Xiao Wenqiang saw Ye Yao’s eyes widen in surprise for a moment, but then she quickly put on a smile and said, “I wanted to help you see if there was anything else you needed to pack, so you wouldn’t leave anything important behind.”
“Is that so? I can see for myself, I don’t need your help.” Xiao Wenqiang looked at her coldly.
Ye Yao froze for a moment, quickly retracted her hand, and found the back of her hand already red. She feigned a wronged expression and said, “If I don’t need help, I don’t need help. You don’t have to hit me so hard!”
“Oh? My apologies, it was a reflex. I thought you were trying to steal my things!” Xiao Wenqiang was not about to fall for it, and even used a joking tone to mock her.
“How could that be!” Ye Yao gave an awkward smile and pretended nothing had happened, turning back to continue packing her things. However, her peripheral vision was still keenly focused on the opposite side, and she sighed inwardly, "What a shame! I’ll just have to find another opportunity!"
Xiao Wenqiang no longer spared her a glance. Instead, she boldly took out the original owner’s gold ring and solemnly put it on her right middle finger.
This ring was given to the original owner by her mother. At the time, she was told it was an heirloom from the family, dating back to their great-great-grandmother. Furthermore, this item could only be passed down from mother to daughter, not to sons.
Even more magically, their family could have many children, but they only had one daughter in each generation. Therefore, for many years, the daughters were more doted upon in the family.
On the original Xiao Wenqiang’s eighteenth birthday, her mother privately handed her the gold ring. "My dear, this is an heirloom. When you grow up, it will be entrusted to you. When you get married and have children, you will pass it on to your daughter when she grows up, understand?"
At that time, the original owner, Xiao Wenqiang, had no idea how useful this gold ring would be. She simply kept it as a collectible antique ring, just like her mother. Thus, even when the apocalypse arrived, she still wore this gold ring.
Later, after accidentally activating it with a drop of blood and obtaining the space with the spiritual spring, she didn't intend to keep it all to herself. Instead, with a heart of inherent goodness, she offered her spiritual spring water in the midst of the zombie-infested apocalypse.
However, how could the world be full of only good people? In the lawless state of the apocalypse, the evil in human nature was infinitely amplified. Wang Hu’s coveting of treasures and murder for them was evil, but was the reborn female lead Ye Yao, by not using her foreknowledge of the plot to help the original owner who had once saved her, not also greedy?
Xiao Wenqiang withdrew her hand from stroking the gold ring. She knew that the female lead, Ye Yao, would not give up so easily. Thus, taking advantage of the opportunity when her back was to the female lead, she secretly used a sewing needle, prepared while packing, to prick her finger.
The moment a drop of blood flowed out, Xiao Wenqiang smeared it onto the gold ring. The next second, she felt an energy surge from her right middle finger directly to her heart, finally settling at her forehead. In a total of two seconds, the spiritual spring space ring had recognized her as its master.
Xiao Wenqiang found that she could now control the spiritual spring space ring. With a single thought, she could enter the space herself. However, now was not the best time to explore the ring’s space. She continued to organize her belongings.
Ye Yao, on the other hand, had no idea that the treasure she coveted had recognized a new master in such a short time. She kept stealing glances at Xiao Wenqiang, secretly contemplating whether to knock her out from behind and snatch it.
Just as Ye Yao stood up, preparing to launch a surprise attack and rob her of the ring, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the dormitory.
A moment later, urgent knocking, "bang bang bang," echoed from a distance. A flustered female voice anxiously cried out, "Is anyone there? Please, sisters, open the door and save me!"
Still, no one opened the door, and no one spoke. The girl looked back fearfully. Slow footsteps seemed to be approaching from the stairwell.
She had no choice but to abandon this door and continue running inside, eventually reaching the door of room 305, where Xiao Wenqiang and Ye Yao were. The girl knocked again, her voice laced with tears, "Is anyone home? Sisters, please save me. There's a monster outside, biting people everywhere. Anyone it bites turns into a monster like it, and it's almost on the third floor."
Xiao Wenqiang stood up and walked towards the door. Ye Yao spoke up to stop her, "Wenqiang, don't open the door! If that monster is right outside, we'll all be finished."
The knocking on the door grew more urgent. Xiao Wenqiang ignored Ye Yao. She picked up a fruit knife in her right hand, unlocked the dormitory door with her left, and opened it.
The girl outside the door had almost given up hope and was about to go further inside when she saw that the door to room 305 had opened. At that moment, the monster was only five meters away from her.
Before she could speak, Xiao Wenqiang grabbed her by the collar, dragged her into the dormitory, and then lunged towards the monster. The fruit knife in her right hand plunged quickly, accurately, and decisively into the center of the monster's forehead, and she even twisted the hilt.
As the fruit knife was pulled out, the monster collapsed forward onto the ground. Xiao Wenqiang, having anticipated this, dodged out of the way. She then retreated into room 305, closing and locking the door behind her.
All of this happened very quickly. Ye Yao and the rescued girl had not yet reacted when Xiao Wenqiang had already dealt with a monster zombie.
After all, this was in a modern, civilized society. Most college girls had never even killed a chicken, duck, or fish, let alone a person. Although the monster outside could no longer be called human, Xiao Wenqiang’s decisive blow still shocked them. Especially Ye Yao, who had just been contemplating a surprise attack to steal the ring, was now too terrified to move.
It was the rescued girl who reacted first. She sprang up from the ground and exclaimed, "Holy crap, sister, you're amazing! I never thought of doing that. I saw that monster bite so many people, and I was so scared I could only run. I never imagined one could actually kill it!"
“I was just trying it out,” Xiao Wenqiang said. “I saw on my phone earlier that there were monsters resembling zombies appearing outside. I figured that in zombie novels, killing them involved headshots, so I gave it a try.”
“Yeah, I can’t believe things from apocalypse novels are actually happening! I didn’t even have time to react just now!” The girl ran a hand through her short, blonde hair, then suddenly extended her hand. “Thank you, sister, for saving me just now. I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is An Xin, and I’m a third-year student majoring in International Trade at Songjiang University.”
Xiao Wenqiang switched the fruit knife from her right hand to her left, wiped off some green liquid from killing the zombie on her clothes, and then clasped it. “Hello, my name is Xiao Wenqiang, and I’m a third-year student majoring in Finance.” She then gestured towards Ye Yao, “That’s Ye Yao, she’s in the same class as me.”
Ye Yao also offered a smile and stepped forward, extending her hand. “Hello!”
However, An Xin did not shake her hand. She simply nodded in greeting. “Hello.”
Although she was outside the door just moments ago, she hadn't missed hearing the voice of this girl named Ye Yao saying, “Don’t open the door.” After all, the soundproofing in Songjiang University dormitories wasn’t very good.