Chapter 87

Back in the small alley near Wonderland.

"Can't do it anymore! I can't run anymore!" Hong Taiping bent over, hands on his knees, panting heavily.

Wang Can hurried back to help Hong Taiping run. The zombies behind them were relentless, and even a slight slowdown would mean being devoured to the bone.

The four of them darted through the small alleys. Although they were still being chased by zombies, the number of pursuers was decreasing. They had been taking small alleys all along, and had encountered very few zombies blocking their way.

Hong Taiping kept knocking down the signs at the shop entrances, which slowed down the zombies' pursuit. The British girl running in front finally found a shop with the door slightly ajar and quickly slipped inside.

The little girl, Ning Dongqing, stood at the shop entrance, holding the door open, urging Wang Can and Hong Taiping to hurry. As soon as Hong Taiping entered the shop, he lay on the ground, panting heavily, unable to speak. Wang Can was also exhausted and sat down next to Hong Taiping.

Ning Dongqing anxiously said to the two, "Be quiet, the zombies are coming!"

"We need to block the door, or the zombies will come in and it will be bad!" the British girl also said urgently.

Wang Can, unable to rest, got up again and secured the shop door. Then, together with the two girls, they moved almost everything they could to the entrance.

Hong Taiping also got up from the ground and looked around the shop.

"Hongye Xing?" Hong Taiping looked at the rows of shelves, surprised.

They hadn't expected to end up at this Chinese supermarket after their frantic run.

Norwich is not a big city, but it has quite a few Chinese supermarkets. After all, UEA University has a large number of international students, so the market is quite large. Hongye Xing is the largest among them.

This Chinese supermarket is located on the outskirts of the city center, with a large storefront that rivals TESCO, and it is a three-story building. Besides having a wide range of Chinese products, it also delivers to students, so its business has always been thriving.

Only after hearing Hong Taiping's words did Wang Can have the chance to look around the shop they were hiding in. It turned out to be the place where he had once worked, Hongye Xing. Since Wang Can had been doing part-time food delivery, Hongye Xing would contact him when they needed deliveries. He could be considered a half-employee of Hongye Xing.

By this time, a number of zombies had gathered outside the door, so the four of them immediately moved deeper into the supermarket to avoid drawing more attention from the zombies.

The Chinese supermarket had a lot of food, including common Chinese snacks and various Chinese vegetables, such as bok choy and Chinese celery, which are good for hot pot. The four of them picked up things from the shelves as they went, and by the time they reached the back of the supermarket, the floor was already littered with their loot.

"What's your name? I remember you, you're the law student," Ning Dongqing asked the British girl.

It turned out that this girl was the one who had been arguing with Charlie about crime that night when the beauty trap was set.

"My name is Jialin, and I'm a law student at UEA," Jialin said, then remembered the few companions who had died in the zombies' mouths and couldn't help but feel sad.

Although Jialin had only met them after the disaster, the few of them had become close friends over the few days they had been together.

Unfortunately, this friendship was almost over, and out of the five girls, only she and Belinda were left.

Seeing Jialin's sad expression, Ning Dongqing gently patted her back and said, "Actually, there's no need to be sad, because we will eventually be like them."

Her attempt to comfort Jialin only made Jialin want to cry.

"Girl, what are you saying? Spit it out, it's not auspicious!!" Hong Taiping frowned and said disapprovingly after hearing the little girl's words.

Ning Dongqing didn't say anything but glared at Hong Taiping. For some reason, seeing Ning Dongqing's gaze, Hong Taiping immediately shrank back and stopped talking. In this world, there are men who are "foolish for their daughters," and it seemed Hong Taiping was one of them.

Jialin had calmed down a bit, and the four of them opened the drinks and gulped them down. Although they had eaten lunch, it was a small amount and not a proper meal. Seeing the long-lost Chinese snacks, Hong Taiping and the others didn't hesitate to fill their stomachs.

Although the four of them were no longer novices when it came to dealing with zombies, compared to Li Puzi and his group, they were still a bit inexperienced. They entered Hongye Xing without conducting a thorough inspection and started eating and drinking without a care.

It wasn't until they heard a noise from the stairwell that they realized something was wrong.

"Zombies?" Wang Can said, quickly throwing away the food in his hand and grabbing the shovel next to him.

Before he could turn around to look, he heard someone speaking from the stairwell.

"Put down what you have in your hands, this is my territory!"

The four of them were startled by the sudden voice and quickly grabbed their weapons and looked toward the stairs.

Hong Taiping still had a half-eaten wife cake in his hand. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a little kid.

While chewing the wife cake, Hong Taiping asked, "Are you the owner's child?"

After all, this was a Chinese supermarket, and a Chinese child suddenly appearing here made it a natural question for Hong Taiping.

"That's impossible, the owner of this shop isn't married, so where would a child come from?" Wang Can, who had been delivering goods here, naturally knew the owner and was familiar with some basic information about him.

"Hey? Then what do you mean by this being your territory? Don't be silly, little kid!" Hong Taiping, seeing that the other person was alone and probably shorter than the little girl next to him, didn't take him seriously.

The boy was Chinese, with a strange accent, and it was hard to tell where he was from. He looked about the same age as Ning Dongqing, but boys develop later and weren't very tall.

"I told you to put down what you have in your hands, all the food here is mine!" The boy emphasized, staring at the half-eaten wife cake in Hong Taiping's hand.

"Hehe, I really don't want to indulge you brats. Is all this stuff yours? Can you make it answer?" Hong Taiping deliberately took another big bite of the wife cake and looked at the boy mockingly.

The boy didn't respond, but immediately picked up a bottle of drink and threw it! Unfortunately, the drink fell far short of Hong Taiping and rolled to his feet.

Sigh, kids are kids.

He probably hadn't eaten much and was too weak from hunger.

"Your aim is a bit off." Hong Taiping said as he put the last piece of wife cake in his mouth.

The boy, enraged, gripped a metal pipe similar to a long stick and charged at Hong Taiping and the others!