Ning Wang no longer paid attention to the two of them after speaking, taking out the game console and continuing to play the game he had just started.
This time, Ning Wang didn’t turn off the sound of the game anymore. The car was filled with cheerful game background music, as if they were on an outing before the apocalypse.
Ruan Qing, who had entered the car first, sat behind Jiang Shuyu, while Ning Wang sat next to Ruan Qing.
There was still a raised area between the two, so they weren’t sitting too close.
Ruan Qing stretched his feet slightly, as if doing so could alleviate the pain and numbness in his foot.
Ning Wang glanced faintly at this, then withdrew his gaze and continued playing the game.
There were many accidents on the road after the apocalypse, and the traffic lights had long since failed. The roads were no longer smooth and unobstructed.
So Jiang Shuyu’s driving wasn’t particularly smooth, sometimes making abrupt turns to change direction.
Ning Wang wasn’t affected, but Ruan Qing, unable to steady himself, leaned over as the car turned.
Seizing the opportunity as he continued to lean, Ruan Qing discreetly kicked the back of Jiang Shuyu’s seat.
While kicking, he kept an eye on Ning Wang’s reaction, but the other seemed to have not noticed anything.
When Jiang Shuyu felt the seat being kicked, he glanced at the rearview mirror.
Ruan Qing also looked at the rearview mirror, then his gaze shifted inconspicuously to the left, and quickly withdrew.
Jiang Shuyu was slightly stunned; this scene was very familiar.
Back then, the young man gestured with his eyes for her to run into the supermarket.
Though she’s not running now, she was the one in charge of driving, so she naturally took control of the direction where they’re going.
... Left, right?
Jiang Shuyu tightened her grip on the steering wheel, glanced at the next intersection, and then turned left naturally.
The left wasn’t the direction of the pier.
And the man had no reaction when the car turned left.
Ruan Qing’s long eyelashes trembled lightly; the other didn’t know the map of this island.
Or maybe he hadn’t bothered to remember it at all.
Since the signal had long been unavailable, navigation was out of the question, leaving them to rely solely on memory for directions.
This island was very large, and remembering the roads was very difficult.
Jiang Shuyu was born and raised on this island, so she was more familiar with it and could remember the roads.
Ruan Qing had a good memory and remembered the general direction.
But the man didn’t have either of those two.
Jiang Shuyu also realized this. As they approached the next intersection, she discreetly glanced at the rearview mirror again.
Still left.
The two communicated silently with their eyes. One driving, the other indicating directions, pulling away from the pier.
The man didn’t notice.
“You are dead!” The sound effect of the game character’s death played once again in the car.
Ning Wang frowned as he watched the little figure in the game die again. He used to like this game and played it everywhere he went.
But now, he couldn’t really get into it.
Because the faint scent of orchids kept assaulting him, making it impossible to concentrate.
He could barely get by before, but now his character was dying right at the start.
This made Ning Wang increasingly irritable.
He put down the game console directly and looked at the quiet young man sitting next to him, a bit dissatisfied. “You, a grown man, don’t you feel girly spraying that perfume?”
Ruan Qing, who thought he was discovered, hesitated: “...”
Ning Wan raised his chin slightly. “Speak.”
Ruan Qing: “...I don’t.”
Because he didn’t spray anything. It was probably just the smell of his clothes.
Ning Wang nodded in agreement. “Yeah, you’ve always relied on this to seduce people, so naturally you wouldn’t think so.”
Ruan Qing pursed his lips and lowered his head, not saying anything more.
It was as if Ning Wang had hit the nail on the head, leaving him feeling somewhat embarrassed.
Ning Wang felt a bit irritable and bored, so he continued playing with the game console.
Seeing this, both the tense Ruan Qing and Jiang Shuyu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to cooperate in driving.
At first, Jiang Shuyu didn’t know where Ruan Qing intended to drive the car, but as they drove on, she became increasingly anxious.
This direction... was the same direction they came from.
That was to say, it was the direction towards the factory full of zombies.
This was really too dangerous.
It made Jiang Shuyu tense all over, her brain once again overwhelmed by fear.
No one could remain calm while driving towards a horde of zombies. During those few hours at the factory, fear and terror were enough to torture a person into mental collapse.
Jiang Shuyu bit her lower lip, almost drawing blood, but ultimately still drove in the direction of the factory.
This time, Ruan Qing didn’t need to point the way again. Jiang Shuyu knew how to drive there.
However, perhaps Jiang Shuyu’s nervousness and fear were noticed by Ning Wang, as Ning Wang looked at Jiang Shuyu and gave a faint smile.
“Would you mind telling me what are you afraid of?”
After Ning Wang’s words fell, the car fell into a dead silence.
Jiang Shuyu’s widened when she met Ning Wang’s gaze in the rearview mirror, her mind blank.
She opened her mouth, but couldn’t find the words for a while. Her voice trembled with tears, “I... I’m afraid... I...”
Seeing this, Ruan Qing knew it was not good. The man’s oppressive aura was too strong, and most people couldn’t resist it, making it difficult to remain rational.
Once Jiang Shuyu exposed their true purpose, both of them would be done for.
Ruan Qing’s long eyelashes trembled slightly, then he spoke softly, his tone trembling like Jiang Shuyu’s, “She’s afraid of you.”
Ning Wang tilted his head upon hearing this, looking at Ruan Qing beside him, “Hmm?”
Ruan Qing lowered his gaze slightly. “You died in the game you’re playing too many times. You’re starting to look scarier, like you’re about to kill someone...”
Ruan Qing’s voice grew quieter as he spoke, his slender figure trembling slightly, seemingly afraid.
Ning Wang chuckled lightly at his words, then directly grabbed Ruan Qing’s hand and pulled him towards himself.
Then Ning Wang grabbed Ruan Qing’s fair chin, meeting his beautiful eyes, and spoke leisurely, “Young Master, put away your deceptive tricks. I’m not as easily fooled as that fool Su Zhen.”
After saying this, Ning Wang released Ruan Qing and turned to Jiang Shuyu, speaking lightly, “Stop the car.”
Jiang Shuyu’s frightened body trembled, but eventually she stopped the car.
After the car stopped, Ning Wang pointed to Jiang Shuyu with the gun, indicating for her to get out of the car.
Maybe because of the gender difference, Ning Wang didn’t search Jiang Shuyu’s body, nor did he want to.
He looked at the trembling Jiang Shuyu and ordered, “Throw away everything you have on you.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuyu’s body trembled. She weakly reached out and touched her skirt, indicating that she had no pockets and couldn’t carry anything.
After that, Jiang Shuyu’s hands stiffly gripped the sides of her skirt. With a trembling and fearful tone, tears streaming down her eyes uncontrollably, she asked, “Do you... want me to lift my skirt and check?”
“No need,” Ning Wang glanced over, confirming that the woman indeed had no pockets on her.
Damn he's quite smart.
ReplyDeleteBtw i want xie to pleasseeee survive! He was such a good character
not a huge fan of ning wang tbh
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