Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 187

Chapter 187 -187: Heading to North Mountain

But at this moment inside Dragon Leap Villa, there indeed was a person who believed that he was more suited for the position of the new Base Leader than Liang Jiuhui.

“Father, don’t be sad anymore, your health is important,”

behind Jia Kaiji, a gentle woman with long hair said softly while massaging his shoulders.

“Yuer, now in our Jia family, it’s just you and me left,”

Jia Kaiji sighed. He was still regretting the death of Jia Sheng.

Before the apocalypse, Jia Kaiji actually had high hopes of becoming the new mayor of City S. He had assumed he would secure the position of mayor, but was thwarted by Liang Wei who emerged unexpectedly and snagged the position. This still left him unable to let go.

He would not be as weak as Shao Hongshen, who, failing to become mayor, had ridiculously chosen to commit suicide out of spite.

And as for Liang Wei, he was unfortunate too. He hadn’t even secured his position as mayor when the apocalypse struck.

Jia Kaiji looked at the fire in his hand, awakened to the Fire Element Ability since the apocalypse began. Liang Wei, on the other hand, was just an ordinary person— this was simply his opportunity!

But unexpectedly, Liang Wei had wanted to promote his son to the top, even wanting that kid to become the Leader of this new base?

In the refuge, Liang Wei had only allowed him to be the administrator of a district, which clearly was a personal vendetta! It was an insult to him!

He was not willing to let his Special Ability be wasted like this, unwilling to be outdone by a young man, and his own nephew’s death was so unclear and murky. He felt this was a conspiracy by Liang Wei and Liang Jiuhui!

His nephew, Jia Sheng, possessed the Wind Element Ability. He had always intentionally groomed Jia Sheng, hoping to make him his right-hand man, but Jia Sheng had died here on his second day in the base!

How could he not be suspicious?

He had asked people below to help investigate. It turned out that the few people who had killed the zombified Jia Sheng shared a deep relationship with Liang Jiuhui. They had even been living here since before the base was established—they must have been Liang Wei’s and Liang Jiuhui’s men! They were the ones who killed the sole legitimate heir of the Jia family!

“Our Jia family’s only bloodline is now severed,” Jia Kaiji couldn’t help but sigh.

Behind him, Jia Yue’s eyes darkened, but her hands didn’t stop their movements.

Why couldn’t her father see her existence? She was his own daughter.

Before the apocalypse, she had won countless music awards trying to prove she was better than her cousin Jia Sheng, who knew nothing. Yet, her father’s eyes always favored Jia Sheng. Now that Jia Sheng was dead, she thought her father would start to value her, but he was still fixated on Jia Sheng! He even said the Jia family’s bloodline was broken?

“Father, before his death, did Shao Hongshen find a long-lost son?”

Jia Yue suddenly remembered the man she saw in the base that day, recognizing him instantly because his face was so memorable.

“Indeed, I heard that his son didn’t just obey him, he was obedient like a dog,” Jia Kaiji sneered.

But that son was far more filial than Shao Zian, whom he had personally groomed. During his father’s funeral, he took a knife and stabbed directly at Liang Wei, unfortunately not injuring him at all, and was therefore jailed for it.