Plain Curiosity

Lilian Mo's face was very calm as she took long strides to reach her destination. Infront of the door, she stood straight like an immobile mountain.

After contemplating for a while, she grabbed the handle and opened it.

The door wasn't locked so she was able to enter with ease. What greeted her was familiar darkness so she lit up a small flame in her hand to illuminate the place.

"Lilian."

She heard, making her glance at the foot of the bed. The figure was sitting on the floor with one of their knees propped up while the other leg was outstretched.

Lu Jingren's head was lowered but even without looking at her, he could tell that it was Lilian Mo. His sharp intuition was one of the many things that allowed him to survive in the apocalypse because he always knows if someone was coming, just like the tide of beasts that appeared earlier.

She opened her mouth to say something but her nose caught a whiff of a familiar metallic scent. Lilian Mo's lips tightened further. She approached him and grabbed his chin, raising it upwards.

Their eyes met. Even in the dark, those pair of eyes had oceanic blue flecks that were deep and stormy. She looked at his mouth that was stained with blood then at his white shirt and his hands.

It seems that her suspicions were right.

"You..."

Lilian Mo didn't know where to begin. It was like she was back to that time where she would await his return only to see him bloodied and injured.

She wanted to ask. How long was he planning to hide his injuries?

Lilian Mo lowered her eyes, her lashes quivering. "You are already a grown man. You should know how to take care of yourself."

Through the blood and haze, he smiled at her.

"Lilian, are you worried about me?"

Oh please, you want to be beautiful?

"I'm worried that you will slow down the team." She grabbed his arm and pulled him to the bed.

From what she could still remember from her science class, a loud enough sound could cause an air embolism in a person's lungs which then travels to their heart, killing them.

It might also cause their lungs to burst from the increased air pressure. In general, anything above 20 kilohertz can cause physical damage.

The high-intensity ultrasonic sound that Lu Jingren received from Zhang Youji's half-mutant mother must have caused him a lot of injuries since he was fighting in close combat. The ice he used to cover his body protected him but not enough since he was still here, vomiting blood.

In fact, in theory, sound travels faster in ice than water. What was he thinking?

And she almost thought he was invincible...

The constitution of humans has gradually improved when they awaken their abilities because this means that they have successfully survived the mutation in their bodies. However, that doesn't make humans invincible.

Awakened ability users might have gotten stronger than normal humans but their bodies still suffer from limitations. When they get injured, they bleed and when they bleed too much, they suffer from complications which eventually lead to disabilities and even death.

"Remove your clothes and wipe the blood away." She took out a bottle of spring water from her space. This man was really irresponsible. He does not care about his well-being and still needed other people to tell him what to do.

But at the same time, he dislikes being ordered around.

When Lu Jingren still did not move, Lilian Mo became annoyed. She grabbed his shirt and pulled it off roughly. Hearing his groan, she paused and realized that he must be in too much pain to say anything to her.

"Have you gone deaf from your carelessness?" Using his shirt, she wiped away the blood from his arms and neck then to his chest area.

The toned body did not faze her. This was a familiar sight that she got used to in her previous life.

And as someone who has seen many people fall prey to debauchery, seeing naked bodies no longer affected her.

In the apocalypse, would you care about nudity when your life and death are at stake?

In fact, Lilian Mo did not like seeing the naked skin of other people. It made her remember many unpleasant memories.

Sometimes, whenever she would look at naked people, she would remember the time when she stumbled upon the horror of which is the breeding center where hundreds of bodies were placed in an isolated ward.

She quickly dispelled that thought.

Lilian Mo raised her head, she saw Lu Jingren looking at her curiously as if staring at a familiar person. She stared back for a while, wondering if he remembers their previous life or if Zhang Youji had lied to her.

But as she analyzed the look he was giving her, she only saw plain curiosity. If he really did remember their previous life, he wouldn't look at her this way. Instead, she would be expecting to see a pair of murderous eyes.

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