2
Lin Mobai's promise from a few minutes ago, in the end, was broken.
The rain hadn't stopped yet, and he left to accompany his new girlfriend, Shen Mei, for training.
Before leaving, he reminded me to clean up the house, fearing Shen Mei might misunderstand.
I remained silent, without reply.
It indeed needed tidying up.
This house was acquired by Lin Mobai and me using our points; the apocalypse conditions were harsh, far from the luxury mansion I used to live in.
But with him by my side, I gradually got used to it all; the narrower the space, the closer our hearts were.
Yet in the end, it only trapped me.
The first time I saw him, he hadn't made a name for himself at the base, idly passing the days doing odd missions, living a hand-to-mouth existence.
He held a dagger in his hand, the only weapon he had for survival, having killed zombies and slashed enemies.
Back then, bloodied and intimidating beyond approach, Lin Mobai looked at fragile me and spoke sarcastically.
"Jiang Xinnuan, I've seen many pampered little princesses like you."
"You won't keep up with me. If you're just here to play house, I suggest you leave sooner rather than later."
Back then, I had lost all my relatives overnight. Seeing him full of thorns, it was like seeing my own kind.
I took the dagger from his hand willingly, a wave of rebellion igniting within me.
"Lin Mobai, I'll show you, I'm no little princess."
After that, we fought side by side, resisting zombies on the front lines, living together, until two years ago, when he was unfortunately bitten by a zombie.
To save him, I willingly injected the virus into myself to study antibodies.
At that time, he knelt on the ground and proposed to me, saying that when the apocalypse ended, the first thing he would do was hold a wedding with me.
But now the apocalypse hasn't ended, and he wants to break up with me.
The most ridiculous part is, he actually thinks we can still be family after breaking up.
He doesn't know, I'm no longer the naïve girl who followed him around.
After tidying up, I picked up a pen to write a will, then knocked on the office door of the base leader:
"The vaccine was extracted from me. I apply to the organization to join the mission to eradicate zombies!"