Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

Zhang Su walked out of the dry cleaner’s and looked around. The quiet night was chilled by the cold wind, and there were no zombies in sight. So he turned on a small flashlight and headed towards the car.

Zheng Xinyu followed in Zhang Su’s footsteps. Seeing him open the car door, she asked, “What are you looking for? I can help you.”

“Then look through this box and find emergency contraception!”

Zhang Su handed Zheng Xinyu a large cardboard box.

“Emergency… contraception? Xiaoxue she… no way!”

Zheng Xinyu covered her mouth in fright, a terrifying thought forming in her mind.

Zhang Su scratched his head, helplessly pouting, “Xiaoxue is not at ease, she insisted on taking it.”

“Did anything actually happen?” Being a woman, Zheng Xinyu could empathize deeply and couldn’t help but feel tense.

“That guy treated Xiaoxue like a daughter-in-law, planning to arrange a ghost marriage for his dead son. Everything was so clean; he probably intended to kill her by midnight… Luckily, we arrived early.”

“Oh oh! I see, that was really close.”

Zheng Xinyu took out a lipstick-sized emergency flashlight, turned it on, and held it in her mouth, carefully sifting through the medicine boxes.

“Le… Levonorgestrel tablets, emergency contraception, got it!”

A moment later, Zheng Xinyu held up two medicine boxes and handed them to Zhang Su.

“That character is pronounced ‘que’, not ‘le’, dummy!”

Zhang Su took a look at one of the boxes and tapped Zheng Xinyu lightly on the head.

“Ouch…” Zheng Xinyu covered her head, pouting at Zhang Su, then her expression changed, and she asked, “Honey, what are you going to do about your relationship with Xiaoxue?”

Zhang Su dug out some medication for treating injuries, gently closed the trunk, leaned against the car, and shook his head, “I don’t know, with danger everywhere, I can’t think about that right now.”

“You should unwrap the medicine and take it upstairs, or else others might misunderstand again!” Zheng Xinyu sensibly reminded.

“Right!” Zhang Su thought this was a particularly good suggestion and quickly unwrapped it, revealing a single small pill inside.

The two quickly returned to the dry cleaner’s, where Zhao Xue took the pill from Zhang Su with a grateful smile and swallowed it without saying a word, not even needing water.

“Brother Su, is there any more?”

Zhao Xue asked with a determined expression.

Zhang Su twitched the corner of his mouth, “You’re taking it like candy, no more left!”

He knew the side effects of emergency contraception were significant, but then he thought, since she’d already taken it, might as well give her peace of mind, “Wait, there is more!”

“Here, for you…”

Unexpectedly, just as he stood up, Zheng Xinyu stealthily slipped him another small pill.

Zhang Su turned and placed the pill in Zhao Xue’s hand, saying, “This time, there’s really no more. I told you it’s fine, I think you’re just bored!”

Zhao Xue noticed the tacit understanding between Zheng Xinyu and Zhang Su, feeling a mix of emotions in her heart. She smiled, took the pill, and swallowed it again, saying to the two, “Just for peace of mind, thank you both.”

“By the way, take these, and let Nurse Zhong take care of your injuries later.”

Zhang Su placed some external injury medicine next to Zhao Xue.

“It’s all right, I’m reassured after taking the medicine.”

Zhao Xue didn’t care about her physical pain.

Zhang Su smiled encouragingly, “Anything else uncomfortable?”

Zhao Xue shook her head slightly, “Just a bit thirsty, everything else is fine.”

“Here.”

Zheng Xinyu handed a bottle of water to Zhao Xue.

Zhao Xue bit her lip and gave a grateful smile to Zheng Xinyu, then looked at Zhang Su, “Brother Su, can I sleep for a bit?”

“Of course, no problem, it’s safe here, well, at least for now. Go ahead and sleep, we’ll wake you if anything happens!”

Zhao Xue nodded gently, turned her body, and buried her face in the darkness, tears streaming down her face.

Zhang Su gently patted Zhao Xue on the shoulder, pulled a few coats from the side and covered her with them, then went over to Zhong Xiaoshan, who was busy.

“Hey, if Pei Lan wasn’t with you, maybe she wouldn’t have gotten shot…”

Zhang Su stood aside, watching Zhong Xiaoshan tend to Pei Lan’s wounds by candlelight, and sighed.

Zheng Xinyu, standing nearby, was startled by Zhang Su’s words, then became a bit annoyed, rolling her eyes, “You mean I’m a jinx?”

“Wrong, wrong, wrong!” Zhang Su quickly denied. He wanted to say quite the opposite; it was precisely because Zheng Xinyu had good fortune that it was Pei Lan who got shot…

Zheng Xinyu looked at Zhang Su in confusion, finally understanding, “You mean I was too slow to react last time… but, it was my first time on such a mission, I didn’t want this to happen either, next time I’ll do better, really!”

Zhang Su patted Zheng Xinyu’s head, “I was just joking with you, why so serious? Where’s your sense of humor gone!”

After the disaster, everyone was changing, evolving in ways more suited for survival. But if anyone had changed the most, it was undoubtedly Zheng Xinyu. Zhang Su knew it was all because of his influence that had turned a quirky live-stream hostess into a little witch…

More than half an hour passed, and Zhong Xiaoshan touched Pei Lan’s sweat-covered cheek with a slight smile, “You’re such a strong girl, not even a peep. All done, just rest without moving too much, so the wound doesn’t break open.”

At first, Zhong Xiaoshan was worried about the lack of anesthetics, fearing that Pei Lan would scream due to the pain, but surprisingly, she endured it in silence.

Pei Lan’s thoughts were simple; initially, she also intended to swiftly handle things like Zheng Xinyu, but due to various reasons, she failed, ending up being inexplicably shot. Failing to complete the task made her feel deeply guilty. While healing, she resolved not to cause any more trouble, enduring purely on willpower.