"Do you like him that much?"
Lu Yao asked coldly:
"That night we were together, did you call his name too?"
Lou Yu clicked his tongue. "Stop being unreasonable, okay? I was going through my special phase. I wasn't thinking clearly."
"Anyway, I never loved him. I just liked and admired him. Now that wolf has carried the rabbit off, I've long since given up."
Lu Yao's expression eased a little.
Lou Yu pressed his advantage, resting a hand on his thigh and leaning closer.
"Still angry?"
Lu Yao turned his face away without answering.
"Fine, then stay angry."
There was no way he was going to coax him.
The armored vehicle had been driving for an hour, leaving the base far behind. Lin City was still another hour away.
Gu Cheng pulled over. There weren't many zombies on the road at the moment, and the scattered few were all level one zombies that could be knocked down with a single kick and couldn't get back up.
Most of the zombies had gathered around bases and cities.
The special person base had been built deep in the mountains, well hidden. Why a zombie tide had invaded it remained unclear.
"Someone probably got infected after S City fell, then returned to the base."
Ye Ruan was getting sleepy, his head resting on Gu Cheng's lap.
"It collapsed from within. They couldn't fight back."
"Everyone, get some rest. It'll be dawn soon," Gu Cheng called out.
Only then did the members of the three teams in the cabin fall completely silent, their whispers stopping.
Gu Cheng drew the curtains over the front windows, switched off the engine and all the lights, and reclined the driver's seat until he could lie down.
"Come here. I'll hold you while you sleep. Look how cold