Before Yu An could even process the lingering trauma, the kiss was over.
He blushed as he looked at Xie Chiyuan, who had retreated a few centimeters, and heard the other man chuckle softly, "Don't worry, I won't make you afraid of kissing."
Yu An has a phobia of kissing, so he takes it slow.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Chiu Chiu was restrained by the seatbelt and couldn't come closer. He opened his round eyes and started glaring at people angrily again.
Xie Chiyuan seemed oblivious. After the kiss, he said a few more words of advice before watching them drive away.
The car sped along.
Perhaps Yu An really does have the added benefit of being a "lucky charm," because since he arrived, the base has been peaceful and quiet, and there hasn't been a trace of zombies around.
Everyone at the base was busy with the cleanup work, while Xie Chiyuan was busy with the base's security issues.
Yu An drove the car around so bumpily that when they reached the outside of the base, he slammed on the brakes, almost throwing Qiu Qiu off.
Chiu Chiu leaned back, her little face pale: "Chiu Chiu feels nauseous."
Yu An: "..."
Yu An quickly stopped the car, unbuckled Qiu Qiu's seatbelt, and carried him out of the car to vomit.
"I wanted to stop the car and take your little blanket off, so you wouldn't be uncomfortable wrapped up in your wings."
Yu An patted Qiu Qiu's back tenderly, and after he finished vomiting, she fed him a couple of sips of water. It has to be said, Dr. Ruan's thoughtfulness was truly top-notch.
There was a bag on the plane containing nutritional paste and the special milk that Yu An drinks every day.
Now he's put this bag in his car too.
After Yu An and the others recovered, they continued driving.
However, brakes are not something you can simply control at will.
Yu An braked suddenly for the second time, and Qiu Qiu stubbornly shook open the plastic bag in the car and vomited a few times. The third time Yu An braked suddenly, Qiu Qiu gagged a few times.
Yu Ankai opened and opened, chirping and spitting.
After vomiting several times, Qiuqiu finally developed antibodies. He put away the new plastic bag he had just picked up and returned it to the car, his little face full of satisfaction.
The car had a navigation system, and Yu An directly directed Zhu Ling and Pei Si to the location of their mission.
Their mission was to retrieve supplies from the hospital. The base needed medicine, and that kind of medicine was only available at a hospital fifty miles away.
This area is bordered by other districts and is inherently not very peaceful, so the people they selected are all very capable.
Two superhumans, the experienced Pei Si, plus other seasoned mission veterans. Logically, even if they failed to obtain the supplies, they shouldn't all be dead or missing – a situation that shouldn't have occurred.
"Big brother."
There was no one else in the car, and they were the only car on the entire road. Chiu Chiu was noticeably more lively. He leaned out the window, looking at the scenery, and called out to Yu An, "It's beautiful here!"
There's really nothing to see; it's all bare trees, a few mountains stretching out, and crows perched on the branches.
Chirp doesn't really like black crows.
He ignored the crows and continued to look out the window at the scenery, most of which he found novel and interesting, and that he liked.
Following the navigation, Yu An stopped the car after driving for an hour.
"Chirp chirp, come down."
Yu An looked at the sign not far away and remembered that this was the landmark the people at the base had mentioned. They had discovered the body of one of the people who had traveled with Pei Si here.
Chiu Chiu obediently let her older brother carry her down. He pointed to the ground, indicating that he wanted to walk on his own.
Yu An has been hugging him lately and feels that his arms are stronger than before, but he hasn't developed muscles like Xie Chiyuan yet.
Xie Chiyuan's muscles were firm and beautiful, making him particularly envious.
“We need to find people here,” Yu An told Qiu Qiu about the task. “We need to find three people in total. You can take a look at the photos first.”
All the people who went on missions from the base had their photos taken.
Yu An showed Qiu Qiu photos of Zhu Ling, Pei Si, and Xiao Xiao: "If we run into them, we'll bring them back to base, and the mission will be complete."
Chiu Chiu nodded, indicating that she understood.
The border between the two areas is naturally not a good place. There are many natural barriers here, making it suitable for hiding people, as well as things that are not human.
Holding the gun, Yu An began searching the surrounding area from where he was standing.
Chuchu doesn't need a gun; even in its cub form, A10 is enough to take down many people.
Time passed slowly, and Xie Chiyuan called every hour. Yu An put her phone on vibrate, ready to answer Xie Chiyuan's calls at any time.
Even when the phone rang, he was rummaging through the bushes.
"Brother, there are dead people."
Qiuqiu was very good at finding dead people. When he found the first dead person, Yu An was startled, thinking it was one of the three of them.
"strangeness."
Yu An squatted down and looked at the zombie lying in front of him: "He has already become a zombie, but his head was not blown off. How did he die?"
Once someone turns into a zombie, the only way to kill them is by shooting them in the head or beheading them.
The tattered zombie had obvious bite marks on its body. Given that this place is near mountains, it's normal for wild animals to roam; it must have encountered some kind of wild beast.
Yu An still didn't understand the cause of his death.
There wasn't just one zombie; several had appeared in this area.
Yu An examined each zombie, and fortunately, none of the dead zombies had a face he recognized.
"Let's go, let's continue somewhere else."
Yu An's first plan when looking for someone was to conduct a rough check within the area. He took Qiu Qiu with him and headed to the next location.
Night fell.
Yu An stopped the car temporarily and was on the phone with Xie Chiyuan: "Where are you now? Since you left, not a single zombie has come to the base. Lu Chao said it's all thanks to you, that you little lucky charm have come in handy."
Yu An clutched his phone, looking embarrassed, and said, "It's his superstition. Whether the zombies come or not has nothing to do with me."
Xie Chiyuan paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "An'an, do you want me to come and help you look for it? I'm not very comfortable leaving you out there."
Even knowing that A10 was with him, Xie Chiyuan found that he couldn't completely put his mind at ease.
Yu An refused him without hesitation: "Don't come. Something could happen at the base at any time. If you come, it will be difficult to get back if something really happens."
Xie Chiyuan naturally understood what he was saying, but he was just too worried.
Yu An talked to him for a while, trying to comfort him.
But then Xie Chiyuan chuckled self-deprecatingly, “An’an, I used to always laugh at my dad, thinking he was love-struck and had no manliness at all. At his age, he still caused a huge scene at home because Uncle Ruan forgot to pay attention to him while doing experiments.”
"I've only just realized that my family is full of people who are obsessed with love."
Not long after they separated, Xie Chiyuan found himself missing Yu An terribly and worrying about her immensely.
As Yu An listened to him say these things, her fingers unconsciously twisted together a brightly colored flowering tree that she passed by. The tree was covered with brightly colored little flowers.
Yu An was twisting one of the small flowers, completely unaware of the curve of its opening and closing, as it gradually widened.
"Chief Yin and Dr. Ruan are really good friends."
Yu An made conversation: "My dad and my mom must be just as good together. My dad loves my mom, and of course, he loves me too."
Xie Chiyuan smiled and replied, "I love you too."
Yu An: "..."
Yu An felt both warm and nervous inside. He couldn't help himself and "snap" plucked a bright little flower.
He plucked the little flower, and a little transparent sap oozed out, which even smelled sweet.
“My dad says love is a very heavy word, and it shouldn’t be said casually. Your progress bar is speeding up again.” Yu An hasn’t even started dating yet, but his emotions are already being thoroughly controlled.
Xie Chiyuan's words easily made him feel happy yet flustered, expectant yet uneasy.
well.
He started picking at the flowers again, feeling a bit pathetic as he did so.
The two continued talking on the phone, one standing on a flowering tree pulling out the blossoms, the other standing on the base's city wall, gazing wistfully in a certain direction.
After what seemed like an eternity, the call finally ended.
Yu An had plucked a bunch of small flowers from under his feet. He looked down at his hands, which were clean and free of any sticky residue.
"Hmm."
Yu An, still a little dizzy from talking to Xie Chiyuan on the phone, was a bit confused and didn't quite catch on: "Doesn't this flower have sap?"
never mind.
Anyway, flowers don't bite, and whether they have sticky sap or not is a minor issue.
He left the flowering tree to find Chiu Chiu, who was squatting ahead studying a grasshopper. No sooner had he left than the leaves of the flowering tree began to tremble even without wind.
He looked like someone who had just survived a disaster and was completely exhausted.
Xie Chiyuan told him on the phone not to travel at night, but Yu An didn't listen. Time was so tight now, not a single second could be wasted.
Of course, calling Xie Chiyuan wasn't a waste.
They continued walking, without driving.
After walking for about 10 more minutes, Yu An heard a sound, a roaring sound.
And these roaring sounds seemed to have surrounded him.
"Chirp chirp." Yu An tightened his grip on Chirp chirp's hand and pulled him closer. "There are zombies nearby. We're being watched."
Chirp isn't afraid at all.
He rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, which had a cloud pattern printed on it, and shook his little wings: "Big brother, I'll protect you!"
Zombies are bad.
During the brief moment when Xie Chiyuan was forcibly holding her, Qiuqiu heard these words.
Jiujiu ignored Xie Chiyuan's lewd talk about wives and only listened to what she thought was even slightly useful.
"etc."