Chapter 44: Why Am I So Unlucky?
“That’s right, look at how you tore my pants! They’re practically beggar’s rags now!”
After Li Nai recovered, I explained to her at length while getting dressed, finally making her understand what had happened earlier.
Not to mention my fingers. My left pinky finger had broken off again, and I wanted to wrap the wound to stop the bleeding. But when I wiped it just now, I found that the bleeding had stopped, and the wound was blocked. It was more like it had “healed” than “blocked.”
It was as if my pinky finger “hadn’t been reattached since it broke last time.”
This strange situation made me wonder for a while.
But in the end, I couldn’t figure out what was going on.
I remember Miss Shirley helped me find another maid who could heal to reattach my finger, right? I should ask her next time I have the chance.
“You don’t even know yourself?!
Li Nai shook her head innocently, shrugging and spreading her hands to indicate she knew nothing about it.
How could this be! She didn’t know anything about the withdrawal symptoms!
Could it be because this was the first time it had happened?
Aunt Qing hadn’t told her about this, but had secretly added human flesh to her food, which had prevented it from happening until now.
So, how long one had to go without eating human flesh before withdrawal symptoms occurred was completely unknown.
The current Li Nai was like a ticking time bomb. I really didn’t feel safe staying by her side. I definitely needed some kind of security.
“Would you mind if I tied you up?”
Although I had a feeling that even tying her up wouldn’t be of much use. The strength she displayed when she went berserk meant ordinary ropes couldn’t hold her.
So, it could only serve as psychological comfort. But Li Nai was Li Nai, and no one could match her in pretending to be innocent. She immediately responded with a coy and shy demeanor.
“Hey! Jun Cheng, you actually have that kind of kink?! As my partner, I’ll satisfy your desires. But I refuse overly terrible restraints, okay? Kinbaku or…
…or shitate-kote is fine, but yugiri-chintai-hansui-kote is something I refuse. And don’t tie any knots in the crotch ropes, I might…”
“Why do you know so much about it!”
“Actually, I’m a little interested in rope bondage, so I’ve used soy sauce bottles as experimental subjects and tied them up a few times.”
“Don’t do such brutal things to soy sauce bottles!
Your soy sauce bottle must be crying! And Aunt Qing will definitely be shocked when she finds out. Don’t cause trouble for others!”
Li Nai’s thoughts were still so erratic; she suddenly shifted to a serious topic.
“However, I thought the virus spreading would only cause memory loss and IQ decline. I didn’t expect it to come with this strange illness. Or perhaps the virus spread is caused by this symptom?”
“You knew the virus was spreading just now?”
“Yes, I occasionally get dizzy and sleepy, my head isn’t very clear, and I feel like I can’t remember anything. That’s when the virus is basically spreading. My mom told me.”
Aunt Qing told her? It seemed Aunt Qing really did know about Li Nai’s withdrawal symptoms, but for some reason, she had never told Li Nai herself.
However, Aunt Qing must have also thought…
“Didn’t she tell you the solution?”
“She only told me to ‘hurry home or ask Xuanxuan for some snacks.’ Ah, could it be that—”
“We’re probably very close to the truth. When we get home, Aunt Qing will make soup for you, which contains human flesh. And the snacks Xuan’er gives you are also…”
“… Like that.”
Who is Kaoru Tsukiyose? She’s a ghoul, after all. Getting human flesh would be incredibly easy!
I remember the first time I met her, it was a terrifying scene where Little Loli was eating people, which almost made me vomit.
Li Nai’s expression also darkened a bit. It was rare to see her so listless. The thought of becoming a dangerous person who attacked others everywhere if she didn’t eat human flesh seemed to have hit her hard.
Just then, my phone buzzed. Even before I answered, I knew who it was.
Li Nai looked up and asked.
“Is it Xuanxuan’s call?”
“Yes, she’s probably calling to remind me about your withdrawal symptoms.”
I took out my phone and answered it.
“Hello, hello, is this Jun Cheng! Thank goodness, it seems you’re okay!”
The little Loli’s anxious voice came from the phone. From her tone, I understood everything. It felt like it was too late. I sighed and replied.
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“…It’s me.”
“Um, I forgot to tell you just now. If you found Li Nai, remember to have her eat meat quickly. It’s almost time.”
My pinky finger was already inside her stomach.
“Eh?! Is it too late already! This is bad! Jun Cheng, run quickly! Nai is about to become a real zombie and will prioritize attacking the closest target! If you’ve already been bitten, hurry to Black Street without a moment’s delay!”
“That’s not a problem anymore. When she went berserk just now, I controlled her and fed her my finger, and she recovered. She’s standing next to me now. Do you want to hear her voice?”
I handed the phone to Li Nai, but she didn’t take it. Instead, she gave me a wry smile, adjusted her mood, and pretended to be cheerful.
“I’m fine! Xuan! I’ve recovered! Oh my, I didn’t expect to have such a hidden skill. Ah—”
Her laughter gradually faded. As expected, she was forcing herself to pretend she was fine. She must have done this to avoid worrying Kaoru Tsukiyose.
“Is Nianai okay now? Phew, that’s great to hear.”
“Yes! Don’t worry about me anymore!”
After speaking, Li Nai put her palm up to me in a “please” gesture.
She wants me to help her keep it a secret, I can’t help it.
I brought the phone back to my ear and said.
“Ah… I’m sorry, Jun Cheng. It’s all my fault for being careless— Wait! Jun Cheng, you fed her your finger! Did any of the wound come into contact with her saliva? The zombie virus can spread through wounds!”
“It’s fine. I bit it off myself and put it in her mouth.”
As expected, it was the right decision to hold back deliberately.
I was afraid of being infected with the zombie virus if my wound came into contact with her saliva, so I bit it off myself first and spat it into her mouth. It now seems that this was indeed a necessary action. However, I never want to experience anything similar ever again in my life.
“Ugh, that looks painful. It’s true that not everyone carries beef jerky with them. This must be a disaster for you, Jun Cheng.”
“Yeah, not everyone carries beef…”
What did she just say?
“Meow! My eardrums are about to pop! Why are you suddenly shouting so loudly?”
Nonsense, of course I couldn’t help but shout. So,
“So, it doesn’t have to be human flesh!”
“Eh? Of course. To put it simply, human flesh is no different from other animal meat. Chemically speaking, no matter what kind of meat it is, if you feed it to NaiNai, she will recover.”
Damn it, why did I have to sacrifice my own finger!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! This feeling is terrible!
If I had to say it, it’s like “lost the wife and also lost the soldiers.” No, it’s even worse. It’s like “after defeating the boss, you discover the boss was just a fake boss created by the real boss.” It’s like— Aaaah!
I’m about to bleed to death. My heart is bleeding!
My little finger sacrificed itself in vain!
“By the way, didn’t you have lunch together? Why didn’t you eat meat! MEAT!”
“It was also an accident. We had cloud noodles for lunch today. I thought it was meat. But when I passed by earlier to buy a few more bowls to take home for dinner,
I happened to overhear the boss talking about the ingredients, and I realized it was made from mushrooms and soy products, with absolutely no meat. So NaiNai hadn’t eaten meat for over eight hours. Of course, she would…”
What kind of thing is this? It’s like heaven deliberately set her up to meet me just to prank me!
“However, Jun Cheng, you’d better take NaiNai to eat meat quickly.
Her endurance depends on how much meat she eats. The small amount of meat from your finger that you fed her can only last for a little while.”
“Ah, I know. I’m hanging up now.”
I suddenly felt exhausted. I let out a long sigh and hung up the phone to look at Li Nai.
This guy had completely revived.
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I mean mentally.
Upon hearing that she didn’t need to eat human flesh, she instantly recovered.
She clasped her hands together by her face, tilted her head, and looked at me with shining eyes, pretending to be cute.
“Ah~ I’m suddenly so hungry~ Oh dear, what should I do~”
“Didn’t you just have dinner with Xuan’er?”
“Oh? Did that happen? I forgot~ Hehe~.”
“Stop pretending to have amnesia. Even if you have amnesia, what you’ve eaten is still in your stomach.”
“That was four hours ago! What I ate that long ago has long since been crushed by gravity!”
“Is your stomach connected to a black hole?!”
“If I don’t eat, I’ll go berserk again?”
“I’ll infect innocent people everywhere?”
“I’ll peel off your pants and bite you?”
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Although I really wanted to say “Do it again if you dare!”, I ultimately chickened out.
Li Nai seized the opportunity to lean close to me and repeated the words like a mantra in my ear.
“I’m so hungry, I’m so hungry, so hungry Jun Cheng~ I, am, SO, HUNGRY~”
Gaaaaaaahhhhhh!
“Alright! I know! I’ll treat you to a meal! Please stop saying those three words ‘I’m so hungry’!”
Now, whenever I hear her say those three words, my heart races with anxiety, and I feel like she’ll activate her true zombie mode and bite me the next second.
In the end, I reluctantly took her out to eat, and she extorted me.
This is the real “lost the wife and also lost the soldiers”!
Speaking of which, who did I offend?
Why am I so unlucky?
Spare me, what kind of nonsense is all this!
