Stop Messing With Me

Downstairs.

The blood and gore covering the ground had already scared Xiao Bin senseless. Was what he was seeing even something a person could do?

The fury he'd been bottling up, ready to explode, was snuffed out by the sight before him. He didn't dare say a word and became very obedient, afraid he'd anger Lin Fan and get mistaken for a zombie, then split in two with a single sword strike.

"I'm riding an electric scooter. Do you have a car, sir?" Lin Fan asked.

If they didn't have a car, he'd have to find a way to borrow one and take the four elderly people to Sunshine Residential Complex.

R-riding an electric scooter?

The four elderly people were dumbfounded by Lin Fan's words. Even Xiao Bin, who was being held captive, was utterly stunned. Could he stop joking around? There were so many zombies outside, and he was talking about riding an electric scooter? Did he really think the zombies were all blind?

Wang Zhongguo laughed. "I do. I happen to have a Chinese-made car. When I was young, I could make anything fly—even a tank, let alone a sedan."

"Great, then drive behind me. I'll take you to the Police Station on the way. I know the place well. It's close."

Lin Fan had to take Xiao Bin to the Police Station.

What Xiao Bin had done was truly vile.

He couldn't just let him get away with doing whatever he wanted.

He'd shoved someone off a rooftop with vicious force. When the victim hit the ground, their head had gone thump and caved in. It had been a horrifying sight.

Xiao Bin stared at Lin Fan in disbelief. He hadn't thought Lin Fan was serious, but he really did intend to take him to the Police Station. Give him a break. What good would that do? The apocalypse had already begun. Would anyone even be at the Police Station?

On the road.

A strange sight came into view.

An electric scooter traveled down the road, with a sedan following behind it.

Inside the sedan.

Zhou Aijun watched Lin Fan riding his electric scooter along the road. "Brother Wang, what do you think is going on with that kid?"

He was a little confused.

A little bewildered.

Wang Zhongguo was driving. Though he was already seventy, he handled the car steadily, even though it had a manual transmission.

"That kid's got a good heart. No matter when it is, someone who's done that should be taken to the Police Station. What's there to wonder about?"

To him, Lin Fan was simply a man with principles.

Zhou Aijun suspected Brother Wang had figured something out but just wasn't saying. Whatever. Why dwell on it? They'd been as good as dead anyway.

Meeting this polite young man, who respected the elderly and cared for the young, had changed their fate.

Huang City Police Station.

Lin Fan parked his electric scooter and hauled Xiao Bin inside. He told the four elderly people to lock the car doors and said he'd drop the man off and be right back.

It was very quiet outside. He couldn't see any zombies. If they stayed in the car and kept quiet, they should be safe.

Xiao Bin, dangling in Lin Fan's grip, was afraid of the surroundings.

"Big brother, please, let me go, okay? I know I was wrong. I swear I'll never do anything like that again. I'll do whatever you want." Xiao Bin begged for mercy. This was insane—he'd actually run into a lunatic.

Lin Fan looked like an easy target. Who could have guessed he'd be so ferocious when cutting down zombies?

If he'd known sooner, he never would've done it.

Lin Fan smiled and gently patted him on the shoulder.

"Relax. I'm just taking you to the police station. I won't hurt you."

To Xiao Bin, that sounded like complete nonsense. Anyone who wasn't seriously ill wouldn't say something like that.

The Police Station was just as quiet as it had been the last time he came. There was no one around, not even any zombies. He didn't know if the person he'd brought here that day was still around.

"It's the apocalypse. Even the Police Station is empty. What's the point of bringing me here? What does it accomplish?" Xiao Bin was frightened by the quiet. He was most afraid that a zombie would suddenly come charging out.

Lin Fan said nothing.

The entrance was still just as it had been before, unchanged.

He went inside and looked around.

No one was there.

Last time, he'd tied that guy to a chair. Now the chair was empty. There were cut ropes, and the blood on the floor had dried.

The police officer must have seen the note he'd left, understood what had happened, and taken the man where he belonged.

"A while ago, I brought someone here. He's not here now, which means there are people around. You did something wrong, so stay here and think about it. Murder is a serious crime, especially when you did it so brutally. I think you'll be here for a long time."

Lin Fan pressed Xiao Bin down into the chair.

Listening to Lin Fan, Xiao Bin's legs went weak. He was certain this guy had something wrong with him.

After tying Xiao Bin up, Lin Fan did what he'd done last time and wrote down Xiao Bin's crimes on a note.

"Done."

Lin Fan looked off to the side. The police officer he'd seen last time was still there, leaning against the wall, guarding the place.

When Lin Fan headed for the exit, Xiao Bin, bound to the chair, panicked completely.

"Come back! Get back here! Don't leave me here! Damn it, you son of a bitch, get back here!"

But Lin Fan ignored him and walked down the empty corridor.

When he passed the little bulletin board he'd seen last time, he stopped and read its contents. They struck him differently now.

Then he left the Police Station with a bright, sunny smile.

He'd done another good deed.

What did it matter if this was the apocalypse? Even if the end of the world had come and he was in danger himself, he still couldn't hurt other people. If he saw something like that, could he just stand by and do nothing?

Of course not.

"Come back! Come back!" Xiao Bin shouted.

He was terrified.

Tied up here, he really had no chance of surviving.

Suddenly.

A sound came from somewhere.

Xiao Bin trembled all over, his eyes fixed on the direction it came from.

A growl.

Low and deep, it made him feel as if he'd fallen into an ice cellar.

Suddenly.

Two figures appeared, staggering out of a shadowy corner.

Through the blur, they seemed to be wearing police uniforms.

Xiao Bin was overjoyed.

"Officer, I—"

"Shit! Shit! Shit!"

When he saw clearly, his pupils shrank, and panic overtook him.

Roar!

The uniformed officer let out a low growl at the man.

Behind the officer followed another zombie.

If Lin Fan had seen them, he would have recognized them at once.

It was the very man he'd brought here last time. Now he followed behind the officer, like a criminal being led by the light, slowly atoning for his crimes.

"No..."

Xiao Bin screamed in despair.

The sound of gnawing, accompanied by his anguished screams, echoed through the entire Police Station.

Outside.

"I've taken care of things. Come with me; Sunshine Residential Complex is nearby."

Lin Fan told the four elderly people. Then he rode off on his electric scooter, leading the way as they followed him toward the complex. The scenery along the way was quite nice.

He felt very content.

He'd gone out to help someone find a rental, expecting it to be a simple task. He hadn't imagined he'd run into so much trouble. It had been a bit of a hassle, but he didn't regret it at all.

This was what every law-abiding citizen ought to do.