Close To Losing It

"That Little Sister Mo that I know, she also happens to like her long hair a lot." His eyes moved to Lilian Mo's much shorter hair.

"She isn't someone prejudiced against people's gender. I understand that some men have become devil incarnate ever since the apocalypse and like to prey on weak women but this extreme bias is really something. Little Sister Mo, you must have really faced a lot of things these past three months, and yet, Qingqing and Little Rei were still the same. It really makes me curious about what happened for a person like you to change so much."

Lilian Mo smiled a smile that wasn't a smile. "Maybe you just didn't know me well."

"Do I? I hope so, Little Sister Mo. I really hope so. But if that were the case, then I'm really disappointed." Mu Qianmo said.

"You weren't the person I knew you were."

"Do you want me to apologize, Brother Qian? Because I disappointed you? Tell me, I would really like to know." She took a step towards him.

Mu Qianmo's face became a bit strained, he could detect that he was now treading dangerous waters.

No doubt, if he said something wrong, Lilian Mo would not hesitate to kill him to keep her secrets a secret.

He exhaled and relaxed his body. He raised both of his hands in surrender. "Little Sister Mo, you are too serious. I was only saying what was on my mind. No need to take them seriously."

In short, this was him backing away and not pursuing the matter.

Lilian Mo watched him for a few seconds before she also eased up.

"Brother Qian, don't say those things anymore. Other people might misunderstand."

What was there to misunderstand? Mu Qianmo thought but he nodded, acknowledging her words.

"Then I will have to thank Little sister Mo for her advice." He said, going back to his usual self.

"It's getting late. Why don't we go back now?"

"Yes.."

The two of them left the rooftop and separated.

Once Lilian Mo was all alone, she stopped and slowly raised her arm before punching the wall next to her. She didn't use all of her strength but the growing cracks and huge dent left by her blow was a testament to how much she was close to losing it.

She exhaled deeply.

"I almost killed him."

Just when she was about to head towards the room where the girls are, her ears picked up the sound of vehicles. She hurriedly looked for a window and went to check the situation outside.

Outside the hotel were vehicles.

Lilian Mo ran back and went to find the others.

"There are people outside the hotel." She told them.

Hearing her words, the others instantly braced themselves up and began looking out the windows. Soon, they had made their own judgments.

Mizuki Rei had been looking out through the window. He saw some people moving in the shaded areas, surrounding the hotel building from all directions.

The others also saw some nimbly-moving people moving toward the hotel building.

After seeing those people's clothes clearly, his eyes became profound.

"It's an army from the base. I think this squad is here to scout," he said.

"Army? Why are they coming here? Do any of you have connections with the army?" Fu Yangzhu asked, looking around.

Mizuki Rei looked outside, remaining silent.

At that moment, Mizuki Rei found that those people had stopped moving forward at the distance of twenty or thirty meters from the building and went to hide. It seemed that they weren't planning to rush in and directly start a fight.

"Eh? Why did they stop?" Mu Qingqing had noticed that too.

"They're here to scout. They stopped because they've located that this place is occupied by us. Now, they're reporting to their leader or commander and waiting for their next order," Mu Qianmo said in a flat tone. "I'll go find Boss Ren and ask him what to do."

Fu Yangzhu was annoyed. "Bloody hell! I am tired and sleepy. Now we need to deal with these soldiers."

Lilian Mo looked out at the people outside and tried to sense how many there were.

"We're outnumbered and they're carrying guns, loaded with bullets. There's also a sniper from the other building." She told them, closing the windows. This didn't bode well for them.

It was dark and just when everyone thought that they could get a good night's rest, trouble came knocking down their way.

"Do you think we were followed?" Fu Yangzhu asked.

"I can't tell. This was the nearest hotel we could find and has the lowest number of mutants. It isn't as damaged as the other buildings. Maybe they're looking for something inside this place?" Mizuki Rei felt that it was possible since their group did not carry anything too valuable. All the food was hidden in Lilian Mo's space, even the Marauder so it wouldn't get stolen.

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