Chapter Thirteen: Once you're in my bed, you don't want to get out.

He sat up abruptly, his taut right arm seemingly ready to strike at any moment.

"Who are you?" The voice was deep and cold, carrying an extremely strong sense of oppression.

Josie glanced at the completely dark sky outside the window, and then felt her empty energy reserves.

After pursing her lips, she decided to tell the truth: "Would you believe me if I said I wandered in here by mistake?"

What do you think?

Feng Ye squinted, using the faint moonlight from the window to examine the strange girl who had suddenly appeared.

She looked to be in her early twenties, with jet-black hair, fair skin, and delicate features, making her seem completely out of place in this devastated post-apocalyptic world.

Her beautiful eyes looked directly and frankly at him.

"I mean no harm, I just want to stay here for a few days, is that alright?"

With Lu Yuyang gone and unable to recharge, she might need several days to accumulate some of her superpowers. Otherwise, even if she leaves, she could easily perish in this zombie-infested city.

Her superpower has both obvious advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that as long as she has a continuous supply of superpowers, she can move through hordes of zombies as if they were nothing.

The drawbacks are also obvious: after a severe depletion of their abilities, they recover much more slowly than other ability users.

Feng Ye's expression was cold and aloof. After his gaze swept over her face, he seemed to lose interest. "Want to stay? You shouldn't have come to me. Go find someone outside to make arrangements for you."

In the early stages of the apocalypse, those forces with the resources were still willing to accept their own kind and help each other.

This is also why Josie chose to risk staying.

Seeing that he lay back down, Josie rolled her eyes, slowly turned around, opened the door, and walked out.

He secretly pondered: the fact that the scantily clad woman threw herself at him meant that he held a high position here.

Since I only need a few days to recover my powers, maybe I can borrow his name and act like a fox in the tiger's power for a few days?

She pushed open the door, and outside was a dark corridor, with a faint light shining through from the front.

She started walking in that direction...

"What are you standing there for? Go wash yourself clean right now!" A sharp, stern voice suddenly rang out.

Josie tiptoed and saw in the dimly lit corridor that the scantily clad woman from before was grabbing a thin little girl by the collar.

"I...I understand..." the girl replied timidly, bending down to pick up the basin from the ground.

"Stop!" The woman poked the girl's forehead with her bright red nail polished finger and threatened in a low voice, "If you dare to go to Feng Ye to complain, I have plenty of ways to deal with you and your grandmother."

Zhao Wenjing responded softly.

Xing Jiao was still angry and kicked her, cursing, "Two burdens, I don't know why Feng Ye keeps you around? You're not real family, and you're always causing him trouble."

Zhao Wenjing lowered her head even further, her eyes red-rimmed.

She didn't want to cause trouble for Feng Ye, knowing he was always busy outside, so she never said a word to make him worry.

Because he had been good enough to himself and his grandmother, his grandmother would only occasionally cook for him after his parents passed away. Later, after he went abroad to become a mercenary, he would come back to visit every year.

This time, I got stuck here because I came back to visit my grandmother.

If it weren't for Feng Ye, she and her grandmother would probably have been bitten to death by zombies on the day the apocalypse came.

Josie leaned against the door frame and figured out the relationships between the characters with just a few words from them.

Looking at Zhao Wenjing's slender back and Xing Jiao's arrogant demeanor, she suddenly stepped forward and overturned the basin full of dirty clothes.

With a "splash," dirty water splashed all over Xing Jiao's legs.

"Don't you have hands? Can't you wash yourself?" Josie asked, arms crossed and raising an eyebrow.

The two girls turned their heads at the same time.

Xing Jiao was taken aback at first, then flew into a rage: "Who do you think you are? I can kick you out of here with just one word!"

She looked at the unfamiliar yet stunningly beautiful girl in front of her, and her mood immediately soured.

Only Zhao Wenjing stood there obediently from beginning to end, not daring to utter a single word.

Josie deliberately raised her chin, revealing a provocative smile: "I was brought back by Feng Ye. He said he would protect me. If you dare to bully me..."

She deliberately leaned close to Xing Jiao's ear and whispered with a smile, "I can make him leave with me with just one word."

This woman named Xing Jiao acts arrogantly in public, yet she deliberately tries to seduce Feng Ye, which shows that she needs him.

Since it's necessary, we'll be hesitant to act rashly.

"Impossible! You're lying to me, how could you possibly be Feng Ye's woman?" Xing Jiao's voice suddenly rose, filled with resentment and anger.

"I can't, but could you?"

Qiao Xi leaned against the wall and began to spread rumors in a calm and unhurried tone: "Feng Ye and I met five years ago. He was madly in love with me. He has been looking for me outside all this time. If he hadn't begged me to come here, do you think I would have cared?"

"You're talking nonsense! Feng Ye is clearly not interested in women!"

"Oh? Is that so?"

Josie deliberately looked her up and down, a smirk playing on her lips. "Is it possible he's not interested in you? He slept with me, but never wanted to get out..."

As Josie was speaking, a hand reached out and tugged at her sleeve.

The little girl named Zhao Wenjing blushed and didn't dare to say a word.

Josie thought she had gone too far and wanted to pat her to comfort her.

Then Xing Jiao shouted, "Brother Ye, you've come at the right time! Who is this person pretending to be your woman?"

Upon hearing this, Josie's heart sank.

She originally intended to use his name to live peacefully here for a couple of days, without the person in question's knowledge.

I never expected someone who was just sleeping to appear here.

Her gaze slowly moved, and with a "snap," light suddenly appeared in the dim cave.

Josie saw the anger on the man's handsome face.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xing Jiao immediately laughed and said, "I knew it was this woman talking nonsense..."

"Xing Jiao! While I was away, you were bullying Wen Jing?"

Xing Jiao's expression froze, and she immediately explained, "Brother Ye, how could that be? I remembered that my older brother asked me to go over there, so I left first."

"stop!"

Feng Ye stopped her, his eyes turning dangerous. "Xing Jiao, Wen Jing and her grandmother are my family. Do I need to repeat myself?"

Xing Jiao immediately forced a smile, "Brother Ye, it's really a misunderstanding. You can ask Zhao Wenjing if you don't believe me."

Zhao Wenjing always remembered her grandmother's words: they had no relation to Feng Ye, but he had protected them and they should be grateful and not cause him any more trouble.

"Brother Fengye, Sister Jiaojiao didn't make things difficult for me, so please don't be angry."

Xing Jiao immediately followed up, saying, "Brother Ye, you heard that? It's just a misunderstanding. I'll be going now."

Before leaving, she glared at Josh fiercely.

Josie also wanted to get away from this troublesome place, so she quickly turned around and ran away.

"stop."