Chapter 98: Little Death

"Oh, I think life here is too boring!" Jiang Xianchuan lay on the bed bored, yawning, stretching lazily, and muttering, "Every day is the same, I don't know when it will end!" After that, he turned over, supported his head with his hands, and looked at the ceiling with a sad face.

Li Lingyu, who was sitting beside the bed, heard Jiang Xianchuan's complaint, turned around and said with a smile: "Really? I think life here is pretty good, at least it's peaceful and stable." As he said that, he shrugged lightly, indicating that he was quite satisfied with the current situation.

Jiang Xianchuan sat up suddenly on the bed when he heard this. Because he moved too suddenly, he accidentally pulled the flesh around his waist, which made him grimace in pain. He rubbed his aching waist with his hands and said unhappily, "Of course you feel better."

As the two of them were arguing, there was a light knock on the door. The room suddenly became quiet. Li Lingyu stood up and walked to the door, stretched out his hand and slowly opened the door. Standing outside the door was a pretty woman, Lin Pianyue.

She smiled and asked softly, "Can I come in?" Li Lingyu quickly stepped aside to make way, and nodded in response, "Come in, Sister Pianyue." At this time, Jiang Xianchuan, who was still sitting on the bed, also jumped off the bed quickly, walked quickly to Lin Pianyue, and greeted her warmly with a smile on his face, "Sister Pianyue, please come in!"

After Lin Pianyue walked into the room, her eyes inadvertently fell on Jiang Xianchuan's neck. When she saw the faint red mark there, she couldn't help but smile knowingly, and then winked at Li Lingyu mischievously.

This subtle action did not escape Jiang Xianchuan's eyes, but he pretended not to see it and just asked Lin Pianyue curiously: "Sister Pianyue, you came to see us today, is there something important?"

Lin Pianyue put away her smile, her expression turned serious, and she replied: "Well, I do have something important to tell you. Regarding the zombie we caught earlier, we have made new progress in our research." She paused here, looked at the surprised expressions on Jiang Xianchuan and Li Lingyu's faces, and continued: "After observation and analysis over this period of time, we found that it has evolved a simple language system and can communicate with people in some simple ways."

"Ah? It actually evolved?" Jiang Xianchuan asked in disbelief, his eyes wide open. Li Lingyu was also shocked, obviously this news was beyond their expectations.

Lin Pianyue nodded slightly to show her agreement, and then continued: "That's right, since this zombie was brought here, it has been talking about having to see you." Jiang Xianchuan heard this, pointed at himself with suspicion, and asked in disbelief: "Me? Why would he want to see me?" Lin Pianyue nodded again and replied: "Brother, if you have time now, why don't you come with me to see what's going on." Jiang Xianchuan nodded without hesitation and replied readily: "Okay, let's go now."

Soon, the two arrived at the door of the laboratory. As soon as they entered, the zombie saw Jiang Xianchuan from afar, and a smile suddenly appeared on his dull face, as if he was overjoyed to see a rain after a long drought.

He just shouted stumblingly: "Chuan...Chuan..." Looking at the scene in front of him, Jiang Xianchuan was surprised, but still walked towards the zombie with a smile on his face, and asked softly: "What do you want to talk to me about?" The zombie nodded hurriedly, then reached into the backpack he was carrying with a trembling hand and began to fumble around.

After a moment, he carefully took out a colorful candy as if he had found some treasure, handed it to Jiang Xianchuan, and stammered, "Here...here...you...eat...candy..."

Jiang Xianchuan was stunned at first, then his mouth curled up and revealed a warm smile. He reached out to take the candy and said sincerely, "Thank you!" Then, Jiang Xianchuan peeled off the candy wrapper without hesitation and put the candy into his mouth to chew.

As a sweet taste spread across his tongue, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, so sweet." The zombie next to him stared at Jiang Xianchuan eating the candy, and when he saw his satisfied expression, he danced with joy and clapped his hands excitedly.

At this moment, Jiang Xianchuan suddenly remembered that he didn't know whether this zombie had a name, so he curiously asked: "By the way, do you have a name?" Hearing this question, the zombie seemed a little confused. He tilted his head and thought for a while before muttering to himself: "Name...?"

"Well...if you really can't think of any other name, then you can be called Xiaosang from now on." Jiang Xianchuan said with a smile to the somewhat confused guy in front of him.

"Okay!" Xiao Nian nodded obediently, with an innocent smile on his face. Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he grabbed Jiang Xianchuan's hand tightly, looked at him with a pair of big eyes, and muttered incoherently: "Play...play..."

Jiang Xianchuan was startled for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Lin Pianyue who was standing not far away, as if asking for her opinion. Lin Pianyue smiled gently and nodded, indicating her agreement. So Jiang Xianchuan took Xiao Sang's hand and slowly walked out of the laboratory.

At this moment, a figure hurriedly ran in. It turned out to be Li Lingyu. When he saw Jiang Xianchuan and the little deceased holding hands, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, with a flash of surprise and curiosity in his eyes.

Jiang Xianchuan saw this and quickly explained to Li Lingyu: "Don't get me wrong, this child's name is Xiao Sang, she's quite innocent and kind, and she doesn't mean any harm. I saw that she seemed to want to go out and play, so I decided to take her out for a walk."

After hearing this, Li Lingyu nodded thoughtfully, then walked closer and looked at Xiao Cang with interest. However, Xiao Cang seemed a little scared when facing the gaze of a stranger, and he quickly shrank behind Jiang Xianchuan, only sticking out his little head and staring at Li Lingyu timidly.

Jiang Xianchuan noticed Xiao Nian's nervousness. He gently reached out his hand, patted Xiao Nian's head softly, and whispered to comfort him: "Don't be afraid, Xiao Nian, this brother is my lover, he won't hurt you." Hearing Jiang Xianchuan say this, Xiao Nian relaxed a little and slowly moved his whole body out from behind Jiang Xianchuan.

Seeing this, Li Lingyu shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "It seems that Xiao Nian is quite dependent on you and only trusts you."

Afterwards, Jiang Xianchuan brought Xiaocan to a meadow. Xiaocan ran around excitedly, picking up branches from the ground and handing them to Jiang Xianchuan from time to time.

Jiang Xianchuan played with the little zombie, seemingly oblivious to everything around him. Li Lingyu stood aside and watched quietly, with an indescribable feeling in his heart. He didn't know whether the appearance of this special zombie little zombie was a blessing or a curse, but as long as Jiang Xianchuan was happy, he was willing to put aside his doubts for the time being.