I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 7

Not very good at judging people.

The punishment of a passerby cannon fodder.

Su Wenwen now understood what that meant. In apocalyptic novels, the only role of passerby cannon fodder was to increase the horror level of the story.

Things like drawing lots, being abandoned by teammates, being pounced on by zombies, and so on, all fell into the category of punishment. In short, it meant your luck was lowered, and then anything could happen.

【Not bad, Host isn’t dumb.】

This System’s tone was a bit annoying. It seemed Su Wenwen would have to work even harder on future tasks. She really didn’t want to feel the pain of being bitten by zombies again; just thinking about it made her hands tremble uncontrollably.

“Big sister, your hand is bleeding so much. Does it hurt?”

After the vehicle stabilized, people gradually stood up. The little girl saw the blood on the villain’s hand and, ignoring her own pain, picked up a pack of tissues that had fallen on the floor. She squatted down beside Luo Xi and wanted to wipe her hand.

“It doesn’t hurt.” Luo Xi smiled, very gently.

The little girl smiled back, then looked at Su Wenwen standing nearby and said, “You big sisters are so amazing, you can fight monsters. You’re supermen.”

Su Wenwen ignored the girl. She didn’t want to be a superman; she only killed zombies for attribute points, and she had almost lost her life doing it.

Thinking of this, she opened the system panel.

She put all the attribute points she had gained into strength, then opened her inventory to check the items she had acquired. When she was pounced on by the zombie just now, her mind had gone blank, and she forgot she could use an item to restore stamina.

【Sigh, the System actually wanted to ask if the Host wanted to use an item to restore stamina just now, but the Host ignored the System.】

Su Wenwen was a bit speechless. For a moment, she didn’t know what to complain about, so she could only tell the System to be direct next time it prompted her, no need to beat around the bush¹.

【Okay!】

Su Wenwen saw the floor was littered with bloodstained tissues, and only then did she shift her attention to the villain.

The wound on the villain’s hand was a straight line, clean and neat, looking like a knife cut. Obviously, she also had a knife on her. Su Wenwen’s gaze roamed over the villain’s body. There were no pockets on her skirt, and the women’s suit outlined her exquisite curves. She really couldn’t see where the knife was hidden.

The bus moved in fits and starts.

There were many abandoned vehicles on the road.

Occasionally, living people could be seen darting between the vehicles, with zombies frantically chasing them from behind. In the end, none of those living people escaped; they became one of the zombies. Some survivors in buildings hung bedsheets out of windows, all invariably marked with “SOS” pleas for help. When they saw the bus passing by, they would wave and call for help. Clearly, after seeing such a desolate scene, those people realized rescue teams wouldn’t be coming anytime soon.

But the bus never stopped.

Inside the bus, some people covered their faces and wept, while others stared blankly.

The bus drove around for a long time, but they hadn’t managed to pick up any of their family members. They seemed lost and dejected, not knowing how to face the future.

Hearing the crying, the little girl started sobbing too, saying she wanted her mommy and daddy. But the old man turned his head away, merely placing his hand on the girl’s head as comfort, his gaze fixed outside the window, his wrinkled face full of sorrow.

At this moment, the man driving said, “The East District Hospital is just ahead. My daughter is in the hospital. As agreed, it’s my turn to pick up my daughter.”

When Su Wenwen heard this, her brow furrowed tightly.

In the early stages of the apocalypse, hospitals and schools were the most dangerous places.

After all, in such small places with so many people coming and going, how could they not be dangerous? Moreover, the apocalypse had just broken out, and the zombies were still gathered in groups, not yet fully dispersed. Su Wenwen really didn’t want to go to the hospital.

The man added, “Later, when you go into the hospital, don’t forget to grab plenty of medicine. You’ll definitely need it.”

As soon as the man said this, even those who hadn’t wanted to enter the hospital began to consider what they needed to do next to survive.

What was most scarce in the apocalypse?

Nothing more than medicine and food. Even in the later stages of the apocalypse, these two things commanded extremely high prices. Now, medicine was right in front of them; it just depended on whether they dared to go in and get it.

“I’d like to go in, but I don’t have a weapon.” After saying this, the man looked at the villain and Su Wenwen.

Su Wenwen smiled and said, “What, you want to snatch my knife?”

Although she was smiling, her smile was cold, as if she was ready to chop someone with a kitchen knife at any moment. Seeing this, the man gave a scornful laugh and shook his head.

The man driving said, “There are plenty of knives in the hospital.”

That was true. It just depended on whether they’d be alive long enough to get one.

The bus slowly stopped at the hospital entrance.

The entrance was deathly silent. The original automatic gate was now lying on the ground, covered in bloodstains and bits of flesh. Just looking at it, Su Wenwen could feel the horror of that moment. How many people must have crowded together to push down the metal automatic gate?

After parking the bus, the man stood up and asked, “Is anyone going into the hospital with me?”

At first, no one answered.

The man said again, “Alright then, I’ll go in by myself. You all wait here for me for half a day. If I don’t come out, you can drive away on your own. If I do come out, I can share some of the medicine I get with you, as a reward for waiting.”

Hearing this, Su Wenwen actually got a pretty good impression of the man. However, she had medicine hoarded at home and didn’t want to risk her life for strangers.

After weighing the pros and cons, two people decided to follow the man into the hospital. The rest remained silent.

Before leaving, the man specifically told everyone how to start the bus. He explained it very seriously, not holding anything back.

However, Su Wenwen noticed the man’s gaze would occasionally flick towards the hospital entrance; he was clearly very worried about his daughter.

She didn’t quite know what to feel. When the man finished speaking and was about to leave, Su Wenwen still handed him the kitchen knife she was gripping tightly.

The man paused for a moment, took the kitchen knife, and said with a smile, “Thanks.”

After the three of them left, Su Wenwen felt a bit tired and sat by the window, spacing out. Not long after their figures disappeared around the corner, hidden zombies started popping out. Some wore white coats, some wore patient gowns; old and young, all covered in blood, they all chased after the three people like a long dragon.

“Grandpa, will that uncle come back?” the little girl asked, hiding in the old man’s arms.

The old man just stroked the girl’s head and didn’t speak.

Others didn’t know how terrifying hospitals were in the early stages of the apocalypse, but Su Wenwen knew. The people lying in those hospital rooms, and those who came to queue at the hospital early in the morning—given the scale of East District Hospital, there were at least three thousand of them. So, it was highly probable that those three wouldn’t make it out alive.

“Weren’t you pretty formidable when you were killing zombies just now? Why are your hands shaking so much now?” Luo Xi sat down next to Su Wenwen, noticing she kept clenching her hands, her fingertips turning white from the pressure.

Hearing this, Su Wenwen came to her senses and realized her hands were trembling uncontrollably. She hadn’t expected that even after surviving in the apocalypse for a year, she would still instinctively fear zombies.

She was trying very hard to control her limbs, but her body wouldn’t obey and kept shaking. She couldn’t even feel her body temperature; it was getting colder and colder, just like in her previous life when she was bitten to death, the warm blood draining away, leaving only a cold, broken shell.

Luo Xi frowned at Su Wenwen.

She took out her phone, swiped the screen open, tapped it a few times, then handed it to Su Wenwen to look at, saying, “Your girlfriend is slandering you like this. Aren’t you going to say something?”

Su Wenwen glanced at it. It turned out to be the Weibo post Helian Yun had made earlier. The likes were still around a hundred, and the comments hadn’t changed much.

“Not girlfriend, ex-girlfriend.” Su Wenwen looked up at the villain’s eyes. “How do you know it’s slander? Maybe it’s true?”

Luo Xi’s lips curved up slightly. “She secretly photographed me for several years. Do you think I’d believe her or you?”

Believing Helian Yun or Su Wenwen—this rhetorical question sounded a bit strange, yet also quite normal. Su Wenwen was somewhat unsure how to answer.

“Your ex-girlfriend posted another update,” Luo Xi said again.

Helian Yun directly @’d Luo Xi’s Weibo, saying she had hoarded a lot of food at home and asking if she should send some over to her. The meaning was self-evident: she was trying to find out Luo Xi’s location.

Su Wenwen remembered that in her previous life, Helian Yun had indeed hoarded a lot of food after the apocalypse broke out. That was also when Su Wenwen, starving at home and on the verge of collapse, had no choice but to risk danger to find Helian Yun’s place.

At that time, the internet was intermittent. She couldn’t contact Helian Yun and didn’t dare to knock on the door. However, she had a key to the house because Helian Yun had given it to her as collateral when she borrowed money from Su Wenwen, and also to reassure Su Wenwen.

After she directly opened the door and went in, she saw Helian Yun eating bread and drinking milk. Su Wenwen was so hungry that she didn’t notice Helian Yun’s surprised and disgusted gaze. Helian Yun had very reluctantly shared a little food with Su Wenwen.

This was also why, in the following year, Su Wenwen would rather go hungry herself than let Helian Yun starve. After all, during her most difficult time, even though Helian Yun was extremely reluctant, she still gave Su Wenwen a bite to eat.

【Has the Host’s brain been scared silly? You’re still thinking about Helian Yun’s good deeds now?】

Su Wenwen had always been clear about gratitude and grievances. Of course, she remembered the good, but she couldn’t forget the bad either. The favors she owed, she had repaid in her previous life. Now, she just wanted Helian Yun to reap what she sowed².

“What do you think I should reply to her?”

“Don’t bother with her.”

In her previous life, no matter how many messages Helian Yun sent or how many calls she made, the villain had never paid her any attention, even blacklisting her. It was clear how annoyed the villain was with Helian Yun.

Luo Xi nodded, tapped her phone a few times, and then put it away.

Not long after, Su Wenwen’s phone chimed with a “ding-dong.”

She swiped her phone open and saw it was an interrogative message from Helian Yun.

Asking what Su Wenwen had said that caused the villain to blacklist her Weibo account too. Su Wenwen chuckled. She hadn’t expected the villain, just like in her previous life, to completely blacklist Helian Yun.

Luo Xi glanced at Su Wenwen’s phone screen and said, “You’re not very good at judging people.”

Su Wenwen couldn’t refute it. Back then, she had agreed to Helian Yun’s pursuit entirely because she was attracted to her appearance. As for her personality… she could only say that Helian Yun had hidden it too well at the beginning.

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