"Didn't I tell you not to get off the car? You still ran so far. Don't you know it's dangerous?" Carl frowned slightly.
"I'm sorry, Carl, I just, just..." Sophia lowered her head in grievance.
"I was the one who encouraged them to come down, and it was also me who suggested coming here," Liz said calmly.
Karl looked at her, said nothing, retracted his gaze, and rubbed Sophia's head. "I don't blame you. I'm just worried about your safety. You said you were walking on the road. What if a zombie jumped out from the side? I might not be able to react in time, so I told you not to get out of the car. Do you understand?"
"Yeah." Sophia nodded aggrievedly, tears already welling up in her eyes.
Beth also hugged Sophia at this time, "Good girl, Karl didn't blame you. Damn it, he actually made you cry. Can I help you teach him a lesson?"
"No." Sophia raised her head and pouted, "I'm not a child anymore. Don't try to coax a child like that."
Carl couldn't help but smile, "Okay, don't run around here, I'm going to go see where the zombie came from."
"Be careful," Beth warned.
"Yeah." Carl nodded and walked towards the zombie he had just killed.
I stopped and looked down at it. There was nothing special about it. I continued walking towards the side of the road. There were piles of fallen leaves under the road.
Looking at the gaps between the trees, Carl frowned and was about to turn around without getting off the road, but at this moment Carl discovered a zombie corpse looming in the pile of fallen leaves.
Carl stopped, used a dagger to push away the fallen leaves, held his breath, squatted down and looked at the corpse of the zombie.
There are some signs of decay, but the fallen leaves under the body have not begun to rot, which means that the corpse must have died within the past few days.
Of course, this place is not far from the prison, so it would seem normal if zombies were killed by people leaving the prison.
but...
The cause of death of this zombie was that half of its head was chopped off.
Among the people in the prison, the only one Carl remembered killing zombies with the more laborious method of chopping was Michonne.
The missing half of the zombie's head is the part from the skull to the right cheek.
Normally, Michonne wouldn't cut such a difficult place, and in Carl's impression, Michonne hasn't been out recently.
In the entire prison, the team led by More and Daryl who often go out is a group of about ten people in total. They are considered to be the more elite group in the entire prison.
Carl closed his eyes and silently recalled something.
"Uh uh uh..."
"Carl! There are zombies!"
Before Beth could finish her words, Carl had already pulled out his Glock, fired, put the Glock back, and walked towards Beth and the others.
"Are you pointing a gun at me?" Carl asked softly.
Liz curled her lips, put away her gun, and said nothing. Mika explained anxiously for Liz, "She just wanted to help you."
"Yeah, I know. I don't blame her." Carl smiled. "Okay, girls, we should go back. The gunshots just now will attract the zombies wandering around."
"Well, we really should go back. It's not safe outside." Beth nodded.
"Hmph." Although Sophia didn't say anything, her dissatisfaction was evident in her words.
Beth glanced at Sophia, then put her hands on her hips and ordered, "Carl, come here."
"What's wrong?" Carl walked up to Beth obediently.
"You should coax Sofia. You've ignored her for a long time."
"What?" Carl was slightly stunned.
"Sophia, I'll let Carl walk with you back, okay? We've only walked this far just now." Beth held Sophia's shoulders and asked with her head down.
Sophia was slightly stunned, even suspecting that she had heard it wrong, and then quickly shook her head, "No, no, no."
"Beth, you…" Karl frowned and wanted to say something, but felt it was inappropriate.
"Forget it, let's go." Carl sighed.
The original intention was to walk back together, but Beth pulled Liz and Mika back and fell a little behind, leaving Carl and Sofia walking side by side, which made Carl frown even more.
"I didn't think about it." Sophia said weakly in a low voice.
"Well, it's okay, but you should know that Beth is my girlfriend and I love her very much."
Carl knew that Sophia might be sad if he said this, but he had to say it. He couldn't let Sophia continue to lie to herself.
"Yeah, I know." Sophia's voice was a little trembling, and she lowered her head, making it impossible to see her expression.
Karl bit his lip, feeling a little irritated and conflicted. After hesitating for a moment, he put his hand on Sophia's shoulder and said softly;
"Sophia, I like you too, but it's not love. It's just like how I treat Judith. I will treat you as my sister. You are still very young, and you will understand when you grow up."
"What do you understand?" Sophia still lowered her head, her voice sounding a little tearful.
"I know what love really is. You just mistook dependence for love. I can understand that, but I don't want Beth to misunderstand.
I love Beth very much, even more than I love myself. She is very kind. She even let me comfort you even though she knew you liked me. She just didn't want to see you sad. "
"But...but I was the one who knew you first. We've been through so much together. You said you would always protect me."
Carl was slightly stunned and looked up at the sky. The fallen leaves in the wind were much sparser.
"Yes, I promised you, and I will do it. If you can promise me one thing, I will not deliberately alienate you in the future."
"What?"
"Don't lie to yourself, don't give yourself hope."
"Why."
"Beth is the love of my life, bar none."
…
"Sorry, today's date doesn't seem to be perfect." Carl looked at Beth and smiled helplessly.
"No, it's perfect enough." Beth leaned over from the passenger seat and kissed Carl on the face, "Do you want to get in together?"
"You go up first. I have some things to do. Besides, I still need to be nagged."
"Well, you deserve it." Beth smiled sweetly, then opened the car door, got out, walked to the back seat and opened the back door.
"Come on, girls, get out of the car and let's get in together."
Watching Beth and the others leaving, Carl smiled, opened the car door, got out, and walked towards the people who had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Thanks." Carl tossed the keys to Glenn.
Glenn smiled bitterly and said, "Man, thanks to you, I almost got beaten up."
"But there are no signs of being beaten on your face." Carl laughed.
"Carl, you seem to be in a good mood." Rick also forced a smile.
Carl smiled and said, "Of course, thanks to today's relaxation, I thought you would scold me, but it seems that your self-cultivation has achieved good results."
"Then you guys chat first, I'm leaving first." Glenn waved his hand.
"See you later, buddy." Carl waved goodbye.
"If the same thing happens again next time, I would rather not see you." Glenn smiled helplessly.
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