Chapter 91
In an hour’s time, Sang Lu had made eight double-layered wire balls, each one smoother and more beautiful than the last, and each one formed faster than the last.
Each ball was stuffed with a small piece of burning corpse. Xia Weishuang held a pile of warming balls fueled by corpses, her mood quite complicated.
Sang Lu stuffed the balls into the quilt, and after a while, the quilt became warm.
Just as Xia Weishuang was about to get in and sleep, Sang Lu followed her in.
Xia Weishuang: “…You sleep. I’ll go to the other side.”
Under a difficult choice, Sang Lu had no choice but to curl up in the quilt, give Xia Weishuang four balls, and no longer force her to share the bed.
It was just that after Xia Weishuang had fallen asleep, she had quietly dragged the bed over a little. The gap in the middle had disappeared, and the two single beds had become a double bed.
Sang Lu was quite satisfied.
Xia Weishuang must have been very satisfied too. After all, she had only glanced at it after she woke up and had not expressed any dissatisfaction, right?
Xia Weishuang’s mood was indeed quite good, because her stomach didn’t hurt today. In the past, the pain would often last for three or four days, but now it was fine after the first day, which had already surprised her quite a bit.
Besides, Xia Weishuang had also discovered that the winged man’s corpse had an extremely great advantage in terms of fuel. From last night when it was lit until now, about six hours, it had still not been extinguished.
The flame was burning slowly and steadily. The corpse inside gave off a faint smell of roasted meat, but its appearance had nothing to do with roasted meat. After a night of burning, it had turned into something like a gem with a dark red inside and a green light on the outside.
After the sun rose, Sang Lu lifted the quilt and lay in the sun to sunbathe.
Xia Weishuang saw that there was also a basin of water by her hand. From time to time, she would scoop up a handful of water and sprinkle it on herself, enjoying it freely.
Tsk, this guy is quite good at taking care of herself. She doesn’t even mind that her clothes are wet and sticking to her body.
Xia Weishuang put the four iron balls on the table, preparing to observe how long they could burn. Then she took Sang Lu’s four and went out of the bedroom, and poured the corpse pieces into the stove to boil water and cook, saving energy.
Liu Kaiyin’s body was still scattered on the floor of the living room. Wei Yunlang swept them into a pile, not knowing if Sang Lu still had a use for them, and whether he should clean them up.
Xia Weishuang found a lidded iron bucket and put the corpse pieces in. Only then did Wei Yunlang go and knock on Bai Qian’s door, saying that they could come out.
Mi Lele ran out impatiently, looking around curiously, very much wanting to know what had happened here last night.
Unfortunately, the few adults seemed to have agreed, and just wouldn’t tell her.
Xia Weishuang patted the iron bucket and said, “The things in here are very durable and are high-quality energy. It’s best to use this sparingly, and don’t tell outsiders. After all, the source is not very proper.”
If outsiders knew, what would they do if they wanted to fight Sang Lu?
Sang Lu was not afraid of being fought, but she was afraid that this group of people would come but not be able to go back.
Wei Yunlang continued to tinker with his radiator. Bai Qian was teaching Mi Lele, and Coal Ball was pretending not to hear Wei Yunlang’s shouts, happily playing with its tail.
Xia Weishuang put on a woolen coat and went upstairs to see the small vegetable garden. When she came back at night, she held a warming ball and confirmed that this thing could burn for almost a whole day.
Life was peaceful and stable. Although the weather was strangely cold, it was not difficult to get by when they were gathered together.
When Wei Yunlang had successfully installed the radiator, the few people from the annex building came over to say goodbye to Xia Weishuang, saying that they were preparing to leave.
There were not many of them, and one car could fit them. The car was found by themselves outside. The weather was getting colder and colder. They were afraid that it would snow in a while, and the road would be even more difficult to travel.
Xia Weishuang, according to the procedure, quietly predicted for them once, and then manually drew a route map as a farewell gift.
During the premonition, Xia Weishuang had actually seen a magical scene. After thinking about it, she gave everyone a few words of advice and stuffed a few cold pills into their hands.
“I remember that the sign before an esper appears is a high fever. When you get to the base, you can study how to develop your ability.”
She didn’t mean anything else, but Xia Weishuang had seen a scene where one of them had burst out with potential after being frightened and had developed an ability.
What followed was this person’s coma and high fever. Fearing that others would abandon him as an infected person, Xia Weishuang had secretly reminded them.
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The vegetables in the small vegetable garden had grown a little bigger, but they had been frozen a little, and their growth was not very good.
Xia Weishuang found that the few mutated plants that had been transplanted out separately had grown the best and the fastest. They were full of vitality and looked as if they were fearless of any wind and rain.
Xia Weishuang picked a cabbage, and also picked some green onion leaves and lettuce, which could be eaten for lunch.
After she was done with these, she suddenly remembered that the mutated seeds that she had packed separately and was preparing to burn seemed to have been thrown on the rooftop and forgotten, and had never been burned.
She quickly went to the rooftop and found the few small bags of seeds in the corner under the table. Because they were in a sealed bag, the inside was not damp.
If these mutated seeds did not grow into aggressive mutated plants, but into more robust mutated plants, they might be of great use.
She put the seeds away, took the vegetables downstairs, and went to cook with her friends.
After the temperature dropped, Sang Lu had fallen into a more silent and lazy state than before. Even though the room was now heated and the temperature was maintained at seventeen or eighteen degrees, she was still lazy, as if she had not been sleeping well.
At night, Sang Lu would always intentionally or unintentionally come over, trying to stick to the warm human body.
At this time, Xia Weishuang would stuff a warming ball into her quilt to make her stay away from her. After all, even with a warming ball, Sang Lu was still beautiful and freezing like an ice pop.
And Xia Weishuang herself did not use a warming ball. After the room temperature was maintained, her spirits were actually better than Sang Lu’s.
The barrel of corpse pieces was limited in quantity after all, so it was better to use it sparingly.
At the same time, during these days, because there were more and more things in the house, and life was becoming more and more comfortable, everyone was living a comfortable and lazy life.
The necessary activities every day, besides exercising, were to teach Mi Lele.
Bai Qian served as the honorary Chinese teacher, Xia Weishuang as the honorary English teacher, and Wei Yunlang as the honorary math teacher. The three of them were full of enthusiasm, and made it their duty to supervise her homework, with the goal of educating Mi Lele.
After a while, besides Mi Lele, the three adults had actually gained some weight. After all, a wide heart makes a fat body.
Mi Lele: Hehe.
But, how could there be a good life that never changed? Even if they were cooped up in the small building all day, the enemies outside would not easily let them go.
In the middle of the night, Xia Weishuang was suddenly woken up.
She had had a nightmare. This had not happened for a long, long time. The relatively comfortable life and the safe environment had made her subconsciously relax, but she did not expect to be startled by her ability tonight.
That was not a nightmare, that was a premonition.
Xia Weishuang frowned, sat up, and wanted to drink some water. The cup was on the radiator. Although it was cold, it was still drinkable.
As soon as she moved, Sang Lu also turned over and actually asked, “What’s wrong?”
This ordinary question, which would not have caused a ripple in the past, in a daze, almost made Xia Weishuang forget that the person beside her was a terrifying and bloody monster.
Because it was too normal, too much like a person.
Her hand holding the cup loosened, the cup overturned, and the water splashed down.
Two hands came and caught the spilled water. Sang Lu moved her body, pressed on Xia Weishuang’s leg, and with her face tilted up, she smiled lazily and asked again, “What’s wrong?”
“…Nothing,” Xia Weishuang grabbed the cup again, looked down at Sang Lu, and saw Sang Lu’s sleepy eyes that were almost unable to open.
Her smile was lazy and charming, but it was actually because she was sleepy, which made her stiff and sinister smile have a bit more of a lively and human touch.
“Sang Lu.”
“Hmm?”
“Sang Lu…” Xia Weishuang asked her, “how have you been feeling recently?”