Shadow In Your Mind [ARC 1- 5]

Chapter 89 - Accompany her new boyfriend

A/N: This chapter is for last week's wednesday update. My time had been full with things to do >.< sorry!

XG 89 - Accompany her new boyfriend

The days go on with Wong Xue Guo continuing to train, going out to kill zombies and gather supplies. At the end of the day, she would return to the lab and sleep like the dead. Exhaustion and Mr. Rabbit does chase nightmares away.

She had spent overnight outside of the Musihada laboratory three times, but those overnight stays never allowed her to rest well. Often, she would jolt awake in the middle of the night by something that only exists in her mind, or by small animals passing by.

Other than Wong Xue Guo and Chen Yibo, the group members always changed between Suzie Yap’s bodyguards and her father’s gang members. She had also gotten closer to Lan Yan, who did not mind sharing some of Charles Wong’s stories.

She had not seen much of Do Eunhyuk's group. The latest news she heard was that Do Eunhyuk formed a team with his daughter to hunt zombies and gather supplies whenever he was not needed in the lab.

Other than improving her zombie-slaying skills, Wong Xue Guo had also started to take Korean language lessons from Chen Yibo.

“I can teach, but I do not have the necessary books,” Chen Yibo said.

“No need. I just need to know how to handle conversation and understand what they say.”

"I will try my best to help you learn. If you find it hard, you can just ask me to help you translate."

"That's only if you plan to stick by my side forever," Wong Xue Guo retorted. Although Chen Yibo always tagged along with her whenever she went out of the base, she could see the research department was getting busy and he was often asked to help out.

“I will be there whenever you need me,” Chen Yibo promised. He had said it without reluctance or even spent time thinking it over.

She should have been happy about it, but there was a slight pain in her heart with the strange thought that his words were not exactly what she wanted. Before she could analyze that feeling further, she pushed it to the back of her mind. The instinct that was connected to the desire to protect herself told her not to examine it.

“Did the research on the gene make any progress?” Wong Xue Guo asked, not wanting to continue the previous topic any further.

“Progress… they named the gene ‘Alpha’.”

“Alpha?” Why does that term immediately bring forward the image of werewolves? She must have read too many werewolf romance stories. “Why do they name it so?”

“They reasoned that the gene could grant people with ability closer to God. Those with activated genes would be the new humans, bringing everyone to the new world. This apocalypse is their new beginning and the gene is their salvation. We are in generation Z, and the next generation is Alpha, so they used it.”

“How cheesy. Did no one disagree with it?”

“No. They liked it.” And so the name sticks.

After Chen Yibo agreed to teach her Korean, it became their daily routine of training or scouting for the most part of the day, and then return to the base, took a thorough shower before meeting up at her room to study.

At first, Chen Yibo disagreed as it was her private space, but with Suzie Yap supervising them in the living room, he relaxed his guard and agreed. He also noticed Mr. Rabbit sitting up on her bed and smiled after knowing it was given by Charles Wong.