15 The Rise of Speed (1/2)

Lin Qiao was unwilling to give up. As she handed the things in her hands to Wu Yueling, she again 'said' a few words to her.

”Hurr? Hurr?”

'Ling Ling? Ling Ling?' she called her name.

At that moment, she noticed a change in Wu Yueling's expression. The little one paused for a second, then dragged her eyes away from the grass dragonfly in Lin Qiao's hand to look at her left and then right with confusion, only too see nothing. After that, she turned back and looked at Lin Qiao in the eyes, her eyes filled with confusion.

Seeing her reaction, Lin Qiao paused briefly as well. She felt a flicker in her heart, which she suddenly realized was delight.

”Hurr, roarrrrr?” She made another series of weird sounds as she tried again to say Wu Yueling's name. 'Ling Ling, can you hear me?' she asked.

This time, Wu Yueling's reaction was unexpected.

After hearing Lin Qiao's voice again, she stared straight at the former as her expression seemed to freeze. She kept staring at Lin Qiao without making any sound, or even having any thought in her mind.

Lin Qiao was confused.

Had Wu Yueling heard her or not? Why had her expression suddenly frozen like that? Had her voice scared her?

From Lu Tianyu's memories, Lin Qiao had learned that this child was an introvert who never liked to talk. With the exception of her father, she wouldn't let anyone get near her.

She was kidnapped by Lu Tianyu because the latter had used Wu Chengyue as an excuse. Lu Tianyu took advantage of the other's carelessness and tricked the little girl into a corner, then directly knocked her out and carried her away.

As for how a base leader's daughter could be kidnapped so easily, the sole reason was that Lu Tianyu had a powerful person backing her—another base leader had been helping her.

Wu Yueling's stiff expression relaxed quickly, but her eyes remained vigilant as she gazed at Lin Qiao. She could still see the grass dragonfly in the latter's hand.

As the child focused on the grass dragonfly, Lin Qiao immediately seized the opportunity to hand it to her.

By now, Wu Yueling was no longer afraid of Lin Qiao. She had seen a lot of zombies, and they were almost always ugly and gross. However, as long as this zombie didn't try to bite and eat her, she didn't care.

Looking at the grass dragonfly that Lin Qiao had handed to her, Wu Yueling now understood that it was meant for her. She remained motionless for a while, then slowly reached out her hand from the blanket and carefully took it from the former's hand.

Lin Qiao then slowly placed the funnel near Wu Yueling's mouth and beckoned her to drink a little. The water had already begun to seep out from the bottom of the funnel.

However, Wu Yueling only looked at the water silently without opening her mouth to drink it, but not avoiding it either.

Lin Qiao could only keep patiently holding the funnel, afraid to put it down.

After about twenty seconds by Lin Qiao's count, Wu Yueling finally made a move.

She lightly and tentatively leaned her mouth toward the funnel in Lin Qiao's hand, opening her mouth just a little to take a sip of the water in the funnel. About half of the water had already seeped out by that time. She then discovered that the water was quite sweet, so she continued drinking it.

By the time the child had finally drunk all the water in the funnel, Lin Qiao felt she should have had sweat trickling down her face, even though zombies didn't sweat.

'Phew! The little princess finally drank some water! My heart is so tired!' Lin Qiao complained silently.

But then, another problem occurred to her. By this time, the child couldn't feel hunger anymore as she had been starving for too long, but the water she just drank was likely to re-ignite that feeling of hunger.