Survival, not dignity, is paramount.
Despite his fine words, he was merely a keyboard warrior!
Upon Zhou Yong's decision to defect, Su Ling dropped her casual demeanor. She lazily lifted her head to look at him, "Mm."
Receiving Su Ling's response, Zhou Yong quickly stepped forward, opened the rear car door, and with fluid movements, sat inside. He then slammed the door shut with a 'bang'. "There's a zombie over there, its strength shouldn't be underestimated, it's terrifying. You..."
He stopped mid-sentence and fell silent.
It was then he remembered that Chu Jin had called out the names Shang Qi and Su Ling when she arrived.
As if a thought struck him, Zhou Yong glanced at Su Ling in the passenger seat, "Are you Shang Qi or Su Ling?"
"The latter," Su Ling replied without even looking at Zhou Yong. "Welcome to our family."
Zhou Yong: "..." He had just walked himself straight into a tiger's den!
Following Zhou Yong's flurry of actions, Chu Jin, with hands in his pockets, slowly ambled to Su Ling's car door. He stopped and looked at Su Ling, "The safety hazards in my building have been cleared. You can go scavenge."
After saying this, Chu Jin walked around to the rear door, opened it, and looked at Zhou Yong sitting in his spot. He spoke casually, "Move over, make some space for me?"
Zhou Yong was quite afraid of Chu Jin. He knew Chu Jin was a zombie and had personally witnessed the scene of humans being devoured by zombies.
Although he didn't understand why Su Ling and the others chose to associate with a zombie, when faced with an insurmountable opponent, he could only cling to Su Ling's thigh. Since Su Ling was partnered with a zombie, it implied this zombie could be controlled and manipulated.
Despite his fear, after a moment of consideration, Zhou Yong, suppressing his inner trepidation, shifted his position to make room for Chu Jin.
Once Zhou Yong had made space, Chu Jin grabbed the car door and got in, taking the seat Zhou Yong had vacated.
Settling into the car, Chu Jin looked at Su Ling in the passenger seat, "You go ahead. I'll guard our new companion."
Su Ling in the passenger seat gave a faint "Mm" and then opened the door, jumping out of the car and leaving under Zhou Yong's trembling gaze.
As for Chu Jin, after Su Ling exited the vehicle, he took off his sunglasses and turned his head to look at Zhou Yong.
Zhou Yong had been watching Su Ling's receding figure when he was suddenly met with a pair of crimson eyes.
"Hiss!" Zhou Yong gasped, his breath catching in his throat. Snapping back to reality, he saw that Chu Jin was looking at him.
He couldn't comprehend that gaze, but he interpreted the message conveyed by those eyes as a desire to eat him!
The moment this thought surfaced, a bold and absurd idea took root:
Su Ling didn't kill him, and she offered him an olive branch. Did this mean he was food to Su Ling, food for this zombie!
Before Chu Jin could speak, Zhou Yong swallowed hard and blurted out, "Don't eat me, my flesh isn't tasty. It's stinky and foul. Besides, I haven't bathed in a long time, and there's so much dirt on me that even looking at myself makes me sick."
"And also, I have body odor, foot odor, and underarm odor. I also have a peculiar habit: I don't wipe after using the toilet, I just pull up my pants, leaving residual feces stuck to my underwear. The crucial point is, I don't bathe or change my clothes. This underwear of mine has a thick layer of caked-on excrement."
After a thorough self-deprecation, Zhou Yong looked at Chu Jin with utmost sincerity, "Believe me, I'm not delicious. Don't eat me and dirty your mouth and teeth!"