Living Dead's

Chapter 18 - Wake Up

Shen Yuan's back was stuck to the damp wall. He sat in the corner to minimize the cold air. A while later Xi Zihe came through the door, closed it, and kept away Yao Yue and Wen Fan who were following behind him curiously.

"It."

Shen Yuan looked up, in front of him was a bun with the contents of a ham sausage.

"This is the ration of food today."

Shen Yuan stared at him for a few seconds before turning her face away.

Before following him here, Shen Yuan had already given all of his supplies to Xi Zihe. He did not care at all how Xi Zihe would share it.

"What's up, hunger strike?" Xi Zihe snorted and sneered, "You've only been detained for a few hours, but you've been complaining."

Shen Yuan glared at him, "You dragged me here first."

"Hey... You should also consider my position."

Shen Yuan just snorted. Of course he understood, as a leader, Xi Zihe certainly should not take sides. Moreover, he had many lives that depended on him. The decision he made would bring about the fate of hundreds of people.

"Food is limited, be thankful you can eat it." Not waiting for Shen Yuan's reply, Xi Zihe stuffed the bread into his palm.

Xi Zihe stood beside Shen Yuan, leaning against the wall while twirling the cigarette on his finger.

"Your wife, the child's mother, where?" Xi Zihe was actually the type of person who did not like to pry at the lives of others, but to kill time, it would not hurt to ask.

"Died. Postpartum bleeding."

Xi Zihe fell silent for a while before asking again, "How old are you?"

From the very beginning Xi Zihe was eager to ask this. Because of his face, it was very difficult to guess the age of this man. Moreover, he already had a daughter.

Shen Yuan said, "34"

It really doesn't look like it.

"Hm... Then how old is your daughter?"

Shen Yuan glanced at him, feeling puzzled by his behavior, yet still answered him. "Ten years. Why are you asking this?"

Xi Zihe's mouth was gaping then he sneered, "So you had it when you were twenty-four? It's so sloppy."

Shen Yuan gritted her teeth, squeezing a sound from the crack of her teeth, "I have it after marriage!"

Xi Zihe looked at him dumbly, before changing his tone and clapping lightly, "Em! Yes, it's really responsible. Deserve to be the role model of every man."

I want to tear his mouth apart, Shen Yuan thought.

Xi Zihe patted his hands and walked away. When the door was closed again, Shen Yuan looked at the bread in his palm, leaned against the wall, and started eating it.

***

Feifei felt his body burning, feverish.

Confused, he felt his body was extremely hot, as if he was submerged in a hot pool. The sounds of footsteps coming and going, debates and commotion came one after another, he heard the voice of an unknown person screaming, "Essir him! Get him out of here! What if he starts biting people?!"

"Really! Get rid of him now!"

Feifei felt he was being hugged tightly by a warm and familiar arm.

Father's arm, Feifei thought.

"Just try if you dare touch her, I blow your head off."

The voice of the debate drew closer, and it suddenly disappeared, indistinct as if he heard it from deep in the water. He desperately wanted to open his eyes, look at his father, yet no matter how hard he tried, he could not open his eyes.

After an unknown period of time, footsteps suddenly stopped in front of him, then someone crouched down. Feifei could hear the man say, "Take him to the back shed, and keep an eye on him."

Go where, how about dad...

"These are my people, the ones I brought. If there's a problem, I'll take responsibility..."

Feifei again felt he was drowning into a hot pool. The voices kept moving away until he could hear no more voices. His brain is confused. He didn't know where he was, and he couldn't feel anything. Until someone pushes something into his mouth. He could only swallow it unconsciously.

But he could feel his body getting better after eating it...

***

"If your daughter doesn't wake up, I'm afraid tomorrow I'll have to shoot both of you dead." Xi Zihe crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking at him seriously.

Shen Yuan snorted, "Shoot me? Do you still have ammo? Just save it to kill yourself."

Xi Zihe wanted to answer him, but Shen Yuan said first, "You don't have to bother. If the time comes, I'll take my own life." Instantly, the curse he wanted to remove was swallowed back.

Xi Zihe looked at him in silence, yet Shen Yuan was indifferent as if he was not talking about his own death. The tone was very calm, like a neighbor discussing the weather forecast.

"Do you want to die that way?"

Shen Yuan glanced at him using the tip of her eye, "Imagine if you were me. You wouldn't want to live a day if you saw your daughter like this."

Xi Zihe was silent. He doesn't know what it's like. She has been a single dog for 30 years, and has absolutely no idea about caring for a child. Even the dating experience is nil.

But if imagining that he had no one else but his daughter, and his daughter were on the verge of mutating into a zombie, he would definitely feel despair as well, and lost interest in continuing to live.

Xi Zihe could not help but look again towards Shen Yuan. He sat quietly, leaning against a thin wall while gently combing his daughter's hair with his fingers. Although his face was expressionless and cold, his eyes that were looking at his daughter looked gentle. Like keeping a treasure, full of devotion and affection.

Xi Zihe sighed, if to kill them with his own hands, it seemed like he would not have the heart.

As Xi Zihe was still weighing about shooting or driving him out of the shelter, he heard a groan.

"Faifei?"

As soon as the voice fell, Xi Zihe realized that it was coming from the little girl.

Shen Yuan stared fixedly at Feifei. Grabbing her shoulders, and gently shaking her.

"Flamei? Feiffei!"

Feifei's eyelashes shook. Shen Yuan could see the eyes under the eyelids moving indeterminate directions, like someone about to mutter.

Enthusiastic, Xi Zihe did not realize that he was walking towards Shen Yuan quickly, had been watching while standing, but felt still less close, until finally crouching beside the little girl. Staring at him fixedly, looking forward to him opening his eyes.

His eyelashes trembled, until Feifei's eyes slowly opened. Showing a pair of light brown peach flower eyes. At first his eyes looked empty and confused, but after seeing Shen Yuan, his eyes shone brightly.

"Dad..."

Without saying a word, Shen Yuan carried Feifei into his arms. Hugged her tightly to assert to herself that this was not a dream.

The past few hours had left her very tired and desperate, she thought she would never see those beautiful eyes open again. Or can't hear those little lips calling him dad anymore.

"Dad is here."

A drop of tears fell from the end of his eyes. A feeling of relief flooded him, making all the fatigue evaporate and disappear just like that.

His daughter, has returned to him.