Monster Girlfriend(Apocalypse) 25p1

Chapter 25 p1

Time waits for no one. No matter how eager Xia Weishuang was to control her ability, she couldn’t achieve it overnight.

Before making dinner, Xia Weishuang went downstairs.

She walked past all the rooms on the third floor, then went down to the second floor. Sang Lu followed beside her, while Mi Lele and Xia Qingxue stayed in the room.

Xia Weishuang vaguely remembered that Anna lived in 307, Yang Dajun in 306, and the other rooms were either too dirty or had zombies locked inside. On the second floor, Little Zhang and Liu Damin originally lived together. Now that Little Zhang was gone, Liu Damin lived alone. His room was 201.

The grandfather, grandmother, and their grandson, as well as the female university student, also lived on the second floor. Xia Weishuang remembered that the female university student was in 203, and the grandfather and his family seemed to live on the other end. Xia Weishuang hadn’t paid attention to which specific room.

And Sister Liu lived in the room behind the reception desk on the first floor, so she could receive guests at any time. The rest of the first floor was the reception hall, the back kitchen, the storage room, the cleaning room, and other similar places. There were no guest rooms.

In the guesthouse, besides the rooms where everyone lived, only Sister Liu had the keys to all the other rooms.

When Xia Weishuang came down, Liu Damin, Sister Liu, and the old couple were playing mahjong. The old couple’s little grandson was lying on the side, reading a picture book.

It was not good for people to be idle all the time. It was fine to have some fun.

Seeing Xia Weishuang, Sister Liu greeted her warmly, “Little Xia, do you want to come and play a few rounds?”

Xia Weishuang smiled and walked over. She patted Sister Liu’s shoulder to test her ability, but it was still not very successful. She said, “I don’t know how to play mahjong. You guys go ahead.”

“Little Xia, are you hungry?” Sister Liu said, “There’s still some food in the kitchen.”

As she spoke, she was about to look for the kitchen key that was hanging on her body. One should not have the heart to harm others, but one must be on guard against others. The kitchen was usually locked to prevent thieves.

And sure enough, Ye Chen had stolen things and left when she had forgotten to lock the door due to her poor memory.

Xia Weishuang looked at the keys on her waist and said, “No need, I’m not hungry yet. By the way, Sister Liu, do you have another room card for 304? It’s not very convenient for the four of us to have only one room card.”

Although the power was out, the smart door lock was powered by batteries and could still be used.

Sister Liu said, “Yes, yes. We originally kept a spare for cleaning, but now we don’t need to clean, so you can have it.”

As she spoke, she stood up to get the room card. The room card was not in her room, but behind the reception desk, locked in a drawer under the counter.

Xia Weishuang was deep in thought.

After that, Sister Liu played two more rounds of mahjong, then started to prepare dinner. The old grandmother and Sister Liu went to the kitchen to get busy, while Liu Damin cleaned the living room.

Xia Weishuang observed for a while, then suddenly took a step forward, snatched the broom from Liu Damin’s hand, and casually touched his skin.

The ability did not react.

Liu Damin was startled. “Miss Xia, no need, I can do it myself.”

Xia Weishuang smiled and asked, “Was it exciting to go out and find things for the first time? Were you injured?”

Liu Damin shook his head repeatedly. “I run fast. I wasn’t injured at all.”

As if he was afraid that Xia Weishuang wouldn’t believe him, he quickly rolled up his sleeves and flexed the muscles on his arms.

“Then what’s that on your face?”

Liu Damin let out an “eh” and quickly explained, “I accidentally cut myself while shaving this morning. It was there before I went out!”

Xia Weishuang smiled and returned the broom to him, then went back to 304. As soon as she entered, she asked Xia Qingxue if anyone had come by.

Xia Qingxue shook her head. “No one. What’s wrong?”

“There’s a wolf hidden among us.”

Xia Qingxue was startled. “Sis, did you predict it?”

Xia Weishuang nodded and said, “Yes, but don’t be too scared. He probably won’t come looking for trouble with us.”

“Who is it?”

Xia Weishuang thought for a moment and said, “I suspect Yang Dajun is trying to harm everyone.”

“What, what? He wants to harm people?” Xia Qingxue immediately sat up straight and, hugging Mi Lele’s shoulder, asked curiously.

Xia Weishuang sighed and told her what she had predicted.

The time was a gray and gloomy dawn, and the place was a blood-stained guest room.

She saw the zombified Ye Chen attacking Sister Liu in this room where a zombie was locked. Sister Liu, while resisting the zombie, shouted angrily at the door, “You harm people as soon as they leave, you heartless beast! Coward! I was really blind to have saved you!”

The door was slammed shut with a loud bang.

Xia Weishuang saw the tragic scene of Sister Liu being bitten to death, but she didn’t see who the murderer was.

Sister Liu was murdered. Not long after Xia Weishuang and the others left, judging from Sister Liu’s words, it was very likely that the murderer couldn’t hold back the day after they left.

This was originally Sister Liu’s fate. If Xia Weishuang didn’t have this ability and didn’t see anything, she would have left with blessings for Sister Liu and the others. Maybe one day in the future, when life returned to normal, she would still wonder how Sister Liu and the others were doing.

But she had seen it.

Sister Liu was a warm and kind woman and shouldn’t have had such an end.

Xia Weishuang wanted to stop the murderer, and she wanted to eliminate this black sheep.

Xia Weishuang said, “Actually, I was a little puzzled this morning. Why did the careful Sister Liu forget to close the window last night, and Ye Chen happened to steal things and run away? And it’s actually very difficult to leave the guesthouse without a sound. Now that I think about it, someone deliberately created the illusion that Ye Chen had stolen things and left, just to prevent others from investigating where Ye Chen is now.”

Where is Ye Chen now?

In a room where a zombie was locked, he had turned into a zombie. The murderer was undoubtedly the one who had murdered Sister Liu.

There were not many people who could do this. All things considered, Yang Dajun was the most suspicious.

He was next door to Anna. After Ye Chen was kicked out, it was very likely that he would go to him for a place to stay. Even if he didn’t, he might have heard the two of them arguing and then quietly came out to find Ye Chen on his own initiative.

And Yang Dajun knew how to pick locks. He could steal the room card and throw Ye Chen’s body into the room where a zombie was locked. There was no electricity at night, and everyone usually stayed in their rooms. The probability of him being discovered doing these things was very low.

“Why would he do that?” Xia Qingxue said angrily. “This person is too vicious. He looks quite honest, how can he be so bad? He even went out with you to find things. It’s really, really… No, we must expose him!”

Xia Weishuang’s eyes were deep. “You know a person’s face, but not their heart. You can’t just judge a person by their appearance. But, after all, I didn’t see the murderer directly, so I can’t be 100% sure that it’s Yang Dajun. Even if I’m sure it’s him, my ability is too mysterious. Others may not believe it.”

“Then what do we do?”

Xia Weishuang said, “If we stay in the inn, the murderer will be wary of Sang Lu and won’t dare to act, so it’s best to force his hand. And I’m thinking, if the murderer is Yang Dajun, then after we leave, the biggest threat to him will be Liu Damin. He’s very likely to target Liu Damin first.”

“Then isn’t Liu Damin in great danger? Crap, crap, if he sneaks in while he’s sleeping, won’t he be dead for sure?”

Xia Weishuang shook her head. “Not necessarily. When we ordinary people stay in a hotel and sleep at night, we are used to putting on the security chain. Even if Yang Dajun steals the room card, he won’t be able to get in.”

“It’s so complicated,” Xia Qingxue scratched her head. “Then how will he harm Liu Damin? Liu Damin looks taller than him. Will he just kill him directly?”

Xia Weishuang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Don’t guess for now. It’s not necessarily him. I still need more evidence to confirm whether the wolf is Yang Dajun.”

“What do we do?” This almost detective-game-like matter made Xia Qingxue feel a little excited. She was nervous and excited, and couldn’t wait to bring the murderer to justice.

Xia Weishuang said, “During dinner, remember to observe more.”

**

When it was time for dinner, it was not yet dark. Now everything had to be used sparingly. Without electricity, they naturally had to eat while it was still light.

Everyone was present except for Ke Xiaoxiao, who was still sleeping.

As they were eating, Xia Weishuang suddenly said, “Let’s kill the zombies in the guesthouse.”

Everyone at the table immediately looked at her, their expressions varied, some shocked, some scared.

“Why the sudden thought?” Sister Liu asked.

Xia Weishuang smiled gently and reasoned, “I’m sure everyone is not at ease being neighbors with zombies. And the zombies are always ramming the doors and walls, which is very disturbing. Now that Liu Damin and Yang Dajun have experience killing zombies, and Sang Lu and I are here, it’s a good time to deal with the zombies. Otherwise, the bodies will rot more and more, and the smell will not be so easy to get rid of.”

Because zombies were everywhere, everyone was neighbors with zombies all day, and they had almost gotten used to the banging on the walls and the continuous stench of decay.

But Xia Weishuang’s proposal was also very good. As soon as it was said, it immediately gained the approval of most people.

After all, being neighbors with the living dead was indeed not very safe. What if they broke through the doors and walls and ran out?

“We’ll go room by room. Sister Liu, you can also practice and prepare for the future.”

Sister Liu was so scared that she quickly waved her hands. “Oh my, I really don’t want to fight with zombies at all. Little Xia, don’t scare me.”

Xia Weishuang said calmly, “If you’re really scared, Sister Liu, you can just assist. Anyway, Liu Damin and Yang Dajun are here.”

The two strongest men were duty-bound. The old grandfather also said he wanted to help, saying that he couldn’t just eat for free.

So, even though they were just going to kill the zombies trapped in the guest rooms, everyone was still preparing enthusiastically. The two children went back to their rooms to avoid being scared, while the adults each took their weapons and prepared to kill the zombies.

Xia Qingxue whispered to Xia Weishuang, “Sis, is it really Yang Dajun? When you said you were going to kill the zombies, he didn’t seem to react at all.”

Xia Weishuang also whispered back, “Don’t just observe him. Look at everyone. If anyone gets desperate, you act.”

“Okay!” Xia Qingxue agreed readily. After agreeing, she felt that something was not right. Act? How could she act?

While it was not yet dark, everyone started to kill the zombies from 202. This kind of ordinary zombie was actually quite easy to deal with. After they opened the door, they all used long poles to stab in, holding the zombie in place, and then destroyed its head. They could solve it without direct contact.

There was no need for Sang Lu to act at all.

Perhaps because they succeeded from the beginning, everyone was in high spirits and eliminated all the zombies on the second floor.

Xia Weishuang had been observing everyone’s expressions, especially Yang Dajun’s, and found that this person was really calm and showed no signs of abnormality.

Of course, it could also be because Ye Chen was not in the room on the second floor, so he could still bear it.

When everyone was preparing to go up to the third floor, Yang Dajun suddenly said, “It’s already dark. Let’s continue tomorrow.”

Indeed, although it was not completely dark, it was not very bright either. For safety, it was better to continue tomorrow during the day.

“It’s so annoying,” Anna had been at the back. Ye Chen’s disappearance had changed her entire state. She complained in a low voice, “My next door is too noisy. Can’t we just deal with 305 tonight?”

Perhaps to reduce his suspicion, Yang Dajun didn’t object anymore.

Everyone decided to deal with the zombie in 305 and then stop, and continue tomorrow. And with that, Xia Weishuang could be sure that Ye Chen was either in 301 or 302.

Because she hadn’t noticed the banging on the wall next door becoming more frequent, and from Yang Dajun’s attitude, he was not afraid of opening the door of 305.

If Yang Dajun was the murderer, then it was 301 and 302. If he wasn’t, there were not many rooms left.

“Let’s start from the beginning,” Xia Weishuang suddenly stopped everyone.

“What’s wrong, Little Xia?”

Xia Weishuang said, “Because my sister and I had a fight, and she wants to sleep alone tonight, preferably far away from me.”

The inexplicably blamed Xia Qingxue: “???”

Sister Liu looked at Xia Qingxue with a smile. “Oh my, you’re such a big girl, and you’re still fighting with your sister?”

Xia Qingxue’s mouth twitched. “So what if I am? I’m just annoyed that she’s always choosing her lover over her sister!”

Xia Weishuang: “Cough.”

Xia Qingxue: “Anyway, I’m not sleeping with her tonight. I want to be alone and calm down!!!”

With Xia Qingxue’s intervention, Anna could only glare and snort coldly. After all, without Ye Chen, she was alone and weak.

But Yang Dajun was helping her. He frowned and said, “We’ve already agreed on 305. Can’t she stay in 305?”

“No,” Xia Weishuang looked at him coldly, leaned her body, and rested her head on Sang Lu’s shoulder. “We espers bully others with our power, understand?”

Sang Lu’s lips curled.

Everyone present felt a chill.

But they had to admit that the existence of espers was indeed special enough, so special that even a coward who only dared to wield a butcher’s knife against the weak and use treacherous tricks to harm people was angry but dared not speak.

So everyone came to the door of 301. Sister Liu, holding the room card, was responsible for opening the door. She stood to the side of the door and said with a smile, “Everyone, get ready.”

Then she swiped the room card, immediately withdrew her hand, and everyone raised their mop-handle knives and kicked the door in—two ferocious zombies squeezed out and pounced.

“Ye Chen!”

“How could it be Ye Chen!”

Anna, who had been standing at the back and not exerting much effort, suddenly raised her head and looked at her boyfriend, who had been laughing and loving with her last night, in disbelief. In less than twenty-four hours, he had become a terrifying zombie!

“Ye Chen, Ye Chen!” Anna screamed, her hand loosened from the mop-handle knife, and she subconsciously pounced forward.

Sister Liu quickly grabbed her. “Oh my, Nana, don’t be impulsive! Ye Chen is already a zombie!”

“Impossible! How could he have become a zombie? How could he be here!” This terrible reality almost caused Anna to have a mental breakdown. She was held back, and the people in front quickly killed the two zombies. Only then did they have time to break away from their tense mood and start discussing why Ye Chen was here.