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

No tear ducts?

Ignoring everything, Meng Xiaoyou opened her eyes and started acting up. Her neatly trimmed, rounded nails dug into the man's palm, mischievously pinching a piece of flesh and twisting it halfway around. Yet her eyes remained red and swollen, and she pitifully pleaded, "Cry, cry, cry~"

Her tone was spoiled and her demands were unreasonable. She didn't listen to the words that zombies don't have tear ducts at all. She really wanted to see what Pei Sinian would look like when he cried. Her wet, dark eyes rolled around and she threatened in a low voice, "If you don't cry, you'll be my dad."

Pei Sinian's perfect face almost cracked open as he gritted his teeth and warned, "Meng Xiaoyou, I'm your boyfriend."

"You haven't even confessed your feelings, what kind of boyfriend are you?" Little Mushroom was completely unaware that she was dancing in Mr. Zombie's minefield. Her voice was soft and silly. "I want an obedient dad. My biological dad is disobedient and always makes me sad. He can adopt a daughter, so why can't I adopt a godfather? Pei Sinian, I think you're still quite charming... Ouch, hit me!"

Before Meng Xiaoyou could even shed a tear from her faint sadness, the man smacked her on the head. Like a bullied kitten that had lost its temper but couldn't fight back, she curled up on the sofa and hugged herself tightly, trembling under Pei Sinian's death stare.

Pei Sinian sneered: "I think you just want to cry in a different way."

"Hey? Hey hey hey? Don't come any closer, wrong... wrong."

The tall man cast a shadow over her like a huge boulder, and his powerful hands gripped her shoulders.

Meng Xiaoyou had nowhere to avoid it and could only watch helplessly as the man's handsome face pressed down on her. His mouth was like a long nail; the moment it touched her, she felt a prickling sensation and whimpered, "No, don't bite."

Dangerous, sharp fangs brushed against her rosy lips, cold and sharp, making her skin tremble and her eyelashes flutter: "Then...then I'll bite you, and...next time I won't let you kiss me."

Does this mean it's for your family this time?

The man's gaze was deep and intense, his eyes fixed on his prey. He gripped the back of her head with his large hand and began to devour her without any hesitation, as if he wanted to swallow her whole.

In the end, Meng Xiaoyou did indeed cry in a different way, like a freshly cooked tomato and egg stir-fry, her face flushed red, her voice yellowish, which aroused the zombies' other desires even more.

Gradually, he was no longer satisfied with kissing, but he couldn't find an outlet. He pressed the person in his arms and "devoured" him all over, but still couldn't break through.

Meng Xiaoyou, however, was in a terrible state. Her superpowers had dried up from crying, and crystal tears streamed down her face.

Suddenly, her pushing motion stopped. Her small, fair hand remained on the man's disheveled chest, and she could clearly feel his heartbeats and other sounds.

Keep crying...crying will only excite the zombies more...

Little Mushroom: "???"

The dense kisses on her neck, and the occasional clinking of her metal glasses, gave her goosebumps. Her petite body trembled, attracting Pei Sinian's attention.

He slowly raised his head, his light gray eyes suddenly darkening like an abyss. Gazing into an abyss makes one unconsciously drawn in, wanting to fall in.

His pale complexion, handsome and refined features, and cool and gentle demeanor meant that, apart from his eyes, he seemed no different from usual...

Is it an illusion?

I think I just heard some inner voice, but it disappeared in an instant.

"what happened?"

The man's voice was hoarseer than usual, his thin lips had turned blood red, and his sharp teeth on both sides were slightly exposed, like a vampire from legend, wanting to drain Meng Xiaoyou's blood and merge with her blood to become one with her completely.

Meng Xiaoyou was startled by this idea. She patted her chest and muttered to herself, "How did the original owner still have time to read novels? There are no vampires in this world, only zombies."

She swallowed hard, the skin from her neck to her collarbone still tingling slightly. "N-nothing... are you excited?"

Pei Sinian paused, then raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "No."

His expression was too serious, revealing nothing. He lowered his head and buried his face in her neck, giving her a light kiss. Meng Xiaoyou fluttered her eyelashes, listened intently, and the strange sound disappeared, as if everything just now was her imagination.

She breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, how could Pei Sinian be excited because she cried... He was overthinking it.

"Meng Xiaoyou!"

Startled by the sudden sound, Meng Xiaoyou exclaimed, "Huh? What's wrong?"

"I like you."

He's confessing his feelings—a belated confession from a zombie who's bad at expressing himself.

Mushroom blushed. "I like it... I like it too, but... could you please stop biting me? It's so weird."

"No, don't break it."

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The three-day deadline had arrived. Meng Xiaoyou had breakfast and was dressed up beautifully by Pei Sinian before heading out.

Tang Shengnan was about to pounce on Meng Xiaoyou when he saw her neck, and he stopped abruptly, "Little beauty, you..."

Despite being mentally prepared that they were a couple, Tang Shengnan still couldn't help but feel heartbroken: "Oh dear, such a beautiful cabbage has been eaten by a pig!"

She glared at Pei Sinian fiercely.

Pei Sinian remained calm and unmoved, while Meng Xiaoyou looked around blankly. "Are there any cabbages here?"

Tang Shengnan: "...Forget it, the sooner we go, the sooner we come back. This base may be bustling, but it's not really ours."

Moonlight Base is still the best; you can do whatever you want there.

And you don't have to pay rent!

The three of them went to the research institute with practiced ease. The institute's purpose had long since changed; they had abandoned other pre-apocalyptic research projects and were now solely responsible for developing the zombie virus.

This was the first time Meng Xiaoyou and her friends, led by Lu Beichuan, had gone to the basement and met the legendary academician, Rong.

Academician Rong was a short old man, about 1.6 meters tall. Like everyone else, he wore a white coat. His face was rough and uneven, like that of a pug. He had a flat, large nose, and his vision wasn't very good without his glasses. He squinted when he looked at people. He had a very kind smile. "You've arrived?"

He fixed his gaze on Pei Sinian, paused for a few seconds, and smiled, "What, don't you remember me? I even held you when you were little."

Upon hearing this, Meng Xiaoyou looked at Academician Rong in surprise, then at Pei Sinian. The man remained expressionless and said sparingly, "I don't remember."

It was impossible to expect him to ask anything. Meng Xiaoyou looked puzzled: "You've never talked about your past. I thought..."

“This can’t be blamed on him.” Academician Rong sighed, then beckoned, “You must be his girlfriend, right? You’re a very pretty young lady. Come, come, the antidote is ready. Let Beichuan give you the injection first…”

Lu Beichuan placed a tray on the table and prepared the medicine. The cold liquid dripped from the needle tip, approaching Meng Xiaoyou and Mu Qingfeng.

Meng Xiaoyou stared at the needle in horror and hid behind Pei Sinian at the fastest speed she had ever done.

"Pei... Pei Pei Pei Sinian... You... You didn't say you were going to give me acupuncture!!"

Help! Help the mushrooms!

There's a needle here trying to kill the mushrooms!