"What was that?!?" the other man demanded, looking toward the houses and the basements where the sound was coming from.
"Yet another reason not to open the doors again," I replied, not impressed. Seriously, they were worse than kindergarteners when it came to someone spelling out everything for them.
He looked toward the ruined house. "Will it come back?"
Yuche finished sealing the last entrance. Zhenlan checked the barricades once more, and Chenghai collected Lingyun from the stolen truck seat by pointing toward the SUV until he got up on his own.
No carrying.
No leaning against each other.
Lingyun made it across the yard slowly, one hand pressed over his ribs while the other stayed free for fire. Yuche walked several steps behind him in case he fell, but he didn't touch him.
That was better.
Chenghai opened the passenger door for me.
Before I climbed in, I looked back at the cracked road where Gu Han had disappeared.
