Monster Girlfriend(Apocalypse) 9

Chapter 9

Xia Qingxue was still unconscious. Xia Weishuang took off her long-sleeved jacket and placed it under her head, then sprinkled some water on her forehead and neck to keep her from getting too hot.

Afterward, Xia Weishuang slowly walked to the window and quietly observed the outside.

Two hooligans were playing cards at the door. It was clear that although this group of rabble had formed a gang and had a semblance of division of labor, they couldn’t change their inherent laziness.

Xia Weishuang observed for a while and discovered a very strange thing.

It was too quiet here.

This quietness wasn’t about the lack of people or conversation, but the natural environment was too quiet.

There were nearly twenty people in the courtyard, including the hooligans and the people they had abducted. The sounds of idle chatter, laughter, scolding, sobbing, and the clanging of repairs… it was quite a mess.

But on this hot summer day, besides the man-made sounds and the wind, Xia Weishuang heard nothing else.

There was a tall, old willow tree in the courtyard. With a tree, how could there not be a single bird, a single cicada? This season was when the cicadas were at their loudest. Even if there were no cicadas, there should at least be flies and mosquitoes.

But Xia Weishuang observed carefully for a long time. There were trees, grass, and soil here, but there was indeed no trace of a single insect.

It was not yet five in the afternoon. The sun was still so bright that there was no sign of it tiring. Xia Weishuang thought for a moment, then knocked on the window, attracting the attention of the two hooligans playing cards.

“I twisted my ankle. Do you have any safflower oil and bandages?”

The two hooligans looked at each other, and one of them actually got up to find medicine for her. It seemed the yellow-haired and red-haired men had instructed them, and their attitude towards Xia Weishuang was quite good.

The other hooligan leaned against the window and said with a grin, “How did the young lady get hurt? Don’t worry, we have everything here.”

They planned to recruit Xia Qingxue, so their attitude towards Xia Weishuang was also good. Xia Weishuang took this opportunity to probe for information.

“Is this the base you built? It’s only been a few days since the zombie outbreak,” Xia Weishuang said.

The hooligan boasted, “Our boss is a visionary! He’s an esper, the kind who got his ability as soon as the chaos started. You can’t find one in a hundred. What does that mean? It means that heaven has destined our boss to make a name for himself in these chaotic times! It’s so dangerous for you two girls to be out there. If you follow our boss, you’ll at least be guaranteed food, drink, and safety.”

But Xia Weishuang didn’t think that joining this group of rabble was a good choice. Besides, they were not the same kind of people.

But she didn’t refute him directly, just smiled and asked, “It’s very quiet here, not even a fly. You keep the place very clean.”

The hooligan laughed heartily. “Yeah, yeah, we love to be clean!”

After laughing, the hooligan explained to Xia Weishuang that the factory itself was clean. Not to mention insects, there weren’t even many zombies nearby. Actually, there was nothing to explain. In their eyes, no insects was a good thing. Why bother with so many details? No insects meant that this place was blessed, and the boss had a good eye.

Xia Weishuang sighed and rubbed her forehead. She chatted with the hooligan for a few more sentences and realized she didn’t need to be so cautious.

Because they were just an ordinary gang of hooligans before the apocalypse, and the yellow-haired man was also just an ordinary lackey before. After getting his ability, he brought the brothers who supported him to start his own gang. Otherwise, their gang would have been even larger.

Just then, the other hooligan came back with safflower oil and bandages. Xia Weishuang took them, went to Xia Qingxue’s side, and applied the medicine to herself, all the while planning in her mind how to resolve the current predicament in the fastest and best way possible.

The ground suddenly trembled slightly, extremely faintly. If Xia Weishuang hadn’t been sitting on the ground and her injury hadn’t been so sensitive, she really wouldn’t have noticed.

But she didn’t think much of it, because just then, the sound of the main gate being pulled open came from outside, and two cars slowly drove in.

Xia Weishuang had just finished applying the safflower oil and was wrapping her ankle tightly with a bandage. Through the window, she saw another, smaller group of hooligans get out of the cars one after another, and then they brought a little girl out of the car.

The hooligan guarding the gate greeted his brothers and looked at the little girl who seemed to be only about ten years old. “Why did you bring back such a small one?”

The little girl was wearing a cool little dress and had two pigtails. She kept her head down with a gloomy expression. But she was fair and cute, making one feel pity for her.

The one who had just returned said with a smile, “What bad luck. We were supposed to bring her mom back, but her mom turned into a zombie on the way. All that’s left is this little burden. I didn’t want to bring this little brat back, but that pervert Da Shan has a thing for this type, so he insisted on bringing her back.”

They laughed and joked. Although they called him a pervert, they didn’t really think it was a big deal.

Xia Weishuang’s hand rested on the windowsill, and she felt a wave of nausea. She couldn’t help but look at the fair-faced little girl, unable to imagine what terrible torture she would face.

She forced herself to look away from the little girl. No, I can’t look at her anymore. I have to calm down to solve the problem… Xia Weishuang’s gaze fell on the last person in the small group of hooligans that had just returned.

That person seemed quieter than the others. Although he would also smile and chat with others, pretending that everything was normal, he couldn’t deceive a secret observer—that person was trembling slightly, and there was fear hidden in his eyes.

This time, Xia Weishuang didn’t need her ability to predict the future to figure out what would happen next.

Fortunately, heaven had given her an opportunity today. Otherwise, Xia Weishuang would have had to choose to feign compliance with these disgusting scumbags for a while.

“Hey.” Xia Weishuang didn’t know the name of the hooligan guarding the door, so she knocked on the window to greet him. “I know that little girl. My niece lives in the same complex as her. Can you bring her over? I want to ask her if she’s seen my niece.”

“Huh? You know her?” Perhaps because he had a good chat with Xia Weishuang earlier, the hooligan already saw her as one of his own to some extent, so he said without much thought, “In a moment then.”

He pulled the little girl over. Xia Weishuang opened the window, leaned out, and touched her pigtails, asking her a few questions in a soft voice, “Little sister, did you see the family downstairs when you left?”

The little girl was silent, glanced at her, and said nothing.

Xia Weishuang was just making it up and didn’t expect any answer from her. She just wanted to see if she could take this opportunity to have her locked up with her.

“Don’t you remember? It’s okay. Tell me when you remember, okay?”

She reached out and brushed the little girl’s bangs aside, but she didn’t expect that with her casual touch, her long-dormant ability would suddenly be triggered!

In an instant, the world went dark. Xia Weishuang felt extremely cramped, as if she had been put in a cage.

She looked down and saw a pair of delicate little hands, fair and flawless.

But just then, the cage was suddenly opened. A rough, large hand suddenly grabbed her arm and pulled it out. Xia Weishuang felt a fear and despair that came from the bottom of her heart.

Then, a knife came over and sliced a piece of flesh from the flawless arm… She trembled all over, her gaze moving upward to see the face of the yellow-haired leader.

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“Ugh!” Xia Weishuang suddenly let go of the little girl, her face pale as she dry-heaved against the windowsill.

The hooligan guarding the door was startled and pulled the little girl away. “Are you okay? What’s wrong?”

Xia Weishuang covered her mouth with one hand and waved the other. Her head was spinning, and there was a nausea that came from the bottom of her heart.

“I’m fine…” Just now, Xia Weishuang had experienced inhuman torture. She didn’t see the little girl being abused and bullied by a pervert, but saw her being used for her flesh and blood, a cruel fate of being treated as medicine…

It was because this little girl’s flesh and blood had very powerful healing abilities.

She was an esper, an esper with no way to protect herself, yet she carried a treasure.

Xia Weishuang forced a smile. “Can you let her stay with me for a while?”

But the hooligan guarding the door didn’t agree. He shrugged and said, “We have to wait for the boss’s permission.” Then he took the little girl and left.

Xia Weishuang didn’t say anything more, watching them leave with a thoughtful expression.

At six o’clock, the red-haired man personally brought them food and tried to persuade Xia Weishuang. Xia Weishuang coldly stated that she would consider joining them, but what her sister thought would have to wait until she woke up.

Showing too much resistance would easily put her in a more disadvantageous situation. Showing too much enthusiasm would make it hard to gain their trust. Being neither cold nor warm, in line with common sense, would make them think that everything was under their control.

At six-thirty, Xia Weishuang memorized the person who came to lock the large iron gate.

At eight o’clock, the sky darkened, and Xia Qingxue showed signs of waking up.