Zhou Rong gave chase, but Si Nan seemed deaf, rushing around the corner and disappearing. The intense pursuit in the sewer didn’t last long. Soon, Zhou Rong spotted the exhausted figure again about ten meters ahead: “Si Nan! Stop!”
A metallic clang rang out as Si Nan dove through an iron door.
Zhou Rong immediately halted: “Don’t close the door, I won’t come over!”
Si Nan leaned against the iron door, seemingly hesitant.
Zhou Rong stared at him intently.
If looked at carefully, Zhou Rong’s leg and waist muscles were actually in a tense state, like a leopard ready to leap and pin down its prey at any moment.
But when he spoke, his voice was oddly gentle, even somewhat conciliatory:
“Don’t be afraid. I won’t harm you, won’t touch you.”
Zhou Rong raised both hands, palms out, casually displaying his blood-covered body – a dominant presence drifting through the sewer.
“The base is going to be nuclear bombed,” Zhou Rong said slowly. “You must evacuate with us.”
Si Nan remained motionless, as if he hadn’t heard anything, his expression unreadable.
Zhou Rong could guess his thoughts.
In this era of extremely imbalanced A/O gender ratios, someone like Si Nan, even if he was a beta, would have undoubtedly experienced many unpleasant experiences from childhood to adulthood. After the apocalypse, with humans reverting to jungle law and all legal and social orders completely collapsed, being surrounded by aggressive alpha males might be even more dangerous for him than being surrounded by zombies.
But Zhou Rong didn’t give up.
“Come,” he stared at Si Nan, using a soothing yet commanding tone, emphasizing each word: “We’re evacuating. Come with me.”
Zhou Rong looked at his blood-stained yet handsome and cold face, finding it hard to comprehend.
When he first came in, he had actively leaned close to whisper in his ear, cried out upon seeing him in the pit, and was furiously angry when Zhang Yingjie’s body was snatched away. Now, Si Nan had suddenly returned to their first meeting state in T City – distant, cold, and even wary, maintaining a distance of over ten meters at all times.
It seemed that after experiencing life and death, all his vivid and intense emotions had instantly vanished, retreating back into an invisible, cold shell.
