Taming The Golden Hound – Pt. 2/3

"Elder sister?" Fan Xiangyu paused for a beat as her eyes raked over Lin Shiyu repeatedly before she rolled her eyes. "She's obviously your younger sister. Don't think that I don't understand your human relationships, hmph!"

"I don't think that I need to explain anything to you. You only need to obey," said Lin Chao indifferently.

"You…" Fan Xiangyu gritted her teeth furiously.

Lin Shiyu pulled the corner of Lin Chao's shirt. "Lil Chao, who's this girl? Is she your friend?"

"No," Lin Chao's tone gentler as he spoke, "She's a special evolved zombie. She looks the same as us on the outside but she can control other normal zombies and she eats humans like them too. However, she's our servant now, so you can ask her to do anything you need. She won't dare disobey."

Lin Shiyu glanced at Fan Xiangyu in amazement. The zombies of her impressions were foul-smelling in their festering forms but this girl had a flawless complexion like the snow; forget that she was a zombie, even a human would not have skin as smooth and silky as hers.

Angrily stomping her foot when she was ignored by Lin Chao, Fan Xiangyu's scouring gaze fell on Lin Shiyu, a strange glow flashing across her eyes.

"Make way," Lin Chao told Fan Xiangyu.

Fan Xiangyu grumbled in reluctance, but she still stood forth them and followed their instruction whilst also controlling the three zombies. Neckst twisted and bodies staggering, the zombies moved forward like undaunted bodyguards.

The lonesome zombies that they met on the way were killed by the three zombies. Meanwhile, Lin Chao would carry Lin Shiyu and take a prompt detour, no different to a parkour athlete. They did this whenever they met a pack of zombies after instructing Fan Xiangyu to hinder them.

Although Fan Xiangyu had the body of a human, she did not possess any human scent, thus not eliciting the fiendish instinct of the zombies. Instead, the powerful microwave in her brain acted like a magnetic field that the normal zombies dared not come nearby.

Lin Shiyu pushed her glasses while she was clamped between Lin Chao's arm and body as they sprinted, musing and saying, "This zombie is probably controlling the normal zombies via an organism microwave. Can we humans make a radio wave controller and manipulate these zombies then?"

"This is a good idea but the current technology standard is unable to do it yet," replied Lin Chao.

Mouthing an 'oh', Lin Shiyu was immersed in her thoughts once again without being fazed by the rapidly changing sceneries around her.

Going round the zombie horde, Lin Chao waited for a moment to see Fan Xiangyu catching up before he continued his way.

As Fan Xiangyu manipulated the three zombies like puppets to lead the way, she asked casually, "Where are we going? Back to where you were staying? Why don't you take over the hotel? It's easy to rule that building given your ability. They'll be willing to acknowledge you as the leader. After all, a stronger person can bring more sense of security to them. No one will keep grudges against you even if you've killed their previous leader."

Lin Chao replied without emotion, "Do you think it's easier to take care of one person or a group of people?"

"But they can do things and generate profit for you. The efficiency of a team is always higher than an individual, no?" Fan Xiangyu said rhetorically with a smile.

"Makes sense."

"It's not too late to go back now," Fan Xiangyu said quickly with shining eyes.

To which, Lin Chao simply answered, "But I like to do things that don't make sense."

"You!" Fan Xiangyu angrily spat, "You're unreasonable!"

Lin Chao gave her a side-eye and commented, "You have one too many questions. Just do your part."

Fan Xiangyu looked hurtfully at Lin Shiyu. "Big sis, look at your little brother. He's bullying me. How ungentlemanly of him. How can he speak to a girl like that?"

Lin Shiyu grinned. "You're not human. How can he be considered bullying a person?"

"I know, I know that I'm a zombie to you. But I can't help it. Even if I eat people, it's the same as you mankind feeding on poultry and fish. It's an instinct. Could I be blamed?" Fan Xiangyu said pitifully.

Lin Shiyu pushed her glasses again and nodded vehemently, "Makes sense."

Fan Xiangyu took two steps toward her and pulled her hand woefully. "Ask your brother to be better towards me, okay?"

"Not okay," Lin Shiyu announced shaking her head upon consideration.

"Why?" Fan Xiangyu was surprised.

"First, Lil Chao has grown up, I won't restrict him anymore. Secondly, I'm actually happy to see you be bullied. Thirdly, I also like doing things that don't make sense," Lin Shiyu elaborated with a childlike beam.

Fan Xiangyu instantly felt deflated. "You siblings are really… are really stupid!" Her palm swiftly locked to Lin Shiyu's throat out of the blue as another hand retrieved a pistol from her black dress which aimed towards her temple. At the same time, she looked up alertly as Lin Chao who had just turned around, and said savagely, "Don't come over. Or else I'll shoot her!"

To her surprise, Lin Chao did not look panicky as expected. Instead, he looked at her strangely and asked, "You sure?"

Recalling Lin Chao's terrifying speed previously, Fan Xiangyu was slightly nervous but she scoffed, "Let me warn you. If you do anything abrupt, I'll shoot her head off! I believe that your speed won't catch up to the bullet's no matter how fast you are!"

"Are you threatening me?" One of Lin Chao's brow arched in question.

Fan Xiangyu smirked. "Of course! You siblings are really foolish. Do you really think that I'm your willing follower? Hmph, even set two restricting rules for me, how funny – child's play! And this kiddy freak sister of yours, she actually allowed me to go near so naively. It's a known fact that I'm a zombie, how can she not be on guard? Do you know what a zombie does? It eats people!"

"Who did you call a freak?" Lin Shiyu nudged her glasses, her inky orbs behind the black frame gleamed sharply.

Fan Xiangyu did not expect a girl she never cared about to question her threateningly and under such circumstances. Slightly perturbed, she answered coldly, "You – I'm talking about you. Why? Are you going to bite me? If you don't let me go right now, we'll just all die together!"

"Then… let's try."

Swoosh!

Lin Chao moved at once, his dark eyes were a flashing line, like a meteor.

"Don't come over!" Fan Xiangyu cried in shock. She did not expect Lin Chao to be so cruel, uncaring about his sister's life; could it be that she was not his biological sister?

Just as she was prepared to pull the trigger, she was dumbstruck to see that Lin Shiyu who had been in her hands had vanished out of thin air!

"How –" Her mouth was agape as she was at a sudden loss.

The split-second pause had brought Lin Chao to her front with one hand grabbing the pistol and another gripping her fair neck.

Staring into this man's eyes from close proximity, Fan Xiangyu could not see any emotion from those dark inky orbs. It was as if he was an ice-cold machine. She felt the hairs on her back stand as cold sweat poured from her pores. She spoke with difficulty, "How – How is this possible? Does your sister also have special powers?"

Lin Chao looked down at her pretty face commandingly while choking her, their noses nearly touching; his voice was airy light but icy cold as he said, "This is your first time making a mistake. You have two more chances. When you go through all three times, I'll make you regret ever coming to this world."

Fan Xiangyu let out an internal breath of relief but felt a wash of trepidation right after. From the man's words, she seemed to have understood something else. Had he been waiting for her to commit a mistake all this while? Was everything within his expectations?

She was lost and spooked.

Lin Chao let her go and resumed his trek.

Fan Xiangyu then saw Lin Shiyu reappearing in her sight. Still baffled, she asked, "How come you can turn invisible too?"

"Guess." Lin Shiyu wiggled her fingers and prodded her glasses before saying, "I'm vengeful. Lil Chao gives you three chances but I won't."

"What – what do you want?" Slight dread washed over Fan Xiangyu.

Lin Shiyu grinned showing her teeth and answered, "I want to see the difference between your brain and a normal zombie's. Let me open it and have a look next time."

Fan Xiangyu shuddered and forced a fake smile. "What's there to see in a brain? There's no difference. It's just like your human ones. Better not look lest you have a nightmare."

"We'll know when we see it," Lin Shiyu spoke to herself and picked up her pace to chase after Lin Chao.

The corners of Lin Shiyu's eyes twitched, feeling that the siblings were devils.