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Chapter 82 - 82 Character Weaknesses
The city where Suwan's family lives is in the relatively poorer north. They left the safe zone in the morning. After a ten-hour flight, it was already dark, and the trees blocked the light and shadows. It was already early October, and the temperature naturally dropped. Suwan was in good physical condition and didn't feel anything, but Zoe's attention was diverted from the flying plane. When she noticed the environment she was in, she immediately felt cold. The clothes she was wearing were the lab coats of scientific researchers. Although they were loose, they were not warm, and they looked very thin in the environment she was in. Although she tried hard to hide it, she couldn't help shivering, which was immediately noticed by Suwan.
Suwan withdrew her gaze from the surroundings and reached out to hug Zoe: "Are you cold?" Her action brought Zoe psychological warmth, but it could not bring warmth to Zoe's body, so Zoe nodded frankly and did not show off, but she also emphasized to Suwan: "Fortunately, it's not to the point where I can't bear it."
"It's going to get colder," Suwan said.
Suwan looked down at the time displayed on his multi-function watch. It was already 9:30 in the afternoon. It gets dark early in the north, and it was almost dark in the forest to the point where he couldn't see the road ahead. In such an environment, even if there was no danger, it was easy to fall and get injured. So Suwan walked around and found that the area was temporarily safe. He cleared a small area and lit a small fire with windproof matches. The two of them sat on the rocks next to the fire to warm themselves. It was too dangerous to do this without knowing whether the environment was absolutely safe. If Suwan was alone, she would never make such a low-level mistake, but there was no way. She was too familiar with the environment in the north. The later it was, the lower the temperature was. Zoe couldn't stand such cold. They were too hasty when they left, and they didn't have time to prepare, nor did they have the opportunity to prepare too many items. It was very good that Suwan could prepare her equipment.
Suwan didn't mean to blame Zoe at all. She even took off her combat uniform jacket and gave it to Zoe. She herself was only wearing the tight black short-sleeved combat uniform.
"You'll be cold too. I'm much better. I won't wear it," Zoe tried to refuse, but Suwan was particularly insistent at this time: "I'm not cold. I won't feel cold even if it snows, but it will be troublesome if you catch a cold." Suwan was right. Her physical fitness and training intensity made her not worry about this temperature at all. She had experienced worse situations, not to mention it was just a slight drop in temperature. Zoe couldn't argue with Suwan, so she had to put on the coat that still had Suwan's warm body temperature, and there was a small fire to warm herself. She did feel a lot warmer, but she couldn't help blaming herself, thinking that she had caused trouble for Suwan as soon as she got off the plane. She really wanted to do something to help Suwan to the best of her ability, but all the top scientific and technological knowledge she knew was simply useless when it came to survival in the wild.
Seeing Zoe lowering her head in a depressed mood, Suwan could guess what she was thinking. Although she listened to the movements around her alertly and did not dare to let down her guard, she did not want Zoe to feel guilty. Suwan was very moved that Zoe could abandon everything and follow her to a completely unfamiliar and unknown place with unknown dangers. She naturally felt a sense of responsibility to protect Zoe, so Suwan threw broken wood branches into the fire while talking to Zoe: "Is it too quiet?"
It's really too quiet.
Such a quiet environment made Zoe feel a little uncomfortable, but with the powerful Suwan by her side and the light of the fire, Zoe was not afraid. This was her first time in such an environment. If she had not left the safe zone secretly, it could be said that she would never have the possibility of facing these. After all, she was a scientific researcher who had no self-protection ability and needed to be carefully protected.
"It's too quiet," Zoe nodded.
"Let me tell you a story," Suwan smiled, revealing his little fangs.
"Okay," Zoe nodded with interest.
"Let me tell you a ghost story."
"...!"
Suwan laughed twice.
"You bad guy," Zoe couldn't help laughing.
"You'll be so scared now that you'll jump into my arms," Suwan stretched out her arms exaggeratedly, and Zoe smiled and jumped into her arms.
"I haven't told you yet."
"Whatever. I'm already scared."
Suwan laughed and reached out to smooth Zoe's hair. Ever since the scandal broke out, they had no time to care about their appearance. In the past two months, Suwan's bangs had grown below his eyebrows, and Zoe's short hair had grown to her shoulders.
"Are you scared, Zoe?" Suwan asked softly, lowering his voice.
"I'm not afraid." Zoe snuggled in Suwan's arms and watched the increasingly dim firelight with her.
"Do you regret this, Zoe?"
"No regrets."
"You'll never regret it?"
"I will never regret it."
"Even if you turn into a zombie?"
Zoe was silent.
Suwan frowned slightly, somewhat disappointed, and to hide her little emotion, she gently kissed Zoe's hair.
"Avi," Zoe leaned against Suwan, holding Suwan's waist tightly with both hands, tilting her head slightly, looking at Suwan with her lake green eyes without blinking: "If I become a zombie in an irreversible situation, what will you do?"
"...kill you." Although it is cruel, it is rational and the only solution.
Zoe was not sad. Apparently, she already knew Suwan's answer. She asked Suwan again, "Do you know what I would do if you were the one who became a zombie?"
"Kill me," of course, so Suwan did not hesitate and said it very decisively.
"No," Zoe shook her head, then she pushed her hair aside, revealing her smooth neck to Suwan.
A gesture of offering sacrifice to a vampire.
The answers given by the two of them, one absolutely rational and the other overly emotional, were two completely different extremes.
The firelight was dim and uncertain. Suwan stared at Zoe blankly, unable to tell what was in her heart. She smiled stiffly: "You're crazy." Suwan advised Zoe to give up this irrational idea. Even though it was just an idea, it did not conform to the optimal choice that Belster always followed.
"Avi, this world has gone crazy," Zoe hugged Suwan again, but her face was still looking up at Suwan, as if she was looking up at a god.
"Avi, do you know why I insisted on you wearing that cross at that time?"
"You said you would recognize me by this cross." Suwan thought about it.
Zoe nodded.
So, what happens after recognition?
"I thought at that time, you always go on missions and save people, but you don't always come back safely. Avi, you face too many life-threatening dangers. If you fail to escape, you will die. You are wearing that cross. If I see you, I can recognize you. If I recognize you, I will let you bite me, and then we will become zombies together. Even if we are treated as dangers and eliminated, we will be eliminated together," Zoe said seriously, with a serious attitude like an oath. She didn't lie. When she parted with Suwan, she made this decision.
Suwan looked at her quietly.
"Avi, I'm too selfish. You know, I'm actually very selfish. I don't care about other people. I don't care whether the shady crisis can be resolved. I only care about you. I always remember the first time we met, you held my hand. That was when I felt most relieved. Later, when we met again, I thought, I don't want to lose you again." 𝚗ov𝚙𝚞𝚋.c𝚘m
Zoe said that, very confidently and persistently.
Suwan looked at her quietly, unable to say anything.
Her first time in love.
He experienced this kind of love that was deeply loved to the bone. Zoe's love was so deep that Suwan didn't know how to respond.
I don't know whether it is lucky or unfortunate.
Suwan can't say sweet words, she can only express it through actions, that is to protect Zoe with her life.
Zoe soon fell asleep in Suwan's arms. The small fire soon went out, but Suwan did not light it again. It was already very dark, and lighting a fire at this time would be too obvious and too dangerous in the dark. She tried her best to hug Zoe tightly to block some of the cold wind for her. The temperature was very low, and she was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt. The cold wind caused small bumps on her arms, but Suwan did not feel cold.
Suwan hugged Zoe with her eyes closed, holding the gun in her other hand and keeping an eye on the surroundings. Even though she was resting, maybe it was because she was in her hometown, she remembered many things from the past.
She thought of her parents.
It was strange, Suwan had missed them before, but not these specific things.
This is probably the feeling of being homesick.
Suwan's father is a very serious and strict person. He has very high requirements for Suwan. He does not give Suwan any freedom in life or study. If Suwan fails to reach the goals he sets, it seems that she has made a mistake as a "girl". The sentence his father often says is "Suwan, you can't do anything well", as if he has lost the right to exercise his father's power if he does not give Suwan such psychological hints. Suwan herself is also puzzled. How can her father still seem to live in the past decades when boys were favored over girls? Although her mother loves her, she never has the courage to refute the decisions made by her father. Such a family has brought too much pressure to Suwan, making her feel uncomfortable and breathless.
She often regretted how she lived in such a family and tried every means to escape from such an environment, because she knew that if she continued to live in such a family, she would collapse sooner or later.
Belster was her only way to escape from this family.
And now, she is escaping Belster again.
Zoe said she was selfish, and Zoe thought that was too much.
But she hadn't fully realized how selfish Suwan was.
The time they had spent together was too short, so Zoe could only see the good in Suwan and had no chance to discover his character flaws.
No one is perfect, everyone has shortcomings, selfishness, or greed.
Human nature is evil.
Suwan moved closer to Zoe. She didn't feel cold, but she felt that this made her warmer.
