Chapter 4
After scanning the code to pay for the fare, Su Mo struggled to help the disobedient person out of the taxi.
"Bang!"
The car door was closed, and the engine's engine hummed as it drove further and further.
At this moment, Lu Jia was clinging to Su Mo like a koala, almost her whole body wrapped around her. Su Mo sighed silently at this position.
"Su Mo～"
"Su Mo～"
The koala clinging to her shoulder was clearly restless and always liked to rub against her. Previously, it was on her thigh, but now it moved to her shoulder.
There was a strong scent of alcohol, surrounding her nose, causing her to furrow her brows slightly. This wasn't the taste Su Mo liked, but it wasn't enough to make her push the person away, after all, it was coming from Lu Jia.
Perhaps feeling exhausted, the two feet hanging on her legs finally slid down to the ground.
Holding onto Lu Jia's hand with a gentle grip, so she wouldn't fall, and giving her enough time to stand straight.
Lu Jia blinked her eyes and turned her head until her gaze was focused on Su Mo's face.
"Su Mo～"
Other people would breathe gracefully, but she...she was like a just-opened jar of jam, with her rosy cheeks. Still, she could be considered cute. "Hmm?" Su Mo responded gently.
"Don't graduate, okay~"
"Okay~"
Su Mo supported Lu Jia and it was already dark outside. The streetlights flickered and made a sizzling sound, giving the night an eerie feeling.
Building 417, Su Mo remembered that it was Lu Jia's dorm room number. She hadn't been there before, but she remembered it clearly.
She helped Lu Jia walk forward, asking, "Su Mo, where's Su Mo?" The person she was supporting became restless again and started calling her name.
Reluctantly, she responded, "I'm here, please don't move around."
Lu Jia obediently looked at her, but kept walking forward with Su Mo's movements. Suddenly, she laughed and said, "You're a liar~ Su Mo is much prettier than you. Everyone says she's pretty, but you're not as pretty as her."
At this moment, Su Mo had already led the person to the dorm aunt's residence. She didn't pay attention to Lu Jia, as according to the rules, she needed to register. However, it was strange that there was nobody where the aunt should be sitting.
Su Mo couldn't help but feel puzzled. She looked into the room and noticed that the bed seemed a bit swollen, indicating that someone might be in it.
"Auntie?"
She tried calling out.
"Hey~"
There was no response from inside the house, but the person next to her responded very quickly. Su Mo turned her head to look at the person who was chuckling, feeling quite helpless.
"Hehe~ You've been fooled~"
Someone under the influence of alcohol poked the person's face in front of them. She was unaware of her advantage-taking behavior, and even seemed quite pleased.
Unable to get mad, Su Mo reluctantly freed one hand while tightly holding onto Lu Jia's waist, afraid that this person wouldn't listen and run away.
The freed hand took the registration book placed by the window, picked up a pen, continued with the previous registered name, and wrote down her own name, along with the school and contact information.
After rearranging the registration book and placing the pen on top, her gaze fell on a keychain next to the registration book, which should normally be carried by the dormitory staff.
Staring at the keys, they seemed to have an inexplicable allure to Su Mo. As soon as her fingertips touched the cold keys, she quickly withdrew them due to someone approaching.
"Okay, I'll be there soon~"
The person who arrived was wearing a blue school uniform. They walked to the window, picked up the keychain, hung a key on it, and then spoke to someone inside the room, "Aunt Hu, I found my own key. I returned yours."
There was no response from the person inside the room, and the person in the school uniform didn't pay much attention either. They turned their head to look at Su Mo instead.
"Classmate, which key do you need?" they asked Su Mo, noticing that she was standing and supporting someone, probably thinking Su Mo had difficulty getting the key and offering help.
"I"
"417, I want to go back to 417."
Before Su Mo could respond, a drunk person interrupted again.
The girl named JK listened and paid more attention to the person Su Mo was supporting. As soon as she saw Lu Jia's expression, she clearly showed a happy look from familiarity.
"Isn't this Lu Jia? Why is she drinking so much?"
She said while taking the key with "417" attached to it from the keychain.
"Oh, I forgot. Their dormitory is having a graduation dinner today."
Without giving Su Mo a chance to explain, the person already understood the reason why Lu Jia was drinking and handed the key to Su Mo.
"I'm from Room 416, their neighboring dormitory," she explained briefly.
"Thank you," Su Mo accepted the key and said thank you.
"You're welcome, but remember to return it later, otherwise the people inside might get into trouble," said the girl, lowering her voice intentionally at the last sentence.
"Hmm, I know," the girl's kind reminder made Su Mo have some positive feelings towards her.
"Ah!"
A sharp scream came from the dormitory, shaking Su Mo's heart. For some reason, she felt a bit uneasy.
However, the girl in a school uniform seemed used to it, "Classmate, this is how the dormitory is. It has happened several times today. Don't worry, it's just playing around."
After finishing her instructions, the girl picked up a rod that had been leaning against the wall, said "Let's go" to the two of them, and confidently walked out of the dormitory door.
Su Mo shifted her gaze away from the girl who walked out of the dormitory and felt that she herself seemed particularly nervous today.
Holding the key tightly, she put her hands back on Lu Jia and walked towards the stairs.
Today's hallway feels particularly shady, even though it's June and the weather should be hot.
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Lu Jia was beyond excited when she saw Su Mo's response. The sensation on her hand was real, confirming that everything wasn't just in her imagination.
As she thought about it, Lu Jia unconsciously touched her neck. She remembered being licked before, did she have a wound on her neck as well? Lu Jia couldn't remember, but that wasn't the main concern.
"Su Mo, do you... recognize me?" she asked, her expression more urgent than before.
However, this time she waited for a while, and Su Mo remained silent. Lu Jia went from excitement to disappointment, realizing that it only mattered if the same person nodded or not.
"Roar~"
The roar coming from an unknown location outside the dormitory made Lu Jia's heart tighten. It successfully brought her back to reality.
A shadow appeared through the window, entering her bedroom. Remembering the previous experience of being tackled, her heart couldn't help but race. She started to breathe shallowly, not daring to move.
She prayed in her heart that the person reflected on the window would quickly walk away, and she wished for it to happen again, or else she might go crazy.
Perhaps her prayers worked, because even though the person moved slowly, they still left the window that belonged to room 417. Lu Jia, who was inside the room, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But then her vision was obscured again by two big, but gray eyes.
Su Mo unknowingly moved her body, blocking Lu Jia's line of sight with her face, forcing Lu Jia to look directly at her.
Although Su Mo's expression showed nothing, Lu Jia felt that she was worried about her. "I'm fine, thank you," Lu Jia said.
After she spoke, Su Mo transformed obediently into her previous position. The ethernet cable behind her flickered with her movements, sparkling brightly and catching Lu Jia's attention.
It seemed that the cable around her waist tightened even more.
As Lu Jia looked at the blood on Su Mo's waist and the bloody marks left by the cable, she couldn't help but feel pain. If her memory served her right, it was highly likely that Su Mo was the one who brought her back.
The cable wrapped around her waist in several loops and was tied tightly in the front. It was very possible... that Su Mo had tied it herself.
Looking at Su Mo, seeing her sitting there so still, as if she couldn't feel any pain on her body, Lu Jia wasn't sure if this was a good thing or not.
But for Lu Jia, this was not a good thing. She watched the scene and took a sharp breath, as if she could feel the pain too.
Lu Jia couldn't bear to watch anymore. Even though the person in front of her wasn't completely unarmed, Lu Jia still reached out her hand towards Su Mo's waist.
But as she made her move, Su Mo, who was quiet before, suddenly made a low sound and covered the wires on her stomach with her hand.
What is this?
Lu Jia looked at Su Mo and thought she was worried about what Lu Jia was going to do. "Don't move, I'm not going to hurt you," she tried to sound gentle because what she was about to do was to release the imprisoned zombies one by one, and she was still nervous.
Listening to her words, Su Mo looked down at herself as if she was trying to observe something. But in the end, under Lu Jia's gaze, she let go of her hand.
Lu Jia breathed a sigh of relief and touched the wires on Su Mo's waist.
But it wasn't easy to untangle this thing, probably because it had been tightly tangled before. That knot was impossible to untie with just the strength of her fingers.
Moreover, something sticky on the internet cable smoothly stained Lu Jia's fingertips, red in color. This caused the whole process to not only be sticky, but also filled with a bloody smell, making Lu Jia's stomach feel uncomfortable, as if something was stirring inside.
She had to bend down closer to Su Mo, even bending her waist so her entire back was exposed in front of Su Mo.
This was a dangerous move, with zombies in front of her no matter what.
But her mind was completely focused on the tangled internet cable, and she didn't notice that Su Mo had already lowered her head to look at her back.
The knots in the internet cable were like a stapler firmly locked together. Lu Jia tried for a long time, and finally, at that locked spot, it loosened a bit.
Seeing this, Lu Jia felt a bit relieved in her heart, at least it wasn't all in vain.
Su Mo turned her head and looked at the thing approaching her, it seemed very delicious, and she was hungry, very hungry.
Saliva overflowed, swallowed by her, and her breathing gradually became rapid, her expression like the two zombies from earlier.
Finally, she leaned down towards the thing below her.
She opened her mouth and her blurry face, which was half covered with wounds, became twisted as her mouth moved.
