"You found two women?" Su Jin paused what he was doing.
He turned his head toward Cheng Du, who was also sharpening a blade beside him.
Cheng Du blinked. "I... I already passed down the orders, Director. I told them not to let any outsiders in."
With that, Cheng Du glared at the three squad members who had brought the report. "What's wrong with you three?! Didn't I tell you to chase off any strangers who show up?"
One of the squad members opened and closed his mouth a couple of times before saying, "Right, Captain Cheng, but the two who came are kind of special!"
"What's so special about them?" Su Jin's brow instantly furrowed.
"The little girl isn't anything special, but the older one is Jiang Yu!" The squad member winked and gestured excitedly. "She doesn't look quite the same as she does on TV, but we asked, and there's definitely no mistake!"
"Jiang Yu? Who is Jiang Yu?" Su Jin looked at Cheng Du.
Cheng Du was taken aback at first, but hearing Su Jin's question, a look of bewilderment crossed his face. "Director, you don't even know Jiang Yu? She's a famous pop singer! Huge celebrity—the dream girl of who knows how many men.
"Though personally, I think... her singing is just so-so. She basically got famous on her looks alone, no real talent! Probably slept her way to the top."
Su Jin pondered for a moment, then made up his mind and stood up. "Let's go take a look!"
Taking Cheng Du with him, he followed the three squad members to the gate.
Jiang Yu was holding Ding Ling. Both were dressed in tatters, huddling together with their heads down on the steps.
The two squad members keeping watch beside them had excited expressions mixed with pity, continuously offering gentle words of comfort.
"Raise your heads," Su Jin said.
Hearing this, Jiang Yu looked up immediately.
That single glance made Su Jin's heart skip a beat.
Even with her face smudged with dirt and looking in complete disarray, it couldn't hide her breathtaking beauty!
Her looks truly reached an extraordinary level... far beyond what an unripened novice like Fu Qingdai could compare to.
Compared to those minor starlets back on Earth who relied on beauty filters and backdoors to get famous, she was leagues ahead.
Combined with that grieving-widow demeanor... to be honest, it really hit his fetish.
At this critical juncture, however, he had no mood to look for women, much less the guts to mess with one.
Who knew if he'd catch some kind of alien STD?
The background of these two was far too suspicious. Outside was so dangerous, so how had they managed to reach this place?
"You are Jiang Yu? The singer?" Su Jin asked.
Jiang Yu gave a miserable, sorrowful nod. "Big brother, my younger sister and I fled here by chance... Could you please take us in? We can work. All we ask for is a bowl of food."
Su Jin narrowed his eyes, observing them closely.
Seeing that he didn't respond, Jiang Yu instantly dropped to her knees, pulling Ding Ling down beside her as she sobbed, "Big brother, please have pity on us! We don't eat much, and we definitely won't cause you any trouble."
"Director, they're too pitiful. Let's just take them in! We won't miss food for two more mouths," the two squad members guarding Jiang Yu chimed in.
Su Jin flew into a rage. "Do you two even want to stay here anymore?! Get the hell back to your posts!
"All of you, remember this: you are soldiers now! Without my orders, no one acts on their own, and no one interferes with decisions! If this happens again, you'll be kicked out of the team immediately!"
The two members' faces instantly turned pale. They saluted and returned to their watch.
The other three squad members swallowed hard and straightened their backs.
Su Jin took a deep breath, focusing his gaze on Ding Ling. "What's your name?"
"Ding... Ding Ling," she said timidly.
"Her surname is Jiang, and yours is Ding. You two are sisters?!"
"Not biological..."
Observing Ding Ling with cold eyes, an ominous feeling rose in Su Jin's chest.
That day when he was speeding down the street, he had seen four dark figures—three large and one small... The small one had felt like a child.
With zombies running rampant, two females accidentally arriving at Rencai Community, one of them a child—could it really be such a coincidence?
Whether it was a coincidence or not, getting rid of these two women outright was the best choice.
But killing them outright presented a bit of trouble... This woman was a celebrity. People below had already seen her, and word might spread.
Without a reasonable justification, troop morale would be shaken.
Besides, he still had the lab rats to run a sealed safety test on the two of them...
Su Jin looked back at Jiang Yu. His gaze involuntarily softened as it rested on her face, before drifting downward toward her chest.
Beside him, Cheng Du looked at Su Jin, then at Jiang Yu. The corners of his eyes twitched twice, and his teeth began to grind.
Dammit, little Fu was already annoying enough.
Now here came a big-breasted bimbo! And an ex-celebrity at that!
Wouldn't the Director be completely entranced out of his mind?
Where would he find the time to fool around with women now? The team's cohesion would fall completely apart!
No way! I won't allow it!
Everything must be for the greater good!
Thinking this, Cheng Du immediately pointed at the squad members and said in a heavy voice, "We can't recruit a single outsider right now! Who knows if they're carrying infectious diseases?! Military orders are absolute—kick these two broads... right out of here!"
Su Jin glanced at Cheng Du in surprise, feeling deeply impressed!
Cheng Du usually gave off the impression of being somewhat unreliable, but who would have thought he could be so cautious at such a critical moment?
Not bad, really not bad at all!
It seemed he had underestimated him in normal times.
"Big brother!" Jiang Yu burst into tears on the spot, clinging to Ding Ling beside her and pleading frantically. "Even if you only take in my sister... I beg you, please show some mercy. Even treating her like a pet cat or dog would do!"
"No rush. First tell me how you got here," Su Jin questioned. "In detail. Which streets did you take, what happened along the way—explain every bit of it clearly."
"We came from Wushan Road..." Jiang Yu recounted step by step, while Ding Ling kept wiping her tears beside her.
After listening to the whole account, Su Jin nodded.
He had memorized all the maps of the surrounding roads down to the finest detail; this was a matter of life and death.
Judging from Jiang Yu's description just now, it was plausible and consistent.
Her account of the deaths and misfortunes that befell her family members was also filled in reasonably.
Overall, there were no red flags.
"How many days has it been since you ate?" Su Jin asked again.
"Five days without a real meal... We ate a tiny bit, but very little... We didn't dare drink water either, only whatever was left in bottles we found outside..." Jiang Yu sobbed, wiping away tears in a manner that stirred deep pity.
"Big brother, could we please beg you for a little food first..." Jiang Yu pleaded.
Su Jin looked back toward the interior. It happened to be meal distribution time, and the aroma of food was wafting out through the doors.
Jiang Yu and Ding Ling swallowed their saliva repeatedly.
Seeing Su Jin hesitate, Cheng Du stepped forward, his face dark. "Director! What are you still considering? These two look completely untrustworthy to me, filthy as hell! Keeping them is just a drag, they won't be able to do anything useful—just kick them straight out!"
With that, he leaned into Su Jin's ear and whispered, "Director, you definitely cannot touch a woman like this! Let me tell you, that showbiz circle is an utter mess. Who knows how many people she's slept with? She's probably covered in STDs! Touch her and your dick will rot off! Really, I'm not kidding you!"
"Hold on," Su Jin stopped him, his gaze sweeping up and down Jiang Yu's shapely figure.
Then he waved his hand and said, "Go! Cook two bowls of minced pork noodles. Take these two out to the gate and let them watch me eat."
Chapter 65