"Could it be that it just came to knock on the door in the middle of the night just to deliver the steel needle?"

Bai Yifan looked at the steel needle in Bai Xiqin’s hand with a slightly resentful expression.

Can’t it be delivered during the day?

Does this thing even need to be delivered?

Just toss it away!

"That’s just too sincere."

Bai Xiqin looked at the Little Zombie pleased with getting a Second Rank Crystal Core and was somewhat surprised.

It’s rare to find such a sincere zombie in this world.

Especially a zombie whose self-awareness is not fully formed.

The rotting eyes of Xiao Lan Zombie shone slightly as it held the crystal core and looked at Bai Xiqin.

For a moment, the way it looked at Bai Xiqin was brighter than the way it looked at its Emperor.

This was the second crystal core Bai Xiqin gave it.

The first crystal core Bai Xiqin gave it was something it obtained by chance.

After being expelled from Zombie Village by the Emperor, it could only wander aimlessly.

By chance, it discovered the existence of crystal cores.

It was just an ordinary zombie, only interested in flesh and blood, and wouldn’t attack its kind.

By not attacking its own kind, it couldn’t get crystal cores.

Without crystal cores, it couldn’t enhance its superpowers.

Its rotting brain thought it was too weak, which was why it couldn’t stay by the Emperor’s side like Fan Tangtang or the zombie in a suit.

So, it could only wander around looking for zombie corpses, hoping to find overlooked crystal cores in their brains.

Most of the time, it found nothing.

However, it was not entirely without gains.

Occasionally, it could find crystal cores in bodies that couldn’t be identified as human or zombie.

These were left behind by humans who didn’t have time to take out the crystal cores.

Just yesterday, it picked up another find, in a highly decomposed body there was not only a crystal core but also a steel needle.

It thought for a long time before realizing it belonged to Bai Xiqin.

The person the Emperor valued most.

Thus, it made up its mind without hesitation.

It must return the steel needle, seeing that it’s not returned would anger the Emperor.

Unexpectedly, it also gained a crystal core.

Xiao Lan Zombie felt a bit excited, even the bloodthirsty impulse in its mind diminished!

"Xiao Niu, it’s getting late, go back to rest early!" Leng Yebai looked at Bai Xiqin’s slightly dark circles and felt a bit distressed, "Just let Zhang Yiming’s little girlfriend come and find it himself!"

"What little girlfriend?"

Bai Xiqin was a bit puzzled.

"It’s it!" Leng Yebai pointed expressionlessly at Xiao Lan Zombie, "It’s always at Zhang Yiming’s doorstep, surely it’s Zhang Yiming’s little zombie girlfriend!"

No matter what, Leng Yebai insisted it was.

The main thing was that tonight’s dream was too terrifying.

A good dream turned into a nightmare.

He was dreaming of marrying Xiao Niu when it became Zhang Yiming slapping him.

It’s just... infuriating.

Xiao Lan Zombie blinked, looking at Leng Yebai’s pointing finger, its rotten fingers holding the crystal core trembled slightly.

Its rotting face shook twice, not turning red, but its rotting feet moved joyfully twice.

This human knows how to talk.

The human the Emperor hated most was this one in front of it, so naturally, it too quite disliked Leng Yebai.

In its mind, it had long secretly thought about biting him one day.

Now it seemed... maybe not biting him was better.

The three words "little girlfriend" were a bit hard for Xiao Lan Zombie to understand, but "Zhang Yiming’s xxx" sounded wonderful.

Let it blaspheme the noble Emperor for a minute!

Bai Xiqin blinked, looked at the slightly shy Xiao Lan Zombie, and scratched his head.

Never thought Zhang Yiming liked this type of girl.

Though Xiao Lan Zombie’s face was full of rotten flesh, you could still vaguely tell that before she turned into a zombie, she must have been an absolutely beautiful girl.

Tall, with just the right curves.

A figure even Bai Xiqin envied.

Bai Xiqin thought that if Zhang Yiming liked Xiao Lan Zombie, it wasn’t impossible.

Even if Xiao Lan Zombie’s face wasn’t good-looking now with the rotten flesh, that wouldn’t be a problem for Zhang Yiming.

Because Zhang Yiming himself was the Zombie Emperor, with his abilities, he could completely train a regular zombie into a Zombie King.

Bai Xiqin thought to herself about how back in school, she too fancied Zhang Yiming!

But then the apocalypse came, and she never saw him again, ending up sliced up with Leng Yebai.

But those campus memories were just memories.

"Haha—"

Xiao Lan Zombie looked at Bai Xiqin, opening its mouth as if to say something, but made a suppressed grunting noise in its throat.

This was a sound unique to zombies.

"Huh?"

Bai Xiqin was dumbfounded for a moment.

Didn’t understand.

Turned to look at Leng Yebai.

Leng Yebai shook his head too.

He had once turned into a zombie and could understand the thoughts of zombies through brainwaves.

Now that he was human again, he could sense a bit of brainwave activity but couldn’t interpret it.

Xiao Lan Zombie blinked and made another few "haha" sounds at Bai Xiqin.

It didn’t really mean anything.

It was Xiao Lan Zombie expressing friendliness to Bai Xiqin.

It considered Bai Xiqin to be really great for giving it a Second Rank Crystal Core.

In all its scavenging, it had never come across a Second Rank Crystal Core.

Bai Xiqin scratched his head, not understanding Xiao Lan Zombie’s intention.

Lowering his head, he noticed Xiao Lan Zombie’s decaying toes, thought for a moment, and took a pair of canvas shoes from his space, handing them to Xiao Lan Zombie.

Xiao Lan Zombie reached out with both hands and caught the shoes.

Having given shoes, may as well give clothes.

Bai Xiqin thought a blue dress would look pretty nice on Xiao Lan Zombie, and so she pulled out a blue dress similar in style to hers from her space and handed it to Xiao Lan Zombie.

Xiao Lan Zombie accepted it with both hands as well.

The smile on its face grew a bit larger.

It was a bountiful gain.

It didn’t know what use the shoes and dress had, but since they were given, it would take them.

It couldn’t refuse what Bai Xiqin offered.

Because the Emperor never refused Bai Xiqin and never allowed the zombies in the village to disobey Bai Xiqin.

Whatever Bai Xiqin gave, it took.

If the gift happened to be the crystal core it desired, then it was perfect.

"Alright, it’s getting late, be careful and head back early!" 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Bai Xiqin yawned and waved at Xiao Lan Zombie.

It was already deep into the night, and exhaustion was setting in.

Xiao Lan Zombie watched Bai Xiqin wave at it, gave Bai Xiqin a deep look, and slowly retreated several steps back.

The Bai Family saw Xiao Lan Zombie stepping back, thinking it was leaving, they closed the van door and went upstairs to sleep.

Soon, snoring sounds were coming from the bus.

A blend of Bai Yifan’s, Bai Xiqin’s, Leng Yebai’s, and the two elders Bai Zhengxuan’s snoring filled the air.

The snoring was rhythmical, rising and falling.

Mr. Bai’s voice was the loudest, his smooth, uninterrupted snoring winning by a landslide.

Bai Anhai and his wife didn’t sleep and were whispering to each other.

Bai Anhai: "Zhang Yiming is the Zombie Emperor. I’ve heard from future in-laws that he’s very dangerous. Could Xiao Lan Zombie’s visit today be part of a conspiracy?"

Wang Yiyun: "No way!"

Bai Anhai: "How can you be so sure?"

Wang Yiyun: "Because my eyes are bigger than yours!"

After saying that, Wang Yiyun stopped talking.

Though she was a Funeral Master, she had seen all kinds of human nature, able to tell at a glance whether the bereaved were truly sad or secretly vying for inheritance.

The look in Zhang Yiming’s eyes was something she understood well, one who could be such a feared Zombie Emperor and yet look at someone that way would never harm that person.

It’s just too bad she already had a son-in-law; otherwise, having a Zombie Emperor son-in-law wouldn’t be too bad.

... You could dress up zombies every day without worrying about them acting out.