Chapter 44: She Was Such a Good Person

Wen Yao’s cheeks were flushed, her watery eyes sparkling, and a few strands of hair by her temples were slightly disheveled. Even her steps back to the room were unsteady.

She couldn’t help but recall, had she ever been like this when interacting with other men?

Shen Yichuan, and the other male members of her former team…

No, she had never been close to them. The team members respected her, and the Thirteenth District base was strictly regulated. Even Shen Yichuan would keep his distance from her. The most contact they had was pulling her hand in a chaotic zombie battlefield, or simply and roughly setting her bones, bandaging her wounds, and that was all.

He never had the time or opportunity to make her fantasize.

Besides, Shen Yichuan was calm, cold, and rational, completely different from Ji Mingchen, a devil who spouted endless nonsense.

Their combined seven years of contact were probably less than seven days with Ji Mingchen.

Wen Yao took a deep breath.

So, she must just be unaccustomed…

Because she had never truly been close to a man, she had these uncomfortable and unfamiliar reactions. Just like some people who had never seen a mutated zombie would be scared out of their wits.

It was just a matter of getting used to it.

“…”

…

Beizhou.

The defense line located in the northern part of Linhe City in the Thirteenth District of the Beizhou was almost breached. The zombie horde came in wave after wave. Several teams fought for three days and three nights, until finally, Shen Yichuan, holding a sniper rifle, blew the head off the last mutated zombie, declaring the end of the battle.

The man’s face was cold and handsome, his brows furrowed, and his forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat. He looked at the piles of corpses outside the city, stood up gracefully from the cover, and instructed the people beside him: “Go start a fire, quickly.”

Mu Shengsheng nodded and ran away, but soon came back, asking nervously: “The lighters are all frozen, do you have a spare one?”

Hearing this stupid question, Shen Yichuan’s brow twitched, inexplicably annoyed: “Why would I have one here, go to the logistics.”

Mu Shengsheng seemed to have just realized, and hurriedly ran towards the tent behind.

Shen Yichuan looked at Mu Shengsheng’s retreating back, lost in thought for a moment for no reason.

The black work uniform, the high ponytail, Wen Yao used to dress like this, but the difference was that she was calm and composed when holding the Silver Moon Blade, her actions were decisive and swift, never as flustered as Mu Shengsheng, nor would she repeatedly make such low-level mistakes.

What kind of person was Wen Yao…

Shen Yichuan never wasted time thinking about this question before, but these days, her past often reappeared in his dreams.

Thinking back on those little details, he suddenly realized that she was such a good person.

Wen Yao wasn’t as outgoing as Mu Shengsheng, nor was she as eloquent. On the contrary, her personality was very reserved, she wasn’t good at words, she would silently do many things, she never said anything.

They were partners in the past, he only needed a glance, she would understand what he meant, he made a gesture, she would react quickly and know which direction to swing her blade.

She was gentle and delicate, but also calm and composed, always silently contributing to the team. When she was gone one day, everyone realized that she could do many things that others couldn’t…

Fang Lanyin carried her gun and walked over from a distance, stepping on the snow, calling out: “Captain Shen, let’s go.”

Shen Yichuan’s thoughts returned, he nodded coldly.

Fang Lanyin actually didn’t like Shen Yichuan very much. Seeing the lost expression in the man’s eyes, she pretended to be casual and laughed: “Captain Shen, are you thinking about Deputy Captain Wen…”

“Not just you, these days, everyone often thinks about her. I always thought she was too silent, too unassuming, there’s a saying, what is it, crying children get candy, she’s the one who doesn’t like to cry.”

“Actually, Captain Shen shouldn’t have done that that day. Everyone was in a bad state that day to complete the mission. You held that vote, even if Deputy Captain Wen didn’t die, her heart would have been chilled…”

Shen Yichuan didn’t want to listen to this at all, he closed his eyes and interrupted coldly: “How long has it been, what’s the point of you saying this now? The situation that day, was there a better solution?”

“…”

“If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t regret my decision that day.”

Fang Lanyin looked at the man’s resolute back, pursed her lips and said nothing.

It was better not to mention this, but once it was brought up, Shen Yichuan thought of Wen Yao crying in the snow that day, it lingered in his mind, for how many nights these days, he would dream of her that day.

Her beautiful eyelashes were filled with frost, her emotions were extremely low, she tentatively took a step forward, but she didn’t dare to expect too much, she could only look at him helplessly, tears welling up in her eyes.

He only thought she was being sentimental and unreasonable at the time, but now, thinking back carefully, how could Wen Yao be a selfish person who didn’t care about the overall situation?

She was a veteran, she was skilled with the blade, but she was also just a young girl, she inevitably had some dependence on him.

What she wanted at the time, perhaps wasn’t for him to take her away, but simply his attitude, his comfort.

Just a comfort that showed her he cared…

Night fell, and snowflakes fell from the sky again. Shen Yichuan looked up at the sky, his heart suddenly ached.

…

Dongzhou.

When it was time for dinner at night, Ji Mingchen also came in. He glanced at the various dishes on the table, and asked Wen Yao beside him: “Why aren’t you eating, don’t you like the dishes today?”

Wen Yao: “…No.”

It was the end of the world, who would be picky, it was good enough to have food.

Sensing her subtle mood, Ji Mingchen raised his brow slightly and asked with a smile: “Are you really unhappy?”

Wen Yao was really afraid to see his face now, not that she hated him or anything, but… her heart was racing and she was panicking?

She had discovered before that she always had a good temper, but she would only vent her anger at this man. Before, she was his enemy, she thought that anger came from their hostile relationship, from Shen Yichuan’s hatred for him.

But now, they were clearly not enemies, they were even in a relationship that she couldn’t afford to offend, yet she couldn’t help but get angry with him sometimes…

Wen Yao was both puzzled and at a loss for words about this natural and spontaneous little emotion.

She didn’t look at the man, she tried to suppress this strange restless feeling, her voice was soft: “…No.”

Ji Mingchen looked at the girl’s shy and timid downcast eyes, a smile curled on his lips: “Then eat.”

“It’s normal for partners to hug, if you’re really unhappy, I’ll hug you back later, I’ll even let you hug me to sleep tonight.”

“…?”

This childish man, would he ever stop.

So Wen Yao retorted: “I’m not unhappy because you hugged me…”

Ji Mingchen “oh”ed: “Then why are you unhappy?”

Wen Yao choked: “I…”

The reason seemed impossible to explain.

She didn’t want to argue with this guy about this anymore, she picked up her chopsticks and lowered her brows slightly: “…I’m a bit hungry, why don’t we eat first.”

Ji Mingchen glanced at the girl’s flushed ears, chuckled, and also leisurely picked up his cutlery.

The two of them ate dinner in the luxuriously decorated dining room of the ancient castle villa. When they were almost finished eating, someone came to the door of the dining room.

He Fengyan raised his hand and knocked on the door: “Captain Ming, something happened.”

Wen Yao and Ji Mingchen looked up at the same time, Ji Mingchen’s smile hadn’t faded when he looked at He Fengyan: “What happened?”