However, at least when the man left, he hadn't yet reanimated as a corpse, merely seemed to have lost some control over himself.
Although Yueyue was young, she wasn't completely ignorant of the zombies outside.
Her eyes were brimming with tears, threatening to fall.
She seemed to suddenly understand that this beautiful sister in front of her was merely comforting her.
They all treated her like a child, afraid of upsetting her, so they didn't want to explain the situation in such a brutal and direct way.
"Yueyue understands. Thank you, Sister."
Yueyue hugged her small hands and bowed to Xu An to express her gratitude.
Xu An could tell from the sadness on Yueyue's face that she must have grasped something.
Children nowadays were precocious, let alone children who grew up in such a cruel environment.
In truth, sometimes facing death directly could lead to faster growth.
In this brutal world, people died every day.
Death was a common occurrence in this era.
Tens of thousands of humans were dying daily.
But they just hadn't realized it.
Since the apocalypse, on the entire Lighthouse, for a full two years.
Not a single newborn had been born.
Xu An hugged Yueyue tightly. On the side, Xu Yan, holding Zhou Haimai, kept expressing her thanks.
"Xiaomei, Auntie always knew you were a good girl. But it's so dangerous here, and they might not be able to afford it. You shouldn't be messing around with Xu An."
Zhou Haimai hugged Xu Yan back nonchalantly.
"Auntie, I'm not messing around. We two are called having both courage and strategy. We've already planned our escape routes when we came."
Xu Yan was surprised and shocked at the same time.
Although she had known that her daughter had come to rescue her with a foolproof plan, hearing them say they could escape from here immediately...
This was something she had never even dared to imagine.
"Then, according to your superiors, are they planning to abandon Sector B?"
Xu Yan's eyes were filled with sorrow as she spoke, making a throat-slitting gesture towards herself.
Xu Yan guessed that Xu An must have come here for her.
At first, she hadn't considered escaping by herself.
But she couldn't just leave alone. Yueyue was with her. If it were just Xu Yan alone, she wouldn't have stayed in this convenience store, watching so many people with their own hidden agendas.
Perhaps sensing Yueyue's low spirits.
Xu An and the others tacitly avoided the topic, instead focusing on what they would do after they got out.
Especially Xu An, who was completely enamored with Yueyue.
Xu Yan smiled playfully, "If you like her so much, why don't you have one of your own?"
Xu An didn't speak, only looking at Yueyue and smiling faintly.
"Mom."
Just that single word caused them all to fall silent, no longer discussing the matter.
In this era, it was inherently more difficult for women to survive than men.
The lack of newborns on the Lighthouse in recent years, besides the current apocalypse, was because people truly didn't have the extra energy.
Another point was that when one's own life was so difficult,
Who would be willing to bring a child into this world to suffer?
This apocalypse was like an endless night, and no one knew when they would finally see the light.
This topic was quickly brushed aside, and Yueyue, being very sensible, patted Xu An with her small hand.
"Pretty Sister, your face is dirty."
Xu An smiled and suddenly produced a small candy from behind her, offering it to Yueyue.
Yueyue accepted the candy with surprise but was stopped by her mother.
"Don't give her more candy. I already gave her a milk candy earlier. Children can't eat so much candy in one day."
After speaking, Xu Yan crouched down, took the candy from Yueyue's hand, and placed it in her small travel bag.
Seeing Yueyue's deflated expression, Xu An and Zhou Haimai couldn't help but chuckle.
"Look how wronged the child looks."
Xu Yan ignored them.
"Even if she's wronged, she can't eat it." She was a very principled person, and what she said was final.
Xu An stuck out her tongue and opened another bag of dried fish for Yueyue.
"Here, if Auntie won't let you eat candy, we'll eat dried fish instead."
After speaking, she looked at Xu Yan again.
"Mom, I don't think this is working. Let's adopt Yueyue. Otherwise, it's awkward to call you Sister and me Auntie."
Xu Yan also thought this was a good idea.
Although Xu An said that Yueyue's father had been injected with a semi-finished vaccine, it wasn't impossible for him to mutate.
Yueyue would receive better care living with them.
After considering it, Xu Yan looked at Yueyue solemnly.
"Yueyue, are you willing to recognize me as your mother? From now on, Xu An Sister and Zhou Haimai Sister will protect you."
At that time, young Yueyue didn't know what a profound promise this was.
But many years later, her greatest fortune was that, although young, she had quickly nodded her head.
She accepted this kindness.
And thus, her life changed.
Seeing Yueyue nod, Xu An smiled, holding the little Yueyue and spinning her around.
She turned to Zhou Haimai and said, "How about we call her Xu Yue from now on?"
"Xu Yue, you're my sister from now on. Aren't you happy? I'm very happy, hahahaha."
Because Yueyue was young, adults always thought young children didn't understand right from wrong.
But little did they know, children of this age were the most adept at discerning a person's true nature.
Yueyue wrapped her small hands around Xu An's neck.
Tilting her head, she planted a small kiss on Xu An's cheek.
Sweetly, she called out, "Sister."