Chapter 95

After listening to Xiao Shiwei's response, Si Yao couldn't help but laugh out loud. This little girl was indeed Chinese, and she was very cute.

"Alright, get up. Sit on the bed!" Si Yao didn't intend to tease her anymore and pointed to the bed.

Xiao Shiwei obediently stood up and sat on the bed.

Xiao Shiwei guessed that these people weren't bad, so she smiled and said to Si Yao and the others, "You can call me Xiao Xiao. That's what everyone calls me."

Alsaas and Alex thoroughly checked the entire room. There was no one else in the room, not even a zombie.

"Xiao Xiao, why are you in this hotel? Learning to rent a room at such a young age?" Si Yao joked.

"There are no zombies. I'm the only one in the room." Xiao Xiao saw Alsaas and Alex come out of the bathroom and said.

Seeing that Xiao Xiao didn't respond to his joke, Si Yao awkwardly adjusted his glasses.

The room was indeed safe. Alex and the others returned to Xiao Xiao and looked at her with Si Yao.

"Alright, Xiao Xiao, right? Explain why you're here." Alsaas asked kindly.

Xiao Xiao nodded and began to recount the events of the past few days.

"Originally, on the morning of the outbreak, I was with my parents. They left for London that afternoon because they had to take a flight back to Beijing that night." Xiao Xiao looked at Si Yao and the others, speaking calmly, "I came here to attend high school. My parents were worried about me, so they brought me here."

After listening to Xiao Xiao's explanation, Alsaas asked, "So your parents went to London that day, and you stayed at the hotel?"

"Yes, I originally wanted to go with them to see them off at the airport. But they were worried that I wouldn't be able to get back to Norwich on my own, so they strongly opposed it. I had to stay here."

Seeing Alex and the others nod, Xiao Xiao continued, "The hotel's check-out time is 12 noon the next day, so I didn't return to the host family and stayed at the hotel for one night."

Hearing this, Alsaas couldn't help but feel lucky for Xiao Xiao. He came from London and knew the situation there better than anyone. If Xiao Xiao had really gone to London, she would have been doomed. And if she had returned to the host family that night, she wouldn't have been able to deal with the zombies, and her fate would have been dire.

Si Yao and Alsaas had similar thoughts. Xiao Xiao's survival was indeed due to her good luck. It seemed that the saying "a girl who smiles has good luck" was true.

"So how did you get through these days?" Alex asked curiously.

"Like this." Xiao Xiao pointed to the TV that was still on, "The internet was down, so I could only watch TV. I was worried that the sound would attract zombies, so I only turned it up a little. The TV said not to go outside and to stay at home and wait for rescue. So I stayed in the room and didn't leave the door at all."

Si Yao said somewhat dejectedly, "Don't listen to those people on TV. There's no rescue. We saw a helicopter earlier, but they didn't even try to save anyone."

It turned out that Si Yao and the others, like Li Fat, had seen the helicopter and had tried to get its attention. Unfortunately, the helicopter ignored them and flew away.

So Si Yao and Alex no longer believed in any military rescue.

Alsaas, hearing Si Yao's words, guessed that the helicopter he was talking about was the one he had just been on. He was about to explain when Xiao Xiao spoke up.

"No, I think they're right! Waiting here for rescue, that's how I met you, right?" Xiao Xiao smiled happily, looking at them with an innocent face.

"Alright." Si Yao and Alex were both impressed by Xiao Xiao's optimistic attitude. Indeed, a girl who smiles has good luck.

Taking this opportunity, Alsaas explained about the helicopter and how Captain Milsap had sent him to rescue them.

The three of them stared at Alsaas as if he were a fool. Even Xiao Xiao knew that Alsaas had been abandoned.

"Alsaas, were you kicked out?" Si Yao, sensing the oddity of the situation, asked sympathetically.

"Kicked out? No, I have a mission. I need to rescue you and take you to London!" Alsaas said seriously.

Si Yao and Alex exchanged a glance and laughed helplessly. Although Alsaas was upright, he was a bit... saying he was foolish was too harsh, but he was indeed a bit peculiar.

"Xiao Xiao, don't worry about your parents. I'll take you to London to find them. I'm Alsaas, a soldier in the British Royal Guard, and I always keep my word!" Alsaas smiled at Xiao Xiao and promised her.

"Go to London? Alright, thank you." Although Xiao Xiao was very grateful to the soldier named Alsaas, she was also aware of the slim chances of successfully reaching London and the even slimmer chances of her parents surviving.

Compared to the distant and uncertain London, she now hoped more to fill her stomach. Only by staying alive could she have a chance to see her parents again.

"Uncle Alsaas, can you give me something to eat? I'm so hungry." Xiao Xiao had already eaten all the food in the room. It was only because her parents had left some snacks from China that she hadn't starved to the point of being unable to speak.

"Don't call me uncle. I'm not much older than you. Just call me Alsaas." Alsaas took out the food he had collected from his backpack as he answered.

"Alright, Brother Alsaas." Xiao Xiao almost drooled when she saw the food Alsaas had taken out.

"Let's take a shower first!"

Si Yao and Alex hadn't taken a shower for several days. The stench of sweat and the physical and mental exhaustion from their near-death experiences made a hot shower extremely tempting.

Si Yao and Alex, who had become close friends over the past few days, walked into the bathroom without a care. One of them soaked in the bathtub, while the other showered, both enjoying themselves.

Xiao Xiao watched the two of them walk into the bathroom and couldn't help but laugh. Despite being only fourteen or fifteen, she understood everything, like the bond between them and the jokes about picking up soap.

With only Xiao Xiao and Alsaas left in the room, the sounds of Si Yao and Alex's playful antics continued to come from the bathroom.

"You've had a tough time these past few days, haven't you?" Alsaas asked.

Xiao Xiao, eating the cookie in her hand, smiled and nodded at him without speaking.

"You look very optimistic, which is good. I will definitely help you find your parents, don't worry!"

"Thank you, Uncle Alsaas... Brother Alsaas."