Chapter 34: Monster in the Sewer

Yaoyao jumped up with joy when she received the new clothes.

"Mom! Yaoyao has never worn such beautiful clothes!"

She hugged the set of pink short-sleeved shorts that Zhao Yunduo had just given her, and snuggled into Zhao Yunduo's arms and kissed her.

"Sister Yunduo, Yaoyao loves you so much!"

Zhao Yunduo's cheeks were wet from the kisses and she couldn't help but laugh.

From the time they first met until now, Yaoyao and her daughter have been wearing very old and dirty clothes, which may have food stains or blood left from killing zombies.

But they didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and the people they met in the past few days were wearing clothes that were dirtier than the mother and daughter. In contrast, Zhao Yunduo was clean and looked like an alien.

But no one doesn't like beautiful and clean clothes, let alone a cute little girl.

Zhao Yunduo touched Yaoyao's head and handed Zhou Micheng a brand new sportswear.

Shen Linglan said that nowadays, women in their thirties are either working professionals or housewives, and their dressing styles are at two extremes. However, considering the survival environment in the end times, it is still most practical to buy sportswear.

Unlike Yaoyao, after receiving the clothes, Zhou Micheng just nodded towards Zhao Yunduo with gratitude, and the joy in his eyes was not even half as much as when he saw Yaoyao cheering happily just now.

It seems that she was happier seeing Yaoyao having new clothes than receiving new clothes herself.

Seeing Yaoyao was about to change into new clothes, Zhou Micheng suddenly held her daughter's hand and said, "Mom found a swimming pool nearby yesterday. Let's go see if the water in the pool is still suitable for bathing, okay?"

"good!"

Zhou Micheng looked at his daughter as if he was looking at some treasure, which deeply touched Zhao Yunduo's heart.

"Yun Duo, are you waiting for us here?"

Zhou Micheng asked.

Zhao Yunduo shook her head and said, "I'll go take a look too. I haven't taken a shower for a long time."

In fact, she had taken a bath the night before she teamed up with the mother and daughter. It was very rare in the apocalypse to not take a bath for three or four days, or it was very common to not be able to take a bath in the apocalypse.

She just looked at Zhou Micheng's hand wrapped in white gauze and felt sorry for them. She decided to go with them so that if they encountered zombies or humans with evil intentions, they could take care of each other and obey each other.

The swimming pool is not far from here, just on the right side of the shopping mall. It is an indoor swimming pool.

There are really few zombies nearby, even corpses are rare. If it weren't for the weird huge vegetation, this area would be a good place to live.

The three of them arrived at the swimming pool without any obstruction. Surprisingly, the swimming pool was also very clean. The front desk inside the swimming pool did not turn into a zombie. Instead, there was only a skeleton left, with half of its body resting on the table at the front desk and the other half hanging under the table.

Zhou Micheng took just one look and then pulled her daughter into the museum.

The two adults looked around the museum and made sure there were neither people nor zombies. Then they put down the bags they were carrying in a corner.

The water in the swimming pool is as clear as it was before the end of the world, and you can see the blue sky and white clouds painted on the pool wall, making you feel as if you have returned to the trance before the end of the world.

Unlike the adults, Yaoyao, with a childlike heart, shouted happily, took off all her dirty clothes, and jumped into the clean swimming pool.

"It's so comfortable and cool. Wow, Mom, Sister Cloud, you guys should come down and swim too!"

Zhou Micheng still had some injuries on his body, and was afraid of getting splashed with water, so he just sat by the swimming pool, soaked his legs in the water, and washed them a little.

Zhao Yunduo's personality is more similar to Yaoyao's, and she doesn't have too many worries. They are both women, so she imitated Yaoyao without any scruples, stripped naked and jumped into the water.

There was a swimsuit in her space, but no matter from which angle, taking a bath in the apocalypse and pretending to wear a swimsuit was inevitably a bit abnormal.

Zhao Yunduo grew up in the countryside. Although she doesn't know how to do butterfly or breaststroke, she can swim quite well. She can even teach Yaoyao, who rarely sees water, to swim half a lap.

Zhou Micheng squatted by the swimming pool and wiped the dirt off her body with a clean towel that Zhao Yunduo had just handed her.

I haven't taken a shower for a long time. Not only are my clothes dirty, but my hands and body are also inevitably stained. Over time, it's like a mole somewhere on my body. It takes a lot of time and effort to wipe it clean.

In the swimming pool, a big and a small person were playing with water sticks, splashing each other. Yaoyao was accidentally splashed on the face by Zhao Yunduo. She immediately laughed and splashed water on Zhao Yunduo's face. Zhao Yunduo didn't dodge and was also splashed on the face...

They laughed happily, and Zhou Micheng felt that his worries were gradually dissipating.

There is not much entertainment in the end times. Although they can watch TV series and read books after knowing Zhao Yunduo, before meeting Zhao Yunduo, they fall asleep at night looking at the stars, and Yaoyao plays with whatever she can touch during the day.

Stones, waste paper, animal bones... and so on. During the five years since the end of the world, although Yaoyao's heart is still as innocent as a child, she has never been as carefree as a child.

Zhou Micheng had never heard this kind of happy laughter since Yaoyao's father passed away.

Zhou Micheng carefully avoided the wound on her shoulder, wiped the other parts clean, and then wiped her tangled hair. She didn't dare to use the shampoo Zhao Yunduo gave her, for fear that it would splash on the wound. She wiped it casually and then put on the sportswear Zhao Yunduo gave her.

Very close fitting and comfortable to wear.

As soon as she touched the fabric, she felt that the clothes didn't look like some cheap brand worth a few dozen dollars, but rather like a big brand that she couldn't afford before the end of the world.

Zhou Micheng thought for only a moment, then his eyes fell on his daughter in the swimming pool.

Just as she was about to look away to read a book, she suddenly caught a glimpse of something dark green sticking out of the swimming pool's outlet.

"Come up quickly!"

Zhou Micheng didn't have time to take a closer look and immediately spoke to the people in the swimming pool.

The two people with their backs to the water outlet didn't see anything unusual there, but Zhao Yunduo immediately pulled Yaoyao out of the pool.

The pool rippled because of their movements. Zhou Micheng still couldn't see clearly what the thing was. She just saw that the thing popped out and then immediately stretched back in.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

Yaoyao asked.

Zhao Yunduo also cast a puzzled look.

Zhou Micheng simply said, "There's something in the pool's water outlet, and it seems to be coming towards us."

"Could it be a mouse?" Zhao Yunduo asked.

Zhou Micheng shook his head. "No, mice are black and gray, and that thing is dark green."

Thinking of the dark green thing, Zhao Yunduo suddenly thought of the large area of ​​vegetation covering the wall of the shopping mall building.

"Is that the one?"

After hearing her guess, Zhou Micheng remained silent.

"This is the first time I've seen such a large plant, and I don't know its range and characteristics. But if it can cross the building and pass through the underground passage to get here, it would be amazing..."

Zhou Micheng didn't say anything else, but Zhao Yunduo understood what she was going to say.

The fact that the branches of the vegetation could penetrate the underground drainage system into the swimming pool proved that either the vegetation had covered all the underground passages in this place, or it had followed them here.

Either way, it's scary.