I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 1365 - 1360 Story 5

Chapter 1365: Chapter 1360 Story 5

"Hey, how much did you spend to get here?"

"Forty bucks."

"F*ck, I was careless, I spent fifty, that damn driver ripped me off! Hey brother, how much did you spend?"

Lin Jie realized someone was asking him and looked at the person, "Ninety..."

"Dude, you must be loaded, ninety bucks for less than twenty kilometers? Didn’t you bargain?"

"I... I..."

Lin Jie didn’t know what to say; instead, it was the person next to him who spoke out against the injustice.

"That stupid driver’s son must be born without an *sshole!"

He wanted to say something, but he didn’t know how to express the words he had organized in his mind. One of them patted his shoulder and then walked away.

He watched the two people head in different directions until their figures disappeared completely, leaving him alone on the dimly lit street corner, looking around. They all had places to go; only he didn’t know where to head. In his mind, he kept imagining the scene of meeting Qingbai, and both were very excited.

He didn’t know how long he stayed there until he asked a passerby and finally found a car driver willing to take him to Lin City.

The driver originally asked for thirty yuan, which was much better compared to the rip-off driver from before. He happily accepted, but when he checked his bag, he found that his cell phone and the wallet containing twelve thousand and seven hundred yuan were gone.

He suddenly realized that when that person patted his shoulder earlier, another had reached into his pocket. Now, all he had left was the ten yuan the driver had just given him!

In that instant, his face turned the color of liver, and after hesitating for a long time, he said, "I... I only have ten bucks..."

"Ten yuan?"

The driver frowned, looked at his already full car, initially thinking of making Lin Jie squeeze in to accommodate the passengers. But now, it seemed unnecessary.

"Just get in the trunk, it can still fit one person. I won’t lock it, just hold on tight. If we get stopped by the traffic police and fined, don’t suffocate."

The driver’s tone wasn’t too friendly, but he had no choice. That day, amidst the strange looks of the other passengers, he climbed into the trunk. As the vehicle started, he watched the scenery continuously recede.

The bustling Lin City appeared again before him, those high-rise buildings he had never seen before, and the gradient colored lights flowing around the buildings filled the air with a lavish atmosphere. The streets were crowded, men and women dressed in beautiful clothing dazzled his eyes.

Such a bustling view also made him, hiding in the trunk, feel inferior.

The driver drove them to the edge of Lin City, next to a manmade lake. Couples walked by holding hands occasionally. Seeing him climbing out of the trunk, they couldn’t help but laugh. The four passengers who rode together walked not far away and burst into laughter, mocking Lin Jie’s foolish appearance.

That night, penniless, he spent under a bridge. But for the next four days, this place became his home. It is said that there are many homeless under city bridges, but in reality, he was the only one.

During those four days, his appearance completely changed. His clothes were torn by rocks, some of which he didn’t even know how they had formed, his hair became a bird’s nest, and the stubble growing on his chin aged him tremendously.

He picked a blanket from a pile of trash, a discarded item from a household, and endured night after night against the cold wind. He didn’t know when he might die, but he always held hope in his heart. Each night, unable to sleep from the cold, he would imagine the scene of meeting Qingbai, filled with intense anticipation, and recited fairytales he had read. But reality was far from what he imagined.

Four days later, the police found him and took him to the station because he was caught stealing leftovers from a residence at noon.

The police felt pity seeing his appearance and gave him a box of food, ironically the fullest meal he had had in four days.

They asked him where he lived, where he was from, and where he wanted to go. Touching his head, Lin Jie spoke out the name "Liang Qingbai," but for other questions, some he didn’t know how to answer, others he was clueless about.

With no other option, the police contacted the person he had been thinking about. Soon after, he saw her, and she saw him.

But, everything was not as Lin Jie had imagined.

The two met again after four years, one excited, one speechless.

He observed her intently and soon realized her facial expressions were not as he had imagined; the smile on her face slowly solidified. He realized that this Liang Qingbai no longer had the ordinary and clean aura she used to possess, and beside her was someone he didn’t recognize.

"Who is he?"

The fashionably dressed, handsome young man asked with a curious look.

"That’s the one I told you about before, Lin Jie, that’s him."

"Oh." The man seemed to have heard of him and nodded after a moment of thought.

"Alright, go back, I’ll take care of him and come find you later."

"Okay."

The young man curled his lips and left naturally, but as he turned the corner, Lin Jie saw his eye filled with disdain, directed at him.

"Let’s go."

In the moment of their excited meeting, she only said those two words. The police asked for her ID, and after hearing her story, they looked at Lin Jie feeling speechless.

He followed her, just like the little boy who used to follow behind a girl, only this time, he walked with his head down, occasionally looking at her.

He noticed she had become more refined and more beautiful than before, so radiant he couldn’t look directly at her.

Eventually, they reached a railway track, and Qingbai finally stopped.

"That’s enough, let’s stop here."

"Qingbai Sister..."

Both spoke at the same time, one impatient, one hesitant to speak.

"Why did you come looking for me anyway? We’re not even... Oh forget it, I’ll give you some money; just go back."

She shook her head, her tone laced with the irrationality of Lin Jie’s actions. She and he were just passersby, not relatives, so why come looking specifically for her? Especially since the first thing he said to the police was her name?

She couldn’t understand and was confused.

She took out five hundred yuan from her bag and handed it over, but seeing that he was still looking down and not at her, she just laid the money down, turned around, and walked a few steps. Then she sighed, decided to take out all the money in her bag, a total of over two thousand, and placed it directly into Lin Jie’s hand.

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