Defeat the system! Kiss my little monster!

Shen Yisui pulled out several crumpled pieces of paper from his suit trousers.

It's unclear when Cheng Jingyi slipped it in, but the tissue was crumpled into a ball and didn't cover anything else inside.

Shen Yi unfolded the tissue, completely unaware of the strangeness of his behavior, and smelled the unfolded tissue under his nose.

I smelled a very faint odor of blood.

Shen Yisui frowned. He couldn't see the specific details on the tissue. After rubbing it with his fingertips for a moment, he crumpled the tissue back into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket.

There had been no sound from the next room for a while. Cheng Jingyi banged her head against the bed board a few times without success, and finally quieted down.

Shen Yisui leaned against the wall. He couldn't hear the voices of the other people around him, only the whistling of an unknown wind.

After about four or five minutes, Shen Yisui got up from the bed again and walked to the next room.

"Cheng Jingyi?"

Cheng Jingyi remained silent as before, his face buried in the dark shadow cast by the wall. He only opened his eyes again when he heard the sound.

Shen Yisui knew he was still awake. He walked to the bedside and sat in the same chair he had sat in before.

"Cheng Jingyi, do you remember who I am?"

The room was silent for a few seconds. Cheng Jingyi didn't move, and then said, "Shen Yisui."

"Oh...you remember my name." Shen Yisui was somewhat surprised. He continued, "Then do you know who I am?"

Cheng Jingyi turned to look at him.

Do you know what our relationship is?

Cheng Jingyi didn't answer again. He just looked at Shen Yisui, as if repeating or asking in return, "What...is our relationship?"

No one answered his question. Cheng Jingyi closed his eyes and turned his face to the side: "I don't know."

"It's normal not to know. I have nothing to do with you." Shen Yisui said in a flat tone, staring into the darkness before him.

"Once we leave the West District, you go back to where you belong, and I... I go back to where I belong. We're on different paths and have no conflict of interest, so can we just coexist peacefully for now?"

Cheng Jingyi pressed his head against the edge of the wall, not saying a word, just staring ahead with his eyes open, his fingers gripping the wooden board at the edge of the bed tightly.

Shen Yisui did not hear Cheng Jingyi's reply. He lowered his eyelids, sat in the room for less than five minutes, and then went out again.

Clinging to life, it followed behind Shen Yisui. It turned its ball around and looked around. It felt that the darkness here was so intense that all the light was eroded and even the moonlight was not present.

Holding the data tablet in its hands, it said to Shen Yisui, "According to my information, your relationship with Cheng Jingyi is quite unusual."

Shen Yisui chuckled: "Aren't you going to say I'm just cannon fodder number N? I probably don't have much to do with these big shots."

"That's not necessarily true," said the man who was trying to survive. "Even cannon fodder has its uses. The fact that Cheng Jingyi is still by your side means you've had an influence on him, doesn't it?"

"That's just the effect of a grain of sand on the ocean." Shen Yi walked in the corridor. He always walked differently from ordinary people, slowly and cautiously.

Shen Yisui looked up: "When he looks at me, it's also sand."

To live a life of ignominy: "..."

"Can't you speak normally?" the man scratched his head, trying to survive. "If you talk to me about philosophy, I won't understand."

“…This isn’t philosophy.” Shen Yi continued walking forward. He had no intention of explaining too much about his life of mere survival. He said, “Anyway, I was just saying it offhand. You don’t have to take it to heart.”

The orange light on its body kept flashing as it snorted and floated back to its original spot without speaking to Shen Yisui again.

*

Shen Yi felt hungry when he woke up the next day.

He didn't know what time it was when he woke up. After the apocalypse, the sky was mostly covered with dark clouds. The nights were already dark, and even during the day, it was still gloomy and lifeless.

Shen Yisui couldn't see the specific situation, so he rummaged through an abandoned cabinet and found some water bottles that he didn't know if they were expired. The water had a strong rusty smell, and Shen Yisui forced himself to drink two mouthfuls to rinse his mouth.

The wastewater in the sink was even dirtier, connected to the sewer, and Shen Yisui found it unpalatable just from the smell.

Cheng Jingyi was still sleeping in the next room. After Shen Yisui finished talking to him last night, Cheng Jingyi had not made any other noise.

Cheng Jingyi is half human and half zombie, and her physical functions and metabolism are different from those of ordinary people.

Shen Yi walked to the edge of his bed, still relying on Cheng Jingyi's breathing rate to judge his condition.

“I’m going out with you today, there’s nothing to eat at home.” Shen Yisui untied the rope binding Cheng Jingyi’s body, grabbed Cheng Jingyi’s wrist and pulled him up, “Go to the toilet first, then rinse your mouth.”

Cheng Jingyi was tied up all night, and her muscles and bones were somewhat stiff.

He sat up with a slight effort, his voice hoarse: "I'm not going."

Shen Yisui frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Aren't you hungry?"

Cheng Jingyi scoffed, "I'm not hungry."

Shen Yisui: "Aren't you going to the toilet?"

Cheng Jingyi turned her head away: "It has nothing to do with you."

"..." Shen Yi casually placed his hand on Cheng Jing's abdomen, and suddenly pressed down hard with his fingers a few times, hearing Cheng Jing's breath for a moment of confusion.

"going or not?"

Cheng Jingyi gritted his teeth silently, rolled off the bed, and said stiffly after a moment of silence, "Untie my legs."

Shen Yisui didn't pay much attention. He groped around and found Cheng Jingyi's ankle, then untied the rope.

"I will go with you."

Cheng Jingyi glanced at Shen Yisui's blind eyes, then stepped out the door.

A gust of cold wind swept across Shen Yisui's face. Shen Yisui stood up and clearly sensed that Cheng Jingyi's mental state was much better than yesterday.

Yesterday he could only remember the food in his mouth, but now he can talk to Shen Yisui normally.

It seems his recovery speed far exceeds that of ordinary zombies.

Shen Yi walked slowly to the restroom and heard sounds coming from inside as soon as he reached the door. Cheng Jingyi, whose hands were still mobile, had already taken care of most of the matter herself.

Shen Yi handed him a mineral water bottle from the room. Cheng Jingyi stood there for a moment before reaching out to take it.

The water in the mineral bottle was being poured out with a loud splashing sound. Shen Yisui stood aside listening and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"what are you doing?"

Cheng Jingyi had already screwed the cap on, and most of the water inside was gone. He glanced at the bottle and said, "Wash your hands."

Shen Yisui: "...That's for you to rinse your mouth."

"No," Cheng Jingyi said. "I need to wash my hands after using the toilet."

At this moment, Cheng Jingyi suddenly felt a sense of self-awareness and habit as a human being.

Shen Yisui wasn't going to argue with a fool. He asked, "If you use all the water in the bottle to wash your hands, what are you going to do tomorrow?"

Cheng Jingyi squeezed the mineral water bottle in his hand so hard it made a creaking sound. He seemed to be thinking, but after only a few seconds he spoke again: "There's water in the supermarket downstairs."

Shen Yi paused, "Are you sure?"