Chapter 12 Let it be
Ye Xuan had never seen Xia Chenxi like this in the dormitory.
There is a power limit in the dormitory and electrical appliances are checked regularly. Xia Chenxi occasionally eats in the cafeteria, and when he comes back late from the library, he just eats instant noodles in the dormitory.
He never knew that Xia Chenxi could cook, but it would be strange for him to know that. Before the zombie outbreak, the number of words he and Xia Chenxi had spoken was limited to a few words.
The aroma wafted out from the kitchen, and Ye Xuan's stomach growled at an inopportune time.
Xia Chenxi looked at Ye Xuan, and Ye Xuan scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Don't just stand there. Come in. I'll take your fingerprints after dinner."
Ye Xuan followed Xia Chenxi into the room and closed the door.
"Sit on the sofa for a while."
Ye Xuan sat on the sofa and looked around the room.
Two bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom, a very good configuration.
The room is very simple and elegant, mostly in light colors, not depressing.
As soon as he had some free time, Ye Xuan felt his neck starting to hurt again. He leaned his head on the sofa and watched Xia Chenxi busy in the kitchen.
The way he cooks looks very skilled, not like a novice.
Xia Chenxi brought out the dishes, a simple set of three dishes and a soup.
"Come and eat." He hung up his apron and said to Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan walked to the dining table, pulled out a chair and sat down. There were vegetable and tofu soup, stewed beef brisket with potatoes, steamed small yellow croaker, and braised chicken legs. The table was not luxurious, but it was rich.
"Do you often cook by yourself?"
"I work part-time during the holidays to earn tuition fees. I cook for myself, but not often. Sometimes I have to work several jobs in a day. In order to save time, I will eat instant noodles or bread to get by."
No wonder he always stocks boxes of instant noodles in his dormitory.
"How are your parents?" Since the base rescued his parents, Xia Chenxi's parents should have been rescued as well.
Xia Chenxi paused with his chopsticks in the air for a moment, then picked up a piece of beef brisket as if nothing had happened: "I don't have any parents, and I grew up in an orphanage."
Ye Xuan almost bit his tongue while chewing rice. Xia Chenxi had only told him that he was a poor student before. He thought he just came from a difficult family, but he didn't expect that he actually grew up in an orphanage.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring that up."
"There's no need to feel sorry. I actually find it strange. Why do you all either feel sympathy or look down on me when you hear that I came from an orphanage? Do you think people like me are strange?"
Xia Chenxi put down his chopsticks and looked at Ye Xuan. His eyes were clear and bright. He just wanted an answer, even if that answer had nothing to do with right or wrong.
“You guys”, how wide is the scope of this type of people?
Ye Xuan lowered his head somewhat guiltily. Actually, he did not think there was anything wrong with it. His first reaction was surprise. In his impression, the lives of such people were generally miserable, because compared with ordinary people, they lacked a normal childhood. Apart from that, there was no difference. They were also human beings who worked harder to survive in society. If he had to come up with an answer, he could only summarize it in four words: secular prejudice.
That's right, he is just an ordinary college student with no special talents and no noble sentiments.
"Forget it, let's eat. How's your neck?" Xia Chenxi changed the subject at the right time. "I sent you a message but you didn't reply."
At that time, after the registrar sent the application to Xia Chenxi, he didn't know how to reply to Xia Chenxi so he simply didn't reply.
"It's OK. The doctor told me to change the medicine every two days."
"Doctor? Xie Yan?" Xia Chenxi chuckled, "He is not a doctor, he is a top researcher in the entire base."
Special researcher? No wonder an exception was made to allow his parents to enter the staff quarters.
"He told me he was a working ox and a horse."
"There are different levels of cattle and horses."
Ye Xuan had nothing to say. Was he now considered a slave of the base, sixth rank? Ninth grade? Seven out of nine? Or eight-ninths, etc.?
In short, he could never go back to the relatively relaxed and happy life in college, even though he had to go to 8 a.m. three days a week before.
"How is your health?" Ye Xuan asked Xia Chenxi. He remembered that Xia Chenxi was still in a violent state when they were in the convenience store.
"I have already been given a stabilizer, so I won't bite people randomly anymore."
During the two days he was in a coma, Xia Chenxi had probably adapted to life here, but he also had to consider whether he could stay in the base.
Xia Chenxi keenly noticed Ye Xuan's depressed mood.
"Don't you want to know why you were bitten twice?"
Yes, he was bitten twice. Doesn’t that mean he became a superpower earlier than Xia Chenxi? The funny thing is that he was on guard against Xia Chenxi at that time. It should be Xia Chenxi who should be on guard against him instead.
"The day before the zombie outbreak at school, I saw Lin Dong bite your shoulder while you were playing games, but you didn't seem to care. The next day, on my way back to the dormitory from the library, I saw Lin Dong twitching. After a while, he suddenly stood up and bit Gu He who was beside him. Later, Gu He also showed the same symptoms. In this way, the phenomenon of people biting people spread. When I was hiding, I was accidentally grabbed by Lin Dong's ankle and bitten."
"If I hadn't returned to the dormitory, you wouldn't have been bitten by me and would not have lived such a miserable life."
"It's meaningless to talk about this now. Anyway, it has already happened." Ye Xuan didn't want to blame anyone. It's a blessing in disguise. "Besides, Xie Yan said that I am very likely to become a superpower again."
"So, who infected Lin Dong?" Ye Xuan asked his question.
The food on the table had been eaten up. Xia Chenxi put down his bowl and chopsticks and took a piece of paper to wipe his mouth.
"I've observed many zombies, and almost all of them get sick within five minutes. Even if some take longer, it won't exceed ten minutes." Xia Chenxi's eyes became sharp. "So I guess Lin Dong is an experimental subject. The virus in his body has been suppressed by some kind of inhibitor. Maybe something went wrong, or maybe the timing was right, and Lin Dong served as the fuse to cause this explosion."
Combined with the news Xie Yan told him, Ye Xuan formed a terrible idea in his mind.
——Someone is studying this virus in school.
The virus is being studied right under their noses.
Ye Xuan felt as if his neck was being strangled and he couldn't breathe.
"Relax, even if you know, you can't do anything. They dare to do such a thing, so they are not afraid of being discovered." Xia Chenxi stood up and cleaned up the dishes. "For now, you should think about how to activate your superpowers."
"Let nature take its course. If it doesn't inspire me, I'll just go mining. Anyway, my parents can live in the staff quarters and don't have to suffer with me." Ye Xuan held this thought.
Xia Chenxi put the dishes into the dishwasher and couldn't help but sneer when she heard what Ye Xuan said.
“This is not a place that goes with the flow.”
"What's the meaning?"
Xia Chenxi turned around and looked at Ye Xuan. The cold and dazzling incandescent light fell on his face, making him look less human.
“This is a place where profit comes first.”
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