Zhao Tianlei could not help asking, "Those animals treated you like that, and they still didn't plan to take you with them? And that senior male student you mentioned—is he that bastard Qian Hao?"
Cheng Yao nearly gritted her teeth as she said, "Yes, Qian Hao. He was the one who tricked my sister and me into coming up here. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have suffered humiliation at those people's hands. I was humiliated by them, but I wanted to live too, especially with those terrifying zombies outside. They left me until last and made me watch the bedsheet rope. If it loosened, I was supposed to pull it tight. There were five of them. After four went down, the fifth was halfway down when the sheet suddenly came loose. He yanked it and tore it apart, twisted his ankle, and got eaten by the zombies."
Zhao Tianlei shook his head. "Serves them right."
"What's your name? Can you tell me?" Cheng Yao asked as she looked at Zhao Tianlei. No matter what, she was clearly moved by how he had just saved her.
Zhao Tianlei answered without hesitation, "Me? I'm the one Lin Mu and Qian Hao have always bullied. Yesterday, though, I slapped Qian Hao twice in front of everyone in the library lobby. As for Lin Mu, it's a shame I didn't get the chance to teach him a lesson. Who knows how long those bastards will survive."
"You're Zhao Tianlei? You were the one who slapped Qian Hao in the library yesterday? No wonder. You were wearing clothes then, so I didn't recognize you looking like this." Cheng Yao smiled faintly at him.
Zhao Tianlei had gone to save her without wanting to put his soaking wet clothes back on, so he had crawled over wearing only a pair of boxer shorts. Now, seeing the girl smile at him like that, all the frustration in his chest rose up. He swept his gaze ruthlessly over her body and said, "You've got the nerve to laugh at me? You aren't wearing a single thing either. At least I've got more on than you—a pair of boxers."
At his words, Cheng Yao's face flushed. She hurriedly covered herself and said, "Looks like you just showered. I'll go wash up too." With that, she darted straight into the bathroom.
A few minutes later, perhaps worried that Zhao Tianlei would leave on his own, Cheng Yao came out after only a quick rinse, wrapped in a bath towel. She had merely wiped her dripping hair a little. When she saw Zhao Tianlei lying flat on the bed rather than leaving alone, she finally relaxed.
But when Cheng Yao saw Zhao Tianlei sprawled on the bed, her whole face reddened. One of them wore only boxer shorts, while she had only a very small towel around herself. Other than barely covering the important parts, everything else was exposed. Still, it was better than wearing nothing at all. Hearing her come out, Zhao Tianlei sat up and looked at Cheng Yao, then froze. Cheng Yao was from the Art Department, and the Dance Department at that. She danced and trained every day, so her figure naturally spoke for itself.
As for Cheng Yao's features and looks, rich second-generation heirs like Lin Mu and Qian Hao certainly played around with no shortage of girls. Any girl Qian Hao could coax into accompanying Lin Mu for fun could not possibly be unattractive. Compared to the goddess and class monitor in Zhao Tianlei's heart, Cheng Yao was a little inferior, but she was still far from bad.
Feeling Zhao Tianlei's burning gaze, Cheng Yao's face turned even redder. To break the awkwardness, she quickly asked, "Do you have anything to eat? I haven't eaten for almost a day. I'm really hungry."
"There are two steamed buns and a bottle of water on top of the TV cabinet. Go ahead and eat them. That's what I've been living on. If you can't stomach them or think they're beneath you, then you'll just have to stay hungry. I don't have anything else."
Cheng Yao had been hungry for nearly a day. Having steamed buns to eat was already good enough—how could she possibly be picky? She immediately nodded at Zhao Tianlei, jogged over, grabbed the two buns, and began wolfing them down. She ate so fast that she nearly choked, but fortunately there was a bottle of water. Cheng Yao, who usually maintained her figure for dancing, actually finished both buns and more than half the bottle of water in under three minutes.
Two steamed buns and a bottle of water might have been cheap food, but to Cheng Yao at that moment, they were an incredible luxury. She had never expected that in this chaotic world, someone would treat her so well—risking his life to save her, then giving her so much good food. Thinking of this, Cheng Yao looked at Zhao Tianlei, her eyes reddening. The more she thought about it, the sadder she became, until large tears began rolling down her cheeks. Fortunately, she did not make a sound.
Even so, Zhao Tianlei was startled. He had no idea why this girl named Cheng Yao had suddenly started crying. In his view, she was probably crying because Qian Hao had tricked her yesterday, leading to her humiliation at Lin Mu and the others' hands. If that was the case, it was understandable. Lin Mu, Qian Hao, and the rest had been utterly despicable. If they had even a shred of conscience, they would not have treated their fellow student like a plaything in a situation like this.
After thinking it over, Zhao Tianlei moved closer to Cheng Yao, intending to comfort her softly. "Cheng Yao, some things..."
"What are you doing? Mmph..."
Just as Zhao Tianlei was about to comfort her, Cheng Yao suddenly lunged at him. Zhao Tianlei jumped in fright, thinking she had turned into a zombie and was about to bite him. That was only his instinctive reaction, of course. Still, he was not entirely wrong—Cheng Yao had indeed pounced on him to "bite" him. She just did not bite anywhere else. She bit Zhao Tianlei directly on the lips.
In Zhao Tianlei's stunned moment, Cheng Yao's petite, sexy body fell straight into his arms. As she pounced, the bath towel around her slipped off in an instant, exposing her snowy skin completely. Yet Cheng Yao paid no attention to it. She puckered her soft little lips and sealed Zhao Tianlei's mouth. Before he could say anything, a slick tongue slipped into his mouth.
Fuck, was I really about to get pushed down by a girl today? How could that be okay? Sigh, forget it. If she wanted to push me down, then so be it. I accepted it.
"Mmph... beautiful, slow down... I can barely breathe."
Who knew what had gotten into the girl? She kissed Zhao Tianlei so fiercely that he could barely breathe, and he even felt like trying to escape. But Cheng Yao's hands clung tightly around his neck like an octopus, while her smooth body pressed completely against his. At last, it ignited Zhao Tianlei's masculine instincts. He let out a low growl and began to fight back. The two of them went at it on the thick carpet, went at it, went at it...