I Pursued My Scummy Ex’s White Moonlight – Chapter 96

As soon as the team entered the main gate, the system popped out a notification that the main storyline mission was successfully completed, and the title of “Important Female Supporting Character” was obtained.

The upper limit for attributes was raised to four hundred, the attribute point reward was ten thousand, and the binding with the villain was removed.

Before Su Wenwen could react, she saw the soldiers at the entrance aiming their firearms at her head. The soldiers’ expressions looked very tense, their gazes fixed deadly on every person in the team.

Luo Xi walked forward, took off her mask and eye mask to reveal a clear and beautiful face, and explained the situation to them. Afterwards, a man who seemed to be the leader signaled for the soldiers to lower their guns.

Only after repeatedly confirming that no one was infected were Luo Xi and Su Wenwen led into the internal laboratory. The internal laboratory was also separated by a large gate. After the gate opened, there was a wide corridor. On both sides of the corridor were cameras and sterilizing spray heads, which eliminated all bacteria of those entering the corridor.

As the mist dispersed, the group could formally enter the laboratory. Su Wenwen and Luo Xi stood in front of a fully transparent glass wall. On the other side of the glass were various experimental tools and staff members. They were packing things up, carefully placing some colorful bottles and jars into a combination lockbox.

The laboratory was actually not large; more space in this building was left for survivors as an activity area.

The staff members were dressed in protective suits from head to toe, so Su Wenwen could not distinguish which one was Lin Wan.

It was not until the man pointed to one of them that Su Wenwen knew Lin Wan was sitting in front of a computer, copying data.

“Wenwen-jiejie, Xixi-jiejie!”

Hearing the familiar, child-like voice, Su Wenwen turned around joyfully. Lin Sisi came running on her little legs, throwing herself straight into Su Wenwen’s embrace.

The little one buried her face in Su Wenwen’s abdomen and said happily, “Jiejie, I missed you all so much!”

Su Wenwen also missed Sisi very much and hadn’t expected to see her again after a few months. She reached out to pat Sisi’s head, then picked her up.

She did not know if it was because her own strength had become too great, but she felt that in these past few months, Lin Sisi had become increasingly thin and small, light and floaty, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

“Why is your face yellow and are your muscles thin¹? Did your jiejie mistreat you?” Su Wenwen asked, puzzled.

“Not at all, my jiejie dotes on me. She saves all the good food for me, but…” Lin Sisi wrinkled her little face. She was clearly not old, yet she possessed a maturity of her own. “There are still many people who can’t eat their fill and have hungry stomachs. Sisi can’t just think about filling my own stomach.”

Su Wenwen pressed her lips together, praising her with some heartache for being so well-behaved. She then put Sisi down, took some candy from her spatial backpack, and handed it to her. No matter how mature a child is, she is still a child at heart; upon seeing the candy, she revealed a pure and innocent smile.

“Thank you, Wenwen-jiejie.” Sisi took the candy and clutched it in the palm of her hand.

“Why aren’t you eating it?” Su Wenwen blinked. “Doesn’t Sisi like candy the most?”

“I want to save it for my jiejie to eat.”

“It’s alright, if Sisi wants to eat it, then eat it. Jiejie has more here.” Su Wenwen couldn’t resist pinching Sisi’s cheek, feeling that it was not as plump as it used to be.

Upon hearing this, Sisi finally unwrapped a piece of candy and put it in her mouth. Even the smile on her face was as sweet as the candy.

Still so sensible. Su Wenwen patted Sisi’s head again. She did not know if it was due to malnutrition, but a child’s hair should be soft and smooth, yet Sisi’s hair felt a little dry and withered to the touch.

“Cough!”

Luo Xi suddenly nudged Su Wenwen with her elbow. Her sharp eyes were slightly downcast, as if all her grievances were concentrated on her beauty mark, transforming into a sweet yet astringent jealousy.

Su Wenwen reached out and hooked Luo Xi’s finger, which was both to soothe her and to calm her own heart, allowing her to temporarily forget the feeling of being lost after Xiao Luo’s death.

At that time, Xiao Luo had said he was infected and would stay behind to cover their retreat. Although Su Wenwen was sad, she knew it was the best choice. In the instant that Xiao Luo closed the door, the breath that had been stuck in her chest seemed to vanish, as if… it was not she who had chosen to abandon a teammate, so she could not be blamed.

Su Wenwen could only keep such selfish thoughts to herself, not daring to tell anyone.

Before long, the Adjutant led Lin Wan over. Lin Wan had changed into her regular clothes, her beautiful, jet-black hair draped over her shoulders. Perhaps because she had been cooped up in the laboratory for a long time, her skin looked extremely pale. Her height was about the same as Su Wenwen’s, and her face was expressionless.

She looked very tall and cold².

Following behind Lin Wan was a handsome and dashing man in a guard’s uniform. His gaze was constantly stuck to Lin Wan’s back, filled with endless affection. Even an outsider could see it clearly. He must be the male lead, Shen Ming.

Shen Ming was just as the book described, his roots of affection for Lin Wan were planted deep³. If things had followed the original path, Lin Wan would have already developed favorable feelings for Shen Ming by this time.

“Long time no see.”

Shen Ming and Lin Wan greeted Luo Xi. Perhaps upon seeing Shen Ming, Luo Xi thought of her father, as she only gave a faint nod in response. Shen Ming’s attitude toward Luo Xi was also distant, and he fell silent after saying this.

The scene was a bit awkward for a moment, completely lacking the joy of seeing a rescue team. However, it was understandable. The death of Father Luo had created a rift between the few of them who should have been close. The fact that they did not greet each other with cold faces showed that they still cherished their past friendship; they just had not yet found a suitable opportunity to eliminate the rift.

At this moment, Lin Sisi suddenly turned and threw herself into Lin Wan’s arms, introducing Su Wenwen in a coquettish manner, seemingly a little dissatisfied that Lin Wan had given her life-saving benefactor the cold shoulder.

Lin Wan helplessly soothed Lin Sisi, her deep black pupils looking Su Wenwen up and down. A smile appeared on her cold, hard face as she said, “Thank you for saving Sisi.”

“And thank you for sending me the text message. After the apocalypse broke out, I accidentally lost my phone, but thankfully I found it later. I was originally very worried about Sisi, and it wasn’t until I saw the message that I could calm down and continue researching the reagent.”

Mentioning the reagent, Su Wenwen subconsciously asked, “Has the reagent been successfully developed?”

“It has been developed, but it hasn’t been tested on humans yet, only on mice a few times.” Lin Wan did not intend to hide anything. She took out her phone and played a video for the two of them. “Mice that were injected with the reagent showed no signs of mutation after death. Furthermore, mice infected with the zombie virus, if injected with the reagent within an hour, can also resist it. The earlier the injection, the stronger the ability to resist the zombie virus.”

One second, Su Wenwen was happy to hear the news of the successful research into the reagent; the next second, the smile on her face froze.

Didn’t that mean that if she had chosen to save Xiao Luo at that time, he could have been injected with the reagent in time, and he wouldn’t have had to die?

Recalling the scene at the time, there was clearly a light in Xiao Luo’s eyes; he did not want to die. Because he was infected, he could only choose to sacrifice himself to cover their retreat.

If he had known there was a reagent that could cure him, would he… not have made such a choice?

Su Wenwen did not know.

Self-blame spread in her heart, but she did not know how to vent it. The stiff smile gradually faded, retracting behind an invisible facade.

“I wonder how many supplies you brought for this rescue mission,” asked a man with glasses standing next to the Adjutant.

The man was rather ordinary-looking, yet he stood next to the Adjutant, faintly overshadowing him. He was probably Doctor Liu, sent by Luo Tianyang to monitor the Adjutant.

The book did not mention much about this Doctor Liu’s character profile, so Su Wenwen was also unclear about his strength.

“However many supplies we brought is not for you to ask.” Luo Xi gave Doctor Liu a deep look. “I’m more curious, as my grandfather’s private doctor, what are you doing here instead of staying at the Luo family home?”

Doctor Liu smiled and said unhurriedly, “Times are different now. I have to earn some extra money, don’t I? I can’t just depend on the three thousand crystal cores a month from your Luo family to survive, can I?”

“Besides this rescue mission, I don’t recall there being any other missions here. I wonder if you would be so kind as to disclose it?”

“Oh, the Adjutant and I accepted another mission and just happened to run into a zombie horde, so we came here to take shelter.” Doctor Liu’s smile gradually vanished, and he deliberately emphasized “the Adjutant” in his words.

“Is that so?” Luo Xi’s gaze was meaningful, but she did not press the issue. Instead, she asked, “Then we’ll trouble the Adjutant to tell us about the situation here!”

The number of ordinary people stationed here was about one hundred, with twenty researchers and forty guards. Besides Sisi, the ability users with combat strength were the Adjutant, Doctor Liu, and the male lead, Shen Ming. Although the female lead, Lin Wan, was a spiritual ability user, it only enhanced her control over her brain for data analysis; otherwise, it would have been impossible to develop the reagent in just a few short months.

“Everything here is already packed. However, if we are to evacuate, so many people will certainly cause a commotion. Moreover, there is a very powerful zombie outside. We don’t know its abilities for now, but its organizational skills are very strong, and it seems to be very intelligent, controlling the zombies to break through our first line of defense.”

No wonder. At the time, Su Wenwen had felt that the zombie horde was too disciplined, surrounding them from all four sides. However, she had activated her five senses then and had not discovered any particularly powerful zombie.

Could it be that she had missed something?

“My powers haven’t recovered yet. Let’s rest here for the night and discuss how to evacuate tomorrow morning,” Luo Xi said, glancing at the frowning Su Wenwen.

Su Wenwen nodded.

Lin Wan also agreed, “Alright. Then everyone should rest well and eat their fill today.”

The supplies they brought were given directly to Shen Ming to handle. As the male lead, he naturally had a certain degree of leadership ability, and he was also fair and kind. Entrusting the distribution of supplies to him saved them worry and effort.

Many ordinary people lined up to receive their share. They were all quiet and did not argue endlessly over the amount of their portion. Only one middle-aged man was different; he did not line up and directly took a share of the supplies, and the amount was not small.

Seeing this, Su Wenwen did not say anything. After all, since the supplies had been handed over to the male lead for distribution, it would not be good for her to seize power and interfere.

Lin Wan invited Su Wenwen and Luo Xi to eat with them. Under Lin Sisi’s expectant gaze, the two of them gladly accepted the invitation.

The male lead, Shen Ming, as Lin Wan’s guard, was responsible for her personal protection, so naturally he went along as well.

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