Chapter 7: Frankness (《》)

Xie Tian stood in the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. He could not imagine that he had become like this now. His beard on his lips and chin was already very long, his face was dark, and he didn't look like a 22-year-old man at all. Instead, he felt a little decadent and old.

After taking off his clothes, Xie Tian found that his body was very different from before, and the lines of his muscles were more prominent. Before, there were only a few muscles, but now he can have them. His whole body seemed to be full of strength and was in excellent condition. This should also be due to his previous accidental injury.

Xie Tian, ​​who hasn't taken a shower for a long time, was extremely relaxed, and has been running for so long, but now he can lie in the bathtub and take a hot bath and experience the comfort that has been lost for a long time.

He carefully cleaned himself. Xie Tian found an electric shaver from the bathroom cabinet, shaved his beard and his hair was a little long. After washing it, his bangs could even hang down to cover his eyes.

The jeans on his body were already hard, and even after taking them off, they could still stand firmly on the ground. The originally white T-shirt had long been gray and ragged, sour and smelly. The clothes left by the male owner of the house were too small. It was estimated that the male owner's height would not exceed 175. In desperation, he could only temporarily walk out of the bathroom in a thick bathrobe.

Like Xie Tian who saw Zhao Ziye after she came out of the bath just now, Zhao Ziye really saw Xie Tian's face clearly. Xie Tian cleaned his face and shaved his beard. He was a very handsome and sunny young man. Unlike the buttery boy, Xie Tian's skin is bronze and his facial features are very strong. He doesn't look like a college student, but more like a soldier.

And this was the first time she saw a man take a shower and come out of the bathroom with a bathrobe. The bathrobe was a little small. Xie Tian could only barely tie the belt, but his chest showed strong muscles, which made her look a little embarrassed.

Xie Tian walked to Zhao Ziye, holding a pair of common scissors in his hand, and said, "Miss Zhao, please help me cut my hair."

"Ah?" Zhao Ziye waved his hand and said, "I haven't learned this before, I'm afraid it won't look good."

Xie Tian smiled and joked: "It's time now, who cares whether it looks good or not? Try to cut it shorter as quickly as possible."

Zhao Ziye hesitated for a moment and had to nod, saying, "Okay, I'll try to cut it better for you."

Xie Tian just wanted Zhao Ziye to help cut the longer hair short, even if it was cut into a wavy shape or was chewed by a dog. However, Zhao Ziye took it seriously and walked back and forth around Xie Tian with scissors, with a faint fragrance on his body, which made people fascinated.

Zhao Ziye was very cautious in every scissor. At this moment, Xie Tian was disturbed by her body so close that he didn't know where he went. After a long time, he realized that her hair had been cut into a standard short inch.

"You are still satisfied when you go to the bathroom?" Zhao Ziye put down his scissors and said to Xie Tian.

Xie Tian casually touched the root of the hair that was somewhat tickled with his palm, and smiled and said, "Just cut it short, it's much more comfortable now, thank you."

Zhao Ziye looked at the man of the same age as him, smiled shyly, and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Xie Tian thought for a while and said, "It's getting dark. I'll take a break here for a while tonight and find a chance to leave here tomorrow. The food is only enough for us to spend a few days, so we can't spend too long here."

Zhao Ziye nodded and said, "By the way, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything to eat."

"No need to go." Xie Tian waved his hand and said, "I have seen it all, there is not a grain of rice, there is nothing to eat, there is only some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar."

Zhao Ziye had no choice but to say, "Then I'll go to the bathroom to wash out the clothes."

As night fell, because there was no electricity and the weather was stuffy, Xie Tian moved a chair to sit on the balcony to enjoy the cool air. Zhao Ziye washed the two of them and hung them on the balcony to dry them. Then he sat next to Xie Tian.

Xie Tian smiled at her, looked at Yangcheng, which was as quiet as death under the moonlight outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and asked, "Ms. Zhao, do you still have relatives?"

"I don't know..." Zhao Ziye's expression was a little lonely, and he said softly: "After the zombies broke out, I lost contact with my family."

Xie Tian sighed and said lightly: "Some things need to be explained clearly to you. I have to do everything possible to leave Yangcheng north, not to find a safe zone, but to be able to return to Yanjing to see if I can find my parents' whereabouts. I don't know how many hardships and dangers will be there. Are you sure you want to go with me? Of course, if you are lucky enough to find a safe zone in the middle, you don't have to continue to venture north with me."

After hearing this, Zhao Ziye said happily: "Although I am from Hunan, I was studying at Yanjing Communication University, and my parents moved to Yanjing very early due to work reasons. The reason I came to Yangcheng to develop is because my father's old comrade-in-arms was the former secretary of the Yangcheng Municipal Party Committee. My parents think that Yangcheng may be more helpful to my career. If I have the opportunity to go back to Yanjing to see my parents, I will be content even if I die. I will go with you!"

Then, Zhao Ziye's spirit soon faded again and he whispered: "But it's just a woman. It may be a burden to you. If you don't want to bring me with you, I can understand."

Xie Tian nodded slightly, and said for a while. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said lightly: "If you really want to go back to Yanjing, we can go together and you can use my supplies. I will never be stingy in this regard, but if I have to give up on you in a very urgent moment, I don't think I will take risks for you. After all, my biggest goal is to return to Yanjing alive. Can you understand this?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhao Ziye's eyes. It was not because Xie Tian's words were too realistic, but because she didn't expect that Xie Tian would be so open-minded. She was indeed worthless to Xie Tian. She was a thin woman with nothing but her face and body. She belonged to the most vulnerable group in the end of the world. Many men were willing to bring good-looking women with her. The fundamental reason was that she peeked at the woman's body. The woman had to repay her with her body. However, Xie Tian never mentioned any reward she asked for.

There was no sense of hypocrisy in his words. Although his words sounded a bit cruel, if he thought carefully, he was not only willing to take him away without any reward, but also willing to distribute his supplies. He would only give up when he had to give up. Xie Tian's words were the most sincere and touching words that Zhao Ziye had heard in the end of the world for so long.

Zhao Ziye's survival was much harder than Xie Tian. For a long time before, she survived with different survivors, and deliberately made herself dirty and smelly to avoid those men who were extremely prone to beastly nature under high pressure. This was equivalent to actively destroying her only appearance advantage.

Without any advantage, she could only follow the survivors to find various supplies at risk. Although she survived every time she encountered danger, she was always bullied among the survivors. At the same risk, she received much less supplies than others, and sometimes not enough to fill her stomach. But she persisted because she understood that if she wanted to survive, she had to rely on her own efforts. In this special moment of self-consuming, no one could really save herself.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziye gently stroked the hair in his ear, smiled indifferently, but said sadly: "I am a woman, and a weak woman. This is true, but the most important thing for me to survive in this catastrophe is that I have always relied on my own efforts to exchange for the opportunity to survive. If you are willing to take me with me, I will not be a person who can enjoy the fruits of it. Perhaps my ability is limited, but I will do my best not to hold you back."
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