Where are we going?
You'll find out soon enough.
Xie Chiyuan didn't go upstairs; he went through the basement passage. Most importantly, he somehow managed to get a map.
For someone like Yu An who has no sense of direction, even with a map, he can't really understand it.
Xie Chiyuan could understand it.
He seems to know everything.
Yu An, being led by him, couldn't help but glance at him: "Xie Chiyuan, do you have any friends?"
Xie Chiyuan remained silent.
Yu An understood immediately.
Oh, it means you have no friends.
Such a capable person as Xie Chiyuan doesn't even have any friends. Although Pei Si and Dr. Tang have a good relationship with Xie Chiyuan, it's ultimately a superior-subordinate relationship...
Xie Chiyuan remained silent for a moment, then decided he needed to settle things.
He glanced at Yu An and asked, "And you, do you have many friends?"
Yu An shook his head frankly.
Before Xie Chiyuan could say, "Then aren't we the same?", Yu An proudly straightened his back and boasted, "I have so many little ones!"
He's not some lonely loner!
Most importantly, Xie Chiyuan wants to remain single, but Yu Anke has no such intention.
He is still young.
When he gets a little older, if possible, he wants to find a good-looking partner.
Yu An's "I have a child, you don't" attitude made Xie Chiyuan grind his teeth. He thought for a long time, and only came up with one retort—
"You have so many children, are any of them your own?"
Yu An: "..."
Yu An was stung by these words, and her cheeks puffed up.
He stared at Xie Chiyuan's handsome face, then thought about the ambiguous misunderstanding between them that he couldn't quite untangle. So he made up his mind and decided to add insult to injury: "If you can have children, I can have a biological child."
Upon hearing this, Yu An himself felt a chill run down his spine.
He's so outspoken!
But who told Xie Chiyuan to bully his kid first?
Yu An knew that Xie Chiyuan always lectured him, telling him not to make any advances towards him. Hearing such words would definitely make Xie Chiyuan frown and be unhappy.
But Yu An waited and waited, but Xie Chiyuan still didn't frown and scold him for talking nonsense.
I estimate that quite a while has passed.
They went through several basements. Xie Chiyuan looked ahead and said ambiguously, "You're quite persistent."
She insists on liking him so much, and she always goes straight to the point.
There is ample time.
He might consider it in the future.
Yu An didn't understand what he meant, so she continued to ask other questions: "Where are we going? We've been walking for so long."
"Go collect the debts."
Xie Chiyuan replied, "Didn't someone in the casino give me his zombie wife as collateral for chips? I sent Pei Si over there."
A zombie who can neither speak nor understand language not only doesn't bite her husband and children, but also finds them food.
Xie Chiyuan naturally had to go and see these zombies.
Upon hearing that he was to meet this zombie, Yu An felt inexplicably uneasy. He also thought of Sun Mo, the talking zombie in the small town.
Sun Mo said he was going to find humans; I wonder if he's found them yet.
Yu An's thoughts wandered, a jumble of random ideas: "Xie Chiyuan, if the zombie we see later doesn't harm humans, will you kill it?"
"I've never met her, so I can't answer you."
Xie Chiyuan's words were as good as no answer at all.
Yu An gripped his hand and continued walking in a sullen voice. After walking for another three or four minutes, they arrived at their destination without incident.
Pei Si had indeed arrived.
Chapter 23
Beside Pei Si's feet lay a woman who had been tied up. The woman's face was pale, her eyes were dull and unfocused, and there were obvious wounds on her body.
She's not human anymore.
"Little lucky charm!" Pei Si called out reflexively when she saw Yu An. After calling out, she turned her gaze to Xie Chiyuan.
Xie Chiyuan released Yu An's hand and casually pulled out a chair to sit down.
Pei Si watched him sit down and began to report to him: "Brother Xie, we found this place in six hours. But the situation is a little different from what you said."
"This zombie is quite special. When we arrived, she was feeding the child. But before we even got close, she suddenly bit the child."
"The changes happened too quickly. We originally intended to kill her on the spot, but considering that you wanted to see her, we left her for now."
Xie Chiyuan's dark eyes revealed no emotion. He carefully examined the bound zombie woman, then glanced at the child who had already been shot dead.
The child has already shown signs of zombification and cannot be saved.
"Brother Xie, there's another clue."
Pei Si calls Xie Die when there's something wrong, but usually calls Xie Ge when there's nothing wrong.
He continued his report: "You were right when you told me earlier, this woman didn't attack the child immediately after turning into a zombie. I checked the traces in the house; she actually fed the child for several days. But unfortunately, she eventually lost her mind."
This fact weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone else in the room.
When people first learned that zombies could remain sanity-free and not harm humans, they felt a glimmer of hope.
After all, zombies that don't harm humans are much cuter than zombies that devour people on sight.
As a result, hope did not last long before it was shattered once again.
Pei Si said, getting a little frustrated, "If we could keep the zombies sane, maybe we humans could live in peace with them."
Xie Chiyuan glanced at him but didn't respond.
Pei Si was unsure whether to kill the woman who had already lost her mind. Xie Chiyuan noticed his hesitation and said calmly, "Keep her here and take her back for Tang Xin to study."
Even if a zombie that doesn't attack people only maintains this non-aggression for a short period of time, it is still worth studying for modern humans.
Zombies are evolving, mutants are evolving.
Humans, however, have yet to show any signs of evolution.
Yu An sat obediently on the bench next to Xie Chiyuan, without disturbing their conversation.
After they finished speaking, Xie Chiyuan looked down at the map, trying to guess Ruan Ke's whereabouts. Yu An, on the other hand, took out some spicy strips from his pocket.
Pei Si.
Yu An smiled at Pei Si and handed him the spicy strip: "Here, this is for you, it's delicious."
Pei Si: "..."
day.
He hasn't eaten these kinds of snacks that kids like for many years.
But looking into Yu An's bright eyes, he still didn't refuse.
Thanks.
Pei Si smiled and reached into her pocket, pulling out a fruit candy: "I just grabbed this candy; it's not anything fancy, but it's pretty sweet."
The first time Yu An met Pei Si at the Secret Shield Research Institute, Pei Si gave her candy.
This handsome man was a truly good person in Yu An's heart!
The two of them went back and forth, one offering spicy strips and the other offering candy, which made Xie Chiyuan, who was standing between them, unconsciously frown.
Yu An was completely unaware and was still talking to Pei Si: "Have you seen a little kid wearing overalls? He has a grandma."
Pei Si's memory was stirred, and he nodded: "I've met you before."
When Yu An was thrown out of the car, she was the little girl in overalls who sat on Xie Chiyuan's feet with tears in her eyes, saying she was going to tell on him.
“There are infected lurking in Base 5. They injured someone at night. Half of the base has fallen. This child’s grandmother is gone, but she was clever and hid her grandson well.”
Yu An understood what he meant and knew that the child was still alive.
Pei Si continued, "He has someone taking care of him now, so you don't need to worry about him."
Yu An replied with satisfaction, "Yes!"
As they were talking, Xie Chiyuan, perhaps because of a sore throat, pressed his fist to his lips and coughed several times with a frown.
Yu An heard the sound and turned his head.
Xie Chiyuan kept his head down, seemingly deep in thought about the map and route, without even glancing at them.
What's wrong with you?
Yu An looked nervously at the food reserves and asked, "Is it because you're catching a cold?"
He had just licked blood that morning; if Xie Chiyuan caught a cold, he might get infected too. A little zombie with a cold probably wouldn't be able to be treated by any doctor.
Seeing his nervousness, Xie Chiyuan's serious expression softened somewhat.
"I don't have a cold, my throat was just really dry."
"oh."