Although Qi Xing often acted frivolously, he was still cautious when it came to getting things done.
The next day, Jiang Zhaosu saw Qi Xing go looking for Qin Feng.
Qin Feng initially looked dismissive, but as he listened to Qi Xing for a while, he gradually frowned, then called Cao Yuan over as well.
The three men went into a room and whispered among themselves.
Jiang Zhaosu squatted in the yard, staring blankly at an ant hole in the dirt.
The ant hole was empty. She did not know whether the ants inside had moved away or all died. Had they turned into zombie ants? Could ants become zombies too? Then what could they eat?
As Jiang Zhaosu let her thoughts wander, a shadow fell over her.
"Fortune, it looks like you didn't eat anything last night or this morning. Aren't you hungry?" It was a woman's voice.
Jiang Zhaosu looked up and, sure enough, saw Duan Yuanyuan.
The moment she saw her, Jiang Zhaosu could not help recalling the woman's miserable cries from the night before. But after a single night, Duan Yuanyuan herself acted as if nothing had happened.
Other than two slap marks on her cheek and the slight redness and swelling around her eyes, there was nothing unusual about her. She looked at Jiang Zhaosu naturally.
Perhaps she had eaten too much of that black bear the night before last. Jiang Zhaosu had not eaten for the past two days, yet she did not feel hungry at all. After they stared at each other for several seconds, Jiang Zhaosu met Duan Yuanyuan's concerned gaze and felt that she ought to explain her abnormality.
She slowly opened her mouth. "Not... hungry..."
Duan Yuanyuan looked at her pale, thin little face and filthy black hoodie. She pursed her lips, then suddenly bent down and took Jiang Zhaosu's hand. "Come with your big sister."
Jiang Zhaosu followed Duan Yuanyuan in confusion and entered the room where Duan Yuanyuan and Qin Feng had slept the night before.
As they passed the three men discussing matters, Qi Xing turned his head and looked at her.
At a loss, Jiang Zhaosu opened her mouth at Qi Xing.
Qi Xing smiled at her before turning back to Qin Feng. "I envy you, Brother Qin. Even in the apocalypse, you can still be with your girl."
Qin Feng gave a derisive snort, folding his arms. "What girl? She's just a bitch. She used to think she was too good for me. Now that it's the apocalypse and she wants to stay alive, she knows to cling to me."
More than half a year had passed since the apocalypse first erupted.
Throughout that time, Qin Feng had stayed with Duan Yuanyuan and Cao Yuan.
After sleeping with her for half a year, Qin Feng had grown somewhat tired of Duan Yuanyuan.
The goddess he had once pursued so relentlessly had finally fallen into his hands, but after tasting her, he found that she was nothing special.
With his current abilities, plenty of women seeking protection were throwing themselves at him.
Most of those women, however, were not as young or pretty as Duan Yuanyuan. They were fine for a bit of novelty, but if he kept them around, they would sooner or later become burdens just like Duan Yuanyuan. That was why Qin Feng still only kept Duan Yuanyuan by his side.
"I heard that woman with the Space Ability is exceptionally beautiful. When the time comes, we'll kill the man beside her first and see whether she listens. If she behaves herself well enough, letting her live and keeping her around wouldn't be impossible..."
As he spoke, Qin Feng smiled maliciously.
Inside the room, Jiang Zhaosu stood beside the bed and watched Duan Yuanyuan rummage through clothes. Hearing the conversation outside, she could not help sighing inwardly.
Hah, such textbook villain cannon-fodder lines. This sort of cannon fodder would not even last three seconds in a novel after touching the Female Lead's skirt, much less kill people and steal treasures.
Qin Feng had not deliberately lowered his voice, and his words carried clearly into the room.
Yet Duan Yuanyuan acted as if she were deaf and pretended not to hear a thing.
After searching through her luggage for a while, she finally pulled out a Goose Yellow Dress and excitedly asked Jiang Zhaosu, "Fortune, what do you think of this dress?"
Jiang Zhaosu looked at the delicately styled dress in Duan Yuanyuan's hands, with fluffy white trim along the cuffs and hem, and fell silent. Was this for her?
Please no... She seemed not to have worn a dress since she could remember.
Under Duan Yuanyuan's vigorous urging, Jiang Zhaosu still changed into the dress, which looked as though it would hinder her movements.
Mainly because her black hoodie was stained with too much blood. It was not very obvious on the surface, but it smelled a little foul. It did not suit at all the innocent, clueless little girl persona Qi Xing had fabricated for her.
Jiang Zhaosu's final insistence was wearing long pants beneath the dress.
The weather was cold now, so dressing like this was perfectly normal.
After she changed, Duan Yuanyuan treated her like a doll, taking out a comb and scissors to tidy up her hair.
Jiang Zhaosu's hair had never been particularly long, only barely reaching her shoulders.
This hairstyle was easy to wash in winter and could be tied up in summer without feeling stuffy. Jiang Zhaosu considered it the most comfortable length.
Duan Yuanyuan cut it a little shorter. The hair on both sides covered part of her cheeks and reached her earlobes, making Jiang Zhaosu's already young-looking face appear even more obedient.
After cutting her hair, Duan Yuanyuan took out a mirror for Jiang Zhaosu to look at, repeatedly saying, "Too cute."
Then she suddenly remembered something and ran to rummage through her backpack again. In the end, she took out an exquisitely made Butterfly Crystal Hair Clip from a small box and fastened it in Jiang Zhaosu's hair.
"Your brother joined our team and calls Qin Lang Big Brother, so that makes you my little sister too. Consider this hair clip a meeting gift from your big sister."
Duan Yuanyuan was even more talkative than Qi Xing. She chattered on without pause, "This hair clip was expensive. I spent a month's salary to buy it back then. I couldn't even bear to wear it myself, so you absolutely mustn't lose it."
Jiang Zhaosu silently looked at her newly dressed-up reflection in the mirror, then at Duan Yuanyuan beside her, who still had finger marks on her cheek yet smiled with bright eyes.
Her face remained calm, but countless complaints filled her heart with nowhere to go.
It's already the apocalypse. Why is someone still carrying so many flashy things in her bag?
At this moment, the three men outside finally finished their discussion.
Qi Xing walked to the doorway and politely asked, "May I come in?"
Jiang Zhaosu: "..."
Who are you trying to fool?
Who was the bastard who had just met me and immediately started pulling off my clothes without any courtesy?
And now you're pretending to be a gentleman.
"Come in!" Duan Yuanyuan said happily.
Only then did Qi Xing lift the curtain and enter the room.
The moment he saw Jiang Zhaosu sitting in the middle of the room in her Goose Yellow Dress, Qi Xing's steps paused. "...Wow."
"Fortune changed clothes."
Qi Xing looked at Jiang Zhaosu, who had awkwardly turned her head away, and smiled.
"Pretty, right?" Duan Yuanyuan eagerly showed off the fruits of her busy work. "Your little sister has such fair skin. Once she dresses up, she looks so fresh and lovely."
"Mm." Qi Xing circled Jiang Zhaosu once and played along. "Pretty, very pretty. This dress's color suits Fortune perfectly. Looks like I'll need to find more brightly colored clothes for Fortune in the future."
Jiang Zhaosu had never cared much about her appearance, but with Duan Yuanyuan and Qi Xing fussing over her from both sides, she could not help raising a hand to touch the hair clip on her head.
Actually, the feeling of wearing a hair clip was not particularly comfortable.
This crystal hair clip was exquisitely made and rather heavy.
Hanging from her hair, it gave Jiang Zhaosu a pulling sensation, as if it might fall off at any moment.
They had stayed in this house for too long, and the zombies in the village caught the scent of human flesh on them, gathering around one after another.
That morning, Qi Xing and Jiang Zhaosu had seen many zombies gathered outside the doors of both houses, so they had simply crossed over by the rooftops.
There were more and more zombies. The front door of the house they were staying in was wooden, secured by a wooden bar across the middle.
After being scratched at by zombies all night, the poor wooden door was on the verge of collapse, constantly creaking under the strain.
According to the information Qin Feng had provided, the two people with the Space Ability would not pass through this area until tomorrow, so they still had to stay here for another night.
Qin Feng went outside to inspect the situation and said the front door would soon be pushed down by the zombies. This house could no longer be occupied.
They climbed onto the roof first.
Qin Feng looked around, pointed to a house similar to the one they were currently staying in, and prepared to move there.
But there were too many zombies below, so someone had to lure the zombie horde away first.
Qin Feng looked at Qi Xing.
Qi Xing: "..."
Meeting Qin Feng's sharp gaze, Qi Xing helplessly shrugged. "I can go down and lure the zombies away. But what about my little sister? I need to make sure she's safe first."
"Leave your sister to Yuanyuan. I'll go down with you to lure away the zombie horde. Cao Yuan will stay here and protect Yuanyuan and your sister while they move to that house." Qin Feng quickly made the arrangements.
Qi Xing and Jiang Zhaosu looked at each other.
Jiang Zhaosu had no objections to this arrangement.
Even if Qin Feng was completely useless, these Low-Level Zombies could not pose a threat to Qi Xing.
She blinked.
Qi Xing understood what she meant from her eyes, then turned to ask Qin Feng, "What level Ability User is Cao Yuan?"
Cao Yuan had barely spoken since Qi Xing joined the team. Now, somewhat displeased, he took the initiative to speak. "I'm a B-Level Ability User. No matter what, my combat strength is higher than yours, a healing ability user. Protecting your sister will be easy."
B-Level.
The Mutated Black Bear Jiang Zhaosu had killed in the deep forest was probably B-Level.
The little zombie could beat him.
Only then did Qi Xing agree. "All right."
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