Chapter 53 (1/2)

Not long after, Xu Lei prepared the water. Xiao Sa first had Liang La heat it up before saying to Bai Jing: “Go take a bath, you mustn’t catch a cold.”

Bai Jing smiled and nodded.

Xiao Sa waited for him to leave before looking back at everyone else, his formerly indulgent face had turned into a cold and serious one. He proceeded to ask in a low voice that carried an unspeakable harshness: “Is there anyone who is injured?”

“No.” Everyone shook their heads at the same time. After learning the hard way from their elder brother, they were now very careful about zombies. Even the weakest of them Xu XiaoBo blushed as he shook his head. Then a determined look flashed across his fragile face and his delicate palms turned into a tightly clenched fist. He made sure to look at each one of them as he very clearly said: “I will try to become stronger. I will not drag you back. I’ve already received so much from you guys over the years, so if I am scratched by zombies, all I ask is that you don’t hesitate to kill me…”

“You…” Liu Hua wanted to speak but no words came out, in the end, he just choked up. He only felt that his heart was flustered, and he suddenly felt out of breath. He had no qualms over rushing to the forefront when it came to killing the enemy or killing zombies. But when he thought of killing one of his brothers, his heart hurt, and it felt like a more unbearable pain than a fucking heartbreak.

“I don’t want to turn into an unconscious monster…”Xu XiaoBo said, his eyes slightly red, and even his voice trembled. In fact, he didn’t want to die at all. He wanted to properly keep on living…

“Get out of here, why would you say that?” Li Yi saw that the atmosphere was quite heavy so he quickly smiled after saying that shit. But his arms around his son only seemed to grow tighter, as if he was afraid of something.

“Dad, it hurts–” Little Meng’s soft voice sounded, bringing Li Yi back to his senses. He flashed an awkward smile which quickly turned into a forced and stiff smile. The words before had hit too close to home.

“If I’m also scratched, don’t hesitate. One shot here since I’m afraid of pain…” Liu Wei said casually while pointing at his heart. The rough and fierce man’s facial expression may have seemed like he didn’t care, but he couldn’t hide the sorrow deep in his eyes.

“Shit, I’m no weak woman, but I’m still afraid of pain. Let’s all agree that anyone who is injured or scratched should just dispose of themselves with one shot. I don’t want to kill any of my brothers. Now that we’ve all agreed on that, let’s not wallow over this anymore. My body is still wet and I want to take a bath and sleep. Tomorrow we’ll be back to traveling again, so let’s keep our spirits up.”For once Han Yan had restrained his violent temper. This whole night had been difficult so he was in no mood to scold anyone. Plus he had also suddenly found himself thinking about his death.

Zhou Ji rarely agreed with Han Yan but: “What Han Yan said is correct. Instead of thinking about this nonsense, it would be better to build enough spirit. If everyone works together towards the same goal then nothing can stand in our way. At least we know that we are smarter than zombies and our movements and reach is also much more agile. And even though we can neither confront them head on nor hide from them, we still have weapons in our hands; we still have a way to defeat them.”

Yu Yue heard them talking and found himself also moved by their words. He had never expected that the men from the criminal underworld would be so affectionate and sentimental. Hastily he interjected saying: “Exactly! So now I also would like to thank the magnificent elder brother who saved me, otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to preserve my little life.”

At that moment, Xu XiaoBo turned his head and looked at Yu Yue as he earnestly said: “I also want to thank you for saving me.” At that time he was just about to be scratched by a zombie, otherwise, he wouldn’t be so emotional right now.

Han Yan slapped the table then said: “Ok, everyone has given and received their thanks.Anyone whose life is saved should never forget to be thankful to the one who saved them. It’s not such a difficult thing to devote one’s life to. Now there is something on my mind that I must declare and you must all listen very carefully.”

Both Xu XiaoBo and Yu Yue both blushed, cursing Han Yan for his blabbermouth. But unexpectedly, the depressing mood from before had lifted. When they heard Han Yan’s words, everyone looked up as they tried to figure out what important thing he wanted to say.But in the end…

They only saw Han Yan impatiently looking sideways at Zhou Ji before saying: “You shit, give me your answer. Why do you always ignore my affections? I like you.”

“Pu!” The whole room was filled with silence. Han Yan, this was a confession, right!

Zhou Ji was speechless since he’d been caught off guard. This fool. After all these years if Zhou Ji didn’t feel anything then why would he have stuck around up until now? Zhou Ji could only sigh quietly. He was currently conflicted since even though he was very pleased with the confession, he minded being made fun of by the others.

Then he heard Han Yan say: “There is only the present moment; after today there is no tomorrow. If I die I don’t want to have any regrets. I don’t care anymore, give me your answer. What the hell is going on? Let’s talk about it.” Han Yan had already thrown caution to the wind, as the saying goes, dead pigs are not afraid of getting burnt by boiling water. Plus his expression showed that he was not going to give up until he got what he wanted.

Zhou Ji rubbed his forehead. They were still surrounded by people but he figured it was better to not give Han Yan the opportunity to keep speaking. Anyway, he was already being made fun of so he might as well be mocked a little bit more. He reached out and grabbed Han Yan’s waist, then immediately covered his lips with his own, lips that were now frozen cold from having been in the rain. He finally blocked that mouth that couldn’t shut up.

“Yeah!” No one knew who had shouted that, but the other men in the room also started whistling.

Of course, a brazen person like Han Yan also had those rare moments when he would be shy. And so he shocked everyone as he looked at Zhou Ji in a half coy half pouting manner and said with a blushing face: “You’re a dead man!”

“You’re shy… ” This was too damn much, this was still Han Yan right…