Shadow In Your Mind [ARC 1- 5]

Chapter 17 - Did he think she wouldn't feel indebted?

XG 17 - Did he think she wouldn't feel indebted?

Wong Xue Guo found herself missing the monitoring room. If she was still there, she could see how her mother and Nurul Hanani were doing as long as they were still on the same floor.

Moving her weak legs to a chair, she did not mind her image and collapsed onto it. Her body which does not feel like hers anymore immediately relaxed once there was support, and let herself sink deep into the surprisingly comfortable chair that was provided for guests.

Tomorrow, she could already predict her body would have terrible muscle pain where a small movement would have her screech like an offended monkey.

Feeling the disgusting stickiness on her clothes that clung to her skin, she wanted to change her clothes but was too lazy to move. What if danger comes knocking and she does not get enough rest except for looking clean? She would rather regain some of her energy than be clean. She doubts she would die cleanly with her whole body intact with how vicious those zombies were with their teeth.

With the world heading to chaos, bathing and having extra clean clothes would soon be a luxury, so she would need to get used to living miserly. Thinking to this point, she no longer has any opposition to fully committing to resting with her filthy attire.

But Low Lin Ya clearly disagreed by bringing a set of clothing she picked from the store. She even brought an energy bar for her to regain her energy.

"Thanks." Wong Xue Guo eyed the clothes tiredly but made no move to take them. Her eyelids were getting heavy and her breathing was gradually becoming slower. "Let me... sleep first, 'kay?"

Low Lin Ya let out a heavy huff. "How could you just ignore how dirty you are! What if the monster's blood is contagious?"

Blinking tiredly, Wong Xue Guo gazed down at her favourite t-shirt filled with blood. With the dark colour, it was hard to distinguish which spot has bloodstain, except through the texture. Even with heavy washing, she doubted the blood could be completely removed from her shirt.

Before, it would cause great pain to think of throwing this shirt away if discovered by her mother. Now, she does not need to consider twice throwing it away for another clean shirt.

"Nah, that won't happen."

"How would you know?" Low Lin Ya retorted.

"I just know." More accurately, her mother knew.

It was obvious that Suzie Yap was not bothered by zombies' blood on her, or else she would have immediately wiped them away from her skin. Wong Xue Guo also belatedly realized her mother often pushed the charging zombies from reaching her with bare hands without fear when she was not in the right position to stab their hearts.

Currently, Wong Xue Guo could confirm the infection was spread by biting. Perhaps it was the saliva that carried the virus? But how was saliva any different from blood when both were body liquid? Most of the zombie movies she watched never explained the exact catalyst that caused the infection to spread, only survivors needed to fear being bitten. They would remain fine even when their whole face was drenched with the zombie's blood.

The art stream student Wong Xue Guo does not want to think about that complicated stuff and could not resist yawning.

"Gentlemen, would you mind leaving the room for a moment?" Low Lin Ya asked the males in the room politely, but her eyes were demanding them to give her the room.

"Not a problem. I will need to take this kid to find some clean clothes as well." Vihaan patted Kim Sung-Ho's head with a cordial smile.

Kim Sung-Ho's baby blue shirt was dark from blood and dirt. His shorts did not protect his exposed legs and earned some cuts and bruises that stood out on his fair skin. Even Vihaan looked terrible himself.