Lian Yucheng was very dissatisfied with Shen Qianjiao's double standards, but the outcome was good enough.
After all, Shen Qianjiao would not listen to his opinions at all.
Proximity breeds affection. He had previously wondered if he should find a way to transfer here to stay close to them. Now, it was perfect.
The group did not linger in Shancheng for long before leaving.
Xue Jingjing and her group had not left much earlier. With most of the roads damaged, everyone soon ran into each other again. Seeing an enemy after a long absence always stirs up strong emotions. Xue Jingjing had not been having a good time lately, and she blamed all her misfortunes on Xiao Ying, who had appeared out of nowhere and impersonated someone else. Without the need for any instigation, she herself would charge forward.
The further north they went, the less the plants were affected. After passing Shancheng, they could finally see some hillsides that were still green, which was quite pleasant.
Their cars stopped on a country road below the slope, with more than a dozen cars parked in front and behind.
Xue Jingjing, spanning across many cars, rushed to their front: "Where are the people you brought out from there? Did you lose them?"
"What business is it of yours?" Shen Qianjiao didn't even want to spare her a glance.
She suppressed her anger and said with a saccharine tone, "Those people came out with you after all. Did you just abandon them halfway? They are ordinary people, what will they do if they encounter danger?"
"Or perhaps you should go help them? After all, you are so kind and benevolent, shining upon all. Stay away from me, you're blinding me."
Xue Jingjing: "...I wasn't talking to you."
"Then they don't want to talk to you either. Why do you insist on coming over? Are you looking for a beating?"
She felt that with this person around, she would never be able to find out anything. Even though their relationship had already soured, her composure was no match for Shen Qianjiao's. Arguing with him would only result in being retorted.
How could she have created such an annoying person?
If she had another chance, she would definitely write him dead immediately!
Xue Jingjing glared at him fiercely, unwilling to speak with him.
"Miss Xiao," she said with a smile to Zhu Ying, "I don't think we have that much of a conflict. We can completely be friends. I know many interesting things about your bro... boyfriend. Don't you want to know?"
Zhu Ying glanced at her and said nothing.
"Then what about Mr. Xiao? Aren't you interested either?"
Xiao Chongyan was currently only interested in one thing: killing her.
Of course, killing her now would be too obvious.
"Why is Mr. Xiao wearing a hat? It's quite hot today, aren't you feeling warm?" As she spoke, she even reached out to grab his hat.
"Slap!" Zhou Shanshan directly slapped her hand with her sword. The back of her slender, fair hand immediately turned red.
"Don't touch things carelessly. Is this something you can touch?"
"Who are you?" Xue Jingjing looked at her holding a long sword, appearing like a chivalrous warrior, and felt a sense of unease.
"What business is it of yours who I am?"
Having already clashed several times, Zhou Shanshan, a mortal enemy, had no intention of paying attention to her.
"Shanshan!" someone called her from not far away.
"What is it?"
"Zombies are coming."
Xue Jingjing had just heard the name written out as a word when she was caught off guard by what happened. With no time to ask more, everyone joined the fight against the zombies.
Under Zhu Ying's guidance, the seven-person team had developed a sword technique. It required no special abilities; as long as the zombies were lured into it, they could be eliminated in large numbers with little effort.
Every time the seven of them fought, they were the most eye-catching. Their movements resembled a dance, with seemingly light steps and swords, yet they could dismember the grotesque zombies into chunks of flesh.
Xue Jingjing's eyes widened.
Her writing did not feature such characters. Where did these people come from?
And that name, it couldn't be such a coincidence.
It must be her!
Jealousy and hatred ignited in Xue Jingjing's eyes.
Could it be that she couldn't even compete with the characters she herself had created?
She was extremely unwilling. Watching their orderly swordplay chop the zombies into pieces, her eyes not only lacked joy but burned with increasing anger.
Such jealousy and hatred made her wish that that woman would be caught and bitten by zombies, so she would have a chance to kill her and reclaim everything that belonged to the heroine.
It must be because of her.
Without her, all of this should have been hers.
Driven by hatred, Xue Jingjing moved closer to them. While everyone else was busy fighting, she was attacking her own companion, wanting to get rid of Zhou Shanshan without anyone noticing.
At this moment, all she felt was hatred and jealousy, completely unaware that her own mindset was being affected.
She reached out and forcefully pushed the companion beside her. Her original intention was to use the girl to attract Zhou Shanshan's attention and cause her to be bitten. Zhou Shanshan spun around and kicked them both flying.
The swords quickly dealt with several zombies, and the group, with tacit understanding, got into their cars and drove away quickly.
Throughout the entire ordeal, Zhou Shanshan did not give her a single pleasant look.
In her opinion, that woman was a troublesome person who liked to cause trouble, often trying to harm others but always failing.
The jinx, failing to harm others, almost killed herself. In a moment of crisis, she pushed the companion beside her in front of the zombies.
The girl screamed in terror and was dragged away by the zombies.
Xue Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief. As she got up to leave, she saw Duan Mingjie looking at her from not far away with a complicated expression. After a moment, he also turned and walked away.
Xue Jingjing looked at the corpses and zombies around her. Amidst her disappointment, her hatred intensified.