It's been five days since I completely recovered.

During these days, An He told me a lot, and my guard gradually dropped down, feeling like I had someone to rely on. When I saw Jinjin, I felt an unexplainable sense of responsibility.

That night, we were awakened by the banging on the door downstairs, An He and I opened the door at the same time.

Our rooms were opposite each other, so as soon as we opened the doors, we saw each other.

We both instinctively picked up a knife and a flashlight.

My baseball bat and the kitchen knife, reinforced by An He, became sharp and sturdy.

I followed him down the stairs slowly. With the moonlight, we could clearly see that there was a group of zombies outside the door.

It was so dark that we couldn't see the exact number of them.

But one thing was for sure, the zombies had surrounded the villa, as we could hear knocking sounds from all directions.

I felt my hand with the baseball bat sweating profusely after a long time.

"Let's go to the basement first, and check the situation when it's daylight."

"Okay."

We went back upstairs, An He holding Jinjin, pulling Lin Shu down, I followed closely behind Yanzi.

We arrived at the basement smoothly.

The basement was quite large, almost the size of three floors combined upstairs.

"Xiao Qian, come with me upstairs again, and let's bring down the food and daily necessities."

"Okay."

Actually, there wasn't much special to tidy up upstairs, as the basement had everything - a kitchen, a bathroom, bedrooms, etc.

But there were vegetables in the refrigerator, frozen meat, and some daily necessities that needed to be brought down, just to be safe.

We were worried before about not being able to stay upstairs, and what we should do then.

So we decided to split the food into two parts, one for upstairs and one for the basement.

Even though we couldn't stay upstairs anymore, we didn't want to waste the food upstairs!

I followed behind An He, rummaging through everything, picking up useful items as he did, as if this place wasn't his home.

Suddenly, the entire building shook like an earthquake.

"The zombie tide is coming, let's go down to the basement quickly."

We had just reached the first floor lobby when one of the doors was already kicked open by the zombies. They were fast, running towards An He and me. At this point, my nerves didn't give me time to think.

An He pulled me and ran towards the basement.

Fortunately, the distance was not far, and we reached the basement door in a few steps.

An He shoved me into the room, almost making me fall flat on my face.

He used his body to brace the door.

But there were too many zombies, and one of them had already reached out towards An He.

I swiftly swung my knife, and a decaying hand fell to the ground.

There were no obstacles now, An He pushed the door hard, locking it.

Then, he motioned for me and him to move two wardrobes, firmly blocking the doorway.

After doing all this, Yanzi checked me and An He, making sure there were no issues.

Lin Shu also checked An He's body.

He had been scratched on the neck...

My reaction was too slow just now...

A very small wound, but it got infected very quickly.

An He shrugged off Lin Shu's hand, ran into the smallest bedroom, locked the door, and from the sounds of it, he seemed to have moved all the beds and wardrobes in the room to the door to block it.

Lin Shu bit her lip, not daring to cry out.

"Xiao Qian! Take care of Ashu and Jinjin for me. Survive well."

Before I could reply, the familiar banging on the door started from inside.

I stepped forward and tightly embraced Lin Shu.

"I'm sorry."

I didn't know why I was apologizing, but I thought it would make both me and Lin Shu feel a little better.

Lin Shu buried her face in my shoulder and burst into tears.

"I will definitely protect you. Trust me."

Lin Shu didn't say a word, just kept sobbing.

Yanzi held Jinjin who had just woken up, gently patting her back to soothe her to sleep.

The next day, I looked at my watch, it was already past eight o'clock.

There was a small window in the basement, the only source of light.

If people didn't bask in the sun, they would get sick.

So the four of us decided that each person would take turns to bask in the sun for an hour every day.

A few days ago, when we were upstairs, the electricity in the house depended on the solar panels on the roof. Now in the basement, we relied on the diesel generator.

An He was truly a resourceful person.

Except for cooking, we generally didn't use electricity.

Jinjin was very well-behaved, she didn't wake up demanding to see her dad, she seemed to know that her dad had turned into a strange person.

Although I had only known An He for a few days, we had already formed a deep revolutionary friendship. For his departure, I was not only sad, but also full of regret.