“Big Brother, I was wrong, I was wrong…” The chubby Li Dan immediately shut his mouth in fear.
“Hey, don’t talk nonsense! I don’t want you to get me killed!” Zhang Pi glared unhappily at Li Dan beside him.
Tang Cheng looked helpless. Now he understood that the blurry figure he had seen that day was Tang Wanyue, but why had he scared her off?
At this moment, Tang Wanyue was already too embarrassed to speak.
Since the matter was settled, Tang Cheng had no reason to stay in the room any longer. Seeing how scared they all were, it was clear that in their eyes, he was just a zombie who could attack humans at any moment.
“Well then, Tang Wanyue, I’m heading out first.” Holding his gun, Tang Cheng started toward the door.
However, Tang Wanyue followed him to the door and called out, “Classmate, thank you for saving me again.”
“Mm, it’s nothing.” Tang Cheng stood by the doorway.
“Come to think of it, you’ve saved me so many times already. I don’t even know how to repay you.” Tang Wanyue looked up gratefully at Tang Cheng.
“Pledging myself to you…” Tang Cheng answered without thinking.
“Huh? Pledging… pledging yourself to me…” Tang Wanyue froze, her cheeks flushing red, her expression tinged with fear. Could it be that she had misjudged him? Was the reason this classmate saved her because he had his eyes on her?
Because she was pretty, Tang Wanyue had long been the subject of gossip among the boys at school, so she had always kept her guard up around them.
“Ah… I was just joking, don’t be afraid.” Seeing Tang Wanyue’s panicked look, Tang Cheng hurriedly explained.
Tang Wanyue was a reserved and composed girl. If he said anything inappropriate, it would scare her away.
“So you… were joking…” Tang Wanyue finally relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief.
“Sorry for pretending to be your boyfriend earlier…” Tang Cheng politely apologized.
“It’s… it’s okay. I know you were protecting me…” Tang Wanyue lowered her eyes shyly, a rosy blush blooming on her pure face.
“By the way, I plan to search this floor. Maybe there are other survivors too.” Tang Cheng tightened his grip on the gun and said.
“You… you’re still going out?” Tang Wanyue’s shocked eyes filled with worry immediately.
“Yeah, this floor is mostly food shops, plenty of supplies. There could very well be other survivors like you.” Tang Cheng’s gaze fixed on the spacious hallway ahead.
“But outside there are zombies everywhere. You barely survived, why risk going out again?” Tang Wanyue didn’t want Tang Cheng to go. Thinking back to how he had convulsed on the ground before, tears started welling up in her eyes.
She had thought Tang Cheng was dead these past two days.
And she was puzzled why this classmate wasn’t afraid of zombies at all. Everyone else was cowering in their rooms, but he was unnervingly eager to take risks.
“Huh? Why are you crying?” Seeing Tang Wanyue’s tearful look, Tang Cheng felt a warmth in his heart. “Don’t worry, I’m not going out to die. Look, I’m holding humanity’s ultimate weapon — a gun. Have you ever seen a zombie with a gun? Pretty cool, right?”
Saying that, Tang Cheng proudly held up his shotgun and pretended to aim with a “thump-thump” sound.
“Pfft, I really haven’t seen that before…” Tang Wanyue burst out laughing, her sparkling tears glistening on her face like summer flowers — truly captivating.
“You look so beautiful when you laugh.” Tang Cheng couldn’t help but praise.
“Ah? Why are you saying that all of a sudden…” Tang Wanyue’s cheeks flamed red at the sudden compliment, her expression flustered.