Chapter 40: A Beautiful Misunderstanding
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The girl suddenly let out a piercing scream!

“Shut up!” Shen Chen said angrily!

She immediately covered her mouth and kept it shut. Shen Chen looked coldly at her and asked, “What was he doing to you just now?”

The girl was incredibly stubborn. With a nudge of his blade, blood started trickling from Ye Tianlong’s neck. Upon seeing that, the girl starting sobbing again. “Don’t kill him. Don’t kill him, please! I’ll give you anything you want…”

Her voice sounded really sad. She didn’t seem to be faking it! Shen Chen was baffled. Why was this girl so protective of Ye Tianlong? What was going on?

Before he could do anything else, Xiao Li threw herself at him and tugged at Shen Chen’s sleeve. Gazing at him with watery eyes, she implored Shen Chen, “I’m still a virgin… if you want, I can give my virginity to you… if you agree to let him go…”

Shen Chen narrowed his eyes. Did he look like a sex-starved monster?

Seeing that the girl was in a pitiful state, Ye Tianlong pulled her toward him and held her in his embrace. He interrupted her and told her to “shut up!” and then looked at Shen Chen beseechingly, saying, “Master, Xiao Li’s brother just died. She still has an elderly mother at home and just wanted to go home to look for her only kin. But as you know, it’s too dangerous outside. I can’t let her go! If I did, I would be sending her to her death… I… I already watched as her brother died in front of me. How could I let her do it…”

Shen Chen’s chest constricted again. The way both of them were acting, one would have thought Shen Chen was the one who was acting like a bast*rd. The girl was pliant in Ye Tianlong’s embrace, a stark contrast to how she had struggled previously.

Shen Chen started breathing heavily as the pain in his body began to spread. He forced himself to endure the pain, then gravely asked Xiao Li, “Is he telling the truth?”

The girl nodded urgently, seemingly worried that Shen Chen’s blade would touch Ye Tianlong again. The two of them stared at Shen Chen with bated breath, not even daring to exhale.

After quite a while, Shen Chen took a deep breath and sheathed his blade. He then turned around and walked away without saying another word.

As they watched him retreat into the shadows, Xiao Li gave Ye Tianlong a tight hug. “Brother Ye, that guy… what’s up with him? Why did he want to kill us?”

Ye Tianlong tried to comfort the girl in his embrace. “Don’t worry. Everything is okay now. Perhaps… there is some misunderstanding between us!” Even so, as he tried to reassure her, there was a trace of doubt and puzzlement in his eyes. He didn’t remember having met this guy prior to the drugstore!

Shen Chen went back to the room quietly. The room was a huge mess, and the hall was filled with drunken people of all ages and gender.

Guo Yuan was found snoring in a corner, and Ye Xiaoyu had gone to the female dormitory on the third floor. Shen Chen found a quiet corner for himself and sat down, both his hands clutching the Black Blade. He was lost in thought. He was facing a dilemma right now: the malevolent Ye Tianlong from his past life versus the benevolent Ye Tianlong in his current life.

Looking at Ye Tianlong, no one would doubt that he was an honest and trustworthy Mr. Nice Guy; this much was obvious from the fact that the girl was willing to sacrifice her body and life in exchange for his. He must be well-esteemed among this batch of survivors!

Why would someone like that become a heinous person in the future, a monster a hundred times worse than a zombie? And what should Shen Chen do in this life? Should he kill a good person simply because he was going to become a threat in the future?

Shen Chen figured he might as well get up. He cut through the living room and walked to the balcony, subjecting himself to the cold winter wind. The harsh winter cold did wonders for him. At least, it calmed him down a little. After about ten minutes, Shen Chen finally opened his eyes. Regardless of what Ye Tianlong was like in the present, the fact remained that he would become a scumbag in the future. Shen Chen couldn’t just stand aside and wait for that to happen.

Shen Chen walked back to the room, and was about to get some shut-eye, when he heard a girl scream. His eyes widened! It was Ye Xiaoyu!

The good thing about evolution was that not only had his speed and power increased, but his hearing had also vastly improved. In a quiet environment, he was able to hear even the softest sound as long as it was within ten meters. It was how Shen Chen found out about the alliance between Zhang Hongtao and Li Jing.

He heard Ye Xiaoyu scream again! Shen Chen leapt up in a jiffy and headed in the direction of her scream like an unbridled stallion!

He ran up to the third floor. There were three apartments altogether, and the security door was unlocked. Shen Chen pushed open all the room doors. The women started screaming at the sight of the male intruder!

“Ahhh!” The ladies wouldn’t stop screaming.

“Shut up!” roared Shen Chen. The screams of these silly women made it difficult for him to figure out where Ye Xiaoyu’s cries for help were coming from!

Three apartments, dozens of rooms, yet Ye Xiaoyu wasn’t in any of them! D*mn it. Where was she?

He got even more anxious! It was a good thing that shouting at them worked; the ladies shut up immediately. They stared at Shen Chen in resignation, as if waiting to be ravaged.

‘They must be crazy!’ Shen Chen cursed inwardly. He would never take a fancy to them!

Just as he was getting worried, he heard another cry. His gaze landed on the last room at the end of the hallway. Shen Chen quickly ran over and kicked open the door! “Ye Xiaoyu! You…”

He then became silent. Shen Chen stood there, frozen, a tinge of awkwardness on his usually stony face. Before him, Ye Xiaoyu was holding onto the bathtub with one hand and her ankle with the other. And she… wasn’t wearing anything…

Her feminine curves, her tapered waist, and her long, slender legs—nothing was hidden from sight… And the steam in the bathroom made this beautiful young lady even more alluring.

Ye Xiaoyu stared at Shen Chen, who was standing at the doorway looking dumbfounded, with her big round eyes. A blush began spreading from her face, to her neck, and the rest of her body… Her fair porcelain skin was dusted with a light pink blush…

Shen Chen’s appearance had been so sudden that she didn’t have enough time to cover herself. She could only stare at Shen Chen helplessly with those doe-like eyes of her’s.

The fragrance of the shower foam added to the ambiance in the room. They stood there gazing at each other for what seemed like an eternity. Neither of them moved.

As the winter cold seeped in from the doorway, Ye Xiaoyu couldn’t help shivering. Would…would he close the door and come over to her? And if he did come over, should she struggle… The bathroom was hardly ideal for a first time… But she could make do with it, since it was him… Was her figure good enough for him…? Ye Xiaoyu was practically letting her imagination go wild!