"So you're not going to be nicer to your sister? Look at how you treated her just now?"

Qi Zheng glanced at him coldly and said...

Hmph, ungrateful humans.

He apologized to the sake for this, saying he was genuinely afraid she would devour him whole.

"Since you don't like your sister, then you'd better get out of here now! Otherwise, I'll eat you up!" Qi Zheng said fiercely.

Trying to scare him away

Xiang Qingjiu thought she was like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"I can't walk."

Xiang Qingjiu gestured for the little girl to look down; her legs were wrapped up like a rice dumpling.

Qi Zheng frowned and muttered something.

"Men are so fussy, they'll break your leg at the slightest touch, they're so useless."

Xiang Qingjiu wanted to flip the table as she listened.

Heh, what do you mean by "just a little bit"? He was slammed against the wall like a dog by the corpse eaters!

"Hmph, once you're fully recovered, get out of here," Qi Zheng said harshly before walking alone into Dou Shiliu's room.

I yawned as I walked, rubbed my eyes, and realized I'd gotten up too early; I was so sleepy now.

Xiang Qingjiu ignored the young girl and slowly moved towards the sofa.

Just sat down

Squeak, Bean Sixteen is back!

Xiang Qingjiu turned to look at her; she was holding a large bag of ingredients in one hand and a black bag in the other.

Her gaze shifted upwards, and even with her eyes closed, Xiang Qingjiu knew what was inside. She silently looked away, her eyes meeting Dou Shiliu's pale red pupils.

Startled, he turned his head sharply and buried his face in the sofa, trembling.

Dou Shiliu was just about to ask him what he wanted to eat when she saw him hunched over the sofa, looking like he was about to rest.

Okay, without looking at him again, Dou Shiliu carried the ingredients and headed to the kitchen.

The black bag did indeed contain a corpse, but she hadn't killed anyone. She had simply gone to a cliff where car accidents frequently occurred and retrieved a body that appeared to be relatively intact from the bottom.

Bai Tuan, looking grim, pointed out that the scattered corpses and fragments at the bottom of the cliff, along with a large amount of brain matter splattered below and some small insects, could hardly be anything intact.

Dou Shiliu quickly finished cooking and brought it out of the kitchen to the table.

"Have a meal"

Dou Shiliu woke up Qi Zheng and picked up Xiang Qingjiu.

Xiang Qingjiu: "..." He was actually refusing.

Sales were much better than yesterday.

Xiang Qingjiu ate quickly, avoiding looking in Qi Zheng's direction; he was afraid of being scared to death.

After dinner

Dou Shiliu gave Xiang Qingjiu a kind of medicine to drink.

"Drank it"

He looked at the white bottle, then at Dou Shiliu's bright eyes.

He inexplicably took the drink and drank it, and he had a feeling that she really wouldn't hurt him.

Even if you wanted him dead, why feed him poison?

After drinking it, he felt an itch on his leg, and then his injury healed.

He could still walk three laps on the ground. Qi Zheng watched as his eyes widened slightly.

"Wow, that's amazing! What is that, sister?"

Of course, it's a product of the system.

Dou Shiliu felt a pang of sympathy; it was ridiculously expensive.

The deeper the pain in one's heart, the calmer one's expression.

"Don't ask too many questions, little kids."

Qi Zheng pouted, looking dejected.

Xiang Qingjiu stared at Dou Shiliu in complete shock, her throat suddenly feeling dry. She pursed her lips, finding herself unable to utter a word.

He could only stare blankly at her.

From childhood, influenced by those around him, his thought process was entirely focused on the dangers of carnivores—monsters that eat people and treat them as snacks at any time.

Just like how he was perfectly fine before, but that day he inexplicably encountered a feeding feral creature and got injured, which made him even more terrified of it.

But she was the one who saved him that day, and it seems she was the one who saved him at the hospital too, and now she's the one who healed his leg.

Xiang Qingjiu looked at Dou Shiliu, staring at him silently for a long while before speaking.

"What...do you want from me?"

"Protect you"

Dou Shiliu spoke without hesitation, without even thinking.

Xiang Qingjiu felt that his carefree heart had been bumped, leaving him with a throbbing headache and a warm feeling all over his body.

He bit his thin lips

"Why...why protect me?"

"You are mine," Cannon Fodder

Dou Shiliu didn't say the last sentence.

Xiang Qingjiu felt dizzy, as if something was sprouting in his heart.

"Where's Qi Zheng? Sister Mei, Qi Zheng is yours too."

The little girl standing nearby, watching the two of them exchanging glances and seemingly pledging their lives to each other, couldn't stand it anymore. She chattered and rushed into Dou Shiliu's arms.

Dou Shiliu gently stroked her messy, sleepy hair, finding it smooth and comfortable, and curled his lips into a smile: "You're mine too."

Qi Zheng was satisfied and hugged Dou Shiliu tightly.

Standing to the side, Xiang Qingjiu watched Dou Shiliu holding Qi Zheng and smiling gently, and suddenly felt that they weren't so scary after all.

He just kept refusing to think about it in that direction.

"Does Sister want to stay and listen to Brother?"

Dou Shiliu looked at Qi Zheng with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

Squat down.

"Qi Zheng, he is very important to my sister!"

Dou Shiliu felt it necessary to seriously emphasize Xiang Qingjiu's status to prevent the little girl from bullying him. After all, Xiang Qingjiu was just a human, while Qi Zheng, despite being a little girl, was still a zombie. Although she hadn't awakened her powers and lacked combat strength, she was incredibly strong.

Seeing the seriousness in Dou Shiliu's eyes, Qi Zheng knew her sister was serious and could only reluctantly admit to Xiang Qingjiu, but she was still very unhappy.

Xiang Qingjiu listened blankly to Dou Shiliu's words, "He is very important to me," and was completely dazed, her pretty face flushed crimson.

She said she wanted to protect him.

She said he was hers

She said he was very important to her...

Xiang Qingjiu looked at Dou Shiliu and felt as if he were in love, wanting to succumb to her gentle gaze...

"Host, the administrators are coming, so leave here quickly."

Dou Shiliu heard the loud, boisterous voice of the white ball in his ear.

Frowning

Managers are managers, it's so annoying!

Qi Zheng watched as Dou Shiliu's aura instantly sharpened, her red eyes flashing—a look that only appeared when her sister was in a fit of rage.

She nervously tugged at Dou Shiliu's collar, "What's wrong, sister?"

Dou Shiliu grabbed a handful of hair in frustration. "Let's go, let's get out of here."

He hugged Qizheng tightly and looked towards Qingjiu.

He's human; the administrators won't do anything to him.

So I immediately said, "You stay here."

Xiang Qingjiu looked at her nervously and grabbed her flowing sleeve. "Where are you going? Are you going to leave him behind and run away?"

"I need to put Qizheng in a safe place," otherwise the manager could wipe the little girl out with a single shot.

Sake choking

He didn't actually want to leave her, but he knew how ruthless the administrators were; they would exterminate any corpses they encountered.

Xiang Qingjiu moved her lips slightly, then released her: "Come pick me up soon."

The tone was somewhat reluctant to part.

Dou Shiliu looked at him strangely. Why was the cannon fodder author suddenly becoming so sentimental? It was really a bit unusual.

However, Dou Shiliu didn't waste any more time arguing with Xiang Qingjiu; he simply took Qi Zheng and flew out the window.

Xiang Qingjiu watched her disappear from his eyes.

When she was around, he found her utterly repulsive; now that she's gone, he misses her.