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

"It's okay. This might be a bit sudden for you. Take your time to think about it." Tang Shengnan didn't understand why Meng Xiaoyou was so conflicted. Perhaps she was too close to the situation to see clearly. In fact, the way the two of them interacted was no longer that of a couple. They could be mistaken for an old married couple.

During their conversation, after a while, they heard footsteps again from not far away. The two turned around and saw the man who had just left standing not far away, holding a brand new flowerpot in his hand.

He didn't approach, but stood there gazing, waiting for them to finish their conversation.

Even though the other person's gaze was as still as a stagnant pool as usual, for some reason, Meng Xiaoyou felt a burning sensation when she met his gaze, and hesitated to look over.

Tang Shengnan hummed in the side, "What are you afraid of? Go for it without hesitation."

She patted Mushroom on the shoulder, "Chest out, head up, eyes forward, do you see the target?"

Meng Xiaoyou straightened her back unconsciously. "I saw it."

"Go and test the waters."

The timid mushroom took awkward little steps, glancing back every few steps, until it reached Pei Sinian's side. Its eyes lit up when it saw his flowerpot. "A mushroom planter?"

Pei Sinian nodded. "Let's plant them together?"

“But I can’t use my powers now…” The mushrooms that the old lady picked had already been put into Meng Xiaoyou’s spatial storage, so she couldn’t use her powers now… Thinking of this, Meng Xiaoyou gave him a resentful look, “It’s all your fault.”

“…” Pei Sinian pondered for a moment, “I’ll save some for you next time.”

"!!"

Behind her, Tang Shengnan looked at Meng Xiaoyou, who had just been full of worries but was now getting along well with her, and clicked her tongue in her heart: If this couple doesn't work out, she'll go and eat the mushrooms that Meng Xiaoyou has secretly hidden.

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In the afternoon, Xiao Moqiong sent a message, saying that they were also going out to find supplies the next day, and asked Meng Xiaoyou and the others if they wanted to go together.

Just then, Meng Xiaoyou and the others were almost out of food. The group discussed and made preparations, set a time, and by evening, Meng Xiaoyou's powers had finally recovered somewhat. She took out the mushrooms from her spatial bubble.

The two pots of large white mushrooms were incredibly resilient, almost like a different variety; the largest one had a cap the size of Meng Xiaoyou's fist.

The mushrooms that the old lady picked this time were not pure white; the very tops were slightly yellowish, and they were small, with caps about the size of quail eggs.

The base uses generators during the day, but there is no electricity at night, so they put flashlights next to it. The two shadows in the room are very close together, as if they could overlap at any moment.

Meng Xiaoyou knelt down beside him to help, carefully inserting the mushrooms into the soil under Pei Sinian's guidance.

Mushrooms are fragile, and the two of them treated them like their own cubs. Even Pei Sinian, who was a germaphobe, didn't wear gloves. His pale fingertips were covered in dirt as he pinched the white stem of the mushroom and put it inside.

Meng Xiaoyou followed suit, touching her own kind with joy in her eyes. When she looked up, she caught sight of the man's serious and handsome face, and suddenly remembered what she had said to Tang Shengnan earlier that day.

"Pei Sinian!"

A name slipped out. The man lifted his eyelids slightly, his light gray pupils taking on a pale golden hue under the flashlight beam, a hint of doubt in his eyes. "What's wrong?"

Meng Xiaoyou let out a breath and asked seriously, "Do you like mushrooms?"

She was a little nervous and accidentally blurted out what was on her mind. After she finished speaking, her cheeks burned, and she wished she could turn back into her original form and put the white pole back into the soil to hide it.

Oh my god, how could she be so bold as to ask that question?

What should Pei Sinian say? He could say he liked her, but he hadn't figured out how to reply yet.

If she says she doesn't like it, then... she's just being presumptuous.

No matter how Pei Sinian answers, the situation will be very awkward.

"I...I mean..."

"like."

Pei Sinian provided the answer.

Meng Xiaoyou's purple mushroom instantly heated up, turning the same color as a cherry bomb, and it might even explode at any moment.

Her heart pounded wildly, threatening to leap out of her throat, and the little mushroom she was holding fell onto the table.

At this moment, the air was eerily silent...

"Then..." Mushroom's face turned bright red, wishing she could turn back time and take back everything she had just said.

Being human is so hard! She wants to turn back into a mushroom!

The man's gaze fell on her, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. He picked up a small mushroom from the table with his long, slender fingers and asked, "Mushroom, you... don't you like it?"

"Huh?" Meng Xiaoyou barely came to her senses and looked over in a daze. She saw the man's well-defined fingers planting the last mushroom in the flowerpot, and his cool voice dispelling the heat in the room.

I thought you liked mushrooms.

Meng Xiaoyou: "???"

All reason returned instantly, her throat tightened, and she said dryly, "The mushroom you said you like?"

A rare hint of doubt appeared in Pei Sinian's eyes: "Mushrooms, are there any others?"

Mushroom itself: "..."

She scratched her head awkwardly, looking around, "So...do you like purple mushrooms?"

"poisonous."

Mushroom: "Huh?"

Meng Xiaoyou looked blank and dazed. Pei Sinian sighed, used his water-based supernatural abilities to clean the table and both of their hands, and took the opportunity to pat a tuft of "smart hair" sticking up on her head, carefully instructing her: "Brightly colored mushrooms are all poisonous. Keep the white mushrooms for now, and don't pick the purple ones since they are rare."

Meng Xiaoyou's beautiful eyes widened.

Pei Sinian called her poisonous?

Her eyes instantly welled up with tears, and Pei Sinian paused. "But if you really like it, I'll keep an eye out for purple mushrooms for you in the future. It's time to sleep."

After skillfully helping the little idiot finish washing up, Pei Sinian turned off the flashlight, plunging the room into darkness.

The zombie who sticks mushrooms isn't resting in Meng Xiaoyou's room tonight because... he has important business to attend to.

A dark and windy night, a night for murder.

After a flash of light, the night patrolman at the manor's gate collapsed to the ground. A slender, red-clad figure slowly emerged from the darkness. Her hair was disheveled, and she held a wooden stick in her hand. She poked the fallen man, her voice sinister, "You forced me to this..."

This village is in a desolate area, and few zombies come up the mountain, but it's a different story if there is the scent of human flesh to lure people in.

The woman had already made an important decision during the day: since these people didn't like her, they all had to die.

However, it was still difficult to take action, so she mustered her courage and went down the mountain.

However, after taking only two steps, he tripped over something.

Just then, the clouds parted, and moonlight poured down, revealing to her a horrified sight of what lay beneath her.

A bluish-gray color, not human-like, and a pair of almost empty eyes stared straight at her, letting out a low growl of disgust.

The lame zombie: "Roar! You stepped on me, apologize to me now."