Chapter 301
"Tsk, why should we cooperate with you? You don't trust us? Come on, do you think we trust you?"
Emily sneered, her expression somewhat disdainful, and seemed very dissatisfied with Lu Jiayi's attitude.
But after she finished speaking, she was surprised to find that the other person didn't seem to react at all, as if she had just said nonsense.
"Emily, don't say anything. I'll negotiate."
Carlos sat quietly on the ground and observed for a while. He knew Emily's character and knew that nothing good would come out of her mouth, but this was also what he wanted to see.
Seeing that the other party didn't care about Emily at all, he became more certain of his judgment, and then he spoke up and took the lead.
"But……."
Emily was a little angry when she saw that the other party ignored her, but after being interrupted by Carlos, she understood what the other party meant, but she still wanted to argue a little unwillingly.
Carlos didn't continue talking, but just glared at her fiercely, then ignored him and turned to look at Lu Jiayi who was sitting there very relaxed.
He basically spent the entire afternoon silently observing these strangers who suddenly appeared. Some details that ordinary people could not notice made him certain that the other party must be from a large force, and the people in this team did not seem to be vicious guys.
This gave him the idea of joining the other side. After all, he felt that he was overwhelmed by leading the team himself, and joining a large force would be a good idea.
But before making a final decision, he decided to observe these people carefully while there was still some time.
Finally, after a whole afternoon of observation and testing, he finally made up his mind and decided to settle the matter tonight.
"Mr. Lu, none of the survivors in our team have any special skills, but except for Dani who is a child, the rest are all young and strong adults. At least they should be able to do what they can."
"Among these people, Gary is the only one who has spent the shortest time with us. However, he has been taking care of our daughter all by himself for such a long time in the apocalypse, and he also saved us when we were desperate. I believe in him. As for the others, I can guarantee with my life that none of them have bad intentions."
Lu Jiayi raised his hand to interrupt him. He had a very good impression of this policeman. He had secretly paid attention to him in the afternoon. He seemed to be a meticulous guy.
From the afternoon to the evening, the man named Carlos only asked a few questions, but Lu Jiayi could tell that although these questions seemed simple, one could fall into a language trap if one was not careful. A few questions added up were enough for Carlos to understand them simply.
However, Lu Jiayi did not expose it and signaled Rick not to care about it, just to see what Carlos would do in the end.
As expected, at night, Carlos couldn't help but take the lead in revealing some information about his team.
Once the topic is opened, the rest will become a natural progression.
Under the repeated questioning of Lu Jiayi and Rick, Carlos slowly revealed all the information about their team, including their occupations before the apocalypse, how long they had known each other, what they had experienced after the apocalypse, and how they had survived until now.
Carlos is the one with the most experience here, and the other one is the taciturn Galawa. He got together with Carlos on the tenth day of the apocalypse. The two of them have experienced several teams in succession, but their previous teammates died or disappeared. The maximum number of people in their team reached twenty.
"So you were attacked by an organization half a month ago, and now all these people have escaped?"
Carlos nodded, with a hint of resentment on his face. He trembled with anger when he thought of that damn team.
"Those people just wanted to take advantage of the supplies we had and attacked us at night. By the time I realized what was happening, half of us had been killed. I organized the rest to resist, but we lost four more people because of insufficient firepower."
At this point, not only Carlos, but the others also clenched their fists, and seemed to remember the situation at that time.
Carlos quickly realized that something was wrong with his condition and adjusted himself a little before continuing.
"I escaped with the remaining seven people, but because it was night, we lost three more people in the wild. Not long ago, we were blocked by a tide of zombies in the town behind. Fortunately, Gary saved us. But we still lost one person."
"We used up all our supplies in the past two days. If we stayed at home any longer, we would just be waiting to die. However, we were surrounded by hundreds of zombies and had to force our way through. Max detonated two grenades he found on a tank to protect us, but he was injured in the end."
Listening to Carlos telling their experiences, the first reaction of the people in Ideal Town behind Lu Jiayi was not how miserable the other party was doing, but to be glad that they joined Ideal Town. If it weren't for Lu Jiayi, perhaps they would not be doing as well as Carlos now.
Just then, a bedroom door opened and Bob came out.
"Lu, I have completed all the follow-up work."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Carlos stood up immediately after hearing that and looked at Bob expectantly.
"Sir, how is Max?"
Bob smiled slightly and pointed at Lu Jiayi standing beside him.
"Don't ask me, the attending doctor is there."
"ah!"
Emily exclaimed softly and glanced over here nervously. Seeing Lu Jiayi's natural expression, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
She had just thought that it was Bob who saved the man, so she couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks. Now it seems that she was too impulsive. Would this guy retaliate against her secretly because of what I said?
"Don't worry, I have already removed the shrapnel from his body. His internal organs are not injured and his life is not in danger. However, he needs to rest for a while."
"Thank you so much!"
Carlos got excited and moved forward to shake hands with him, but he realized that his behavior seemed inappropriate. Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, Lu Jiayi grabbed it.
"Well, let's go in and see him."
Several people stood up and walked towards the house. Only Emily said something in a voice that she couldn't even hear clearly when she passed by him.
"sorry."
Lu Jiayi smiled slightly and said nothing, but his expression told the other party that he didn't care about what happened before.
Emily felt relieved and rushed into the bedroom impatiently.
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"What do you think?"
"I think it's acceptable. What Carlos said is basically consistent with their previous behavior. At least the other party should not be a vicious guy."
"What about you?"
"I think so."
"Me too."
…
"Okay, then I'll invite them to join Ideal Town in a bit."