Chapter 141.2
Editor: Sahloknir
Despite Shi Qing’s harsh words, he probably truly had feelings for Zhou Xuanxuan.
Otherwise, someone as domineering as him would’ve forced her soon after kidnapping her.
It wasn’t like that didn’t happen in the base.
Most women without abilities were kidnapped and sold like goods.
Men without abilities were either used as slaves or killed on a whim.
The fact that Shi Qing was able to hold back from touching Zhou Xuanxuan showed he had some sincerity.
Of course, what Song Xiabing didn’t know was that the original host had considered it before.
Other girls were roses with thorns and an explosive temper.
Zhou Xuanxuan was a different story. She was a bomb packed to the brim with thorns.
When the original host tried to force the powerless her, she gave him a neutering kick.
After fighting for so long, Zhou Xuanxuan had trained not only her abilities, but also her physical strength. Even if she had lost her abilities, she could still deliver a powerful and vicious kick.
If the original host wasn’t an ability user and a powerful one at that, he would’ve become ‘crippled’ too.
But even so, this kick made him recuperate for three days in his room, coinciding with Song Xiabing’s imprisonment in the water prison.
On the third day when the original host recovered, he remembered Song Xiabing and ordered his death.
In the original plotline, the original host hated Zhou Xuanxuan for being ‘ungrateful’ and let her starve to death. Then he fed her corpse to the zombies.
You could say that Zhou Xuanxuan’s death was the beginning of the original host’s rap sheet of abuse against both genders and other wicked, shameless deeds.
And now, well…
Shi Qing swagged his way to the room where Zhou Xuanxuan was being held.
The little brother keeping guard outside happened to be the shifty, mousy-looking guy Shi Qing saw when he just woke up. He quickly came over to suck up.
“Boss, you’re here! Don’t worry Boss, we’ll keep an eye on her and make sure she isn’t going anywhere!”
His boss, however, had a gloomy expression. He stretched out his hand, which already had a fireball emerging.
Realizing Shi Qing was going to throw it at the door, the little brother squeaked out in a panic, “Boss!! Wait!!”
Shi Qing paused and impatiently demanded, “What?!”
The little brother shivered as he took out the key from his pocket and unlocked the door. “Um, um Boss, I have the key. Locks are quite hard to find right now…”
He was sincerely concerned for the Company’s supplies.
After all, it’s hard to find st.u.r.dy locks that still worked with a matching key after the apocalypse.
If his boss destroyed this lock, he would have to venture outside to find another one the next time he needed it.
If the original host was here, he would’ve felt like this guy was petty and might even kick him.
But since it was Shi Qing…
His ugly expression eased a bit. He even offered a rare word of praise. “Not bad. You’re quite considerate.”
The shifty, mousy-looking little brother beamed excitedly.
He hurriedly patted his chest. “Don’t worry Boss, I’ll keep working hard!”
Song Xiabing glanced at Shi Qing, a bit surprised.
As far as he knew, Shi Qing had always had a bad temper. He expected Shi Qing to kick this little brother who disobeyed him aside.
Shi Qing didn’t pay any mind to his reaction.
He was working diligently to maintain his current role of lovesick man who pined one sidedly after Zhou Xuanxuan.
The door opened.The person inside was exposed to everyone’s eyes.
Zhou Xuanxuan was sitting by the table, toying with her hair in a bored manner.
When Shi Qing saw her appearance, countless words of praise came to mind.
Even though she’s appeared in a few of his memories, he’s only realized when seeing the person herself.
This Zhou Xuanxuan was simply too beautiful.
Her face was the gold standard of beauty.
Green silk fell from her shoulders like a waterfall, highlighting her slender body. She could still turn heads after starving for three days.
The little brother who was just ecstatic that his boss praised him was also stunned.
This was a face that you would never grow tired of staring at.
Only Song Xiabing was unaffected.
Although it was his first time seeing Zhou Xuanxuan, he only glanced at her before turning away. He looked down indifferently.
His reaction made the bored looking Zhou Xuanxuan raise an eyebrow with mild curiosity.
“Oh, there’s a newcomer visiting me today? How unusual.”
Her voice was soft and smooth, but it held a maturity beyond her years.
The man who kidnapped her stepped forward with a cold expression and waved his hand.
The little brother behind him was too entranced by Zhou Xuanxuan to notice.
Shi Qing “…”
Furious, he turned around and shouted at him, “Can’t you see Laozi’s gesturing for you? Get over here!!”
“Huh? Oh, oh, oh!”
The little brother returned to his senses after being shouted at. He hurriedly ran forward obediently. “Boss, what do you need?”
“Go get some food for her.”
The little brother nodded and went out. Then he remembered something and turned back. “But boss, she won’t eat.”
“That’s okay.”
Shi Qing turned to the fearless Zhou Xuanxuan and sneered, “You will eat, won’t you? If you don’t, I’ll slice up that face of yours.”
“Go ahead.”
Zhou Xuanxuan continued toying with a strand of her dark hair, a careless expression on her beautiful face. “Slice it up however you want. I won’t mind even if you make it into a chessboard. It’s just looks after all. Why bother when we’ll all end up as skeletons when we die?”
The man who kidnapped her seemed to be infuriated. He breathed heavily as he reached out a hand. Several fireb.a.l.l.s approached Zhou Xuanxuan.
Her face would be burned off if they moved a fraction more.
Zhou Xuanxuan, however, was undaunted. She just blinked at Shi Qing with a hand under her chin.
Shi Qing “…”
Was it just him or was this Zhou Xuanxuan even more unrestrained than him?
The flames stopped moving. Shi Qing’s hand remained outstretched, but he never clenched his hand to command the flames to advance.
Zhou Xuanxuan stared directly at the fuming man. Her boredom was gradually replaced by interest.
“Could it be? Do you actually like me?”
She started laughing so hard that she clutched her stomach. “OMG this is too funny. Shi Qing, I can’t believe you actually like me.”
The handsome man’s expression darkened more and more.
He grimaced and said through clenched teeth, “Laozi’s only keeping you around for that face of yours.”
“Yes, yes, yes. I know, I know. I’m good looking.”
Zhou Xuanxuan was so amused that she didn’t look like a prisoner at all.
She laughed and winked at Shi Qing. “I’m still not eating though. What are you going to do to me now?”
Shi Qing’s chest heaved with anger but he couldn’t get a single word out. His usual authoritative demeanour was all but gone.
Suddenly, the always silent Song Xiabing spoke up.
“What if your hair was on the line?”
“Looks like your hair is well taken care of. You keep touching it, but never with any real force. It must mean a lot to you.”
Zhou Xuanxuan’s smile stiffened a fraction. She narrowed her eyes and reconsidered Song Xiabing. “Oh ho. Young man, you’re quite observant.”
“Fine.”
She crossed one leg over the other and knocked on the table. “Serve the food. I’ll eat.”
A pure smile appeared on Song Xiabing’s lips as the man turned to look at him suspiciously. He warmly said, “I just wanted to make things easier for you, Boss.”
Because he had helped Shi Qing to avoid ‘the woman he liked starving to death’, Shi Qing looked at Song Xiabing in a much better light.
After that, this usually impatient man waited outside with Song Xiabing for Zhou Xuanxuan to finish her meal.
Zhou Xuanxuan ate a total of one pot of rice, two mutant chicken legs and a bowl of soup before she was full. She wiped her mouth and leaned back comfortably in her chair
“I’m stuffed!”
The look on Shi Qing’s face was inexplicable. “A girl like you eating so much…”
“I can’t help that I have a good appet.i.te.”
Zhou Xuanxuan patted her stomach. “Aiya Shi Qing, I honestly didn’t expect you to like me. I thought you just wanted to sleep with me. Didn’t expect someone as, as…”
She racked her brains for the next sentence, “As brutish as you to have feelings for me. Now I feel bad. If I knew you really liked me, I wouldn’t have rejected you, ah.”
The man’s eyes lit up as he subconsciously took a step forward. “So you, you mean…”
Zhou Xuanxuan got up and announced, “I accept your feelings.”
She was already pulling down the zipper of her jacket. While taking it off, she said, “I’m someone who values feelings a lot. If you’re good to me then I’ll be good to you. Come, let’s not waste any more time. Let’s consummate our harmonious love right now.”
Song Xiabing could clearly feel Shi Qing’s entire body perk up. The man even stammered a little, “R-right now?”
“Yep! Right now! Time waits for no one. Come on, come on.”
Zhou Xuanxuan was down to her last piece of clothing.
“W-wait! Wait, wait!”
Shi Qing scrambled to turn and cover Song Xiabing’s eyes. “Wait a minute, Song Xiabing’s still—”
His words came to a screeching halt.
His hand covering Song Xiabing’s eyes also stiffened and lowered itself.
Song Xiabing slightly wrinkled his eyebrows. He took a step back warily once he saw the sight in front of him.
Zhou Xuanxuan’s chest was already bare. He was unbuckling his trousers while showing off the upper body that only men could have, an obscene smile on his beautiful face.
“Didn’t expect it, did you? Laozi’s packing more heat than you.”
Song Xiabing: “…”
Even someone as calculating as Song Xiabing was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Not to mention Shi Qing next to him, who ‘genuinely liked’ the ‘woman’ Zhou Xuanxuan.
The man’s entire body was as stiff as a statue.
After a few seconds, he stumbled out of the room with an ashen face.
Then the painful sounds of dry heaving came from outside.
Song Xiabing watched as Zhou Xuanxuan pouted, before slowly redressing again. “Sigh. I’ve heard before that he’s h.o.m.ophobic. But who would’ve thought that even a face as beautiful as mine couldn’t cure him?”
“Looks like we’re fated to remain star-crossed lovers.”
h.o.m.ophobia…
Song Xiabing’s eyelashes drooped as a thoughtful look crossed his eyes.
For a h.o.m.ophobic man, being with another man was a fate worse than death.
Just look at Shi Qing’s reaction if you need proof.
He hadn’t even done anything with Zhou Xuanxuan yet. The mere sight of Zhou Xuanxuan’s upper body was enough to disgust him so much.
Song Xiabing lightly raised an eyebrow. He walked out to the side of the man who was dry heaving like crazy without anything to show for it and gently patted him on the back.
His eyes fell on the large, fiery red tail that was drooping from root to tail.
The corner of his mouth curled up slightly.
He seemed to have figured out how to get revenge on Shi Qing.
Rain
I was not expecting that twist XD