Holding On to My Man

Chapter 72

TL: Cat

TLC: Mina

Editor: Evan

Everyone outside the cabin was screaming excitedly in their minds. Xiao Li’s actions after bringing Gu Bai into the cabin was actually very pure. He just wanted to bandage Gu Bai’s wound and calm down the flames that were spiraling out of control in his heart.

Presently, even if he wanted to try something spicy, the cruel reality wouldn’t allow for it, as the sky outside grew darker and darker.

Even though it was only five o’clock in the afternoon, the sky was so dark outside that the moon was almost invisible. The air was permeated with a strong sense of danger. The actual apocalypse was about to break out. At that time, they couldn’t stay outside for too long.

After a short period of excitement, everyone calmed down and began to take their current situation seriously. Without delay, they headed back.

Due to the sudden outbreak of a zombie tide in the amusement park, the whole North district of B city, where the amusement park was located in the center of, had started to become chaotic, and the government could no longer hide the situation. The news about the zombie tide began to spread out all over, reporting and informing the public to stay at home and to wait for rescue to come.

Yet at the moment, even if the government didn’t inform the public, no one dared to venture out into the dark and dangerous world, especially Shen Guohui, who had people publish all the information about the apocalypse across the internet, causing a widespread panic among the people.

Shen Guohui, who had been waiting for news from the Shen family, was very worried as he looked at the situation that was going outside. He regretted allowing the two children to go out at the very beginning. As soon as he thought about something happening to both of them, he was struck with panic.

"Master, the Young Master and Mr. Xiao will surely bring them back. The Young Master will be okay..."

Nanny Wang Ma tried to console him. She was an old servant of the Shen family and knew Shen Guohui the best. Master Shen deeply loved Madam, and after Madam died, the Young Master practically became the purpose of Master’s life.

Nonetheless, it was useless to comfort him. They couldn’t be rest assured until everyone had come back safely. Especially since Wu Donghan hadn’t called him all this time. It made him even more panicked since the situation was unclear to them.

Until he had heard the sound of the helicopter flying back from the outside, Shen Guohui’s complexion brightened and he hurriedly ran outside. Nevertheless, once his eyes fell upon Shen Muze and a group of strangers that were bound up together by Xiao Li, his complexion quickly changed.

"Xiao Li, what are you doing...?"

Although he didn’t know what had happened, Xiao Li had actually tied up the entire Shen family. It was obvious that the situation wasn’t right at all. He had an ominous feeling in his heart.

Sure enough, Ah Hu was immediately enraged as he got up and roared out, "What was he doing? Your son killed our sister-in-law, turning him into a zombie. What do you think our Boss wants to do to you all?!"

"What, Xiao Yu, he..."

Shen Guohui’s complexion changed slightly. When he saw that Gu Bai’s appearance was obviously abnormal and that he had a bandage wrapped around his neck, which was permeating and oozing out black blood, his heart began to inexplicably tighten. Even Shen Muze who was still tied up had been forgotten.

"Tie up all the remaining people from the Shen family for me, then pack up and prepare. Once tomorrow’s eclipse is over, we’ll be setting off to the Northwest!"

Xiao Li didn’t intend to explain to Shen Guohui and directly instructed his men to arrest all the remaining people in the Shen family. Although they had cooperated before, it was really based on strength, and the Shen family was dependent on the Xiao family.

During the apocalypse, food and materials were important, but power was the root of survival.

The bodies of these zombies would decay over time. Although Gu Bai’s situation was different from that of ordinary zombies, no one could be sure. If Gu Bai’s body had already decayed after finding a cure, then at that time, even if they had the remedy, they might not be able to cure him.

Shen Guohui didn’t know what the situation was about, however, the Shen family wanted to fight Xiao Li. Unfortunately, no matter if it was before or after the apocalypse, they still couldn’t harm him. Finally, their only option was to restrain themselves.

He knew Xiao Li very well. He also could see the relationship between Xiao Li and Gu Bai throughout these past couple of months. He had no doubt that Xiao Li could completely abandon the support of the Shen family and crush them.

However, right now, he was more concerned about Gu Bai, feeling inexplicably concerned for the boy.

"Xiao Ze, what exactly happened...?" The two children went out together. Only Xiao Ze would know the most about the situation.

In the face of Shen Guohui’s inquiry, Shen Muze only felt that his throat was dry and that he couldn’t make a sound with his mouth open. His eyes showed guilt.

Of course, Shen Guohui knew his own son very well and almost immediately saw the guilt in his eyes. He had a very bad premonition.

He looked at his adopted son. Wu Donghan shook his head. He hadn’t been at the scene, so he didn’t know what had happened. He only knew from the bodyguards that Gu Bai had become a zombie while trying to save Shen Muze.

The two bodyguards didn’t seem to be lying, but there was one thing Wu Donghan couldn’t figure out.

It was what Xiao Li had mentioned before, and what he said was correct. Xiao Ze was fully aware of when the apocalypse was coming, so why did he take Su Yu to the densely populated amusement park?

Maybe the excuse of "wanting to leave some of the best memories behind before the end" could be explained to others, but both he and his father knew that Xiao Ze had reincarnated and knew more about the apocalypse than any of them did.

In other words, it was impossible that he didn’t know that zombies would erupt in advance in the amusement park. Knowing what would happen, he still took Su Yu to the park.

Wu Donghan didn’t dare to continue this line of thought. He didn’t want to admit that Shen Muze was the kind of person who could think of such things.

He knew that Shen Muze had a simple mind and a willful temper. He was a young master in other people’s eyes, but in Wu Donghan’s heart, Xiao Ze was just a little stubborn.

In the face of Shen Guohui’s eyes, Shen Muze was afraid to speak. His guilt and fear almost made him collapse. He didn’t know how to face Shen Guohui and how to explain.

He didn’t say anything, and Wu Donghan also didn’t speak. Shen Guohui couldn’t get any information from them and could only drop the subject, but as soon as he thought of Gu Bai, who had turned into a zombie, he felt a stabbing pain in his heart...

The night before the apocalypse, it was foreordained to become a sleepless night. The thick darkness seemed to devour people. As time passed by, the moon hanging in the sky began to turn red, and furthermore, a solar eclipse began.

Finally, at the moment when the sun rose alternately the next morning, the entirety of the black sky turned into a blood red colour.

Everyone felt that they had heard a strange monster howling in their ears. All over the world, the zombies that were secretly imprisoned suddenly rioted and rushed out.

Fortunately, the apocalypse didn’t come unexpectedly. Many warnings had been given ahead of time. In addition to the news spread out by the Shen family on the internet the night before, the majority of people were well prepared to stay at home. Contrary to what one might expect, for the time being, a lot of people managed to survive for a while longer.

While everyone was hiding inside the house out of fear, Xiao Li had left after the lunar eclipse and took people with him as he set off towards the Northwest.

Originally, he had intended to directly occupy a place to establish a secure base, but now that Gu Bai had turned into a zombie, the plan had to be changed.

Xiao Li had many subordinates, so he couldn’t possibly bring all of them to the Northwest, especially those who had families. So he only brought with him unmarried men who volunteered to join him.

In addition, three other people were going the same way: Shen Guohui, Shen Muze, and Wu Donghan.

Finally, there weren’t a lot of people who had set out with Xiao Li. There were at least 30 people, but not a single one of them wasn’t an iron-blooded elite.

After everything was all packed and ready to go, they got into the cars and drove onto the road. All their cars had been specially modified before the apocalypse came. In addition to their early departure, the zombie rampage outside hadn’t yet reached the critical point, so their departure was very smooth.

Frankly, the thing they feared the most wasn’t the zombies outside, rather it was Gu Bai besides Xiao Li.

Everyone knew that zombies ate people. Even if Gu Bai didn’t seem to attack people right now, if by chance he suddenly went berserk, then they would all be done for.

However, Gu Bai was obviously not as ferocious as people thought. Besides his appearance, all his actions weren’t like that of a zombie’s. Instead, he was extremely docile.

Of course, this was when he stayed by Xiao Li. When he left Xiao Li’s side, he would regain his zombie instincts, savagely stretching out his sharp claws to kill any person or zombie which came close to him.

The most important thing was that everyone discovered that he didn’t eat human flesh. He resolutely didn’t consume human flesh even if he appeared to be utterly hungry and even when his saliva flowed out. Still, he was determined not to consume human flesh, so his perseverance of this moral principle was extraordinary.

Besides Xiao Li, Gu Bai’s attitude towards Shen Guohui and Shen Muze was also very special. In addition, he was very gentle in front of Shen Guohui. He especially liked to listen to Shen Guohui speaking to him, like a child facing his elders.

Towards Shen Muze, his attitude wasn’t so easy-going, as sometimes he would even bare his teeth, and he seemed to like frightening and playing tricks on Shen Muze. Nevertheless, in the end, he wouldn’t intentionally injure Shen Muze.

Everyone was surprised, and Shen Guohui couldn’t understand it. However, Shen Muze often saw that Gu Bai didn’t harm him in the end, and his eyes couldn’t help but turn red.

At the moment, he would rather have Gu Bai immediately kill him and consume his flesh. He unexpectedly didn’t want to see Gu Bai’s "unwilling to kill him" appearance.

This made him feel too guilty and contradictory. He couldn’t help but reflect on why the other side would do this. Their relationship was clearly so terrible. Su Yu should hate him as much as he hated Su Yu. They should be enemies, not like this.

No matter how much he thought about it, he was unable to understand it, and he didn’t know when his resentment towards Su Yu had disappeared, replaced by increasing guilt.

Moreover, looking at the way Shen Guohui and Gu Bai were interacting, his guilt in turn became deeper. He was unable to face himself. Facing Shen Guohui was truly like torture, and it was more painful than just killing him directly. He was about to fall apart.

Because they left early and the apocalypse had just begun, there wasn’t a large sea of corpses to deal with which was usually seen in the later stages of the apocalypse, and the highways were relatively clear.

Before the world became completely chaotic, they rushed ahead, continuing day and night, until finally a week later after rushing through the zombies, did they arrive at the desert borders of the Northwest.

When everyone feasted their eyes on the legendary Northwest desert border, they were all shocked.

The sky of the whole Northwest desert was as red as blood, but the sand on the ground was as black as night, and the air was filled with a thick smell of blood.

As they walked closer, they saw that the sand wasn’t black itself. Rather, it had been dyed black by a black liquid.

The desert was no longer a desert, but a quagmire of terror. Faintly everyone could hear a kind of unknown thing wailing in anguish.

"Fuck, when all is said and done, what the fuck is this situation now?"

Following along after Xiao Li were all crude and strong men, and after seeing this strange and horrid scene, they were unable to hold back from cursing out loud.

In fact, Shen Muze, who had experienced the world ending, was no better than everyone else. He had already known that the Northwest border was the cause of the world ending, but he didn’t expect something like this.

Listening to the intermittent, strange wailing of animals from the desert, everyone felt their scalps turning numb from this strangeness.

Cat: Chapter title: ?72? ??????(13), English: Chapter 72: No Plot in the End (13)

We are 4 chapters away from completing this arc, how exciting! Also wanted to quickly mention, thank you everyone who helped vote on CG’s belated Holiday giveway anniversary! The winners were announced on our Discord, I’m sure the announcement will be announced on the CG website eventually as Meli the owner of CG has a bit of IRL problems and isn’t currently available to announce things on the site.

The other quick thing i wanna say is, this chapter was one of the short chapters I’ve done in this arc QAQ 10 pages, 3-4 pages less than what I had to translate with all the others. Anyway now that that is over, Hope you enjoyed the chapter and thanks again to Mina and Evan for helping me~