Da Qiao hurried them off to have their mutant abilities tested, and Xiao Qiao left when she saw that.
The sisters were at odds.
They hadn't exchanged a single word.
Wang Weihu and the other two were itching to gossip, but they still had their ability tests to do. They turned to call their captain along.
Finding that the human and zombie had a barrier all their own, the three wisely left first.
Chen Xiaofei whimpered, "We're getting force-fed lovey-dovey nonsense every day lately. I'm stuffed to death, boo-hoo."
Bai Shu closed the Conference Room door on his way out.
Sitting in her chair, Xu Duoduo watched them all leave. Why wasn't Big Dog leaving?
Shishi tilted her head back to look at him.
Qin Luo bent down to kiss her lips. "How are you feeling? Not upset anymore?"
Xu Duoduo pressed her lips together and shook her head.
Qin Luo prompted her to speak. "Don't shake your head. You can talk now, can't you?"
Xu Duoduo glared at him, but still obediently answered, "I'm not upset anymore."
Qin Luo smiled and coaxed her. "See? You get angry, you cry, you make a fuss. How are you not human? Your heart just doesn't beat, that's all. You're still you."
She hadn't lost consciousness.
Nor had she lost her reason.
"You can hold your head high. You don't have to feel inferior. Mutated people are protected by the state now, too."
Xu Duoduo fiddled with her fingers, glanced up at him, then lowered her eyes to her claws. Unlike the rounded fingertips she'd had as a human, her fingers had grown much more pointed after she became a zombie, and they hadn't been very nimble at first.
Now she could hold a pen. She ought to have been grateful, but she