Hearing this question, the girl hesitated a bit. But she knew this elder sister wasn't someone easy to fool. So, with a determined heart, she directly stated her purpose.
"I want to follow you and team up with you!"
"Why?" Lin Qingqing was rather puzzled. Proposing to team up with a stranger she'd only met once didn't seem like a rational request. Could it be just because she had saved her? This girl was really naive then.
Pressed for a reason, the girl looked extremely conflicted. This actually wasn't a decision she made on impulse. Last night, she had thought about it the whole night, starting from the moment this elder sister saved her, all the way to her subsequent behaviors. It was a choice she had carefully considered for a long time.
She had saved her without hesitation, and she was equally decisive in killing the betrayer. Not to mention, she was a second - order ice - type ability user. And later, after discovering the cause of her cousin's death, she had gently comforted herself, found a safe place to stay for her, applied medicine, and provided food.
Although they hadn't said more than a few words to each other, and the elder sister's attitude was rather cold, not even telling her her name, it still didn't affect her decision to follow her. This woman had ability, means, character, and a good mind, and what's more, she was a person with a bottom line.
Although she said that saving herself was just a convenient act, the girl knew in her heart that not saving her would have been even more convenient. With herself as bait, with the other's ability, killing the zombie would have been a piece of cake, and there would have been no need to lead the zombie back. Having struggled in the apocalypse for so long, she knew how rare it was to meet someone like this.
What made her hesitant was that she originally planned to get to know the other person better before bringing it up. But she never expected that the elder sister would come to bid her farewell early the next morning. As a result, she had rashly made this request to team up. No wonder the other person was suspicious. Even she herself thought it was a bit presumptuous.
Could she just say "I've taken a fancy to you"? No way, she couldn't say such words.
"Sister, look, I'm also a rare lightning - type. Although I'm only at the first - order, I've killed quite a few zombies. I definitely won't hold you back." Thinking about it, it was a bit funny. As a rare lightning - type ability user, wherever she went, she was the object of others' envy and jealousy. This was the first time she was making a request so cautiously.
"But I have no intention of teaming up!" Lin Qingqing thought for a while and said seriously. Although this girl had good talent and character, she had long decided to be a lone wolf and had never considered teaming up.
"Isn't teaming up good? We can cooperate with each other, take turns driving, take turns keeping watch. And after teaming up, we can go and kill some high - level zombies. Sister, won't you really consider it?" She counted the benefits of teaming up one by one, hoping to persuade the other party. Lin Qingqing couldn't deny that the conditions she listed were quite appealing, and the girl herself had good qualities. But thinking about the meditation technique, she still refused."Sorry, I'm still used to being alone!" Seeing that she still couldn't persuade the other party, the girl became anxious.
"Then how about we not team up for now and just try getting along for a while?" But this wasn't really about getting along or not. Lin Qingqing sighed inwardly.
"I don't think we can get along!" Lin Qingqing finally refused her bluntly. Then she stuffed the food in her hand to the girl and turned to go downstairs.
"Hey! Sister, wait for me!" Seeing the other party leave without a word, the girl quickly grabbed her bag and followed.
Just as Lin Qingqing fastened her seat belt and turned her head, she saw the girl directly open the car door and get in.
"What are you doing?" she asked with a frown, her tone clearly showing impatience.
"I just want to follow you!"
"Get out! I said I won't team up!" Lin Qingqing turned to look at the girl in the passenger seat, her face cold.
"Sister, please let me follow you. I can kill zombies and I promise I won't hold you back," the girl said, raising her hand with a determined look, sounding very confident.
Lin Qingqing was speechless. She had never seen such a thick - skinned person. Saving someone had brought her a headache instead.
"If you want to find someone to team up with, then go find someone else. Don't follow me!"
"There's no one else here," the girl mumbled. Lin Qingqing stared at her for a long time. Seeing that the girl still refused to leave, she suddenly felt a bit stupid. What was the point of arguing with this shameless girl? She could just find a place with people and leave her there, right?
Having thought of a way to deal with this burden, Lin Qingqing ignored her and turned the car around, preparing to leave this wetland park. She had decided that the first thing to do after getting out was to find a base. Since the apocalypse had lasted for so long, there should be quite a few bases, big and small, around the city. And with this girl's ability, no matter where she went, there would surely be someone willing to take her in.Seeing that the other party no longer tried to drive her out of the car, Lei Min thought that Lin Qingqing had agreed to let her tag along, and she was immediately overjoyed.
"Sister, what's your name?" she asked cheerfully.
"Lin Qingqing."
"I'm Lei Min. Hello, Sister Lin!"
"Yeah." Looking at the outstretched right hand, Lin Qingqing hesitated for a moment, then shook it perfunctorily as a greeting.
Lei Min didn't mind. She was in a great mood and chattered on about the facilities and scenery in the park. Lin Qingqing didn't find her noisy either. She drove while listening to Lei Min talking to herself. And Lei Min didn't care about Lin Qingqing's cold attitude. Even if the other party didn't respond, she could talk happily for a long time. At this moment, the atmosphere in the car was surprisingly harmonious.
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"Sister Lin, do you see those houses with red roofs over there? That's the commercial street of this wetland park. Although it's not big, there are a lot of specialty stores in it."
"Specialties? Are there any edible ones?" Lin Qingqing suddenly asked.
"Yes, there are edible ones, as well as some other souvenirs. Besides specialties, there are also several milk tea shops and snack bars!"
"Oh? Then let's go take a look!" Lin Qingqing turned the car towards the commercial street. She wouldn't miss out on food.
After driving around for two laps, they finally approached this row of charming small wooden houses with red roofs.
"It seems that someone has been here!" Lin Qingqing could see from afar through the car window that there were several zombie corpses scattered on the road in front of the small wooden houses, and the ground was also covered with broken glass.
"But the doors of all the shops are closed!" Lei Min said, feeling a bit strange. It was indeed rather unusual. The window glass was broken, but the doors were intact and closed. Moreover, it was very quiet around. They had been here for quite a while, but not even a single moving zombie had appeared.
Looking at the signs of several snack bars not far away, Lin Qingqing thought for a while and decided to check it out.
"Do you have a weapon?"
Lei Min shook her head.
"Then stay in the car," Lin Qingqing said, then got out of the car with her ice - blade in hand.
"Sister Lin, wait for me. I'll find a suitable weapon," she said, then also jumped out of the car. After looking around, she finally pulled out a metal steel pipe from a dilapidated billboard by the road. A petite girl holding a metal steel pipe over one meter long looked rather incongruous, but since she wanted to come along, Lin Qingqing didn't refuse.
"Be careful yourself!" With this warning, she led the way into the commercial street full of red - roofed houses.