A girl wearing a white princess dress looked at the corpses scattered all around them. Trembling with fear, she hugged her arms and carefully moved her feet, trying to get farther away from the body beside her.
At that moment, a man wearing a white shirt extended one handsome, slender hand.
“A Ning, come over here.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the girl called A Ning naturally linked her arm through his.
“Ningning, don’t be afraid.”
The girl called Feifei also walked over to comfort her.
“Everyone is already exhausted from dealing with the zombies all day. We finally found somewhere to stay, so just bear with it for now. We’ll all protect you.”
“Okay… okay!”
The girl called A Ning replied softly.
“Bang, bang, bang.”
A man wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt tried to push open the entrance to the boxing gym, only to discover that it was locked from the inside.
He knocked on the door and shouted, “Is anyone there? Open the door!”
Seeing that the door still would not open, the man was just about to kick it with his right foot when a creaking sound suddenly rang out.
The door opened just enough for one person to pass through.
The man’s foot stopped in midair, and his eyes met Zou Mingming’s through the opening.
Silence was tonight’s Cambridge.
“Um… uh…”
The man scratched his head and silently pulled his foot back.
“Hello, my name is Su Yufei. We’re just passing through here. Could you please let us stay here for the night?”
A girl wearing a pink one-piece dress stepped forward at just the right moment, breaking the awkward atmosphere.
Zou Mingming looked at the five people outside and remained silent for a while before saying,
“Sure, but not making noise.”
“Okay.”
Su Yufei smiled sweetly and agreed immediately.
After the five people entered the boxing gym, Zou Mingming quietly exchanged a few words with them and roughly understood their situation. He then turned around and went upstairs to continue keeping watch.
Four o’clock in the morning.
Liu Wanwan slowly woke from her sleep. She sat on the bed in a daze for a few seconds before instantly becoming fully alert, clarity returning to her eyes.
She got out of bed, put on her shoes, stored the bed in her space, and left the room.
“Mingming, what time is it now?”
“Um, Sister Wanwan, it’s four in the morning.”
Zou Mingming grinned with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
“Why didn’t you wake me?”
“I’m not that tired yet. Besides, Sister Wanwan worked hard killing zombies yesterday.”
Zou Mingming rubbed his eyes as he spoke.
“All right. Go get some rest first.”
“Okay.”
“Oh, right, Sister Wanwan.”
Zou Mingming pointed downstairs.
“Those five are students from S University.”
Liu Wanwan hummed in response and leaned against the railing to look down.
She had not expected to run into the original host’s classmates.
The girl in the pink one-piece dress was Su Yufei. She was the beauty of the Chinese Literature Department. From the original host’s memories, Liu Wanwan knew that she was the kind of fake saint who acted one way in public and another in private.
The girl wearing the white princess dress was Li Xuening. She was an arrogant young lady who had been spoiled by her family. Apparently, she had come to S City to attend university after having a conflict with her family.
The other girl wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt, black-rimmed glasses, and thick bangs was Song Wan. She was Su Yufei’s “best friend.” She was usually quite low-key in class and was dating Luo Xinyang, the young man wearing a short-sleeved shirt of the same color.
As for the other man wearing a white shirt, there was no information about him in the original host’s memories.
Come to think of it, Song Wan’s name had appeared in the novel.
The story did not describe much about Song Wan’s past. Liu Wanwan only knew that she had been abandoned during the early stages of the apocalypse. By the later stages, she had become a powerful supernatural ability user who stood somewhere between good and evil.
Being abandoned was practically a standard occurrence in apocalypse novels.
She guessed this would probably be another story about being abandoned by a scumbag boyfriend and a best friend, surviving against all odds, and awakening into a powerful supernatural ability.
Sigh.
Why couldn’t she ever meet the male lead?
When would she finally get to cling to his powerful support?
Nine in the morning.
Zou Mingming walked downstairs sleepily. In his half-awake state, he saw a black Mercedes.
He rubbed his eyes with his hand and suddenly opened them wide.
“Great! I finally don’t have to ride the little electric scooter anymore.”
“Hm?”
Liu Wanwan gave him a death stare.
“Hehe. Actually, the little electric scooter is pretty good too. It’s fast, agile, and never gets stuck in traffic…”
It’s just a little short.
“Get in. We’re leaving.”
Liu Wanwan got into the driver’s seat first.
“Wait.”
Su Yufei ran out of the boxing gym, panting heavily.
“Wanwan, it’s really you?”
“When I just saw you coming downstairs, I thought I was imagining things!”
“Yeah, I thought I was seeing things too.”
Liu Wanwan gripped the steering wheel and replied with a fake smile.
“So, are you planning to…”
Before Su Yufei could finish speaking, Liu Wanwan interrupted her.
“We have something to do. We’re leaving first.”
Liu Wanwan waved her hand, started the car, and left behind nothing but exhaust fumes and Su Yufei’s unfinished words.
“Where are you going?”
Su Yufei watched the car drive away. Her expression gradually darkened.
It was not until a voice came from behind her that her sweet expression returned.
“Feifei, I saw you rush out just now. Did something happen?”
Luo Xinyang stood beside her, his face filled with concern.
“No, I’m fine.”
A trace of disappointment appeared at the corners of Su Yufei’s lips, and Luo Xinyang noticed it immediately.
“Feifei, what happened? Did someone bully you?”
Luo Xinyang placed both hands on Su Yufei’s shoulders and asked anxiously.
“No one bullied me. I just ran into Wanwan.”
“Liu Wanwan? The campus beauty from our university?”
Luo Xinyang’s voice rose in surprise.
“Yes.”
When Su Yufei heard him mention the words “campus beauty,” a trace of resentment flashed across her face.
“Why is it her again? Back at school, she already stole your title as campus beauty. Did she bully you again just now?”
“Xinyang, I…”
Su Yufei looked as if she wanted to say something but could not bring herself to.
“Feifei, don’t worry. If I see her again, I’ll stand up for you.”
“Xinyang, you’re so kind.”
Meanwhile, Liu Wanwan drove forward while following a paper map.
At first, she was quite confident. Looking at the location marked on the map, she thought they would reach their destination soon.
It was not until she drove onto a narrow one-way street that she realized something was wrong.
Coincidentally, Zou Mingming, who had been napping in the passenger seat, woke up.
“Sister Wanwan, have we arrived?”
After saying that, Zou Mingming opened his eyes and looked at the one-way street ahead.
He fell silent.
Two minutes later, the two switched seats.
Half an hour later, the black Mercedes turned left and returned to the correct road.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Liu Wanwan looked at the familiar buildings outside the window and gave an awkward smile.
“Hehe… Mingming, how much longer until we reach Wanta Plaza?”
“Hmm. Normally, it would take half an hour.”
Zou Mingming looked at the zombies surrounding the car.
“Now, though, it’ll probably take around two hours.”
“Hehe, well… that was just a mistake. A purely accidental mistake.”
After saying that, Liu Wanwan turned toward the window. She raised her hand, and a bolt of purple lightning instantly eliminated the zombie trying to launch a sneak attack.
Well, hopefully the male lead’s teammates can hold out until we arrive!