Finally pulled open the window curtain, saw the truck parked outside, saw so many males present, To Tieu Hieu became very nervous. Having frequently read novels, she naturally knew when there were too many males, without a few trustworthy females present, the outcome definitely wouldn't be much better.
"Bro Ly."
She recognized who this person was before her.
A former regular customer in the shop, Ly Ky.
Thirty-five years old, an elite returnee professional, worked at a listed company. Frequently came to the shop to buy cakes for his wife and child. Coming many times, gradually became somewhat familiar.
"Tieu Hieu, there are no zombies around now. Hurry and go with Bro! Bro came specifically to save you!" Ly Ky spoke very urgently, extremely pressingly, giving people the feeling this wasn't a place to talk, let's hurry to another safe place.
The other several survivors saw To Tieu Hieu's appearance, couldn't help their eyes lighting up. This woman is really not bad. It wasn't just having a little thought, but having extremely strong thoughts.
Although To Tieu Hieu feared the apocalypse, if not a bit shrewd, would have long been gone.
"Thank you, Bro Ly. I'm very safe here, so I won't go," To Tieu Hieu forced a smile. She was afraid of offending the other party, so her tone of voice was relatively gentle.
It wasn't that she didn't want to go.
But she was scared.
If the opponent were the military, wearing military uniforms, perhaps she wouldn't even think much, would follow them away, maybe even rejoice, finally met the savior.
"Aiya! How can you think like this? It's dangerous now! How long can your place hold out? Hurry and go with Bro! Bro's hiding place over there is extremely safe, already has over ten survivors. We must unite, help each other," Ly Ky patiently persuaded.
Over ten survivors?
To Tieu Hieu was really a bit tempted. However, when she observed the few people around, found their gazes seemed somewhat ill-intentioned.
A woman's intuition is often extremely accurate.
Many things have a kind of innate sense, as if possessing some kind of superpower, able to judge under unknown circumstances.
For example, guessing if a man has a mistress outside.
"Bro Ly, where are sister-in-law and the child?"
"Sister-in-law and the child are both at the hiding place. If you follow me, you can meet them."
Ly Ky just opened his mouth and lied. The surrounding males also pretended calmness, thinking inwardly: Your wife, Ly Ky, is really luscious. Just haven't enjoyed her. When you handed your wife over, your wife couldn't bear the impending humiliation, directly jumped off the building holding the child and died.
When Ly Ky's family of three fled before.
He just thought as long as he could live, letting his wife die for him was fine. He received higher education, relatively rational, also always calculating pros and cons.
Wife gone, can find again.
Child gone, can have again.
If own little life is gone, then really gone.
When encountering this group of survivors, he begged for help. Clearly saw this group wasn't too willing to save him. He then quickly said, "This is my wife! Save us! I will repay you!"
This "wife" emphasized particularly heavily.
Just deliberately saying it for them to hear.
He was still very confident in his wife's appearance. After all, he was a successful returnee, high position, high annual salary. Finding a wife definitely had to be beautiful; if not beautiful, he wouldn't even look.
As for why always came to the cake shop, just wanted to hit on To Tieu Hieu, best to cultivate her into his fourth mistress.
So when buying cakes, always intentionally flashed his million-yuan watch, just wanted To Tieu Hieu to understand: Bro Ly is rich, a diamond bachelor with lots of money. Doesn't that seem very appealing?
But who knew, this To Tieu Hieu always maintained a distance from him, treated him politely.
This made him somewhat upset.
Inside the driver's cabin, the two survivors whispered.
"I like this woman."
"Nonsense, I like her! Can you let me go first?"
"No way! Heard from that kid Ly Ky, this girl might be a virgin."
"Hehe..."
To Tieu Hieu struggled mentally, finally still shook her head, "Bro Ly, I won't trouble you guys anymore. I'm a woman, weak, can't help much following you, might even become a burden. Better forget it. I'll just wait here for death myself, also very good."
Indeed.
This was her thought.
Didn't want to believe the opponent's words. Also this group of survivors didn't look like good people.
Even if she died, didn't want to suffer humiliation.
Ly Ky was slightly impatient, but still endured.
"Tieu Hieu, why don't you listen to Bro Ly? Follow me quickly! Zombies now are terrifying, everywhere! Staying here is a dead end!"
Patience is limited.
Finally encountered one, naturally didn't want to give up.
"Thank you, no need. Please send my regards to sister-in-law," To Tieu Hieu said.
Seeing To Tieu Hieu unwilling to leave with him.
Ly Ky's expression instantly changed, his voice sinisterly said, "To Tieu Hieu, Lao Tzu giving you face, right?! Asking you one last time, are you going or not?"
"Bro Ly, you..." To Tieu Hieu rejoiced at her choice, didn't expect the opponent would turn hostile just like that.
"Going or not?"
"Not going!"
To Tieu Hieu said firmly.
She knew going with the opponent would mean suffering unimaginable torture. Since it's like that, why not kill herself with one knife stroke? At least dying like that, can bid farewell to the world amidst physical pain.
And not need to suffer dual physical and mental trauma.
"Good! Good! Then don't blame me!" Ly Ky said coldly.
To Tieu Hieu seemed to sense something bad was about to happen.
Only saw the person in the passenger seat get out, holding a rope, tied it tightly to the rolling shutter handle, then tied the other end to the truck's tow hook.
Stepped on the accelerator.
Clang! Crash!
Rumble!
The intact rolling shutter door was torn open.
"You guys..."
To Tieu Hieu's eyes widened, face pale, as if not expecting such a thing would happen.
She saw zombies alerted by the commotion.
Already running towards this side.
Ly Ky and the others reversed the truck, took out a mobile phone, found the ringtone, directly tossed it inside the storefront.
Beep beep beep...
Honked the horn, also the truck's horn sound.
Ly Ky revealed a sinister smile towards To Tieu Hieu on the second floor.
"You f***er go die for me!"
Then, the truck huffed and quickly drove away.
At this moment.
To Tieu Hieu completely panicked, her mind blank.
How could it be like this?
How can people now be vicious to this extent?
It's already the apocalypse, everyone surviving is already extremely difficult. Why still harm each other? Really don't have even a little bit of humanity?
She hurriedly looked at the situation outside.
Zombies from all directions were running towards this side. Could hear the "Ugh ugh" roars; that was the sound of the zombie horde layered together.
"Cannot, cannot! I cannot panic! I must calm down!"
To Tieu Hieu continuously told herself.
But at such a moment, who could maintain calmness?
Slap!
"To Tieu Hieu! Must calm down!" She fiercely slapped herself once, wanting to lift the cabinet to block the door, but the cabinet was really too heavy. Using all her strength, could only shake it slightly.
"Ugh ugh..."
The sound grew closer and closer, more and more concentrated.
She didn't dare move.
Leaned against the door, firmly holding the door.
She could already feel the sound of zombies rushing into the shop.
Rumble!
Bang!
Crash!
Collision sounds, shattering sounds, also zombie roars.
To Tieu Hieu bit her lip, could see lip blood. She didn't dare move randomly at all, maintaining silence from beginning to end.
She didn't know exactly how many zombies there were.
But definitely very many.
Could tell from hearing those bursts of roars and dense footsteps.
She slightly raised her head looking at the door; the upper half was frosted glass. Already saw zombie figures swaying before the door.
Her mood at this moment instantly tensed.
When that fear descended, felt cold all over, body temperature instantly dropped below freezing point. Listening carefully, seemed to hear her own heart beating.
...
...
At this moment.
"So strange, why can I hear zombie roars? Seems they are all very agitated. Is it because of something?"
Sensing the direction of the sound.
It was the location of the cake shop.
As if thinking of something.
He quickened his steps, heading towards that side at high speed. Soon, he saw many zombies appearing over at the cake shop side.
"Damn! How did they inexplicably rush into the shop?"
Lam Pham found it extremely hard to understand. This survivor whose mental state was somewhat unstable could be one of his future tenants. Also, knows how to make cakes, one of the sufficiently skilled talents. If could successfully introduce Duong Quang Apartments' housing to her, then later our Duong Quang Apartments will have a real cake shop.
Didn't think much, no hesitation. He currently didn't know if the opponent was still alive.
"Hey! Zombies! Can you come find me?"
Lam Pham raised his voice shouting. The sound was very loud, spreading out. In an instant, the zombies that were just rampaging inside the shop clearly stunned, as if thinking, which fool actively attracted us?
Dare to challenge them?
The zombies saw Lam Pham standing on the street. Such fresh, delicious flesh and blood, like emitting an endless natural fragrance, could stimulate their primitive ferocity.
"Ugh ugh... Roar."
Savage and terrifying, covered in sticky blood, the zombies rushed towards Lam Pham with large strides. The momentum was vast, indeed astonishing. However, for Lam Pham, such scenes were already accustomed to.
Even scenes with more grandeur than this before him had been seen.
How could he be frightened by this?
Inside the shop, the panicked To Tieu Hieu heard "Hey! Zombies! Can you come find me?" come into her ears. Before understanding what the situation was, the zombies that were occasionally bumping against the door actually ran out.
"Who came?"
She cautiously went to the window side, lifted the curtain. One glance saw that figure in the distance. It's him! It's the survivor carrying a sword whom she always regarded as a pervert!
In an instant.
She saw the opponent swing his sword out, and several zombies fell to the ground. Clearly facing so many zombies, the opponent didn't retreat at all, seemed like taking a leisurely stroll, one step one group of zombies.
"I..."
To Tieu Hieu powerlessly collapsed sitting on the ground.
At this time.
Lam Pham slaughtered at high speed. Frostmourne in his hand swept out arcs of silver light; that was the manifestation of speed raised to a certain extreme. So what if haven't learned systematic swordsmanship?
These aren't important.
When strength, speed, stamina reach a certain level, a casual swing of the sword will be the ultimate return to simplicity.
"You group of zombies! Don't you know how much despair you bring to people? That young lady survivor is very pitiful. Her spirit wasn't good initially, yet still treated like this by you. Afraid will be even more painful."
Lam Pham shook his head regretfully, expressing deep helplessness towards this situation.
Savage zombies could only rely on fierce appearance to scare others.
Actually, they are very fragile.
As long as bravely resisting, they are just a group of paper tigers.
Look at the charging zombies, besides dripping fluid from the corners of their mouths, what else is there to scare people? Are they having more arms than us ordinary people, or an extra head?
Useless. Others fear; he won't fear.
One sword swing out, horizontally cut the charging zombie in half. Sharp Frostmourne radiated fierce edge, could reach even more zombies.
Pfft!
Pfft!
One sword one kill, two, three, even more.
He was cleaning up the zombies in Hoang city.
He hoped Hoang city could return to its former appearance.
Wanting to rebuild Hoang city required eliminating this group of hateful zombies.
After a moment.
Lam Pham gently swung Frostmourne. As swung, seemed to have a kind of vibration frequency. Sticky fluid stained on the sword body was easily destroyed.
Walked towards the shopfront.
Behind lay various zombie corpses.
This scene was somewhat shocking.
Entered the shop. The situation inside was messy, full of dust. The cakes displayed on the glass counter were still so distinct, looked delicious just looking at them.
Just a pity, these were display cakes, not edible.
There was a phone on the ground. Picked it up, placed it on the counter.
Went up to the second floor, a tightly closed door.
"Hello, are you there?"
Lam Pham's voice was extremely gentle. He knew the opponent was still alive, but the scene just now definitely had a severe impact on her.
Let alone a female; even a male, encountering this kind of thing, could have a mental breakdown.
No movement.
Only faint breathing sounds.
"I have no ill intentions," Lam Pham continued.
Still only panting sounds.
Creak.
The door opened.
To Tieu Hieu stood before Lam Pham.
Said nothing.
Could see from her face her spirit was extremely haggard, a kind of indescribable tension. Thinking about it, also understandable.
Lam Pham was very gratified.
The opponent willing to open the door already indicated the opponent had somewhat changed her view of him, considered him a trustworthy person.
This kind of recognition was very good.
He was very happy.
To Tieu Hieu looked at the survivor before her. This was a face always seen, regarded by her as a pervert.
But who could have thought, just such a person, would actually be her savior.
Thinking of the situation just now, thinking of those things that happened since the apocalypse arrived.
Those emotions suppressed in her heart, like an erupting volcano, at this moment, completely burst out.
"Waa..."
To Tieu Hieu threw herself into Lam Pham's arms, didn't dare cry loudly, could only sob tearfully.
Lam Pham stood in place, allowing To Tieu Hieu to hug him.
He didn't push To Tieu Hieu away with one hand.
But let the opponent vent.
He could understand the opponent's mood at this moment. Even if taken advantage of by the opponent, he could also bear it. No one's heart is as hard as steel. Thinking oneself is tough, just haven't encountered things that truly make oneself weak.
Waited quietly.
Even though the opponent's tears might wet his clothes, also understandable. Besides, as a qualified broker, often needed to face listening to the client's inner voice.
After a moment.
To Tieu Hieu, having finished venting, slowly came out from Lam Pham's embrace.
She wiped her reddened eye corners, thought of throwing herself into the opponent's arms, her face couldn't help but blush.
"Thank you."
She sincerely thanked. Thought of her past resistance towards Lam Pham, felt somewhat ashamed.
"No need for thanks, just a small effort," Lam Pham said with a smile.
From the short "Thank you."
He felt the opponent's mental state had recovered quite well.
"Self-introduction, my name is Lam Pham, Duong Quang Apartments' security guard, part-time Tan Phong Brokerage. How about looking at this promotional flyer? Perhaps has the housing you want to rent."
A promotional flyer handed to the opponent.
To Tieu Hieu looked at the flyer before her.
Momentarily lost.
Huh?