Chapter 26
Putting impossible thoughts out of her mind, she looked at Su Mo, thinking about Su Mo falling from a building, feeling heavy-hearted.
"Those people, you did well with them, but... I should have praised you like this," Lu Jia couldn't quite understand her own feelings at that moment. For her, Su Mo was obedient, even though she caused a small disturbance, it ended without any trouble, and her identity wasn't suspected temporarily.
But what if it's not like that?
What if the outcome isn't that good?
Or maybe those people chose to harm Su Mo because they saw her special abilities, and Su Mo didn't fight back. If that's the case, what should happen then?
After thinking for a while, if that's really the case, Lu Jia definitely wouldn't be able to accept it, and if it really comes to that point, it means she harmed Su Mo.
"If someone wants to harm you, I should teach you to resist."
Turning sideways, facing Su Mo in front of her, Lu Jia couldn't help but hold onto those chilly hands. "From now on, you'll go with me, I'll take you wherever I go, alright?"
Okay... A voice echoed in her mind, Su Mo wanted to say "okay..." along, but even though her mouth was open, the words that came out were not the ones in her mind. She was getting anxious, but the more anxious she got, the more she couldn't make a sound.
Suddenly, she turned her head away and cried.
Su Mo didn't like how she couldn't say "okay" at all.
Looking at this sudden change, Lu Jia didn't even react. How... how did it become sad? Did she say something wrong?
"Alright, alright, you don't have to come with me. Be good, stop crying, be good."
However, after her words, Su Mo cried even harder.
Lu Jia had to comfort Su Mo like a child, with a sense of urgency and eagerness, completely different from her indifference towards others.
Looking at her face full of tenderness, it seemed like she wanted to hold the person in the palm of her hand and pamper them.
Forcing someone to lean on her, making them cry while still having to face her, it made the person feel both pitiful and cute.
"Tell me, why do you make people feel so... anxious and restless?" Her finger silently wiped away the tears on the person's cheek. Even though there was no heartbeat, could tears still flow? Her thoughts started to wander, and she struggled to bring them back.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" she asked the person in front of her. In this way, Su Mo could still understand.
The person in front of her silently shook their head.
"Then... did you get injured anywhere?" Even though Lu Jia had already checked Su Mo's condition after entering the dormitory, it was possible that she had missed something and Su Mo was actually injured.
In response, Su Mo simply looked at Lu Jia and then shook her head.
"It's good if you're not injured." Clearly, whenever Lu Jia brought up what had happened today, she still worried a little.
Until the growling in her stomach became overwhelming, taking over her thoughts, she said, "You must be hungry, there's probably some meat left. I'll go wash it for you."
During this period, Lu Jia also went out with Su Mo a few times to find any available meat. Unfortunately, there wasn't much left outside, but luckily Su Mo seemed to not just eat meat. Also, the new people who had moved in provided food, so regular food wasn't really scarce in their dorm room, just meat.
She stood up, but Su Mo didn't want to let go. She had no choice but to pull Su Mo along with her.
Squatting on the ground, she searched for the precious pork meat. She had found it yesterday and now the ice had melted, so there was no need to thaw it.
Looking at the meat in her hand, Lu Jia didn't hesitate. She held the meat in one hand and pulled Su Mo with the other, then went to the balcony, took out a basin, filled it with some water, and put the meat inside.
By the way, all of these actions were done with only one hand, so it was a bit challenging.
Watching the person in front of her washing the meat with one hand, Su Mo couldn't help but follow the person's hand and look up, gazing at that side face that made her happy. Scenes started to appear in her mind.
In the small frame, there seemed to be similar scenes, and a strange feeling invaded Su Mo. It was as if she should be in that scene.
She approached Lu Jia, her toes almost touching the person's feet in front of her, and slightly leaned forward.
Lu Jia felt the coolness on her face and instinctively turned her head to the side.
As she looked at the face that was so close, she had only one thought in her mind: Su Mo, why are you licking people again?
"Enough, stop it."
It was just a usual act of intimacy, so when she wanted to turn her head to look at Su Mo again, it was already too late.
Huh? Staring at the face that was almost touching hers, feeling a slight pressure on her lips, she immediately froze in place.
And her immobility served only to encourage Su Mo's actions.
Finally, after great effort, she pushed Su Mo away, her lips now as vibrant as her own face.
"The meat is ready."
She said only this one sentence.
Looking at the person happily holding meat and walking back to the dormitory, Lu Jia suddenly felt weak. Thankfully, there was a washbasin to support her.
Maybe it was just to show love or greet politely, and she shouldn't have overthought it.
Clearly, she didn't even stick out her tongue.
Sensing that she was still expecting something, Lu Jia scolded herself for having impure thoughts. She quickly washed her face with cold water to wake herself up.
Because of the previous touch, Lu Jia had been particularly sensitive to Su Mo these days. It could be said that she kept a certain distance, especially when she was awake, except for when they slept in the same bed or held hands.
But it's not Lu Jia's fault. Su Mo's body temperature was like an air conditioner during the summer, so sometimes the body triumphed over the mind, taking control of life.
As for the newly formed team, Gu Xici was eventually chosen as the team leader.
Actually, it didn't matter who was chosen. The point was that since the last meeting, everyone in the 8th building had returned to normal life and became more organized.
As for the team arrangement, the girls temporarily took on cooking, cleaning, and weapon maintenance tasks. As for the boys, they were responsible for clearing nearby zombies that could pose a threat to the dormitory's security. They occasionally formed teams to search for food. Although this process caused some casualties, overall, they had been living peacefully for a while.
After that, another week went by slowly and unsteadily.
Taking the two cucumbers handed to her by the person in front of her, they were almost as wide as her thumb and seemed slightly yellowed. Lu Jia silently said "thank you" and wondered to herself that this was probably her lunch for the day. Throughout this week, the so-called food had become less and less and also bland.
Gu Xici, with curly hair, didn't respond to her gratitude. She simply put her hand casually in her pocket and first looked at Lu Jia, then shifted her gaze onto Su Mo, who was sitting on the bed.
And beside her stood a girl who appeared particularly petite, with a doll-like face and big blinking eyes. The cheeks on both sides of her face had a hint of rosy redness, matched by her slightly petite figure. She resembled an enlarged version of a Barbie doll, but with more liveliness.
The girl took a notebook and a pen, received two cucumbers, and recorded the number 417 in the notebook.
Her gaze swept over the records in front of the notebook. Not all of them were two cucumbers, but everyone had received a similar portion. She silently looked back and forth, focusing on Gu Xici's gaze that kept looking towards the outside. She then quietly shifted her body to the right, completely blocking Gu Xici's line of sight.
"Is there anything else, Team Leader Gu?"
The person whose line of sight was blocked cast a slightly dissatisfied look at Lu Jia.
She knew very well that if Lu Jia didn't refuse, her current position would belong to Lu Jia. Although those people didn't say anything on the surface, it was quite clear that most of them thought she was taking advantage of Lu Jia, taking things that Lu Jia didn't want. This made her resent the person in front of her even more.
It has always been like this, from studying to life, it seems like Lu Jia is always overpowering her. Even though this person is mysteriously almost non-existent, and has not contributed anything to the school, it is precisely because she doesn't that people discuss and care about her even more.
Just like Jiang Bei, her fellow student council member, she thought Jiang Bei would choose her, but she didn't expect that Jiang Bei never even considered her. Later, when he did choose her, she guessed there must have been a reason why he had no other choice.
"Some people have mentioned that you have been idle recently. Although you have someone to take care of, so your workload can be reduced, you can't just do laundry. I will adjust the workload of everyone properly afterwards. I hope you will cooperate well and not cause any trouble."
"Hmm, okay~," Lu Jia quickly agreed. Actually, she was just following the arrangement and not deliberately thinking about what to do. When the tasks were assigned to her, it was just laundry. Naturally, she only did laundry. After all, there was no need for her to actively request work.
Moreover, she always felt suspicious of the way the Head of the Living Group looked at her. She wondered if she owed Gu Xici money, otherwise why would this person hold such a grudge against her, even though they hardly had any interaction.
"Lu Jia, I warn you, don't pretend to agree and then go report me later. But if you want to go, go ahead, I'm not afraid of this."
In response to Gu Xici's strange warning, Lu Jia just responded with a smile. Although she didn't understand why Gu Xici thought she would report her.
This made Gu Xici speechless. In the past week, she had tried multiple times to confront Lu Jia, but obviously all failed. The more this happened, the more unsatisfied she felt.
So she silently made a decision in her heart, this time she must assign more work to Lu Jia, make her beg for mercy from exhaustion. But then she thought again, she shouldn't seek revenge too publicly, after all, there was a patient in Lu Jia's room, and the patient was innocent after all.
It's better to be a little more relaxed, but not too relaxed. She doesn't want to be nice to Lu Jia, she just wants to think about the patient.
"Okay, let's go."
Gu Xici, who was finally defeated by the challenge, left 417 with the girl holding a notebook and went to knock on the door of the next dormitory.
Lu Jia saw it, didn't think much, and silently closed the door.
During this period of time, Gu Xici was like this. She not only sent food, but also practiced what she preached. Actually, except for seeming to have some inexplicable targeting towards her, this person is quite suitable for this position.
Thinking about not thinking about it anymore, she turned her head and looked at Su Mo, but found that the person who was sitting on the bed had already fallen asleep, leaning on the neatly folded "tofu block."
