"I’ll return it next time we meet, but I guess we’ll never see each other again in this lifetime!" You took the pistol and tucked it into your belt, laughing out loud. The pickup truck started slowly and gradually drove away.
"Sis, you could have asked him to stay," Xia Tian approached and whispered to Xia Xue.
"Maybe next time," Xia Xue sighed softly and turned to get into the SUV. "Old Yang, let’s go!"
At that very moment, within the Liu Family’s mansion in Yenjing, Liu Bai furiously smashed a valuable blue and white porcelain vase to pieces.
"Useless! A bunch of useless trash! They still haven’t managed to kill that bastard!"
He Zhenqi hurriedly spoke up, "Young Master..."
"I’ve heard enough of your nonsense!" Liu Bai’s eyes glinted with ferocity, "My patience has worn thin! I want to close the net now! Li Muyun must die today!"
He Zhenqi shifted his eyeballs and bowed his head, "Your subordinate understands."
In the post-apocalyptic world, what’s most dangerous isn’t zombies, but humans, as you well know.
Actually, you didn’t need to separate from those two girls and Xia Tian. After all, it would be much safer to travel together, but you couldn’t stand Weiwei’s nonsense.
Of course, you didn’t expect any reward from the girls; you did it out of instinct. You felt obligated to save these two poor girls, after all, you’re the one who rescued them. If you hadn’t stepped in, their fate would have been extremely grim.
"Thank you." As the car drove along the mountain trail, a soft voice from the girl broke the silence.
You were startled at first, then smiled and said, "No need to thank me. Who told me to be a ’2B’ young man?"
"Actually, you didn’t need to take such a big risk for us, we..."
"Let me clarify one thing first," you suddenly interrupted her, "don’t get any wrong ideas about me. I’m already taken."
"Hee! You’re really funny. With your build, I bet your girlfriend can’t be too skinny either," another girl chimed in.
"Right, I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is Li Muyun, what about you?"
The girl in the backseat with the ponytail seemed more lively, "I’m Maya, this is my cousin, her name is Zeng Yike."
"Zeng ’Ge’?" You reflexively said.
"You’re Zeng ’Ge’! Haven’t you noticed how feminine my cousin looks?" Perhaps your easy-going nature allowed the two girls to temporarily forget their fear and many negative emotions, as they started to chat with you. Although they occasionally saw one or two zombies by the roadside, this didn’t diminish their enthusiasm for chatting and gossiping.
"Hey, I’ve got to say, handsome, you’ve really got a way with words. My sister has never laughed so happily before."
Maya was very outgoing and quickly became chatty.
Zeng Yike seemed calmer and a bit older than Maya.
Coughing a few times, Zeng Yike asked in a faint voice, "Brother Li, may I ask if you saw a man about 1.6 meters tall, dressed in black clothes, somewhat burly, with a small bunch of beard at that resort hotel?"
"No, we cleared all the zombies near the resort hotel. Besides you, there were no other survivors."
You naturally responded. You knew that this man must be Zeng Yike’s husband, and even if you had seen him turned into a zombie, you couldn’t tell Zeng Yike. To live in such turbulent times, it was better to let her cling to a sliver of hope, for humans live on the hope that remains in their hearts.
"Cousin, I told you, that fool must still be alive. He may seem clueless on the surface, but he’s definitely careful when it matters," Maya also comforted Zeng Yike.
"We just don’t know where he went. When the zombies attacked us, he drew them away to protect us," Zeng Yike said, and then she began to cough violently again.
"Maybe he’s nearby. I noticed in the rooms of the hotel that all the equipment and living supplies had been taken, definitely by survivors, and there were quite a few of them." You paused, then continued, "Originally we were heading straight to Qingshan Lake Reservoir since we heard that there’s a gathering place for survivors there. The man you’re looking for is probably there too. I’ll just go to the town hospital to get some medicine, and we’ll head to the Qingshan Lake Reservoir."
At that moment, you drove the car onto a winding mountain road. Being in the countryside, the road was extremely bumpy.
"Handsome, where are you taking us? You’re not thinking of...?"
"I’m not interested in flat-chested girls, so you can save that worry for yourself." You laughed happily.
"Asshole, who says I don’t have any goods! These are B-cup, do you know that?"
Your seemingly indifferent reply didn’t provoke a response from Maya as she just snorted coldly.
After driving on the mountain road for nearly fifteen minutes, you parked the car in a very secluded thicket, and camouflaged it with nearby branches and vegetation.
You left the two women in the car, and gave the handgun to Maya. Maya was better off than Zeng Yike, only having suffered some minor injuries. It was the trauma to her spirit that was major, but she covered it up with her superficial liveliness.
Zeng Yike was not only feverish but also had an inflamed city tonsil, and it seemed there was a wound in a hidden place that had gotten infected.
"Handsome, be very careful," Maya said with a tinge of worry on her face. To her, you were the last straw that could save her and her cousin’s lives.
"Don’t worry, I’m the protagonist, I can’t die. Wait for my good news."
You kept your cell phone with you, and fortunately, the battery still had a few bars left. Using the electronic map on your phone, you went down the mountain. According to the map, you were at a location called Liu Fentou, which was next to a river, and the hospital in Qingshan Town was across the river from you. To cross the river, you had to find a bridge, and the nearest bridge was about a kilometer away, but before you could cross it, you had to go through a residential area.
Although you knew it was risky, you still drew your Ring Head Knife and walked quietly along the riverbank. You didn’t walk fast, and thanks to the trees planted along the bank, at least in some areas, they provided some cover for you.
The area didn’t have many zombies, but what almost made you curse was that these damn zombies had truly adapted to human bodies. They shouldn’t be called zombies anymore, but walking corpses instead.
At the least, they no longer limped when they walked, not much different from ordinary people. You even saw a child zombie chasing after a stray dog, running. The dog was desperately sprinting, but the child zombie was able to follow right behind, chasing joyously.
What depressed you even more was that the stray dog was actually running in your direction.