Chapter 8 (2/2)

”Of the special force members, there are six left. You, me, Chun Cao, Zhang Yingjie, Ding s.h.i.+, Guo Weixiang. Everyone else … is gone.”

The surroundings were quiet, the night breeze carrying over the whimpering sobs from the crowd i the distance.

Zhou Rong clenched his teeth so hard that his cheeks were spasming, then bang! He punched the tree on his side!

It cracked and issued a dangerous creaking sound. Ya Hao unconsciously took half a step back.

“What are you doing!” Yan Hao hissed at him, “Do you want to draw the zombies here?!”

Red liquid slowly slipped from out of Zhou Rong's fingers. The blood smell was extremely strong, and a rich fragrance of alpha pheromone instantanly broke out of the inhibitor effect. Like a roar of a beast, it scattered away in all directions.

Zhou Rong forced himself to take a deep breath and withdrew his trembling fist.

Yan Hao took out a water bottle and quickly washed the tree. He moved to pour some water to Zhou Rong's hand but was blocked without a word. The other man then licked his own wounds, his eyes s.h.i.+ning brightly in the darkness. His appearance resembled those of a despaired wolf with injuries that couldn't be healed.

”…… Arrange for overnight s.h.i.+fts with three people in each group. We are going to the industrial area tomorrow morning at six.” After a moment of silence, Zhou Rong continued quitely: ”If in these two days there is still no news from City B, I will go there myself to see the situation.”

Yan Hao want to protest, but Zhou Rong had already turned away with lowered head. He immediately hurried to chase him.

Si Nan ate half a bottle of his yellow peach syrup, then exchanged the rest with a half pack of cigarettes from a man in the minibus. The man gave the peach syrup to his wife, and Si Nan walked away to find Zhou Rong. He stopped short when he reached the edge of the woods.

The night air was tainted with something which made him uncomfortable.

The weird smell floated in midair- strong, mature, and aggressive; he subconsciously sought out the source, but standing there turned his nerves haywire and he was. .h.i.t with a sudden bout of dizziness.

…… It's  an Alpha's pheromone.

But how can there be alpha in this wilderness? Is there an alpha's dead body in the woods?

Si Nan looked around, the cars' lights revealing the open s.p.a.ce surrounding the place. The rest of the survivors were getting ready to rest for the night. The other side of the forest was immersed in darkness and the distant lights were dim and seemed ominous.

“Are you all right?” A woman’s voice suddenly heard behind him.

Si Nan turned back and saw Chun Cao looking at him curiously.

”…… Do you smell anything? ”

“Eh, no?” Chun Cao inhaled deeply with her eyes closed.

Si Nan: “? ”

The next second, Chun Cao suddenly let out a violent sneeze which sprayed onto Si Nan's face.

“It must be the smell of rotten corpses!” Chun Cao rubbed at her nose and pushed at Si Nan's back, her ears turning red: ”Go back to bed, don’t worry about anything! Just go!”

The confused Si Nan was strongly pushed back to the biodiesel-car.

That night, the special soldiers were divided into three groups. Chun Cao and Ding s.h.i.+ s.h.i.+ft was until twelve o'clock, then Yan Hao and Guo Weixiang replaced them until three o'clock, and the last group was Zhou Rong and Zhang Yingjie who stayed awake until morning.

Zhou Rong slept poorly and had to wake up for his s.h.i.+ft.

The rear compartment seats were lifted up, and several special force members were lying horizontally in its place. Zhou Rong felt someone lying so close on his side. He turned and found out it was Si Nan.

In his sleep, SI Nan had unconsciously seek out heat source closest to him, which happened to be Zhou Rong's body. The young man was holding onto Zhou Rong's arm, and was breathing long and steady to the other man's shoulder.

At that moment, Zhao Rong felt dazed

Memories of the past flashed through his mind. Even in the dim light, that gentle and beautiful face, those closed eyelids, they were quietly overlapping with the images that had long disappeared from his thoughts.

Zhou Rong unconsciously raised his hands and put Si Nan's loose hair behind his ear.

During this time, sound of footsteps could be heard outside the door and soon the door was gently opened.

Zhou Rong immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, although he himself did not know what that conditional reflex was for. A few seconds later, he felt someone got into the car and walked through the soldiers lying on the ground quietly, before stopping in front of them.

Immediately afterwards, the man bent down and lifted Si Nan's hand. The action was gentle and careful.

Si Nan, who had eaten antipyretic medicines the night before, did not wake up and merely mumbled in his sleep.

Zhou Rong continued to lie there motionlessly. After a while, he finally heard that someone opened his mouth and gently said, ”Thank you for saving my life.”

–it’s Yan Hao.

With surprised heart, Zhao Rong opened his eyes a little.

In the dim light of the car, Yan Hao lowered his head, and with a slight intact of breath, he placed a kiss on Si Nan's temple.

It was a barely touching, nervous, and sincere kiss.

The emotion on Zhou Rong’s eyes were difficult to describe.

Like a boy who had just stolen a candy, Yan Hao hurriedly got up and walked out the car with a light step.

Once the door was closed and darkness returned inside the car,  Zhou Rong closed his eyes in silent.

Unedited, will be replaced with the edited version soon.

Corrections are welcome 0/

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