"Hey, buddy, I don't know what you're talking about."
Shane leaned closer to Shawn, not intending to admit anything.
He glanced back at the Camp behind him, and only when he saw that Rick was still there and hadn't followed, did he let out a slight sigh of relief.
"Don't pretend with me, Shane."
"Look, how many people in the Camp don't know that you and Lori used to be together?"
"It's just that everyone didn't want to offend you, and there was no benefit in saying it, and Lori really needed a man at the time, so everyone let you two be together."
"Didn't you notice that every time you two went out alone, no one came looking for you except Carl?"
Shawn re-shouldered his hammer, exposing the truth without reservation.
Not to mention that the current Shane hasn't turned dark, but even if he had, so what?
Now Shawn's strength attribute was complete.
At this level, if Shane could still bring him down, Shawn would only cup his fists and salute him as a true hero, admitting defeat.
"We didn't mean to, I thought Rick was dead at the time…"
Shane's eyes flickered, clearly his mind was in a mess at this moment.
"Alright, alright, I'm not blaming you, why are you so nervous?"
Shawn clearly didn't intend to let Shane overthink things and make the situation worse and worse.
A matter usually has many sides, and the outcome of this matter mainly depends on how the parties involved face and handle it.
Shane's temper was already a bit impatient and irritable, which is why he went to extremes after killing Otis and turning dark.
In the field, Shawn walked in front, and Shane followed behind.
It wasn't until the two of them reached the furthest side from the Camp that they stopped by the barbed wire fence.
Here, only Walkers wandered aimlessly, so it was equivalent to no one being able to hear them.
"There's no one else here, and I won't actively let the people in the Camp know about our conversation, so I'll be direct with you, Shane."
Shawn placed the hammer upside down on the ground, its handle pointing straight up.
"I don't know how you see me, whether you harbor hostility towards me; or you think I'm making the Camp unstable; or perhaps because my arrival has shaken your prestige in the Camp…"
Every time Shawn said something, Shane couldn't help but lower his head a few inches.
He felt alarmed!
Every word Shawn said seemed to hit his hidden thoughts, exposing him completely under the daylight.
For a moment, he even felt a bit confused.
Why Shawn, who didn't pay much attention to him, could still see right through him.
"And when I showed favor to Lori, and took Carl out alone for training and adventure, I'm afraid you had murderous thoughts in your heart."
Seeing Shane quickly look up to deny it, Shawn impatiently interrupted.
"Don't say you didn't, Shane, in a sense, we are the same kind of people, of course I know what you're thinking."
Shawn certainly knew.
When Shawn took Carl out and taught him like a son, he actually had a part of the intention to deliberately provoke Shane.
And hearing Shawn say that, Shane pursed his lips and swallowed the words he was about to say.
He suddenly remembered what happened during the day.
Shawn helped him withstand the pressure from Old Dale, and then unhesitatingly executed the last prison guard.
If anyone else in the team had done this, they would have been discussed and criticized by others.
That's why Shane felt annoyed when Old Dale stepped out, exerting moral pressure.
He wasn't good at handling these kinds of things.
But at that moment, Shawn happened to step forward.
Moreover, Shawn was precisely the one about whom, no matter what he did, there would be no dissent from the team.
Not only Shane knew this, Old Dale also knew it.
So, under Shawn's pressure, Old Dale restrained his 'compassion and morality,' which were worthless in the apocalypse.
"Perhaps, we really are the same kind of people?" Shane couldn't help but repeat in his heart.
The moonlight illuminated Shawn's and Shane's hair, and at this moment, a rare scene unfolded.
Shawn stood with his arms crossed, looking up at Shane, an indescribable expression in his eyes.
On the other hand, Shane.
He uncharacteristically lowered his head in front of Shawn, his muscular body constrained as if he had returned to 'Boy Scout Summer Camp'.
And seeing Shane waver, Shawn quickly struck while the iron was hot.
"And this matter, not only do I know, the people in the Camp know, even Rick himself knows."
"Lori must have confessed, right? I'm not very surprised by that."
Shane took a breath and let out a long, weary sigh.
"Why would you think that what happened between you and Lori could be hidden from Rick?"
Shawn retorted.
"Wait, you mean… did Rick already know?!"
Shane looked up, staring at Shawn in disbelief.
"Rick's magnanimity is beyond compare, which is why when I'm not around, the others in the Camp instinctively follow Rick's arrangements."
"Indeed, Rick had already vaguely guessed everything, but he never intended to bring it up."
"Because he understood that it would not only ruin you, but also ruin Lori, ruin Carl, and ruin their family."
"Rick deeply understood that some things simply happening and existing, and being made public, lead to two completely different outcomes."
"He still remembers your friendship, Shane."
"Rick still considers you his brother after knowing all this; he doesn't want to ruin his family, and even more, he doesn't want to ruin you."
As Shawn's words fell, Shane subconsciously looked back.
He seemed to faintly see Rick standing up in the distant Camp, looking towards them.
"But what can I do!"
Shane turned his head, suddenly letting out a painful roar.
He held his head, his mind constantly on Lori.
His roar attracted the Walkers outside the barbed wire fence, and the noise made by two or three Walkers hitting the fence made Shane's heart grow even more irritable.
But just then, a strong, powerful hand rested on his shoulder.
Shane's body trembled, and he looked up to see Shawn's relaxed smile.
"I'll tell you what to do!"
"Look at the moonlight, try to recall everything you did for the Camp when Rick wasn't there."
"At that time, you protected everyone, you took on responsibility, so you had power that others didn't."
As Shawn's voice softened, Shane's expression gradually relaxed.
He stared at a ray of moonlight, his eyes hazy, gradually returning to the past.
"You protected Lori and Carl, and if it weren't for the protective measures you left in the Hospital, Rick might not have had a chance to wake up."
"Your sense of responsibility as a police officer and your friendship with your brother have never truly been lost."
"You just gradually placed all of these hopes on Lori and Carl as civilization collapsed."
"That's why when Rick came back unharmed, you felt even more pain and found it difficult to choose."
Shawn closely watched Shane's expression, guiding him step by step.
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