Seeing that Jiang Tong didn't react, the woman licked the blood from the corner of her mouth and continued:
"Even if humans really accept you, they definitely have ulterior motives. They either want to capture you alive or deceive and use you. Humans are very cunning. I told you, you and I are the only ones of the same kind. We won't hurt each other."
Jiang Tong retorted: "My brother wouldn't."
The woman shrugged. "We'll see. But I'll always be open to you. Humans are unreliable, and ordinary zombies are too stupid and low-level. Eye Tomb, I'll feel very lonely without you, and you too. One day you'll come find me."
Jiang Tong turned to leave when the woman suddenly took out the man's heart with her bare hands, stuffed it into a bag, and threw it to her:
"Take this as a snack. I guess you haven't eaten in a few days. If you hold it back any longer, I'm afraid you'll eat your dear human brother."
Jiang Tong pursed her lips but still took it.
In the corner of the dark and deep alley, one of Jiang Tong's eyes suddenly began to twist and grow larger, so large that it occupied her entire face. The densely packed pupils inside looked like mouthparts, each one clamoring with hunger, like a horrible murder grave.
After a while, the sound of gnawing came from the darkness.
Back in Taoyang, Jiang Tong quietly opened the door and walked in. Just as she was about to go to her room, she heard her brother Jiang Yu's voice from the sofa in the living room:
"Tongtong, where have you been so late?"
Jiang Tong paused: "I can't sleep, let's go for a walk outside."
Jiang Yu turned on the light, stood up and walked in front of her. Suddenly, he smelled a faint smell of blood, so faint that it flashed through his mind and he ignored it.
He looked carefully into his sister's eyes:
"You went out like this without your glasses? Can you see clearly?"
Jiang Tong said, "If you can't see clearly, just turn around."
Jiang Yu looked at her for a long time, and suddenly revealed a confused and heartbroken expression:
"Tongtong, you're lying. You always had this expression when you lied when you were a kid, but why do I still feel a little strange about you? Is there something that's holding you back that's making you feel depressed? Can you talk to your brother about it? No matter what happens, I will accept it. I can do anything for you. I can even risk my life to catch the bad guys who hurt you and avenge you."
The most serious harm he could imagine was that someone would insult her, abuse her, and force her to do something dangerous and excessive.
As a brother, this was something that was extremely difficult for him to accept and was heartbreaking.
Whenever Jiang Yu thought of these possibilities, she felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife. She hated the people who hurt her and also hated herself for not protecting her well.
Sometimes this emotion would wake him up from his dreams, and he would even bang his head on the ground after waking up. The regret was like knocking out his bones and marrow, and he was in excruciating pain.
He didn't dare to ask.
But today, Su Tao's questions made him alert.
He could no longer escape. He had to know what had happened to his sister. He had to help her get over it, spend the rest of his life loving her, and do his best to heal her wounds.
Jiang Tong was stunned for a moment, and looked over with dark eyes: "Really?"
"Really, brother, I swear."
Jiang Tong pursed her lips twice:
"Then are you willing to come with me and leave Taoyang? This place is not suitable for me."
Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment: "Why, don't you like it here?"
In order to help his sister integrate into Taoyang as quickly as possible, he went against his own nature and took the initiative to make friends with everyone in Taoyang, just so that when everyone saw his sister, they would remember his goodness, take more care of her, and understand and tolerate her indifference and loneliness.
Did he do something wrong?
Jiang Tong looked at him straight in the eyes: "Are you willing?"
"Tongtong Taoyang is our home."
Jiang Tong's emotions exploded instantly, and her pupils split uncontrollably:
"You don't want to! You just said you can do anything for me! Liar, liar! Painted Skin is right, you are all liars!"
She rushed into the room and slammed the door.
Jiang Yu didn't notice her abnormal pupils. His attention was focused on her words, and he felt unbearable heartache.
Leaving Taoyang?
So where can they go?
And even if there was a place for the two of them, brother and sister, he had promised Su Tao that he would be her shadow partner for life.
He absolutely cannot leave Taoyang.
Jiang Yu fell on the sofa, feeling that all his strength was gone.
"Painted Skin? Is it someone's nickname or pseudonym?" Su Tao raised the question after listening to Zi Jin's description of the quarrel between Jiang Yu and his sister when he was a peeping ghost.
Shi Zijin shook his head. "I'm not sure. Besides being able to tell she has no special abilities, I haven't noticed anything particularly wrong. I don't know if it's the limitations of the 'Eye of Exploration', or if I'm a spirit now, and my abilities have diminished."
Su Tao pondered for a long time, and suddenly said:
"Will she be the second BoneWing?"
Shi Zijin's soul fluctuated several times in the air.
Su Tao frowned tightly:
"Of course, I'm just guessing. Maybe I'm overthinking it. Jiang Tong isn't anything special except for her withdrawn personality and the sudden restoration of her sight. She's not as extreme as Gu Yi, nor does she have his murderous instinct and desire. Most importantly..."
She paused here.
Most importantly, the system did not issue any early warning.
In the past, when zombies approached, the system would issue an early warning, which made Su Tao willing to believe that Jiang Tong was just a strange little sister.
But there was still a voice in her mind reminding her, Shen Wencheng, have you forgotten your original guess?
Zombies are constantly evolving, mimicking human body temperature and heartbeats. What's the difference between us and them? Will they silently lurk in human society, accumulating strength and delivering a fatal blow?
Is it possible that there are already many mutant zombies, but they are too similar to humans and we haven't discovered them?
Su Tao shuddered at her own recollection.
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