Chapter 610: Chapter 610: Secret Glances
The smell of mutton blood and the fragrance emitted from humans are completely different.
Both can stimulate its taste buds, both are bright red blood, but human blood makes it lose control more easily.
Xiao Lan Zombie really wanted to pounce on the Song Family, but Zhang Yiming’s order was like an insurmountable chasm, trapping her firmly.
She didn’t yet have the concept of family affection, only knowing that whatever the King forbade, she should not do.
Xiao Lan Zombie immediately buried her head into the plate, swallowing chunks of mutton, desperately suppressing the urge to devour human flesh and blood.
Clearly, the scent coming from them was the most irresistible for her, but every time, she managed to control herself perfectly.
Since meeting Zhang Yiming, she hadn’t tasted the sweetness of human flesh.
When Zhang Yiming looked at zombies eating human flesh, the look in his eyes was one of undisguised disgust.
But sometimes, she could still see the desire to devour flesh and blood in the King’s eyes.
Clearly wanting to devour flesh and blood, yet always restraining himself, and extremely disgusted by the act of devouring.
She couldn’t understand this look, but she knew to follow the King’s orders.
Whatever the King disliked, she would not do.
There was no thinking involved, only instincts being followed.
A plate of blood-red mutton quickly went into Xiao Lan Zombie’s stomach. She ate rapidly, hardly chewing.
A piece of rotten flesh slipped from her mouth onto the plate.
Song Hongfei placed the plate at the designated spot for Xiao Lan Zombie’s meals, carefully cleaning it.
The kitchen was divided into two spaces, one for cooked food and the other for slicing bloodied meat—exclusively for Xiao Lan Zombie.
After finishing the mutton, Xiao Lan Zombie returned to her dazed state, instinctively moving closer to Bai Xiqin.
Perhaps she thought that the scent emanating from Bai Xiqin was the most captivating to zombies.
Xiao Lan Zombie’s figure remained in perfect proportion, her sky-blue dress fitting her body perfectly, accentuating her curves.
One could vaguely see that she used to have an oval face, big eyes, long eyelashes that hadn’t all fallen off, scattered above.
Now, in addition to black blood on her face, there was more bloody red, smeared around her mouth after her feast.
Song’s mother used a new white towel to gently dab at the corners of Xiao Lan Zombie’s mouth, wiping off the red blood she had smeared.
She also rinsed the rotten flesh on her face to prevent Xiao Lan Zombie from emanating a strong putrid odor in the hot summer.
Bai Xiqin glanced at the window facing the sunrise, where a dedicated clothes rack hung with freshly washed white towels, almost too many to fit.
Fortunately, the sun was strong enough to dry them in less than an hour.
Beside the clothes rack was a cabinet full of white towels.
Even though black blood flowing from zombies was so common, asking ordinary zombies to maintain hygiene seemed like a waste.
But the Song Family never considered Xiao Lan Zombie a burden and never displayed any impatience.
"Are you full now? We’ll give you more to eat tomorrow, but let’s stick to raw meat, not human flesh, okay?"
Song’s mother’s face was full of kindness; after every meal, she would instill the idea of not eating humans in Xiao Lan Zombie’s ears.
This was also to ensure that when Xiao Lan Zombie gained awareness, she wouldn’t feel so guilty.
Song Wenwen used to be such a kind girl; knowing she had eaten human flesh would make her despair.
Therefore, although the Song Family knew that feeding zombies human flesh was best, they never considered feeding Xiao Lan Zombie with human flesh.
Feeding her animal raw meat sufficed.
Cooked food was something Xiao Lan Zombie couldn’t digest, so they had to make do.
Regarding Song’s mother’s nagging, Xiao Lan Zombie didn’t show any emotional fluctuations, just blankly watching Bai Xiqin with a hint of grievance in her eyes.
As if to say ―
I can only eat mutton, not human flesh. How pitiful.
I can only stay here, can’t go out. How pitiful.
Bai Xiqin looked at Xiao Lan Zombie’s pitiful face, gently smiled, and patted her shoulder.
"Congratulations, you’re home now."
No one else would treat Xiao Lan Zombie better than the Song Family.
Xiao Lan Zombie’s decayed eyes moved almost imperceptibly and she took a step toward Bai Xiqin.
Apparently, she wanted to follow Bai Xiqin.
And also wanted to see her King again.
Bai Xiqin noticed Xiao Lan Zombie’s small gestures but didn’t understand her intentions, thinking that Xiao Lan Zombie had a good relationship with her and therefore felt close to her.
Or perhaps her own scent of flesh and blood was particularly sensitive to her.
Even if Bai Xiqin understood Xiao Lan Zombie’s intention, she wouldn’t take her away because the Song Family was her family.
Family should be together.
Nonetheless, Bai Xiqin would come to visit Xiao Lan Zombie.
Bai Xiqin considered Xiao Lan Zombie the second cutest zombie in the world, with Fan Tangtang being the first.
Clearly, Xiao Lan Zombie’s face was full of rotten flesh, but from her various clumsy behaviors, or the expectant gaze waiting for pretty dresses, Bai Xiqin saw that she was very cute.
If others knew that Bai Xiqin found the Zombie King Fan Tangtang and Xiao Lan Zombie cute, they would drown her with saliva.
Truly blind, considering a brainwave that could control zombie hordes and a Xiao Lan Zombie who looked no different from other ordinary zombies as cute?
Only people with something wrong in the head and extraordinary courage might find them cute!
However, in Bai Xiqin and the Song Family’s eyes, Xiao Lan Zombie was indeed very cute.
Just like Leng Yebai thought Bai Xiqin was the gentlest girl ever!
"Alright, let’s eat!"
Song Ning smiled as he carried plate after plate of hot dishes to the table.
They were several reheated and stir-fried canned meats.
There were canned fish, canned pork, stir-fried sausages, and wild greens dug from outside.
The mutton was made into several dishes, some stir-fried, some pan-fried.
In the center was an alcohol burner pot bubbling with steaming mutton stew, its aroma filling the air.
The meat dishes from the cans didn’t look great after reheating and stir-frying, but the taste was passable.
This was the best meal the Song Family could prepare.
Not only here, but even within the entire safe base, the Song Family’s meals were among the top.
Resources were scarce, so getting enough to eat was already a luxury.
Song Ning cherished this hard-to-get mutant mutton, so he cooked it deliciously, making the aroma waft far away.
Bai Xiqin and Leng Yebai were enthusiastically pulled to the sofa by Song’s mother, while Xiao Lan Zombie was arranged to sit next to Bai Xiqin.
Xiao Lan Zombie didn’t have her own spot, nor was there anything laid on the sofa.
The Song Family kept the house clean, and any blood from Xiao Lan Zombie was promptly cleaned up.
They didn’t mind the trouble, treating Xiao Lan Zombie as much like a normal person as possible, trying not to differentiate.
The sofa quickly got dirty because of Xiao Lan Zombie, but Song’s mother didn’t care.
It could be washed again.
Xiao Lan Zombie had no appetite for the food on the table, only sitting blankly beside Bai Xiqin, her decayed eyes occasionally lingering on Bai Xiqin.
Whenever Bai Xiqin turned to look at Xiao Lan Zombie, Xiao Lan Zombie would slowly shift her gaze, avoiding Bai Xiqin.
Back and forth between the human and the zombie, there was a subtle hint of exchanged glances.
