Chapter 65: Cutting Off Flesh to Save One's Parent

  Looking at the gate of the residential building, there was no expected figure, but a group of zombies attracted by Wu Xiaotian's shout.

  Wu Xiaotian easily took care of the zombies that had surrounded him, but his gaze didn't leave the entrance of the apartment building. He stared at it intently, expecting it to open, but Wu Xiaotian was disappointed. After waiting for over 20 minutes, the door still hadn't opened.

  "It can't be, he must still be alive!"

  The tightly closed door made Wu Xiaotian lose his confidence, although he still didn't believe that something would happen to that person. Wu Xiaotian was still expecting, expecting that the other person would appear.

  Finally, heaven did not disappoint Wu Xiaotian's expectations. He heard the sound of opening the door, and this sound made him extremely excited.

  The door of the apartment building opened, but the figure in front of him left Wu Xiaotian stunned. Although this person was thin like a zombie, no, saying that would be an insult to zombies, as they were at least plump compared to him. His withered muscles wrapped around his bones made him look like a moving skull. The effortless motion of opening the door seemed to have used up all his strength, causing his emaciated body to tremble violently!

  Although the clothes he wore were still clean, they seemed empty and hollow. His originally black hair was now dry and yellowish. The once handsome face was now thin, revealing the outline of his skull, with only a layer of skin covering his forehead. His high nose had sunken eyes that showed a hint of joy, which made Wu Xiaotian confirm that this was indeed Duan Yue, the man who used to be so handsome and elegant!

  "Come on in!"

  A hoarse voice beyond compare entered Wu Xiaotian's ears, causing Wu Xiaotian's originally excited mood to disappear instantly without a trace.

  He rushed forward and didn't wait for Duan Yue to speak, directly carrying him on his back. Feeling the weight of Duan Yue on his back, he couldn't help but think: "How did he survive all this time?"

  Wu Xiaotian didn't care about anything else, and carried Duan Yue up the stairs to the third floor, where Duan Yue's home was.

  As soon as he entered Duan Yue's home, Wu Xiaotian seemed to have smelled a strong medicinal smell, which was mixed with the scent of meat. This meaty smell might be an illusion. After putting Duan Yue on the sofa in the living room, Wu Xiaotian heard a violent cough!

  "Anyone else?"

  "Ah, mom"

  A hoarse voice entered Wu Xiaotian's ears, and he looked at the extremely weak Duan Yue, only to see him struggling to get up, holding onto the wall for support as he moved, seemingly having exhausted all his energy opening the door for Wu Xiaotian. After Duan Yue held onto the wall, not just his arms but also his body kept trembling!

  He hastily used his hand to support his body, but the feeling transmitted through his hand made Wu Xiaotian's heart tremble with fear, this feeling was as if it had been directly applied to his bones.

  "What's wrong? Is there something?"

  Although he was shocked, Wu Xiaotian still wondered what this section of Yue wanted to do.

  "My mom needs to take her medicine!"

  "Oh, you just sit there, I'll go help you with it!"

  After seeing Duan Yue follow his advice, Wu Xiaotian walked towards the kitchen. Wu Xiaotian had been to Duan Yue's home countless times, so he was extremely familiar with the layout of Duan Yue's home. As soon as he entered the kitchen, Wu Xiaotian smelled a strong medicinal smell and covered his nose. His gaze was immediately drawn to a wooden board next to the stove.

  "How did blood get on this?"

  Although it was strange, Wu Xiaotian didn't think much of it and found a small bowl. He was about to pour out the medicine, but the bottle seemed to be blocked by something. When he opened the medicine jar, he saw that there were actually meat slices inside!

  Her eyes narrowed, could it be...

  Then, next to the notice board, Wu Xiaotian found a kitchen knife with dark red bloodstains on its blade. Wu Xiaotian's brain went blank, and he lost his ability to think for an instant.

  Until Du Yue leaned against the wall and moved over, he didn't care about Wu Xiaotian on the side, directly using his trembling hands to pour out a bowl of Chinese medicine, and then walked out of the kitchen again with the support of the wall. Throughout the process, Du Yue didn't say a word, because he believed that Wu Xiaotian wouldn't blame him!

  Standing at the door, Wu Xiaotian watched as Duan Yue helped his mother up and fed her medicine spoon by spoon with a ladle.

  He rushed into the kitchen, Wu Xiaotian began to search around in the kitchen, hoping to find some evidence. Duan Yue's kitchen was not big, and soon it was turned upside down by Wu Xiaotian.

  Taking out a plate of meat slices from the refrigerator, he thought of Duan Yue's frail body and tears involuntarily rolled down his face.

  Cutting flesh to feed one's parent, that is one of the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars in ancient China. Wu Xiaotian knew and had seen it before, but he thought he couldn't do it himself. Not just Wu Xiaotian, who among people today dares to pat their own chest and say they can do it? If someone really could do it, Wu Xiaotian would greatly admire him. After all, in the past society was filled with all sorts of rotten culture, simple-minded people were polluted by all sorts of rotten culture, pollution became selfishness, pollution became indifference. Among the numerous descendants of the great Chinese civilization, how many filial sons would cut off their own flesh to feed their mother or cure her illness? Wu Xiaotian didn't know, this could only be asked of one's own conscience.

  But one thing Wu Xiaotian can be sure of is that in modern society, mothers are always selfless and great to their children, they will do everything for their children, no matter what.

  Returning to the door of Duan Yu's mother's room, looking at the mother and son inside, tears appeared in her eyes again.

  "Mom, do you feel a little better?"

  "I feel a bit better now, by the way I was just thinking of seeing Little Tian, has he come?"

  "Yes, Xiaotian has just arrived, he's come to save us."

  "Hehe, Xiao Tian is really great, hasn't forgotten about us."

  "Here, I found this pork in the fridge of our next-door neighbor's house. Mom, you should eat more to recover quickly."

  "You should eat some meat too, our family's food has been gone for a long time, look at how thin you've become."

  "Mom, I've eaten already, these are all yours!"

  Wu Xiaotian turned his body around, leaning against the wall, with tears streaming down from his eyes, and the feeling in his heart couldn't be expressed in words.

  Thinking of Duan Yue's frail body, Wu Xiaotian didn't know how much flesh he had cut off. His originally healthy body had become like this; he must have suffered so much. For the sake of not worrying his mother, he told many kind lies. His body that could be blown away by the wind was starved for how long before it became like this? Wu Xiaotian felt very regretful, regretting that he didn't arrive here earlier and regretting letting Duan Yue suffer so much.

  Duan Yue supported himself against the wall and slowly walked out of the room, saying to Wu Xiaotian who was leaning against the wall in a hoarse voice that was almost inaudible: "Never, ever tell her!"