Ch 294: A Choice Between Good And Evil

In the Previous Life, Li Fan was seriously injured while saving Fan Youyou.

After Li Fan recovered, the two escaped Chengdu City to avoid being hunted by a powerful force.

On the road, they encountered a group of orphans and Zheng Juan heading to the Chengdu City Safe Zone.

Discovering Zheng Juan’s and their group’s beastly behavior, Li Fan killed five people, saving a little girl and 25 children.

From that day on, Li Fan and Fan Youyou took the children and planned to escape to the Yi City Safe Zone.

They had planned to send the children to the Safe Zone once they arrived in Yi City.

However, traveling hundreds of kilometers with a group of children was incredibly difficult.

Along the way, children continually died of starvation, illness, and zombie bites.

In the end, only Miaomiao remained.

Three months later, the little girl quietly confessed to Li Fan that she had psionic abilities and believed him to be a good person.

She used her mental psionic abilities on Li Fan, affecting his rationality, leading him to kill those five people.

In this life, Li Fan originally planned to only take Miaomiao, leaving the rest of the children with Zheng Juan and her four accomplices.

Unexpectedly, the outcome was still the same.

The RV fell silent. Zhu Zihao and the two women looked at Li Fan, waiting for his decision.

Li Fan waved his hand, and a set of refined children’s clothing appeared on the sofa.

“Sister Xueli, take the little girl for a good bath and change her clothes!”

Wang Xueli nodded, went to Miaomiao, and reached out to hold her hand.

“Come on, let’s go have a good wash with Sister!”

Miaomiao timidly followed Wang Xueli into the shower room.

Li Fan stood up and went to the window to look at the 34 children standing at the entrance of the factory buildings.

These children were all thin and malnourished, poorly clothed.

They cautiously clung to the factory building entrance, looking towards the RV.

Their eyes were filled with fear, bewilderment, and envy.

Actually, Li Fan had spent a long time with 25 of these children.

The more he looked, the more irritable Li Fan became. He lit a cigarette and silently smoked it.

Zhu Zihao, Xu Siyu, and Chen Jiaojiao remained silent, and a strange silence again fell over the RV.

Li Fan’s thoughts were chaotic; two voices seemed to whisper incessantly in his ears.

“You damn fool, are you acting like a saint again? What interest do you gain from saving them? Put away your cheap saintly heart; many children die in the apocalypse. In the previous life, they all died; this life is just a few days earlier. The sooner they die, the sooner they’re reborn!”

Those children’s lives or deaths are none of your business. What interest do you gain by saving them?

Put away that cheap saintly heart of yours. Many children have died in the apocalypse.

In the previous life, their fate was death; in this life, it’s just a few days earlier.

Die sooner, reincarnate sooner!

And another voice said,

“Don’t forget, you were also an orphan. When your foster parents saved you, was it for profit? You are completely capable of saving them this time. If you don’t save them, they will surely die. Will you watch these children starve to death?”

This life, you have the full ability to save them.

If you don’t save them, they will die. Will you watch these children starve to death here?

Li Fan’s thoughts scattered, his gaze unfocused.

At that moment, a knock came at the car door. Li Fan collected his thoughts and opened the door.

A boy of about ten years old stood timidly at the entrance.

Li Fan knew this boy, Cheng Hao, eleven years old, the oldest of the group.

He was very smart and sensible, the big brother among the children.

Chen Hao looked at Li Fan with fear and gratitude in his eyes.

He offered a lollipop; the print on the wrapper was blurred, clearly showing it had been treasured for a long time.

His voice trembled as he said,

“Brother…thank you…you killed them; otherwise, we would have been next!”

Li Fan numbly took the dust-covered lollipop.

Seeing Li Fan accept the gift, the boy smiled and ran back.

Looking at the lollipop in his hand, he was silent for a long time before tearing open the packaging and putting it in his mouth.

The faces of his foster parents flashed through his mind.

Turning to Zhu Zihao, Xu Siyu, and Chen Jiaojiao, he laughed and cursed:

“This lollipop is damn sweet!!”

With a wave of his hand, two boxes appeared on the ground.

They contained chocolate, lollipops, crackers, various snacks, and drinks.

“Take them in and distribute them!”

Hearing this, Zhu Zihao, Xu Siyu, and Chen Jiaojiao immediately carried the two boxes of snacks and drinks toward the processing plant.

Li Fan returned to the sofa, pondering how to deal with the children.

Keeping these children with him was impossible.

Should he send them to the Santian County Safe Zone?

But he didn’t know what would happen in the Santian County Safe Zone.

If the Santian County Safe Zone were to fall quickly, sending the children there would be pointless.

Either don’t save them, or find a safe place for them.

Finally, Li Fan decided to take the children out first, investigate the Santian County Safe Zone, and then make a decision.

Half an hour later, Wang Xueli led Miaomiao out.

“This little girl was really hard to wash. I don’t know what was in her hair; I couldn’t get it out, so I shaved it off.”

Miaomiao’s face was now clean; Wang Xueli had applied lotion to her chapped skin.

Her hair was shaved, and she was wearing sportswear and sneakers.

She stood timidly before Li Fan, her head down, her small hands constantly rubbing the hem of her clothes.

“Sister Xueli, go to the processing plant and help Zhu Zihao take care of the other children.”

Hearing this, Wang Xueli looked out the window and saw Zhu Zihao and the other two distributing snacks to the children.

“I’ll go now.”

Having said that, she jumped out of the car and ran over.

Only Li Fan and Miaomiao remained in the RV.

“What’s your name?”

Miaomiao, alone with Li Fan, was very nervous; her lips moved, and she uttered a few words.

“My…my name is Zhou Miaomiao.”

“My name is Li Fan. You can call me Brother. From now on, you’ll live in this RV with me. Okay?”

Miaomiao looked up at Li Fan; her bright eyes were full of surprise.

“I…can I live here?”

Li Fan pulled her to sit beside him, took out a vacuum-packed braised chicken leg, opened it, and put it in her hand.

“Of course you can, but you must be obedient. You also have to work, fight, and fight monsters with me.”

You must also work, fight, and fight monsters with me.

“Yes, yes, I can. I can do many things. I can sweep the floor, wipe the table, wash clothes. When I grow taller, I will learn to cook.”

“Okay, eat up!”

Miaomiao picked up the chicken leg and began to eat, glancing at the window occasionally.

She saw the children happily eating snacks, laughing around Zhu Zihao and the others.

A hint of joy flashed in Miaomiao’s eyes.

Li Fan silently activated the Mental Test Instrument on Miaomiao.

Person: Zhou Miaomiao

Bone Age: 7 years old

Strength: 56

Agility: 66

Mental Energy: 196

Brain Development: 11%

Body Toughness: 76

Loyalty: 48%

Emotion Category: Gratitude

Psionic Ability: Mental Psionic Corruptor（Tier 1）

Li Fan wasn’t surprised by this subpar loyalty level.

If this little girl didn’t have any reservations, she would have become Zheng Juan’s stew.

In the previous life, the little girl fully trusted him only after three months.

This is normal. He was also an orphan and was very well-behaved when he first arrived at the orphanage.

However, deep down, he remained wary of everyone.

Moreover, the little girl experienced things far more cruel than Li Fan, making her even more resilient.

Li Fan didn’t intend to expose her now, believing she would act as she did in the previous life.

Slowly trusting and relying on him before confessing to him.