I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 17

The landlady is dead

“I remember now. I gave you this insolated flask. I didn’t expect you to still have it.” The main thing was that this insolated flask was bought online and wasn’t worth much, probably around forty-something yuan.

At that time, Su Wenwen saw the villain sitting on a long bench, her mood a bit off. Seeing red spots on the white dress, she immediately understood the other’s predicament and pretended not to care much while helping the villain.

“You helped me, so naturally, I’d remember it.” Luo Xi’s eyelids were slightly lowered, concealing the light in her eyes. “I just didn’t expect you to completely forget about this.”

Su Wenwen gave an embarrassed smile. “Sorry, I really don’t remember.”

“It’s okay, it wasn’t anything important anyway.” Luo Xi dangled the keys in her hand, then turned and headed out. “Let’s go, we need to hurry back and pick up Sisi.”

Su Wenwen put the insolated flask back, but she thought to herself, If this really wasn’t important, then why does this insolated flask look brand new?

Clearly, the villain usually cherished this cup. After a moment’s thought, Su Wenwen picked up the cup again, placed it in her backpack, and then hurriedly followed the villain.

Outside the villa was a detached garage, ten times larger than Su Wenwen’s rented apartment. However, with only four cars parked inside, the space seemed a bit empty.

The villain’s explosion-proof vehicle was custom-made. Its style was similar to a nanny van¹, but its silhouette was more elegant. The rear compartment was spacious, and the last row of seats, being mostly useless, could be folded down to store supplies.

Iron gasoline cans were neatly arranged on a shelf in the corner. The cans were well-sealed and didn’t emit any smell. Su Wenwen moved them onto the vehicle one by one, then sat in the passenger seat. There was a faint, pleasant fragrance in the car. She looked around but didn’t find any incense or similar items; she just found the scent very nice.

The villain started the car.

The engine sound was quieter than that of an ordinary car.

Su Wenwen sat in the car, feeling very calm, as if she were at home, without worrying about zombies pouncing from behind.

The dark clouds in the sky looked as if they were about to collapse. It was only two in the afternoon, yet it seemed like night. The villain turned on the car’s headlights, and the beams allowed Su Wenwen to see far into the distance.

She actually had slight nearsightedness, not severe, so she wasn’t in the habit of wearing glasses. But today, she discovered her vision had become extremely good; she could see the words on a distant roadside sign with perfect clarity.

【It’s due to your high mental strength points. However, the System must remind the Host not to casually use your five senses² to perceive the surroundings, as it will consume a large amount of stamina.】

Su Wenwen quickly reined in her thoughts and stopped looking at the surroundings. She opened her character panel; her health points had dropped to a few dozen. She could only use the dried meat again. With that, all her health recovery items were used up.

However, the System had opened the shop. The shop was full of recovery consumables that could be bought with attribute points. Dried meat, for example, cost only one point. Su Wenwen currently had seven attribute points.

But she didn’t buy any dried meat because her poisoned status had been removed. Now, as long as she rested well, her health and stamina would slowly recover.

Unfortunately, some special items couldn’t be purchased, like the spatial backpack. That could only be obtained through missions. Seeing this explanation, Su Wenwen became quite worried about losing her spatial backpack.

It seemed that in the future, after getting a spatial backpack, she couldn’t just mindlessly synthesize it. Otherwise, if she really lost it carelessly one day, she wouldn’t even have a place to cry.

A few raindrops hit the car window. The rainwater was crystal red, translucent and beautiful, yet it made one’s hair stand on end. Then, the red rain, which had been brewing for a long time, finally burst forth, pouring down like a waterfall with a hualala sound.

At this rate, it would probably flood the main street in about ten minutes. The villain stepped hard on the accelerator and sped up. When they reached the residential complex’s main gate, she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car to open it.

The villain walked over under an umbrella, braving the rain.

The immense rain almost obscured the villain’s figure; everything was a vivid red expanse. Su Wenwen’s vision was blocked, and a sense of panic rose in her heart. She also got out of the car and followed the villain, braving the rain.

Vaguely, Su Wenwen saw something moving above the security room. She squinted to get a better look. Her powerful five senses allowed her to see her surroundings clearly. Above the security room was a hunting dog. The dog’s body was riddled with holes, its skin festering, and its muscles exposed. It was baring its fangs and staring at the villain.

This microbial virus would cause all mammals to mutate. Among them, the most terrifying were animal zombies. Even an unevolved hunting dog was very difficult to deal with.

Su Wenwen tightened her grip on the knife in her hand.

Using the cover of the rain, she slowly walked towards the villain, hiding herself in the downpour. She could feel her heart rate quicken. Due to her heightened concentration, she precisely captured every movement of the zombie dog.

The speed of canine zombies was not something humans could compare to. However, for the zombie dog to attack the villain, it had to jump down from above. No matter how agile its body was, it couldn’t dodge an attack in mid-air.

This was the safest and quickest way Su Wenwen could think of to deal with the zombie dog, but there was only one chance. If the zombie dog landed on the ground, it would be much harder to deal with.

Thinking of this, Su Wenwen became even more nervous. Just as the villain unlatched the gate, the zombie dog leaped up, baring its fangs, and pounced towards the villain’s back.

Su Wenwen’s eyes narrowed. She gripped the knife with both hands, and it felt as if every pore on her body opened at that moment. Just as the zombie dog was about to pounce on the villain, Su Wenwen, without hesitation, brought her knife down in a swift motion, precisely striking the zombie dog’s neck and cleanly severing its head.

Only when the zombie dog’s head rolled onto the ground did Luo Xi realize something. She turned to look and saw Su Wenwen kneeling on the ground, a headless zombie dog beside her.

Luo Xi guessed what had happened, and her face instantly turned pale. She quickly helped Su Wenwen back into the car and then drove away from the residential complex.

The car drove smoothly for a while before Luo Xi finally said, “Thank you,” expressing her heartfelt gratitude. She hadn’t expected Su Wenwen to be behind her. After all, considering the situation at the time, apart from the somewhat strange red rain, she hadn’t detected any zombies.

Luo Xi had always been confident in her intuition and skills. So, when she found no zombies around, she went to open the gate without any precautions. Fortunately, Su Wenwen had followed her.

Luo Xi glanced at Su Wenwen.

She was lying in the passenger seat with her eyes closed, looking as if she were asleep, yet not quite. Luo Xi was a little worried, so she parked the car by the roadside. Because of the heavy rain, the zombies roaming the streets had disappeared.

It was rarely so deserted and clean.

It wasn’t easy to check Su Wenwen’s condition from the driver’s seat, so she could only straighten up and lean over towards Su Wenwen, with more than half of her body suspended over the passenger seat.

“Wenwen, are you okay?”

Su Wenwen managed to open her eyelids and saw the villain’s face close up, along with her rosy lips. She was slightly stunned and, for a moment, forgot what question the villain had asked.

Luo Xi placed her cold hand on Su Wenwen’s face, then slowly moved it to the back of her head to check, her gaze fixed on Su Wenwen’s eyes.

Su Wenwen could feel the villain’s hands trembling. She guessed it was because Luo Xi was worried she might turn into a zombie. She raised her hand and gently covered the back of the villain’s hand, saying, “I’m fine, just a little tired.”

“Why are you suddenly tired?”

Su Wenwen said, “Sigh, I’m really fine. I was just too scared earlier, all tensed up. Now that I’ve relaxed, I feel a bit tired and want to sleep for a while.”

“Okay, then you sleep for a bit. It’s about a fifteen-minute drive back to the rented apartment from here. I’ll call you when we arrive.”

Su Wenwen nodded, then found a comfortable position and closed her eyes for a nap. For the zombie dog she had just killed, she received five attribute points. According to the System, the points gained from killing zombies after the red rain would be adjusted based on the zombie’s strength; the stronger the zombie, the more points she would get.

This was also considered good news.

It’s just that the mission… was a bit difficult to handle.

As Su Wenwen let her thoughts wander, she soon fell asleep. Luo Xi kept an eye on her out of the corner of her eye while driving.

Pale red water soon overflowed onto the streets. The currents continuously flowed downwards, converging into scattered puddles, which then connected to form pools, gradually spreading upwards.

The old, dilapidated, and small complex where Su Wenwen lived was on terrain that wasn’t particularly high or low. It would take some time for it to be submerged. However, with such heavy rain, it was clear they couldn’t leave today. So, Luo Xi found a high spot and parked the car there.

Seeing that Su Wenwen showed no signs of waking up, Luo Xi had no choice but to ruthlessly shake her awake. Su Wenwen groggily grabbed her backpack, wanting to put it on, but her hand fumbled behind her several times without reaching it, which was rather cute.

【Drip: Blackening Value -3】

Su Wenwen looked up and saw the villain open the car door, get out, and walk around to the passenger side under an umbrella to open her door and get her backpack.

“Thanks.” Her stamina excessively drained, Su Wenwen was very sleepy and really had no energy to carry a backpack.

She huddled under the umbrella held by the villain, and they ran together towards the rented apartment. But how could one umbrella protect two people? Rain constantly splashed onto half of her body.

However, Su Wenwen didn’t mind. She was already wet anyway, and holding the umbrella was mainly to keep the rain from blurring her vision. But the villain, while carrying the backpack and holding the umbrella, still insisted on freeing one hand to pull Su Wenwen under the umbrella.

Su Wenwen sobered up a little. If the villain ran back to the rented apartment in this posture, her arm would definitely be exhausted. Feeling sorry for the villain, she quickly raised her hand to take the umbrella, saying, “I’m much better. I’ll hold the umbrella.”

Luo Xi shook her head, hung the backpack on her arm, holding the umbrella along with it, and used her other hand to pull Su Wenwen along as they ran. Although this posture was tiring for her arm, the training she used to do with her brother was much more exhausting than this.

The two of them finally ran to the apartment building.

They found a few zombies hiding from the rain in a darker area under the stairs. The red rain had made them sluggish, and they didn’t react at all to the sound of human footsteps.

The two didn’t get entangled with the zombies. Worried about Sisi, they went straight upstairs. However, at the corner of the second floor, a faint smell of blood wafted over.

Su Wenwen frowned. Holding onto the railing, she carefully took two steps up the stairs and saw the landlady lying silently on the steps, her eyes wide open. There was a patch of blood on her clothes.

The landlady hadn’t mutated immediately after death. Clearly, she had died before the red rain began to fall, and moreover, she had been murdered.

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