Gu Cheng gritted his teeth, so overwhelmed that even the arms holding Ye Ruan trembled:
"Why wasn't I the one infected... this is all my fault..."
"If anything happens to you, I won't go on living either."
A fierce look entered Gu Cheng's eyes as he pulled back a little.
"Bite me. I'll take you away from here."
Ye Ruan blinked. "Are you sure?"
Ye Ruan asked again, "Leave them behind and wander with me as zombies?"
Gu Cheng said in a trembling voice, "Without you... I can't live."
"Silly wolf."
Ye Ruan sighed, tilted his head up, and kissed the corner of his mouth.
"It hasn't come to that yet."
Ye Ruan showed him the wound he had cut with the knife earlier and explained his theory.
"Once the virus spreads to my heart, it might keep traveling up my neck. If it reaches my brain, then I'll really be a zombie."
Ye Ruan wiped the tear tracks from Gu Cheng's face, nestled into his arms, and hugged him tightly back.
"Have you forgotten what Li Luo said? There's still a chance."
Gu Cheng's gaze was lost as he said sorrowfully:
"What if his theory is wrong? Xu Chu still hasn't developed a vaccine after all this time... Ruanruan, nothing can happen to you. Please..."
"It won't." This was the first time Ye Ruan had seen Gu Cheng so vulnerable.
Gu Cheng pressed his ear to Ye Ruan's chest, listening to his heartbeat.
Ye Ruan's slender, pale fingers stroked Gu Cheng's back again and again, brushing his ears.
"Do you remember Li Tuantuan?"
Covering his mouth, Ye Ruan quietly told Gu Cheng about discovering the horns and scales on Li Tuantuan's head the last time he was in City H.
After hearing him out, Gu Cheng finally felt some