Chapter 18 : Father And Daughter

After getting the car keys, the two people immediately stopped hesitating and walked out of the reception room quickly. They took a car key from the iron box and looked for the two crisp sounds of "chirp" to find the car to which the key belonged.

Brian asked Sarah to be alert to the surrounding environment. Although he didn't know why the car keys were put together, judging from the position where the car keys were just placed, it was very likely that the people who lived here would come again, so their actions made you have to hurry up.

He opened the car door and sat in, but he couldn't start the car. He looked at the dashboard and found that the fuel tank had bottomed out.

"What the hell, why is the gas tank empty?"

He hurriedly got out of the car and tried the remaining keys. He found that the fuel tanks of every car here were empty, which made him speechless.

No wonder these car keys were put together. Someone had drained all the oil out of them, but what made him very confused was that there was a gas station opposite. What was the purpose of draining the oil out of this car?

Brian sighed helplessly, opened the car door, got out of the car, and said, "Sarah, I'll go to the gas station to pick up a barrel of oil. You..."

But just in the middle of what he said, he turned around and found that Sarah raised her hands high. Behind her stood a little girl with blond hair, pointing a shotgun at her back.

This startled Brian, and he reached out to grab the pistol at his waist. At this moment, a cold voice behind him stopped his next move.

"Child, you better not do that, otherwise you will regret it."

Listening to the sudden voice behind him, Brian's body froze for an instant, knowing that he had been too careless this time.

Now he didn't dare act rashly. Although he didn't know if the person behind him was trying to trick him, he could tell from the shotgun in the hand of the girl opposite him that the person behind him probably also had a gun in his hand. After all, he didn't dare to act rashly. In the United States, it is not difficult to get a gun.

Brian didn't dare to joke about his own life. He raised his hands high and said, "We are just passing by; please don't hurt us."

"You step back, go to the open space over there, and face me."

But the people behind him did not answer his words. Instead, they asked them to retreat to the open space.

The situation was stronger than their own. Brian and Sarah looked at each other and slowly stepped back, keeping their hands raised high. They didn't stop until they retreated to an open space in the parking lot.

Opposite them, the figure who had been standing behind Brian also revealed his true appearance. It was a middle-aged man in his thirties holding a shotgun and wearing a cowboy hat. He turned to the blond girl next to him and said, "Kelly, go search for them."

"Oh."

The blond girl named Kelly, who was holding a shotgun, responded, put the shotgun behind her back, came behind Brian and Sarah, searched out all the things on their bodies, and checked their belongings. Check the body to see if there are any bites.

When she saw the bandages on Brian's hands, she asked nervously, "What's the matter with the injuries on your hands?"

Looking at the nervous face of the other party, Brian knew what she was afraid of and answered truthfully, "It was scratched by the shards of glass."

Hearing this, Kelly was slightly relieved, but she still lifted the bandage slightly and took a look. After confirming the wound, she took the things and walked to the middle-aged man's side and said, "Hey, everything is here. There were no bites on them."

The middle-aged man touched his daughter's head lovingly, raised his head to look at Brian and Sarah in front of him, put down the cowboy hat on his head, and said slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry, kids, even though it's not good to do this. No, but... we have encountered a lot of things these days, so I ask for your understanding."

As he said that, the middle-aged man put the pistols, daggers, and other weapons that he had seized from Brian and Sarah in the car beside him. Then he put down the shotgun in his hand and introduced himself.

"My name is Osborne, and this is my daughter Kelly. Don't worry, we won't hurt you. I saw you coming off the highway. Where did you come from?"

Seeing that the other party seemed to have no intention of harming him, Brian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the middle-aged man opposite, who called himself Osborne and said slowly, "My name is Brian, and she is Sarah. We escaped from Austin and were going to Dallas, but we stopped here because of the car."

"Austin escaped?"

Osborne frowned slightly, turned his head, looked at the riddled car at the intersection not far away, and asked with slight confusion, "Why are there bullet holes in your car?"

"..."

Hearing this question, Brian fell into silence. He didn't know whether to tell the man in front of him about the matter or to tell a lie to get it over with. After hesitating for a while, he decided to tell the truth.

"The army appeared near Austin. They blocked the highway intersection and prepared to clear the entire infected area. We rushed out before they were ready. The bullet holes in the car were all made by their rifles."

"What?" After hearing this, Osborne and Kelly were both stunned and looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.

Looking at the expressions of the two people across from him, Brian knew that the two of them did not believe it, so he told them everything about what happened to them when the plague broke out, the screams they heard in the morning, how they broke out of the blockade, and the record sheet they accidentally obtained.

After listening to Brian's narration, Osborne still couldn't believe it. He was a former Army lieutenant. As a soldier who had served in the United States, he couldn't believe what the young man in front of him said, so he asked, "Where is that record sheet?"

Brian was slightly startled, pointed to his car, and said, "You can get it yourself from the car."

"Kelly, go get it!"

Hearing Brian's answer, Osborne subconsciously called his daughter's name, but he didn't hear the answer for a long time. He turned his head and saw that she had run into the car and started looking for him. Seeing this, he shook his head and smiled helplessly.

A moment later, Kelly ran over with a bang and handed the things she found to her Father.

"If you dare to run away quietly in the future, be careful; I will spank you."

After receiving what his daughter handed over, Osborne reprimanded her in a pretentious manner, then raised the splint in his hand as if to hit her.

"slightly--"

Seeing that her father wanted to hit her, Kelly quickly ran to the side and made a very funny face.

Sarah looked at the intimate interaction between the couple in front of her with her eyes filled with envy, but when she thought of her Father, her eyes filled with sadness.

Brian on the side saw her like this, walked to her side, reached out, and patted her back gently, hoping to ease her sadness.

Osborne silently watched the interaction between the two children in front of him and slowly let down his guard.

Looking down at the battle sheet in his hand, the line "Indiscriminate elimination of infected areas" made his expression suddenly change.

If he was still doubtful at the beginning, then after seeing this combat table, he was completely convinced. He was familiar with this kind of table. He didn't understand why the government issued the order. Such a crazy order.

Putting away the combat table with an ugly expression, Osborne suppressed these things for the time being. After all, he was still in the infected area. Even if he knew these things, he was powerless, so he had to do it as soon as possible. Tell them about this matter and return it to his old comrades in the army.

Focusing his attention on the child in front of him, he picked up the things in the car and walked to Brian.

From the conversation just now, he could feel that this was a very smart and independent child in front of him, and judging from the subtle reactions of his body, this child was always thinking about protecting the girl beside him.

For people with such precious qualities, Osborne has always felt sorry for them in his heart, and he is willing to trust such people. In this very bad period, it is really difficult to trust others easily. Even if the other person is only a half-grown child.

Putting the thing into the boy's hand, Osborne explained softly, "I'm sorry, because we encountered some unpleasant things a few days ago, so we are now very wary of strangers. You don't have to worry."

"It's okay; it's understandable."

Now that he had gained his weapons, Brian calmed down and expressed his understanding, because if it were him, he would have done the same thing.

Even if he confirmed that the other party was not a bad person, it was not certain whether he would return the firearm to the other party, to be honest, but he was still a little confused as to why the other party was so wary of two children.

Osborne looked at the boy with a smile, pointed to the RV in the corner, and said to him, "What you just told me is very important. We are also planning to go to Dallas. How about we go together?"

"ah?"

Brian was a little stunned when he heard the other party's invitation. You just pointed a gun at me. Why aren't you afraid of my revenge?

But then he thought about it and realized that it was not a bad thing. After a little hesitation, he still clicked. He nodded and agreed to the other party's invitation.

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