Villainous Zombie King (11)
Song Xuyi finally couldn’t resist Ye Shuiyu’s crying and was held by her hand, sleeping together on the same bed.
On the left side of the pillow was Ye Shuiyu’s quietly sleeping profile, and on the right was Zhao Miaomiao’s serene face. Song Xuyi, originally extremely tired, now couldn’t sleep at all.
She desperately tried to convince herself to treat Ye Shuiyu just as a child, but looking at Ye Shuiyu’s face, beautiful enough to make one’s heart race, Song Xuyi simply couldn’t deceive herself. Warmth spread from the hand held by Ye Shuiyu, and Song Xuyi’s palm was sweating.
Seeing that Ye Shuiyu seemed to be sound asleep, Song Xuyi bit her lower lip and quietly withdrew her hand, turning to face Zhao Miaomiao’s direction.
She secretly sighed with relief in her heart, and drowsiness washed over her again. Just as she was about to fall into a dream, there was a rustle behind her. A body pressed against her, hugging Song Xuyi’s waist and embracing her.
Song Xuyi was thunderstruck, and her sleepiness completely vanished in that instant.
Her body stiffened like a statue, instinctively wanting to break free, but as she moved, Song Xuyi hesitated: if she woke up Ye Shuiyu and she cried again, what should she do?
With this hesitation, Song Xuyi didn’t dare to move anymore. Even though her body was burning hot and her back was covered in a fine sweat, her face turned red involuntarily due to shyness.
How did things develop to this point?
Song Xuyi couldn’t understand no matter how hard she thought.
The system, which had been busy with self-inspection, sensed Song Xuyi’s confusion and rarely came online again.
Perhaps due to multiple hopes and disappointments, the system felt it had already “broken the pot and smashed it” (“po guan zi po sui”, an idiom meaning to give up completely). After perceiving Song Xuyi’s confusion, not only did it not secretly rejoice, but it even couldn’t help comforting Song Xuyi: “It’s actually not that bad!” The system spoke with a sense of world-weariness: “Wife, children, and a warm kang (a traditional heated bed), you already have a wife and children. Since you can’t resist, just accept it…”
“System!” Song Xuyi widened her eyes, unable to imagine that the system would say such things! She almost couldn’t help but question the system, “Have you forgotten the rule about not being able to fall in love?”
But as the words reached her lips, Song Xuyi felt something strange. If she answered the system, wouldn’t it confirm that she was in a relationship with Ye Shuiyu?
But she wasn’t in a relationship with Ye Shuiyu…
After thinking for a while, Song Xuyi ultimately didn’t express her stance. Although the system’s words seemed exaggerated, at this point, there was no other way, and she could only accept this situation as the system had said.
Song Xuyi was focused on communicating with the system, but she didn’t expect that Ye Shuiyu, who was supposedly sound asleep behind her, suddenly opened her eyes, with a flash of red light passing through them…
Ye Shuiyu’s body behind her suddenly seemed to become a bit stiff. Song Xuyi inexplicably felt a bit uncomfortable and was about to turn around when drowsiness suddenly washed over her. Song Xuyi yawned, and soon fell asleep.
Meeting the system’s astonished gaze, Ye Shuiyu sat up. She bent down and looked deeply at Song Xuyi, seemingly frustrated as she forcefully pinched Song Xuyi’s cheek.
Song Xuyi frowned uncomfortably in her sleep. Ye Shuiyu pursed her lips but released her hand and slowly stood up.
There was a faint flickering red light in her eyes, and her expression was cold and distant, completely different from the coquettish and clingy girl who had been sticking to Song Xuyi during the day.
Ye Shuiyu slowly walked to the window. The large floor-to-ceiling glass suddenly broke open with a big hole. Ye Shuiyu walked onto the windowsill and raised her hand towards the outside.
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Is the villain trying to jump off the building?
The system’s heart skipped a beat. Although it didn’t like this woman with the villain’s face, it was still a life after all. Fearing that Ye Shuiyu might really jump, the system couldn’t help but start calling out in Song Xuyi’s mind, trying to wake her up.
However, no matter how long the system called, Song Xuyi didn’t wake up.
Something’s not right!
Xuyi had always been alert when sleeping, how could she sleep so deeply?
The system sensed something unusual in its heart and vigilantly looked at Ye Shuiyu again. At this time, at the bottom of the villa, countless black figures swayed and emerged from the shadows, crowding together in the open space below.
Hundreds of zombies gathered together, fierce mutant birds flew in the air, and mutant beasts crouched on the surrounding houses. The scene before them was as horrifying as hell on earth (“ren jian lian yu”, a phrase describing an extremely terrible situation). However, the zombies and mutant beasts that usually howled and fought seemed to have been tamed by something, not making a sound.
What’s going on?
The system’s gaze fell on Ye Shuiyu once again.
The flickering red light in Ye Shuiyu’s eyes grew stronger.
Meeting the system’s widened eyes, Ye Shuiyu lowered her hand, and the system clearly saw that with Ye Shuiyu’s movement, those zombies below, who had originally looked blank, visibly showed a trace of fear on their faces.
A ‘gulping’ sound came from Ye Shuiyu’s throat, a sound that the system had only heard zombies make before, like a simple form of communication.
Simultaneously, all the zombies knelt down. Flying creatures landed on the ground, beasts bent their forelegs, and all creatures infected with the zombie virus showed a submissive posture towards Ye Shuiyu, as if kneeling to their king.
How could Ye Shuiyu make zombie sounds, and why did the zombies listen to her so obediently…
Is she still human…
Countless questions flashed through the system’s mind.
But a truth slowly emerged in the system’s mind—
When zombies develop intelligence, they look exactly like humans.
The system recalled the zombie tide in the original plot summary that had destroyed the male and female protagonists. Looking at Ye Shuiyu commanding the zombies before it, the system suddenly understood all the connections—
If anyone in the apocalypse could command all zombies, besides Ye Shuiyu in front of it, the system couldn’t think of anyone else who could have this ability.
Because Ye Shuiyu wasn’t human, the system’s villain detection radar hadn’t detected Ye Shuiyu’s villain identity. After all, the system’s radar couldn’t detect non-human beings…
And Ye Shuiyu, with this face, was indeed the super villain not mentioned in the plot summary!
Should this be told to Xuyi?
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Song Xuyi was woken up the next morning by little Zhao Miaomiao’s crying.
Zhao Miaomiao was being coquettish and insisted that Song Xuyi carry her on her back to the bathroom.
Song Xuyi’s head was aching from Zhao Miaomiao’s crying and was about to sleepily fulfill Zhao Miaomiao’s wish when she saw a hand reach out from behind.
The owner of that hand mercilessly lifted Zhao Miaomiao by her collar and coldly met Zhao Miaomiao’s gaze, her voice icy: “I’ll take you!”
Zhao Miaomiao originally didn’t want to go, her mouth pouting, seeming like she would cry out in the next moment. Song Xuyi was afraid that if Zhao Miaomiao started crying, she wouldn’t stop, and was about to get up when she saw Zhao Miaomiao’s eyes flicker. Suddenly, she mechanically reached out to Ye Shuiyu: “Sister carry!”
Song Xuyi widened her eyes, watching Ye Shuiyu take Zhao Miaomiao to the bathroom with not-so-gentle movements.
The water sound in the bathroom was loud, and Song Xuyi couldn’t hear what was happening inside. When Ye Shuiyu brought Zhao Miaomiao out again, Zhao Miaomiao had obviously been crying, her expression fearful, but she didn’t continue to cry and make a fuss.
“What did Ye Shuiyu say to her?” Song Xuyi marveled in her heart: she had spent so much time unable to persuade Zhao Miaomiao, yet unexpectedly, Ye Shuiyu had managed to persuade her in just a short while.
“She didn’t say much,” the system sighed numbly, calmly badmouthing Ye Shuiyu in front of Song Xuyi: “She just said that if Zhao Miaomiao continued to cling to you and disturb your rest, she would throw Zhao Miaomiao by the roadside to feed the zombies.”
The system had struggled all night and finally decided not to tell Song Xuyi about Ye Shuiyu being a zombie for now.
After all, Xuyi’s current ability could help others but not protect herself. For Xuyi to successfully find the male and female protagonists in Jing City, she still needed to rely on Ye Shuiyu in many aspects. The system also understood Song Xuyi’s personality; if she knew Ye Shuiyu was a villain, she might expose flaws in front of the villain.
In any case, Ye Shuiyu currently didn’t have bad intentions towards Xuyi. Even yesterday when Xuyi angered her, she only pinched Xuyi’s cheeks. It would be better to follow Ye Shuiyu and tell Xuyi the truth after reaching Jing City.
Since the two were likely to become enemies in the future, the system naturally wanted to lay a good foundation for their future split, and wouldn’t help Ye Shuiyu conceal her intimidation of the little girl…
Song Xuyi didn’t expect Ye Shuiyu to threaten a little girl like this and was somewhat amused and exasperated.
But thinking carefully, it wasn’t strange for Ye Shuiyu to do this. After all, the current Ye Shuiyu believed she was only ten years old, and a ten-year-old naturally couldn’t think of very tactful words to coax Zhao Miaomiao.
Due to the urgency of the journey, Song Xuyi didn’t have much time to guide Zhao Miaomiao. Not long after getting up, they got in the car and continued on their way.
Song Xuyi originally thought the small incident in the morning was over, but for the rest of the day, Zhao Miaomiao remained particularly quiet. If she wanted to do anything, the first person she looked at was Ye Shuiyu.
“Sister Shuiyu, can I go pee? I don’t need mommy to watch me.”
“Sister Shuiyu, can I drink water? I don’t need mommy to open the bottle cap, Sister Shuiyu can do it…”
…
When Zhao Miaomiao went to the bathroom again, Song Xuyi looked at Zhao Miaomiao squatting in the grass not far away, sighed in her heart, and decided to have a chat with Ye Shuiyu.
“What was Shuiyu’s ten-year-old life like?” Song Xuyi decided to start with a safe topic and gradually guide the conversation.
“I went to help in my dad’s research institute. He said he had a way to bring mom back to life,” Ye Shuiyu, as always, was frank with Song Xuyi, lowering her head. Song Xuyi couldn’t see her expression. “But I’m sorry, Xuyi, I promised dad I would never tell anyone about the content of his research…”
What kind of help could a ten-year-old child provide in a research institute?
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Song Xuyi frowned, glancing at Ye Shuiyu, not knowing why, but suddenly feeling an ominous premonition in her heart.
But since Ye Shuiyu wouldn’t say, Song Xuyi couldn’t press further.
At this moment, Zhao Miaomiao returned from the bathroom, and Song Xuyi remembered her original intention for asking.
After some thought, Song Xuyi decided to start with Zhao Miaomiao. She looked at Zhao Miaomiao and smiled gently: “Miaomiao seems to be very afraid of Shuiyu?”
Song Xuyi’s original intention was to let Ye Shuiyu know about Zhao Miaomiao’s fear of her, hoping she would say a few soft words to comfort Zhao Miaomiao’s emotions. However, to Song Xuyi’s surprise, Ye Shuiyu glanced at Zhao Miaomiao without saying a word, while Zhao Miaomiao, upon hearing Song Xuyi’s words, widened her eyes in terror, her voice tinged with tears: “I’m not, I’m really not afraid of Sister Shuiyu…”
“I… I love Sister Shuiyu the most!”
The author has something to say:
Little girl, if you’re being threatened, just blink.
LP: Re-translated on November 11, 2024