A cute, timid mushroom mistakenly takes the zombie king for her boyfriend and sticks close to him.

Meng Xiaoyou was still half asleep and in a daze.

Her hair was a mess, crackling with electricity, and her small face was blank. Her eyelids drooped, and her eyelashes were curled up slightly from sleeping. She looked hazy and sleepy, and her eyes were not yet focused. With the sunlight streaming in, the thing was backlit, so she couldn't see it clearly for a moment.

At that moment, all the sleepiness vanished, and she instinctively covered her head with her hands.

"Sneak attack! Despicable!" Mushrooms aren't tasty, monsters and demons, get out of here!

She curled up into a small ball, shivering, and in her daze, she seemed to have returned to the plant world, where the caps of purple mushrooms completely covered the white stems, leaving only her big, watery eyes peeking out.

"Meng Xiaoyou".

"Don't bite..." Meng Xiaoyou retorted reflexively, then realized that the voice sounded a little familiar, and she poked her head out from under her arm.

A face so white it looked like it could be cremated at any moment came into her view.

The man's face was pale, his expression icy, and his eyes behind his glasses were fixed on her dangerously, while he held a weapon in his hand...

Upon seeing an acquaintance, Meng Xiaoyou patted her chest with lingering fear, straightened her back, and loudly complained, "Did you yell at me?"

Pei Sinian, who remained motionless except for calling her name, seemed to be thinking: "???"

At the same time, there was a knock on the door: "Miss, are you awake?"

Meng Xiaoyou realized that she was still at her living father's house, and immediately replied, "I'm not awake yet."

As soon as she finished speaking, she received a death stare from Pei Sinian.

The aunt outside the room said, "You're awake! Dinner is ready. Come out and eat in a bit."

Meng Xiaoyou: "..."

She stared blankly at Pei Sinian, then said dejectedly, "Fine, don't come in."

Outside the room, the aunt responded. She rubbed her hands together. She had heard that this young lady was difficult to get along with, but listen to this little voice. It was so sweet, like it was coated with several layers of sugar, with a sticky, sleepy quality. It sounded so well-behaved!

If it weren't for the impoliteness of pushing the door open, she would have liked to go in and see what the young lady looked like when she woke up, whether her face was rosy and chubby, and whether she could squeeze water out of her cheeks.

"Oh dear!" Just then, a gasp came from inside the room. The aunt was startled and quickly knocked on the door twice. "What's wrong? Should I come in and check on you?"

"No need!" came the slightly hurried reply. "I just accidentally bumped my foot."

“Your foot is a big problem, it must be really twisted. Can I get you some Yunnan Baiyao? It works really well. I used it for all my sprains and bruises back home.”

"It's okay... I'll be fine after a while."

After answering her aunt's question, Meng Xiaoyou glared at the culprit, "Why did you pinch me for no reason?"

She used considerable force, and hurriedly pulled out a small mirror from her spatial storage. Sure enough, there were two red marks on her right cheek. She huffed and puffed, "You... went too far!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Sinian's tense expression eased slightly, and he raised his eyebrows noncommittally, "Being home alone without any sense of security, he deserves to be pinched."

Meng Xiaoyou: "!!!"

Then she felt a sharp pain on her cheek, and the man pinched her again with his finger.

"She's been sold out and she's still sleeping so soundly, she should be pinched."

Meng Xiaoyou: "???"

"Idiot, you should be pinched!"

Mushroom got angry after being pinched again, "You just want to pinch me, what excuse are you making?"

She wasn't completely stupid... Pei Sinian's hand was slapped back by her hand. It didn't hurt; instead, it felt like being punched twice by a cat's paw pads.

This time, Mr. Zombie didn't misunderstand that Meng Xiaoyou left voluntarily, so of course he wasn't angry with her. He simply thought she looked strangely pretty after waking up and wanted to pinch her twice.

After having his fill of hands-on activities, Pei Sinian quietly handed Meng Xiaoyou the golden shovel handle just as she was about to burst into tears.

"For you."

Meng Xiaoyou instinctively hugged it, and when she looked down, she saw a golden shovel. At the top of the shovel handle, there was a mushroom carved in the shape of a simple line drawing, with two small diamonds inlaid under the umbrella, adding the finishing touch to the mushroom painting.

She liked it at first sight, and, trying to suppress the urge to smile, cleared her throat: "Are you trying to coax me?"

That's such a cheesy thing to say.

But it's something only a little fool would say.

Mr. Zombie slightly raised his chin and gave an ambiguous "hmm".

He knew that the little fool was easy to coax.

However, the next second, Mushroom praised the kitten's face, "This is not practical, it won't even be able to hit a person with force."

As we all know, gold is relatively soft. Even iron can be bitten off by the little zombies. So sending gold there is like giving them a few gold teeth for free, isn't it?

She couldn't help but imagine that the next enemy would come up and take a bite like a little zombie, then bare their two big front teeth at her—wouldn't that be a blatant mockery?

Damn it, just thinking about it makes Mushroom's fist hard.

"I don't care, I didn't coax you!" She didn't want to be easily coaxed. She had promised that she would get back at Pei Sinian for all the grievances she had just suffered.

So she sat on the bed with her legs crossed, one hand holding a shovel and the other on her hip, pointing and gesturing: "Is this how you coax me? You made me angry at noon and didn't coax me, which made me lose my appetite and only able to eat bread with the little vines. In addition, you didn't guard me properly, which led to me being stolen. You poked me awake from my dream, scared me so much that I have a trauma, and even pinched me. Tell me, how are you going to make up for all of this?"

She meticulously listed his crimes, and Mr. Zombie instantly became a heinous criminal.

The sinner pursed his lips: "Then how do you plan to coax me?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Can't you figure it out yourself? Do I have to teach you everything?"

"They have no self-awareness at all," Meng Xiaoyou muttered to herself, feeling increasingly uncomfortable.

"I got insulted."

“That bastard is a piece of trash. He insulted me, and he insulted you too. If I weren’t weak and didn’t have the shovel, I would definitely fight him to the death and spray him with bubbles.”

She hung her head, sniffled pitifully, and said, "You'd better coax me properly. I didn't win the argument with him, so next time I'll take my keys with me and I won't open the door for you."

Pei Sinian's heart sank. So, the little fool wasn't stupid; she was just afraid of locking him out...

She was so angry at noon, but she still couldn't control her soft heart.

He sighed, thinking to himself that he was far from being a zombie. He should at least have appeased her a bit before going out to choose a gift.

"My fault."

"Of course it's your fault." Mushroom looked up, her eyes slightly red, and reached out: "Give me a hug."

Pei Sinian's fingertips twitched for a moment, then he bent down, picked her up, and pulled her into his arms.

His arms were very strong; he could usually lift her up with one hand. This time, he held her tightly with both hands, making her feel very safe. Not to mention, when she got close, she could smell his refreshing and clean fragrance. Her nostrils flared as she sniffed around in his arms.

Pei Sinian had the illusion that she was sucking him in; his Adam's apple bobbed and his body stiffened.

Her voice was also a little hoarse: "Are you still sad?"