To be honest, Lao Zhao's reaction was quite normal. When faced with a story told by a weak patient, anyone would find it difficult to discern the truth from falsehoods in their words.
Even Lao Zhao, and even Tang Xiaoquan himself, if it weren't for his urgent need to know the whereabouts of his parents, might not have listened so attentively and carefully to Yao Ruyi's account, making it hard even for him to notice the discrepancies in the other's words.
"Actually, Lao Zhao, from the very beginning of his story, I felt something was off." Tang Xiaoquan began his analysis.
"From the beginning?" Lao Zhao recalled carefully, but after thinking it over, he couldn't find anything wrong with Yao Ruyi's account. He shook his head in confusion, signaling for the other to continue.
"Look, he said that the reason the military evacuated urgently was because they noticed signs of zombie gatherings in several nearby streets, right?"
