BC Chapter 43

The off-road vehicle continued onward, the inside of the car cloaked in silence. Although Wu Hao didn’t speak, the bulging veins on the back of his hands gripping the steering wheel betrayed his inner turmoil.

Even though it had only been a few days since he teamed up with Yin Zhouhang, and that guy was always talkative and noisy, Wu Hao still couldn’t be sure what kind of person Yin Zhouhang was in other people’s eyes. But in his opinion, at the very least, he was a good brother.

The three of them had traveled together, and Wu Hao and Yin Zhouhang had done most of the work of dealing with zombies and solving problems. Although Yin Suna was quite skilled, she didn’t really contribute much. But Yin Zhouhang never blamed her, nor did he assign her anything specific to do. When Yin Suna stubbornly only carried her own makeup bag, he naturally picked up the large bag containing supplies for both of them and walked away.

Regarding responsibility, Wu Hao thought, Yin Zhouhang had done enough. That’s why he couldn’t accept… him leaving in this way.

But then he thought, maybe Yin Zhouhang wouldn’t think that way… After all, he had rescued his sister as he wished, and being able to die for her, it felt like something he had planned all along.

Yin Suna’s tears fell like an unstoppable rain, her hand tightly gripping the clothes on her chest, her chest cavity feeling like it was being squeezed by something, making even breathing difficult.

She had rarely cried since she was a child because she knew that crying was just a useless way for the weak to vent, and crying wouldn’t get her anything – no more care, love, or kind words. She wouldn’t get any of that. So, from a very young age, she vowed that she wouldn’t do such a useless thing.

But now, she found that her body seemed to have escaped her control, grieving, mourning, sad, and distressed for Yin Zhouhang’s departure, the pain in her heart squeezing her tightly, unwilling to let go.

The immense grief enveloped her, and Yin Suna, weeping, only endured it for a few minutes before collapsing in the back seat of the off-road vehicle from exhaustion…

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Her head was heavy, as if buried in a deep pit, and her body was sticky and cold from the sweat that had seeped out. Finally, Yin Suna, who had fainted, slowly opened her eyes after someone touched her forehead, her eyes initially dazed and blurred, and only after focusing did she see where she was.

It was actually a car wash.

“Oh, beauty, you’re awake?” The woman who had just touched Yin Suna’s forehead called out in surprise.

Wu Hao, who was sitting at the door, wiping his greatsword with a rag, also looked up when he heard the woman’s call.

“Finally awake. It would be difficult if you got seriously ill at this time.” Another older woman also spoke.

These two women could be temporarily regarded as Wu Hao and Yin Suna’s benefactors. When Wu Hao was driving and being chased by the zombie horde behind him, these two women wearing “Shangxin Housekeeping” uniforms waved at him and told him to come in and hide when Wu Hao drove past here for the second time.

Yin Suna sat up from the sofa she was lying on, her eyes swollen and red. The makeup on her face had been wiped off by Yin Suna after being washed away by tears. She didn’t say anything, just rubbed her dry, itchy eyes while looking around as if searching for something.

“Girl, what are you looking for? Are you hungry? Or thirsty? If you’re looking for your bags, they’re all with that young man over there.” The woman sitting next to the sofa, who looked younger, probably in her thirties, had just checked Yin Suna’s temperature and directly answered when she saw her getting up and looking for something.

However, Yin Suna didn’t take her up on her offer, just got up from the sofa on her own, walked directly to Wu Hao, picked up the baseball bat standing by the door, and gripped it tightly in her hand. Then, with empty eyes, she looked out through the glass at the zombies still wandering around outside.

Wu Hao usually didn’t talk much and rarely interacted with women. Although he could understand Yin Suna’s current mood, he really didn’t know what to say to comfort her, so he could only remain silent.

Seeing that it was already afternoon, to thank the two women for saving him and Yin Suna, Wu Hao gave them some of the food and water he had collected in his backpack, and then placed Yin Suna’s share at her feet.

Yin Suna didn’t react in any way, still standing in front of the door observing the outside. If her eyeballs didn’t still move, people would have thought she was a lifelike wax figure.

At this time, everyone has their own pain and unspeakable things, so the space where the four of them were staying was always silent, and no one was in the mood to talk and chat. The meaningless syllables from the zombies’ mouths came from outside from time to time, like unavoidable ambient noise, reminding the temporarily safe people not to indulge in a comfortable atmosphere, but to be vigilant at all times.

Night fell quickly, the sounds outside subsided, and many intermittent noises in the darkness gradually subsided.

Wu Hao, who was sleeping with his clothes on, was suddenly awakened. In a blue-black environment, he saw that the two previously amiable women had completely changed their expressions. One of them was holding a knife to Yin Suna’s neck, and the other was brandishing the “wolf-fang mace” that Yin Zhouhang had modified, pointing it at Wu Hao: “Leave all your backpacks behind, and you, walk out the door now and get away from here. If you don’t do as I say, your girlfriend will die!”

Wu Hao understood immediately – it turned out that the reason these two women had saved them during the day was not out of kindness, nor was it simply wanting to help each other, but because they had their eyes on their meager supplies of food and drink. His eyes scanned around and found that his sword was no longer by his side.

“Hurry up! Do you want your girlfriend to die?” The younger woman became annoyed when she saw Wu Hao still dawdling, and the knife in her hand pierced Yin Suna’s neck a little.

At this time, Yin Suna, who had been like a doll being manipulated, finally seemed to be awakened by the pain in her body, and her whole person separated from the previous empty and listless state, her eyes slowly gaining some vitality.

Just as Wu Hao opened the door a little, and his body was about to walk out, Yin Suna, who was originally controlled by the young woman, quickly raised one hand, passed it through the inside of the wrist of the woman’s knife-holding hand, and blocked the approach of the knife point. Then, she slammed her head back hard, giving the woman behind her a solid blow to the face.

The woman was in pain, her body and the other hand retracted, and her footsteps also retreated. Yin Suna took the opportunity to lower her body and retreat, twisting the hand holding the woman’s knife with force, breaking the knife from the woman’s hand.