Chapter 5: Uncompromising

Chapter 5: Uncompromising

After leveling up, he clearly felt that his speed and reflexes were much faster than before.

Even the pistol in his hand seemed to become lighter.

In the later stages of leveling up, grappling with zombies wasn't very difficult.

Even tearing them apart by hand wasn't impossible.

But these things, at this stage, Alex didn't want to dwell on.

He'd take it one step at a time. NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

He climbed down from the rooftop and returned to the second-floor residence.

Just as he entered the office, he saw Mia wriggling on the floor like a caterpillar.

Two days of hunger had already started to induce hallucinations in her.

"Cough."

Alex coughed.

Mia startled violently.

At this moment, she was like a tightly strung bow, any slight external disturbance was a strong stimulus for her.

Alex just took out a plate of fragrant fried rice, and Mia's green eyes locked onto it.

Alex clicked his tongue inwardly.

He had only seen such a gaze in starving wolves in the animal world.

"Do you want to eat?"

Alex helped Mia up and sat down with the fried rice in front of her.

Listening to Alex's tempting words, Mia didn't respond, and the light in her eyes dimmed slightly.

Despite her stomach growling.

Just then, Alex suddenly used his left hand to pinch Mia's cheeks and opened her mouth.

The tender sensation in his hand made Alex's heart flutter.

He gazed at Mia, who was mentally exhausted but still had a beautiful face, and was momentarily stunned.

Confused, Mia asked, "Are you insane?"

Alex didn't say anything, he simply scooped up a spoonful of fried rice and stuffed it into Mia's mouth.

Mia instinctively chewed and swallowed two bites of the fried rice, the aroma almost bringing tears to her eyes.

But then she snapped out of it.

"You won't make me submit!"

Just then, he suddenly thought of a question.

"Mia, if I let you go, what would you do?"

Mia still didn't speak, and Alex couldn't be bothered to talk either.

So there they sat, Alex on the floor, holding the tied-up Mia in his arms, both silent.

Suddenly, Mia said, "What's your name?"

Alex smiled faintly.

"Alex. A....L....E....X."

Mia nodded, then said seriously, "If you let me go, the first thing I'll do is kill you, you bad man."

Alex was speechless and joked, "Mia, calling me a bad man doesn't suit me. That's for swindlers and womanizers. I can't bear that label, especially since nothing inappropriate has happened between us."

"But, if that's what you're thinking, I don't mind."

Mia gritted her teeth.

"Scum!"

"I'll accept that term. But if your first thought is to kill me, then I definitely can't let you go."

Alex moved away from Mia, responding with a hint of amusement.

Taking off his clothes, Alex lay down on the sofa.

"Mia, it's time to sleep! I don't want you to starve to death after surviving hunger. I still want someone to talk to."

Mia also lay down to rest on the floor. Upon hearing Alex's words, she opened her eyes and angrily retorted, "Just shut up!"

On the third morning, Alex woke up to find Mia surprisingly still.

He couldn't tell whether she was deeply asleep or had fainted from hunger.

Approaching cautiously, he gently pinched Mia's cheek.

"Mia, it's time to wake up," Alex called out repeatedly, but Mia still didn't respond.

Alex muttered to himself, "She couldn't really be dead, could she?"

Then, he placed his hand near Mia's nose to check for breath.

She was still breathing.

Alex breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, leaning in close to Mia's ear, he said, "Mia, if you don't get up, I'll have to give you a full-body examination."

Mia, pretending to be asleep, had no choice but to open her eyes.

"Go away," she muttered.