As for Ling Mo and Ye Lian staying here, no one dared to say anything after Lu Xin's case.
Ling Mo could tell that they were more afraid of him as the majority of them forced themselves to avoid eye contact with him. Although Xia Na was strong, she never touched them. Perhaps in the second Ling Mo grabbed Lu Xin, these people finally realized that they should stay down in front of Ling Mo.
As what Ling Mo wanted to achieve, although he only slapped Lu Xin, all the others who were dissatisfied with him all felt the burn on their faces. No matter whether they opened their mouth to agree with Lu Xin or if they only mumbled silently.
After Lu Xin heard that Ling Mo was going to stay, he immediately hid in the room with his tail between his legs and didn't dare to show his face again.
Ling Mo didn't think he went too far. It an orderless world, he shouldn't be humiliated since he was more skilled!
"Everyone, you remember our teachers and classmates who remained at the school, right?" Liu Yuhao arranged Ling Mo to sit on the couch and spoke to the rest excitingly, "Brother Ling agreed to help Xia Na and me to look for them!"
Everyone froze and their glances towards him became extremely complex.
The middle school girl from before spoke hesitantly, "But there are so many zombies there…"
She implied that she didn't believe this action will succeed. The others all looked suspicious of it too.
"I've told you that I will definitely go back for them. If they didn't help us stop the zombies chasing after us, all of you would be remains in those zombies' stomachs." Compared to Liu Yuhao, Xia Na spoke straightforwardly and impolitely.
When she didn't look like a clingy little sister while holding Ye Lian's hands, she had the aura of a mafia boss…
"But…"
At this time, a boy with glasses who was on Ling Mo's left spoke up, "If so, everyone should go. Xia Na's right; perhaps they are all still alive, waiting for us to help them. It's too selfish to just leave them behind. What do you think, mind taking us along?"
Everyone's expressions turned dark after hearing his words, but surprisingly, no one refused to go.
"No!" Ling Mo spoke first before Xia Na and Liu Yuhao could.
The boy with glasses wasn't angry that his suggestion was declined. He merely turned to Ling Mo and asked, "Why?"
"None of you can fight, this is a large group of people, the target is too big."
Xia Na scammed Ling Mo and Ling Mo wasn't kind enough to babysit everyone. Although the boy with glasses made it sound nice, he felt like they wanted to follow them because they lack a sense of security. Ling Mo could see it through their reactions alone.
The Third Middle School was far from here and, not to mention if those people were all dead, but it would take Xia Na and him two to three days to come back if there were survivors there. It wasn't an easy thing to cross an area packed with zombies.
Of course, these people didn't have any pressure as they just had to play their role as burdens.
"But we don't have enough food!" The boy who agreed with Lu Xin spoke with a bitter face. As soon as he spoke, he confirmed Ling Mo's guess.
"Yes, we didn't expect us to meet brother Ling today so we didn't prepare enough food for them…"
Liu Yuhao patted his head and looked at Ling Mo pleadingly.
"How about this, you don't have to care about their lives. You just have to help us when we are in danger, is that fine?" Xia Na pondered for a while and suddenly said.
Everyone's expressions became odd after hearing her words. They probably knew that they were burdens, but they must've felt embarrassed after being pointed out clearly.
In fact, they were dissatisfied with Ling Mo exactly because they were burdens. Whether Ling Mo was a burden like them, or whether Ling Mo was somewhat capable, he was an "intruder" from the outside to those who formed their group.
As for Xia Na and Liu Yuhao, they were their hosts. They wanted to get the most out of them and they wanted them for themselves.
But as burdens, they should be aware of it as to tolerate their host no matter how dissatisfied they were.
Since Xia Na spoke, Ling Mo nodded carelessly, "Sure."
"Great. Xia Na, don't worry. As long as you give us weapons, we'll try to defend ourselves." The boy with glasses smiled happily.
But looking at others' complex expressions, it was hard for them to take his words seriously.
They discussed about the details for a while before Liu Yuhao took out the food from his backpack and everyone had a simple meal together.
But the food they found was hardly enough to fill their stomachs. On the contrary, the food in Ling Mo's backpack was much better than theirs in terms of taste and energy. However, it wasn't a surprise as there were more zombies in the city and more survivors, all supermarkets would've being searched for a few times already…
However, Ling Mo had no intention of sharing his food.
"Heh, sister, aren't you going to eat?" Xia Na passed half a packet of instant noodles to Ye Lian but she had no reaction.
"Sister, are you in a bad mood?"
Although Xia Na didn't see it, but Liu Yuhao felt a sense of coldness from Ye Lian's eyes as he probed.
"No, she just doesn't interact with strangers very often," It was troublesome to Ling Mo and he quickly cut them off.
"Ye Lian sis should sleep with us tonight," Xia Na suddenly suggested, "You can stay with Liu Yuhao. Boys stay here, us girls stay opposite here."
As she spoke, she pointed to a household opposite them.
Although Ling Mo wanted to decline, he nodded without noticing when he glanced Xia Na and the other girls, "Alright." The place wasn't far and Ye Lian wouldn't break away from his control. After his consciousness strengthened, the control distance had obviously expanded.
"Heh…" Xia Na was surprised at Ling Mo's fast decision but it made her change her impression of him.
In the apocalypse, all kinds of entertainment were gone. Although the sun just set after dinner, they all returned to their rooms in silence.
Xia Na went to the opposite house with Ye Lian and the other girls, meanwhile, Ling Mo maintained the connection with Ye Lian, settling down in a single bed under Liu Yuhao's arrangement.
He received special treatment as he had to help Xia Na and the others to the Third Middle School tomorrow. With his skills, it would be a great help even if he decided to help them selectively.
No one ever imagined that when Ling Mo laid on the single bed and closed his eyes as if to rest, he had switched to Ye Lian's perspective.
"How can I feel relieved when Ye Lian's alone with you lot, I must watch over her…"
Ling Mo mumbled in his heart.