Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse

Xia Ying looked at the Guard Squad Members who had surrounded him and knew that he probably wouldn’t escape tonight.

For some reason, he now felt a sense of regret in his heart.

To be exact, he regretted it the moment he swung his knife at Liang Wei.

Because of his momentary regret, which led to hesitation, he was struck in the wrist by iron spikes.

And the person who stopped him was actually Shao Zian.

“Come out; I can see your Invisibility Ability,” Sheng Jing, standing behind Shao Zian, said.

It was naturally her who told Shao Zian Xia Ying’s location, but she hadn’t expected Shao Zian would actually take action to stop him.

Shao Zian appeared to struggle with his expression. He looked at Liang Jiuhui, who was walking in, and the Guard Squad Members who had surrounded him and asked Liang Jiuhui with a bitter smile, “Have you suspected me all along?”

Liang Jiuhui sighed and nodded; indeed, he and Liang Wei had suspected Shao Zian from the beginning.

“It was the first time our fathers were ambushed outside Dragon Leap Villa. At that time, the woman called Sun Yixue said they had eight Special Ability Users,”

Liang Jiuhui looked at Shao Zian. Liang Wei had secured his position thanks to his carefulness and observation.

At the time, even with Sun Yixue’s Space Element Ability, Zhao Bin’s team only had six Special Ability Users. Yet, Sun Yixue mentioned eight people. Excluding the one with Invisibility Ability, there had to be another Special Ability User among them who was present at the scene.

Although they had their suspicions about a few others, the only person who had a history and old grudges with Liang Wei was Shao Zian.

Shao Zian had not anticipated that, at that time, the Liang Family father and son had already begun to doubt him.

“Then why did you let me protect Uncle’s safety these past few days?”

Shao Zian thought about this aspect and truly didn’t understand. A few days earlier, Liang Jiuhui had found him and asked him to protect Liang Wei’s safety, and he had agreed without a word. In fact, having decided to let go of the past, he had indeed protected Liang Wei’s safety at all times.

“Zian, you’re a good kid; uncle knows you must have had your reasons, or else you wouldn’t have backed off so quickly, right?”

The thoughtful words of Liang Wei made Shao Zian choke up.

Liang Jiuhui had previously respected Liang Wei’s decision because Liang Wei said he wanted to give Shao Zian one last chance. So, while Shao Zian was tasked with protecting Liang Wei’s safety, Liang Jiuhui was also secretly having others observe Shao Zian, ready to take him out at a moment’s notice if he truly turned traitor.

Looking at Xia Ying, who had appeared before everyone, Liang Jiuqing, who was supporting Liang Wei, couldn’t help but ask, “Who exactly are you? Why do you want to kill my dad?”

Xia Ying didn’t answer; he had nothing left to say.

Shao Zian looked at Xia Ying, feeling that some things should be cleared up. If he had spoken out earlier, perhaps Xia Ying wouldn’t have ended up in this situation today.

No, to be precise, his name should be called Ying Yue.

“Do you all remember, many years ago, the son that father adopted from outside?”

Shao Zian looked at Xia Ying, who was present, and his meaning was quite clear.

“Is it this Xia Ying?” Liang Wei asked.

How could he forget the son Shao Hongsen had adopted back then?

Originally, Shao Hongsen had uncovered the true nature of the drug rehabilitation center while searching for his lost son, who was reportedly a little-known star and hadn’t actually fallen into addiction. He was completely set up by his peers, and the drug rehab was just a front financed by some wealthy people.

Once the truth came out, and because he exposed the scandal, Shao Hongsen was promoted three times in a row by the authorities, causing envy among his contemporaries.

Two years later, for some unknown reason, Shao Hongsen hung himself at home. At the funeral, his second son even attempted to attack him with a knife. He was immediately arrested without having caused any injury and was put in prison.

Not much time passed before the Apocalypse arrived, so they had almost forgotten about this person’s existence and had not expected that Xia Ying would escape from prison.

“Xia Ying… he’s not actually Shao Hongsen’s son, nor is he my brother. All that was a fabrication by father seeking commendation,”

Shao Zian’s words stunned Xia Ying on the spot.

“What about the paternity test report?”

Xia Ying seemed not to want to believe what Shao Zian said.

Shao Zian, looking down, said, “Fake, it’s all fake, Father just wanted to use that incident to get promoted.”

Making a fake paternity test report was not a difficult thing to do at the time.

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“Then why me?” Xia Ying asked, looking down.

“Because Father said you were good-looking and would attract the most media attention; you’re an orphan, and if we destroyed your records, no one could find out,” he explained.

Shao Zian didn’t dare to look at Xia Ying’s expression anymore.

If he could, he really wanted to treat Xia Ying as his own younger brother, because the things his father had done to him had sparked a sense of pity in Shao Zian’s heart from a certain point on.

At that time, Xia Ying’s eyes were filled with Father, and even a casual word of praise from Shao Hongsen would make him smile incredibly happily.

It was then that Shao Zian always felt that their family owed Xia Ying.

After all, it was Father who personally sent him into that rehab center, and Father who injured him so badly!

So, in the Apocalypse, when he saw Xia Ying again, he cooperated with Xia Ying’s plans, though he also regretted it.

“He said that it was Liang Wei who had dirt on him, and if he died, it would be because Liang Wei forced him…”

Xia Ying murmured.

He knew Shao Zian wouldn’t deceive him and now understood the sense of dissonance he felt after being reminded by Xia Mufei.

So, in this world, did people who would cry for him simply not exist?

At this time, Liang Wei also fully understood how much Shao Hongsen hated him, wanting to use someone else to set him up even before his death.

Liang Jiuhui too sighed, not expecting that the enemy they had been guarding against day and night was actually already dead.

Truly a master of manipulating people’s hearts.

But this Xia Ying…

For some reason, Liang Jiuhui actually started to feel sympathy for Xia Ying, but as someone who had tried to harm Liang Wei twice, he still gestured for the people behind him to take Xia Ying away.

How to deal with Xia Ying would have to be discussed with Father later!

“Xia Ying, I’m sorry,”

Shao Zian looked at Xia Ying with a face full of sorrow.

Xia Ying’s eyes looked unfocused as he obediently followed the people behind him out of the courtyard.

Liang Jiuhui also breathed a sigh of relief, outside the courtyard had already gathered some onlookers, all the people passing by were curious about what had happened here, why so many members of the guard squad had arrived.

“Disperse, everyone disperse, there’s nothing to see here,” Xu Shi waved his hands to disperse the crowd.

Just then, an anomaly suddenly occurred.

Sheng Jing shouted to several people outside the door, “Be careful! Zombies!”

Roar!

Roar! Roar!

But it was already too late; six zombies suddenly appeared in the crowd, including two mutated zombies!

The six zombies began to violently bite at the crowd!

Screams erupted everywhere, and although Liang Jiuhui and the guard squad rushed at the zombies immediately, some people were bitten, and those who were bitten turned into zombies themselves!