Chapter 22
Unconsciously, Lu Jia had been at school for almost half a month. During this time, she had received a text message from an unknown number, which said, "We're fine, don't worry."
She knew that this message could only be from Li Guaiguai, but after that message, she never received any news about Li Guaiguai again. She called the number, and as expected, it was turned off.
And in this half month, the school had changed, at least this dormitory had become co-ed.
A week ago, a large group of survivors from the school came into this dormitory building, both men and women. They worked together to clean out the zombies in the dormitory, and most of the zombie bodies were piled up outside the dormitory.
After they rushed in, the original three dormitories were rearranged. The one located in the north is now called A Building, which is where Lu Jia lives, and it has become the girls' dormitory.
The one located in the east has become B Building, the boys' residence. As for the one in the west, it has become C Building with no one currently living there. The beds inside have almost all been removed, as they were said to be used as weapons for defense.
After these people moved into 8th Building, they organized several rescue activities and transferred the people who were still alive and could be found in the school to this place. So in just one week, this place has begun to take shape and the number of people has greatly increased.
Lu Jia roughly observed the number of people inside. According to the occupancy of each building, each floor of a building has about 12 dormitories, with 4 beds in each dormitory. For convenience and assistance, the rule is to have 4 people per room. Once it is full, they move to the upper floors.
There are at least more than two hundred people in this place, with more boys than girls. Lu Jia is not sure about the exact number of girls, but it fluctuates between 50 and 70.
As for her personal dorm room, she didn't let anyone move in. Maybe it's because she originally lived in that dormitory, so those people didn't say anything.
As for safety, they can actually thank the high and sturdy fence on the dormitory building. It is difficult to push over. There are also protective bars from the first floor to the second floor of the dormitory, forming a very natural defense position. At first, their main concern was the small door that allowed everyone in and out of the dorm room.
Since their arrival, everything in the dormitory has been arranged accordingly. Some people would go out for rescue missions and search for food, while others would stay in the dormitory and be assigned to do some tasks, like sharpening wooden and bamboo sticks.
The processed items were then nailed onto wooden boards, originally intended to be used as defense tools. However, it was later discovered that these items couldn't be kept stable outside, so they were directly hung outside the fence.
As for inside the door, there are two small cars parked. The windows of the cars are all broken, and even the roof is open. There are sharp objects sticking out from these places with some density, and they are about one meter away from the dormitory door.
These objects can indeed be nailed into the zombies that are sprinting violently and trying to treat everyone in the dormitory as food to some extent. But once the board is successfully nailed into the zombie, the board is basically useless. So once the board is nailed into the zombie, someone needs to deal with the zombie before it can be used again.
It's the same with the cars, they need to be cleaned almost every day.
But no matter what, there is temporary stability now. Lu Jia can also come out of the dormitory and walk around in the dormitory building. Of course, most of her time is still spent in the dormitory room. Even when she goes out, she mostly just stands in the corridor to get some fresh air.
As for Su Mo, after half a month of recuperation, her legs have returned to normal. In fact, Su Mo's legs had already recovered almost before those people moved into the dormitory.
This recovery speed even surprised Lu Jia a bit. She didn't expect Su Mo's healing ability to be so strong. Doesn't it say that it takes one hundred days to heal the tendons and bones? But Su Mo only took half a month, and she didn't even use up the entire half a month.
The wounds on Su Mo's face have also become smaller, but if she directly removes the cover, it still looks a bit scary. Moreover, there are hundreds of people here, so Lu Jia can only choose to continue to wrap Su Mo's face with gauze.
In addition to the above situations, there is one more thing to be grateful for, which is that Su Mo is starting to understand Lu Jia's words more and more. Although she still can't speak, with Lu Jia's teaching and the fact that she has been exposed to this knowledge before, she can accept some words quite quickly.
The only downside is that Su Mo still has hostility towards anyone other than herself.
Even with her comforting, Su Mo could calm down and not harm these hundreds of people. But the 8th Building, which has become a tempting cafeteria for zombie Su Mo, is the reason why Lu Jia doesn't dare to leave her dorm room too far.
Because whether Su Mo eats people or Su Mo is discovered to be a zombie, it's not good for her. Therefore, she must be careful in her actions.
As for Su Mo's existence, currently, no one in the 8th Building knows about her except for Lu Jia. But this is obviously not a long-term solution, so Lu Jia's only thought now is to teach Su Mo more, enough to not reveal any flaws.
By the way, both sides of Lu Jia's dorm room are vacant, so even with the addition of Su Mo, she can be hidden well for now.
Through a door crack about half a body width, Lu Jia reached out and took a bag of toast passed in from outside, then thanked the person outside and quickly closed the door again.
She stared at the window until the figure outside disappeared, and only then would she open the dorm room door again. After making sure there was no one outside, she would close the door again.
"Okay, come out now."
After her words, a woman wearing a white short-sleeved shirt slowly walked out of the bathroom. She pouted and looked at Lu Jia, her face full of "I'm angry."
Lu Jia silently watched and eventually couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, okay, my bad. I shouldn't have let you stay in there for so long."
Su Mo was still angry, so she turned her head and stopped looking at Lu Jia.
Seeing this, Lu Jia silently put her hand behind her back and approached the angry person, tilting her head to look at her face.
"Hmm?" She slightly raised her voice.
The person she was staring at quickly turned his head to the other side, avoiding her gaze.
Seeing Su Mo like this, Lu Jia's smile grew even broader. She reached out and poked Su Mo's face. Unlike other people, Su Mo hadn't learned how to hold her breath for long, so when her face was poked, her puffed-up cheeks would deflate. In order to show that she was still angry, she had to puff them up again.
Lu Jia was quite amused by this game of poking and deflating.
It was only when Su Mo was willing to look at her.
She slowly withdrew her hand, crossed her fingers behind her back, and the plastic bag of toast in her hand made a rattling sound. "Little Mo, I'm really sorry. I won't talk to those people too much in the future, okay?"
After her reassurance, Su Mo stopped speaking and walked towards the bed, sitting down on it.
Lu Jia looked and quickly followed, sitting down beside her because she knew that it actually meant Su Mo was probably calming down.
Actually, if possible, Lu Jia didn't want to talk too much to the person who came to deliver things. But today, that person brought a message, saying that there would be a survival discussion meeting downstairs in the afternoon. So, in order to understand the situation, she chatted a little with the person who brought her toast.
After those people moved into the dormitory, they started making rules and providing assistance. Afterwards, someone would come every day to deliver food to everyone, three meals a day. At least for this week, no one went without.
Lu Jia used to watch those people below who were killing zombies from the rooftop. Those were her former classmates. As they killed zombies, they became more decisive and fierce. She knew that these people were growing, using these zombies to upgrade their experience.
So, in this situation, while looking at the bag of toast in her hand, she always wondered how long this simple giving and mutual assistance could continue.
And when she heard about the upcoming meeting, she knew that she would probably soon have an answer to what she was thinking. So, she asked more questions proactively, even though the person couldn't tell her much.
"Little Mo, how about we play with the shuttlecock?"
Putting the toast on the bed, she picked up the shuttlecock with only one feather left from the bedside and gently threw it out. Su Mo got up from the bed and caught the shuttlecock, then happily kicked it repeatedly.
If it fell, they would pick it up and continue kicking until Su Mo got bored. In fact, Lu Jia didn't need to participate in this game.
The so-called playing together is probably Lu Jia watching Su Mo play and occasionally praising her.
This is Su Mo's favorite activity. Since her leg got better, Su Mo plays almost every day. But for Lu Jia, it is the most difficult activity, so she can only sit and watch.
Watching Su Mo kicking the shuttlecock in front of her, her movements are a bit stiff and clumsy, but full of energy, which is what everyone lacks now.
So, being a carefree zombie is actually quite good.
Unlike Su Mo, she cannot be carefree. She needs to consider the purpose of the so-called meeting. And after this meeting, what will happen to the 8th Building?
Lu Jia understands clearly that she can work and follow the rules, but the prerequisite is that she and Su Mo can be safe here. As long as this point is achieved, she can actually not care about what happens at this meeting.
Can it really be like this? She is always worried and afraid that something unexpected will happen.
Maybe influenced by her emotions, the people who were playing happily suddenly stopped moving.
Ding~
The shuttlecock landed softly on the ground, and the person kicking the shuttlecock sat gently on the person's leg on the bed.
Quietly reaching out her right hand, Su Mo's cool hand lightly brushed Lu Jia's not-so-thick eyebrows.
It felt a little itchy.
Without waiting for Lu Jia's reaction, she forcefully pressed Lu Jia's head and leaned against her own body.
Feeling the soft touch on her forehead, Lu Jia, who had regained her composure, knew that Su Mo was trying to comfort her.
Ever since more and more people entered the 8th Building, she had been holding herself tightly all the time. So now, simply relying on that sense of security was enough to relax her entire shoulder and loosen her body a little.
"Su Mo, can I sleep leaning on you like this?"
As her voice fell, hands came from behind and silently hugged her tightly.
Sensing the answer, she slowly closed her eyes.
Even though they couldn't feel their heartbeat and body temperature, it's really suitable for closing their eyes and resting.
