Chapter Four: Something Valued by the Zombie King Must Surely Be Something Good
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After Bai Chu took her grandmother to the nurse’s station, 5188 tugged on Wang Lianjun’s pants and pointed toward the ward. “Go in!”
Wang Lianjun glanced at the unconscious Jiang Jing, feeling hesitant.
Jiang Jing was still in danger; doctors and nurses didn’t allow anyone to enter casually.
“Go in!”
Seeing Wang Lianjun hesitate, 5188 grew anxious and repeated herself. Her grip on his pants suddenly tightened beyond her control.
Wang Lianjun felt his pants suddenly grow heavy, then—rip!—the fabric tore as the little girl yanked it apart.
5188 immediately let go, nervously looking at her fingers, too shy to meet his eyes.
Oh no, she’d ruined his pants. Would she have to pay for them?
But she had no money! And Grandfather wasn’t around.
When Grandfather was alive, he had said his money belonged to Grandma, and Grandma’s money was hers to keep. If Grandfather needed funds for something, he’d have to find another way to earn it.
When she was a courier, she often accompanied Grandfather on missions to hack into other bases to earn money.
Grandfather would sometimes share the spoils with her.
Now that he was gone, where could she earn money?
Growing more anxious, 5188 lowered her head further.
Wang Lianjun smiled at the little girl’s guilty expression. Recalling the sharp sound when she had thrown a grenade at Jiang Jing’s head, he nervously touched his pants.
“Uncle can take you in, but you can’t touch anything else, and you mustn’t touch your uncle’s younger brother—understood?”
After considering, Wang Lianjun agreed since the nurses said someone needed to watch over Jiang Jing during the night and notify doctors if he had a fever or seizures.
Once inside, he saw the little girl climb onto a chair beside the bed, sitting obediently with her eyes fixed on Jiang Jing’s face, not blinking.
Seeing how well-behaved she was, Wang Lianjun relaxed and turned to fetch another chair, so the old lady would have a seat when she arrived.
What he didn’t know was that as soon as he left, 5188 jumped down from the chair, swiftly closed the ward door, and climbed onto the bed.
She rummaged through her worn pocket and pulled out a tube glowing an eerie fluorescent green.
This was the item the group had tried so hard to seize after Grandma left—something said to save lives, even the zombie king would come to snatch it.
As a courier, she didn’t need it, but she wasn’t sure if Grandma did. She thought that if Grandma didn’t want it, she could sell it to Grandfather and make some money for Grandma.
With such a good thing, giving it to Uncle should wake him up, right?
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If Uncle wakes up, he can come find Grandma!
5188 ran through her plan again and saw no flaw. She reached out, pinching Jiang Jing’s chin, and poured the liquid into his mouth.
When Wang Lianjun returned, he caught her roughly feeding Jiang Jing and shuddered. “What are you doing?”
5188 quickly withdrew her hand and wiped his mouth clean, looking at Wang Lianjun with innocent eyes. “Nothing!”
Wang Lianjun broke out in a sweat, too shocked to scold her. He scooped 5188 up and rushed to call a doctor.
When the doctor and nurse hurried in, they found Jiang Jing sitting up, clutching his head in pain.
Seeing Wang Lianjun, Jiang Jing instinctively grumbled, “Old Wang, what did you make me drink just now? It tasted awful—I almost met the Grim Reaper!”
Wang Lianjun stood frozen at the door, rubbing his eyes to confirm he wasn’t hallucinating, stammering, “Jiang… Jing?”
The doctor was equally stunned, standing still for a moment before rushing forward to examine Jiang Jing, muttering, “A miracle! A miracle!”
5188 wasn’t fazed by the atmosphere. After Jiang Jing woke, she kicked her legs in Wang Lianjun’s arms.
As he absentmindedly put her down, 5188 dashed out.
Right outside the ward, Bai Chu and Jiang Hua, drawn by the noise, hurried over.
5188’s eyes lit up. She ran to Jiang Hua, hugging her leg, shouted “Grandma!” and pointed to the ward. “He’s awake!”
Uncle is awake; now I can find Grandma!
The courier is obedient, sensible, and smart!
Since the doctor wanted to perform a full checkup, Wang Lianjun was asked to leave.
His steps unsteady, he stepped out of the ward and heard Bai Chu stammer, “Commander, Jiang Jing woke up! He woke on his own!”
Bai Chu, unaware of the details, immediately smiled, “Good news! Good news!”
His gaze landed on the well-behaved little girl standing beside the old lady, and he silently thought, “What a lucky charm! So many good things just from her arrival.”
“No, no, Commander!” Wang Lianjun tried to explain but was interrupted as a doctor rushed out, grabbing his wrist.
“Comrade, what did you make that man drink? Not only did he wake up, but the gunshot wound isn’t inflamed anymore! Even some minor scrapes on his body have healed.”
Wang Lianjun was stunned, his eyes drifting down to 5188.
5188’s guilty eyes darted around, avoiding his gaze.
Swallowing hard, Wang Lianjun apologized to the doctor, calling it a military secret, then turned to Bai Chu with a serious expression. “Commander, I have something to report!”
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Bai Chu nodded solemnly and led Wang Lianjun away.
Jiang Hua sensed something was wrong, recalling what Commander Bai had just told her.
If those people weren’t ordinary traffickers, they might be enemy agents.
If they were willing to risk exposure rather than let go of the little girl, there must be other important reasons.
Moreover, the doctor who examined the girl said she had been traumatized, which caused her speech issues—she could only say words one at a time. They probably wouldn’t get answers from her.
“Mom!”
While Jiang Hua anxiously held 5188, Jiang Jing walked out of the ward himself.
Despite previously limping from a leg injury, he now stood upright before Jiang Hua, eyes shining with pride.
“Mom, the moment I saw this little girl, I thought she looked so much like you! Now that you’re holding her, anyone would think that while I was away serving in the military, you and Dad had another daughter!”
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