Chapter 372 Because That Person Is You
Chen Yao closed her eyes and stopped looking at the man opposite her.
Luo Rui smiled softly and looked at Qin Huai: "I thought this woman was very important to you, but it seems not. Since you are just playing with her, then I will kill her and save you a lot of trouble."
After saying that, the girl's finger slowly pulled the trigger.
"That's enough." Qin Huai strode towards Luo Rui. "Luo Rui, what do you want to hear? She is very important to me. She is someone I would sacrifice my life to protect—do you want to hear these words? I'll tell you!"
The man suddenly approached, and Luo Rui turned and pointed the gun at him: "Qin Huai, don't come any closer!"
She issued a warning.
Qin Huai did not stop.
As he approached, a strange clicking sound came from the door.
Luo Rui looked at the closed door: "Qin Huai, you..." She suddenly felt that she had fallen into a trap, "You brought zombies here?!"
He had been chatting with her for so long just to buy time.
But what good would it do to bring zombies? There was no other exit from this arena, and they couldn't use their powers. If zombies broke in, all three of them would die.
"Qin Huai, do you want to die with me?" A hint of cruelty flashed across Luo Rui's eyes, and she pulled the trigger without hesitation.
After the gunshot, the bullet lodged in the man's chest.
Qin Huai swayed and continued walking towards Luo Rui.
"Don't you care? Why would you risk your life for such a woman?" Luo Rui supported Chen Yao and retreated. "You like her, right? You like her but dare not admit it. Ha, Qin Huai, you are such a coward!"
When Luo Rui insisted on asking Qin Huai about his feelings for Chen Yao, Jiang Ran knew what this woman was planning.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Chen Yao liked Qin Huai, but what about Qin Huai? Did he like Chen Yao? Even Qin Huai, the person involved, couldn't give a definitive answer to this question.
Not to mention the ignorant Chen Yao.
Luo Rui also knew this, so she deliberately asked the question, insisting that Qin Huai give a response in front of Shen Yao - no matter how sincere the response was.
She was torturing Qin Huai and also torturing Chen Yao.
She hoped to take revenge on two enemies at once. After Qin Huai gave this answer, no matter which of them survived, they would spend the rest of their lives in regret and pain.
Looking at the time on his watch, Jiang Ran was just about to find something to smash the glass when a second gunshot was heard in the arena.
She looked over.
The zombies had already broken open the door and were stumbling towards the three people.
Qin Huai was holding the girl tightly in his arms. Half of his body was covered in blood, but his face was so expressionless that there was no sign of injury.
The second shot hit him in the shoulder.
The shot was originally aimed at Chen Yao, but was stopped by him forcefully.
His blood seeped through her clothes and stained the girl's hands red.
She had been watching him since he walked towards her.
The bullet didn't penetrate his chest, but it seemed to have cut into her heart, and the pain forced her to bend over.
She wanted to scream, wanted to stop him, wanted him to escape, but when she opened her mouth, no sound came out.
She didn't know what expression to use to deal with the passion and determination he showed at that moment.
"Qin Huai, Qin Huai..." Being held in the man's arms, she felt for the wound on his chest, trying to stop the bleeding. Her voice was choked with sobs as she spoke, "Why are you doing this? I'm your enemy. It's our Shen family who harmed you and made you suffer so much in the lab. It's also our Shen family who imprisoned you in the blockade area... Why did you come to save me!"
You came here even though you knew there was danger. This is not in line with your style at all, Qin Huai, you idiot!
"Stop making noise." Qin Huai patted the girl on the head, helpless, "You're yelling so loudly, it's not like I can't hear you."
He didn't care about his own injuries, only glancing at her shoulder vaguely: "Yaoyao, you need to take good care of the injury on your shoulder. After all, you are a scientific researcher, and your hands are more precious than your face."
He was still in the mood to joke. Shen Yao sniffed, glanced at the zombies surging towards him, and then turned to look at Luo Rui, who looked lonely.
There was still one bullet left in the gun, and she had originally intended to keep it for suicide. Anyway, the zombies were coming, and no one could escape from here without super powers.
She was planning to commit suicide.
However, when she saw Qin Huai ignoring the threat of bullets and holding Shen Yao in his arms, and heard him talking to Shen Yao as if nothing had happened, the hatred in her heart that had finally subsided came back again.
Originally, she and Chengzhi were like this, but because of the man in front of her, her Chengzhi left her forever.
Who would want to die if they can live?
She and Chengzhi could have stayed together their entire lives, growing old together.
It’s all because of this person!
Lori raised her gun again.
Shen Yao saw her movements, but she did not dodge.
The girl stood in front of Qin Huai, and her expression showed that she was ready to face her gun.
Luo Rui laughed sarcastically: "She's just a fool who was played around by him, and she actually thought she had found true love."
Shen Yao pursed her lips, not wanting to argue with this crazy woman.
Yes, she was a fool. Miaomiao said Qin Huai liked her, but she couldn’t see it. Or rather, she saw it, but she didn’t dare to believe it.
She curled herself up in a small shell, thinking that if she didn't ask or say anything, many things could be treated as if they never happened.
She is a selfish coward who doesn't even dare to face her own true feelings.
She was indeed very timid, but Luo Rui was wrong about one thing - she was not afraid of death.
It would actually be nice if I could die with the person I love.
Yes, the one I like.
No matter how she told herself that they were not the same kind of people, she didn't want to deny that she liked Qin Huai.
It was when they were very young, when she held his hand and hid from the researchers, and ran to the back garden to look at the stars. She told him that if he saw a shooting star, he would make a wish, and his wish would come true...
Or maybe, when she was alone and helpless, he suddenly appeared and rescued her from Liu Yao. He took her to the mountains to watch the stars and asked her if she wanted to make a wish to a shooting star...
Si Xu once asked her why she was so obsessed with Qin Huai. She always insisted that she just liked pretty faces. She originally thought that was the reason, and everyone believed her, including herself.
Now thinking back to those childhood memories, she suddenly realized that she didn't like pretty faces, she just simply liked him, that's all.
Because of love, even if you forget about him, you will still subconsciously pay attention to his news, and will still look for clues related to him intentionally or unintentionally.
"I just like Qin Huai."
There's no simpler reason than this.
She didn't hear the girl mutter anything, but Luo Rui saw her lip movements.
Do you like it? She's such a carefree young lady. Even at this moment, she can still say such sentimental words.
She pulled the trigger.
…
The zombies staggered towards the three people in the center of the arena. When they smelled the blood on Qin Huai, their staggering steps gradually quickened.
Suddenly, a loud noise was heard from outside, and the ground of the entire arena seemed to shake.
The glass in the control room was shattered, and the girl fastened the rope around her waist and jumped down.
In the face of Shen Yao's shock, she tied another safety rope around Shen Yao's waist and said, "I have already detonated the bomb on the east wall. Let's go now."
"Ranran?" Ranran wasn't dead? Qin Huai didn't kill her. Qin Huai...
Her hands were empty, and she turned back to look at the young man.
The smile on his face became gentler, and he took two steps back: "Chen Yao, be careful."
"What..." She vaguely guessed Qin Huai and Jiang Ran's plan, and subconsciously reached out to grab his hand.
The man dodged her hand again. He looked at her and shook his head gently: "Chen Yao, don't be willful."
Before Shen Yao could say anything, Jiang Ran had already lifted her waist and gently pushed her up.
The girl was tied with a safety rope and quickly pulled towards the control room.
Jiang Ran looked at Qin Huai and raised an eyebrow. "Are you really not leaving?" She tugged at her rope. "This thing is of good quality. It's not impossible to take you along."
Qin Huai pressed his wound and glanced at the group of zombies running towards him: "See, the smell of my blood can attract their attention."
Jiang Ran shot and killed the fastest zombie, then looked at Luo Rui who was holding her hands in a daze.
The moment she pulled the trigger, she shot herself and injured her hand.
"You want to take her with you?" Qin Huai laughed, "Jiang Ran, you are not such an indecisive person."
Jiang Ran shook his head: "I'm wondering whether I should give her a quick death, but forget it."
People who have no compassion are not worthy of the sympathy of others.
She looked at Qin Huai and bowed: "Thank you for saving Sister Yaoyao - Qin Huai, take care."
The girl held on to the safety rope tightly, used the force to jump up, and her figure quickly disappeared in the control room.
…
In the arena, Qin Huai took a last look at Luo Rui, who seemed to be crying and laughing, and walked towards the corner.
The entire underground base is quite spacious and should be able to accommodate the existing zombies. If he can't get rid of the zombies in the Yancheng base at once, his death will be in vain.
Thinking of this, the man's barely maintained consciousness began to collapse.
He sat down against the wall.
Oh, if he could, he would like to escape from here, but unfortunately, his body’s current condition was completely unable to satisfy his wish.
If the two little girls were to bring him along, they would only be dragged down by him and their plans would be affected.
Blood spread across the ground, and the body's temperature seemed to be taken away along with the blood.
He had experienced this feeling of being on the verge of death many times before.
When I was in the lab, when I was confined to the blockade, and when I was being hunted by that pervert Si Xu...
In fact, there is nothing wrong with death. When he was in the laboratory, he thought more than once that it would be great to just die like this.
But at that time, there was always a little girl who secretly ran to the laboratory, gave him a White Rabbit, and took him out to watch the stars... She said that if you make a wish to a shooting star, your wish will come true.
After so many years, although she didn't remember him, she still remembered to make a wish on a shooting star.
Very stupid.
Qin Huai closed his eyes and avoided looking at the ugly zombies that were approaching.
Look, the idea that wishes made to shooting stars can come true is all a lie - the most successful thing in his life is probably meeting her.
Unfortunately, in her eyes, they were enemies.
As cruel as he is, he will not show mercy just because Shen Lang is her grandfather, nor will he hesitate just because those people are her friends.
Even when he pushed her off the cliff to escape, he did not hesitate at all.
He is such a bad person.
After being deceived by his brief disguised tenderness, she would soon forget him.
—Chen Yao, I lied to you. That day, I also made a wish to a shooting star. Just like your wish, I hope you can be safe and sound and witness the end of this apocalypse with your own eyes.
…
Jiang Ran pulled Chen Yao's hand and ran out of the control room with the dazed woman. They crossed the corridor, climbed the stairs, and ran for a while. Suddenly, the scene in front of the two of them became clear.
The flickering flames in the distance and the twinkling stars above her head reminded her that they had walked out of the underground arena alive.
"Sister Chen Yao, find a place where there are no zombies to hide." Jiang Ran pushed Chen Yao and said, "I'll go check at the gate."
Chen Yao was still a little confused. After being pushed by Jiang Ran, she found a place to squat down in a daze, as if hiding.
Jiang Ran: “…”
After checking the surroundings, the girl ran back to the entrance of the underground base.
Qin Huai led the zombies into the underground base from this place. At this moment, there were still a few lone zombies at the entrance who had not kept up with the main force. Jiang Ran shot and killed several of them, locked the door of the underground base, retreated to a building a hundred meters away, and detonated the bomb that had been buried long ago.
Qin Huai said that if it was impossible to kill the zombies manually, then bury them all underground.
Explosions sounded one after another, and the entire underground base made a loud noise of collapse.
Shen Yao raised her hands to cover her ears and bit her lips tightly to stop herself from crying out loud.
…
She promised to take him out to see the stars. She vaguely remembered that day when she threatened Shen Yang to help her smash the fire alarm. After watching the group of researchers leave the laboratory in a panic, she slipped into the laboratory and escaped with the target she had coveted for a long time.
The little child didn't know the seriousness of the whole thing yet, and she foolishly pulled him away from the crowd, through the back garden, and ran to the hill to look at the stars, because her eldest brother said there would be a shooting star that night.
At that time, the boy's eyes were still as dark as the night, and he would smile slightly when looking at her.
"May I have your name?"
"Qin Huai."
"Moored at Qinhuai River near a tavern at night..." She smiled proudly, "My aunt just taught me a poem yesterday—my name is Chen Yao, the Yao in the poem "Graceful Lady."
"My Fair Lady?"
"My eldest brother said that my name was given by my aunt, and she hoped that I would become a little lady." At that time, she didn't quite understand what little lady meant, but she knew it was a nice word. "My eldest brother said that only if I became a little lady would many people like me - in fact, many people like me now. My eldest brother was just lying."
The boy smiled gently: "Well, you are a good person."
The first time someone described her as a good person, she was bewildered: "Everyone around me is a good person."
The boy fell silent.
At that time, she did not realize the meaning of his silence, nor did she know how ironic her words were to the experimental subjects in the laboratory.
She innocently grabbed his hand and yelled at him to make a wish on a shooting star.
Make a wish to a shooting star with sincerity, and your wish will surely come true!
Big brother's words were all lies. She had expressed her wish so sincerely that night, but... what was waiting for her was separation and death.
No one cares about your wishes except yourself.
Seventh Brother said so, Qin Huai also said so... Perhaps, anyone who has truly experienced despair will understand this truth. Only fools like her who are raised in a greenhouse will naively believe that wishes can be realized through expectations.
She forgot how she got home that day. The last thing she remembered was that she fell asleep on the mountain and when she woke up again, she was back in her room.
The little aunt was guarding her bedside. When she saw her wake up, her red and swollen eyes were filled with surprise: "Yaoyao, are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Aunt, my head hurts."
"Yaoyao has a cold. She will recover after a few days of rest. After she recovers, her headache will go away."
"Oh." She always felt that she had forgotten something very important, but she couldn't remember what it was.
She spent several days in a daze, and by chance she heard the voices of her elder brother and grandfather talking.
"The experimental subject has already admitted that he abducted Yaoyao. Yaoyao knows nothing about it."
"Hmph, at least he's taking some responsibility – the psychological suggestion has taken effect. Yaoyao is awake. Don't mention the experimental subject in front of her again. Children are ignorant. If I hadn't discovered it early this time, our entire Shen family would have been dragged down by her!"
"I understand, Grandpa. What are you going to do with that experimental subject?"
"Throw it to Louis and let him do with it."
“…”
Later, when she grew up and started to get involved in laboratory work, she accidentally saw information about the experimental subjects.
"Qin Huai?" She glanced at the information. "Seventh Brother, why is the information on this experimental subject so simple?"
"It's a failed experiment. The danger level is too high. We don't have much relevant information here." Si Xu said casually, "If you want to see it, I can get you a copy. He looks very handsome."
"Forget it." She casually put the information into the folder. "I'm not interested in handsome guys right now. I'm only focused on work."
“…”
That was the first time she heard Qin Huai's name after she lost her memory.
That name was like a seed that took root in her heart and grew into a towering tree without her realizing it.
…
The explosions continued, and the wailing of zombies could be faintly heard coming from the underground base.
Jiang Ran knew that the zombies and humans inside would never be able to come out again.
She walked out from behind the building, reloaded her gun, and began to clean up the few remaining zombies.
In his peripheral vision, the air in the middle of the explosion point seemed to be briefly distorted, tearing the flames and making them swing continuously.
She seemed to have seen this scene before...
Jiang Ran put his hand down, thinking of the scene where Chen Yao appeared out of thin air.
Yes, distorted space is a spatial-related ability.
But why is he here? Could it be...
Her eyes widened.
…
A white shadow crashed into the gradually collapsing underground base, and then, amid the girl's screams, it jumped out of the firelight and landed lightly beside her.
He casually threw the two people he had dragged out with him to the ground, ran his fingers through the burnt hair on his forehead, and shouted angrily: "Jiang Ran, do you want to blow me to death?!"
After finally returning, he opened his eyes and saw not the person he had been thinking about day and night, but falling debris, a fire licking his clothes, and staggering zombies... That would have been fine, but the guy lying not far away, covered in bites but not yet dead, wasn't he Qin Huai, who had always been at odds with him?
It was so unlucky that he was the last person I saw before I was transferred, and he was the first person I saw when I came back.
Bad fate!
Si Xu wanted to leave him there, but when he thought that Chen Yao seemed to like his face, he carried him out of the ruins.
In addition to Qin Huai, he also carried out another person... This person was even worse off than Qin Huai. She had been bitten by zombies so badly that her original appearance could no longer be seen. It could be barely seen that she was a woman.
Si Xu glanced at the unconscious woman again and felt that she looked familiar.
But before he could take a closer look, a little girl came running towards him. Under his puzzled gaze, she threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"Si Xu!" Her voice was filled with tears and she choked with sobs. "You're back, you're finally back!"
This reaction...something's a little off. Si Xu realized belatedly: Is this the Yancheng base? Why is Jiang Ran here? He'd only been in the other world for two days, so how much time had passed in this world? Clearly not two days.
Holding Jiang Ran in his arms, Si Xu gently patted her shoulder: "It's me, I'm back, Jiang Ran."
The little girl, with snot and tears all over her face, leaned on his shoulder and yelled incoherently: "Where have you been? Do you know, I thought you were dead..."
Thinking of how worried she had been for so many days, Jiang Ran felt more and more aggrieved. "Luo Rui said she saw you being killed by Feng Ting with her own eyes. I don't believe her, but I can't find you. I can't find you. Woo woo woo!"
Knowing from her words that he would be away for much longer than two days, Si Xu tightened his arms, held her in his arms, and patiently comforted her.
"I'm not dead. That stupid woman lied to you. I was just affected by Fengting's spatial ability and accidentally transferred to another space. Jiang Ran, look at me. I'm back. Look at me, dear."
She was coaxed by him and looked up at him.
Seeing her own reflection in his light brown eyes, Jiang Ran hiccupped, and the anxiety and sadness that had been plaguing her disappeared in an instant.
She touched his forehead where the flames had licked it and muttered, "Si Xu, your hair is burnt."
After saying that, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
This was the first time I saw him so disheveled, covered in dirt and his entire body smelled like burnt food...
Si Xu let go of her and looked down at his clothes - his coat had several holes left by the fire.
"Oh, Qin Huai." Jiang Ran's attention had shifted from the returning man to the other unconscious man. She squatted down to check on Qin Huai's condition, reluctantly took out a life-saving pill given by Tu Su and stuffed it into his mouth. "Si Xu will carry you out. Don't die easily."
She looked up to find where Shen Yao was hiding and shouted, “Sister Yaoyao, come quickly! Qin Huai has been rescued!”
She found that since Si Xu came back, she had become more assertive in her speech.
While she was treating Qin Huai's wound, Si Xu had already killed the wandering zombies with his space blade.
Hearing the stumbling footsteps approaching, he turned back to look at the person coming and frowned: "Chen Yao, you look so absent-minded, don't say you are someone I brought out."
Seeing him, Shen Yao curled her lips, and the tears that had finally stopped fell again: "Seventh brother, you are okay, it's really, really great..."
Si Xu, who had just finished comforting the crying Jiang Ran, said: "..."
He shouldn't have been so mean to her, he reflected.
(End of this chapter)
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