Chapter 121(1/2)
Before Ji Ting could be surprised, he was startled by the zombies that were leaning against Shen Tuchuan again. She held her breath and did not dare to move. She originally wanted to retreat, but Yu Guang noticed that there were other zombies moving on the stairs. If she retreated out of the teaching building, these zombies would find their existence, and they would have to repeat the daytime escape.
The obstruction of vision at night greatly restricted the observation ability. No one knew whether another big zombie would pop up in the darkness the next second.
The zombie, whose face was only two fists were apart, was still sniffing something. Ji Ting's eyes were sore and tears were shining. He didn't dare to blink his eyes, for fear that a zombie with a broken mouth exposed to her bloody gum would chew on her face.
When she was so nervous that her fingertips were trembling, the big boy leaning on her back quietly stretched out his gloved hand and gently covered most of her face, leaving only a pair of eyes for her. Ji Ting was stunned for a moment, realizing that he was protecting himself, he suddenly became less afraid.
The zombies sniffed for a long time without smelling anything, turned around and left in disappointment, while the zombies wandering at the entrance of the stairs gradually walked towards the hall, as if they were about to move here.
Ji Ting looked at the zombies who were getting closer and closer with a look of vigilance. Suddenly, her shoulders were gently tapped. She subconsciously looked at Shen Tuchuan. In the darkness, he also covered his face with a hat like himself, and even his eyes were hidden behind his glasses. It can be said that he was more armed than her.
Seeing him signaling himself to walk out, Ji Ting felt that he must be a problem, otherwise why would he want to laugh at such an inappropriate time?
Shen Tuchuan didn't know what she was thinking, but when he saw her standing still, he thought he was frightened, so he silently held her glove-wearing hand, and the two of them walked out silently until they breathed the bitter cold wind again, and they breathed a lot of relief.
"Why are you here?" Ji Ting lowered his voice.
Shen Tuchuan looked at her helplessly: "I should ask you this. Do you know how dangerous it is to come back alone?"
"...I'm fine. These zombies only have hearing and smell, as long as they are not discovered." Ji Ting was quite confident and paused after saying that, "This is what I just developed. How did you discover it?"
"I also figured it out myself." Shen Tuchuan answered truthfully.
Ji Ting looked at him admiringly: "You are so smart."
"You are also very smart." Shen Tu Chuan smiled slightly.
Ji Ting Xiaoxiao, thinking I can do the same thing. I only found out the answer after reading the original text of the novel, but you guessed it yourself, you are much smarter than me.
However, zombies would appear at any time in the middle of the night, not when discussing who is smarter. Ji Ting looked around for a week and saw that there was no suspicious sign on the road, so he whispered: "Let's go back."
"Well, let's go." Shen Tuchuan said, reaching out to her with one hand. Ji Ting explained nervously when he looked at him, "Don't get me wrong. It's still snowing now, and the road is slipping again. I'm afraid you will fall..."
Before he finished speaking, Ji Ting held his hand, and his fingers were still intertwined. Shen Tuchuan suddenly disappeared. Although both of them were wearing thick wool gloves, after their fingers were intertwined, the temperature on their hands was quickly transmitted to each other through the gloves.
Ji Ting's eyes bent slightly, and the sound from the mask was muffled: "Please carry the box for a while, and wait and change it to me."
"...It's okay, let's go." Shen Tuchuan felt that he had worn too much when he came out, otherwise why would he feel sweaty on his body?
Ji Ting smiled and held his hand and walked towards the library together. Although he still tiptoed and cautious on the road, because there was one more person around him, most of the fear in his heart disappeared, and his steps were easier than before.
"Are you tired? I'll carry it." Ji Ting walked out of five hundred meters and asked for the third time.
Shen Tuchuan laughed: "It's okay, I'm not tired."
"Really? The things here are not light," Ji Ting looked at him hesitantly, "Don't deliberately show off in front of girls." Since there would be a sound when pushing and walking, they could only carry them in the most effort. She didn't want to consume too much energy in Shen Tuchuan.
Shen Tuchuan shook his head slightly: "Don't be tired, don't worry."
"...I'm not very relieved, let's do it," Ji Ting let go of his hand, "You can change your hand and don't just use one hand."
After being suddenly let go, Shen Tuchuan's hand suddenly fell into space. He pursed his lips and obediently changed the hand that had been holding Ji Ting just now. Then, while Ji Ting nodded with satisfaction, the hand that originally carried the box took the initiative to hold her.
Ji didn't realize anything was wrong, so he followed his hand to the other side of him and walked forward. Shen Tuchuan's heart, which had been hanging from her since he held her, finally relaxed.
The two continued to walk forward silently. When they were about to reach the library, Ji Ting accidentally stepped on a frozen piece of land and slid directly under his feet and leaned back. Shen Tuchuan hugged the person, which did not make her fall, but the box fell to the ground, making a considerable noise.
Ji Ting: "..."
Shentu Chuan: "…"
Everything was quiet for a second, then a roar came from the snow-covered place on the roadside, and a zombie with no calves crawled towards them. Ji Ting recognized it as the one in the teaching building at a glance. Unexpectedly, this guy climbed here, with only the bone stick left in his hands, and his calves disappeared directly, completely turning into knee crawling.
Even though he saw the nauseous zombies all day long, Ji Ting couldn't help but vomit, but before he could finish vomiting, Shen Tuchuan pulled him to the library.
"Box..." Ji Ting spoke anxiously, and after saying these two words, he vomited again at the other side of Wuren.
Shentu Chuan said with a breath: "I took it."
Ji Ting saw that he was indeed holding the box in his other hand, and he felt relieved. The two of them quickly ran to the library. When they were about to arrive at the library, they suddenly discovered a problem, that is, because the library was too close to the group of zombies behind, they could not have time to open the door with the keys.
Shen Tuchuan gritted his teeth, glanced at the zombies behind him, and shouted at the location on the second floor: "Zhao Heng! Qian Peng! Sun Ling!"
His voice attracted a louder roar from the zombie group, as if comparing him with his voice. Ji Ting realized that he wanted the people upstairs to come down and open the door so that they could go straight into the house after rushing over and no longer need to use the key to open the door, so he shouted.
Their voices and the roar of zombies, even the dead should wake up, but there was no movement on the second floor. However, even if there was no movement, Ji Ting and Shen Tu Chuan, who had been paying attention to the upper floor, clearly saw that the window opened a crack and then closed it again.
The two people's expressions were a little bad. After looking at each other, they gritted their teeth and rushed to the door. Ji Ting quickly took out the key to unlock the lock, but the more nervous the lock became, the harder it was. Seeing that the zombie group was coming, Shen Tuchuan suddenly comforted him in a low voice: "Hurry up, don't be afraid."
After saying that, he put the box next to Ji Ting and ran to the left side of the library: "I'm here! Come here!"
Ji Ting subconsciously grabbed his sleeve, but failed to catch him. Seeing him getting farther and farther away from him, she gritted her teeth and took off her gloves, trembling with her fingers and began to focus on opening the door, regardless of whether she was in danger or not.
Zombies are a group of creatures with no intelligence but only hearing and smell. When they heard Shen Tuchuan's voice, they immediately turned toward him. Ji heard that there was no obstacle here and quickly opened the door. He immediately turned around and shouted at the open space: "The door is open! Hurry up!"
Before he finished speaking, Shen Tuchuan ran from the other side. Before Ji Ting could react, he pushed her into the house with a box, closed the door with his backhand and locked it. When the zombies surrounded him unwillingly, they were already safe in the hall.
"Are you okay?" Shen Tuchuan grabbed Ji Ting's shoulder and asked anxiously without waiting for a firm stand.
Ji Ting looked at him steadily, and after confirming that there was no trace of being bitten on his body, he sobbed into his arms, grabbed the buttons on his down jacket and began to cry.
Shen Tuchuan stiffened for a moment, patted her back crampedly, and his voice showed a little carelessness that he hadn't noticed: "I'm fine, I know you will definitely unlock the lock in the shortest time, so I took them around the library, I won't be in danger."
Ji Tingcai didn't care whether he was in danger or not, he only knew how desperate he was when he didn't grab his sleeve just now.
"It's really okay..." Shen Tuchuan said, unable to help laughing. He didn't immediately hold back his face until Ji listened to his arms and glared at him.
Ji Ting looked up at him, but he didn't plan to let him go. His two arms, which were bloated because of the cotton jacket, kept tying him. Shen Tuchuan didn't feel annoyed, just wanted to pull out his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.
It was not until the zombies scattered outside and the sound of rapid footsteps came from the stairs that Ji Ting let go of him, wiped his tears and sat on his box.
"What's wrong with you two?! Why are you running out for nothing? Do you know how dangerous it is outside?!" Sun Ling accused him angrily and became even more angry when he saw the box where Ji Ting was sitting, "You ran out for this broken box?"
"This is the relic of her parents, please be careful." Shen Tuchuan spoke with a cold face.
Sun Ling's aura disappeared for a moment, and then said angrily: "What's wrong with the relics? My parents are still alive and dead! If I encounter danger because of you, I have ever thought about my parents' feelings?!"
"So this is why you don't save me?" Ji Ting looked at him indifferently.
Qian Peng's face changed: "What do you mean?"
"The window opened and closed just now, but we could see clearly. Don't tell me it was blown by the wind." Ji Ting's disgust was really unconcealed.
"you!"
"Okay, okay, don't argue," Zhao Heng came out to smooth things over. "We were late just now. It's not right for us, but you two shouldn't go find boxes. Everyone is wrong with this matter, so don't discuss it."
"That's right, you shouldn't have gone to find a box!" Sun Ling interrupted immediately.
Ji Ting didn't plan to let them go: "Is it too late to come out? Why did you run so fast when you ran away before?"
"Ji! Don't be merciless. If you really don't want to be with us, just leave! Don't look like we owe you all day long." Qian Peng hated her about escaping the most, and immediately refuted when she heard this.
A hint of mockery flashed in Ji Ting's eyes: "What? I was so angry that I was so embarrassed that I was angry? This place belongs to yours? I can't stay here after arguing with you?" The man was so embarrassed. She was obviously looking for this place, but she still wanted her to leave.
"Aren't you bothering us? Of course, why don't you dare?" Qian Peng looked at her disdainfully, sure that she, a girl, would not dare to leave. He must let her know today that the current form is her relying on them and let her be careful when talking to them in the future.
Ji Ting rolled his eyes. Before he could speak, Shen Tuchuan spoke first: "Don't worry, when dawn, we will find a place to hide again and will not stay here."
As soon as Shen Tuchuan spoke, the hall fell silent in an instant. After a long time, Zhao Heng spoke dryly: "Now, one more person is more powerful, and we may be the only one in the class who is still alive. Can everyone be united?"
"No," Ji heard Shen Tu Chuan helping him, realizing that this was a good opportunity to part ways with these dogs, and immediately spoke, "When Shen Tu Chuan and I need help, you don't even dare to help open the door. How could we still unite with you?"
"Ji Ting..." When Zhao Heng looked at her, he noticed the indifference in her eyes, and suddenly there was no sound. At this moment, an emotion called regret gradually climbed into his heart. He should have been braver just now, and he shouldn't have retreated because of the zombies behind them, otherwise Ji Ting wouldn't have looked at him like this at this moment.
"This matter is settled, let's rest." After Shen Tuchuan said that, he pulled Ji Ting up, took the initiative to pick up the box from the ground, and went upstairs with Ji Ting.
None of the two looked back. The only three boys left in the hall looked ugly. After a while, Sun Ling asked, "What should I do now?" When he fled before, Shen Tuchuan made the decision. If he left, the three of them would become headless flies.
"I won't do anything. I'm hiding here and waiting for rescue anyway. It's better if they leave. Those foods can last for two more days." Qian Peng said disdainfully.
When Sun Ling heard this, he nodded immediately. He wanted to ask Zhao Heng what he meant, but saw him turn around and leave with a gloomy face.
"My heartbroken..." Sun Ling murmured in a low voice, feeling it was boring, so he followed him upstairs.
When the three of them passed Ji Ting's room, Zhao Heng stopped and knocked on the door and said, "Jiting, are you asleep? I have something to say to you."
There was no sound in the room. Sun Ling and Qian Peng looked at each other, which could be regarded as seeing Zhao Heng’s thoughts about Ji Ting. He immediately rolled his eyes disdainfully, and the two of them went straight back to the room.
Zhao Heng couldn't wait for someone to open the door, and pursed his lips and said, "I really didn't want to go on purpose. I'll give you all my food. Don't be angry with me, okay? There are zombies everywhere outside now, and the library is the safest place. Don't leave. I, I don't want you to leave..."
Before he finished speaking, the door opened. His eyes lit up. After seeing the person clearly, he immediately frowned: "Why are you?"
"We will change places tomorrow morning and are discussing where to go," Shen Tuchuan said and paused, "I won't go back tonight."
He originally wanted to live in the same room with Ji Ting, but he was afraid that it would be bad for her reputation if it was reported in the future, so he planned to discuss it and leave. As a result, after hearing what Zhao Heng said just now, he suddenly felt that Ji Ting should not live in a single house. He had underestimated the evils of people before. In such a special period, law and morality were no longer binding. Zhao Heng fell in love with Ji Ting again, and no one knew what he would do.
He should stay by Ji Ting's side.
"You live here?" Zhao Heng's voice suddenly rose, "Why are you living here?!"
"I asked him to stay. I was scared when I saw you. Is this reason OK?" Ji Ting walked over with a cold face, looked at Zhao Heng and closed the door with a snap.
Zhao Heng stood there with a ugly face for a long time before he returned to the study room unwillingly.
As soon as Zhao Heng left, Ji Ting, who was sticking to the door and listening to the movement, stood up straight, walked to the corner and sat down before he raised his face and said, "Even if you escape from now on, you are not allowed to pay attention to them when you meet again. Have you heard?"
"Yes." Shen Tuchuan nodded with a good temper.
Ji Ting's expression was better. After he pulled the chair to sit down next to him, he continued, "Then let's go to the Science and Technology Building as I said just now. Let's go to the Science and Technology Building tomorrow morning." The Science and Technology Building is closest to the library and has few people in normal times. It is a safe place to come back and meet the male supporting parents at any time.
Shen Tuchuan nodded again: "Listen to you." He was silent for a moment after saying that, "It's just that there is no food allowed in the Science and Technology Building. You can't find anything except bottled water, and they won't give it to us. We may be hungry."
Ji Ting looked at the box on the ground silently and then asked him: "Do you regret going with me?"
To be continued...