After Marking the Villain Professor (ABO, GL) - Chapter 41

Chapter 41

“You two go ahead.”

Da Shu and Xiao Shu, the two brothers, were once again forced to become scouting tools. They regretted it terribly, but they had no choice. They could only walk cautiously into the hospital.

But this time, their luck was not as good as last time. As soon as they stepped into the hospital, two zombies wearing black security uniforms suddenly rushed out from the corner.

These two zombies moved more agilely than any zombies they had encountered before. The two men had no time to dodge. Da Shu got bitten on the neck and died on the spot. Xiao Shu got bitten on the arm.

Xiao Shu finally broke free from the zombie and ran out of the hospital. What awaited him, however, was a bullet from the leading camouflage man.

Xiao Shu fell down unwillingly.

“You son of a b1tch, you dared to deceive us. You did not even ask who we brothers are. Pfft.”

The camouflage man was unusually furious and kicked Xiao Shu’s corpse.

If they had not been alert and made these two brothers take the lead, they would have fallen into the trap.

The deaths of the two burly men did not cause any emotional fluctuations among the group. For vermin like them, dying early was for the best.

Only Xin’er, the child, got scared. But she did not make a sound. Instead, her two small hands tightly covered her mouth.

Lin Sha touched her head to comfort her.

In this tense moment, no one spoke again.

But the gunshot just now still attracted the zombie that had been gnawing on Da Shu inside. As soon as they clashed, the camouflage men discovered something wrong.

“Damn, did these zombies train before? Their reactions are so fast.”

“Quick, go. Find a safe place to hide. If a few more of these monsters come, we will all be done for here.”

The camouflage men protected Qi Lin as they fought and retreated. Thanks to Qi Lin, Xu Man and Zhou Yutao and the others safely withdrew from the hospital.

But it was already too late to return to the truck. Zombies had gathered around it.

The group could only run to the nearby small shop.

During the escape, the two camouflage men at the rear fell into the zombies’ mouths.

There was no one inside the small shop, only some severed limbs. The food had been cleared out too. Everyone’s mood was very heavy, especially Xu Man’s.

She remembered what Xu Yi and the others had said before.

Qingshan Hospital was mostly staffed by Xu family people, so even ordinary security guards had better skills than average people. She suspected the zombies that had just chased them were Xu family people.

The entire Qingshan Hospital was probably already overrun.

She did not know when Xu Yi and the others would arrive. Could they even arrive alive?

The zombie virus had erupted worldwide. If one did not know in advance, ordinary people had no time to prepare. Now, was the only relatively safe place Nancheng?

Xu Man did not want to think of things in the worst way, but what had just happened told her that their current situation was very dangerous.

The remaining eight camouflage men said nothing, but in their hearts, they harbored much resentment toward Qi Lin.

It was all because she insisted on staying that the brothers died. Now, everyone wanted to leave but could not.

They could only wait, wait for the zombies around the vehicle to thin out a bit, and see if they could get to the truck.

But no one dared to say anything. After all, their lives were still in Qi Lin’s hands.

Some people, however, harbored murderous intent.

Qi Lin did not care about the camouflage men. She grabbed Tan Juan, who was hiding behind Xu Man. “Little Big Banana sister, come. Accompany sister for a chat.”

Tan Juan shook her head desperately. “No chat. Our three views do not match.”

What was wrong with these villains? Why did they all like to chat with her?

Just now, Zhou Yutao had only chatted with her for a while and almost got her to reveal the color of her panties today. Tan Juan really did not want to chat at all.

She was still a pure child and could not withstand the villains’ repeated torments.

Save me, save me, good sister.

Tan Juan’s eyes toward Xu Man were about to spill tears.

Xu Man: “…”.

Xu Man indicated she was powerless, because she felt Zhou Yutao’s gaze on her was also strange. Zhou Yutao had said she wanted to chat with her too.

Anyway, she had already negotiated conditions with Qi Lin just now. Qi Lin knew Tan Juan was her friend, so she probably would not do anything to her. At most, she just wanted to verify some things with Tan Juan.

Tan Juan’s mouth was not very reliable. This was good too. Qi Lin would believe her words more.

“Whatever she asks you, just tell the truth. It is fine.” Before Tan Juan was dragged behind the shelves by Qi Lin, Xu Man reminded her.

Then, Xu Man followed Zhou Yutao to the small shop’s rest room.

The others kept their eyes to themselves and pretended not to see.

The rest room was very small, without a door. A cloth curtain separated it from the outside. Inside, there was only a stool and a table.

Xu Man remembered the scene in the Di Du University supermarket before, when she and Zhou Yutao had entered the rest room together. Seeing no bed, she breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Of course, it was not that she worried Zhou Yutao would do something bad to her. Xu Man just worried that she would be affected by Zhou Yutao’s pheromones and uncontrollably do something she should not to her.

Yes, right after entering the small shop, when Zhou Yutao said she wanted to chat with her, Xu Man smelled the overly strong peach fragrance on her.

This was not normal. It was very much like the precursor to pheromone loss of control.

Fortunately, Qi Lin and those camouflage men were all betas and could not smell Zhou Yutao’s pheromone scent.

But they could not let it continue unchecked. What if the pheromones really lost control and attracted all the zombies in Qingshan Hospital? Then they would be in great danger.

“Yutao, your pheromones are acting up. How about I help you?”

As soon as they entered the rest room, Xu Man asked softly.

Zhou Yutao did not refuse. She sat on the chair. After Xu Man injected some alpha pheromones unique to her into the back of her neck, she said casually, “Tan Juan said you and she come from the same place.”

“You two even slept in the same bed.”

“Manman, you said you never dated. Were you lying to me? You lied to me. How should I punish you?”

These light words made Xu Man’s legs go soft. She almost knelt in front of Zhou Yutao.

Tan Juan really could not keep a secret. In just a short while apart, she had let Zhou Yutao pry so much information.

“Yutao, I did not lie to you. If I say I am not the original Xu Man and indeed come from the same place as Tan Juan, would you believe me?”

Xu Man probed.

Zhou Yutao’s eyes showed little fluctuation, as if she had known all along. She only changed her sitting posture and lightly lifted her chin to signal Xu Man. “Mm, continue.”

Xu Man could not tell if Zhou Yutao believed her or not. But since she had promised not to lie to her, she told the truth.

“Tan Juan and I do not belong here. We come from…”

Zhou Yutao suddenly pulled Xu Man over and interrupted her. “I did not ask you to say that. I just want to ask you, did you really sleep with Tan Juan?”

Where the alpha came from, she did not care. Whether she was the original Xu family eldest miss, she did not mind. Now was not suitable to talk about these things with so many people around. Anyway, the person was standing in front of her now. What she wanted was this person in front of her.

But if Xu Man had been with someone else before, she would be angry.

Yes, very angry. Angry to the point that her pheromones lost control.

Xu Man could not help but shiver. “We did sleep together, but nothing happened. It was just purely sharing a bed. We even had our own quilts.”

At that time, was it not that the dorm roof leaked? Unfortunately, Xu Man’s bed got wet, so she made do on her roommate Tan Juan’s bed for one night.

Who knew that the point Zhou Yutao wanted to ask was this.

Xu Man’s survival instinct was very strong as she added, “Really, we are just friends. And in our place, there is no distinction between alphas and Omegas. I never thought I would like women before. It will not happen again.”

Zhou Yutao’s eyes flickered. She leaned to Xu Man’s ear. “So? Does that mean Manman likes me?”

Of course. Otherwise, how could she have become intimate with her so easily? She was not that kind of loose person. On the contrary, she was a bit conservative in this aspect.

Otherwise, she would not have reached university without dating.

Under Zhou Yutao’s gaze full of unclear meaning, Xu Man’s face gradually flushed inch by inch until it was completely red.

“I like you.” Xu Man’s voice was a bit small.

Zhou Yutao still heard it.

The corners of her mouth curved up slightly. She said, “Manman likes me. I kind of like Manman too.”

Because of this sentence from her, Xu Man’s mind went blank.

When she came back to herself, she felt the moistness on her lips. It was Zhou Yutao kissing her.

There was no excessive lingering, but this simple kiss made Xu Man’s entire soul fly.

Zhou Yutao said she liked her. She actually said she liked her…

After coming back to herself, Xu Man’s mind was full of this sentence.

So, when Zhou Yutao’s lips left and she asked that question—Manman would not follow Tan Juan home, right?—Xu Man nodded subconsciously.

In short, when she came out of the rest room with Zhou Yutao, Xu Man slowly came to realize it. She seemed to have been tricked too, but she was more than willing.

The matter of going back was still very distant. She did not even know if there would be a chance in this lifetime.

Tan Juan said the clue to going back might be with the male and female leads. But she had interacted with the original male lead Chen Xing for so long and found nothing special. Instead, she found him increasingly disgusting.

After Xu Man chatted a bit, she felt happy. But things did not seem so wonderful for Tan Juan.

When Xu Man went out, she discovered that Tan Juan and Qi Lin had already come out from behind the shelves. Qi Lin showed no particular expression and seemed immersed in her own thoughts. Tan Juan’s face and eyes were red, as if she had been bullied.

No way. Qi Lin had always been uninterested in Omegas. She would not really have done something to Tan Juan, right?

After saying something to Zhou Yutao, Xu Man walked toward Tan Juan. “What happened? Did she bully you?”

Of course.

Tan Juan said angrily in a small voice, “Qi Lin this pervert pinched my face. She pinched it until it swelled.”

It was the kind where she really used deadly force.

Xu Man was silent for a moment. “Did you offend her?”

Tan Juan was utterly innocent. “No. She is a villain. Now that I have a chance to live, how could I dare offend her? I just followed your advice and told the truth.”

“What did you say?”

“As soon as I went over, she asked why I suddenly hugged her just now. I said I thought I would not survive and was seeking death.”

“Then she asked if I was not afraid of what she would do to me. I said I was afraid, but she could not do this or that to an Omega. It would be better to fall into her hands. Then she got angry. Is that my fault? I did not even complain about her flat chest yet.”

It was a miscalculation. Xu Man had not expected that the first thing Qi Lin asked Tan Juan was not about her impending death.

The two stood in the corner whispering. They did not notice Qi Lin had walked over.

So, when Tan Juan turned her head and saw Qi Lin’s face, she got so scared that she almost screamed.

Then, her mouth was pinched shut by Qi Lin’s hand. “Do not scream. Something is coming. If you make a sound and attract zombies, I will throw you out to feed them.”

Hearing the zombies’ roars growing closer outside, everyone’s nerves in the room tensed up at once.

Tan Juan hurt so much that she wanted to bite Qi Lin to death, but she could only think about it.

How could there be such a vicious villain? Look at Zhou Yutao. Although she had pried many things she should not have said from her, she did not lay a hand on her.

Unlike Qi Lin, who on the first day of meeting threatened to kill her at every turn.

B1tch woman, you will never compare to Zhou Yutao. I wish you pain every day and failure every time.

A few minutes later, the zombies near the small shop left. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Qi Lin looked down and happened to see Tan Juan’s unconvinced expression. She could not hold back and used two more points of force. Not only did she pinch Tan Juan’s mouth, but she also pinched her face again.

This Omega was really infuriating. But she had just made a deal with Xu Man and could not kill her.

So, pinching her a bit to vent was not too much, right? Xu Man probably would not say anything.

Xu Man indeed said nothing. But after Tan Juan learned from Xu Man that Qi Lin would not take her life for the time being, she boldly cursed Qi Lin as a pervert.

Qi Lin this pervert pinched Tan Juan’s face hard again.

In their back-and-forth, it carried a bit of the flavor of flirting and bickering.

“Childish.”

Even Zhou Yutao could not hold back from saying it.

Qi Lin felt no shame and instead took pride in it. “What, Little Taotao cannot stand it? Then let me pinch your face. If I pinch you, I will not pinch her. Compared to bananas, I think peaches are better.”

Although Tan Juan’s face did feel nice to the touch and made one want to pinch again, she felt that pinching her rival Zhou Yutao would be more satisfying.

Before Zhou Yutao could speak, Xu Man blocked Qi Lin’s line of sight to Zhou Yutao. “You cannot pinch our Yutao. Big Banana is for you to pinch.”

Big Banana Tan Juan: “…”.

She really felt that her roommate had been poisoned by Zhou Yutao’s drugs and her brain damaged, so she sided with the villain and did not even want her friend anymore.

The tense atmosphere eased quite a bit because of this farce.

One did not know whether to say Xu Man and the others were lucky or not. That day, they did not wait for Xu Yi and the others. The military truck they came in still had zombies wandering around it. But not a single zombie rushed into the small shop.

Unknowingly, several hours passed.

Everyone felt hungry.

Qi Lin and the camouflage men had food and water in their backpacks, but Xu Man and Zhou Yutao and the others were miserable. They had nothing to eat.

The former had a full meal, while the latter could only watch wide-eyed.

In the deal with Qi Lin, Xu Man had forgotten to ask for food and water.

But she knew it was impossible anyway, because Qi Lin and the others had not brought much to begin with.

Xu Man gritted her teeth and steeled her heart. She said to Zhou Yutao, “I will go outside and see if I can find something to eat.”

“No.”

Zhou Yutao refused directly.

Lin Sha also opposed it. “We just ate one Snickers bar before. We can hold on a bit longer. There are many zombies outside now. There is no need to take the risk.”

Xu Man knew this very well, but she wanted to take advantage of having some strength left to find food. Continuing like this was no way to go. Unfortunately, since Zhou Yutao did not allow her to go, she really did not dare.

Even though Zhou Yutao had just said she kind of liked her, Xu Man was still afraid of her. But this fear was different from the beginning. Before, she feared death. Now, she feared making her unhappy.

Smelling the scents of spicy strips, biscuits, and soda in the air, Tan Juan set her sights on Qi Lin.

She rushed over and pulled Qi Lin’s hand, still stained with biscuit crumbs, toward her lips. Taking advantage of her being unprepared, she rolled the biscuit crumbs into her mouth. “Sister likes pinching Big Banana, right? Here, pinch me. You give me food, okay? Beautiful sister, please. If Big Banana starves flat, it will not be fun to pinch.”

Qi Lin was successfully disgusted by her. Even the remaining biscuits no longer tasted good. She had only eaten half full, but she gave all the remaining biscuits to Tan Juan. “Get to the side.”

The hand that Tan Juan had sucked on trembled.

This Omega, did she even know what she was doing?

Disgusting to death.

Qi Lin felt her hand was full of stinky saliva. Yet uncontrollably, her mind recalled the moment her finger touched the soft thing.

“Got it. Thank you, sister.”

Tan Juan took the biscuits and rolled away contentedly.

She thought that Qi Lin this villain did not seem so bad in this moment.

Tan Juan’s operation left Xu Man dumbfounded.

So, this was the reason Tan Juan could survive—thick-skinned enough.

Noticing Xu Man looking at her, Tan Juan’s expression changed. She quickly ate several biscuits, leaving only one. “Little Manman, you did not help me just now. Now I can give you at most one.”

This was what she had exchanged with her own ability. She did not have enough for herself. Being able to leave one for Xu Man was already very loyal to friendship.

Xu Man: “… No need to give me. You eat.”

Honestly, she could not eat it. Zhou Yutao probably could not eat such biscuits either.

Tan Juan quickly finished the last biscuit and sighed.

Fine. Xu Man was unrighteous, but she could not be unloyal.

If she really let Xu Man starve to death, then living in this world, she would have no one to talk to. They still had to go back to school together.

They were from the same dorm. Of course, they had to return intact.

Moreover, Xu Man had just saved her life.

Tan Juan turned her gaze to Qi Lin again.

Qi Lin was about to open a bottle of soda. When Tan Juan was about to pounce, she threw the soda to her. “Do not come over. Get lost.”

Tan Juan caught the soda and pushed her luck. “Beautiful sister, if I am not wrong, your bag still has biscuits. How about you pinch me again?”

With the look that if you do not give me, I will do like just now.

Qi Lin ground her teeth.

Could she really not kill? She wanted to deal with this Omega herself.

If she had known, she would not have made that damn deal with Xu Man.

In the end, Qi Lin threw the three packs of biscuits from her left pocket to Tan Juan. Tan Juan turned and put the biscuits in Xu Man’s hands. “No need to thank me. We are roommates. If I have something to eat, you will not go hungry.”

Xu Man: “… Thank you.”

No matter what, this roommate was still quite reliable.

They would not be too hungry tonight.

However, Qi Lin would compromise over such a thing? It was truly unexpected.

As if knowing what Xu Man was thinking, Tan Juan said smugly in a small voice, “You do not understand this. For someone like Qi Lin who has a bit of mysophobia and detests Omegas, what she fears most is contact with Omegas. Just now, I deliberately spat saliva on her hand. Anyway, you said she will not kill me for the time being.”

Xu Man: “You are not afraid of going too far and her wanting your life afterward?”

Tan Juan did not care. “Whether she can avoid her death tribulation is another matter. Besides, by the time she reacts and comes to settle accounts, I will have run away.”

“Is there not you?”

Xu Man thought that if Qi Lin wanted to settle accounts with you, I really cannot help you. But she did not say it. She only reminded Tan Juan to know when to stop, lest she play with fire and burn herself.

Tan Juan did not care. “Do not worry. What can Qi Lin do to me? The worst outcome is death. If I die, maybe I can go back to our happy home.”

Settling accounts and such were future matters. Now, she was living well. What was there to fear? It was always better than starving to death now.

The two’s whispers actually could not fool everyone. The small shop was not big. Even without deliberately eavesdropping, Qi Lin heard bits and pieces of their conversation.

Qi Lin’s face twisted.

One of the camouflage men seized the opportunity and stepped forward. “Doctor Qi, this Omega is so arrogant. Do you want the brothers to give her a lesson?”

Anyway, among those present, the only one they feared was Qi Lin.

As long as Qi Lin spoke, they guaranteed they could make Tan Juan this woman regret it.

Upon hearing this, all the camouflage men perked up.

They had wanted to play with this Omega originally, but she got snatched midway.

Qi Lin’s eyes darkened. “No need. I will do it myself.”

Besides Zhou Yutao, no one had ever taken advantage from her. She had her own ways to deal with Tan Juan.

With that thought, Qi Lin beckoned to Tan Juan. “Come here.”

She had given the food. This person’s face—pinching it would be a waste not to. Pinch her until she cried!

Tan Juan went over, about to use the same trick and spit saliva on Qi Lin’s hand. The next moment, she saw her take out a scalpel. “Dare to spit saliva? I will cut out your tongue.”

Tan Juan wilted instantly. “What spit saliva? How could I bear to spit saliva on a beautiful sister? Sister, do not rely on your beauty to wrongly accuse people.”

Qi Lin sneered coldly.

The next second, Tan Juan got pinched to tears.

Truly, heaven’s justice is served; retribution comes without fail.

The camouflage men looked disappointed.

This kind of minor squabble, how was it any punishment? Better to hand her over to them.

Some grew even more dissatisfied with Qi Lin.

Sure enough, as night deepened, that person found Zhou Yutao. “You are Professor Zhou, right? Can you antidote Qi Lin’s poison? Help me detoxify. I will help you kill this rival Qi Lin. How about it?”

In the darkness, she could not see the other’s face clearly.

Zhou Yutao was a bit surprised. “Are you not Qi Lin’s people?”

The other was impatient. “One sentence. Do you agree or not?”