Chen Bufan walked out of the bathroom wearing a bathrobe. Jiang Tong was bending over, carefully wiping the imperceptible dust in the corners of the floor with a clean rag.
"Have you finished washing? That's great. I've already changed the sheets. You can go and rest right away."
Jiang Tong stood up and said to Chen Bufan with a smile. After that, she picked up the basin full of dirty water and prepared to walk out the door.
Just as Jiang Tong was about to pass by Chen Bufan, suddenly a strong hand tightly grasped her slender wrist. This sudden action made Jiang Tong's eyes widen instantly, like a frightened deer, and her hazy eyes looked straight at the man in front of her.
Chen Bufan just stood there quietly, not saying a word, but staring at Jiang Tong with his determined eyes.
At first, Jiang Tong could still look him in the eye bravely, but as time passed, her face gradually turned red and her eyes began to dodge involuntarily.
"Can you please give me a little more time? I'm still not used to this kind of relationship. Let's spend more time together. Besides, Fei'er and Uncle Hou are still here. If...if they see us, it will be too bad."
Jiang Tong's heartbeat was getting faster and faster, so fast that he began to stutter and speak incoherently.
However, after hearing this, Chen Bufan's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a sly smile: "Haha, I didn't hold you because of these, but I wanted to tell you that there is dust on your face."
“Ah! So it is...! That... I know..." Jiang Tong’s face suddenly turned red with shame, like a ripe apple.
She held the basin tightly in both hands, lowered her head deeply, and then ran away quickly like a frightened little rabbit.
Chen Bufan hummed a little tune as he walked into the study and closed the door gently.
As soon as you enter the study, the first thing that catches your eye is the extremely clean environment. The floor is polished to a shine, and even the corners that usually easily accumulate dust are now spotless.
Looking at the bed again, the slightly old sheets have been replaced with a set of brand new sheets. A faint scent of sunshine emanates from them, making people feel particularly fresh and comfortable.
Chen Bufan couldn't help but walk forward, gently stroking the soft fabric with his hand, a satisfied smile on his face.
In the next few days, Hou Cheng, Jiang Tong and Li Feier were busy in the base.
They received many small tasks, one of the important tasks was to guard the vegetable fields and areas where vegetable greenhouses were located.
Whenever the vegetables need to be watered, the mutated earthworms hiding deep underground will be attracted by the moist smell and come out of the ground.
These mutated earthworms are huge and extremely ferocious. They will not only destroy vegetable fields, but also attack humans. However, for Jiang Tong now, this is already a small task, and Hou Cheng can continue to recover.
Chen Bufan did not participate in these specific tasks. Sometimes he wandered around the base, and sometimes he would stay in the task union for a whole day.
He never took the initiative to undertake any task. He just sat there quietly, observing with interest everything that happened inside and outside the capital base through the big screen in front of him.
That morning, Chen Bufan came out of the study as usual, but saw three people packing their equipment.
"Are you going on a long trip?"
"Hey, Brother Chen!"
Hou Cheng walked quickly to Chen Bufan and said solemnly, "We just received an emergency order from above, saying that our outpost in He County, east of the base, suddenly lost contact with the headquarters. So, the higher-ups asked us to go over and investigate what caused it."
As he spoke, Hou Cheng pointed to the opened equipment box beside him and continued, "We are packing it up now. We plan to let you know when it is almost done."
At this time, Jiang Tong was lowering her head slightly, and quickly packing various easy-to-preserve foods into her backpack. After hearing Hou Cheng's words, she raised her head and glanced at Chen Bufan, but quickly lowered her head and continued to organize the items in her backpack.
On the other side, Li Feier, like Hou Cheng, stared at Chen Bufan with expectant eyes.
You know, since coming to this base, she has never seen with her own eyes the style of Chen Bufan when he really takes action.
During these few days, through communication with other survivors and understanding the internal operating mechanisms of the base, Chen Bufan learned that in order to regain the national territory occupied by zombies, the Capital Base has been actively preparing and organizing troops to expand in all directions.
Not only do they have to do their best to eliminate the creepy zombies that are wandering around, but they also have to deal with all the dangerous things caused by the advent of the doomsday.
Outposts like He County act as the vanguard of the entire operation.
Each outpost usually consists of a complete company of about one hundred men.
These brave and fearless fighters will be the first to penetrate into the occupied areas, establish temporary settlements, and garrison there.
They are responsible for the important mission of collecting local intelligence and finding out the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. At the same time, they must patiently wait for the arrival of subsequent large forces so that they can jointly launch large-scale clearing operations.
However, now, one of the outposts has lost contact with the headquarters. This is not a good sign! After all, if it is just an ordinary communication failure or a minor problem, it should not be completely disconnected.
Each outpost will be equipped with the most advanced communication equipment and there will be so many of them that it is impossible for a message not to get out.
"Then count me in. It's so boring to stay in the base all day." After saying this, Chen Bufan turned around and went back to the study to get his equipment. His Miao Dao, pistol, and backpack were all placed together. Because he was afraid of exposing the space, he kept these things on the clothes rack.
"Okay, let's go."