113 Father-In-Law (1/2)

Under her guidance, soon they entered the military compound. What made the difference between the military compound and the normal residence of HZ Bay was the exterior design. The house in the military compound that was as big as a mansion had the same design, everything but the front courtyard that differed between one house to another.

Kang Xue guided her to her house. So far, they had not encountered anything dangerous, not even a single stage-1 zombie. ”This is a good sign, maybe your family is safe,” he said to the girl.

Despite his words, Kang Xue merely shook her head. She hoped her family was safe too but it had been over a month since the absurd game started anything could happen to them.

”To the right!” Kang Xue quietly guided Tang Shaoyang to her house. Knowing the girl's mood, he kept his mouth shut and followed her instruction. Just as he was about to pick up his pace, he heard the girl's voice, ”Stop! We have arrived,”

Tang Shaoyang stopped and looked at the girl. Kang Xue was looking to the left, he followed the girl's gaze to see a white-colored house with a silver steel fence.

He placed the girl down and pulled her with him to the house. There was no need to ask her, he was sure this was her house. Tang Shaoyang easily pushed the fence open, he looked down and saw the lock was broken forcefully.

”Huh!?” He stopped his steps, the lock was broken forcefully. He then scanned the fence, it looked normal without a sign of the gate being broken forcefully.

”What's wrong?” Kang Xue asked upon noticing the man stopped walking. ”Aside from your parents, who live in your house?” He replied to the girl with a question.

”Since my parents are over fifty, while my father is almost in his sixty, my brother and sister-in-law stay with my parents, what's wrong?” Even though she was confused, she still answered honestly.

Tang Shaoyang pointed at the broken lock, ”Look! The lock is broken and from the gate's condition, the lock is broken from inside,” she followed his finger and saw the broken lock. She checked the gate as well, ”Maybe it was my brother…” her tone was lack of confidence, in her head, she was imagining her parents turned into zombies, and they broke the lock to get out of the house.

”Let's check inside!” He tightened his grip on her hand and pulled her to the inside. The door was not locked as well as he pushed it easily.

Inside the house was dark with all lights off, ”Mother! Father!” Kang Xue called out as soon as they entered the house. Her voice echoed through the dark house but she received no reply.

The two kept walking forward until they reached the living hall. Kang Xue kept calling her parents but the answer was her voice's echo.

”Where is your parent's room?” The game started in the middle of the night. It was possible the zombies were locked inside the room.

The zombie appeared next to everyone in the middle of the night. If her parents were asleep when the game started, her parents should be dead by now. That was one of many possibilities and also the worst scenario for the girl.

Kang Xue seemed to catch what Tang Shaoyang tried to say. She immediately ran to the second floor. He followed her closely while looking at their surroundings, making sure no dangerous creature lurked around in the dark.

Soon, they stopped in front of the door. Her hand was at the doorknob, with a light twist and push she would open the door. Tang Shaoyang was waiting quietly, but he put his ears to hear movement inside the room. However, he heard nothing from inside, 'it should be safe inside,' he thought to himself without telling the girl.

Kang Xue opened the unlocked door, she was prepared for everything. Nothing was inside, she entered the room, she truly found nothing. Her parents were not inside, zombies also not here. However, compared to the outside room, the bedroom was messier, it was a sign that someone was here before.

Tang Shaoyang checked everything inside the room, from the corner to the closet. Every possible hiding place, but he got nothing as well. No corpses, no zombies, it was a positive sign.

”Huh!?” Tang Shaoyang heard a voice from the outside. It was two male voices that talked at each other.

”What's wrong?” Since the girl did not have sharp hearing like him, she did not hear what he heard. He pulled the girl's hand and went out of the room, ”There's someone outside!”

They went back to the original living room. He opened a small gap in the curtain and looked out. Sure enough, there were three men right outside the fence. From their appearance, they looked like someone in their forties.

Kang Xue also peeked out from the same gap. She did not recognize the three middle-aged men, but the fact they gathered in front of her house after they entered the house was strange.

The three talked at each other without realizing they were being spied on from the inside. However, soon, five more men gathered with the three, one of them was an old man. The old man had his hair turned completely white that combed to the side.

At the sight of this old man, Kang Xue immediately dashed out of the house. She ran as fast as she could to the outside when she came out of the house, she yelled out, ”Father!”

The old man with white hair subconsciously turned toward the voice. Then he saw a girl with long hair ran toward him, he immediately recognized the girl. The old man opened his arms open as Kang Xue threw herself to the old man.

Tang Shaoyang who was at the door subconsciously smiled. He was also happy if the girl was happy, slowly he approached the group.