Little Sweetheart

A blood-red glimmer surfaced in Ye Ruan's eyes, replacing their moist warmth with an icy bloodlust.

His slender, pale fingers curled into fists, his willpower gradually fueled by the darkest hatred buried in his heart.

[Little Snowball, Mommy loves her little sweetheart most of all.]

Ye Ruan abruptly came to his senses, broke free of Gu Cheng's arms, and reached behind his waist to draw his gun. He chambered a round, aimed, and pulled the trigger!

The shot rang out, but no sound of a body falling followed.

The bullet seemed to sink into cotton, vanishing without a trace.

At that same moment, rain came pouring down.

Through the layers of rain, Ye Ruan's red eyes met the grayish-white eyes in the distance.

The next instant, Gorilla bared his fangs with a roar and charged at Ye Ruan!

Every footfall sent a faint tremor through the ground.

Worried Gorilla would smash through the wall and damage the Biohazard Vehicle, Ye Ruan braced a hand on the wall and vaulted down!

Before he could straighten up, a gust swept toward him from behind. Ye Ruan twisted into a vicious side kick...

His kick hit nothing, but he ended up astride a Big Gray Wolf.

The Big Gray Wolf's sleek fur was wet with rain, his green eyes glowing in the darkness as he slowly backed away with Ye Ruan on his back.

After retreating a few steps, the Big Gray Wolf stopped and let out a low, threatening growl. His two sharp fangs gleamed coldly.

"Captain, you can't bite him." Ye Ruan patted the wolf's head.

"He's a Level Three Zombie. He's infected."

Gu Cheng raised his head and abruptly lunged forward!

They needed to finish this quickly. The monster's roar had already drawn a swarm of zombies.

Bald Gorilla threw back his head and howled, then dropped onto all fours to meet them, though he wasn't as fast as Gu Cheng.

The giant wolf leaped high, pinned the monster with one paw, and viciously raked his sharp claws across Gorilla's neck!

Black blood sprayed all over Gu Cheng's face.

But the monster's tenacious vitality left him with enough strength to flip the giant wolf over and pin him down.

Without hesitation, Ye Ruan used Gu Cheng as a springboard, stepping onto his back and leaping lightly into the air!

Bald Gorilla was about to smash a fist larger than a human head into the giant wolf's skull!

In a flash, Ye Ruan drew the curved blade from his thigh sheath and drove it savagely into the back of Gorilla's head!

Meanwhile, Gu Cheng, half wolf and half human, thrust his long, pointed nails into Gorilla's innards and twisted hard, shredding the black flesh inside.

"Get up!"

Ye Ruan's voice was a little cold. He pulled out the curved blade and flicked his wrist, sending it straight into a Level Two Zombie's forehead.

"Ruanruan, you're so fierce."

Ye Ruan walked over, planted a foot on the zombie's shoulder, and retrieved his blade, wiping it twice on the zombie's clothes while he was at it.

"You splashed blood all over me... It's filthy."

"Did I?"

Gu Cheng suddenly pressed against him from behind.

Only then did Ye Ruan notice that Gu Cheng's shirt was gone. His trousers were in tatters, though they still covered what they needed to.

Ye Ruan took off his own jacket and rose onto his toes to drape it over Gu Cheng.

He had to admit that Gu Cheng looked a little different like this.

His tousled hair stuck out around his wolf ears, a dangerous green gleam still lingered in his eyes, and his sharp nails remained extended, his hands covered in blood.

A large, furry tail, drenched by the rain, drooped behind him.

Ye Ruan brushed aside Gu Cheng's wet fringe and wiped the rain from his face.

The man's features were sharply defined. When he wasn't smiling, he looked cold; when he smiled, there was a wicked, roguish edge to him.

"You weren't angry the last time I got you dirty."

Gu Cheng wiped his hands on his trousers a couple of times before reaching around Ye Ruan's waist.

The Big Gray Wolf was feeling a little overbearing and wanted to get handsy.

Ye Ruan blinked his beautiful eyes twice, listening to the sounds drawing closer.

"Captain, the zombies are coming."

Gu Cheng pretended not to hear. He kissed Ye Ruan's cheek first, then clung to his bunny like an oversized dog, making little whining noises.

"Achoo!" Ye Ruan sneezed twice in succession.

The sound sent Gu Cheng into a panic. All thoughts of fooling around vanished, and he hurriedly scooped Ye Ruan up, vaulted over the wall, and returned to the Biohazard Vehicle.

Inside, Ren Fei'er poked her head out of the box and only relaxed once she saw it was the two of them.

"Everything's fine. Hurry up and go to sleep," Gu Cheng urged.

Ye Ruan sneezed several more times, then slumped limply in the chair, looking half-dead.

"Oh, my poor little darling."

Gu Cheng took out a dry towel to wipe down the drenched bunny and change his clothes.

Ye Ruan changed into a thick, soft sweater and trousers. A towel still rested on his head, and he cradled the ginger tea Gu Cheng had just brewed.

"Baby, you're way too frail. Once we're back, you're getting up every morning to go running with me and build up your strength."

Ye Ruan shivered. "We could... could have finished quickly... You were the one holding me... and getting handsy."

Knowing he was in the wrong, Gu Cheng glanced at the time and saw how late it was. Without complaint, he hurriedly laid out the sleeping bag and carried Ye Ruan into it.

"You sleep first. I'll get cleaned up, then come hold you." Gu Cheng lowered his head and kissed the little bunny's smooth forehead.

"Okay..." Ye Ruan really was sleepy, and he fell asleep soon after lying down.

Gu Cheng cleaned himself up, pulled on a pair of loose shorts, and crawled into the double sleeping bag to hold Ye Ruan, oozing flirtatious energy.

Ye Ruan nestled obediently in Gu Cheng's arms, his jade-like fingers resting against the back of the man's neck.

"Bunny, give me a kiss."

"Mm." With his eyes closed, Ye Ruan leaned in and kissed Gu Cheng's cheek, then slowly moved to the corner of his mouth and his lips.

Gu Cheng had twisted a length of wire into place inside the vehicle and hung a little curtain from it, partitioning off a small space of Ren Fei'er's own.

In the darkness, the two kissed silently for a while, with Gu Cheng taking the lead most of the time.

Realizing his sweet bunny had already fallen asleep, his lips slightly parted, Gu Cheng stopped taking liberties and left him undisturbed, murmuring good night.

"This is weird. We've been driving around Shanhu District for two days. Where could Fang and the others be hiding?"

Gu Cheng pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. "Even if they lost their signal flares, they should still be trying everything they can to send us their location."

"Don't the trackers work?"

Ye Ruan dug out the tracker Yu Jingjing had pressed on him one day and switched it on.

"They're no use," Gu Cheng said. "Those guys all lost their trackers. Fang probably tossed his ages ago, too. He's not even as reli-"

Before he could finish, the tracker in Ye Ruan's hand began flashing red.

That meant someone in the First Team hadn't lost their tracker and had been trying to contact Gu Cheng all along.

Ye Ruan thought the Big Gray Wolf would definitely be upset if he laughed now.

But... he really couldn't help it.

Ye Ruan turned his face aside and laughed silently.

Ren Fei'er's eyes narrowed with amusement, and she raised the book in her hands to hide her face.

Gu Cheng hadn't expected to be proven wrong so quickly. He rubbed his face with his palm. "Tch. It's definitely not Fang."

But Ye Ruan said, "It's definitely Fang. He's the most levelheaded person in the First Team."

Gu Cheng drove in the direction indicated by the flashing tracker, protesting, "No, you can't compliment other men."

"Why not?"

"Your boyfriend will get jealous."

Ye Ruan froze, then muttered, "You're so shameless."

"What do I need shame for? The guys who have it are still single."

Gu Cheng earnestly bad-mouthed his teammate right to Ye Ruan's face. "Fang seems levelheaded, I'll give him that. But... he's like a Husky, you know?"

"He's actually a total idiot. What happened was, Yu Jingjing was tossing her tracker around for fun, and it landed right in Fang Ci's mouth. The moron swallowed it."

Ye Ruan hadn't expected a story like that. "Then what?"

"So Li Rang's the only one who might have kept his tracker. If you don't believe me, ask them yourself once we find them."