Upon entering the room, the little girl was lying on the bed, her face pale and haggard.
Her slightly open eyes showed signs of fatigue. When the little girl saw me, she smiled, reached out her hand, and murmured, "Brother Xiaonan..."
I walked to the bedside, took the little girl's hand, and said, "Brother is here."
The little girl didn't seem to be fully awake yet. When she saw me, tears welled up in her eyes, and she said, "Brother Xiaonan, please don't go. I haven't seen you in so long. I miss you so much. Please don't leave again."
She held me tightly, as if afraid I would disappear.
I said, "Don't worry, I'll stay here with you and we won't go anywhere."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to you?"
"Very good."
After saying this, the little girl closed her eyes again and fell into a deep sleep once more.
Jing asked with some concern, "Xiaonan, is the girl asleep again?"
I said, "She's probably exhausted, plus she lost a lot of blood. Let her sleep. She should be fine by tomorrow morning."
Everyone left the room, and I was about to leave as well, but I noticed that the little girl's hand was still tightly holding mine, and she didn't want to let go. I couldn't bear to pull away, so I turned to Zhou Qingya beside me and said, "Why don't we discuss this here?"
Zhou Qingya asked, "Is everything alright? Will it wake the little girl?"
I said, "Don't worry, we won't wake her up. We'll just keep our voices down."
"Oh, oh." Zhou Qingya sat on the edge of the bed.
I said, "Where was I?"
Zhou Qingya said, "You asked me to find two trustworthy people."
Hearing this, I remembered something and continued, "Yes, find two trustworthy people and kidnap Li Kai later today. We'll need them when we negotiate with Sun Wenbo tomorrow morning."
Upon hearing my plan, Zhou Qingya smiled wryly and asked, "Is this really alright?"
I said, "There shouldn't be any problem. As long as Li Kai is there during tomorrow's negotiations, we'll have leverage. So, Li Kai is still very necessary."
Zhou Qingya thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then we'll do it your way. But actually, we don't need to find someone to kidnap him. I can lure him over myself."
"How will you entice it?" I asked curiously. It wouldn't be ****, would it?
Zhou Qingya laughed and said, "Have you forgotten what I do?"
I blinked: "Uh, acting?"
Zhou Qingya nodded, "Yes, we just need to put on an act to trick him into coming here. We don't need to bother anyone else, and bothering others would make it easier to give ourselves away."
I laughed and said, "Okay then, I'll be counting on you later. If there's any trouble, just let me know."
Zhou Qingya said, "Don't worry, there won't be any problems."
The plan has been finalized; now we just need to wait for time to pass. Around midnight, it will be time to take action.
Zhou Qingya also left the room, and now I was the only one left among the little girl and me. Of course, there was also the little girl lying on the bed, who kept holding my hand and didn't want to let go.
I didn't want to move, so I just let her hold me. I guess this girl was really scared, which is why she was holding on so tightly.
There is no electricity in this neighborhood, so once it gets dark, the entire bedroom is pitch black and you can't see anything.
It doesn't matter, the little girl is sleeping, it doesn't matter if there's light or not. I can rest by the bed now, I'm tired enough today.
I don't know how much time passed, but I drifted off to sleep.
When I woke up again, I looked at my watch and it was already 11:30.
I rubbed my eyes and glanced at the little girl. She was still holding my hand and seemed to be fast asleep.
I yawned and moved my hand, only to find that my right hand was completely numb from holding that position for too long. With the slightest movement, my entire arm was incredibly numb, so I instinctively pulled it out of the little girl's hand.
"ah!"
At this moment, the little girl on the bed suddenly exclaimed.
I paused for a moment, then looked at the little girl on the bed. Since the whole room was pitch black, I couldn't see whether she was awake or not.
A moment later, I saw the girl sit up from the bed, which really startled me. However, she had an injury on her shoulder, so it was a bit difficult and painful for her to sit up.
In the darkness, she seemed to be watching me.
"Brother Xiaonan?" the girl called out to me.
"Mmm." I nodded, not knowing if she could see me.
"Brother Xiaonan, am I dreaming right now?" the little girl asked.
“No,” I said.
The little girl reached out and touched my hand, then said, "I never thought I would actually dream about you, Brother Xiaonan."
"..." Does this girl really think she's dreaming?
Wow, you have such a big heart!
The little girl sighed and said, "Brother Xiaonan, do you know how tired I've been these days? I have to go out every day to lure away the zombies. Oh, by the way, Brother Xiaonan, I'm not afraid of zombies, you know!"
I said, "I know."
"Huh!" the little girl exclaimed in confusion. "Oh, right, I'm dreaming, Brother Xiaonan, you must know that."
"..." Hearing the little girl's silly words, I really wanted to laugh, but I also wanted to hear what she would say next.
The little girl continued, "Brother Xiaonan, you know what? I've been so tired lately. I keep thinking about when I can go back to school in Jiajiang. It's so relaxing there. I don't have to do anything, I can just play and I don't have to worry about anything."
"But I'm really unhappy here. I do the same things every day. I have to lure zombies away every day. It's really unpleasant. Every time I want to rest, they act like I owe them something. It's so frustrating! And Qingya, she's done so much for them, but they always look down on her and give her the cold shoulder. Qingya has cried so many times. Actually, Qingya really wants to leave here, but she can't let go of these people."
"Ugh, this is so annoying, Brother Xiaonan. You know what? I almost died this time. I don't even know who saved me. It felt like that person looked just like you, Brother Xiaonan."
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Recorder Diary 30:
"It's January 2nd. Lin Zijie and Shou Tianfeng are completely fine now. They came out of the isolation room today. They both seem to be in good spirits. We haven't let them know what's going on outside. When I told them, they were furious and wanted to leave the research institute. But we stopped them and had to persuade them to stay. I know they want to go outside and see what's going on, but I know what it's like outside. It's full of man-eating monsters. If they go out, they'll definitely be doomed."
(End of this chapter)
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