Shen Yujen, who was following behind him, paused briefly, then raised her head to look at him. "What?"
She was absent-minded indeed. Chen Yuting turned around and looked at her in the eyes as he asked her, "Is there something bothering you?"
This time, Shen Yujen heard him. Feeling the concern in his eyes, she couldn't help but drop her head to avoid eye-contact. "I'm… I'm fine. Aren't you going to the construction site? Let's go."
Chen Yuting spent a few seconds looking at her, then sighed, "Alright. But, you have to promise me that you will talk to me when you want to, okay?"
He knew that Shen Yujen's job as Chief's assistant was going well. In fact, the work that Chief gave her was simple. It had been quite long, and she had gotten used to that job long ago. Whatever had been bothering her must be something about herself, or about her relationship with her husband.
She didn't want to talk to him about it, and he didn't want to push her.
"I… I'm good. Let's go." Shen Yujen dropped her eyelids and an upset look flashed across her eyes. After that, she raised her head and smilingly shook her head to her husband.
Chen Yuting turned and opened the door, then walked out.
…
Long Qingying and Lin Wenwen weren't so busy these couple of days. After leaving Sea City Base, they didn't head straight back to All Beings Base, but went out to hunt zombies.
They led a ten men squad, while Four, Three and two level-six zombies followed them under Lin Qiao's command for their protection.
"I heard that you once almost chased our Chief from Sea City to the South. Uncle, it's a miracle that you're still alive!" Lin Wenwen looked at Three, the middle-aged male zombie, then laughed and said.
Because of him, Lin Qiao found Xie Dong. Xie Dong had told that to Liu Jun, and Liu Jun told that to Cheng Wangxue. After that, Lin Wenwen and all the others knew about it.
Back then, Lin Qiao almost ran all over the country to get away from the ice-powered middle-aged male zombie.
Obviously, Three didn't want to mention that story at all. He was just a normal zombie at that time. It was not his fault to follow his nature.
Currently, he had recollected most of his memory. He remembered how Chief made him and the other zombies strip themselves and jump into the buckets to take bath. After restoring his memory, he wanted to die every time he thought about that. After all, he was a forty-year-old man.
"But, back at that time, Chief had just woken up as a zombie. You two wouldn't have become friends if you didn't try to kill her," Lin Wenwen sat on a chair as she looked at Three and said.
At the moment, they were taking a break in a coffee house in a shopping mall. People each grabbed a seat to sit down. The ten soldiers split into two groups, each group guarding one entrance of the coffee house while resting. Lin Wenwen and Long Qingying were sitting on the couch on the second floor, together with Four and Three.
Four was reading a physics textbook from the first year of junior high with great interest, without paying any attention to the surrounding environment at all. Every time he read something that he couldn't understand, he would ask Lin Wenwen about it.
Three shrugged and said, "She stole my food. It wasn't wrong for me to go after her!"
If it weren't for Lin Qiao, he would have eaten Xie Dong. But in the end, Xie Dong survived, and now, he was at the same level as Three! As Chief's number one subordinate, he certainly had better treatment than the other zombies.
"You're right," Lin Wenwen nodded, then turned to Four, who was handing the textbook to her. She resolved his question, then landed her eyes on Four's chin, which was wrapped in gauze.
"Four, how's your chin now? Has it healed yet? Can you let us see it?"
The kid had the lower half of his face wrapped in gauze, looking like a ninja. Only his pair of dark eyes with glowing red pupils were visible.
Lin Qiao's lake had healing power, so Lin Wenwen believed that the kid's chin should have almost healed.
Hearing her words, Four first paused briefly, then put the textbook on a table and started unwrapping his chin. As his chin was unwrapped, the other three stared straight at his face. His chin had grown back, but a deep and large wound extended from his mouth corners to his ears.
"Oh, your chin has grown back. I heard it was hanging from your face at first… Thankfully, we've seen all kinds of scary-looking zombies, or you could look quite terrifying to me!" Lin Wenwen couldn't help but sigh with relief. Then, she continued, "The healing power is really helpful for zombies. If this happens to a human being… Eh… It must be so painful! Four, was it painful?" While speaking, Lin Wenwen looked at Four with deep pity. The huge wound must have brought him severe pain.
Four thought about it. He didn't remember everything before death, but he did remember some of that pain, so he nodded.
Lin Wenwen looked at Four's eyes, and her eyes were suddenly dazzled before the scene in her eyes changed. The ten-year-old zombie boy became a handsome, expressionless young man, about seventeen years old. The young man looked similar to Four, but more mature. He still had that coldness in his eyes.
What was important was that his face was flawless and smooth, without any scars. He looked adorable.
The scene changed once again, and the young man turned back into the zombie boy.
Four was putting the gauze back on his chin. His friends had seen it, so he quickly wrapped it up again. After all, he was aware that he looked scary.
Lin Wenwen reached out a hand and rubbed his head as she said, "I've seen it. Your face will heal, and you will grow up!"
Four paused, looking at her with confusion.
Long Qingying and Three also glanced at Lin Wenwen confusedly.
At that moment, Lin Wenwen suddenly sensed a piercing pain from her brain. She quickly buried her head in her arms and gave a deep moan, with her face twisted in pain.
"Eh… Ah!"
"Wenwen!"
"Miss Lin!"
Long Qingying and Three gave a start and called Lin Wenwen in one voice. Four was shocked as well. He dropped the gauze and held her shoulder.
"What's wrong? Wenwen?" Long Qingying flashed to Lin Wenwen's side and gently held her shoulder as she asked her anxiously.
Lin Wenwen furrowed her eyebrows. The headache had faded, but a dull pain was still lingering in her head. She sighed with relief, then raised a hand and said, "I'm okay. I just had a sharp headache."
"What happened?" Someone was running up the stairs. The leader of the squad that was guarding downstairs heard Lin Wenwen's scream and came up.
"Oh, I'm fine!" Lin Wenwen weakly waved at the squad leader, then glanced at Three and Four. Seeing that the two had put on their sunglasses, she silently sighed with relief. After all, the soldiers didn't know that they were zombies yet.