Once 3A returned to the Ability User residential complex, everyone went home, washed up, and fell asleep in seconds.
After his shower, Qin Luo scooped Xu Duoduo up and tumbled onto the bed, hugging her tightly like an oversized plush toy. He cranked up the air conditioning, wrapped them in the quilt, and closed the curtains with the remote.
Then the human and zombie slept soundly.
Sleeping out on missions could never compare to sleeping at home, where they could relax completely.
The room still smelled of flowers mixed with mint.
With that familiar scent around her, a warm Big Dog hugging her, a soft quilt wrapped around her, and his heartbeat in her ears, Xu Duoduo couldn't have slept better.
She slept so deeply she lost all track of time.
When Xu Duoduo woke up, she was the only one left in the room.
She was hugging Qin Luo's pillow.
She reached out and felt around, only to find that the texture was wrong. These weren't the firm, springy abs she usually touched.
Shishi opened her eyes in bewilderment.
Xu Duoduo sat bolt upright with the pillow in her arms and looked around. It took half a minute for her brain to boot up before she remembered she was back at the H City Survivor Base.
Where was Big Dog?
Then she noticed a note stuck to the bedside cabinet, written in Qin Luo's bold, free-flowing handwriting. [Don't worry when you wake up. I'll be right back.]
He had signed it with a little drawing of a dog's head.
After reading it, Xu Duoduo happily tucked it away, then took out her tablet.
Videos of 3A's zombie suppression operation were already making waves online.
And they had rescued Gluttonous Beast this time, too.
Headquarters had commended 3A and the