chapter 6

Chapter 6

I mechanically chewed on the canned food my mom had just opened for me.

Actually, I wasn’t really hungry. I just wanted to bite someone, but I was conscious and could completely control myself.

My mom didn’t care about any Zombie business. Not eating was simply unacceptable to her. It was as if missing a meal would kill me. She had to watch me eat before she could feel at ease.

But even after eating, I couldn’t digest it. After a while, I’d have to throw it all up.

I wanted to explain this to my mom, but I couldn’t speak. I twisted and turned for a long time, unable to make a sound, and if I did, I’d just be seen as disobedient and get scolded.

“Auntie, is she… a Zombie?” Qi Mubai suddenly asked, looking at me with a leisurely air.

My mom nodded. “She was infected at school when the outbreak first happened. But she’s different from other Zombies. She’s never bitten anyone, and she can understand human speech…” As she spoke, she muttered, “When she was human, she never understood what people said. Now that she’s a Zombie, she actually does…”

Me: “…”

“I see,” Qi Mubai nodded, fell silent for a moment, then asked, “What’s her name?”

“Her surname is Qian, same as mine. Her dad cheated on me when I was pregnant, and just a few months later, he got drunk and died in a car accident in the middle of the night. The compensation was a huge sum, which made me so happy. To celebrate, I named her Qian Hexi. Later, her grandma thought the name sounded tacky, so she changed it. Now she’s called Qian Duoduo-sounds lucky, too…”

In the afternoon, I was sleeping soundly in my room when my mom suddenly woke me up. “Move to the room next door. This room gets plenty of sunlight, so let Xiao Bai have it. You’re a Zombie, you don’t need sunlight…”

I didn’t even get a chance to react before my mom started bustling around the room, packing up my things. In no time, she had thrown all my stuff out.

“Pick up your own things. I’m making the bed for Xiao Bai.”

Looking at the pile of stuff on the floor, I looked up helplessly, just in time to see that boy leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, giving me a wicked little smile.

I froze for a moment, suddenly feeling like I’d let a wolf into the house.

Was it just my imagination?

My mom’s behavior today made me extremely angry. So I decided to give her the cold shoulder.

I deliberately made a lot of noise to show my displeasure, but my mom didn’t notice at all. Instead, she quietly slipped in.

“Hey, daughter,” I heard her say, but I couldn’t even be bothered to turn my head. Then I heard her close the door and say sneakily, “Where did you find such a handsome young man? He’s just too good-looking. I’ve seen plenty of good-looking people in my life, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone this handsome…”

Me: “…”

“To be honest, back when I got together with your dad, it was because he was good-looking. I think this young man is one in a million, with top-notch genes, and he has no family. I’m keeping him here. You should work hard to win him over and give me a beautiful grandchild in the future…”

I looked at her in astonishment.

What kind of nonsense was she spouting?

I’m only eighteen!

My mom seemed to know what I was thinking. “We’re not in a hurry. You’re still young. Keep him around for a few years, develop some feelings, and then it’ll all happen naturally…”

Fine.

There was nothing left for us to talk about.

I tossed aside what I was doing and quickly pushed her out.

She’s really getting senile.

Given the current situation, with the world practically ending, everyone else is thinking about how to survive, but she’s still worrying about this kind of stuff.

Sigh.

I guess it’s my fault. I inherited my mom’s weakness for good-looking people. The moment I saw someone handsome, I couldn’t help myself and brought him home. Now look at this mess-I can’t even keep my own room.

I sat down in a chair, turned on my phone, and found my favorite show. The whole process took a full ten minutes.

The internet is unstable these days-sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t-so I downloaded everything in advance for smoother viewing.

I hadn’t even finished one episode when someone knocked on the door again.

I thought it was my mom and opened the door impatiently, only to find Qi Mubai standing outside.