Chapter 42: A Startling Sight

Amidst the noise, the first to arrive at the scene was a police van. As soon as the van stopped, two people dressed as policemen got out and told us to follow them.

“I need an ambulance, straight to the hospital.” I didn’t understand why the police were the first to arrive. My whole brain was still in shock from Jenny’s shock, but at least I understood one thing, and that was that we needed to go to the hospital.

“Just go to the hospital. Hurry up and follow us.” One of the policemen didn’t say anything, but the other whispered in my ear and took something out of his pocket and waved it in front of me. I immediately recognized it as a work ID card belonging to Zhao Hong’s department.

I was puzzled. Why did so many people come when we came out of the warehouse? It was as if Jenny’s appearance was a coincidence, like a movie rescue, and why was Yan Yi waiting outside the warehouse? Then, even the people from the department came. The noise outside was so loud that I didn’t know who else would come.

Is there a reason behind this?

No matter how confused I was, everyone’s injuries could not be delayed, so I took everyone to the police car. After getting in, I was surprised to discover that it was actually an ambulance disguised as a police car, and the interior was completely an ambulance!

No one said a word, and the car started the moment we got in, leaving the scene at breakneck speed. Zhao Hong, who was the most seriously injured, was carried onto the ambulance bed, and a doctor and nurse immediately treated his wounds.

There was another nurse disinfecting the wounds of the others. Everything was very quiet, and no one explained anything or asked questions. It was normal for them not to explain, and this was the style of the department. We were very tired, so tired that we didn’t even bother to ask anything.

With a cigarette in my mouth, I leaned against the window with my mind almost completely blank. It was only at this time that I completely relaxed. I was especially weak after the medicine had worn off, and the wounds began to hurt violently at this time. I had no energy to think about anything, and my mind was completely blank.

Outside the window, it looked very lively, with cars and people all rushing towards the warehouse that had caught fire. I couldn’t figure out which forces were involved or what they were doing here. I always felt that I was an important little shrimp in the whole thing, and that many people were staring at me, but they were staring down at me.

But I myself don’t know anything!

I closed my eyes in exhaustion, too lazy to look or think. Maybe it was because the car was driving so smoothly that I just wanted to sleep quietly. I was half asleep, and the burning pain from the nurse treating my wound couldn’t stop me from falling asleep.

I don’t know how long it was, but when you’re in a daze, you don’t have a sense of time. Suddenly, my hand felt a sharp pain, and I opened my eyes. Looking down, I saw the nurse cleaning my wound with a cotton swab, which was pressed tightly against my wound.

“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, the car suddenly braked…” The nurse explained to me anxiously. From her expression, I could tell that she had been told something before we left. Anyway, she was very respectful to us, and I didn’t want to argue with a nurse.

I said lightly that it didn’t matter, but I was wondering why there had been a sudden emergency stop. Thinking about it, I gently lifted the curtain a little and saw that the car had already left the warehouse area and was on the outskirts of the city on the way back to the city. It seemed that a car was parked in front of the car, and the two policemen who had just picked us up were negotiating something.

I frowned slightly and asked the doctor, “Is he okay?” I was referring to Zhao Hong.

“He’s been treated briefly, but we’ll have to wait until he gets back to the hospital to treat the rest of his injuries. The main concern is infection,” the doctor said quickly.

It was really one thing after another. I was intercepted just for taking a ride. Should I go down and see what was going on? Thinking this way, I sighed in exhaustion and was just about to move when one of the two people who had just gotten out of the car came up to me and said, “Mr. Chen, we are here to see you. We mean no harm, but we must give you something.”

Give me something? I asked, “What are these people’s identities?”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Chen, but their identities seem to be very mysterious. We haven’t received any information yet, but we will investigate it as soon as possible. Let’s go down with you,” the man explained.

I nodded and got out of the car. It was only then that I realized that the reason my car had to slam on the brakes was because a car had stopped in the middle of the road.

Two people were waiting for me under the car, dressed impeccably in the middle of the night, with short-sleeved shirts and ties. I didn’t bother to ask if they were hot or not, but I did notice that they were carrying a very advanced-looking box.

“I don’t have much time. If you have something to give me, just say it,” I said to the two men.

The man carrying the case hesitated for a moment, but then said, “Someone told us to give this to you. If you touch anything in the warehouse, this might be a good thing to have.”

What does it mean? At first I didn’t understand, but after a moment I immediately understood鈥攑oison? Or rather, the poison of those monsters! Originally, I was planning to use Taoist methods to remove the poison, but I never expected someone to send this to me!

When I thought about this, I immediately thought of the identity of these people. They should be related to Company A, and they might even be from the parent company, Company C. So who else would send me medicine? I was afraid that only one person was possible!

Brother Sheng!

This answer made me extremely depressed! Seeing those zombies in the warehouse, their similarities to the old village chief made me think of Brother Sheng. I couldn’t help but suspect him, because in the deserted village, he once said some strange things to me. His teacher’s research, and before he got on the plane, Xiao Chengqian’s organization once used a suitcase to tempt him.

I have repeatedly thought about this scene, wondering what was in the suitcase. No matter whether I analyze it, guess it, or simply use my intuition to predict it, I can only think of one thing鈥攑urple plants!

So, when I see those zombies, I wonder if this is the result of Sheng’s research. Today, someone came to deliver medicine, is this to prove my guess? Sheng actually researched this!

The man saw me standing there, uncertain, and without any nonsense, he just shoved the suitcase into my hands. Then the two of them turned and left. As I opened the car door, I sensitively felt someone watching me in the car. I suddenly looked up, and in the blink of an eye, I saw a familiar figure in the car. As I looked at him, he was turning his head…

I couldn’t see his face clearly, but I was almost certain it was Sheng. The sound of the car door closing was “pang,” and the sound of the engine starting was “woo.” I suddenly realized what was going on and rushed over like a madman!

I slapped the car window and yelled, “Yang Sheng, you son of a bitch, get down here!”

“Yang Sheng, you son of a bitch, you don’t dare face me, do you?”

“Yang Sheng, have you forgotten about your sister-in-law Jingyi? Have you ever seen your son once?”

The car window was rattling, but there was no response from inside. The car turned without mercy, and I was carried along involuntarily, stumbling. The car sped off into the distance, and I chased after it, yelling, “Yang Sheng, you’re a fucking man, talk to me just once. You can’t keep going down this wrong path. Do you know what you’re doing?”

“Yang Sheng…!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, chasing the car frantically while I shouted.

Unfortunately, reality is not a movie. I could only watch the car drive further and further away, while I ran slower and slower. Eventually, I was panting and could only helplessly watch it disappear around a corner.

I wrote down the license plate number, but can a license plate number be used to find a person? I know that with the power behind that kind of force, the possibility is very, very small.

The world is quiet, except for my heavy breathing. I have long since learned not to cry, and even to hide my thoughts in peace, but looking at the empty front, it is inevitable that there will still be sadness.

What happened to the people I once knew? They gradually faded away, or else they gradually grew apart from me. Those who are still by my side have also experienced a lot, and the shadows of the past have gradually faded. At the Bamboo Grove, when Ruoyue was singing, I was teaching Shengge and Su Rou how to practice boxing. Was that just a dream?

Can life really not let the beauty of the past fade?

Turning around, I wiped my nose hard to stop it from getting sour. What is life? It is a process of giving you beauty, then destroying it with time, and you can only accept it helplessly! The practice of the heart in the secular world is never about happiness, but about refining your suffering.

If you never had those beautiful things, you never picked them up, and you never let them go, your heart will never hurt! What hurts is that you once had them, and you let them go again and again, and you can only accept reality.

If you can finally break through and not be sad or happy, then you have succeeded in training your heart.

Therefore, in the scene of the deserted village, the sentence, “I won’t let go!” is a naive yet painful oath.

After walking a long road and living a long life, is it true that you have become indifferent, or are you numb and unwilling to face the pain? Only your own heart knows. Perhaps it is fate to discard things along the way, even if you don’t want to, but you have to accept it.

Acceptance is an attitude, but truly letting go is the practice of the heart.

But if I don’t accept it, how can I let it go? Looking up at the vast night sky, I suddenly yelled like a madman, “Look, I’m not letting it go!”