Living Dead's

Chapter 53 - Daylight Story

Feifei's eyes did not blink as he observed the profile of his sleeping father while sitting in one of the car seats.

Usually, his father was someone who always woke up when someone approached him. Perhaps due to being too tired, he became less vigilant.

Suddenly he saw his father's furrowed brows. His expression was filled with pain and sadness. Feifei knew, his father never had a good sleep. He stretched out his fingers, and gently straightened Shen Yuan's furrowed brows. He lightly scowled her, a moment later, Shen Yuan's expression relaxed.

Seeing his steady expression, Feifei calmly folded his arms around the armrest of the chair, and placed his chin on it. His cheeks puffed up slightly as he recalled that it was his Uncle Xi who made his father tired like this.

When Feifei heard Xi Zihe tell his father to stay, he felt sad, disappointed, and angry. But that anger quickly passed, as he saw with his own eyes that his Uncle Xi was also feeling worried and anxious. He even without a break directly turned back towards the factory after making sure the place was safe for them.

And as he promised, his Uncle Xi brought his father back.

Uncle Xi is not that bad, Feifei thought.

Feifei turned his gaze toward one more person who was asleep in the car. In the very back seat, Wei Qian slept like a dead person, occupying two seats for himself. He was making up for his sleep, which was like hibernation.

Feeling that there was nothing he could do inside here, Feifei thought of getting out. He took out a small blanket, and carefully enveloped his father so as not to be awakened by his movements. Thinking for a while, he finally also picked up one more blanket to envelop Wei Qian behind. His small body made it easy for him to move around in the narrowness of the car.

After enveloping the two, Feifei tiptoed, opening and closing the car door as slowly as possible.

When he got out of the car, Feifei was greeted by a commotion. He saw Xi Zihe sorting through some people.

He asked He Zhao who was sitting on the grass and looking at the river. "Zhao-ge, what's going on?"

He Zhao slightly raised his head, "Oh that, Uncle Xi wants to look for supplies again. Now he's picking some guys to make a little team."

"Oh..." Feifei.

Then he sat down on the grass next to He Zhao. They watched the busy adults.

After a while had passed, they saw Xi Zihe carrying 10 people with him. They picked up one car on the side of the road at random and went straight from there after causing a commotion.

The clouds were very low and heavy last night, but today's weather is very good. Sunlight spread across the surface of the river water, and its reflection glittered with gold. Most of them chose to gaze at the river, enjoying this rare tranquility.

At this moment, Yao Yue approached the two of them. He complained, "Finally the black-hearted captain left as well..."

Yao Yue stretched her body while standing up before sitting beside them.

Right now, the special forces members that were still with them were only Yao Yue and Wen Fan who were injured. The others followed Xi Zihe in search of supplies. Originally, Song Yi wanted to come along, yet she was vehemently opposed by Xi Zihe. He asked Song Yi to stay and rest. With a heavy heart, Song Yi could only obey him.

He Zhao who heard him complain couldn't help but laugh, "Jiejie, if Uncle Xi finds out, he won't give you dinner."

Yao Yue was still complaining, "Look, you know what you are. I've been fighting all night but I'm not even allowed to eat more..."

He Zhao was a boy who had always been interested in fighting. So he asked excitedly, "Yue-jiejie, can you tell me about your battle last night? Did you kill a lot of zombies? Emm, does that zombie have the ability to remove toxins like in video games?"

Feifei next to him also became curious, "Right, tell us!"

As He Zhao asked, his eyes were so bright that Yao Yue could not help but rub his head violently.

He said, "Sure! I'll tell you all!"

***

Shen Yuan woke up that afternoon, she seemed to have forgotten everything that had happened before. As he moved, Shen Yuan finally sensed that there was a blanket covering him. No need to guess, his daughter must have done it. Shen Yuan folded the blanket neatly before exiting the vehicle.

Shen Yuan got down from the car and stretched her body. He inhaled a deep breath, the cold air in early winter immediately filled his lungs.

All around him, he saw people who set up a simple camp on the riverbank. Not far away, the people in charge of tidying up and preparing the food started cooking. It was a rare moment of harmony in the midst of the apocalypse.

But in the middle of it, something caught his attention. It was noon, but someone lit a bonfire in the middle of the camp. He saw Yao Yue standing up, and told a story in excitement while demonstrating some shooting moves. Shen Yuan even saw his daughter and He Zhao sitting side by side and listened seriously to Yao Yue's every utterance.

Out of curiosity, Shen Yuan approached them. The closer he got, the clearer Yao Yue's voice in his ears became.

"The zombies entered like a tide. Their smell. ugh is so rotten! Then I lifted the rifle and... Da da da da da da! Those zombies all fell under a hail of bullets from me! Then because they were too many, I decided to fire up the rocket launcher, and BOOM! All those ugly zombies exploded and burned!"

Shen Yuan completely stopped his steps. Then he heard Han Yu's confused voice who also listened to Yao Yue's story. Han Yu asked in confusion, "Why don't I remember there being a rocket launcher that night?"

Song Yi who was next to him replied tiredly. "Didn't you remember? The previous version he even mentioned laser light."

Shen Yuan, "....."

Shen Yuan was speechless, his eyes looking for Wen Fan's figure in the crowd. Wen Fan was aware of Shen Yuan's gaze and yet he chose to cover his face using a palm.

Shen Yuan, "....."

He finally understood. According to the reaction from Wen Fan, Yao Yue was clearly abnormal as well.

Why are all members of the country's special forces like this?

Yao Yue's voice re-entered his eardrum, "Then, vice-captain Wen Fan wanted to seal the door. But zombies were numerous, and the door could not hold them anymore. So I yelled at him-"

Feifei and He Zhao waited tensely for his follow-up.

"GOAT-!"