Chapter 6: The Fetters of the Doomsday
Mo Qian came to a small courtyard and pushed the door open. The room was a little dim, and the unique smell of the old man in the air made her cover her nose: "Grandma Liu, I'm here to see you, and I'll bring you something to eat by the way."
Before the reboot, she was Mo Qian's neighbor, so Mo Qian often looked after her.
"Is it Qianqian? You came to see me again."
Grandma Liu was sitting in the rocking chair, her eyes becoming increasingly cloudy. Mo Qian felt a little sad when she saw this, knowing that the old man would not live long.
"I put the food on the table for you, and I wanted to see if I could help you."
"What kind of job can a bad old lady like me do? Sit down and chat with me."
Just like that, Mo Qian started chatting with Grandma Liu, but her mind was not here and she was often distracted. Upon seeing this, Grandma Liu said:
"Do you have any other purpose for coming today?"
"Ah? No, no."
"How can you, little girl, hide this from me? I feel like I don't have much time left. If you don't ask some things now, you might not have a chance."
Mo Qian's expression was a little tangled, and she finally gritted her teeth: "It's about my sister Mo Ran."
"Hey..." Grandma Liu looked into the distance with cloudy eyes: "Mo Randu has been dead for five years."
"I can't let go of the person who killed my sister." Mo Qian said with persistence on her face: "Please recall it carefully again."
"You kid, oh, it's really..." Grandma Liu fell into memories: "That day was one afternoon, I was enjoying the cool air in front of the door, and Mo Ran came from afar and said hello to me. At this time, a car suddenly sprang out,
I knocked her unconscious and got her into the car. I shouted loudly when I saw her, but when the neighbors came out, the car had already driven away."
"I know that." Mo Qian's eyes were red. Her parents died early, and she and her sister depended on each other. When she heard the news, she was extremely desperate, as if her heart was being cut open by scissors.
"A few days later, the police found a headless female body by the wild lake. After identification, it was confirmed that it was your sister Mo Ran." Grandma Liu continued to recall: "When I went to the scene, you had already left. The police said that you could not see the body and fainted.
In the past, it was the corpse I identified."
"At the scene, I endured the pain, but I couldn't even take a look, so I fainted." Mo Qian had tears streaming down her face.
"It's really hard for you." Grandma Liu stroked her hair lovingly: "Although there is no head, you can still identify Mo Ran through his clothes and the bear bracelet that fell at the scene. Mo Ran said to me before the accident
Yes, the bear bracelet was a gift from you."
"The day of the accident was her birthday. I gave her two bear bracelets in the morning, one black and one white. She only wanted the white one and returned the black one to me. She said she would have one for each of the sisters. I didn't expect this... something happened to Mo Ran.
After that, my bracelet was also lost." Mo Qian sniffed.
"By the way, I have Mo Ran's bracelet here." Grandma Liu stood up tremblingly and took out something from a box full of dust: "I wanted to give it to you at the time, because I was afraid that you would be even more sad after seeing it, so I gave it to you.
I wanted to wait for a few days, but I never thought about it and then forgot about it. If I hadn't mentioned this, I might never have thought of it until my death."
Mo Qian took it gently and was so shocked that she froze on the spot: "Black! This is my bracelet!"
"Yes, it's yours. You gave it to Mo Ran." Grandma Liu didn't notice the abnormality in her mood.
"No." Mo Qian shook her head vigorously to calm herself down: "It's either Mo Ran's or mine! This is the one I lost. Mo Ran is white!"
"But this is the one the police gave me."
"Grandma Liu, think carefully about what you saw at the scene. Is it the same as the one the police gave you?" Mo Qian, who was holding the bracelet, was trembling because she thought of a possibility.
Grandma Liu thought for a long time: "This is the one, black."
Mo Qian stood there, looking into the distance through the window, letting hot tears roll down her cheeks at will, she was so excited that she couldn't control herself: "Mo Ran may still be alive."
"Xiaoqian, are you confused? Mo Ran is obviously dead."
"Grandma Liu, Mo Ran is still alive." Mo Qian explained excitedly: "This bracelet is indeed mine. I dropped it at the scene, and you thought it belonged to Mo Ran. In fact, the body did not have a bracelet, and the body must have belonged to Mo Ran."
It’s not Mo Ran!”
"But the clothes the corpse was wearing were indeed what Mo Ran was wearing at the time."
"If it's really Mo Ran, why doesn't she have the bracelet I gave her on her hand? After all, this bracelet was given by her biological sister who depends on her for life."
"This shows that the people who kidnapped Mo Ran wanted us to think that Mo Ran was dead. They put Mo Ran's clothes on a corpse and chopped off the head so that we could only identify him through his clothes."
"Mo Ran probably lost the bracelet intentionally or accidentally. This bracelet is their flaw!"
Grandma Liu's brain was already slow, and it took her a long time to understand what was going on: "That's great, it turns out that Mo Ran is still alive."
Mo Qian lay in Grandma Liu's arms and cried bitterly. Grandma Liu patted her back gently: "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive."
"Yes, just stay alive!" Mo Qian rubbed her eyes fiercely.
"Grandma Liu, can you recall more information, such as who kidnapped Mo Ran and what kind of car it was?" Mo Qian asked expectantly.
"Well, people are wearing hoods so it's hard to see their faces. The car is also a Volkswagen type and has no license plate. But now that I think about it, the logo on the car is a bit special."
"What is it!"
"An ape-man holding a torch, followed by a series of numbers. I didn't see clearly what they were."
"An ape man holding a torch, why is this pattern so familiar?" Mo Qian frowned and thought: "It's the logo of the Survivor Alliance!"
"The number after that is the identification code of one of the units!"
Thinking of this, Mo Qian became excited: "Isn't it the Survivor League that Fang Tian invited me to go with? Although I don't know why the League kidnapped Mo Ran, but I can ask for it myself. Mo Ran, we sisters have a chance to meet each other.
See you."
Fang Tian came to an abandoned building and strode into the courtyard: "Old man! I'm here to see you."
"What are you doing here, kid?" An old but loud voice came from the second floor window.
Fang Tian came to a hall, which was filled with various things and in disarray. An old man with white hair and a pair of glasses on the tip of his nose was busy.
"Are you going to come to see me empty-handed?"
"Old man, you are right. When have I ever come here empty-handed?" He reached out and took out the cigarette from his arms and looked at it in front of the old man: "Look, what is this."
"Smoke!" The old man's hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly: "It's actually a high-end product! Where did you get it?"
"Don't worry about it. Can you help me with this whole pack of cigarettes?"
"I know I can't take your things for free, so tell me."
"Get me a car that works."
The old man just opened the cigarette box, took out a cigarette and was about to light it. Hearing what he said, he put it back and threw the cigarette to him: "Take it away! I won't smoke anymore!"
"No, is this difficult for you?"
"It's difficult? It's very difficult! There are abandoned cars everywhere outside, but there aren't any that can be driven. Do you know why?"
"Why?"
"It's a car battery. If the battery has no power, the car won't run. Where can I find a usable battery for you now?"
Fang Tian touched his head: "That's it, but you old man must have a way, right?"
"No, no!"
"Old man, this cigarette is right in front of you, how can you resist not smoking?" He waved the cigarette in front of the old man's eyes: "Don't you have a broken generator? Can repairing it charge the car battery?"
"Good boy! It turns out you were trying to alert the generator. It's not easy to fix it."
He put the cigarette into the old man's hand: "Can I still stump you?"
The old man took out a cigarette, lit it, and exhaled with enjoyment: "I don't know if it can be fixed. I'll try my best."
"Hehe! There's nothing that your old man can't fix."
"What do you want a car for?"
"Leave here and go to the Survivor League."
"Go to the Survivor League?" The old man looked incredulous: "What's the difference between going to death!"
"That's not necessarily the case. Even if you die, what's the difference between dying here and dying outside?"
"That's true." The old man had a cigarette with only the butt left.
"Would you like me to take you with me, old man?"
The old man rolled his eyes at him: "Let's forget it. My old bones are not enough for those zombies to chew on."
"Hey, I won't force you." Fang Tian turned around and left: "I'll see you again in a few days."
"Let's go, let's go, don't affect my work." The old man waved his hand impatiently.
Fang Tian stopped talking and walked away. This was the orphanage where he lived back then. The old man was the director, and now they are the only two left alive. The old man has a deep attachment to this place and will never leave, Fang Tian
With this departure, the two of them were truly parting from life and death, with no chance of seeing each other again.
Chapter completed!