Chapter 142, Qi Yao, Good Night
If we like the same boy, I will definitely not compete with you for him.
"elder sister!"
"Um?"
"Today is the engagement ceremony!"
"I know." She was not in high spirits. "Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"
"I..." She looked conflicted, "I have a stomachache... I have diarrhea. How about you go for me..."
"Qi Yuan." Her face turned cold, "Don't be silly, you..."
"Wow, I'm going to the bathroom, sister, wait until I come out!" She ran into the bathroom, covering her stomach.
She stayed where she was, her head aching.
"Miss, why are you still here?" The housekeeper came in from the corridor with a makeup artist and a stylist. "Hurry up, the lady is waiting for you downstairs."
"No, I..." Being pulled out of the room by the housekeeper, she subconsciously looked towards the bathroom.
Not noticing the girl's hesitation, the housekeeper dragged her out, not forgetting to lecture her: "Miss, today is the engagement ceremony, you can't be late."
But this is not my engagement ceremony. It belongs to "Qi Yao" but not to me.
"Qi Yao, what are you looking at?" The man leaned over and put the ring on the middle finger of her left hand. "Don't be in a daze. I'll think you don't want to get engaged to me."
She closed her eyes and smiled bitterly.
"Mr. Chu, stop whispering! Hurry up and kiss your fiancée!"
There was a commotion in the audience.
He chuckled softly, and amidst the cheers, he lowered his head and placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Qi Yao." He whispered in her ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Don't be afraid. After you get married, you can do whatever you want. You can carry your camera and travel all over the country, recording the scenery you want to record."
He knows?
She looked at him in surprise, and the sadness that surged up in her made her not know how to respond.
"Didn't you say you wanted to be a photographer?" He gently scratched the tip of her nose. "I remember it very clearly."
Her eyes suddenly turned red.
He remembered what she said, even she didn't remember telling him her little secrets.
She choked up: "Thank you, Chu Yuan."
Thank you for remembering what I said.
Also, I'm really, really sorry.
"You like Chu Yuan too, right?" On the day of the quarrel, Qi Yuan stood in front of her and questioned her expressionlessly.
Does she like him?
Her body was full of pain from being bitten, and her nose was filled with the strong smell of blood. She bit her lips tightly, held the small photo frame tightly, and slowly closed her eyes.
Do you like it?
How could I not like it?
In her rigorous and boring 19 years of life, this was the first time someone took her out to have fun, the first time someone stepped forward to help her solve a problem, the first time someone took her drunken ramblings to heart, the first time someone promised to give her the freedom she wanted...
Didn't she feel even the slightest bit moved? How could it be possible?
"I like it..." As if she was muttering to herself, her lips opened and closed, letting out a series of sighs.
…
After Qi Yao led the zombies away, the team member took the opportunity to look for an exit as instructed.
Only Chu Yuan and an unconscious team member were left in the utility room.
It was very quiet around him. He could not hear the girl's footsteps as she fled, nor could he hear the zombies' roars.
The lost strength seemed to be recovering, his fingers trembled slightly and clenched into fists.
The door of the utility room was kicked open.
Chu Yuan looked up.
The young man stood at the door holding the unconscious girl. He looked around the room, and his cold eyes warmed up a little: "I'm glad you're okay."
"Seventh...Seventh Brother?" Chu Yuan opened his eyes wide in disbelief and murmured, "You, how could you..."
"Let's get out first." Si Xu glanced at the unconscious team member on the ground and frowned, "Can you move?"
Without hearing his question clearly, Chu Yuan felt a surge of hope in his heart: "Seventh Brother, go save Qi Yao. She ran away alone to lure away the zombies..."
Si Xu frowned slightly, walked into the utility room and placed the unconscious Jiang Ran next to Chu Yuan: "Keep an eye on her for me."
He came out of the utility room, his nostrils twitching, and followed the direction where the smell of blood and rot was the strongest.
…
After the giant python withdrew its mental power, Pei Xiao found the exit in the corridor that was like a ghost wall.
The man went to the culture pool first. Seeing the giant python huddled in the corner and shivering, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he probably came to a conclusion in his mind.
…
Without the interference of mental power, the zombies and mutant beasts were led away by Qi Yao. The team member had a smooth journey and successfully found the exit. He brought the team members guarding the door back to rescue.
The entire third underground floor suddenly became lively.
…
Helped up by his teammates, Chu Yuan heard footsteps approaching from afar and stopping in front of him.
He looked up.
Si Xu came back and stood a step away, watching him quietly: "I chopped all those zombies."
After saying that, he walked to the corner and picked up the girl.
"You..." He paused before leaving and whispered, "Go see her for the last time."
What does the last meeting mean?
What is Brother Seven talking about?
The man waved away the team member who was supporting him, his mind a little confused.
He held onto the wall and followed the smell of blood to the end of the corridor, stumbling all the way and avoiding the hands extended by his teammates.
"team leader……"
"Don't mind me."
After going upstairs and going forward, there is a laboratory. The door and the corridor are filled with zombie limbs and arms.
"team leader."
Some team members are dealing with the zombie corpses to prevent them from piling up here and causing infectious diseases.
When they saw him, the team members stopped what they were doing and saluted.
"Where is Qi Yao?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
"Qi Yao?" Who is Qi Yao? Oh, the captain's fiancée? Isn't that girl called Qi Yuan? The team members were confused and didn't dare to ask more. "Is Miss Qi here?"
He waved his hands weakly and walked inside, stepping on the zombies on the ground.
"Hey, Captain, we haven't cleaned up inside yet. There are zombies everywhere. It's disgusting..." The team member followed Chu Yuan and tried to stop him.
After seeing the situation in the room clearly, Chu Yuan lowered his voice and squeezed out three words: "Don't come in!"
The team members were startled and subconsciously stopped, not daring to move forward.
Various instruments and equipment in the laboratory were covered with a thick layer of dust, and on the ground were the corpses of zombies that had been chopped into pieces by Si Xu.
The room was filled with a heavy, dead air.
In the corner, the curled up figure suddenly moved.
Her body was torn to pieces by the zombies, and there was not a single piece of intact skin on her body.
Smelling the scent of fresh flesh and blood, she turned her neck towards him.
The bones in her legs were broken and eaten away, leaving only bones. She could no longer support herself to stand up, but she slowly crawled on the ground, bit by bit, crawling over the broken corpses and stopping in front of him.
Chu Yuan didn't move.
He lowered his eyes and looked at her, his eyes were filled with mist, and his gaze was gentler than ever before.
In the blurred vision, one could see the face that had been bitten beyond recognition, and the pink scar on the right cheek that ran from the corner of the mouth to the ear.
She grabbed his trouser leg, moved closer, opened her mouth, and bit his calf hard.
Through the soft fabric of his pants, he could feel her sharp teeth sinking into his flesh, drawing blood.
She bit his leg tightly and refused to let go.
Chu Yuan raised his hand and, relying on his gradually recovering supernatural powers, condensed a golden blade.
The drunken girl pointed at the sky, which was transparent because of the lights, and shouted incoherently: "Chu Yuan, hurry up, make a wish on the shooting star, and your wish will come true!"
She leaned close to his ear and whispered quietly: "I'm telling you quietly, I like photography, please don't tell anyone else."
She looked at him coldly, her voice low and hoarse, filled with anger: "Chu Yuan, you've got the wrong person."
She looked at him one last time, her eyes clear and gentle, and she said: "I'm sorry, Chu Yuan. I'm sorry."
“…”
"I'm sorry." The dull pain spreading in his chest made him bend over slightly, and when he spoke again, his voice was hoarse.
"Good night, Qi Yao."
This was the first and last time he seriously called out this name, the name that originally belonged to the girl in front of him.
A cold golden light flashed by.
The teeth biting on his leg gradually lost their strength, and the girl's head drooped softly, as if she had fallen asleep.
The clenched fingers loosened.
The small silver photo frame slipped from her hand, rolled twice on the ground, and popped open, revealing the photo inside.
The young twin sisters looked at the camera, the elder sister had a cold expression and the younger sister had a bright smile.
"I like photography. I like to freeze beautiful things into a moment, so that I can store happiness."
"I hope she can live up to her wish, travel across the vast country with her camera, see thousands of mountains and rivers, and live a free and happy life every day."
Chu Yuan's gaze stayed on the small photo frame for a long time.
"Captain..." The team member outside the door called out hesitantly, feeling a little uneasy.
The man bent down to pick up the photo frame on the ground and closed it in his palm.
Because I used too much force, the edge of the photo frame scratched my palm and left a bloody mark.
The pain allowed him to regain a trace of sanity.
"Deal with all the bodies."
(End of this chapter)
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