Cruel Abandonment

However, Zhao Tianlei believed that as long as the two of them did not make too much noise, they would not attract the zombies. The survivors inside that small supermarket alone were already the best lure for the zombies.

Seeing that so many zombies had been drawn over, Zhao Tianlei suddenly felt an inexplicable curiosity. He immediately turned to Cheng Yao beside him and said, "Cheng Yao, find somewhere safe to hide first. I'm going over to take a look and see what's going on inside."

The moment Cheng Yao heard this, she hurriedly grabbed him and said, vehemently unwilling, "Tianlei, are you going to take another risk? We kindly rescued people before, only to be betrayed by those drug dealers. What if something happens to you this time? What am I supposed to do then? No, I'm not letting you go alone. If you insist on going, you have to take me with you."

"Cheng Yao, not everyone is a drug dealer, and not everyone is a bad person. If we're capable of helping, but stand by and let those survivors die, how are we any different from those drug dealers? If you really want to come with me, then you have to be careful. This place is extremely dangerous, and I still don't know what the situation inside is. Let's hide these backpacks first. Once we've rescued the survivors inside, we can come back for them."

As he spoke, Zhao Tianlei and Cheng Yao chose a seemingly concealed spot and hid the two packs they were carrying. Only then did they sneak toward the back of the small supermarket surrounded by zombies.

It was called a small supermarket only because its area and scale were limited. At most, it could be considered a fairly large roadside shop. There were other storefronts on both sides, with all kinds of businesses. If there really were survivors inside, they had obviously come looking for food, then accidentally exposed themselves or attracted the zombies here. As the zombies outside continued howling, more and more of them gathered. Under their constant pushing and pounding, it was only a matter of time before the supermarket's rolling shutter was breached.

"You bastard, you're trying to get us killed! If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be this many zombies outside. You ******, what kind of idiot carries someone who's nearly dead? If you want to die, go die by yourself! Why drag all of us down with you? Fuck!"

The others echoed him as well. "Exactly. This guy's nothing but a walking disaster. We should've thrown him out from the start. Keeping him here only makes everyone more and more annoyed."

As Zhao Tianlei and Cheng Yao circled around one side of the small supermarket and climbed across the rooftop, they had just reached the roof when a burst of furious cursing came from inside. From those words, it was not difficult to tell that the zombies' appearance and encirclement had been caused by certain people in this group, throwing the entire team into chaos. Yet despite everyone's accusations and condemnation, the person being blamed had not said a word, apparently silently acknowledging that all of this had been caused by him.

Suddenly, a woman shouted, "Xu Yang, are you insane? At a time like this, you're still clinging to that corpse and refusing to let go! Are you waiting for her to turn into a zombie and bite us all to death before you'll be satisfied? Hurry up and smash her head while she hasn't turned yet. Once her head is crushed, she can't become a zombie, and we'll be safe here for the time being."

Faced with the woman's scolding, the man called Xu Yang stared at her in disbelief, his eyes filled with sorrow. "Lan Lan, how can you say that? She's my biological little sister! She isn't dead yet—she's still alive! Ungh..."

The woman hardened her heart and said to him again, "Even if she isn't dead and is still alive, she only has one breath left. So what if she's your biological sister? After the apocalypse began, who here hasn't lost family? I'll tell you this: after the apocalypse began, I personally watched my parents turn into zombies. They tore my older sister to pieces, and I only managed to escape while they were distracted."

"You care about your sister, but don't drag us down with you. From now on, just hold your half-dead sister and savor your final moments together. When she turns into a zombie and bites your head off, don't regret it. I don't have a life to waste playing along with you. From this moment on, we're breaking up. You don't need to concern yourself with me anymore. With my looks, there are so many men here. If I wanted to, I could easily find someone better than you. Every man here is more dependable than you."

Those words were the cruelest possible blow to the man. He had never imagined that his girlfriend could be so heartless—not only did she disregard his sister's life, she had even broken up with him in front of everyone. She was utterly trampling on his feelings and dignity.

The man immediately roared at the woman, "How can you be so heartless? Do you know why my little sister was bitten by those zombies? It was because she saved you! She genuinely likes you. From the very first time she saw you, she treated you like her sister-in-law, like family. Now that my sister saved you, not only are you ungrateful, you're actually hoping she'll die as soon as possible! Are you even human? Why did I ever fall for you? Why..."

The man's sorrow earned no sympathy from the woman. Instead, she mocked him. "Tsk, what a lunatic. With your shabby, pathetic appearance, you really thought a toad like you could feast on swan meat? Disgusting. If it weren't for the fact that your family's house happened to be within the urban-village demolition zone and would get you several apartments, I never would've lowered myself to be with you. Now that the apocalypse has arrived and monsters and zombies are everywhere, no one knows whether they'll be alive tomorrow. What use are those two lousy apartments? Following you around while my girlfriends laugh at me has been humiliating enough. And now you expect me to care about your dying sister too? What rotten luck."

"You..." The man clearly had never imagined that his girlfriend could be such a person, that she had never truly loved him and had only been after his money. In that instant, he felt betrayed. One arm held his barely breathing sister while the other pointed furiously at his ex-girlfriend, his teeth clenched in rage.

When the woman saw him glaring at her, she was not afraid in the slightest. Instead, she spoke with a mocking tone. "What, are you trying to threaten me? Let me tell you, I never loved you. What are you staring at me for? What does your sister's death have to do with me? It wasn't as if I made her save me. She could've refused. Getting bitten by zombies was her own fault. It would be best if you two died here together. Once that wretched girl turns, we'll kill her for sure. If you want to die, do it yourself—don't drag us down with you."