CH 71

Chapter 71 - A myriad of ways to kill him (2)

Although they had been together the entire journey, this was the first time they spent the night alone in a room.

Bei Nuan fell back on her bed again and tried her best to recall the male protagonist's description.

He should be considered a gentleman, right?

Before she could think through it, her eyelids had grown heavy.

She had been on edge all day over the fear that Huo Ren would suddenly shoot someone. Her nerves had been like taut bowstring. With Lu Xingchi here, her heart had fallen back to place.

Bei Nuan couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. It was as if her eyelids had been super glued together. She couldn't open them again.

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The next day, there was a racket of people getting up from the hallway along with the guard's jingling key ring.

Bei Nuan was woken up by the sound. She saw that Lu Xingchi's bed was already empty. When had he left?

He must have locked the door on his way out somehow. At the least, the guard didn't have any reaction when he unlocked it.

Around breakfast time, Zhen Zhen came back from Huo Ren's room. She looked exhausted and didn't say anything. Bei Nuan stayed silent.

After eating breakfast, Bei Nuan found Lu Xingchi and the others. They saw Bei Nuan and walked to the flowerbed to sit down.

Bei Nuan walked over there and sat a little away from them. She pretended to look at the scenery.

There were a bunch of people who had come out for fresh air and were sitting around the flowerbed, so they weren't conspicuous.

Bei Nuan took off her windbreaker. She sneakily took out Lu Xingchi's backpack from her pocket space and hid it under her windbreaker. She pushed it towards him.

There were a few large packages of biscuits with cream, Du Ruo's favorite beef jerky, and a few bottles of water in the backpack.

"You left early in the morning, so I didn't have time to give this to you."

Everything was with her. These three had probably been hungry since noon yesterday.

Lu Xingchi looked inside the backpack. He faintly smiled. "We won't die from missing out on two meals."

Du Ruo didn't think that way and complained to Bei Nuan in a cutely spoiled manner, "Have you seen the gruel they made? It looks like water used to wash rice. When can you come back to our team? Without you, I feel like I can't make it through another day."

Although these words sounded flirty, Bei Nuan would never misunderstand him. He meant that he couldn't live without a snack warehouse.

In contrast, Jiang Fei didn't seem to care about eating at all. He warmly looked at Bei Nuan. "Don't worry about us. Take care of yourself. Be careful."

Lu Xingchi's crossbow and ammunition was also with Bei Nuan. She didn't dare to openly pass it to them and asked quietly, "Do you want your crossbow?"

Lu Xingchi shook his head, refusing. "Leave it with you. It's too conspicuous."

Du Ruo was a bit unsatisfied. "Bei Nuan, you didn't ask me if I wanted my Ming Hong Knife."

He was referring to his cosplay knife.

"Do you want your Ming Hong Knife?" Bei Nuan could only ask him too.

"No, I'll leave it with you," Du Ruo solemnly said, "It's too conspicuous."

Bei Nuan: "..."

Lu Xingchi said, "I snuck into the guard building this morning and checked it over again. I still didn't find anything useful. We don't have to waste anymore time here. We can leave tonight."

Bei Nuan glanced at the big black iron gate. "Leave tonight? How can we get out?"

Lu Xingchi faintly smiled. "Don't worry. I have a way."

While they were plotting, Little Hei walked over and sat down next to Bei Nuan.

Bei Nuan thought he had a purpose for looking for her, but he didn't. He just sat there to chat with her.

Well, she wasn't busy, so she seriously asked about his background, his hometown, and what fun things happened during his fishing trips. At the end, she turned the topic to the refuge.

"Will we remain here?" Bei Nuan inquired.

Little Hei answered, "We'll probably leave in a few days."

"Why? Isn't this place pretty good? Zombies can't get in." Bei Nuan looked innocent and naïve.