Jiang Ran was here?
Lin Buyu frowned and was about to slip away when, in the very next second, Jiang Ran suddenly appeared in the area that had been completely empty just moments ago.
Lin Buyu’s eyes widened.
Good grief, did this guy just appear out of nowhere?
Teleportation?
The man was dressed in black tactical clothing, standing in the darkness of the night as if he had completely merged with it.
Jiang Ran lowered his head and looked at the two zombies lying on the ground.
More precisely, one was a zombie, while the other was a man who had been bitten.
The bitten man’s head and neck had been completely severed, with only a small strip of skin still connecting them.
When Jiang Ran got a clear look at the man’s face, his dark eyes instantly deepened.
Gao Changsheng?
He remained silent.
Soon, footsteps came from behind him. It was the patrol officer who had just alerted him that there was someone in this area.
When the patrol officer saw the two bodies in front of Jiang Ran, he was thoroughly startled.
“G-Gao Changsheng?”
“You know him?” Jiang Ran asked quietly, his expression unreadable.
The patrol officer swallowed nervously.
“Yes. He joined our base a week ago. He’s a new ability user in Group B, with a wind-based ability. Captain Jiang, how did he suddenly end up dead here?”
“I don’t know.” Jiang Ran glanced at the zombie beside him. “He was probably bitten by a zombie.”
Only then did the patrol officer notice that the other corpse was actually a zombie.
And not just any zombie—it was a mutated one.
Its pupils were green.
But how had a zombie suddenly appeared inside the base?
Lin Buyu was hiding in the tall grass in front of the building, planning to stay there until the two men left.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go according to plan.
A rat scurried over to her feet.
She wasn’t afraid of rats, but rats made noise!
The creature leisurely ran back and forth around her feet, making soft rustling sounds.
“Who’s there?”
The patrol officer suddenly turned his head toward her direction and drew his pistol. He cautiously approached the spot where Lin Buyu was hiding.
Not wanting to risk getting accidentally shot, Lin Buyu had no choice but to stand up.
She raised both hands in surrender.
“I’m just passing through.”
She looked at the patrol officer, but her eyes secretly drifted toward Jiang Ran behind him.
Jiang Ran was looking at her with an amused smile. The mirth in his eyes was almost overflowing.
She could even see a trace of excitement in his smiling gaze.
It seemed as though killing someone was something he found particularly enjoyable.
Uh… He was kind of a psychopath.
Great. Now she looked even more suspicious.
“Who are you? Why are you here? Did you kill Gao Changsheng? And did you bring that zombie into the base?”
The patrol officer fired off a string of questions.
Lin Buyu immediately put on a frightened expression.
“No! I have nothing to do with this. I just happened to be passing by. I saw that man tying up a zombie and bullying women. I was afraid he might target me too, so I had no choice but to hide here. He was bitten to death by the zombie he brought himself.”
The patrol officer sized Lin Buyu up.
Seeing how delicate and beautiful she was, looking as though someone could crush her with one hand, he found himself believing her story a little more.
“You said he was bullying women. Where are the women he was bullying? And how did the zombie die?”
“They ran away. But I remember that the man who was bitten to death called the man who escaped earlier Xu Laosan.”
Lin Buyu was very good at pretending to be weak.
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes before slowly spilling down her cheeks. Her watery eyes made her look pitiful and innocent.
It was almost impossible not to feel protective of her.
“I really was just passing by. Please, don’t kill me.”
The patrol officer couldn’t bear to see her looking so vulnerable.
“Don’t worry. As long as this really has nothing to do with you, we won’t kill innocent people. But you’ll have to come with me and cooperate with the investigation.”
Jiang Ran watched Lin Buyu’s performance with great interest.
What a delicate little flower.
But…
“She’s my bedmate. You’re not qualified to take her away.”
Huh?
The patrol officer turned around in confusion.
Jiang Ran was leisurely walking toward Lin Buyu. He stretched out his long arm and pulled the supposedly “weak and helpless” woman into his embrace.
“Take Gao Changsheng and the zombie to Group B. While you’re at it, find that Xu Laosan she mentioned. Once you question him about what happened, won’t everything become clear?”
As he spoke, his fingers casually played with Lin Buyu’s long hair.
The patrol officer hesitated.
“But…”
“But what? Do as I say.”
Jiang Ran’s tone remained gentle, but the look in his eyes carried an unmistakable forcefulness that left no room for refusal.
“If the Group B leader has any objections, he can come talk to me himself.”
The patrol officer immediately fell silent.
“Yes, sir.”
He quickly took the dead zombie and Gao Changsheng away.
Soon, only Jiang Ran and Lin Buyu remained in the area.
“Why did you come here alone?” he asked casually.
Lin Buyu tilted her head up to look at him.
The villain really was tall.
She estimated that he was at least 188 centimeters.
Looking up at him, she continued pretending to be pitiful.
“You weren’t there, and I was scared, so I came out to look for you.”
“Oh~~ You were scared?”
Jiang Ran put his hands into his pockets and nodded with a smile.
“You were scared staying in the room, but running all the way out here alone didn’t scare you? Tsk, my little bedmate is such a brave coward.”
Lin Buyu:
“…”
Jiang Ran took Lin Buyu back to the villa.
The two of them walked through the living room on the first floor, one following the other.
Nie Fei, who was eating instant noodles, slowly followed them with his eyes.
Lin Buyu’s hair was messy, and her eyes were red as she trailed behind Jiang Ran.
After the two disappeared upstairs, Nie Fei swallowed his last mouthful of noodles.
“Did he bully the girl until she cried? Is Brother Ran really that much of a bastard?”
Once they reached the room, Jiang Ran pulled back the covers and lay down on the bed.
He casually patted the right side of the bed and called out to Lin Buyu, who was still standing by the door.
“Get in.”
Lin Buyu shuffled over, lifted the covers, and quickly jumped onto the bed.
She pulled the blanket over herself, leaving only a pair of large eyes peeking out.
They blinked innocently.
“Are we starting now?”
“Mm-hmm. Something like that.”
Jiang Ran smiled and nodded. Supporting his head with one hand, he turned onto his side and looked at her.
“Are you scared?”
Lin Buyu firmly believed that this guy would never touch a woman he suspected of being suspicious.
She blinked her watery eyes and suddenly put on a shy expression.
“I’m not scared. In fact, I’m a little excited.”
“Oh~~ Is that so? Then take your time getting excited.”
Jiang Ran merely smiled without saying anything.
His mood seemed quite good, and he was clearly in the mood to tease her.
“The zombie was killed by you, wasn’t it?”
Lin Buyu instantly froze.
Was this guy some kind of human lie detector?
Why was he so perceptive?
She remained silent, intending to continue playing dumb.
Jiang Ran picked up a small stone with his slender fingers.
A trace of green liquid stained the stone.
“Do you think this stone looks familiar?”
It was the little stone Lin Buyu had used to smash the zombie’s head.
Lin Buyu felt her scalp go numb.
The villain really was worthy of his reputation. He noticed everything.
When she didn’t answer, he continued.
“Judging from where the stone landed and the size of the two holes on either side of the zombie’s head, this stone should have been thrown from the patch of grass where you were hiding.”
His lips curved slightly.
“And your aim was pretty good.”
Lin Buyu:
“…”
This guy was a human lie detector on steroids.