song Jinhe's hair, and wrapped it around his fingertips.
"It's not peaceful inside the base, and it's not much better outside. Today, Lao Jiang and I went out to deal with a group of bandits who were robbing us along the road.
I originally thought they were just some minions, but who would have thought that these people actually had guns in their hands. The team lost two members before barely solving this hidden danger. "
Song Jinhe frowned: "Why would Jiang Cixu be the one to deal with these people? Shouldn't the higher-ups of the base send people to remove this kind of danger buried around the survivors?"
Cheng Qianhuai shook his head helplessly, raised his hand and gently scratched the tip of her nose.
"It's not that simple. Nowadays, the safe zone only maintains superficial peace. Everyone covets the position of the safe zone director. No one at the top of the base takes the lives of the survivors seriously.
Jiang Cixu now holds the largest private team in the entire base and has a lot of say in the base.
But his heart is too biased towards the survivors, which has damaged the interests of many other people in power. Therefore, any thankless things will be pushed to him by the group of people, in order to suppress him in every trivial matter. Let him bow his head. "
Song Jinhe's eyes were clear, and it could be imagined that when people's hearts become dirty, the pure and perfect goodness becomes intolerable mistakes.
Jiang Cixu's living environment in the base is being continuously suppressed, and his subordinates are also deliberately sent to some dangerous places to deal with them, in order to eat away at the power behind him and weaken his threat to them.
"Don't you think that the dangers around the safety zone are all caused by them?"
Song Jinhe asked: "Whether it's the checkpoint we passed when we first came to the safe zone, or the bandits you just killed.
Their strength and the number of firearms in their hands are not something that ordinary private teams can easily possess.
If there is one reason that must be given, it is that they have a bigger backer behind them, which is continuously supplying them with weapons and manpower. "
