Monster Girlfriend(Apocalypse) 41

Chapter 41

Sang Lu once said that Xia Weishuang was a stubborn person. Xia Weishuang did not admit to this.

She was clearly good at listening to others’ opinions, especially Sang Lu’s.

She slowly reduced the car’s speed. Her throat felt as if it were glued shut, and she couldn’t make a clear sound. She wanted to call her name, but couldn’t, so she kept her mouth tightly shut and said nothing.

Xia Weishuang was afraid. With a strong sense of unease, she followed Sang Lu’s suggestion, reduced the car’s speed, bypassed the obstacles, and no longer collided with the zombies head-on.

“Very good,” Sang Lu said approvingly, raising her hand to gently stroke Xia Weishuang’s long hair. She said, “Let’s find a place to stop.”

On this long highway, Xia Weishuang knew where the most suitable place for her to stop was. It was the destroyed gas station. The small supermarket behind it had not yet completely turned into ruins, and there were other vehicles in the parking lot.

But she harbored a secret thought that she couldn’t say out loud, and made the process of getting there even slower.

But, even if she said nothing, looked ahead with a strong face, and pretended that the person beside her had no effect on her.

Sang Lu still knew what she was thinking.

She knew it best.

“I will be with you, until forever.” She never hesitated to make promises to Xia Weishuang, and she was often able to keep them. She was so gentle and firm. Both her heart and her actions were so strong.

Sang Lu had said to Xia Weishuang, “You rely on me too much.”

At that time, Xia Weishuang was a little panicked and a little uneasy. “I’m sorry, I’m too clingy.” Xia Weishuang knew very well what a healthy relationship was. After confirming her relationship with Sang Lu, she had specifically studied these aspects.

It was just that even if a person knew the theory, it didn’t mean they could do it perfectly. She couldn’t control her emotions. When she saw Sang Lu, all her reason vanished.

Fortunately, Sang Lu’s next sentence was, “Ashuang, don’t apologize. You didn’t do anything wrong. I like it when you rely on me.”

Just as Xia Weishuang showed a smile, Sang Lu said again, “But Ashuang, what if one day, I leave you?”

She had always been so calm, rational, and comprehensive. “We can’t guarantee that we will never have an accident. Shuangshuang, you can’t always rely on me like this. You should put yourself first. If that day comes, I hope you will be well.”

Xia Weishuang subconsciously retorted, “That day will not come, unless… unless you don’t love me anymore.”

When she said this, she felt very nervous and a little embarrassed, because she rarely mentioned words like “love” and “like” to Sang Lu. She was reserved, taciturn, and not good at expressing herself. She would feel ashamed and cheesy for some words.

But Sang Lu was not like that. She was bright and generous, as if she did not carry any shameful shackles.

“I love you.” When she said such words, it made people feel very at ease, because her attitude was too frank, making people unable to help but want to believe that everything she said was true.

Sang Lu grabbed her hand and intertwined her fingers with hers. “Because I love you, I have to consider more.”

She indulged her own emotions, but wanted Xia Weishuang to restrain herself.

Sometimes, Sang Lu was really cruel.

Xia Weishuang was very resistant to this possibility. She shook her head. After confirming that Sang Lu still loved her and that she could still be willful, she made such a request, “Swear to me that you will love me forever and will never leave me.”

Since she had met Sang Lu, Sang Lu had kept all her promises. She firmly believed that Sang Lu would not break her oath. As long as she said it, she would definitely be able to do it.

Sang Lu looked at her with a faint helplessness in her eyes. They were clearly talking about a serious matter, but her lover was afraid to face the worst possibility and tried to bind fate with a contract.

Sang Lu should have continued to maintain her principles and not easily make promises that she could not guarantee.

But—

Sang Lu said, “Okay, I swear to you.”

“I will love Miss Xia Weishuang forever. As long as I am alive, I will do my best not to leave Miss Xia Weishuang.”

Xia Weishuang’s eyes widened slightly, with a hint of grievance and dissatisfaction, and a trace of unease. It was just that she herself also knew that this oath had been made because of her own willfulness.

So she pursed her lips and decided not to dwell on this issue anymore and not to make things difficult for Sang Lu.

But Sang Lu lowered her head and chuckled, then suddenly raised Xia Weishuang’s hand and pressed it to her forehead. She piously made a new oath to her, “Miss Xia Weishuang, I will love you forever and will never leave you. No matter what happens, I will be with you, until forever.”

Xia Weishuang’s eyes were moist. She asked, “Sang Lu, is this your true thought?”

Sang Lu said, “Yes.”

At this moment, they firmly believed that the oath could be realized.

And now, Xia Weishuang did not dare to look at the woman beside her.

The once sweet and happy oath, when she thought about it again, was filled with bitterness. Xia Weishuang’s nose felt sour. She took a deep breath and tightly pinched the bridge of her nose to prevent the liquid in her tear ducts from flowing out.

A fair hand rested on Xia Weishuang’s steering wheel, as if it were controlling this car with her.

When they arrived at that gas station, Xia Weishuang had almost lost her ability to perceive the passage of time.

She finally ran over a zombie that was wandering in the gas station, stopped the car, opened the car door, and used the long-handled pickaxe that was tied to the car to kill the zombie.

Again and again, blood splattered all over the ground, splattering on Xia Weishuang’s pants and dirtying her new clothes.

“That’s enough,” Sang Lu held her hand, as light as a breeze. “It’s already dead.”

Xia Weishuang trembled, raised her hand, and rubbed her eyes. She pursed her lips and held the pickaxe, put on her backpack, locked the car, and carefully walked towards the small supermarket in the gas station.

She should be grateful that when she came here last time, she had protected the small supermarket. She had originally wanted to give a chance to the people who came later to live, but she didn’t expect to have helped herself.

When she passed the big pit of the fuel storage tank, it was already full of charred ashes. There was a huge black-gray mark, but probably no one could tell what the strange thing that had once occupied this place was.

Xia Weishuang silently climbed over the blackened concrete ruins and squeezed through the half-collapsed doorway. The circuit in the small supermarket had been destroyed, and there were no lights. It was dark, and only the gentle moonlight provided a glimmer of light for the miserable person.

She needed to rest, she needed to calm down.

She blocked the doorway with a shelf, found a clean corner, and sat down against the wall. It was only then that she realized that she had been trembling throughout this process.

Even now, her hands were still trembling slightly.

Xia Weishuang hugged her knees and looked at the messy supermarket in front of her with indifference. She seemed to be looking at something, but in fact, she was looking at nothing.

She didn’t know how long had passed, but she began to feel a little cold. The temperature of her boiling blood had dropped. She couldn’t help but hug herself tighter.

When she felt a dull pain in her stomach, it seemed to mean that her reason had returned.

A pure white wedding dress appeared in front of Xia Weishuang, blending with the moonlight. Tonight, the moonlight draped over Sang Lu’s body, becoming the most romantic long veil.

She was not stained with a single speck of dust, like a reclusive elf. She was the brilliance itself, illuminating the silent Xia Weishuang.

“Shuangshuang,” Sang Lu knelt in front of Xia Weishuang. The white dress was still new and beautiful. She gently cupped Xia Weishuang’s face and said, “You need to eat something, you need to treat your wounds.”

Xia Weishuang shook her head gently, her hoarse voice squeezing out a few out-of-tune syllables. Her gaze was still scattered. She did not look at Sang Lu, but looked elsewhere.

It was as if the light on Sang Lu’s body would hurt her eyes.

“I…” Xia Weishuang’s dry throat rolled twice. She said helplessly, “I can’t think. I’m very tired… I want to close my eyes and never have to open them again. I…”

“You don’t need to think,” Sang Lu said. “I will help you.”

Xia Weishuang felt very tired. She couldn’t lift her hand, as if all the muscles in her body had relaxed at this moment.

“Shuangshuang, you have to protect yourself. You know, I’m just—”

“Ha!” Xia Weishuang suddenly gasped and looked at Sang Lu with terror in her eyes. But then, she seemed to have been stung by the moonlight on Sang Lu’s body, and her vision instantly blurred.

Xia Weishuang shrank back. She stared at Sang Lu, at the light veil on her dust-covered dress, at her graceful figure in the moonlight, at her familiar and gentle eyes.

Xia Weishuang silently pleaded, Don’t say it, don’t say it!

But, Sang Lu cupped her cheeks, looked into her eyes, and still said it, “Even if I don’t say it, you know. I’m just an illusion. Shuangshuang, you’ve rested enough. You should act now. Don’t waste the time you’ve bought for yourself. Now you must protect yourself.”

Large, warm tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes. Xia Weishuang fumbled in her pocket. She searched all the pockets on her body, but couldn’t find what she wanted. “My medicine, my medicine…”

That’s right. She thought that after reuniting with Sang Lu, she wouldn’t need to take medicine anymore, so she didn’t care if she lost it.

At this moment, Sang Lu’s sharp beauty seemed to have been softened by the moonlight. She smiled faintly and said, “Don’t be afraid. I will be by your side, until forever.”

Xia Weishuang’s excited expression gradually softened. She asked in a low voice, “Will you disappear?”

Sang Lu smiled and said nothing.

Suddenly, a picture flashed before Xia Weishuang’s eyes: a long-haired, disheveled woman with a stiff smile, looking down at her with a subtle gaze.

Xia Weishuang raised her hand and knocked on her head, then lowered her eyes slightly. She knelt on the ground and, by the faint light, picked up a bag of bread and a bottle of mineral water from the ground.

She didn’t have time to pay attention to the expiration date. As long as the food and water were not contaminated, it was fine. The taste didn’t matter either. Xia Weishuang ate a few bites in a hurry, relieving the dull pain in her stomach.

Sang Lu stood beside her, gently, calmly, and firmly guiding Xia Weishuang’s actions.

“Look for the tools in the supermarket. You need a long-range weapon. Farm tools are not enough.”

This time, Xia Weishuang turned the supermarket upside down. She smashed the lock with a stone, opened the utility room and the storage room, and found a fire extinguisher.

“You need to change cars. Her sense of smell is very sensitive. You must abandon the old car and use zombie fluid to cover the smell of the new car.”

Xia Weishuang went out with the fire extinguisher, found the car keys she had rescued earlier, and changed to a new car.

She moved most of the things from the old car to the trunk of the new car, a small part to the car, and the fire extinguisher was placed under the passenger seat.

Then, enduring the nausea, she used the fluid from the zombie she had just eliminated to wipe the clean car, and also took out two aprons from the small supermarket.

Xia Weishuang sat in the new car. Sang Lu was beside her and said, “Treat your wound. It’s hot in the summer. You must disinfect it. You have to avoid getting dirt on the wound, so the zombie virus doesn’t get into the wound.”

Xia Weishuang pursed her lips and silently found a bottle of medical alcohol spray and simply treated the wound on her arm.

Then she started the car and continued to drive in the night.

Not far enough, still not far enough.

“Now, there’s a zombie corpse on the side of the road. Use it to continue to cover yourself.”

Xia Weishuang stopped the car, took out the supermarket employee’s apron, soaked it in the zombie’s fluid, and hung it on the new car.

She continued to drive forward and looked in the rearview mirror. There was no shadow of Sang Lu in it.

Xia Weishuang turned her head slightly, and Sang Lu turned to her and showed a bright smile. “You did very well. You’ve worked hard.”

Sang Lu reached out and gently stroked the top of Xia Weishuang’s head, so Xia Weishuang’s lips curled, and she finally smiled.

**

In the distance, in the dark night, the moonlight was still gentle.

On a low mountain, a tall woman was sitting on a moss-covered rock. Her legs were soaked in the pool water, and she was looking at the silent and dark mountain below.

After a glance, she withdrew her gaze and looked at her side.

Beside her were one after another fallen trees, piled up in a strange shape.

Upon closer inspection, one could see the prototype of a house, tightly next to the pool water. It seemed that the person living inside could embrace the person in the water with just a stretch of their hand.

A slight sound of bones moving came from the woman’s body. She used her strong and powerful tentacles to transform into a sharp and terrifying bone blade, peeled off the bark, broke the branches, and then carefully polished them smooth and flat.

She built a small wooden house with a blank expression. Gradually, the small house took shape. It looked not bad, clean and tidy, simple and spacious.

After the sun rose, Sang Lu completed the last step. She put the thatched roof made of leaves on the roof, and then waited for the owner of the house to arrive.

But she waited for a long, long time, but did not see that person.

The sun was like fire, scorching hot.