Zombie Nine×Human Bell
Xue Ling walked out first, and Wen Jiuze followed behind, pushing open the window of the house, stepping onto the windowsill and going out.
Xue Ling is going back to Xiu'an Base, and Wen Jiuze certainly won't stay here and be put in solitary confinement.
Passing through an alley where zombies were wandering, Wen Jiuze drove out the motorcycle he had parked there earlier.
Wearing a jacket, a full-body helmet and motorcycle gloves, no one would think he was a zombie if they saw him on the road.
He came over from Anxi in such a swagger.
Wen Jiuze had actually been at Xiu'an Base for more than a week. Before finding Xue Ling, he first returned to Yu City.
That place had been completely lost. He heard that the residents of Yu City were basically scattered in several nearby bases, so he slowly found this place.
A week ago, he saw Xue Ling at the gate of Xiu'an base. He waited around the gate of the base for a few days and finally waited for her to come out, giving him the opportunity to have close contact with her.
Once Xue Ling returned to the base, Wen Jiuze could only wait outside the base. After all, the abnormality on his body could be discovered if one got closer, and he would not be able to sneak into the base with strict inspections.
Xue Ling does not leave the base every day. They usually leave the base once a week and spend the rest of the time doing odd jobs in the base.
As usual, he parked the car in a secluded and remote place. Wen Jiu climbed up a hillside near the base, found a pavilion where he was familiar with the place, sat down, and took out a telescope to observe the entrance of the base.
This kind of liver-red glazed tile pavilion built on the hillside is called a tomb pavilion here. As the name suggests, it is built on a tomb. The local custom is to build a pavilion on the tomb of the ancestors.
This area used to be a cemetery. After the end of the world, many people buried their dead relatives and friends around it, so this cemetery looks eerie even in broad daylight.
However, Wen Jiuze thought this place was nice. It was quiet with few people, and the terrain was high so he could observe the entrance to the base. Moreover, as a moving corpse, he was quite suitable to stay with other corpses.
Using a telescope to observe the gate of the base, Xue Ling and the others' car, which had been waiting in line, finally passed the inspection and slowly drove into the base. Wen Jiu dropped the telescope, lay down on the cement bench, and put his long legs on the railing.
From Anxi to Yu City, and then here, he initially just wanted to see how Xue Ling was doing, and didn't plan to do anything.
In his current state, no normal person would dare to approach him. Xue Ling dared to come over and slap him, but it was because she was too angry when they broke up and suppressed her fear of zombies.
Before, he was lying here waiting for Xue Ling to show up, telling himself to just take a look and leave, and not to cause trouble for her. It is not easy for his ex-girlfriend to live an ordinary life, so don't make things difficult for her.
But when he actually met the person, he couldn't help but become picky.
Doesn't she live with her family? Why has she lost weight and looks unhappy?
Why don't her family members seem to care about her? Are they not nice to her?
Are they taking care of her? It seems that Xue Ling is better off alone than with them...
...It seemed that if he found evidence that Xue Ling was not living well, she would leave her family and come to find him, her dead ex-boyfriend.
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Xue Ling followed her stepfather and the others back to the base. When they went to the exchange point to exchange things, they saw the eldest son of the Chen family, Chen Xin, who was the one her mother had mentioned before. He had three brothers.
He was 29 years old, looked honest and simple, but was very capable. He worked at an exchange point because of some connections in his family. When he saw their car, he immediately called them uncle and aunt with a smile, and even went to help them with the exchange procedures first.
Xue Ling noticed that his eyes were constantly looking at her, so she said something to her mother, and using the excuse that she had not rested enough, she jumped out of the car and went home first.
There was a housing shortage at the base, and since they were one of the last few batches to arrive, the houses they were allocated were very small.
Xue Ling, her stepsister and her daughter lived in a room every day. In the room, which was less than six square meters, there was a bunk bed with bunks and a cabinet at the end of the bed, leaving only enough space for turning around.
Her stepbrother and his wife lived with their two children in a slightly larger room next door. The walls were not very soundproof, and sometimes they talked loudly there, and Xue Ling could hear it clearly.
My mother, stepfather, uncle and aunt lived in two small rooms separated from the living room. The kitchen and bathroom were also cramped.
But compared to other people, they are still relatively good off. Now in the base, most people are families of more than ten people squeezed into a small room of several dozen square meters. There is no toilet in the house, so they can only go to a public bathroom far away.
Having a house to live in is better than having to live in a tent.
I heard a while ago that the Xiu'an base is going to be expanded, but I don't know when it will be expanded.
Xue Ling lay on his small bed, thinking about all sorts of things for a while, looking a little dazed, and then he fell asleep while thinking.
Not long after she fell asleep, she was awakened by a burst of crying.
The door was open, and her stepsister came back and sat down on the lower floor, holding her daughter and coaxing her.
I heard that the child was bullied by his cousin. My stepbrother's son was seven years old. He was very naughty, domineering and liked to steal things.
There are several children in the family, and they are either quarreling or fighting. You can hear their crying every day.
For dinner, the whole family gathered in the small living room to eat together.
After going out to scavenge, the food on the table became a little richer. Everyone ate and talked, talking about the news they heard at the redemption point. As expected, the topic turned to Chen Xin again.
"I think the young man from the Chen family is really good. Lingling, look how warm he is to us today. You should at least try to get along with him. You have been introverted since you were young. You don't know how to move unless you are pushed." said my aunt.
Because Xue Ling lived in her uncle's house for a long time since she was a child, her aunt talked about her just like she talked about her cousin, and along with the closeness came the elder's natural desire for control.
Even though she could see that Xue Ling was unhappy, she would still scold her and even wanted to make the decision for her.
On the contrary, it was her biological mother who tried to persuade her because she felt guilty about being apart from her since she was a child. But she really didn't want to do it, so she just let it go.
Seeing her daughter's resistance, she smiled and interrupted her sister-in-law: "Don't worry, don't worry. Life is hard for everyone now. Let's wait and see."
"Don't rush. If you don't grab a good one when you see one, you'll regret it if you miss it! Alas, we didn't choose the right one for her cousin..."
"I'm full." Xue Ling stood up with the bowl and chopsticks, avoiding the suffocating urging and concern.
In fact, life has always been like this. The period at the beginning of the apocalypse was even more difficult. The threat and pressure of life and death were always around. Compared with those, the trivial troubles in life became bearable.
Xue Ling walked out of the narrow resettlement house.
The sudden encounter with Jianwen Jiuzhai seemed to awaken a certain perception that had once existed in her, making some pain that she had been able to endure before suddenly become vivid.
Just now, she sat next to her mother, listening to them gossiping about family matters, but a corner of her body suddenly thought of the deceased Wen Jiuze.
It was a strange feeling, she was sitting there eating her meal and suddenly realized that someone she had loved and was very close to had died.
She had hastily locked his body in an empty room not long ago.
Her aunt was persuading her to marry another unfamiliar man.
Xue Ling squatted silently under their resettlement house for a long time.
On the third day after returning to the base, Xue Ling overheard a scavenger team chatting at the gate of the base.
They also went to Xinyan City, and one of them mentioned with lingering fear a zombie he encountered in Xinyan City.
"It was very tall and strong. It jumped out suddenly and scared me. It was also very strong. Fortunately, Lao Yang came with me and helped me. It took the three of us to kill the zombie together."
Xue Ling couldn't help but stop and talk to these strangers: "Where was the particularly tall and strong zombie you mentioned killed?"
"Where did they kill him? It was near the artificial lake, at the entrance to the former Jinhu community."
Xue Lingping let out a sigh of relief. She had locked up Wen Jiuze in the old city area, so these people were probably not talking about Wen Jiuze.
But then she thought, what if it was Wen Jiuze who ran away and ran to the artificial lake?
She kept thinking about this possibility, and when she went home to help her mother cook, she absentmindedly burned her hand.
"Hurry, come and rinse with cold water. Why are you so careless?" Mother pulled her hand and rinsed it.
"Lingling, are you feeling a little tired lately? Mommy doesn't want to force you to get married, she just wants you to live a better life. If you really don't want to, forget it, just stay with us."
She paused and then said, "Don't worry about what your stepbrother and stepsister say. Just pretend you didn't hear them."
Xue Ling didn't know how to tell her about the thought that was growing stronger in his mind.
Finally she said, "I'm fine. I'm fine."
Just like what I used to say every time I talked to my mom on the phone when I was a kid.
Not sure whether the mother believed her or not, she reached out and touched the red and rough back of her hand.
"In today's world, nothing can be said for sure. I just hope my daughter can be happier."
Xue Ling suddenly blurted out: "Mom, I want to go out alone."
As soon as he said this, Xue Ling felt relieved and impatient.
Seeing her mother's surprised look and the worry that she wanted to say but couldn't, she repeated, "I'm going out for a while. Don't worry, Mom."
Without telling anyone except her mother, she packed a small bag, took her weapons and went to the city gate to rent a car.
There was a group of young men chatting near the car rental agency. They were waiting for work.
Seeing Xue Ling, a young man about her age came over.
"Sister-in-law, why did you come here alone to rent a car?"
Xue Ling knew him, Chen Xin's youngest brother.
"I'm not your sister-in-law, and I'm not planning to marry your brother." After Xue Ling finished speaking, Chen San raised his arms and blocked them in front of her.
"What are you dissatisfied with my brother? Tell me." He lowered his voice and thought he was handsome. "What's wrong with marrying into our family? In the future, not only will my eldest brother love you, but I will love you too."
Xue Ling understood what he meant and felt like vomiting.
She hasn't eaten meat for a while, but some men have the ability to make her feel sick with just one word.
Getting angry or explaining is useless to such people. They will only regard rejection as a bargaining chip and always put themselves in the position of a client when facing women.
Xue Ling pressed a button in her hand, and a loud beeping alarm sounded immediately in the corner.
Everyone around, including the security guards on guard, subconsciously looked over here.
Chen San froze in place and swore.
Xue Ling said, "Make way."
She has work to do.
Xue Ling learned to drive after the apocalypse. She didn't have many opportunities to be on the road, so she would occasionally let her stepfather take over so that he could have a break.
But she drove steadily and smoothly to Xinyan City.
She still remembered the road she had driven on a few days ago.
The first time Xue Ling left the safe base alone, she was not nervous. Instead, she felt relieved that she could finally breathe freely.
She walked towards the room where Wen Jiuze was locked up, opened the door, but did not see Wen Jiuze who was supposed to be in the room.
She didn't know that when she was driving to Xinyan City, Wen Jiuze was chasing her desperately on his bike.
Wen Jiuze didn't expect that she would suddenly run out of the base alone to find him.
Not long ago, he used a telescope to observe her leaving, and Wen Jiuze caught up with her immediately, but unfortunately he was still a step too slow.
"Wen Jiuzhe?" He heard Xue Ling's nervous shout in the yard in front.
Wen Jiuze took off the helmet and threw it aside. He also threw the motorcycle into the bushes and strode towards Xue Ling.
It was impossible to pretend that he had never left, so Wen Jiuze simply found a place to lie down and waited for Xue Ling to come out and find him.
Xue Ling didn't see Wen Jiuze in the room, nor did she find him in the yard, so she ran out in panic and looked around.
Suddenly she noticed a motionless body on the side of the road.
If a zombie doesn't move when someone approaches it, there is only one possibility: it is completely dead.
"Hear the nine?"
Xue Ling moved closer and touched his cold arm. After a few seconds, she pressed her face against his chest. She blinked her sore eyes hard, but still couldn't help it.
"Woo woo... Hear the nine pieces."
With just a howl, the dead body suddenly reached out and hugged her.
Xue Ling: “…”
Xue Ling: “Ah!!!”
As expected, he was scared and jumped up on the spot.
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