Chapter 58

Outside Wonderland, it was eerily quiet, with only a few zombies wandering not far away. Thanks to the signal flare in the afternoon, these zombies had dispersed to who knows where.

Actually, sometimes the living envied the zombies. They didn't have to worry about survival, didn't feel fear, and didn't care about anyone.

The living humans were completely different, like the people gathered on the third floor at this moment.

Little Thomas was about to push through the crowd to fight Li Fatty to the death. Wang Chan, Fang Gan, and Wang Zongze, who were standing a bit further out, quickly held back Little Thomas and dragged him to the side.

Although they were also troubled in their hearts, they had officially joined Li Fatty's group in the evening, so they naturally had to support him in everything.

"Let me go! Have you forgotten that we were drinking and chatting together last night!? It was my brother who saved all of us back then, do you remember!? Can you help me!? Don't let him kill my brother, okay!?"

Little Thomas was so anxious that his lips turned white. Seeing Li Fatty point a gun at Thomas, his whole body trembled.

His words darkened the faces of the few people. Indeed, someone they were playing with yesterday was about to be killed today. What was wrong with this world!? Why was it becoming increasingly unfamiliar!?

Fang Gan and Wang Zongze looked at each other. They had already tried to persuade Li Fatty. From the look of it, Li Fatty didn't seem to have any intention of letting Thomas go.

"Fortunately, we helped them find medicine today. If we hadn't joined them today, would we have ended up like Thomas?" Wang Chan was somewhat disappointed, muttering to himself.

"F**k! What are you talking about, Chan!?" Wang Zongze, hearing Wang Chan's words, asked in disbelief.

Although they didn't know how to explain what was happening, it was absolutely inappropriate for a comrade who had faced life and death together to speak so rashly about someone.

"It's nothing, I was just talking nonsense." Wang Chan, realizing he had been overheard by Wang Zongze, quickly shook his head and brushed it off.

Apart from the four of them, the people gathered outside the main gate didn't stop either, repeating their pleas.

"I was going to give you a chance to defend yourself, but I don't think it's necessary." Li Fatty stared at the pale-faced Thomas and said, "Adults must take responsibility for their actions. Goodbye."

"Let him go!" Just as Li Fatty was about to pull the trigger, Belinda softly spoke up.

Lily, standing beside her, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't want to get involved, she couldn't bear to see someone die in front of her, especially someone she knew.

Huang Taiping, hearing Belinda's words, also kept quiet and stopped interfering. He had already gained enough presence. The next part would be interesting to watch—would Li Fatty kill or spare Thomas?

Belinda's words were quickly drowned out by the chatter of others, who didn't even notice if she had spoken.

Although Li Fatty was troubled, he immediately heard Belinda's request. Like Lily, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

He could force himself to do it, but he was very resistant inside. Killing a person and killing a zombie were different. As for Edward and the others, if he didn't kill them, his own life would be at risk, so he didn't feel much guilt at the time.

For survival, after all.

Fortunately, Belinda intervened, or this incident would have left a long-lasting shadow in his heart.

"Bind Little Thomas and lock him up with Thomas!" Li Fatty said, putting away his gun. Everyone made way for him as he went downstairs.

Richard threw the extra rope in his hand to Yan Zejing and followed Li Fatty.

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Everyone had run to the third floor to watch the commotion, leaving only Albe and Ning Dongqing on the first floor.

"Dongqing?" Albe hesitated for a moment, then spoke to Ning Dongqing, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground waiting for Lily.

"Hmm?" Ning Dongqing didn't turn around, still staring at the dark door.

"Did you really see Thomas rape Belinda last night? I mean, did you see it with your own eyes, or even hear it?"

Ning Dongqing raised an eyebrow but didn't answer Albe's question.

"If you really saw it, you should have called for help to save him. That would be the normal reaction," Albe continued thoughtfully.

"What does it matter to me if others live or die? I just don't want to cause trouble," Ning Dongqing looked up at Albe and said something that didn't match her cute face.

Albe felt the coldness in Ning Dongqing's words and couldn't help but feel a chill. After hesitating, Albe still said, "You're lying! You said on the second floor that you would keep this secret for Belinda, so you care about her. If you really saw her being bullied last night, you would have found a way to save her!"

Albe didn't believe that Ning Dongqing was as cold-blooded as she claimed. Besides, she was just a teenager. How could she be so calm in the face of such a situation?

Ning Dongqing fell silent.

"So, you didn't see it at all, right!? You lied to me and Li Fatty just now!"

As soon as Albe finished speaking, Ning Dongqing stood up. She walked to Albe's side and stared at her with her bright, large eyes.

"You're right, I didn't see it."

"Then... why did you lie?" Albe felt a bit uneasy under Ning Dongqing's gaze but still asked.

Ning Dongqing continued to stare at Albe without changing her expression, her eyes showing no panic at being caught in a lie.

"Because rapists deserve to die!"

Ning Dongqing's tone suddenly became heavy. She didn't give Albe a chance to ask more questions but instead asked, "You know Li Fatty doesn't want to kill Thomas, right?"

Albe nodded, as Ning Dongqing was right.

"He has come up with many excuses, and he might even doubt the truth of this matter. He will definitely think, 'If this wasn't true, it would be better.'" Ning Dongqing's eyes sparkled with intelligence, as if nothing could escape her notice.

Albe didn't nod but couldn't refute Ning Dongqing either.

"I'm not saying Li Fatty is bad. His reaction is normal, after all, he's human." Ning Dongqing finished and finally stopped staring at Albe, turning to sit down again.

"I want to help Belinda and Li Fatty. So, as long as I become a witness, Li Fatty will have no reason to doubt the truth of this matter, and Thomas must die."

Albe was speechless and shook her head, finding it hard to accept Ning Dongqing's logic.

"Sister, this is a white lie. We all want Thomas to die. Even if I didn't really see what happened, what does it matter?"

Seeing Albe's silence, Ning Dongqing continued, "Everyone wants Thomas to die. I just gave a reason for him to die. That's all, sister."