Chapter 69 - Warm Corpse 7
Qin Lang was still a patient, though his fever subsided, of course, it is still not good to squeeze into a bed with others. Xiao Fei and Zhang Mao were not big, and Yu Chao was just a little stronger. They used another quilt and the three of them slept together, but they could barely sleep.
When those people all finished washing up and laying on the bed after taking off their shoes and jackets, Zhang Mao suddenly said weakly, “It seems that the bed in the dormitory can be moved…”
Qin Lang clearly felt Ling Liang’s breathing paused for a second.
Yu Chao yawned and said, “Forget it, I’m too lazy to move. This day is too nerve-wracking, I’m very tired. That’s it.”
“Yeah, Brother Lang has been having a fever since yesterday. He won’t get up when he falls asleep. Just leave it alone, in case it happens again.” Xiao Fei yawned after speaking.
Qin Lang didn’t answer, but Ling Liang asked, “Do you want to turn off the lights?”
Several people said in unison, “No!”
The sound of “No” was too neat, so everyone was stunned. Xiao Fei and Zhang Mao said no obviously because of fear. Yu Chao said no to prevent any special circumstances. As for Qin Lang, he wanted to take advantage of the light to look at Ling Liang more. After all, the opportunity for them to share a bed is not always available.
After so many years, Ling Liang turned to look at Qin Lang. Through Qin Lang’s twinkling eyes, Ling Liang could almost guess Qin Lang’s thoughts. Of course, it was only almost, because he thought Qin Lang was still sick, and like Xiao Fei and the others, he was scared.
When people are sick and physically weak, most of their thoughts will also become fragile. They will instinctively hope that someone around them will take care of them and make them feel safe.
Ling Liang thought so, and leaned towards Qin Lang. The two of them were using one quilt. Ling Liang touched Qin Lang as soon as he moved, and Qin Lang reflexively shrank back.
Ling Liang leaned towards Qin Lang again, and Qin Lang shrank again.
So everyone closed their eyes before opening then after a while, when they heard Qin Lang say, “Damn it! Ling Liang, you fucking squeeze me to sleep on the floor!”
“…” Ling Liang felt a little wronged.
Xiao Fei calmly comforted his two bed companions: “Calm down, let’s continue to sleep, that’s how they are. They always explode within a few words.”
Zhang Mao: “Oh…” he always feels that the previous ‘let’s go to sleep’ Sounds a bit ambiguous, is he too nervous and sensitive today?
Yu Chao, who was beside him, responded to Xiao Fei with a snore.
Uh… This brother’s sleep quality is really good! It has only been a few minutes?
Ling Liang took a deep breath, pulled Qin Lang over, and wrapped Qin Lang in his arms. His voice was low and hoarse: “I didn’t push you. I was only afraid that the wind would leak in the middle to you, and you would be sick again tomorrow. Now, go to sleep!”
“…” Qin Lang didn’t dare to move his hand against Ling Liang’s big chest muscles, and his heart was beating wildly. Even his ears seem to be beating the same as his heart.
Huh, no, it doesn’t seem to be his.
Qin Lang secretly raised his head and glanced at Ling Liang’s chin. Could it be Ling Liang’s heartbeat? His heart was beating so fast, was it because…
After half an hour passed, Ling Liang’s hand became numb. Cough, sure enough, being a domineering boyfriend can’t work completely just by pretending, Ling Liang thought blankly.
After Qin Lang snickered while under the quilt, he pretended to be disgusted and pushed Ling Liang’s arm away, pulled over the pillow, and continued to sleep with his back to Ling Liang.
Hearing the movement on their side, Xiao Fei whispered, “Brother Lang, you can’t sleep either?”
“Mm…”
“Alas! I still feel like a dream now. It’s so unreal.”
“You didn’t see it up close and clearly, but I saw that girl who was suddenly attacked in the dormitory with my own eyes. They fell to the ground and couldn’t move. Everyone thought they had a heart attack or something so they took a look. As a result, as soon as they opened their eyes, they just pulled the arm of the nearest classmate and chewed it. Another, who was doing artificial respiration to them, directly got their mouth bit off by that classmate…it was terrifying. I couldn’t sleep at all…as soon as I closed my eyes, those pictures appeared.”
Qin Lang also sighed heavily: “I didn’t expect it either. When I saw the news and heard the broadcast in the morning, I thought it was the same as those flus. Although it is fatal, it will not spread to our school in half a day. There will definitely be soldiers and medical teams to rescue, but…”
The room fell silent with a few low sighs. The atmosphere was a little depressing and gloomy.
In such an atmosphere, Yu Chao’s snoring seemed to break through the heavens, it was deafening.
They couldn’t help laughing. Xiao Fei even pinched that eldest brother’s nose, then Yu Chao directly slapped Xiao Fei’s hand.
Xiao Fei hurriedly retreated with a painful cry, “Fuck, big brother’s reaction to this seem like his roommate definitely often doing it!”
“Alright, alright, let’s all go to sleep. The thing has already happened, instead of discussing whether it was real or not here, it is better to keep your spirits up and continue to face it.” Ling Liang said, pressed Qin Lang’s shoulder that was exposed outside the quilt, pulled the quilt to tuck Qin Lang, then closed his eyes and stopped talking.
At night, after Qin Lang fell asleep, he habitually got into the warm embrace of the person beside him, and the person beside him also embraced his waist skillfully. No one woke up, as if such a move was natural for both of them.
The next day, the weather was high but cold in autumn. There were no clouds in the sky. There was not a single trace of the sky that had suffered a huge disaster.
When Ling Liang opened his eyes, he saw Qin Lang’s sleeping face. Qin Lang’s sleeping appearance is completely opposite to his usual sharp teeth and claws. He is like a quiet and well-behaved lamb, soft and cute, and at the same time seems a little bit vulnerable.
He gradually woke up and realized that Qin Lang was shrinking in his arms, and he was holding Qin Lang’s thin waist. He knew that he should let go immediately, but he was reluctant to let go.
So he maintained the posture of holding such a warm body, and carefully swept Qin Lang’s face with a slightly presumptuous gaze.
The day after that night, Qin Lang also slept next to him. At that time, apart from being shocked and flustered, he didn’t have such a clear feeling – full and warm. As if this should be the posture and scene he should wake up to every day. Although this thought is a bit strange – after all, he and Qin Lang have been at each other’s throats for so many years, but it is strange that he is so strangely determined in his heart.
Qin Lang’s mouth was slightly open, and he could vaguely see some white teeth. His lips were a little chapped, which is normal for a cold.
Thinking of this, Ling Liang retracted the hand that hugged Qin Lang and tested the temperature on Qin Lang’s forehead. He also tested it before Qin Lang went to bed last night, but he was afraid that it would repeat like yesterday morning. But now it looks like he should be fine.
The hand that had tested the temperature was very naturally wrapped around Qin Lang’s waist again. Naturally, Ling Liang was taken aback by this action. Could it be that he actually had some feeling toward Qin Lang since long ago?
While Ling Liang was still in his self-doubt, Qin Lang woke up because of Ling Liang’s actions just now.
Qin Lang, who had just woken up, seemed to have had a sweet dream. When he opened his eyes, he saw Ling Liang’s sweet smile, as well-behaved as a soft kitten. There was infatuation in his eyes, and it seemed like a layer of gauze was wrapped around him. With a smile at the corner of his mouth, he said in a nasal voice, “Morning, husband.”
“!!!” Ling Liang was stunned.
“Boom-” After that, Qin Lang kissed Ling Liang directly with his cracked lips, looking at Ling Liang with a smile, asking “Good morning kiss, do you like it, husband?”.
“!!!!!!” Ling Liang was completely dead.
However, in the next second, Qin Lang’s expression cracked.
“Fuck!” Qin Lang sat up in shock. He was so embarrassed that he got out of bed in a panic and went straight to the bathroom, and said, “Damn it, how the hell could I have such a dream…Crazy, crazy…”
Ling Liang didn’t react for a few seconds before he came back to his senses. It is not difficult to understand that Qin Lang must have thought that he was still dreaming, so that’s why he suddenly called him husband and gave him a good morning kiss. However, after thinking about it, the result seems to be…
——Qin Lang dreamed of him. He was a couple with Qin Lang in the dream, Qin Lang called him husband, and even kissed him! So, Qin Lang actually didn’t hate him at all in his dream, and even seemed to like him? Qin Lang would have such a dream, does it mean that somewhere in his heart, he likes him?
Ling Liang’s heartbeat became faster after realizing it.
[Ding, Ling Liang – favorability +5, current favorability is 50.]
“Ah, ah, I actually called him that and kissed him…” Qin Lang in the bathroom was still going crazy, he wiped his face hard and said to himself, “Damn! How could that be? Can’t tell whether it’s a dream or reality? Ahhh… it’s all Ling Liang’s fault! It’s all his fault…” If Ling Liang hadn’t looked at him with such gentle eyes when he woke up, he wouldn’t have mistakenly thought that he was still dreaming.
Ling Liang listened to Qin Lang’s outbursts outside the bathroom and couldn’t help laughing, Qin Lang is really… um… kind of cute.
This is the day after the virus broke out.
Ling Liang and the others were eating when they heard another movement on the first floor.
It was still the first-floor dormitory where the classmate was rescued by opening the balcony door yesterday. Some were hungry for a whole day, some were arguing because of some squabbles, and some, because isolating the infected person. The fastest and safest way to lock the infected person was in the bathroom. Then they later realized the problem of going to the toilet. The infected person in front of them has been completely infected, so they dare not go in, so their excrement can only be solved in the corner of the room. But the doors and windows are all closed, so one can imagine the smell inside.
The first thing he couldn’t stand was that they locked the infected one in the bathroom.
There’s a clean freak in there who’s going crazy. For him, this is simply more disgusting and terrifying than the zombies outside. He tried to open the door several times last night and rushed back to his bedroom, but was stopped.
This time, he couldn’t bear it anymore. In the early morning when no one had a good rest and was tired and sleepy from last night, he secretly opened the door and rushed out.
He gritted his teeth and ran all the way, rushed up to the third floor and ran to his dormitory. Those who found him in the corridor started chasing after him. He opened the door as fast as he could and locked the door in the dormitory.
He leaned against the door frame to catch his breath, only to find his roommate rushing towards him. He was still extremely nervous at the moment, so he picked up the broom next to him and met him.
After being hungry for a day and running for so long, his stamina was almost exhausted. Suddenly, the corner of his eyes saw a light from a utility knife on the table. He gritted his teeth, pushed the broom hard, picked up the knife and quickly inserted it into his roommate’s eyes.
The room was quiet except for his heavy panting. After regaining his senses, he cried and went into the bathroom to take a shower, and then covered his roommate’s body with a quilt.
He finally got to the balcony and started crying: “Wuwu… what should I do? I killed someone. I just ran up from the first floor, but as soon as I entered the door, I found my roommate was infected and rushed towards me, and then I stabbed his eye with a knife…”
Someone briefly comforted him, saying that he was acting in his own defense, so he should be fine even if he was investigated in the future. Their focus was placed on the back of his words, such as whether stabbing the eyes of the zombies can really kill them effectively.
“I just ran out of the dormitory on the first floor. There is no bathroom. If I don’t run, I really feel like I’m going to die.” He calmed down and said, “And there is no food, I really suggest those who squeeze in the dormitory on the first floor to better escape as soon as possible. Although there are a few in the corridor, but not many, as long as you put in a lot of effort, you can still escape.”
After a day and a night, it was obvious that many people on the first floor could no longer stay, so rather than just dying, they wanted to rush out and give it a try.
Several dorms have begun to move, and the zombies also seem to have noticed it and are moving towards those dorms.
Ling Liang also watched from the balcony, “It’s best not to do it now. After my observation last night, it seems the eyesight of these infected people is similar to that of ordinary people. If you are sure you want to rush out of the room, you’d better choose to act at night.”
Li Bin on the opposite side also said: “Yes. Just be patient and act at night. Once caught, you will die. Now you can make some plans, such as who and who has the key to the bedroom, then divide them into small groups to take action. The priority is to choose the same dormitory building. If you want to go through the stairs, the risk factor is probably much higher. Also, don’t scream when escaping, keep your voice down…If there’s a lot of people in one room, it’s better to get out. Some weapons also need to be taken, just like the one who fled back to their bedroom just now, if they encounter them, they can attack their heads to protect themselves.”
Several dorms on the first floor fell silent, and the zombies wandering nearby lost their targets so they started wandering again.
In the evening, it was the first battle of the students in the dormitory buildings. No one in the dormitory buildings slept as they all listened to the sounds of running in the building.
There will still be heart-piercing screams, which are inevitable and helpless. There are too many infected one, so one or two will always be caught by the zombies.
Just as Qin Lang and the others were waiting for the news of which dorm had safe arrival, there was a knock on their bedroom door.