Leng Yebai had a cold and stern face, yet was making an effort to appear coy and pretentious, which was rather... odd.

Before the apocalypse, this could get you detained for fifteen days.

"Why did he cut your clothes?" Bai Xiqin was a bit confused.

Bai Yifan wasn’t a four or five-year-old child anymore; he was a sixteen-year-old teenager, almost at the age where he could be sentenced to death.

Why would he be cutting someone else’s clothes for no reason?

Was he just too full?

"There’s no reason, kids are just like that, don’t blame him."

Leng Yebai had an air of magnanimity about him, nodding to himself as if in self-assurance after speaking.

"There must be some misunderstanding here!"

Zhang Yiming’s face twitched almost imperceptibly, feeling like Leng Yebai had a bit of a white lotus vibe.

Zhang Yiming had a pretty good impression of Bai Yifan.

Not just Bai Yifan, Zhang Yiming had a good impression of the entire Bai Family.

"Yes, you’re right, it must be a misunderstanding."

Leng Yebai suddenly looked at Zhang Yiming, then quickly lowered his head, cautiously pinching Bai Xiqin’s sleeve with two fingers.

Looking as if he was "threatened."

The ultimate skill in the Surviving Vicious Female Support Character rule: Whatever the other person says, just act like a threatened, weak victim!

Even if the plot doesn’t make sense, you must forcefully disguise yourself as a victim.

Leng Yebai’s expression of acting like a white lotus became increasingly polished, from a cold, indifferent look earlier to now looking all panicked, as if Zhang Yiming had mistreated him eight hundred times.

The acting skills were improving rapidly.

Zhang Yiming: ...

Zhang Yiming’s gentle smile froze a bit, and his look at Leng Yebai was somewhat... speechless.

Never seen such a drama queen!

Bai Xiqin glanced at Leng Yebai, then at Zhang Yiming.

She had an illusion; Leng Yebai must have been emotionally hurt by Zhang Yiming...

"Cough, cough."

Zhang Yiming lightly coughed, slowly turned around, and looked up at the sky, reluctant to deal with the idiot Leng Yebai anymore.

The more he interacted with him, the more he felt himself getting dragged down to his level.

Xiao Lan Zombie shivered in a corner, sneakily glancing at Zhang Yiming, then at Bai Xiqin, with a hint of grievance in his eyes.

Appealing to Bai Xiqin for help.

Unfortunately, Bai Xiqin didn’t notice, lost in thoughts of "being betrayed by her male classmate."

Bai Xiqin found it somewhat unlikely.

But picturing Zhang Yiming’s warm, sunny face alongside Leng Yebai’s cold, stern look, it was quite the sugar rush.

...It was rather easy for one to get addicted to the shipping vibes.

"What are you looking at?" Bai Xiqin asked, looking at Zhang Yiming, who was gazing skyward.

Trying to probe out some information.

"I’m looking at that cloud, don’t you think it looks like a pure white lotus flower?"

Zhang Yiming stared eerily at the white cloud in the sky.

"It really does!"

Bai Xiqin raised her eyebrows.

The white cloud in the sky wisped just perfectly into the shape of a lotus.

Calling it a white lotus wasn’t wrong.

Zhang Yiming heard Bai Xiqin’s affirmative response, his lips lifted, and he chuckled softly.

"Xiao Niu, let’s head back! I at least need to find a new outfit."

Seeing Zhang Yiming turning his head, Leng Yebai’s lips curled into a gleeful smile.

He won this round.

Even if he was hinted as a white lotus, it didn’t matter.

As long as Xiao Niu was on his side, even if they called him a dog... he’d just retort back.

As long as he wasn’t called an animal, he didn’t care.

Implied insults were just fine!

As long as the wife was on his side.

"Alright."

Bai Xiqin glanced again at Leng Yebai’s tattered clothes, wiping away imaginary drool from the corner of her mouth.

All the clothes in the big bus were cut up by Bai Yifan, so he could only pull out new clothes from space.

She truly needed to go back herself.

"Xiao Ming, thanks for saving us before, how about we grab a meal together?" Bai Xiqin smiled, pointing at the blue and white bus.

When Wang Ge commanded the zombies to attack, it was Zhang Yiming who resolved the situation, so as old classmates, sharing a meal seemed appropriate.

"I have some things to attend to, so I won’t bother you today. But in a little while, if there’s a chance, I’ll definitely come over."

Zhang Yiming turned his head, his warm eyes harboring a certain determination.

He discovered through some zombie brainwaves that there were zombies beneath the Yellow River, and more importantly, the Yellow River water held an enormous allure for these zombies.

Logically, zombies only reacted to human flesh, so if they reacted to a dead object, it indicated that it was beneficial to their bodies.

Could it be that the various rich calcium compounds in the Yellow River water contained a way to repair the decaying zombie bodies and revive them?

Even though it was a tenuous guess, Zhang Yiming was willing to put infinite energy into researching this issue.

Zhang Yiming had already dug up a lot of silt and collected Yellow River water, hurrying off to experiment and track down Wang Ge.

He originally planned to come personally investigate the water zombie brainwaves but ended up only finding some black ashes not yet purified by the Yellow River silt.

The Bai Family had erased all traces of the water zombies.

Zhang Yiming was seething with anger.

It wasn’t that he hadn’t obtained intelligence from the water zombie brains, but because he hated the zombies.

Yes, no one hated zombies more than he did.

Because of their existence, he became a monster everyone wanted to eliminate, unable to stay by her side, not to mention what might become of her in the future...

Zombies had no consciousness; their mighty brainwaves were their sovereign. Initially, he thought his powerful brainwaves could protect everyone.

But then Wang Ge emerged.

Thinking about this, Zhang Yiming was enveloped in a cloud of darkness.

In the future, in three years, self-destruction.

The future self constantly reminded him that her future might very well be... death.

Nevertheless, he refused to accept this outcome.

"Xiao Ming?"

Bai Xiqin waved her slender fingers in front of Zhang Yiming, calling his name again.

She thought she saw a flash of hostility in Zhang Yiming’s eyes.

But perhaps it was just an illusion.

The always warm and sunny class president was never a pessimistic person.

"Sorry, I was a bit lost in thought just now."

Zhang Yiming snapped out of it, apologetically smiling, his face retaining a gentle smile, the hostility gone.

"What’s so urgent that you don’t even have time for a meal?" Bai Xiqin asked.

Since the apocalypse, encountering old classmates had become rare, even more so those like Zhang Yiming, who had helped the Bai Family many times.

Bai Xiqin truly wanted to invite him for a feast.

"This matter is extremely important to me. If it indeed resolves the issue at hand, I believe in the future I’ll courageously face a certain someone, instead of dwelling in self-doubt. I can’t let go of this opportunity, even if there’s just a sliver of hope, I’ll not rest until it’s exhausted."

Zhang Yiming stepped forward, his voice gentle, his gaze sincere.

Bai Xiqin glimpsed her own pupils through Zhang Yiming’s dark eyes.

The pupils held a hint of confusion.

"Oh, then all the best!" Bai Xiqin gestured encouragement.

Though she was a bit puzzled why Zhang Yiming was telling her this, she felt relieved.

It seemed Zhang Yiming already had someone in his heart, so the rumors of him and Leng Yebai were probably just baseless gossip!

"Alright, I’ll definitely do my best."

Zhang Yiming nodded earnestly, his warm eyes curving slightly.