Punishment

At night, the group stayed in a villa.

“Sis, let me keep watch tonight.”

Ping Chengcheng volunteered. They were about to reach the A City base, and she was afraid that something would go wrong.

Song Ning nodded, not saying anything. Everyone except the girl had taken turns keeping watch for one night in the last three days.

The girl went to the rooftop balcony of the villa alone.

With a leap, she gracefully flipped a few times, stepping on the windowsills of the second and third floors, and jumped to the roof of the neighboring villa.

From here, she could more clearly observe the situation where Song Ning was.

It was completely dark, and it was impossible to see anything in all directions, but the girl’s senses were better than before, and she could barely see things within twenty meters.

Of course, she didn’t use her eyes to observe while keeping watch. In the quiet night, her ears were obviously more useful than her eyes.

Silence.

“Creak—” It was the sound of a door opening, coming from the rooftop where Song Ning and the others were.

Hmm?

The girl concentrated her attention and carefully identified who wasn’t sleeping in the middle of the night.

……

Zheng Zhiyi wore a thick down jacket, blowing into her hands. The temperature at night was only around zero degrees Celsius, and it was still very cold.

She shrank her delicate body, opened the iron rooftop balcony door, making a piercing rubbing sound, and walked to the roof.

The night wind blew, and Zheng Zhiyi stood still, the cold wind making her whole body cold.

Everywhere was dark, and that darkness almost made people despair…

The girl groped in the dark and slowly found a step to sit down on. She leaned against the wall, looking up at the empty night sky, and a tear slid down her beautiful face.

“Brother…”

Ping Chengcheng watched the girl’s sad appearance with interest, taking it as a condiment for keeping watch. She couldn’t hear what Zheng Zhiyi was saying here, but watching her actions was also very interesting.

The girl sat for a long time, just crying, not making a sound. After that sentence “Brother,” she hadn’t spoken.

The girl yawned.

“Creak~” Another sound of a door opening.

Song Ning couldn’t sleep, so she prepared to go out and talk to Ping Chengcheng. As a result, after going upstairs, she didn’t see Ping Chengcheng, but instead saw Zheng Zhiyi crying.

“You…?”

Zheng Zhiyi was immersed in sadness when she suddenly felt someone pat her shoulder.

“Ah!?” She was startled and immediately wiped away her tears, looking back.

“Are you alright?” Song Ning asked with a hint of concern.

Zheng Zhiyi sniffed, pretending to be fine, with a bit of a trembling voice, but pretending to be relaxed: “Cough, no, I just have a bit of a cold.”

“Have a bit of a cold and still come here to blow the wind?”

“Uh…” Zheng Zhiyi couldn’t continue the conversation, her nose soured, and she wanted to cry again.

“Is it because of your brother’s matter?” Song Ning didn’t see the girl, so she sat next to Zheng Zhiyi, preparing to chat for a while. She had been mentally tense for this period of time and was very tired. She couldn’t sleep without the girl in her arms.

Zheng Zhiyi’s body trembled slightly, and tears couldn’t help but fall down.

“I…”

She clearly didn’t want to lose face like this, but why, why couldn’t she help it?

“Woo…”

“My… my brother died… because of me!” She cried, afraid of attracting zombies, suppressing her voice to shout this sentence.

At that time, she should have been the one swallowed by that worm, but her brother pushed her at the end, as a result…

She survived, but her brother was eaten!

She guiltily hugged her knees, curling herself into a ball, constantly trembling and sobbing. The girl was almost suffocating from sadness.

Song Ning sighed, her voice low: “Don’t be too sad… the apocalypse is like this.”

“Get used to it slowly. If you’re really uncomfortable, then cry it out.”

“After tonight, look forward and don’t wallow in sadness.”

“Strive to find that worm in the future and take revenge.”

Zheng Zhiyi nodded heavily, squeezing out a sentence from between her teeth: “I definitely will.”

“That… can I…”

A gust of wind blew by, the wind was too strong, and Song Ning didn’t hear what Zheng Zhiyi said.

Song Ning was a little puzzled, brushing away the strands of hair that were blocking her eyes: “Hmm?”

The girl next to her suddenly threw herself into Song Ning’s arms, crying suppressively in Song Ning’s astonishment.

“Woo… I, I miss my brother so much! I miss him so much, I miss him…”

Song Ning’s body stiffened, and her mind went blank. Why did she suddenly hug her?

But… she was already with the girl, shouldn’t she not get so close to others?

Thinking of this, Song Ning gently pushed Zheng Zhiyi away.

Zheng Zhiyi felt her resistance, her body trembling slightly.

“Cry, look forward to the future.”

For a long time, the night wind wasn’t so turbulent, and Zheng Zhiyi’s body was slightly warmer, her face red.

“Sorry…”

“I couldn’t control myself just now.”

“It’s okay.”

Song Ning waved her hand.

“I’ll go back first, I have to get up early tomorrow.”

Song Ning left the roof, leaving Zheng Zhiyi alone in place, feeling the remaining warmth from Song Ning on her hands.

She… was like her brother. Zheng Zhiyi shed tears again, crying and crying, but then smiled through her tears.

A gust of wind swept past, and Zheng Zhiyi sneezed a big sneeze from the cold. She wiped her nose, looked up, and saw a pair of blood-red pupils emitting a strange light, staring at her blankly. She felt that she was being locked on by a terrifying existence!

As long as she dared to move, she would be killed!

“You! Who are you!?” Zheng Zhiyi’s heart was shocked, and cold sweat broke out all over her body.

‘Haha~ Hahahahahaha~ A cheater cat! Sis is really something~’

‘She clearly already promised to be with me, but she’s getting so close to others… But Sis said, she loves me!’

‘Woo, so sad… so sad! Sis… sure enough, if Sis was a zombie, she would always be in my palm…’

‘Woo… Sis…’

Ping Chengcheng’s emotions were chaotic and violent. Damn it… Sure enough, if sister was a zombie, she would be more obedient, right?

Woo, so sad, sister, sister, why aren’t you good, not obedient! Why… why!

“Buzz~!” With a buzzing sound, Zheng Zhiyi’s hair stood on end. She felt as if something sharp was against her throat.

“You… what are you doing!”

She slammed against the wall behind her, her back burning with pain.

“Do you know… who Song Ning belongs to?” The girl’s voice was hoarse, like a desert traveler craving an oasis.

Zheng Zhiyi, using the faint light emitted by the girl’s eyes, saw Ping Chengcheng clearly.

She was shocked speechless. How could it be her!?

“Why are you suddenly doing this!? And…”

“Who does Song Ning belong to? How can Song Ning belong to anyone? She’s not an object!”

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl seemed to be stimulated by something, and punched heavily, carrying the sound of breaking wind, “thump!” hitting the wall next to Zheng Zhiyi’s ear! Sand and gravel splattered all over her face, scraping out deep bloody marks.

Zheng Zhiyi turned her head in shock, seeing that the girl’s delicate fist was bloody, deeply embedded in the wall.

“You! You’re crazy!” How could her strength be so great!?

“I’m telling you… Song Ning! Is! Mine!”

“If you dare to get close to her again… be careful… I’ll make sure you die without a burial place!”

“Hehe… and sister… sister is also a cheater cat… How should I punish sister?”