Pei Xiqing rubbed his eyes and shuddered. He sat up and quickly picked up the blanket that had fallen off. He put it back on obediently, curled up on the sofa, and asked, "What time is it?"
"It's almost two in the morning."
If she remembered correctly, it was just after eight o'clock when she came out after giving Xiao Yu a bath, and she actually fell asleep.
Qitian was carried on someone's back and slept for a long time in a daze. It might be related to the mist body that Sister Long Yan mentioned. She still felt a headache and was too drowsy to concentrate.
She shook her head, her vision blurry. Before she could move, a pair of slightly cool fingers pressed on her temples.
Pei Xiqing opened her eyes in surprise, and the man whispered, "Don't move."
He sat down, stretched out his arms, and held her in his arms.
She felt the fingers on her temples begin to massage gently, and the dizziness in her head was relieved a lot with his movements. She simply closed her eyes and enjoyed it.
The tip of my nose is filled with the man's cold scent, and behind my back is his strong and broad chest, which gives me a reassuring feeling.
She leaned back, resting her head on the man's shoulder. A shadow fell over her. She raised her head slightly to look at him, noticing the weariness between his brows. She raised her hand to touch him, but he grabbed her wrist. "That forest is just a dead end they created to get closer. Most people who pass through it will inhale the mist and become unconscious, trapped in a cycle of death."
"Then why are they okay?"
"It depends on the individual. That forest serves as a protective shield for the Third Base, preventing many outsiders from approaching casually. They've been receiving special training at the base since five years ago, and have long been immune to this kind of fog."
"So that's how it is. I was wondering why I was the only one sleeping soundly and my head was aching."
Duan Xiaolin continued massaging her for a while, with moderate strength and delicate movements. Pei Xiqing almost felt embarrassed. Just as she was about to stop, her shirt was grabbed by the man's fingertips and pulled up to her arm, revealing a large area of snow-white skin.
The only flaw was the pale green spots on the butterfly bones on her back. They were dotted around and not very large in area, but they were definitely proof of being a zombie.
Pei Xiqing couldn't see from behind, but when she was taking a shower before going to bed, she saw marks on her arms and thighs. She could probably guess something and hurriedly tried to avoid his touch, but he grabbed her shoulders from behind.
Feeling him getting closer and closer, she also became nervous, her breathing seemed to stop, and a soft kiss fell on her neck.
The tip of her ear instantly turned red. The man lowered his head and kissed her from behind. His voice was slightly hoarse, "Will these things make your body feel uncomfortable?"
"... sometimes, especially when I encounter zombies, if there are a lot of them, I get itchy all over my body, like I'm infected and want to bite people."
She had noticed it before, and it usually went away on its own, but whenever a zombie appeared near her, her whole body would start to itch, including the roots of her teeth, and she would always want to find something to grind her teeth on.
Once the zombies leave, her skin will change again and those ugly spots will disappear on their own.
"Perhaps, we can do an experiment?"
"Huh?" The man's suggestion made her eyes widen slightly. "Experiment?"
"I'll take you to the base center in a few days."
Pei Xiqing: "Hmm."
He was also busy looking for his dead cell phone.
During this period, she had been using her phone's battery very sparingly, but it still couldn't hold up and she just turned it off a few days ago.
The man asked, "What?"
"Do you have a charger? I'll follow you and see if I can check in. But I promise I won't look at any places that can't be photographed or any confidential information, and I'll absolutely cooperate with Lord Franlun's arrangements. I just want to take a look."
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