Ch 296: Zhou Miaomiao’s Story

Xu Siyu saw the children’s timid appearance and quickly comforted them, saying:

“Don’t be afraid. Tell me clearly, who wants to eat you?

Were they the five dead people?”

But the children seemed genuinely afraid; only Chen Hao was relatively brave.

“It was them. They have already eaten many younger brothers and sisters.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zihao and the other two were very angry.

Chen Hao, however, led the three of them towards a place behind the processing plant, arriving at an employee canteen.

The three of them saw the situation inside, and their expressions turned ugly. Chen Jiaojiao and Xu Siyu both leaned against the wall to vomit.

Zhu Zihao suppressed his urge to vomit and walked behind a chopping block.

“Damn it, those five beasts died too easily!”

The three of them pulled Chen Hao away from the canteen, their hearts very unsettled.

Zhu Zihao suddenly thought of a question.

“Xiao Hao, why did they bring you to this processing plant?”

Compared to the processing plant, the orphanage’s living environment was clearly better.

Chen Hao pointed towards a location behind the processing plant.

“They originally wanted to go to the granary to get some grain, but there were many zombies there.”

Zhu Zihao looked in the direction Chen Hao was pointing.

“There’s grain there?”

Chen Jiaojiao beside him nodded and explained.

“It should be a granary. Santian County has always been a major grain-producing county, and the state has built a provincial-level granary here.”

Zhu Zihao nodded, stroking his chin.

“Let’s go, report this news to the Captain!”

When the three of them returned to the RV, Li Fan was nowhere to be found. Upon inquiry, they learned that Li Fan was resting.

After dinner, Zhu Zihao went to the factory, planning to sleep with the children that night.

Zhou Miaomiao was arranged by Ranlin to sleep on the second floor, in Zhu Zihao’s original bedroom.

Lying in bed in the bedroom, Zhou Miaomiao’s bright eyes were wide open.

Unable to fall asleep, she got out of bed and touched and looked around the room.

Coming to a mirror, looking at herself in the mirror, she felt that everything was unreal.

My name is Zhou Miaomiao.

Since I could remember, I have been in the orphanage.

There were over a hundred children living with me in the orphanage; I couldn’t count them.

Anyway, there were many, many.

Every year, we looked forward to the adults who drove sedans to the orphanage.

Because only on that day would we have new clothes and be able to eat meat.

The director and teachers wouldn’t scold or beat us that day; they would speak to us gently and play games with us.

I don’t know what the New Year is like, but as long as those adults come,

we would be very happy. This should be what the adults call the New Year.

I have a good friend; I call him Brother Yun. He was stronger than me. When other children took my things, he would help me.

But one day, the weather suddenly got hot, and the director and the others became even worse to us.

We would be beaten for even the slightest mistake, but everyone got used to it.

Slowly, our food became less and less.

After many more days, it started snowing heavily.

I was so cold. Fortunately, Brother Yun hugged me to sleep, and I felt very warm.

But one day, it was very late, and Brother Yun hadn’t come back.

I was very scared, but I was also worried about Brother Yun, so I secretly ran out of the room.

I thought Brother Yun had gone to the kitchen to find food, so I went to the kitchen too.

Before I got close, I heard the voice of the chubby cook and Brother Yun’s cries.

I was terrified and secretly peeked into the kitchen. I saw them undressing Brother Yun.

They also used a knife to cut Brother Yun’s throat. The blood spurted out like a water gun.

I desperately covered my mouth and quietly ran back.

I don’t know why the adults killed Brother Yun, but I know that if I was discovered, they would definitely cut my neck with a knife.

All night, I didn’t dare to fall asleep. I sat in the corner, hugging my smelly blanket.

I felt very hot all over, looking at the room door, hoping that what I had just seen was false, a hallucination.

But my head was dizzy, and the air I exhaled was hot.

I couldn’t fall asleep, and I didn’t dare to fall asleep.

It was dawn, the sun turned red, I was so sleepy, my eyelids were so heavy.

Then, I fell asleep in the corner.

When I woke up, I saw a child lying on the bed eating something.

I knew her; she was a selfish ghost and had snatched my steamed bun before.

But I was really hungry, so I wanted to ask her for some food. I could give her a piece of my steamed bun later.

But when I saw her eating another child’s flesh, I was terrified and ran outside.

But outside, children were everywhere eating other people, and two adults were also eating.

There were cries everywhere.

I hid in a storage room. After a long, long time, the director and the others found me and examined me thoroughly.

Only then did they let me stand with a group of children.

From that day on, every day, one fewer child would be present.

And those adults would give us meat soup.

But I knew what the meat soup was, and I didn’t dare to eat it. I secretly poured it away.

When I was hungry, I pulled weeds to eat.

I’ve seen stray cats eat this kind of weed. It’s bitter and sour.

One night, the chubby cook grabbed me and wanted to take me to the kitchen.

I was very scared. I knew he was going to kill me, but I couldn’t break free from his big hand.

The chubby cook also complained that I was strong and asked another adult to help him hold me down.

Then, I was pressed onto the chopping block by two adults. Just as the knife was about to fall on my neck,

I was scared and closed my eyes, thinking that the two adults would let me go; I didn’t want to die.

However, I waited for a long, long time and didn’t feel any pain.

Slowly opening my eyes, I found that the two adults were holding knives, their eyes full of gentleness.

Then, they let me go, but they grabbed another child.

Later, I discovered that as long as I imagined what a person would do in my mind, they would do it according to my thoughts.

But there were exceptions: the director, Teacher Gao, and the old gatekeeper, I couldn’t influence them.

In order not to be eaten, I deliberately made myself dirty and smelly.

Sure enough, from then on, they started calling me “Little Fool” and abandoned me.

They left the orphanage.

I didn’t dare to stay here alone, so I followed them, hiding in a corner outside the factory buildings.

I picked a lot of weeds on the road.

But on the following night, a very, very large car rushed in, and a big brother got out of it.

I didn’t want to attract anyone’s attention, so I quickly lowered my head.

I was hungry, but I had a full pocket of weeds.

Until the big brother squatted in front of me, stuffed something into my hand, and asked if I wanted to go with him.

I thought this big brother was also going to eat me, but when I looked up and saw him,

I found that the big brother’s smile was very warm, and his eyes were very similar to Brother Yun’s.

The feeling of fear in my heart disappeared, and I carefully nodded.

He didn’t mind that I was dirty or smelly. His hands were big and gave me a sense of security.

However, the director and those adults stopped the big brother.

I was very anxious and scared. Seeing them holding guns, I thought of Brother Yun who had died.

I found the only big sister I could influence and imagined in my mind that she could kill those cannibalistic devils.

I succeeded. The big sister shot and killed those people.

The big brother didn’t care about the death of those bad guys and took me back to this big car.

The people here are so warm. They gave me food, pretty hair clips, and beautiful clothes.

A big brother also gave me some bullets. These were the first gifts I ever received. I will keep them well.

But I really want to find the big brother who took me into the car. Only by staying by his side can I feel at ease.

Only then can I prove that all this is not a dream.