Chapter 148: Assistant Yao’s Decision
"Boss, the apartment opposite the one the caretaker of your building lives in is actually empty. I checked the situation of the entire building when the renovations were underway last month and that apartment hadn’t been sold yet.
My mother and I can move there. After all, it’s not like we need to spend money now." Assistant Yao proved himself to be very thorough with that statement.
He had even investigated who lived in which apartment just for a renovation. It was refreshing.
Lu Zhen knew that his assistant could be a stubborn person too when he made up his mind so instead of arguing with him over where to live and what team to join, he just decided to let the guy stay close to him.
"You can move in whenever you want, I doubt anyone will bother stopping you. Do you need help with the move? After all, it’s a little dangerous now traveling with elders who haven’t learnt how to defend themselves yet." Lu Zhen asked after approving of his assistant’s decision to move into their building.
"Yes, I could use some help. Even though theft and murder have not become too popular yet, I have seen the rising trend of people breaking into other people’s houses to steal and sometimes when the owner fights back, they do not hesitate to kill.
I am worried about my mother. Leaving her alone for a short while is okay. But I am afraid someone will play the sympathy card and trick her into opening the door when I am away.
My mother hasn’t been out since the apocalypse began and still doesn’t understand that the world has changed drastically. A simple sob story could soften her heart and I am worried about that." Yao explained his worries to his boss hoping that he could get some advice.
And the advice he wanted so badly, he got.
"You should take Auntie out on a supply run and let her confront both zombies and other survivors face-to-face. Hiding her at home is only feeding her ignorance of how the world has changed. You are not protecting her, you are endangering her life.
If she doesn’t witness everything with her own eyes and just keeps hearing you say that things had changed and that you can’t be as generous and as welcoming as before, she might just think that you have become petty.
She would never take your words seriously. Take her out to a place where you know you will meet both zombies and survivors. Make sure an argument, or a fight breaks out with the survivors. If possible, get hurt. Fight and kill zombies too and let her see how close you come to getting bitten or scratched and infected.