VAPBDB Chapter 18

“No!”

Si Huaixi refused without hesitation, with an inexplicable sense of gritted teeth in his tone.

Pei Zhaozhou paused as he returned the key, his eyes filled with surprise. He tried his best to ignore the joy that suddenly rose in his heart, and said slowly, “Commander Si, I think this matter…”

As if he sensed the deliberate distance in Pei Zhaozhou’s tone.

Si Huaixi’s expression suddenly turned cold, and he stared at Pei Zhaozhou: “Call me by my name, I don’t need you to call me Commander Si.”

Pei Zhaozhou’s expression changed slightly, and his eyes couldn’t help but look into the depths of his boss Huaixi’s sea-blue eyes. The sea-blue was darker than the grey sky, so deep and clean that it reflected his appearance clearly.

But he frowned.

The hazy blue colour of the sea in his eyes is like the melancholic and lost hazy moonlight that covers the sea that should be clear.

He is sad.

Pei Zhaozhou suddenly felt depressed, and the words he was about to say, got stuck in his throat and it became extremely difficult to let them out.

Obviously he had no choice but to find another place to live, but seeing Si Huaixi’s lost and reluctant expression, he now felt a little confused and sad, and gradually felt a little regretful.

He had been in the apocalypse for eight days. He had spent the first five days in a daze waiting for death, and then he met Si Huaixi.

I don’t know why Si Huaixi wanted to save him, considering his tone towards him was so fierce when they first met.

But he still saved him and pulled him out of his predicament.

He followed him closely in the wilderness for three days, and Si Huaixi was in his mind all the time.

His empty thoughts were filled with Si Huaixi, and he seemed to have nothing else to think about. His previous negative emotions of anger, despair, pain, and cowardice were covered up by the generous and safe figure walking in front of his sight.

‘All you have to do is follow him, rely on him, be led by him, and then walk towards the bright place.’

This unprecedented wholehearted reliance and trust in someone was unfamiliar to him. When he occasionally relaxed, he couldn’t help but think deeply about it. He was so worried and was frightened too.

‘Even I find it funny. I am trapped by the memories of betrayal and helplessness of my previous generation, and I am exhausted.’

He should have warned himself that he shouldn’t trust someone so easily. In his previous life, he was a cold and wary person.

But this time he lost control and became completely dependent and trusting on someone he had only known for three days.

Even in the acidic black rain, as long as he was by Si Huaixi’s side, he felt more at ease and relaxed in the apocalyptic world than in the technologically advanced and prosperous interstellar space in his previous life.

So when Si Huaixi left, his heart felt like it was being cut by a blunt knife, and he felt a tingling pain of loss.

‘My reliance on him is addictive, so when he suddenly left, my withdrawal reaction was particularly strong and strange, and I was at a loss…’

Pei Zhaozhou pursed his lips, lowered his eyes and said: “Si Huaixi, I don’t want to either…”

Si Huaixi’s eyes narrowed and he interrupted, “Then don’t think about it.”

Pei Zhaozhou was interrupted all of a sudden. The next words got stuck in his throat and he didn’t know how to say them. His amber eyes were filled with moisture and he said in a hoarse voice: “I’ll give you the key. I’ll find another place to live. You’re always welcome to come.”

Si Huaixi’s face was gloomy. He was angry at the cat in front of him who was crying out of grievance!

He had clearly tried to persuade her to stay, but the cruel cat in front of him was determined to leave him, and she looked aggrieved as if she was about to cry.

It seemed like it wasn’t the cat that drove him away, but he was the one who cruelly drove the cat away!

For a moment, Si Huaixi didn’t know who to be angry with, so he reached out viciously, pinched the soft flesh on Pei Zhaozhou’s cheek, and threatened: “When it gets dark, there’s nowhere to go, and you’ll be taken away by zombies.”

The soft flesh on Pei Zhaozhou’s cheek was pinched, but it didn’t hurt, but the corners of his mouth were crooked when he spoke. His amber eyes were wide open in shock as he stared straight at Si Huaixi, and was a little angry.

Pei Zhaozhou: “It’s not easy for zombies to appear in the base, and I’m not someone who can’t fight back if I encounter zombies. There are so many ordinary people living in the base. If it was really that dangerous at night, wouldn’t everyone run away?”

“I still have a gun in my hand. Ordinary superpowers can’t beat me. If you are worried, you can fight with me!”

In order to get Si Huaixi to agree, Pei Zhaozhou tried to provoke him with his eyes full of eagerness.

It’s like a cat showing off its strength.

However, he never thought that he actually didn’t need Si Huaixi’s consent at all. In the end times, he was an independent individual, and Si Huaixi was at best just a stranger he had known for a few days and could not control him at all.

But Pei Zhaozhou still wanted to get Si Huaixi’s consent.

Si Huaixi’s expression suddenly became serious and solemn. His sea-blue eyes seemed to be a bottomless mysterious sea. Countless ships were lost in the foggy deep blue. He said in a magnetic and low voice, “What if there are zombies in the base?”

Pei Zhaozhou wanted to say how it could be possible.

The Lucheng base is heavily guarded, with so many people with special abilities gathered there, and Si Huaixi in charge, so how could the zombies hide in the base without being discovered? With the zombies’ ugly appearance, they would probably be discovered by the people in the base after taking a few steps.

But when Pei Zhaozhou saw Si Huaixi’s heavy face, he was overwhelmed with thoughts for a moment, and asked hesitantly with a worried brow: “Is it true?”

Si Huaixi stroked Pei Zhaozhou’s smooth black hair with one hand, as if he had finally gotten what he wanted. His sea-blue eyes instantly brightened, and he smiled, “Just stay in a safe place and don’t run around, or you’ll be gone.”

The implication was that Pei Zhaozhou should live in his house and not run around.

Pei Zhaozhou was stunned for a few seconds, anger slowly rising in his amber eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said, “Are you lying to me?”

He actually thought that there might really be zombies hiding in the base, and he was worried that something might happen to Si Huaixi, but it turned out that Si Huaixi was just teasing him!

Facing Maomao’s angry questioning, Si Huaixi had long been lying on the only wooden bed in the observation room. He lazily closed his sea-blue eyes and said with a smile, “Ah… Who knows?”

Pei Zhaozhou was bewitched by the inhumanly handsome face in front of him. His face turned red and he lost his temper for no apparent reason.

But Si Huaixi occupied the only bed in the observation room, so if he didn’t want to sleep on it, he would have to sleep on the floor.

Pei Zhaozhou frowned in confusion and said in a muffled voice, “Aren’t you going back?”

Si Huaixi: “Why go back? I need to stay here to observe whether there are any zombie mutations. If something unusual happens, at least I can find out in time…”

Pei Zhaozhou frowned, his eyes filled with disbelief: “Can people with special abilities also be infected with the zombie virus?”

Si Huaixi paused, his eyes deep as he said, “Yes, people with special abilities are not gods, and they may also be infected with the zombie virus, but the chance is lower than that of ordinary people.”

Pei Zhaozhou’s face turned pale: “Do you have it too?”

Si Huaixi’s eyes were calm as he touched Pei Zhaozhou’s soft black hair, his eyes were so deep that it was frightening.

“I am also a superpower user. If one day I become a zombie, you should run as far away from me as possible. Don’t come looking for me. Hide in a deserted corner and never appear in front of me again.”