"Then, Qian Qian and Mr. Yue, we will go ahead first," Yue Ran said.

    "Okay, Ran—" Fu Chen quickly stopped his words and let out a small fake cough before continuing, "I mean, Miss Yue, please walk slowly."

    When the figures of the two people were gone from Qi Qian and Fu Chen''s eyes and the pure white end of the beautiful girl''s dress could no longer be seen, it was then that Fu Chen was finally able to withdraw his gaze.

    "Brother Fu Chen," Qi Qian said. There was a little bit of almost imperceptible resentment and affection in her tone.

    Fu Chen only lowered his head and did not look at the girl in front of him.

    "Qian Qian, do not target her," he said.

    Fu Chen''s voice was a little different from the one he used just now. This voice sounded clearer and gentler. It was a voice that came slowly, trickling into one''s ears like the sound of a cello, beautiful and pleasant. But what the man said made Qi Qian feel a little cold.

    "Brother Fu Chen, do you know what she did?" Qi Qian asked. "The second after your death, she would immediately chat with another man. And that man that you saw today was the man that she was interested in, named Gu Si. The day they hooked up was also the day that you died trying to save her. Not to mention that she also left me alone when—"

    "Okay, that is enough, Qian Qian," Fu Chen said gently.

    At the moment when he had learned the truth, he might have resented Yue Ran a little, but after all, he still could not suppress the love for her in his heart. And therefore, he could not listen to anyone slandering her, not even if that person was his childhood friend, Qi Qian.

    "Let us head back too," Fu Chen said. "By the way, a person from the Gu family wanted to find you."

    Qi Qian looked at Fu Chen, who was already walking away, for a long time and then finally moved when the man was almost out of her sight.

    No matter how Qi Qian thought about it, she could not understand what was so good about Yue Ran and why Yue Ran deserved to be treated so affectionately by Fu Chen and even gain his full sincerity.

    After Qi Qian walked a distance away from the booth selling the flowers, someone walked out of the shadows and into the light.

    This person is Fu Chen.

    He had turned a huge circle since he did not want Qi Qian to know about this. More of the reason was that he did not want to hear her complain about Yue Ran again.

    Standing in front of the booth in Yue Ran''s previous position, he bought the basket of roses that Yue Ran wanted.

    At this time, the roses were still blooming beautifully. They looked delicate and fragrant, which was out of tune with this lifeless and gloomy cloud shrouding the world in this apocalypse.

    An exquisite little face flashed in Fu Chen''s mind, and he smiled.

    As long as he can see her, he is already very satisfied.

    …

    At night.

    The moon was high up in the sky, and Gu Si has not come back to the villa yet.

    Yue Ran changed into her pajamas and lay lazily on the bed while flipping through an old magazine that was out of date in her hand. Well, it was not like there would be another new magazine when the apocalypse was still ongoing in the world.

    Suddenly, there were several noises coming from outside the balcony. Then it was followed by several knocks on the glass doors.

    Yue Ran raised her head in the direction of the sound and walked over to open the double glass doors of the balcony. But there was no one in her sight. And instead of a person, there was actually a bouquet of roses on the ground.

    It was the very same roses in a basket in an old man''s booth that she was looking at during the day.

    The night outside is slightly cold, and the sun has never been seen in the sky for so long since the start of the zombie apocalypse. However, the moon would appear to coat the world in its silver light every night.

    The bouquet of roses looked brilliant under the moonlight, and even after so long, they were still as beautiful as they were in full bloom during the day.

    Yue Ran scanned her surroundings again, but there was still no one in sight.

    In this zombie apocalypse, except for the absolute powerhouses and special circumstances, most people would prefer not to go out at night, even if it was temporarily safe inside the base. However, no one could really guarantee that they would be absolutely safe when they were out when the sky was very dark.

    And Fu Chen, who was hiding in the shadows from afar, saw Yue Ran stepping inside the room and closing the balcony doors. With a few quick steps, he arrived at the balcony, returning to the previous position where he had placed the bouquet of roses.

    He walked a few steps to the closed balcony doors and placed his hand on the cool glass.

    Fu Chen resisted pushing the doors open and only looked inside the room with a pair of nostalgic eyes.

    …

    It was already very late at night when Fu Chen came back to his residence. But he is now an intelligent zombie who feels neither sleepy nor hungry.

    As soon as Fu Chen entered the door, Qi Qian walked up to him nervously. The worry on her face as she looked at the man was clear.

    "Brother Fu Chen, it is already very late at night," Qi Qian said. "Where have you gone for so long?"

    "It is nothing much," Fu Chen said, smiling gently at Qi Qian. "I just have some private affairs to take care of."

    "Brother Fu Chen, I know that I should not say this, but I think that it is better for you to go out less; after all, your condition is quite... special now," Qi Qian said in a rather hesitant tone.

    She did not want to offend her Brother Fu Chen with her words, but she just felt the need to say these things in case anything could happen in the future. After all, Brother Fu Chen was no longer human after that terrible incident. Sёarch* The N?vel?ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    For a moment, Qi Qian''s head replayed the scene where Fu Chen fell in between those countless terrifying monsters. But before he fell, he turned around and glanced over to Qi Qian, and his lips moved slightly as if he were uttering something amongst the roars and terror.

    He mouthed the seven words, "Take care of Ran Ran for me."

    Qi Qian seemed to have gone crazy when she saw this, and she immediately rushed into the pile of zombies, regardless of the dangers of being infected by them. She rushed forward as if the disgusting slime and icy, grotesque touch of the zombies did not exist.

    But it was useless.

    It was all useless!

    As soon as Fu Chen fell, his body was already cut into pieces of meat, and those pieces of meat were eaten up by the zombies around him.

    "Fu Chen!" Qi Qian screamed.

    She knelt on the spot where the young man had died, crying dazedly as if trying hard to grab something but to no avail. Everything was in vain.

    Every time Qi Qian thought about this incident, she would have lingering fears, as if this scene had left a permanent shadow in her heart.

    This was also one of the reasons why Qi Qian did not want or even dare to think about Fu Chen encountering any accidents when she was not there.

    If she could, she would rather that Fu Chen never leave her sight again.

    "Brother Fu Chen, if you were to be discovered," Qi Qian said and paused for a short while to let these words sink into Fu Chen''s head and to emphasize her next words. "The consequences would be unimaginable."

    "It is okay, Qian Qian," Fu Chen said. He was still maintaining his calm tone without any ups or downs. "I have my own measure."

    Fu Chen slowly took off the silver mask on his face as he spoke to Qi Qian.

    How could he not understand what Qi Qian meant by those words? But it was just that he wanted to see Yue Ran again so much that he would go out at night to visit her regardless of the dangers that might fall on him.

    When the silver mask was untied and placed on a wooden table, Qi Qian could see that there was a large and ugly scar on the right side of the original handsome and well-defined features. The scar was just below the man''s eye, shallow on the edges but very deep in the middle.

    When one were to see such a mark left on the man''s skin, they would only feel terrified and disgusted by it. One would also be able to feel the chills running down their spines.

    Fu Chen has never cared about other people''s eyes or their views of him. For him, this face was just his outer skin, a shell of sorts.

    But he cares about Yue Ran.

    And therefore, he would also care about Yue Ran''s opinions of him, her eyes on him, and her views of him.