CH 17.2

Chapter 17: Sister is Brother’s nemesis (2)

The girls hurried back to the small courtyard they lived in and found the men of the village surrounding it, weapons in their hands. A-mei immediately ran over with a worried look.

One of the men looked at Bai Qingqing and said: “Time’s up. If Awang is not awake, you will all leave the village at once.”

The Thunder Squad was also in the courtyard and the atmosphere was tense as the two sides confronted each other.

Bai Qingqing smiled: “The day is not over yet, why are you so anxious?”

After two days, whether he was changing or awakening a special ability, Awang should wake up, Bai Qingqing thought to herself.

The villagers were very displeased and looked at Bai Qingqing with dark eyes. One of them lowered his voice and cursed: “Stupid bitch.”

A-mei stood in front of the door and stared at the villagers nervously, while Bai Qingqing walked to Fu Chen. The man was sitting on a stool, slowly wiping his gun, and asked faintly: “Where did you go?”

“I had some personal business to attend to.”

Fu Chen remained silent and raised his head to look at her. His stare was very obvious: What kind of business your brother can’t know?

Bai Qingqing leaned over and whispered: “Wait until we leave the village.”

The villagers were impatient and began to shout again. At the same time, noise came from the woodshed. A-mei immediately turned around and the villagers calmed down, all staring at the woodshed with nervousness.

The door of the woodshed rattled again. Bai Qingqing was not sure whether Awang had mutated or not and she looked at Xiao Yang. He understood immediately: “I will go see.”

The rest of the team was also looking over and A-mei had already made a decision in her heart: if Awang had become a zombie, she would die with him.

Xiao Yang opened the door of the woodshed. They were all facing the sun and couldn’t see what was happening in there, and Bai Qingqing grabbed Fu Chen’s arm.

A figure came out of the woodshed and rushed to hug A-mei as the villagers yelled in panic. Shen Mingxuan raised his gun but someone was faster than him and grabbed his weapon before shouting: “Don’t shoot! He’s not a zombie!”

***

The Thunder Squad stayed in Zhou village for almost a week. They had wasted a lot of time and had to rush to the next destination. They were ready to set off after lunch.

Before leaving the village, Abao rushed over from the mountain road with Big Yellow.

“Big sister! Fairy sister!”

Abao hurried over and hugged Bai Qingqing’s leg, a small bag on his back: “Big sister, I have something for you.”

The others stopped and looked at the boy. Bai Qingqing knelt down, grabbed his round face, and asked: “What is it?”

“You helped find my brother. These are all for you.” Abao took his small backpack off and revealed the dried cherry tomatoes in it. Bai Qingqing thought that the village did not have a lot of food and refused: “Keep it.”

***

Cheng Rui and Liang Zhiyu were driving while the others sat in the living room. Bai Qingqing opened the small bag of dried tomatoes and put one of the fruits in her mouth, savoring the sweet and sour taste.

“Mmm, it’s delicious.” She couldn’t help saying.

She noticed Xiao Yang looking at her snacks greedily and she put the bag on the table: “Let’s eat it together, it tastes really good.”

“I’ll try it!” Xiao Yang was very eager to grab a few.

Bai Tiantian hesitated a little, took a bite, and said: “Not bad.” before asking timidly: “Mingxuan, Captain, do you want to try it too?”

Shen Mingxuan obviously didn’t want to eat something that belonged to Bai Qingqing and replied in a cold voice: “Why should I eat this kind of thing?”

Fu Chen’s face was cold and he also looked like he wouldn’t eat any. Bai Tiantian lowered her head and bit her fruits, feeling a little lost.

***

Bai Qingqing and Xiao Yang sat down on the roof, kind of feeling they were on the top of a sightseeing car and soon the RV reached the highway.

Most of the zombies were gathered in big cities but occasionally, they would see one of two thin ones on the dilapidated mountain roads and would headshot them before they could come howling.

“Want to eat?” Bai Qingqing took out a few different kinds of snacks from her space.

“Yes.” Xiao Yang was a hidden foodie; he could not refuse the charm of food and immediately opened the bags.

The two chatted as they ate and talked about campus life and e-sports games. Xiao Yang was stunned she knew games too; the image Bai Qingqing had given him before was the one of a spoiled rich brat who went to the bar all day long.

Bai Qingqing looked at him: “Boys are good at playing games. What do you play?”

“Assist.” Xiao Yang replied.

Bai Qingqing was a little surprised: “I thought guys liked to play assassins or mages.” She seemed to ponder: “Are you playing support for your girlfriend?”

“No.” Xiao Yang was not sure what to do, afraid she would misunderstand, “I just like to control the field and take care of the group.”

Bai Qingqing joked: “What are you so anxious about?” Her eyes were full of curiosity: “Have you ever been in love before?”

Xiao Yang looked at the girl’s bright smile, avoiding her eyes: “There is no time to fall in love at the end of the world.”

“I never fell in love either.” Bai Qingqing hugged her knees and tilted her head to look at him, “I heard that people who fall in love feel they live in a pink bubble.”

“Really?” Xiao Yang tried to restrain his abnormal heartbeat and thought for a while: “I had a roommate, he became stupid when he started dating. He would video chat with his girlfriend every day.”

Bai Qingqing laughed and Xiao Yang looked at her; a lot of alien emotions spread in his heart, unexpectedly finding beauty in the last days.

“Qingqing.” A cold voice came over.