TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 3
by VolarePushing open the frosted glass door, he saw Meng Zhi with her beautiful hair a complete mess.
Two strands falling on her chest seemed to be stuck with some viscous liquid, congealing into a clump that contrasted against her fair collarbone, highlighting a strange red hue.
She held something in her hands, gnawing on it with crunching sounds, and even Lu Yunzhou’s voice didn’t make her pause for a second.
The morning light was dim, and Lu Yunzhou couldn’t see what it was. He asked, puzzled:
“What are you eating? Are you hungry? Why don’t you turn on the light?”
“I told you not to go on a diet, didn’t I? Sneaking around in the middle of the night to eat like this, it’s not healthy, and…”
With a “snap,” the light switch was flipped, and the light became as bright as day, making people uneasy and cutting off Lu Yunzhou’s words.
The moment the light came on, Lu Yunzhou saw a scene he would never forget in his life, a scene that would often appear in his dreams for years to come.
At this moment, he only doubted that his eyes were playing tricks on him, why was the scene before him so unbelievable…
But after blinking countless times, he had to accept that the strange scene before him was indeed not a figment of his imagination.
Wearing a pure white cartoon cat patterned nightdress, Meng Zhi held a raw fish in her hands, looking at him with jet-black, bright eyes that had become bloodshot and red. A patch of bright red blood stained the white clothes on her chest, and her mouth was a bloody mess.
A large hole had been torn into the fish, its internal organs pulled out and scattered messily, with an unknown amount having already entered Meng Zhi’s stomach.
After a moment of stunned silence came shock and helplessness, perhaps mixed with a hint of fear that the owner wouldn’t admit.
“What’s wrong, Xiao Zhi?”
“How can you… how can you eat raw fish?”
“If you’re hungry and don’t want to cook, you can tell me, and I’ll get up and make something for you.”
“And what’s wrong with your eyes? Did blood splash into them?”
“Oh no, hurry up and put it down and wash them! What if you get an infection!”
It was a kind of powerless feeling, trying to gloss over the situation and pretend everything was normal.
Speaking anxiously, he hurriedly walked over, disgustedly picked up the battered fish, threw it into the trash can, and hurriedly grabbed Meng Zhi’s hands, scrubbing them in the sink for a long time. Seeing that it wasn’t doing much good, he was truly flustered out of concern.
In the end, he simply dragged her into the bedroom, found a change of pajamas, stuffed them into her hands, and pushed her into the bathroom, sternly instructing, “Wash yourself thoroughly, make sure you’re clean.”
Meng Zhi was like a moving puppet throughout the whole process, her expression blank and her movements slow as Lu Yunzhou led her through a series of actions.
After Lu Yunzhou let go and closed the door, she lost the master controlling her and crashed for a long time.
Her throat was itchy again, thirsty, hungry, wanting to tear and bite something forcefully.
What was she supposed to do?
Right, take a shower, Yunzhou told her to wash clean… wash clean, wash what clean?
…How to wash…?
Meng Zhi only felt her head getting heavier and heavier, her ears buzzing, and her consciousness gradually being replaced by a strong desire. Her mouth was dry, and an enticing smell wafted from the bedroom on the other side of the door, tempting her to burst out, but she was paralyzed and unable to reach out and gently turn the doorknob.
Her vision became increasingly blurred, a hazy red.
Not hearing the sound of the shower for a long time, Lu Yunzhou walked to the door and asked suspiciously, “Xiao Zhi…? Xiao Zhi! What are you doing? Why haven’t you made a sound for so long?”
At this time, Meng Zhi only saw a human-shaped silhouette through the frosted glass in a red mist. The sound was transmitted to her brain through the vibration of her eardrums, but her nerves seemed to be dead and unable to analyze the information within.
With the last bit of consciousness, Meng Zhi was frightened by this terrifying realization. With a slight retreating motion, she then tried her best to open the door, but ultimately could not overcome the dissipation of consciousness.
Lu Yunzhou didn’t get a response for a long time, nor did he hear any sound. Seeing Meng Zhi’s figure standing still behind the door, he had no choice but to open the door to check.
“Xiao Zhi…?”
The scene of disheveled hair, a drooping head, and a body covered in blood was too strange. Lu Yunzhou’s voice unconsciously carried a hint of trembling as he approached cautiously.
His hand trembled as he reached out, and just as he lifted a strand of hair in front of Meng Zhi’s face, revealing a blood-red eye and pale skin, Meng Zhi suddenly pounced on him like a madman, her bloody mouth lunging for his neck.
He pushed her away, and in his panic, he didn’t pay attention to his strength or see the direction clearly. Meng Zhi’s head just happened to hit the sharp sink, and the loud bang added to Lu Yunzhou’s already panicked state.
He hurriedly stepped forward to pull Meng Zhi up and apologized in a flustered manner:
“What’s wrong? Xiao Zhi, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to, I just didn’t expect you to suddenly pounce on me, what’s wrong with you? Were you trying to bite me just now?”
No one answered his question. The stagnation caused by the violent impact lasted only a few breaths, not giving Lu Yunzhou any more time to feel guilty and apologize. The Meng Zhi that Lu Yunzhou had just helped up in the previous second pounced on him again in the next, trying to bite him to death while squeezing his neck.
The strength of an adult man could easily match that of a newly zombified zombie. Although caught off guard, the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm still made Lu Yunzhou reflexively push Meng Zhi away, creating a certain distance.
“Xiao Zhi. What on earth is wrong with you?”
He was still trying to awaken Meng Zhi’s reason.
It was a pity that it was destined to be in vain.
Meng Zhi pounced on him again and again, and was pushed away again and again. Many times she bumped into this or that, but she seemed oblivious to fatigue and pain, only wanting to pounce on him and bite his blood vessels.
Lu Yunzhou watched in horror, pushing her away again and again, from the initial heartache and fear of hurting her, gently and carefully paying attention to his strength, to the gradual collapse, helplessness, and fear, pushing her away with deadly force.
No matter what state Lu Yunzhou was in, Meng Zhi’s posture when getting up never changed.
Lu Yunzhou was going crazy, but he didn’t have the strength to go crazy.
Realizing that he was about to run out of strength and could not change Meng Zhi, Lu Yunzhou pushed the pouncing Meng Zhi away with a heavy force, quickly retreated from the bathroom, and tightly closed the door, looking at Meng Zhi banging on the door inside with a face full of horror. A dark shadow was reflected on the frosted glass door, and the slowly flowing liquid solidified halfway down.
After a long time, realizing that Meng Zhi seemed unable to open the door and only knew how to bang on it unconsciously, Lu Yunzhou tentatively slowly released the tightly held doorknob.
The door did not open from the inside.
Letting out a long sigh of relief, he collapsed weakly on the bed, not caring whether the sweat all over his body would dirty the bed.
Even if his body relaxed and lay on the bed, his spirit was highly concentrated, not daring to slack off in the slightest, his peripheral vision constantly staring at the bathroom door.
The figure moved away, and nothing attracted her attention. After Meng Zhi banged for a while, she returned to the blank state she was in earlier.
The sound of the collision stopped, and Lu Yunzhou tiptoed off the bed, slowly turning his head to take a closer look inside.
Behind a blood-stained glass door stood a gloomy figure. The light shone down, making the shadow even more distinct. Lu Yunzhou’s hair stood on end, and the cold sweat that had just subsided began to reappear.
Falling back onto the bed, he slammed his eyes shut, trying to drive the scene out of his mind, but the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became, escalating more and more. Not only did it not dissipate, but it became even clearer.