Chen Lu led them to a table, and the process was soon completed.
After saying goodbye to Chen Lu, they went to Zhang Huishu's home. They had to inform her that Lu Ruiming was unable to return. After all, they had previously promised to bring him back, but they had truly not anticipated that Lu Ruiming's mental fortitude was so weak. In the apocalypse, people went mad either because they were terrorized by murder and looting or because they couldn't handle the stress of such events—a rare occurrence indeed.
They arrived at Zhang Huishu's residence and knocked on the door. It took a good while before Zhang Huishu came to open it, having first lit an oil lamp before answering the door.
Upon opening the door and seeing Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng, her eyes lit up. She looked past them, hoping to catch a glimpse of her dearly missed eldest son.
But even as she looked far into the distance, she did not see Lu Ruiming, and her face turned ghostly pale: "Where is Ruiming?"
