"No..."
Elizabeth was held in a princess carry by Leo and gently placed on the sofa.
Whether it was because she was too hungry or awakened by Leo, she opened her eyes in a daze, her round eyes dim and unfocused.
But immediately, when she saw that she was facing a handsome face, she was stunned, then wiped her eyes hard.
"Leo!"
"You... are you awake? You're fine!"
"It's okay, it's okay, I knew... I knew you wouldn't turn into a zombie!"
After seeing Leo clearly, Elizabeth suddenly cried with joy, hugged Leo's neck, leaned on his shoulder, and couldn't help crying.
Elizabeth's voice was very soft. Even while crying at this moment, it was still as gentle and stirring as a spring breeze.
Leo hugged Elizabeth and patted her back gently, easing her emotions.
The snow-white fragrant shoulders rested under his chin, and the comfortable touch and the refreshing milky fragrance that reached his nose made Leo's heart stir.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine, Elizabeth..." Leo comforted her.
After a long time, Elizabeth finally calmed down.
She wiped away her tears, looked at the big boy's awkward expression, couldn't help but smile, and then lowered her head shyly.
"Ahem... Elizabeth, what's going on? I remember that I was bitten by our neighbor?" Leo changed the topic and asked about the thing that concerned him most.
When Elizabeth heard this, she put away her smile, with a hint of fear in her eyes, and told him everything in detail.
It turned out that at the time, Leo had grabbed their neighbor, who had turned into a zombie next door, to prevent her from hurting Elizabeth, and didn't let go even when he finally passed out.
Elizabeth was scared at first. After all, she was just a woman who collected rent every month—how could she have experienced such a bloody thing?
However, when Leo fell into a coma, Elizabeth didn't know where the courage came from. While crying, she picked up the fire extinguisher nearby and desperately smashed it against the zombie's head, until she had no strength left at all and the zombie's head was completely smashed into paste.
Leo was unconscious, and Elizabeth was overwhelmed with grief.
She lived a rent-collecting life relying on a few houses from her family's demolition compensation, but she had poor judgment in men and found herself a bastard.
Since the divorce, the most important things in her life were her newborn daughter and... this big boy who rented her house, never owed rent, was enthusiastic about helping with everything big and small, was handsome, and clearly had feelings for her.
Her daughter died because of her.
The only thought that supported her will to survive was Leo.
Seeing that Leo was about to leave her too, she was grief-stricken. After using her last strength to get Leo home, seeing him unconscious, she made a decision that sounded very outrageous in modern society, but was deeply touching.
—Martyrdom!
She had actually known about Leo's love for her for a long time.
But it was too late.
When Leo moved in, she was already five months pregnant.
Moreover, the age gap between them was too large.
Leo had just turned twenty, but she was twenty-five years old, no longer perfect, and had a daughter.
Leo's enthusiasm and companionship not only moved her but even made her develop deep feelings for him.
Unfortunately, fate was cruel, and circumstances were unpredictable.
In order not to delay and hold back Leo, she could only bury this feeling deep in her heart.
If it weren't for the love for Leo in her heart, she wouldn't have been able to go on living when her daughter died!
She had originally prepared for martyrdom.
But at noon the next day, she found that Leo still had breathing, although it was very weak. The fact that he hadn't transformed into a corpse for such a long time was enough to show that there was still hope!
She had read zombie novels, and this week she had also observed the zombies in the outside world through the window, learned information from the internet, and knew that once humans were bitten by zombies, they would definitely transform in a very short period of time.
But Leo didn't.
Elizabeth rekindled her hope.
However, there was nothing to eat at home.
The bottled water was gone.
The tap water—she didn't dare to drink it, for fear of being infected.
But for Leo, she still plucked up the courage to boil the tap water, then added some remaining condiments like soy sauce and salt, and drank it herself to produce milk.
Finally, she held the cup by herself and squeezed out the milk from her breasts bit by bit into the glass.
Fortunately, she was still breastfeeding.
It was like milking a cow, not a single bit wasted.
Without her daughter, Leo completely filled the loneliness and emptiness in her heart.
Every day, as long as she was awake, she was either drinking water or squeezing out milk bit by bit, then feeding Leo every drop, without a moment of rest, until she couldn't support herself anymore and collapsed.
Just relying on this, drop by drop.
After three days, Leo finally opened his eyes.
After listening to the whole story, although he still hadn't figured out why he didn't transform after being bitten by a zombie, Leo was extremely moved by Elizabeth's actions!
He hugged Elizabeth tightly and said affectionately, "Elizabeth, thank you!"
Although Elizabeth only mentioned some things, Leo could still understand her hardship!
Nothing else mattered.
With Elizabeth's traditional and conservative nature, it took tremendous courage just to take the initiative to squeeze milk into the cup and then feed it to a young guy like him!
"Mmm..." Elizabeth was a little breathless from his embrace, and coupled with the exhaustion of these three days, she couldn't help but close her eyes comfortably and fell asleep in Leo's arms.
She was so tired.
For three days, she couldn't eat properly, had to sustain herself by drinking boiled water, and had to desperately squeeze out milk.
It was simply difficult to persevere through.
She only felt the pain in her breasts now.
But the fatigue made her have no time to care about the pain, so she fell asleep again.
"Hmm..."
After placing Elizabeth on the bed and covering her with the quilt, looking at the quietly sleeping beauty, Leo took a deep breath, lowered his head, leaned over, and gently kissed her red and swollen nipples without any improper thoughts.
You protected me for three days.
For the rest of my life, I will protect you!
Leo made an oath in his heart, then left the bedroom and went to the living room.
"I still have to find a way to get out!"
"And if conditions permit, I need to find a safer place to make a stronghold."
Sitting on the old sofa in the living room, through the bedroom door, he could clearly see Elizabeth lying quietly on the bed. Leo thought it over and made a decision.
He picked up his phone and glanced at the time.
April 10th.
In other words, ten days had passed since the outbreak of the apocalypse!
He remembered that Lily had died on April 1st, April Fool's Day.
He had also come home from school in the afternoon and had time to accompany Elizabeth and Lily out for a walk. If he had known, he shouldn't have gone out for a walk, or he should have stayed at school by himself—how good would that have been?
At least Lily wouldn't have died.
Shaking his head and pushing those thoughts aside, Leo turned on his phone and began to search for news on the internet.
One purpose was to see what the outside world was like now.
Seattle was a large coastal city, but there had been no sign of rescue so far, which could almost prove that the government and authorities were now too busy to take care of anything else.
Second, and this was the more important point—
He wanted to look online to see if there were any other cases where people were bitten by zombies but didn't become zombies.
He didn't know if he was an exception.
He didn't even know if there would be any potential disease threat after being bitten, although he seemed the same as a normal person now.
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