Brother Jing Was Handsome Even When He Was Being a Rogue

Two people who spent every day together had regular routines, and even the slightest deviation was noticeable, whether they mentioned it or not.

Jiang Nian was simmering soup. More than ten minutes later, he noticed that the bathroom was quiet and Cheng Jing still hadn't come out, so he turned down the heat and went over to knock on the door:

"Brother Jing, are you done washing up? Dinner's almost ready."

"Yeah, just about."

Cheng Jing's voice sounded muffled. Jiang Nian wasn't used to it, but he didn't ask. Working on a rescue team was hardly pleasant. They had to face life, death, and human nature, and often ran into upsetting things, so it was normal for it to affect his mood.

Nearly another ten minutes passed before Cheng Jing came out of the bathroom, wearing a pair of loose, calf-length shorts with his upper body bare. He walked over and wrapped his arms around Jiang Nian from behind as he worked at the stove:

"Dinner can wait. Let me kiss you."

With that, he rather forcefully turned him around, lowered his head, and kissed him.

"Mmm~"

Jiang Nian froze for a moment, then quickly relaxed and responded, running his hands over Cheng Jing's pecs and abs. They felt amazing!

When the kiss ended, Cheng Jing took a deep breath and held him tightly:

"Nian Nian..."

"Brother Jing... what's gotten into you all of a sudden?"

Like a fish gasping for water, Jiang Nian rested his chin on Cheng Jing's shoulder and panted. He really wasn't used to Cheng Jing suddenly acting like this.

Cheng Jing didn't answer directly. He lowered his head and kissed the side of his face, his voice low and husky:

"I'm so afraid you won't behave at home and will just open the door to help someone."

Since the apocalypse, he had seen too much of the evil side of human nature. Even though he knew Jiang Nian wouldn't be overly saintly, he still felt anxious when he saw certain scenes.

Jiang Nian smiled at that and patted him reassuringly:

"I won't. Don't worry, I'm very well-behaved. If you told me not to leave the bedroom, I wouldn't even go to the living room."

He probably ran into another case of a do-gooder coming to a bad end today. Sigh.

Cheng Jing said nothing. His hot breath tickled Jiang Nian's ear and neck, and Jiang Nian instinctively tilted his head away. Someone took an inch and then a mile, biting him.

"Ow!"

Jiang Nian bared his teeth. After holding him for a little longer, he finally pushed the big dog off him:

"You've been working all day. Let's eat first."

If this keeps up, we can forget dinner and just eat each other instead. Who could resist a hunk acting clingy?

"Okay."

Only then did Cheng Jing let him go and leave the kitchen to set out the bowls and chopsticks.

Jiang Nian's face and ears were red. He turned around, switched off the heat, and dished up the food, feeling just a tiny bit aggrieved:

He's already like this before dinner. Doesn't he know I can't resist being teased? Men!

If he hadn't been hungry, he would have given his boyfriend a lesson in the kitchen. With so much stuff and so little room, it would have been even better practice.

After dinner, Jiang Nian had been about to clean up, but Cheng Jing took over, so he got up and went to shower instead.

By the time he came out, Cheng Jing had finished cleaning and thrown the trash into the corridor outside. He stood beside the sofa with a clean towel in his hand and casually pulled Jiang Nian over to dry his hair.

Jiang Nian sat cross-legged on the sofa, facing Cheng Jing's beautifully defined abs. He swayed his head slightly as he asked:

"We've kissed and eaten, so now tell me why you're in a bad mood."

As he spoke, his restless hands naturally reached for the body right in front of him. Meow, it's all flesh, so why does Brother Jing's feel so good to touch?

Cheng Jing was already used to being felt up by him. After drying his hair for a while, he sat down and said:

"There's a residential complex near the East Ring in the new city, with three apartments per elevator. One family bought the two apartments opposite each other, then worked together to trick their neighbors, a newlywed couple, into opening their door. They killed them and stole their supplies. The woman was pregnant, so it was two lives lost... all because they knew the couple had a lot of eggs and cured pork."

"In another complex, there was a family of five. A few days ago, the husband killed his wife and three children and threw them downstairs, but he kept collecting supplies for five people. We only found out because a neighbor reported him. The man denied it, saying his wife took the children outside and they died on their own!"

"..."

By the end, Cheng Jing was grinding his teeth with anger. They had been working alongside government personnel, yet there was still nothing they could do. Those utterly unscrupulous people had even volunteered to be arrested, so they wouldn't have to face zombies and would still have food. It was utterly ridiculous!

He wanted nothing more than to kick those people into a horde of zombies. But the rescue team couldn't harm civilians at will. Using evil to fight evil without due process and allowing killing would ultimately lead to an even greater vicious cycle. Some people had already started doing it, and the resulting chaos had been even worse, harming more innocents. Harsh punishments in chaotic times had backfired.

The authorities were short-staffed, and many of their strategies were still in the trial-and-error stage. When it came to those who took advantage of the chaos to commit evil, they didn't even have a suitable punishment system yet. They could only place them under close watch, and that was the most frustrating part.

Jiang Nian sighed helplessly and shook his head:

"When people put their own interests first, there are no limits to human nature. There'll be more and more of this from now on."

He had experienced it himself, tortured and killed by his own relatives, so he no longer felt much about it.

Order had collapsed and morality had decayed. The world as a whole was testing human nature, and human nature had never been able to withstand such a test!

All they could do was pray that scum like that would be defeated by zombies sooner rather than later!

"I know. I just can't feel good about it."

Cheng Jing rubbed his face irritably as he spoke. Although death had become commonplace since the apocalypse, and most people could accept zombies killing and eating people, they still couldn't accept ordinary people killing others. That was simply how it was.

In his view, that had to be an instinct etched into human genes through evolution, step by step. The apocalypse had only just begun, and people had already become like this. How were they any different from lower animals?

"No normal person would feel good about this, but there's no stopping this kind of chaos right now. Normal order won't gradually return until we're inside a shelter base. For now, we can only rely on ourselves."

As Jiang Nian spoke, he recalled the punishments the base had imposed on those who broke the rules in his previous life:

They were made to build infrastructure on the outermost perimeter of the base in shackles, with limited food and no pay. Minor offenses carried a fixed term of punishment, while major offenses like murder meant a life sentence, working until death. Once they died, they were simply thrown out of the base. No one would pity them.

Ding-dong-

Cheng Jing received a message from the command center on his phone. It was a measure addressing cases of people harming their relatives and fraudulently claiming their supplies.

The command center had issued a new rule: from now on, supplies had to be delivered into the recipient's own hands. Family members could not collect them on their behalf. If the recipient could not be seen, the supplies would be taken back.

It was a very reasonable measure, and the only way to prevent people from fraudulently claiming supplies.

After reading the message, Cheng Jing switched off his phone and tossed it aside. He picked up Jiang Nian, who was still pondering something, and carried him back to the bedroom:

"Forget about all that. Let's go to sleep."

He wouldn't bring such terrible feelings home with him again.

Jiang Nian saw through his thoughts and poked him in the chest:

"It's still early. We're going to sleep already?"

"By the time I'm done with you, it'll be about time."

As he spoke, Cheng Jing put him on the bed and followed him down, pressing over him.

"Brother Jing is handsome even when he's being a rogue~"

Jiang Nian beamed. He liked a man who took the initiative.

Cheng Jing took his hand and kissed it:

"Of course. You should trust your own taste. After all, you went through a lot to win me over."

This guy had set his sights on him because of his looks, so Cheng Jing was glad he was handsome.

Jiang Nian chuckled, and when Cheng Jing kissed him, his laughter turned into a long, low moan.