Shadow In Your Mind [ARC 1- 5]

Chapter 69 - Do we need to ransack a bedroom?

XG 69 - Do we need to ransack a bedroom?

"Let's search the other room." Kang Xunsu decided when the decision on what to do with the girl remained undecided.

From Suzie Yap's answer, she was leaving it to them to decide on what to do with the girl. It sounded very democratic, but in their case, it gave them trouble to decide.

Anyway, they were here to gather supplies, not on a rescue mission. But they could also not leave the mentally ill girl alone without food. It was also unknown whether her father will return or not.

They tested the second door, but it was locked. As for the third door, it was the washroom that fortunately does not have any surprise attack.

After Chen Yibo repeatedly asked the girl, they finally got the answer that the locked room belonged to her parents.

"Do we need to ransack a bedroom?" Wong Xue Guo asked dubiously.

"Curious~" Kang Xunsu whistled and had Chen Yibo stay on guard while he broke down the door.

"Curiosity kills the cat."

"Aiyoh, little princess. How could you say such misfortune words at this time."

She did not bother arguing and stood beside Chen Yibo, with her sword drawn. "Do it quickly if you want to."

With a fierce kick, the door was kicked open and the breath she paused finally resumed after seeing nothing had jumped out of the room at them.

There was no electricity but the room could be seen well from the natural light coming from the unblocked window. It was a bedroom mixed with storage purposes, judging from the unopened boxes on the corner of the room as well as under the bed.

"That is..." Wong Xue Guo trailed off.

Lying on the bed was a dead man, his greyish and slightly sunken cheeks resembling the man from the family portrait she had seen earlier.

"Well, that answers why the girl was left without food." Kang Xunsu placed his gun back into its holder and checked the dusty boxes. "He shouldn't have died long ago, with the bedroom yet to be ransacked."

"Let me do it, brother Xunsu!" Ash immediately raised his hand like a student volunteering to do work.

Kang Xunsu stepped aside. "Come then."

"It's instant ramyeon! There's also luncheon meat!" It was hard for Ash to contain his joy once he saw what was inside the box. Similar to most youngsters, he quite liked Korean food, especially instant noodles.

Kang Xunsu was not really impressed. Compared to Korean noodles, he preferred Maggi mee. But he welcomed the luncheon meat. "Well, it's food. Check the other boxes."

While the others were captivated with the boxes, Wong Xue Guo approached the bed, wanting to search for some clues on how the man died. Seeing the injuries on the corpse, she hissed softly. This man does not even have the time to wrap his wounds before leaving the world.

"There's a bite mark, but why isn't he turning into a zombie?" she asked Chen Yibo in alarm and pointed at the corpse's lower arm that was exposed to their sight. It was gnawed quite badly, with most of his flesh peeled off, and was the most serious injury judging from sight.

Chen Yibo eyed the corpse's black hair. "He might not have the gene. They could not activate what wasn't there."

"So those without the gene will just immediately die from the bite?" Wong Xue Guo murmured. It does somehow explain the black-haired corpses she saw from the shopping mall.