She turned on the shower, and the warm water poured over her body, easing some of her exhaustion. Thinking about how taking a hot shower would no longer be an easy thing in the future made her feel a little sad.
Li Yiyi stood in front of the mirror and blow-dried her hair. Her long black hair was smooth and shiny, making her already snow-white skin look even fairer. With her long eyelashes, large eyes, and delicate, pointed face, she looked like an exquisite doll. Her figure was also beautiful enough to make even her own face turn red when she looked at herself.
So pretty.
She looked nothing like the sickly face she had in the real world.
She suddenly remembered that the Li Yiyi in the novel had been the number one socialite in Beijing. Whenever the female lead angered the male lead, she would bring up his “number one socialite ex-wife.” Fu Sizhe would then feel guilty and apologize to her, saying that their marriage had only been a business arrangement and that he had never liked her.
No.
She could not let things go that way. She had to cling to the male lead and survive until the end.
Li Yiyi pushed open the bathroom door and saw Fu Sizhe staring at his phone with a solemn expression.
“What’s wrong, Brother Ze?”
Fu Sizhe looked up.
“Don’t call me that.”
“Then what should I call you?”
Li Yiyi walked toward the bed. There was only one bed in the room.
“Whatever you want.”
“Brother Ze.”
Li Yiyi lay down beside him. She thought this form of address was quite useful. Without realizing it, anyone who heard it would develop a sense of responsibility toward her.
She had to awaken his sense of responsibility and gain his protection.
“Mm.”
Fu Sizhe continued staring at his phone.
Seeing that he did not want to pay attention to her, Li Yiyi took out her own phone as well.
She had a new message.
She opened it and saw that it was from a contact saved as:
[Professor Jiang Wangchuan, Associate Professor at A University, 183 cm, Aries, Six-Pack Abs]
The message read:
[Sorry, I probably won’t have much time next week or the week after.]
Li Yiyi quickly exited the chat, swiped left, and deleted it.
A voice as cold as ice came from beside her.
“Who is Jiang Wangchuan?”
Li Yiyi shuddered.
She slowly turned toward Fu Sizhe and put on a pitiful expression.
How was she supposed to know? The novel had never mentioned him either.
“I don’t know. Maybe I added him by mistake.”
“Oh? Is that so? Then how did you know he has six-pack abs?”
Li Yiyi shrank beneath the blanket, revealing only her large eyes.
“I’m sorry, Brother Ze. I was immature before. You always ignored me, and I felt hurt, so I started chatting with other people.”
She wrapped her arms around his waist. When she saw that he did not push her away, she continued.
“I won’t do it again. Look, I deleted him. Besides, there was really nothing between us. You know that. Yesterday, I was the first…”
Fu Sizhe stared at her coldly.
“I only like you. Really, I…”
“Prove it to me.”
Fu Sizhe’s voice was indifferent, and his eyes darkened with desire.
Li Yiyi moved closer to him, cursing the original owner and Jiang Wangchuan a thousand times in her heart.
Li Yiyi ate breakfast while rubbing her sore waist, lamenting how miserable her life was.
Yesterday, under Fu Sizhe’s pressure, she had deleted quite a few people from her contacts right in front of him. Every time she deleted someone, Fu Sizhe would read their contact name aloud in his cold voice.
“Only like me?”
“188 cm, Researcher, Eight-Pack Abs.”
“Fell in love with me at first sight and became deeply infatuated?”
“Little liar.”
She had tried to argue.
“You… know that there’s nothing between me and them…”
She had even tried pushing against his abs, but she could not move him at all.
“Are eight-pack abs nice to touch?”
“You should be glad there really was nothing between us.”
Li Yiyi had never expected his possessiveness to be this strong, or for him to be so perceptive.
If Fu Sizhe found out that she had added something to the hot pot that night and had gone to Jiang Jibai’s room first…
Li Yiyi shuddered.
No.
She absolutely could not let him find out.
“Finished eating? Let’s go to the high-speed rail station.”
Fu Sizhe stood at the door. His well-tailored gray suit wrapped around his strong body, and his long, straight legs were particularly pleasing to the eye.
Fu Sizhe had ordered an entire table full of breakfast for her, far more than she could possibly finish. She stored all the leftovers in her Storage Space.
She discovered that the fruit she had stored there earlier had not changed at all.
Time was frozen inside the Storage Space.
She pointed the Storage Bracelet at Fu Sizhe.
There was no reaction.
It seemed that she could not store living people inside.
“Why are you walking behind me? Are you chatting with someone else again? Walk in front.”
Li Yiyi obediently walked ahead.
When they reached the lobby downstairs, Butler Zhao was already waiting. He became extremely excited when he saw them, but when his gaze fell on Li Yiyi’s neck, he awkwardly turned his face away.
Li Yiyi took out her phone and used the camera to look at herself. She pulled her top up slightly.
The hotel’s main entrance was tightly locked.
The Receptionist said apologetically, “I’m sorry. It’s not safe outside. I’ll open the door for you once your car arrives.”
Li Yiyi stood by the glass doors.
The street, which had still been bustling with activity yesterday, was now almost deserted. Several people were lying on the ground, while one or two others wandered slowly with stiff bodies.
Something was wrong.
She remembered that the novel had said that after animals mutated, zombies would begin to appear.
People who were bitten by mutated creatures would become zombies if they did not die. Anyone bitten by a zombie would also become one.
“Mr. Fu, those things outside don’t seem to be human.”
Butler Zhao pointed across the street.
A zombie was pouncing on someone and tearing into them. Before long, those “people” who had been moving slowly with stiff bodies suddenly became abnormally agile. They charged over and joined the feeding frenzy.
After finishing their meal, their faces were covered in blood. They stood up and continued wandering slowly like walking corpses.
“Oh my God.”
The Receptionist’s face turned deathly pale.
Butler Chen looked at his phone.
“The car will be here in two minutes.”
A black Buick stopped outside the five-star hotel.
The Receptionist said, “I’ll open the door. Get out immediately. Hurry!”
As soon as the door opened, the three of them rushed toward the Buick as quickly as they could.
Butler Zhao got into the front passenger seat, but the rear door would not open no matter how hard they tried.
The driver shouted, “Get in from the left! From the left!”
The zombies caught their scent and charged toward them at incredible speed.
In the blink of an eye, they were right in front of them.
Li Yiyi’s legs went weak.
Fu Sizhe tucked her beneath his arm and dodged the zombies as they attacked viciously. He vaulted over the roof of the car, reached the left door, opened it, and pushed Li Yiyi inside.
Then he delivered a powerful flying kick that sent three zombies stumbling away before slipping into the car himself.
He slammed the door shut.
“Drive!”
Li Yiyi was still shaken.
“Brother Ze, are you all right?”
“I’m fine.”
Fu Sizhe’s expression was grim.
“I don’t know if there are zombies in Beijing too.”
Li Yiyi opened the news and discovered that her account had already been forcibly logged out.
She registered a new account.
Online, reports about giant mutated creatures and zombies were spreading everywhere. The public discussion could no longer be controlled.
The car radio broadcast:
【Red Alert. Multiple incidents of malicious attacks have occurred in the city. Residents are requested to remain indoors.】
【Residents who are able to do so are advised to stock up on food. The city has sufficient food supplies. Please do not panic. Professionals will deliver meals to your homes.】
Butler Zhao made small talk with the driver.
“Brother, you’re still taking passengers in this weather?”
The driver, who had noticeably prominent lower sclera, smiled through the rearview mirror.
“I don’t have a choice, little brother. My child is sick and needs money.”
Li Yiyi bent down to pick up her phone.
Then she noticed that the carpet in the back seat was covered with spots of blood.
Her expression changed.
She immediately looked toward the door handle.
Sure enough, there were also several bloodstains that had not been completely wiped away.
The blood spots were scattered irregularly.
They had been splattered there.
What had happened here?