The desert was vast, and they had been driving for several days, but Zhang Jili had no questions.
As long as there was someone to follow, it was fine. He didn't think that, as an earth-element ability user, he could protect himself by acting alone.
But he didn't dare to talk to Ji Zhaoxi anymore, because every time he spoke to her, even just to ask the most ordinary questions, Pei Yufeng would glare at him with extreme displeasure.
Ji Zhaoxi felt that her mood swings had been very drastic lately.
She used to be quite happy all the time, but now she was always annoyed by many things.
She was especially annoyed with Zhang Jili. Every time he turned his head to speak to her, she felt a heavy stifling sensation in her chest.
Ji Zhaoxi frowned. Was she sick?
They encountered mummified zombies today. This was Ji Zhaoxi's first time seeing zombies that looked like mummies, but Shen Jiaxue and Zhang Jili seemed particularly experienced with this kind of zombie.
"It's been too long since I fought, I've gotten rusty," Zhang Jili sighed.
He could have had a lot of combat experience, but Rat never let him go out, only making him stay in the building to do chores, depriving him of any conditions to upgrade his ability.
Shen Jiaxue mocked him: "Weak is weak. I haven't fought many times either, so how come I can beat them."
Anyway, she was just someone who provided water in the building.
Back when she followed Yan Jiasui, Yan Jiasui was very good to ordinary people, and even better to ability users. Whenever she found any supplies, she would distribute them to everyone.
She helped them upgrade, took them to actual combat, and taught them how to protect themselves.
It was precisely because of this high regard that she and a few other ability users felt they would be valued in any team, believing themselves to be unique.
Furthermore, Yan Jiasui particularly loved saving people. For other matters, she might consult everyone's opinions, but when it came to saving people, she wouldn't listen to anyone at all.
So she and a few ability users told Yan Jiasui they wanted to leave. They originally thought Yan Jiasui would make things difficult for them, but she just stayed silent for a moment and agreed.
Yan Jiasui even said that if they encountered difficulties in the future, they could come back to find her.
When Shen Jiaxue and those ability users left, they never thought they would encounter any difficulties, nor did they ever think of going back to find her. They were going to join a stronger team.
As a result, she ended up following Rat later on, providing water for the ability users in the building every day.
After Ji Zhaoxi finished healing Zhang Jili, she felt extremely uncomfortable inside. Simply put, she just wanted to kill someone.
Ji Zhaoxi suddenly felt a bit dazed. Could she really have contracted some kind of illness...
Right when Zhang Jili was halfway through driving, an off-road vehicle was parked ahead, and several men were waving at them.
Ji Zhaoxi frowned tightly, feeling extremely displeased.
Seeing that Zhang Jili actually stopped the car, she wished she could kick him.
Ji Zhaoxi didn't know what she was angry about, she only felt her chest was particularly stifled, and her hand gripping the water bottle unconsciously tightened with vicious force.
Ji Zhaoxi hesitantly looked at Pei Yufeng beside her.
Pei Yufeng noticed her gaze, and his mood instantly improved: "What's wrong?"
Ji Zhaoxi suddenly realized that the stifling feeling in her heart had disappeared, and instead, she felt a bit happy.
She frowned and shook her head.
Pei Yufeng pulled her into his arms. Smelling her scent, the irritability in his heart was completely swept away.
Ji Zhaoxi's mood became quite good again.
The other team wanted to join Ji Zhaoxi and the others. After being rejected, they casually pitched a tent nearby.
It was already night. The desert was particularly quiet tonight. The other team lit a fire, their probing gazes falling on Ji Zhaoxi and her group.
Ji Zhaoxi, who was in the car, noticed their gazes. Suddenly, a surge of brutal violence injected straight into her mind. She felt as if the air around her had been sucked dry, accompanied by an intense desire to kill.
Ji Zhaoxi was a bit panicked: "Pei Yufeng?"
Pei Yufeng paused for a moment, then hurriedly pulled her into his embrace. Looking at her red eyes, he frowned: "Where does it hurt?"
Ji Zhaoxi tightly grasped his clothes and said in a muffled voice: "My heart feels uncomfortable."
But as soon as she said it, that murderous feeling disappeared again.
Pei Yufeng wanted to ask more, but Ji Zhaoxi had already closed her eyes while leaning against his chest: "It's nothing, maybe I'm just a bit cold."
Pei Yufeng hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead.
Ji Zhaoxi felt that as soon as she got close to Pei Yufeng, she felt much better inside, sweet and content.
But Ji Zhaoxi found it even stranger. Just a few days ago, she was still very shy about getting close to Pei Yufeng. Why did she like him hugging her so much now?
Gradually, Ji Zhaoxi's breathing became steady, and Pei Yufeng finally had the chance to look at her unscrupulously.
Pei Yufeng lowered his eyes, his gaze landing on her lips. He suddenly remembered that kiss from that night. His Adam's apple couldn't help but bob a few times, but he still didn't look away.
Ji Zhaoxi trembled in her sleep. She suddenly felt so hot. She groggily opened her eyes, but the car window was clearly open a crack.
That kind of heat burned from the deepest part of her heart. She felt it hard to breathe; it was an extremely sticky, heavy yearning.
Ji Zhaoxi's eyelashes fluttered and she opened her eyes, perfectly bumping into Pei Yufeng's gaze that hadn't had time to pull back. It was filled with a possessiveness that wanted to devour her whole.
Both of them froze for a moment.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Pei Yufeng immediately became worried.
Why did she always look so uncomfortable lately?
Pei Yufeng wondered if she was lacking crystal cores. His gaze landed on Shen Jiaxue and Zhang Jili.
Ji Zhaoxi suddenly grabbed Pei Yufeng's hand. Pei Yufeng paused, then pressed a kiss to her hand.
"Pei Yufeng."
Ji Zhaoxi didn't know what to say at this moment. She frowned and looked at him: "Did you want to kill someone just now?"
Pei Yufeng's body stiffened for a second. He softened his voice: "Did you dream about me killing someone? Did it scare you?"
Ji Zhaoxi silently shook her head.
She had a guess, but she didn't know if it was right.
She hesitated for a moment, then looked at him: "Pei Yufeng, go to sleep now."
Pei Yufeng looked at her in confusion: "I'll wait until you fall asleep before I sleep."
"No, you have to sleep now!" Ji Zhaoxi seemed anxious to prove something.
Although Pei Yufeng didn't understand, he still lay down to sleep, but he slept holding Ji Zhaoxi in his arms, his lips curling up slightly.
Soon, Ji Zhaoxi felt her heart gradually steady down, without any irritability or any desire to kill.
Ji Zhaoxi was originally quite happy, but suddenly, an extremely thick and sticky desire surged within her body. Her heart beat so fast it felt like it would leap out of her chest, her breathing gradually became difficult, and that turbulent possessiveness continuously scorched her nerves.
Ji Zhaoxi carefully touched her own heart. Her heart was very calm.
Beside her, Pei Yufeng's breathing began to grow heavy. Ji Zhaoxi tentatively placed her hand over his heart.
Ji Zhaoxi: ...
Ji Zhaoxi instantly blushed red and shook Pei Yufeng awake.
"Pei Yufeng, what kind of messy things are you dreaming about!"
Pei Yufeng, who was in the middle of a dream, was shaken awake by her. He stared at her blankly, the corners of his eyes still flushed with a hint of red.
