eurekapd Chapter 214: I hate that jade cannot be made into steel.
Chapter 214: I hate that jade cannot be made into steel.
When they saw the young man hugging Mo Yuankai, everyone was surprised, and He Ci also opened his eyes wide in surprise.
When Mo Yuankai saw the young man running towards him, he was stunned and stood there in shock. It was not until the young man hugged his waist tightly and a familiar voice sounded in his ears that Mo Yuankai reacted belatedly and pushed the young man away.
He stared at the young man in front of him in shock, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
"Zuo Xiao?" Mo Yuankai couldn't help but call out the name of the person in his memory whose voice, appearance and smile matched the one in front of him.
The young man still looked at the man with a happy face, "Akai, I knew you must be alive, so I have been waiting for you here."
Just when everyone thought that the two of them were acquaintances, Mo Yuankai frowned and shook his head to deny the young man's identity, "No, you are not Zuo Xiao." He looked confused but stared at the young man in front of him with a stern look and asked him, "Who are you?"
Hearing the other party's questioning words, Zuo Xiao's heart suddenly hurt. He frowned and looked at the man, his expression a little aggrieved, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but turn red, "I am your Ah Xiao, don't you recognize me?"
"Look at me carefully, I really am Ah Xiao." As if he was afraid that the other party really didn't remember him, Zuo Xiao cautiously took a step forward towards the man and reached out to shake Mo Yuankai's hand.
Mo Yuankai stepped back cautiously. He looked at the young man with disbelief, "This is impossible! Zuo Xiao is dead. He died in front of me two years ago. I buried him with my own hands. You can't be Zuo Xiao!"
When Mo Yuankai said these words, a barely perceptible pain flashed in his eyes.
Seeing that the other party dodged his attempt to touch him, Zuo Xiao froze in his place. After a long while, he looked into the man's eyes and said, "I know you may just be unable to believe this fact for the time being, but I really am Zuo Xiao."
"I died once, and I still remember the last words I heard before I lost my life were you calling me stupid and asking why I took a bullet for you."
"You know what? I'm more afraid of losing you than dying."
Seeing Mo Yuankai's vigilance and distance towards him, Zuo Xiao felt very uncomfortable. He no longer dared to step forward or reach out to touch Mo Yuankai rashly, but he still continued to talk to the man in front of him unwillingly.
"At that time, I didn't know why I woke up again, but I woke up and came back to life. Although I died once, and I am no longer a human being when I crawled out of the grave, I am still your Ah Xiao."
At the end of his speech, a layer of mist had already appeared in Zuo Xiao's bloodshot eyes, and the crystal clear eyes were filled with unspeakable grievances.
Recalling what he felt when his five senses gradually returned after he was resurrected from the dead, he was buried underground. His body was covered with mud and hard stones, and he had inhaled a lot of dust into his ears, mouth, nose, and even chest.
The feeling of oppression, suffocation, and loneliness without anyone around him all made him feel scared and helpless. He struggled desperately, climbing up inch by inch by instinct. The feeling of suffocation continued to attack him, and he could still feel it clearly until now, as if everything had happened yesterday.
Mo Yuankai looked at him carefully, and past memories of the man in front of him flashed through his mind. Except for a pair of eyes that had turned blood red, symbolizing the characteristics of a zombie, the young man in front of him was exactly the same as the figure in his memory.
Seeing Zuo Xiao's wet eyes and his helpless figure standing there, Mo Yuankai couldn't help but feel endless guilt in his heart. He couldn't restrain himself anymore and hugged the young man, "I'm sorry, Xiao. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't..."
I won't be shot, I won't die, and I won't be separated from him...
"I'm sorry..." Mo Yuankai kept apologizing.
Zuo Xiao hugged the man's waist back, resting his chin on Mo Yuankai's shoulder, and the tears in his eyes rolled down his face at this moment. "You don't have to say sorry, really, I don't blame you." The young man said in a sobbing voice.
Shousui never expected that the Zuo Xiao they were looking for actually knew Mo Yuankai? After watching the two recognize each other, Shousui was surprised and happy, and then a little sad. He glanced at Chi Yu who was staring blankly over there, and then looked at the two people who were hugging and crying after a long separation. From their conversation, Shousui could hear that the relationship between Mo Yuankai and Zuo Xiao was probably more than just a simple acquaintance.
If they were really in a relationship before, what should the current boyfriend Chi Yu do?
Although Chi Yu did not reveal any progress between him and Mo Yuankai to others, Shousui had actually paid attention to the way he and Mo Yuankai got along and the small details in their lives these days. It was just that Chi Yu was too shy to point it out.
Moreover, Shousui originally wanted to wait for Chi Yu to make an official announcement to them, but now, he can only pray silently that Mo Yuankai and Zuo Xiao are not in that kind of relationship.
He Ci, who was standing by, also noticed something and was thinking the same thing as when he was staying up all night.
Seeing Shousui walking towards them, Mo Yuankai let go of Zuo Xiao at the right time.
"Are you Zuo Xiao?" Shousui couldn't help but greet the young man as he approached the two of them.
Zuo Xiao wiped his face randomly and turned to look at the person who came. He didn't know this man, but from the other party's tone, it seemed that he had heard of him. He couldn't help but respond and asked: "Well, do you know me?"
"I don't know him," Shousui replied, "but we just said that we came here just to find someone, and that person is you."
He Ci glanced at Mo Yuankai and said, "Since you know Zuo Xiao, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Mo Yuankai's expression showed a trace of innocence as if he had been wrongly accused. "I didn't know you were looking for Zuo Xiao. I thought you were only in City Z to investigate the Gene Institute's clues about the R virus experiment."
"..." He Ci shut up. Before and even after the departure, he and Shousui never told their teammates what they were doing here specifically. Their teammates didn't ask anything and just followed them happily, trusting them very much. Well, this was indeed a problem between him and Shousui.
"Oh my, are we considered a blind cat catching a dead mouse?" Shousui slapped his thigh and spoke to Heci with a laugh, breaking the rather awkward atmosphere.
"Who are you? Why are you looking for me?" Zuo Xiao looked at Shou Sui and then glanced at He Ci, asking with a puzzled look on his face. Previously, Zuo Xiao suspected that the other party was sent by Lou Lin, so he did not trust them. Now that he saw Mo Yuankai with them, he believed Mo Yuankai and naturally wanted to give them a chance to explain.
Thinking that Zuo Xiao didn’t know his companions yet, Mo Yuankai immediately introduced all of them to Zuo Xiao one by one.
When introducing Chi Yu, Mo Yuankai paused for a moment, his expression a little unnatural but he was able to conceal it without leaving any trace. Seeing that Chi Yu was standing quite a distance away from him, Mo Yuankai took a big step forward and pulled the person over to stand next to him.
Zuo Xiao initially just glanced at Chi Yu behind the man. When he saw Mo Yuankai going to hold his hand, Zuo Xiao stared at the two people's clasped hands. Suddenly, an alarm bell rang in his heart. He immediately raised his eyes and looked at the thin human again as if facing a great enemy.
Chi Yu felt uncomfortable under Zuo Xiao's direct and inquiring gaze. He lowered his eyes and involuntarily stepped aside behind Mo Yuankai.
Shousui noticed Chi Yu's little move. What is this kid hiding from? Why is he so afraid? How can he choose this time to feel inferior? He should fight when he should fight! Even if the other party is really Mo Yuankai's ex, so what? You are still the current one, which makes more sense! Besides, Kaizi didn't deliberately avoid you or hide you, and he also pulled you to his side to secretly declare the relationship. So, don't be afraid! Shousui sighed in his heart, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed with Chi Yu for retreating after being stared at by someone.
After the two sides introduced themselves to each other, He Ci responded to Zuo Xiao's previous question and said, "Let's talk somewhere else?"
"Okay." Zuo Xiao then turned away the slightly targeted gaze that was directed at Chi Yu and responded.
"Everyone, please follow me." The man who came out with Zuo Xiao was named Rong Yi, of course, that's the 'Yi' on the side of walking. After he finished speaking, he led everyone back the way they came.
Zuo Xiao dispersed all the zombies and the gluttonous corpse beasts that gathered around.
Shousui looked at the corpses and corpse beasts that were dispersing in an orderly manner. He searched among them and scanned the area. After finding the Taotie that was leading the group before, Shousui realized that the Taotie corpse beast had indeed changed. It no longer had the human soul, but only the animal aura of a fifth-level corpse beast.
The aura of a strong man around him dimmed a lot, but when Zuo Xiao waved his hand and drove back hundreds of thousands of zombies, his aura was quite similar to the aura of the zombie king that he had seen on the gluttonous corpse beast before.
Shousui frowned and turned his head to ask Zuo Xiao in a firm tone, "You are the corpse king among them, right?"
Zuo Xiao turned his eyes to him and replied, "You can think so, but Lou Lin said that I am a 'mutator', so I came back to life."
Even though he already knew that Zuo Xiao was definitely not simple, Shou Sui was still surprised when he heard it. Just as he was about to ask something else, a system suddenly exclaimed in his mind, "I know!"
"What do you know?" Shousui asked, rolling his eyes.
"I know what supernatural power he possesses. If I guess correctly, Zuo Xiao's soul should be able to leave his body and possess others. However, I don't know if there are any restrictions on the type of 'possessed'. Can it only possess corpses and beasts? Or can it be both?"
"Is this true?" Shousui glanced at the young man walking in front of him in surprise.