The world is broken, the cubs mend it

"No…"

Yuanyuan obediently crawled out of the bed and grabbed the corner of his clothes, but in fact she was so sleepy that her eyelids were drooping.

"Dad, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"I'll sleep next door..."

Qi Siyue no longer wanted to correct the child's name. Even if he told her it wasn't right, she would still call him that.

Upon hearing this, the little guy nimbly climbed out of the bed, grabbed the sheets with his two short arms, slid down, and stood beside him in a pair of big slippers.

"Dad, I'm going to sleep next door with you..."

"..."

Qi Siyue realized that the little guy wanted to sleep next to him.

He was reluctant in his heart not only because she was a zombie, but also because he had always slept alone since he was a child, and he was not used to having someone suddenly around him.

"..."

Yuanyuan, a short girl, stood beside his legs, looking up at her old father who stood motionless like a sculpture. Her big watery eyes seemed to understand something.

The little guy kicked off his slippers and climbed onto the bed. He grabbed a corner of the quilt and covered his head with it. His two little feet were still exposed, and one little hand stretched out from under the quilt and waved.

"Go ahead, I can do it on my own..."

"..."

Qi Siyue heard a strong sense of grievance from the child's muffled voice which seemed due to being covered in the quilt.

She was just a three-year-old girl before she was bitten by a zombie. Was she able to take care of herself?

Faced with the current situation, he felt a little helpless and didn't know whether to leave or stay. After thinking for a while, he decided to go downstairs first.

click-

The bedroom door opened and closed. Yuanyuan heard the sound and crawled out of the quilt. Looking at the closed door and the empty room, the grievance in her heart surged up.

Dad didn't like her, so he didn't want to live in the same room with her.

Thinking of this, her sleepiness disappeared. She sat cross-legged on the pillow, wiping her tears silently.

"Woooooooooooooo..."

The little guy opened his mouth and cried for a while, then covered his mouth and grabbed his clothes to wipe his tears.

"Um--"

Then he let out a "hmm" and started crying again, crying over and over again until he had the hiccups.

click-

The familiar sound of the doorknob being turned was heard again. Yuanyuan flexibly lay down, buried her face in the quilt, and collapsed on the bed like a blue-brown human-shaped gingerbread.

Qi Siyue went to the warehouse downstairs and took out a bottle of safflower oil, which is used to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, intending to rub it on the child's back.

He rubbed too hard in the shower, and her skin was dark in color, so she didn't know if she got bruises.

Seeing the child lying on the bed with her back to him, he lifted her clothes a little, poured safflower oil into his palms, rubbed them to warm them, and then rubbed the areas on her back that had been rubbed.

He placed his big, broad hands on the child's skin and noticed that her small body was trembling.

"what happened to you?"

He turned the little guy over, but before he could see clearly, the other party covered his little face, and the tear marks at the corners of the eyes were particularly eye-catching under the light.

"Why are you crying?"

"..."

Yuanyuan covered Queqing's little face with her hands, pursed her lips and said nothing. Her snot could not be controlled and she blew a big snot bubble.

"Don't cry, are you scared alone?"

Qi Siyue quickly rinsed his hands with water and took out a tissue to help her wipe away the snot bubbles.

When he asked that question just now, he felt a little pain in his heart.

Shouldn't he be the one who should be afraid at this moment?

"Dad... Dad... hates me... oooo..."

Yuanyuan blew her nose hard with the tissue pinched on her nose and looked at him with red eyes.

"No, I went to get the safflower oil."

Qi Siyue pointed at the glass bottle on the table and showed it to her. He couldn't help laughing when he saw her crying so ugly.

"Um...really?"

Yuanyuan looked over with tearful eyes, a little bit unconvinced by what he said.

"real."

Qi Siyue didn't hate her, otherwise he would have found a way to kick her out long ago.

When she encounters sad things, she will cry secretly by herself instead of going crazy and biting people. She is a well-behaved and cute zombie baby.

"Wow... okay then..."

Yuanyuan sniffed and lay quietly on the bed, holding two small tissues in her hands.

"Does your back still hurt?"

Qi Siyue poured safflower oil again and rubbed her back, his warm palms slowly pressing the rubbed areas.

"It doesn't hurt..."

The little fellow rested his face on his arms and answered in a muffled voice.

Ever since she took the serum, her body's healing ability has become abnormally strong, and she only felt pain when she was rubbed just now.

"..."

The more Qi Si felt that she was a very well-behaved child, the more he relaxed his vigilance after confirming that she would not hurt him.

It was late at night, the lights in the bedroom dimmed, and the air was filled with the smell of safflower oil.

Qi Siyue lay down on the other side of the bed. He was not used to having someone next to him.

He was a light sleeper, and in the middle of the night something warm broke into his arms, and two small hands tightly grasped his pajamas.

"!?"

He was suddenly awakened from his sleep, reached out to touch the chubby little ball, and gently pushed it, but the little guy held on even tighter.

"dad……"

He heard the child's low murmurs in his ears, and the soft voice gently struck his heart.

Being snuggled up to her like this, I felt like I was protecting her.

For a moment, it seemed as if the weight of a father's responsibility fell on his shoulders.

His mother died of complications during childbirth when he was just born, and not long after that, his father also died in a car accident.

Since then, he has been raised by his grandfather. He couldn't tell whether he hated his grandfather or felt that he was a shackle that had always bound him.

My grandfather always felt that it was his birth that killed his son and daughter-in-law.

She never treated him well and was extremely harsh in her words to him.

It can be said that he has never enjoyed a moment of warmth and has long been accustomed to spending every cold night alone.

Such a small ball of flesh curled up in his arms made him feel warm like a flame.

Although he was not used to such close contact, he tried not to push it away, closed his eyes and fell asleep unconsciously.

early morning--

Facing such a pale face right after waking up is actually quite a test of one's psychological endurance.

Qi Siyue got up quietly, changed his clothes and went to wash up.

When he came out of the bathroom, the little guy woke up and sat on the bed. When he saw him, he opened his little hands and shouted, "Daddy!"

There is no clothes for children at home, so I can only make do with this one for now.

Qi Siyue picked her up from the bed and took out a new toothbrush for her to use.

The child has strong self-care ability and can brush his teeth and wash his face by himself. He only needs to help wipe the water off the child's face.

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been looking at it for too long, but I actually find this bluish-brown skin a bit pleasing to the eye and not as scary as it was at first.