This "Daddy" Was Not That "Daddy"

Zhao Mingkai stood ready at the gap on the third floor, gripping a length of steel pipe.

His legs trembled, weak and limp.

┌(.Д.)┐

Shen Jin covered his face. "What, are you planning to do a pole dance for the zombies and disgust them to death?"

"D-Don't mess around. I... I have to protect everyone."

The zombies on the second floor wandered about, roaring from time to time. The ones with sharper noses had already started making their way toward the third floor.

Shen Jin panicked. "If you guys keep standing around here, I'm running off on my own!"

"Why are you running? Going back to hide under Director Shang's skirt? Seriously, I can't believe you actually have a thing with Director Shang. You've become her little lapdog."

"I won't let you talk about Shen Jin like that!" Zhao Mingkai snapped.

Shen Jin was deeply moved. Sure enough, only a good brother who had joined the company with him would stand up for him at a critical moment. Had he gone too far with what he had just said? He couldn't chill a warrior's heart.

"He's had a bad stomach since he was young. The doctor said he had to watch his diet for the rest of his life. What's wrong with eating soft food, huh?"

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Shen Jin's expression froze.

"I knew it. During last year's vote for planning manager, the result was already obvious, but Shang Qian insisted on giving him a vote. She even went to argue with the chairman about it. No wonder... they were old flames!"

These people had only seen Shen Jin come out of Shang Qian's room. Naturally, they assumed that he had been hiding in there all these days, living a shameless little life with Shang Qian.

"Shang Qian acted so proper every day. She wouldn't even join us for some fun. Turns out there was someone inside licking her plate clean!"

"And I actually believed Shang Qian's talk about distributing food fairly. We've been getting less and less to eat these past few days. I knew something was off. Those two must've eaten it all!"

Zhao Mingkai froze. He had only made an offhand joke, hoping to change everyone's impression of him as a straight man and ease the tension that was making him practically piss himself.

He had never expected it to turn into a convention dedicated to mocking Shen Jin.

Who could have guessed? Shen Jin had climbed up from outside the window by stepping his left foot on his right foot.

Shen Jin was stunned. They had been one big loving family just a moment ago, so why had they suddenly started attacking him?

After being reunited after so long, shouldn't they have been asking after each other?

"Stop saying useless things. Hurry up and think of something. Can we find some bedsheets to cover it?"

Balding Director Wang couldn't be bothered to say more. The facts were right in front of them. No matter what conflicts they had before, they first needed to figure out how to survive!

Only a few people were being sarcastic, and Shen Jin couldn't be bothered to pay them any attention.

"If you don't trust me, there's nothing I can do. I'll go hide in the dorms myself."

Shen Jin did not want to display the system's abilities in front of others. Since no one would listen to him, he might as well hide in a room, seal the door, and wait until Comic Book Man woke up before leaving.

If Groundhog Shen Jin Voldemort wanted to leave, it would be hard for zombies to stop him.

"Right! Since we can't deal with the zombies, we might as well hide ourselves!"

"Hide in the dorms and wait for the zombies to leave on their own."

"I'm coming too!"

"Li Jie, I'll hide in the same room as you."

"I'm going to check on Director Shang."

With danger looming over them, quite a few men still hadn't forgotten their instinct to carry on the family line.

More than twenty people scattered in an instant, all hiding back in their dorm rooms. Judging from the sounds, they were even shoving furniture against the doors.

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"Unbelievable!"

Shen Jin looked at his colleagues, who had vanished in an instant except for Zhao Mingkai, and warmth rose in his heart.

"Sure enough, Mingkai, you're the one."

"Brother Jin, give me a hand. My leg cramped up. Put me in Director Shang's room, thanks."

"..."

Shen Jin kicked him into Lu Qiang's room and shut the door.

"Pah! You're all heartless bastards!"

Still, everyone from the company had gone inside. Two zombies below were already clawing at the broken furniture, struggling to climb up.

Great Stone Seal Technique!

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Biubiubiu~~ Shen Jin fired out a pile of stone blocks, instantly filling the gap.

The zombies below sniffed around. That rich human scent was gone.

Roar! Urgh~ Waaah!

A horde of zombies began roaring helplessly. Another day without human flesh to eat.

Shen Jin knocked on Balding Director Wang's door. "Let me in."

He slipped inside in a flash. Apart from Comic Book Man Sun Can, there were only two people in the room: Director Wang and Li Jie.

"What are you doing in this room?"

Shen Jin frowned as he looked at Li Jie sitting beside Comic Book Man.

"Oh, there's a bunch of creeps in my room. I can't deal with them, so I came here to hide for a while."

Director Wang grumbled inwardly: Isn't it because you're too loose? Everyone knows you're easy.

Shen Jin nodded, feeling that Li Jie, a weak and helpless woman, was truly pitiful. Those two rabbit hair clips were so eye-catching, and so many people in the company had their eyes on her.

She probably hadn't had a good time during these three months of the apocalypse, either.

Ah, how pitiful.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Someone was pounding on the door!

Director Wang's face hardened. "Shh! Is it a zombie?"

Li Jie's face went pale with fright, and both hands tightly grabbed Sun Can's chest muscles.

Shen Jin flung the door open with a slap.

So fast!

Director Wang had not even had time to react before a figure rushed in from outside.

"Huff, huff, huff~ You scared me to death! You actually made me stay with a dead person. That's terrifying! If the zombies smell me, they'll eat me too!"

Zhao Mingkai launched into a stream of words the moment he entered.

Shen Jin was speechless. If zombies could get in, they would have started smashing the door long ago.

Would they have let you keep going in and out?

"Alright, quiet down."

Shen Jin checked the time. It was almost noon. If he still wasn't back this late, he wouldn't be able to eat lunch properly, and no one would feed his little niece either. She would definitely be running around in a panic.

Should he move the masked man into the tunnel?

No, that wouldn't work. He couldn't carry him very far by himself.

Or should he find a pit and bury him first? Then dig him back up to get some sun after dinner?

Li Jie looked at Zhao Mingkai with disgust. Thinking of what she had said that morning, she felt utterly self-indulgent. A person like him was destined to die alone.

Death was like the wind, always by his side!

But Zhao Mingkai suddenly blew up. Rubbing the still slightly red mark on his left cheek, he launched into Li Jie, who was staring at him with disgust.

"I'm telling you! Don't think that just because you have a little looks, everyone has to put up with you. I couldn't stand you back when we were at the company. If it weren't for the chairman being your daddy, I definitely wouldn't have been nice to you! Pah, you slag!"

Balding Director Wang stared in shock, thinking, Li Jie has that kind of connection? She hid it so well. Then why was she still sleeping with managers? Could it be because of... a hobby?

Shen Jin was also shocked. Did even a mere salesperson need connections to get into this company?

"Wait, that's not right, Little Zhao. The chairman's surname is Qiao. That doesn't add up."

Li Jie was equally bewildered, pointing at herself. "Me?"

Zhao Mingkai spat. "Stop pretending. I caught you that day! If I hadn't gone back to the company late at night to pick something up and happened to pass by the chairman's office, I never would have discovered your connection. No wonder clients always got assigned to you first, and your performance was always outstanding."

Shen Jin had been bored, but now he perked up. "And then? What did you find?"

Zhao Mingkai glanced at Li Jie and said smugly, "That day, I passed through the office area and saw that the light in the chairman's office was still on. I thought he might have forgotten to turn it off. But when I walked over, I heard an incredible secret!"

"What?"

"I heard Li Jie calling the chairman 'Daddy' inside! And not just once—she kept calling him that, and she kept praising how amazing and wonderful he was. They sounded really intimate! I guess it was because houses were selling well around then, and the company was making a lot of money.

Hey! Why are you all looking at me like that?"

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The more Li Jie listened, the more something felt wrong. By the end, she was so embarrassed she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

Shen Jin and Old Wang wore constipated expressions as they struggled not to laugh.

"Brother! This 'Daddy' was not that daddy!"