Day broke.
The zombies discovered the existence of the iron gate, but they couldn't break through it no matter how hard they tried.
They wandered back and forth through the other corridors of the hospital, searching for fresh, living humans.
The helicopter was supposed to come pick them up today.
However, they didn't know the exact time, so the four of them gathered on the rooftop first. Fortunately, the sunlight wasn't too glaring today.
But from yesterday morning up until now,
they hadn't had a single drop of water or a single bite of food.
Everyone was already completely exhausted.
"I can't take it anymore! I'm so hungry." Gu Man clutched her stomach, almost able to hear it growling.
She looked at Zhou Yu'an, throwing a willful tantrum.
"I want to eat."
Zhou Yu'an gave her a faint glance.
His tone was calm as he said, "The hospital's vending machines are all on the first floor. Are you sure you want to go down to the first floor right now?"
Gu Man twitched the corners of her lips.
"You go."
She didn't care in the slightest whether Zhou Yu'an would have any chance of making it back alive if he went.
Zhou Yu'an completely ignored her crazy words.
He remained silent.
Seeing that he refused to go, Gu Man walked over to Chu Liuyue.
She pointed at her.
"You go find food!"
"Why?" Chu Liuyue subconsciously hid behind Zhou Yu'an, looking weak and helpless.
Not far away, Yan Qingdu remembered the woman who had straddled him last night.
Then he looked at her current appearance as a fragile little white rabbit.
He couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
He clicked his tongue softly.
What great acting skills.
Gu Man scoffed coldly, "If you don't go find food for me, I'll push you off the building right now."
She pointed down from the rooftop to the densely packed zombies wandering the streets near the hospital.
"An'an, I'm so scared." Chu Liuyue tugged at Zhou Yu'an's clothes, trembling.
An'an?
The moment this nickname came out, everyone present was stunned.
A flash of embarrassed blush appeared on Zhou Yu'an's gentle face.
He lowered his voice and said softly:
"Don't call me that."
After speaking, he gave her a reassuring look.
He turned to Gu Man and said, "Chu Liuyue is my patient. You are not allowed to threaten her."
Seeing him block her so forcefully, Gu Man was both angry and annoyed, stomping her feet on the spot:
"I don't care who she is!"
"I'm hungry right now, and I must eat."
"Zhou Yu'an, either you go find it, or Chu Liuyue goes. If I don't get any food, I might just get in a bad mood and open the big iron gate."
Gu Man lowered her brows, shouting arrogantly and selfishly.
She completely disregarded the feelings of others.
What a lunatic.
Listening to the noisy arguing, Yan Qingdu picked his ear with some impatience.
He walked forward briskly.
He said coldly:
"Enough, look at the time we're in."
"Whoever goes down there is just going to their death. The helicopter will be here soon, just bear with it a little longer."
Saying that, he fished a small packaged biscuit out of his pocket and handed it over.
"Here."
"Stop acting crazy!" His tone was full of disgust.
But in Gu Man's eyes, this was the usually arrogant Senior Yan caring for her, even giving up his food for her.
She took the biscuit shyly.
She reverted from her crazy mode just now back to a ladylike mode.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Senior Yan."
She completely ignored the fact that her fiancé by arranged marriage was also present.
She gave him a one-sided flirtatious gaze.
Phew.
Finally, this ticking time bomb was temporarily pacified.
They waited for another morning, but there was no sign of the helicopter.
The sun gradually rose higher, and it was simply too sunny on the rooftop with no shade.
Everyone returned inside to the top floor.
...
Yan Qingdu walked out from the corner of the corridor and was stopped by a fair, slender hand.
"What's wrong?"
Chu Liuyue dropped the gentle and harmless facade she had shown in front of Zhou Yu'an.
She beckoned with her finger.
"Food," she said.
Yan Qingdu turned his jacket pockets inside out to show her, saying:
"I don't have any."
"That biscuit I gave Gu Man was my last ration."
Chu Liuyue stared at him with a half-smile and took a few steps forward, making the man step back.
Even though she was only 1.7 meters tall, she forced the 1.9-meter-tall Yan Qingdu into a corner.
She pressed one hand against the wall, tilting her small face up.
A cryptic smile played on her lips.
"Do you think I'm an idiot?"
"You giving your last piece of food to Gu Man? Yan Qingdu, you are not that kind of person."
Yan Qingdu's back was already against the wall. He wasn't afraid at all; in fact, he found it somewhat novel and interesting.
He took the initiative to lean forward slightly, looking at the woman in front of him.
"Then what kind of person am I?"
Chu Liuyue met his pitch-black eyes.
She enunciated every word clearly:
"A selfish person."
"A person who doesn't care whether others live or die."
"Cold, ruthless, and arrogant..."
Hearing those sharp words come out of her mouth, a trace of displeasure flashed across Yan Qingdu's face.
He quickly interrupted:
"Am I really that bad?"
"Chu Liuyue, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about me?"
She chuckled softly and leaned in a few inches closer.
They were so close that their noses were almost touching.
It was extremely ambiguous.
But the words she spat out were utterly cold.
"It's not a misunderstanding, it's a fact."
"The only reason you were willing to give Gu Man that biscuit was to stop her from going crazy."
"This proves that even in a food shortage, one biscuit means nothing to you. You definitely have more food stashed away."
Yan Qingdu's gaze swept over her face.
He couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"Not bad."
Chu Liuyue asked, "What is your superpower?"
Yan Qingdu curled his lips but didn't answer.
Chu Liuyue chuckled.
She said decisively, "Spatial storage!"
Yan Qingdu's pupils trembled slightly, and he subconsciously turned his head away.
Chu Liuyue moved quickly, pinching his jawline to force his gaze to meet hers.
"Hand it over!"
Yan Qingdu was truly out of options.
He sighed softly and said:
"Alright, alright, my lady, I surrender. What do you want? Biscuits, bread, or chocolate?"
"Only kids make choices. I want it all." Chu Liuyue raised an eyebrow.
"Come on, you can't eat that much all by yourself," he said.
"Zhou Yu'an needs to eat too."
A subtle expression appeared on Yan Qingdu's face.
The distance between the two was very close, their noses almost touching, and the warm breath from their speech brushed against each other's faces.
Their posture was incredibly intimate.
"I don't like it when you mention another man's name while you're with me." Yan Qingdu's eyes darkened, and his tone became somewhat dangerous.
He actually took the initiative to lean an inch closer.
At the same time, Chu Liuyue reacted quickly and took a half-step back.
Zhou Yu'an's voice came from behind.
"What are you two doing?"
From his angle, he saw Yan Qingdu's back pressed tightly against the wall, leaning down to stare at the beautiful woman in front of him with a dangerous look, striking an offensive and possessive posture.
Didn't everyone say that Yan Qingdu only cared about his laboratory and his grades?
How could he...
...be interested in Chu Liuyue?
