Chapter 40 (1/2)

Chapter 40 Deadly evolution

This was the first time Chang saw Qing shui show such strong emotions and speak in such a forceful tone. The Qing shui he knew was exactly like the meaning of his name – calm as still water. Expressing such emotions, Chang felt that those words weren’t only for him, but also to numb Qing shui himself.

“It seems like he’s also feeling the pressure of his morality.” Chang sighed and threw away the cigarette b.u.t.t.

He opened the door slowly and walked to his own bed. The door was opened again – it was two soldiers and the mother of the family of four.

When the woman showed up with two soldiers behind her, she started yelling, “See, I told you someone died in our dorm. It’s been more than 2 hours and she still hasn’t decided to bury her mother. How can she do that? I can bear the stench, but what if it spreads a disease? Who else would be willing to live in here?”

Chang glanced between the woman and the daughter; her body showed a sign of shock and eventually she started talking.

“I just want to stay with my mom longer.” She said as she looked at the bloated corpse again.

“Miss.” One of the soldiers frowned, “We completely understand why you want to accompany your mother, but right now the situation is urgent; please hand over the body to us. As you know, a large epidemic is usually followed by a disaster, and leaving the body here can easily spread the plague.”

“We also received a command from our captain – dead bodies are to be forcibly cremated. I hope you understand the policy and cooperate with us.” As they said, they stood there quietly to wait for the daughter’s reaction.

However, the soldiers waited more than two minutes and the daughter still didn’t move an inch, so one of the soldiers helped her up and the other came up and dragged her mother’s body away.

Oddly, the daughter didn’t struggle at all, but she began to sob. She didn’t cry loudly; streams of tears ran down her shallow eyes.

The other soldier didn’t look at her too much, nor did he speak. He wore two layers of rubber gloves and grabbed on the body’s ankle, pulling the body to the edge of the bed. He did it professionally – apparently, he had handle quite a lot of corpses these days.

But just as he was going to lift the body into the body bag, the old man on the bed suddenly moved.

He started to tremble and turned his face to the soldier who was going to carry away his wife’s body. The old man stared at her body and shed tears. After he stared at the body for a while, he opened his mouth widely, and a loud “Ahhhh—” sound came from his throat.

Hearing this heartbreaking mourning, Chang knew that the old man was dying too. This was his last breath, and it quieted down as he approached death.

Sure enough, the old man uttered a burp-like sound as his last syllable. Then, he lost all signs of life.