mtl008 Chapter 54 Rick
Chapter 54 Rick
On the farm, a new working day begins.
Rick, wearing a cowboy overalls, feeds Glenn's horses in the stable.
Several tall horses snorted unhappily, seeming to be annoyed with Rick as an outsider.
"Relax, relax, unicorns..."
Rick soothes a large yellow horse, caressing its face gently.
After a busy period, Rick finished cleaning up the manure and left the stable pushing the cart full of horse manure.
Rick was humming a little tune on the path between the lawns.
Although his current life is a bit dirty and tiring, Rick feels relaxed and comfortable compared to the life when he just escaped from the hospital and struggled among the dead.
"Rick."
A familiar voice came towards him, and Sean, who had a buzz cut, happened to meet Rick on the road.
Rick's brows twitched and he looked at Sean. Since Sean left without saying goodbye last time, the two brothers haven't had a formal chat.
"Sean...how have you been?"
Rick tried to start a conversation with a forced smile on his face. He was still confused about Sean's behavior.
Sean already knew that Rick saw through what was going on between him and Lori. He touched his nose, feeling the atmosphere was a little awkward.
"Nothing, just finishing [school] work normally. How are you, Lori?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sean came to his senses and wanted to slap himself in the face.
Which pot is not open to mention which pot!
He has now completely given up on Lori, because Rick is no less important to Sean than Lori and Carl.
Rick was silent for a moment. He knew Sean was not trying to provoke him, but he still felt uncomfortable.
"Man, maybe we should talk."
Rick put down the cart full of horse manure and pointed to the stable.
The two men walked towards the stable and began a conversation between brothers and men.
…As in the original series, Rick focuses on Lori and her baby.
After experiencing the stimulation from Zhang Qiang, Sean no longer had any thoughts about Lori, but he still had expectations for the baby in Lori's belly.
"The father of the child that Lori is carrying is me, and only me. Do you understand?"
Faced with Rick's aggressive remarks and approach, Sean leaned against the wall and looked directly into Rick's eyes, but feeling guilty, he quickly lowered his head and compromised.
"I don't want to say anything more, man, it's all my fault, but I want you to know... we didn't mean to do it, and everyone thought you were dead at that time."
Sean lowered his head and explained uncomfortably.
Seeing this, Rick stopped approaching Sean. He took a step back to give Sean more space.
"As long as you do what I say, I will pretend that nothing has happened and we will still be the same as before."
Rick also didn't want to break up with Sean. Their friendship was as long-lasting as his love with Lori.
Sean nodded, agreeing with what Rick said.
The two men walked out of the stable, left separately, went to their respective work places, and continued to be busy.
On the way, Sean met all the members of Rick's team under a big oak tree. They were sitting on a bench under the tree and resting.
Sean, who left without saying goodbye, was destined to be an outlier in Rick's team and in everyone's eyes. He didn't want to deal with these old acquaintances, so he quickened his pace and got away from their sight.
"Sean!"
Lori's belly hasn't changed much even though she's pregnant. She stood up from the bench and greeted Sean.
Sean couldn't help but turn his head and look at Lori. He calmly replied "OK" and quickened his pace to leave.
Seeing this, Lori walked quickly towards Sean until she followed him to a motorhome. Sean stopped and asked with a complicated expression:
"Lori, what's wrong? You're pregnant now, it's best not to move around casually."
After saying that, Sean couldn't help but look at Lori's belly, and the emotion in his eyes gradually softened.
That's his child! That must be his child!
Lori noticed Sean's strange look, but she also knew what Sean was thinking.
Her face turned cold, then warm again, and Lori pretended to be calm and asked:
"How are you doing lately? Carl is studying in school. Have you seen him?"
Perhaps the second half of the sentence is what Lori really wants to ask.
Sean said without hesitation:
"I'm fine. My job is pretty easy. Carl often goes to the range to practice. He's very hardworking. I was able to spend time with him every day last week."
After receiving the news from her son, Lori nodded with relief.
She learned from Carol that Sean was now a senior executive at the school, and she wanted to ask Sean to take good care of Carl and not let her son get into danger.
As the two talked, Lori showed her tenderness to Sean, hoping that Sean would do more to take care of Carl.
Soon, the scene of the two people talking and laughing happily was discovered by Rick, who had just returned from work.
Rick remained silent and went back to rest under the big tree. Lori was pregnant, and he didn't want to put pressure on her or quarrel with her.
As for Sean, Rick believed that this old brother would not go back on their conversation so quickly.
It's a pity that Rick didn't have a big fight with Lori during this period. Wasn't Lori's green tea behavior just to tease Sean? !
The same thing happened in the original drama!
From the corner of his eye, Sean noticed Rick coming back, and he quickly stopped talking to Lori and hurried away.
Lori didn't understand why Sean suddenly left indifferently, until she turned around and saw her husband sitting under a big tree with deep eyes, she suddenly realized...
Night soon enveloped the sky, people's working hours ended, and they returned to their tents to rest.
Sigma was just assigned to work on the farm today. This is his third day of internship and the armed team has not yet assigned him a gun.
Armed with only a knife and a walkie-talkie, he was responsible for patrolling the outskirts of the farm.
Zhang Qiang would never have thought that the Whisperers’ target was not the school, but the large grain reserve company – the farm!!
The Whisperers hope to survive the winter by relying on food from the farm, which they believe is more vulnerable to invasion than the school.
Sigma avoided the eyes and ears of people around him and came to the small river outside the farm. He tiptoed across the river and headed deep into the woods.
He wandered around until he found an X-shaped mark left by the organization on a tree and stopped.
After looking around for a while, Sigma bent down and started digging in the ground covered with fallen leaves.
He dug out the plastic bags and backpacks that had been hidden underground.
When he opened the backpack, a faint stench hit him. Sigma couldn't help but wrinkling his nose. After staying in the clean school for a few days, the smell of the corpse skin hood finally returned to his nasal cavity.
The school is a clean and nice place.
Sigma couldn't help but think.
Picking up the intercom on his belt, Sigma entered the channel used by the Whisperers:
"Hera, I have arrived at the farm. As you might expect, the school and the farm are closely connected.
The school will provide armed personnel to protect the farm. The owner of the farm is Hershel, who has two daughters... and an adopted daughter..."
After hesitating for a while, Sigma still exposed Alan's identity.
"Zi--are there any loopholes in their patrol schedule?"
"No, the schedule is very tight, but they are not many in number, only a dozen or so, and they have to be divided into two groups to take turns patrolling. The personnel are also relatively scattered."
Sigma replied.
"What about heavy firepower?"
"Everyone's got a fully automatic rifle except me."
"Do you have grenades? RPG?"
"Never seen it before, maybe it's only available in school."
Sigma and Hera exchanged information.
A dark shadow walked on the leaf-covered ground without making any sound, silently eavesdropping on the conversation behind a tree.
Specialty [Ninja]: Greatly reduces the sound of footsteps when moving.
The person listening in was none other than Wang Zhiqiang, who was assigned to lead the farm team. Zhang Qiang had informed him during the day that there were problems with the newcomers and that he should be more careful.
In order to facilitate his work, Wang Zhiqiang requested to be equipped with special skills. Zhang Qiang also generously spent his points to equip Wang Zhiqiang with the first special skill - [Ninja].
Wang Zhiqiang still has two specialty slots left.
"Heller and his team have already led a group of sheep towards the farm. Do you have any good suggestions?"
Hera asked Sigma on the intercom.
"Not yet... maybe we can rely on a large flock of sheep to besiege them?"
Sigma suggested.
Hera rejected this approach. Leading a flock that is too large would be time-consuming and laborious, would be too big a target and easily attract attention, and would also affect subsequent plans to transport grain from the farm.
Before the plan was even implemented, Hera was already thinking about what would happen after it succeeded...
"Then what should I do?"
Sigma had no idea and could only throw the problem back to Hera, the one in power.
“Gain more trust, get a gun, and when Rogers and you are working on the farm at the same time, contact me immediately. I will have the leader take the sheep to the woods on the farm!
Next, you will be responsible for killing those armed men, and let Rogers set a big fire to burn down the houses! Remember! Don't burn down the granary!"
Hera stressed.
Wang Zhiqiang, hiding in the darkness, nodded repeatedly. This plan was indeed a good one.
The armed personnel were all shot dead directly, so what is the use of the thermal imaging equipment to deal with the zombie tide and the Whisperers?
If the principal hadn't already said that Sigma was an undercover agent, everyone would have been backstabbed.
A shot from behind is often the most deadly.
"You don't believe me?! I was just chatting with Sean!!"
"You know that's not what I meant!!"
Suddenly, there was a heated argument between a man and a woman outside the woods.
Sigma quickly turned off the walkie-talkie. He stood up and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, he slowly walked towards the river with the backpack he had dug out.
After becoming a member of the armed team, personal belongings will not be inspected. Sigma's idea is good. He can take the backpack back openly.
Wang Zhiqiang behind the tree was a little surprised. Who came here to quarrel so late at night?
He followed Sigma to the river, where Sigma was hiding at the edge of the woods, observing the situation on the other side.
At night, the moonlight illuminates the grass by the river.
Rick and Lori were arguing face to face, Rick's face was red, he began to think that Lori was also responsible for what happened between Sean and Lori!!
Lori quickly used her ultimate move - the cry of a pregnant woman.
"You don't want this baby, right? You think he's Sean's? Fine! Then get rid of him!! This damn world is fucked up anyway!!"
Lori cried and roared, she shook off Rick's hand and walked towards the camp.
The burly Sigma stood behind a tree, looking at the scene in silence, wondering what the hell was going on.
Sean? The school's top brass is sleeping with someone else's wife? Should we tell Hera about this?