A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse

Lu Xingchi continued, "What's there to be afraid of? The walls here are thin, and the soundproofing isn't great. As long as you shout 'Help!', everyone on the floor will hear you."

Bei Nuan casually replied, "I wouldn't shout 'Help!' I'd shout 'Fire!'"

Before she finished speaking, someone in the next room chimed in.

It was a young man's voice. "Who's pretending to shout 'Fire!'? I heard everything."

Bei Nuan couldn't help but laugh. It seemed the soundproofing here really wasn't very good. You could stand in the hallway and chat directly with people in their rooms.

"Reassured now? Come in," Lu Xingchi said.

His apartment was small but complete. Inside, the innermost part by the window had a bed, and outside that was a small loveseat and a TV. Next to that was the bathroom, and closest to the door was an area with a stove and sink, which served as the kitchen.

But everything was spotless.

Bei Nuan helped Lu Xingchi inside, unloaded him onto the sofa, and prepared to leave.

"It's so late. You haven't eaten yet, have you?" Lu Xingchi asked.

Bei Nuan replied, "I'll just order takeout when I get back."

"No need. I haven't eaten either. We'll eat together."

Lu Xingchi stood up and walked to the refrigerator in the doorway kitchen.

His leg was like Schrödinger's leg, in a strange intermediate state, whether it was lame or not entirely depending on the situation.

Bei Nuan thought he would take out something easy to eat, like bread or cake, but unexpectedly, he took out a pile of vegetables and meat from the refrigerator, one by one, and placed them in the sink, looking like he planned to cook.

"Wait a little while. I'll be quick."

He skillfully measured the water and rice and put them in the rice cooker.

This person, who looked like he never lifted a finger, actually knew how to cook, which surprised Bei Nuan a little.

He washed the vegetables and cut the meat without hesitation, his knife skills were swift, he heated the wok and poured in the oil, stir-frying and boiling, his movements were crisp and efficient, and his time management was reasonable. In the blink of an eye, he had made several dishes.

A large pot of boiled fish in chili oil, a fish-fragrant eggplant casserole, a plate of baby bok choy in broth, and a cold dish of enoki mushrooms.

All were very home-style dishes, but they were all Bei Nuan's favorites.

Lu Xingchi didn't let her stand there thinking wildly, and unceremoniously assigned her tasks, asking her to serve the rice and set out the chopsticks.

The two sat down at the small dining table, and Bei Nuan tasted his cooking.

She was stunned after only tasting one bite of the boiled fish in chili oil.

Lu Xingchi calmly helped her to more food. "Try the eggplant."

Bei Nuan tried each dish.

It was a strange feeling of "rightness." The cooking time and seasoning matched Bei Nuan's preferences perfectly, not too much, not too little, and there was a inexplicable familiarity.

It was as if, after traveling thousands of miles from home and spending half a lifetime, she suddenly tasted the dishes her parents made when she was a child.

Bei Nuan felt a little like crying.

"Your cooking is really good," Bei Nuan said after a long while. "I didn't expect you to know how to cook."

"I practiced specifically."

Lu Xingchi smiled slightly.

"I didn't know how at first. Later, I learned little by little according to the recipes. One day, I suddenly realized that since my dishes were only for one person to eat, I didn't need any recipes at all. I just needed to practice those few dishes she liked the most, and adjust them little by little to her taste, and make them to the extreme, then no one could compare to me."

His tone was filled with undisguised pride.

Bei Nuan couldn't help but look up at him.

She wondered what kind of person the "she" he spoke of was, to drive such an outstanding boy to this point.

This person who was slow to walk seemed a little miserable.

Bei Nuan lowered her eyes and curved the corners of her mouth.

"What are you laughing at?" Lu Xingchi asked unhappily, pushing the plate towards her. "Eat quickly, it'll get cold soon."

He didn't eat much himself, only watched Bei Nuan, and suddenly said, "Tomorrow at 3:30 PM, there's a lecture of mine in Classroom 307 of the Second Teaching Building. Come listen."

The next afternoon, Bei Nuan wanted to find a classroom to study in after class.

There were too many people in the First Teaching Building, so it was usually difficult to find a seat. The Second Teaching Building was too remote and far away, so Bei Nuan naturally went to the Third Teaching Building.

The poster board downstairs had notices of lectures. Bei Nuan glanced at it and saw that there was indeed a lecture on college students' mental health on the third floor.

Since she was already here.

The lecture hadn't started yet, but the not-so-small classroom was already full, mostly with girls.

Bei Nuan stood at the door, looked over the heads of the people crowded at the entrance, and saw Lu Xingchi standing next to the podium, chatting with some students who were organizing the lecture.

As if sensing something, he suddenly looked up in this direction.

Bei Nuan's eyes met his, and she felt awkward for a moment, and wanted to leave.

But Lu Xingchi turned around, picked up a few folding chairs placed next to the podium, walked to the door, and distributed one to each of the students standing at the door.

When he handed one to Bei Nuan, it happened to be the last one.

"I knew you'd be late," he said in a low voice.

Bei Nuan actually heard a hint of grievance in his tone.

Everyone unfolded the folding chairs and placed them in the open space in front of the podium. Bei Nuan arrived the latest, but ended up sitting the closest.

The lecture began. After the host introduced Lu Xingchi's dazzling and frightening resume, Lu Xingchi stood on the podium.

He adjusted the microphone on his collar. Before he could speak, there was a chorus of "Oohs" from below.

Then the whole room laughed.

Bei Nuan thought, these people, she didn't know if they were here to listen to the lecture or to see the handsome guy.

But Bei Nuan herself was also a little absent-minded.

Today, he was mainly talking about self-awareness and emotional management. His thoughts were clear, and his voice was clear and calm, like a refreshing spring that soothed the heart.

Being so close, and having an excuse, Bei Nuan stared at him without restraint.

His cuffs were neat, his fingers were slender, his nails were perfectly manicured, and above that was his broad chest, his beautiful lip shape, and a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.

Bei Nuan suddenly realized that those beautiful eyes were looking at her.

So what if he was looking? Who was afraid of whom?

Bei Nuan stared back without blinking, as if competing with him to see who would blink first.

After only staring at each other for a short while, Lu Xingchi suddenly shifted his gaze elsewhere. Bei Nuan clearly saw that his ears had turned red.

He could actually blush.

The lecture wasn't too long, only about an hour, and it seemed to fly by.

The Q&A session was basically a scene of teasing the senior.

The girls asked questions one by one.

"Senior, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Senior, you just talked about college students' views on love. What are your views on love?"

"Senior, what do you think of me?"

A burst of laughter.

Lu Xingchi was very calm. He only selectively answered, "I don't have a girlfriend right now."

He glanced at Bei Nuan and added, "But I will soon. Are there any other questions that aren't about my girlfriend?"

Finally, a boy raised his hand and asked something different.

"Senior, I've seen in movies that psychiatrists hypnotize their patients. Can you hypnotize people?"

Lu Xingchi seemed to think for a moment and replied, "I can indeed."

Everyone immediately became excited. Without raising their hands, they all chimed in, "Senior, can you perform it live?"

Lu Xingchi agreed readily, "Okay."

Even Bei Nuan was interested this time.

Did hypnotism really exist? Having grown up so much, Bei Nuan had never seen anyone hypnotize someone live.

Lu Xingchi put down what he was holding and walked off the podium. "I need a volunteer."

Hands rose like a forest below.

But Lu Xingchi walked to Bei Nuan. "This classmate seems to want to try it very much, right? It's you."

Bei Nuan: ? Which eye of yours saw that I wanted to try it?

But with everyone watching, and having been named by him, Bei Nuan still stood up.

Lu Xingchi moved her folding chair to the podium, let her sit down, and squatted next to her.

"Okay, now close your eyes."

"Focus your attention on the top of your head…"

Bei Nuan really closed her eyes as instructed, mainly to see what tricks he was playing.

"There is very warm sunlight shining on the top of your head. You feel that the top of your head is very warm and very relaxed…"

His voice was no longer as clear and calm as when he was giving the lecture. It was like a gentle hand that soothed people's hearts. Bei Nuan seemed to really feel the warm sunlight shining on her head, and her whole body relaxed.

"Your forehead is also relaxed, and next is your eyes…"

He helped her relax little by little, and guided her to slowly adjust her breathing. In his voice, Bei Nuan gradually forgot that she was actually at the lecture.

She didn't know how long had passed when she suddenly heard him say, "After I count from three to one, you open your eyes, walk to the blackboard, and write your name on the blackboard with chalk."

Bei Nuan: "…"

"Okay," his voice came. "Three, two, one, now slowly open your eyes."

Bei Nuan opened her eyes, as if returning from a peaceful and comfortable place to a crowded classroom. She had been awake the whole time, but it was like she had slept, and her whole body was relaxed.

But the people below were very quiet, and everyone was looking at her.

Bei Nuan stood up from the chair, and Lu Xingchi also stood up.

Bei Nuan knew that according to what he had just said, she should go to the blackboard and write her name.

Bei Nuan thought: Heh.

She wouldn't go.

Bei Nuan reached out to pick up the chair, intending to move it back under the podium, and glanced up at Lu Xingchi.

He was silently looking at her.

His eyes were clear and clean, as if still carrying a bit of grievance.

If she went to write her name, his god-like image in everyone's mind would not fall. If she didn't go to write her name, his lecture today would be a complete failure.

Bei Nuan silently sighed in her heart.

She walked to the blackboard in a few steps, grabbed the chalk, and wrote the two big characters "Bei Nuan" on the blackboard.

After a second of silence, the sound of crazy applause and whistles rang out from under the podium.

Bei Nuan put down the chalk and turned around, seeing Lu Xingchi facing her with his back to everyone. Bei Nuan could see the smug smile in his eyes at a glance.

He had planned everything.

He knew she would definitely be soft-hearted, and he could also get her name by the way.

She had never seen such a scheming person.

After the lecture, Lu Xingchi got rid of the heavy encirclement and said to Bei Nuan, "Bei Nuan, wait for me. We'll leave together."

He said it openly, as if not worried at all that others would think of her as his shill.

Bei Nuan really waited for a while, and he came out.

Bei Nuan said bluntly, "Liar."

Lu Xingchi laughed. "Are you talking about the hypnotism? Bei Nuan, how do you know whether you went to write your name on the blackboard because you wanted to help me out, or because you were really hypnotized by me?"

Bei Nuan argued, "I wasn't hypnotized. I wasn't planning to write it in the first place."

Lu Xingchi said calmly, "But the actual result is that you did go to write it."

Bei Nuan was speechless.

What he said made sense, so was she really hypnotized by him?

But Lu Xingchi said, "Okay, even if you're kind-hearted and helped me out, I'm very grateful. Let me treat you to a meal?"

When Bei Nuan heard him say he was going to treat her to a meal, she immediately thought of the delicious dishes he had made yesterday.

Eat then. Bei Nuan didn't think of refusing at all.

However, Lu Xingchi then asked, "Should we eat out?"

Bei Nuan was instantly disappointed.

"I still have to go study. Let's do it another day?"

Lu Xingchi looked at her expression, which went from elation to dejection, and seemed very satisfied. "Just kidding. Of course, I'll cook."

Bei Nuan immediately forgot about studying and obediently followed him to his house.

This time, he still cooked himself and made several dishes, which were still perfectly tailored to Bei Nuan's taste.

Bei Nuan finished eating contentedly, and Lu Xingchi found two movies, which happened to be Bei Nuan's favorites.

The two of them sat on the sofa and watched them together, and it was already very late.

Lu Xingchi took the initiative to stand up. "It's too late. I'll take you back."

The two walked together through the campus, all the way to the downstairs of Bei Nuan's dormitory building.

Under the streetlights, there were couples everywhere, reluctantly flirting with each other.

Lu Xingchi glanced at them, his eyes falling on Bei Nuan's face, and then sliding down to her lips.

Bei Nuan saw him lightly purse his lips.

His hands were in his pants pockets, and he leaned down towards Bei Nuan.

Bei Nuan's heart suddenly beat wildly.

But he stopped a distance away from her.

"Good night," he said.

Then he smiled at her and turned to leave.

Bei Nuan looked at his back, feeling a little confused in her heart.

Any fool could see that he was currently in a posture of pursuing her. But he didn't ask for her phone number, didn't ask for her WeChat, and tomorrow was the weekend, but he didn't seem to want to ask her out at all.

She didn't know what he was thinking.

Back in the dormitory, Zhen Zhen had already returned and was brushing her teeth.

She was very excited when she saw Bei Nuan. "I heard you went to the lecture this afternoon and were chosen by that handsome young man?"

Bei Nuan was silent: Chosen?

Zhen Zhen asked vaguely while brushing her teeth, "Did you get his phone number?"

Bei Nuan shook her head. "Of course not."

Zhen Zhen was very regretful. "But he's leaving soon. You wasted the last chance."

Bei Nuan was strange. "What do you mean leaving soon? Didn't you say he was going to stay at our school for several months?"

Zhen Zhen said, "It was said that something urgent happened at their school, and they temporarily asked him to go back. His plane is tonight, so the student union moved the lecture forward and rushed to hold it this afternoon. So many people went today, all to seize the time to see him one last time. Everyone knows, except you?"

Bei Nuan: "…"

He didn't mention it at all.

She had stayed at his house all evening, ate a meal, and watched two movies, but he didn't mention a single word.

Bei Nuan put down her bag, feeling a little dazed. She sat for a while and began to feel angry.

What exactly did he mean? Was he bored and just happened to meet a silly girl, so he was just teasing her for fun?

So he didn't even want her contact information, and he didn't ask her out at all.

She knew from the beginning that he wasn't a good person, but in the end, she was still deceived by his tricks.

Big liar.

Bei Nuan angrily went to wash up and pack up, and angrily climbed into bed to sleep, leaving Zhen Zhen feeling baffled.

The next morning, Bei Nuan got up early and went out to study.

She didn't go to study yesterday because of a big liar, which was a waste of time and a waste of life.

Bei Nuan lined up in front of the library for a while, rushed in with the first batch, grabbed the best window seat, spread out a table of things, and prepared to work hard.

But she kept spacing out.

She recognized every word on the book, but when they were connected, she read them back and forth several times and still didn't understand what they meant.

Bei Nuan sighed and stared at the book page for a while.

Someone suddenly approached Bei Nuan from behind. Without turning around, she could feel it. It was a strong and aggressive aura, but it was clear and pleasant, and very warm.

Bei Nuan turned her head.

It was Lu Xingchi. He was leaning over Bei Nuan, looking at the book in her hand.

"What are you reading?" he asked, his breath brushing against Bei Nuan's cheek.

Bei Nuan didn't even know what she was reading.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Lu Xingchi reached out and flipped through the book in front of her, then curved the corners of his mouth. "Advanced Mathematics? No way?"

Bei Nuan ignored the book and asked him, "Didn't everyone say you left last night?"

"Oh, I canceled the plane ticket," Lu Xingchi said. "I found the person I like, so of course I won't leave."

Bei Nuan's heart began to jump wildly.

Lu Xingchi lowered his long eyelashes. This time, without hesitation, he approached her and gently covered her lips.

He kissed her tenderly, just like Bei Nuan had imagined countless times.

There were other people around, but Bei Nuan didn't care anymore. Her arms wrapped around his neck.

Lu Xingchi seemed to take a breath, and his arms tightened, pulling her into his arms. This time, it was a real deep kiss.

A wave of dizziness washed over her.

His kiss and his embrace were both incomparably familiar, as if she had been waiting for him for a long time, waiting for him to come, and had been waiting for a lifetime.

The morning sunlight outside the window twisted into a vortex of light, transforming into the white lights of the library and the moon hanging high in the sky of the doomsday.

Bei Nuan seemed to see that person, holding a black crossbow, countless steel nails suspended in the air behind him, like huge black wings, suddenly opening and closing, every step he took was the descent of the god of death.

"Lu Xingchi."

She called out his name.

Xiao San's voice rang in her mind.

"Bei Nuan, you've remembered everything? I told them a long time ago that memory erasure of this degree on the host is unreliable. A little hint is enough to remember. Thank you for your help. You two can leave this experimental world."

Lu Xingchi was still holding Bei Nuan.

Because Bei Nuan was hugging his neck, hanging on him, with a aggrieved expression.

"Lu Xingchi, I forgot you. I knew there was such a person, but I couldn't remember anything. I'll never do this kind of memory erasure experiment again."

Lu Xingchi was a little helpless. "Didn't you say you wanted to play around?"

Bei Nuan said, "Couldn't you have stopped me?"

"You forgot? I stopped you at the time. I didn't want you to forget me either, but you didn't listen," Lu Xingchi explained patiently.

Bei Nuan was unreasonable. "Then couldn't you have stopped me more firmly?"

Lu Xingchi coaxed her, "Okay, I'll stop you more firmly next time."

Bei Nuan was finally satisfied, and a smile bloomed, her lips, which had just been kissed, were much redder than usual.

Lu Xingchi couldn't help it, pressed the back of her head, and kissed her again.

Xiao San waited for a while and opened his mouth. "You're going to prepare to leave the experimental world."

No one paid attention to him.

"Are you ready yet?"

"Not ready yet?"

"How long are you two going to kiss for?"

"Lu Xingchi?"

"Bei Nuan?"

"…"

"Forget it, tell me when you're done kissing."

Author's Note:

This is really the end this time. Thank you, little darlings, for your company, mwah~

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