I Just Like Your Unruly Demeanor

Shen Jin dragged Sun Can into Lu Qiang's room while everyone else was hiding inside.

"It's time to go. We can't stay here long. My former colleagues will discover the repaired stairs soon."

"Brother, why aren't you awake yet? Someone as strong as you shouldn't just pass out!"

Shen Jin muttered to himself as he observed the street outside from the window. He noticed that the earlier fight and the resulting smell had attracted a massive horde of zombies, which had now surrounded Wanyu Group.

Not just the second floor, but the first floor and the entire exterior of the group building were encircled by several layers of zombies. At a glance, there were over a hundred of them!

The earth pillars piled up outside the window were filled with zombies below, making a return the way they came impossible.

Shen Jin frowned as he looked at Lu Qiang's corpse.

"The smell of blood is too strong. The zombies have all smelled it. I'm afraid it's going to be really difficult to leave this time."

Shen Jin considered whether to throw Lu Qiang out the window but ultimately decided against it.

Lu Qiang was, after all, human, and a powerful individual who had unlocked his gene lock. If he wasn't completely devoured after being thrown out and then mutated into a zombie, he would likely become a super-evolved type.

Furthermore, although Shen Jin had no proof, he always felt that if zombies were allowed to continuously eat human flesh, something uncontrollable might happen.

He casually grabbed a bedsheet and covered Lu Qiang with it.

(∩ω)--*

Biubiu~

He used glass to block the window, preventing the smell from spreading further.

The zombies' roars outside were earth-shattering, especially the group circling the Wanyu Group building, scratching at the walls from time to time. The sound made Shen Jin's scalp tingle.

"Alright, I'll just wait."

To prevent the zombies from breaking through the stairs on the other side, Shen Jin sealed them off completely with stones.

Shang Qian's room had two beds. Sun Can was lying on a simple one by the window, and Shen Jin was on the bed Shang Qian usually slept in.

Sniff~ Sniff~

(′▽`〃)

"It smells quite nice."

There was a different, pleasant fragrance than in the men's room, very comfortable.

Shen Jin locked the door, ate some compressed biscuits and jerky, and lay on the bed, lost in thought.

Thinking about Earth, thinking about zombies, thinking about humans, thinking about...

(.人.)

Tsk tsk, Shang Qian used to have a nickname, 'Da Qian Qian'?

Was he indirectly sleeping with her now?

6 PM.

"Knock knock knock."

Although no zombie sounds were heard outside this afternoon, others still didn't dare to come out, afraid of a door ambush.

Who could it be at this hour?

Shen Jin: (3[▓▓]

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Shang Qian."

Shen Jin was comfortably nestled in the covers, especially with the warm, feminine scent that was a potent sleep aid.

"I'm not seeing anyone!"

He said, pulling the corner of the blanket up higher.

Sigh, when would he truly have a woman to warm his bed?

Why had he been single all these years?

Shang Qian outside the door was stunned. This person was occupying her room and wouldn't even let her in???

Back when they were in the room, everyone thought Shen Jin was joking about dealing with the zombies.

Only she knew that Shen Jin might actually have a way, because he was... very mysterious!

When Lu Qiang had assaulted her this morning, when did Shen Jin enter? From where did he enter?

She recalled later that Lu Qiang had locked the door after entering. If he hadn't broken it down, it would have been impossible for him to get in.

Just like the Comic Book Man later, who entered using brute force.

But Shen Jin?

After ruling out all possibilities, Shang Qian arrived at a conclusion she herself could hardly believe:

Shen Jin had entered from outside the window!

What kind of skill allowed someone to enter silently from the outside of the third floor?

How did he know Lu Qiang was plotting against them?

It was all a mystery.

Especially when she saw that the stairwells on both sides had been neatly sealed with rocks after she came out. It completely convinced her that Shen Jin was a superpowered individual!

The previous broadcast mentioned that a very small number of humans, after being infected by the zombie virus, did not mutate but instead gained some kind of special ability.

Although such cases were extremely rare, and the broadcast had only mentioned it once.

But!

She had seen the superpowered individual whose hands could conjure flames out of thin air today. Wasn't a geomancer also very reasonable?

Shang Qian was 29 years old. Although she was past the age of girlish curiosity, she was no stranger to superhero movies.

Shen Jin must be a geomancer!

Like Magneto, able to manipulate earth powers!

"Shang Qian, let's take a gamble! Staying here, you'll eventually be insulted by your former colleagues again. It's better to rely on him; at least there's a greater hope of survival in this apocalypse."

If Shang Qian had maintained her dignity and pride as a sophisticated urban white-collar worker and elite woman before Lu Qiang went mad today.

Then today's events completely shattered her illusions.

This was just the beginning. Without Lu Qiang, there would still be Zhang Qiang, Li Qiang, and Wang Baoqiang.

Once the Pandora's Box of "evil" was opened, it would become uncontrollable.

She was all alone, and she feared she wouldn't be able to live or die by then.

She had a premonition that Shen Jin would leave today, just as silently as he had arrived.

She had to follow Shen Jin today, even if it meant sacrificing the dignity she had maintained.

Taking a deep breath, Shang Qian gently knocked on the door again: "Shen Jin, can you let me in to say a few words? It's getting dark, and I'm a little scared by myself."

"Hiss... that voice..."

In Shen Jin's impression, Shang Qian had always been a cool, principled, and strong woman, her voice always carrying a cold, commanding tone.

While it wasn't uncomfortable, it always lacked a sense of closeness.

Now, with her soft and helpless voice, it instantly ignited Shen Jin's protective instincts.

The contrast between before and after, tsk tsk tsk, he loved it.

But Shen Jin remembered Apocalypse Rulebook, Article 3: To live freely, one must try to avoid entanglements and connections.

(3[▓▓] "You can go. Saving you today has repaid the favor of you arguing with the Chairman for me back then. I'll open the door when I leave."

Huh?

Shang Qian suddenly understood: So he specifically came to save her, just for that one instance back then?

But at that time, she was just angry about the company's hiring strategy and had nothing to do with him personally.

And her opposition hadn't changed anything.

He actually... risked saving her for this, almost dying.

Shang Qian became even more determined in her thoughts.

"Superpowered, familiar, kind."

This would be the turning point in her life, and she had to seize it!

"Shen Jin, take me with you. I want to go with you, and I'm willing to pay any price."

Any price?

Shen Jin suddenly remembered his friend who drove a BMW. Back then, they had just graduated from university and were still struggling for a monthly salary of a few thousand.

His friend, from an ordinary family background, was driving a BMW. Everyone was curious at the time and asked him how he managed it.

He took a deep drag of his cigarette and slowly said:

"I met a beautiful woman at a bar that day. That night, she drove her BMW up to the mountaintop with me and started taking off her clothes, telling me, 'You can have whatever you want.' So I drove away in her BMW."

Shen Jin smiled: "You can really accept any price?"

Shang Qian's face immediately turned red. Men were all the same!

But as long as he was willing, she could escape this place. Compared to the misfortunes that might happen in the future, being seen through by just one person was better than being seen through by a crowd.

She whispered, "Yes, as long as you take me with you."

Shen Jin opened the door, his expression playful as he said:

"Then... can you continue to maintain that cool demeanor? I still prefer your defiant look from before. Recover yourself."

(*)

Shang Qian, who thought something was about to happen, was stunned.