The three of them waited until evening.
“Why hasn’t the team leader arrived yet? Do you think something happened to them?” Han Yan muttered.
Tang Yue rolled her eyes at him. “Something might happen to you, but nothing will happen to the team leader.”
Han Yan pursed his lips.
She was right. With Xie Lan’an being such a battle maniac, he could walk into a swarm of zombies and still make it here safely.
Just then, someone knocked on the front door.
Speak of the devil, and he appears.
Even so, Han Yan picked up his weapon and asked, “Who is it?” He did not rush to open the door.
After all, these were special circumstances, and they could not afford to let their guard down even for a moment.
Xu Tong called from outside, “Your grandpa! Hurry up and open the door.”
Hearing the familiar voice, Han Yan immediately opened the door.
The moment he saw Xu Tong grinning mischievously, he hooked an arm around his neck and pulled him down.
“We haven’t seen each other for a few days, and you already dare to call yourself Grandpa?”
Seeing the two of them fooling around like children, Yuan Hongshan laughed. “Alright, you two little monkeys, get inside.”
Zhen Lütu had just returned to the living room from the bathroom when she saw that the other members of the Shadow Breath Squad had already entered through the door.
The first person to come in was a very muscular man.
Diagnosis complete. He was a fitness fanatic, a true iron pumping enthusiast.
Following behind him was a man in his forties or fifties.
This should be the mechanical genius Tang Yue had told her about, Uncle Yuan.
He was also quite famous in the original novel.
Even the male lead, Ting Li, had wanted to recruit him, but Uncle Yuan had remained with the Shadow Breath Squad from beginning to end.
It could be said that everyone in the Shadow Breath Squad was extremely loyal to their team and their teammates.
Not a single one of them had ever betrayed the team.
Perhaps that would not be particularly unusual in a normal world, but in this apocalypse, where zombies were everywhere, supplies were scarce, and people could lose their lives at any moment, finding a team like this was practically impossible.
As expected of her. Apparently, all the good luck from her previous life had been saved up for this moment.
Zhen Lütu could not help wanting to thank her unlucky self from before she transmigrated into the apocalypse.
So this was the truth of life. In the end, you really had to create your own happiness!
While Zhen Lütu was still rambling to herself, Xie Lan’an walked in.
Almost the instant he entered, Zhen Lütu noticed him.
The man was tall and straight, without the exaggerated physique of the previous “fitness champion.”
But after spending so many years in the entertainment industry, Zhen Lütu could tell at a glance that he was the type who looked slender when dressed but had a solid, muscular body underneath.
And his face…
How should she put it?
He had simply grown straight into her heart.
Not her upper jaw, not her lower jaw, but directly into the exact spot where her heart was.
Peach blossom eyes, a beauty mark beneath one eye, a high nose bridge, and a smooth, well defined jawline.
!!!!
Tang Yue had never told her that her team leader was this handsome!
Wait, he should be their team leader now. By extension, that meant he was her team leader too.
Even the person she wanted to cling to for protection was this handsome. Zhen Lütu felt like she had been blessed with happiness.
Hehe, once again, she had to thank her unlucky self from before she transmigrated into the apocalypse. So it turned out the Goddess of Fate had simply been saving all the good things for later.
She officially took back everything she had said while cursing the heavens earlier.
Ah! Please forgive this foolish believer for her previous ignorance. (Presses hands together.)
Zhen Lütu stared straight at Xie Lan’an.
He seemed to notice her burning gaze and turned toward it.
There stood a girl wearing a black and white tracksuit, her hair tied into a ponytail.
Her delicate little face was exquisite, and her eyes sparkled as though they were filled with stars. Her cherry red lips were slightly parted, revealing a row of pearly white teeth.
For some reason, Xie Lan’an suddenly thought of the Persian cat his mother raised.
Their eyes met.
One gaze concealed a burning little flame, while the other was as cold and deep as a frozen lake.
Zhen Lütu’s little flame was instantly extinguished.
Ah, apparently the feeling had come quickly and disappeared just as quickly.
The others also noticed Zhen Lütu standing in the living room.
There was no other reason. Zhen Lütu was simply impossible to ignore.
She looked like a doll from a luxury department store that had suddenly come to life, so beautiful that people could not help taking a few extra glances.
Xu Tong excitedly nudged Han Yan with his elbow.
“Who is that? Who is that?”
Han Yan looked at the idiot who could barely walk straight whenever he saw a beautiful woman and replied perfunctorily, “Someone we met on the way.”
“How did you meet her? Come on, tell me.”
“It’s a long story.”
“Then make it a short one.”
……
Tang Yue led the dazed Zhen Lütu over.
“These are the other members of our team, Xu Tong, Uncle Yuan, and our team leader, Xie Lan’an.”
Zhen Lütu smiled and greeted them. “Hello, my name is Zhen Lütu.”
As she greeted them, Zhen Lütu could not help glancing at Xie Lan’an again.
Oh my goodness, he looked even better up close.
She could probably eat three extra bowls of rice just by looking at that face.
It really was not Zhen Lütu’s fault that she had no self control. Even in the entertainment industry before she transmigrated into the apocalypse, she had never encountered a male celebrity who had hit her heart quite like Xie Lan’an.
Naturally, Xie Lan’an also noticed the sparkling little look in Zhen Lütu’s eyes.
But he merely gave her a slight nod.
That was apparently his way of saying hello.
Xu Tong and Uncle Yuan, on the other hand, enthusiastically introduced themselves to Zhen Lütu.
After everyone had gotten acquainted, they gathered around the sofas in the living room.
Tang Yue explained Zhen Lütu’s situation to everyone and told them that she would be traveling with the Shadow Breath Squad from now on.
Everyone was clearly quite welcoming toward having such a cute girl join the team.
Only Xie Lan’an remained expressionless, though he did not object.
Han Yan had encountered the zombies in H City over the past few days and clearly felt that something was not right, so he hurriedly asked,
“Boss, what exactly is going on outside? Those ‘people’ who eat other people, hasn’t the government said anything?”
Han Yan had received messages from his superiors over the past few days.
However, no one knew where this strange “disease” had come from.
The only conclusion they had reached so far was that it could not be cured.
And the number of these monsters would only continue to increase.
According to the information issued by the authorities to various departments, Huaguo had already established survivor bases in the north, west, and south of the country.
The northern base was Hope Base, the western base was Sunset Base, and the southern base was Life Preservation Base.
Since Xie Lan’an’s father was currently the commander in charge of Sunset Base, the Shadow Breath Squad had been transferred there.
Their most important task now was to reach Sunset Base.
Of course, they also had some other missions to handle.
However, Xie Lan’an glanced at Zhen Lütu, who was sitting obediently beside Tang Yue.
He only gave them a general explanation of the current situation outside and their mission to travel to Sunset Base.
After finishing, Han Yan suddenly remembered Tang Yue “giving birth” to fire.
“By the way, Boss, there’s one more thing. After Tang Yue was bitten by a zombie, she suddenly became able to create fire herself.”
Xu Tong burst out laughing. “Han Yan, you idiot. Tang Yue isn’t stupid. Of course she can make a fire.”
Han Yan reached over and smacked him on the head.
“You idiot, I mean she can summon fire out of thin air!”
Xu Tong looked utterly confused. “Summon it out of thin air? What is this, a movie?”
Seeing that Xu Tong still did not believe him, Tang Yue simply held out her palm and conjured a ball of fire.
“Holy crap, it’s real!!! Am I seriously not in a movie right now?”
After saying that, Xu Tong moved closer to Tang Yue and stared intensely at the ball of fire.
Zhen Lütu stood beside them with a complicated expression.
Although you’re not in a movie, you really are inside a novel.
Brother, you just figured out the truth.