TEOTWDWTEFTCLB Chapter 7
by Volare☆、 Pure and soft cute little zombie receiver, paranoid and domineering ability user top (7)
At dusk, the afterglow of the setting sun filtered through the broken windows, dappling the stairwell.
“Tch!” The woman who was turned away felt that young people nowadays were too cold and heartless. They were obviously eating so well, and they were even raising a little girl. What was wrong with sharing some food with her?
She didn’t dare to openly cause trouble, but in her heart, she had cursed Shen Xuanmo several times over.
Knock knock!
The woman who had been so aggressive just now visibly wilted.
“How is it?” A stout man in his early thirties opened the door, and seeing her empty-handed, said with dissatisfaction.
His robust physique was in stark contrast to the woman’s skeletal frame.
The woman, who had been cursing, immediately became nervous, her face full of wrinkles becoming somewhat strange because of her forced smile.
“Son, you, listen to me, I couldn’t get in yet, but I’ll definitely be able to next time,” she said tremulously, observing her burly son.
Her eyes were full of pleading and fear, showing that the woman had often experienced similar situations.
“Son, Mom will definitely get food, and won’t let you suffer… don’t be angry,” she said with a distressed and fearful expression.
“Useless!”
But her son didn’t appreciate it at all. “Useless! If you can’t find food, you don’t need to come back!”
“Son, son, Mom knows she was wrong, Mom will definitely find a way…”
The woman seemed to have seen some kind of jackal or tiger, and her whole body trembled, but she still desperately grabbed his clothes, refusing to let go.
“You can’t even handle this little thing, what use are you!”
Bang!
“Ah!, I know I was wrong, son, let Mom in first!”
With a bang, the door slammed shut. No matter how desperately the woman screamed, the man inside the room turned around, muttered an unlucky remark, swung his leg, and lay directly on the bed, completely unfazed by the woman’s pleas outside.
The woman collapsed despairingly at the door, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.
“Open the door, Mom knows she was wrong…”
The woman’s cries echoed through the stairwell, but no one was willing to go out and meddle.
Shen Xuanmo listened to the piercing sound, pressed his temples, and felt a headache. He thought, it seemed it would be best to leave this place as soon as possible…
After crying for a long time, her voice became hoarse, but no one paid her any attention.
The woman cursed and swore at the newcomers in her heart, wiped her face and tears, and decided to continue knocking on the door.
Just then, she heard a faint footstep. She looked up and unexpectedly saw three unfamiliar faces walking slowly towards her.
Then, she very naturally fell back to the ground and cried out again in a duck-like voice.
“Son, let me in, it’s too cold outside!”
A heavily made-up woman sighed and handed her a piece of hard bread. “Auntie, your son is being insensible, don’t make things too difficult for yourself.”
The woman was moved to tears and took the bread. “Thank you! Thank you! You’re such a good person! You don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve had anything to eat!”
“It’s only right, we’re all companions, we should help each other.” After speaking, she looked at her silent teammates behind her and said,
“Auntie, this is Brother Li, a fire-type Ability User. You can come to us if you need any help.”
Hearing this, the man named Brother Li behind her proudly raised his head, looking high and mighty.
As soon as she heard he was an Ability User, the woman immediately started flattering him. “Oh my, no wonder, I was just thinking, how come you look so extraordinary.”
It had to be said, she had a way with words, and she flattered them to the point of being stunned.
However, due to various reasons, they didn’t chat for long. After briefly introducing their room numbers, they all went back to their respective homes.
The fat man inside the room heard the noise and suddenly opened the door and rushed out.
He pushed the woman away and easily snatched the bread that hadn’t even warmed up yet.
“Don’t rush, eat slowly,” he said, swallowing his saliva as his eyes greedily stared at the remaining few bites.
After getting a share, the man was still not satisfied, but reluctantly said, “Come in!”.
“Keep trying, or you won’t get in, and I won’t care about you in the future!”
The man snorted, swallowed the bread in one gulp, turned around and went back into the room, leaving Li Fang sighing helplessly as she watched his back.
Li Fang was a traditional single mother who had raised Li Yong all on her own, being most afraid of not having anyone to rely on when she got old.
She overly doted on her son, whom she depended on for life, leading to Li Yong becoming increasingly extreme. He had to get whatever he wanted, and if he couldn’t, he would threaten his mother with his life and her old age.
Facts proved that this trick was always effective, and he enjoyed it very much.
The soundproofing here wasn’t very good. Shen Xuanmo pulled the fidgeting little boy in his arms closer, listened to the noises outside the door, and his eyes were very indifferent.
In this world where it was difficult to even protect oneself, he had long been accustomed to indifference and selfishness.
As long as it didn’t concern him, he would never meddle in other people’s business.
Except… a certain little zombie, he thought in his heart, his eyes calm and firm.
Inadvertently, he tightened his hand on the boy’s slender waist, attracting Nan Qing’s attention.
The little boy in Shen Xuanmo’s arms raised his head, looked at him with clear eyes, and muttered softly, “Awoo.”
Shen Xuanmo rubbed his head but didn’t say anything. He knew that in this world, there was always something hateful about those who seemed pitiful. Li Fang’s doting had created today’s situation, and such people were destined not to survive long in the apocalypse.
It was a pity that she was still thinking about a happy old age, but it was a tragedy that even if there had been no zombie virus outbreak, even if it was still that peaceful world, she might not have gotten her wish.
Sure enough, with a burst of fighting and pleading, the woman’s familiar cries disappeared and never reappeared.
The next morning, Shen Xuanmo planned to go for a walk nearby, after all, if he didn’t go, he would either starve to death or die from blood loss.
When he passed by the room of Li Fang and her son, a strong smell of blood wafted out. Shen Xuanmo frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
“Awoo!” Nan Qing broke free from his arms and wanted to run towards that room, but Shen Xuanmo had no choice but to restrain him tightly in his arms.
“Dirty, not allowed to go there.”
Nan Qing grunted a few times in dissatisfaction but didn’t struggle anymore. Shen Xuanmo turned around and left quickly, carrying him.
But as soon as they took a few steps, the door behind them slowly opened. Through the crack in the door, they could see a fat man with a round head and big ears, sitting in front of a corpse, covered in blood.
His eyes were dull, his movements were slow, and occasionally, they could hear the crunching sound of gnawing.
It turned out that the doted son had turned into a zombie.
Fortunately, Shen Xuanmo was walking quickly and didn’t notice the situation behind him.
After going downstairs, Shen Xuanmo took Nan Qing to a relatively safe corner, put him down, and began to look for food.
Nan Qing stayed obediently in place, his eyes darting around, as if he was watching out for the surrounding movements.
Because it was a residential building, there were many small supermarkets nearby. Before long, two large bags were filled with instant noodles, biscuits, potato chips, and other snacks.
The good news was that he hadn’t encountered many zombies and didn’t have to worry about starving to death for the time being. The bad news was that he hadn’t found any living creatures.
Shen Xuanmo looked at the wound on his hand that had already scabbed over, lost in thought. Did he really have to use his own blood to feed him all the time in the future?
Nan Qing’s ears twitched, and he bared his teeth at Shen Xuanmo, with a smile that was not a smile.
Shen Xuanmo said in a low voice, “So ugly.” Nan Qing obediently shrank behind him, making a giggling sound.
After resolving the danger, Shen Xuanmo didn’t plan to stay any longer.
But what he didn’t expect was that at this time, the residential building was already full of hungry zombies.