004, Qi Sheng’s Call for Help

There were only two zombies on the first floor. However, there were quite a few torn-apart corpses scattered around.

It was likely that the apocalypse struck suddenly while people were waiting for the elevator. One group turned into zombies, while the others did not. Some zombies, having fed on humans, had run off, leaving only two mindless ones aimlessly wandering in place.

At that moment, as Qi Ran stepped into the elevator, her phone screen lit up, showing an incoming call from “Brother.”

Qi Sheng was calling for help.

Qi Ran answered the call.

On the other end came Qi Sheng’s frustrated and urgent questioning:

“Qi Ran, Mom called you just now. Why did you lie to her, saying I hadn’t gone out?”

“Is it because you simply don’t want to risk going out to look for me, so you deliberately lied?”

“Qi Ran, Mom and Dad kindly took you in from the orphanage. How can you be so selfish…”

Before Qi Sheng could finish his reprimand, the elevator dinged.

A voice announced, “Second floor.”

Qi Sheng’s voice abruptly stopped, his tone puzzled: “What’s that sound?”

At the same time, the elevator doors slid open.

Seven zombies lurked in the hallway.

Qi Ran was not reckless. She quickly shut the elevator doors and pressed the button for the top floor, 31.

When she responded to Qi Sheng, her tone was no different from before:

“It’s just the sound of the elevator at home.”

“Brother, I was just asleep and didn’t know you had gone out. I thought you were still in your room playing games.”

“But Mom told me to pass a message to you, so I went to your room and found you weren’t there. She said it’s very dangerous outside now. Brother, where are you? I’m coming to find you right away.”

She had not received a call from their mother.

Obviously, Qi Sheng had not told their mother about his current situation outside.

This was not because Qi Sheng was covering for Qi Ran.

Rather, it was due to the way their parents had raised him, which left him distant from them.

He was extremely well-behaved and compliant in front of their parents.

Revealing himself in front of their mother to expose Qi Ran would bring him no benefit.

Instead, he privately bullied Qi Ran and took the opportunity to demand advantages from her.

Qi Ran, remembering the family’s kindness, rarely refused.

This only increased Qi Sheng’s gains.

“I just went to the storage room to get a kitchen knife and a cleaver. Brother, I’m going to your room now to look for the car keys.”

Before Qi Sheng could speak, Qi Ran continued.

“Send me your location. I’m coming over right away.”

Seeing the elevator reach the 30th floor, Qi Ran spoke quickly:

“Ah, brother, I have too many things to carry. I can’t hold them all. I have to hang up first.”

“Remember to send me your location.”

Before Qi Sheng could respond, Qi Ran ended the call.

Qi Sheng did not suspect anything.

He quickly sent his location to Qi Ran via WeChat, followed by a string of voice messages.

Qi Ran glanced at them but didn’t have time to open them.

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