Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 29 – Perfect Escape

Lei Li’s search party started from the sixth-floor stairwell, searching floor by floor all the way up to the eighteenth.

But the result was obvious.

The office areas were full of zombies and the main doors were blocked with heavy objects, making it impossible for anyone to hide inside.

And in the empty stairwells, there was nothing.

No Scarface.

No Liu Ruyan.

Nothing at all.

“Dammit!”

“Lei-jie, we’ve searched everywhere from the eighteenth floor down to the safe zone on the seventh. We found nothing.”

Lei Li stood at the infirmary entrance, her expression terrifyingly grim.

That so-called Scarface must have escaped through the main entrance during the chaos of the big cleanup.

At that time, everyone was upstairs clearing out zombies, and the first-floor entrance was completely unguarded.

This had given the enemy an opportunity.

“Damn it all!”

Lei Li viciously crushed the cigarette in her hand.

What she hated most was this feeling of something going wrong right under her nose.

Worse still, the one injured was Chen Yao, the doctor she needed most.

And one of her brothers had died.

“Lei-jie…”

Lin Fan lay weakly on a makeshift hospital bed, her shoulder wrapped in thick bandages.

Her face was pale, and her voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.

“Did I… Did I cause trouble for you…”

“Don’t say such foolish things.”

Lei Li walked to the bedside and reached out to gently stroke Lin Fan’s forehead.

The gesture was surprisingly gentle.

“It’s already a miracle that you managed to survive a situation like that.”

Tears welled up in Lin Fan’s eyes, making her look utterly pitiful.

“But… Miss Liu, she…”

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“We will find her.”

Lei Li’s voice was firm.

But in her heart, she knew what the outcome would be for a woman taken away by that kind of scum.

Especially a beauty like Liu Ruyan.

“You get some rest. You don’t need to worry about anything else.”

Lei Li patted the back of Lin Fan’s hand and turned to walk out the door.

She needed to redeploy her people.

Strengthen the guard.

Something like this could absolutely not be allowed to happen a second time.

Lin Fan watched Lei Li’s departing figure, the corners of her mouth lifting into a slight smile.

The plan had gone even more smoothly than she had anticipated.

No one suspected her.

No one questioned her testimony.

Everyone believed that some non-existent Scarface had kidnapped Liu Ruyan.

And she, Chen Yao, was just an innocent victim.

A poor little doctor in need of protection.

“Perfect.”

Lin Fan silently gave herself a thumbs-up.

This body of Chen Yao’s was much more petite than Liu Ruyan’s.

But it had its advantages.

It was easier to gain others’ sympathy and protective instincts.

Especially from a woman like Lei Li, who appeared strong on the outside but secretly liked cute things.

From Chen Yao’s memories, she had learned that although Lei Li had a cold and powerful aura, she had a special fondness for cute things in private.

Lin Fan had already noticed the affection and special concern in Lei Li’s eyes when she looked at her.

This was a very good start.

Perhaps it was a key point she could exploit.

Bang—!

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Suddenly, the infirmary door was violently thrown open.

Zhou Ming rushed in with bloodshot eyes, his entire body radiating a savage aura.

“Did you find him?!”

His voice was as hoarse as a wild beast’s.

“Did you find that bastard?!”

Lin Fan was startled by his appearance and instinctively shrank back.

“N-no…”

Her voice trembled, her eyes filled with fear.

“They searched the entire building and found nothing…”

“Impossible!”

Zhou Ming slammed a fist into the wall, his knuckles instantly becoming a bloody mess.

“He must still be nearby! He must be!”

“Zhou Ming…”

Lin Fan began cautiously.

“You… you need to calm down…”

“Calm down?!”

Zhou Ming whipped his head around, staring at her with a deathly gaze.

“Ruyan was taken by that scum! How do you expect me to calm down?!”

“I know you’re in a lot of pain right now, but…”

“Pain?”

Zhou Ming let out a mournful laugh.

“What do you know?! Do you have any idea what Ruyan is suffering right now?!”

“That bastard! He must be torturing her! He must be…”

Zhou Ming couldn’t continue.

He clutched his head with both hands, squatted on the ground, and let out a choked sob.

Watching him in this state, Lin Fan felt a wave of complex emotions.

Guilt?

No.

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She felt no guilt.

This was the apocalypse.

Any means were justified in the name of survival.

“Zhou Ming…”

Lin Fan said softly.

“Miss Liu… she definitely wouldn’t want to see you like this…”

“She would want you to live on…”

“Live on?”

Zhou Ming looked up, his eyes filled with regret.

“Without her, what’s the point of me living?”

“There is a point.”

Lin Fan tried to make her voice sound even gentler.

“You have to avenge her.”

“Find that bastard and kill him.”

“Besides, Miss Liu is so smart. What if she managed to escape?”

A flame reignited in Zhou Ming’s eyes.

“Right… Ruyan is so smart. The last time she ran into Scarface, she managed to escape. She can definitely do it again this time.”

He slowly stood up, his fists cracking as he clenched them.

“Ruyan…”

“I will definitely find you!”

“And I’ll make that Scarface bastard pay!”

Seeing the hatred in Zhou Ming’s eyes, Lin Fan was secretly satisfied.

Very good.

Hatred would make him more impulsive.

A Zhou Ming like this would be easier for her to use.

“Zhou Ming, you should go back and rest first,” Lin Fan said with concern. “Wait for news from Lei-jie’s side.”

“I’m going with you to avenge Little Liu!”

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Zhou Ming gave her a deep look.

“Okay.”

He nodded forcefully.

“We must find that bastard!”

Zhou Ming turned and left the infirmary.

But he didn’t go back to rest.

He grabbed a weapon and rushed out of the building.

He was going to search the vicinity.

Even if he had to rummage through every trash can and every sewer, he would find that Scarface.

At the main entrance, Lei Li watched Zhou Ming’s figure dash out of the building but didn’t stop him.

She understood the pain of losing someone important.

She also understood that helpless rage.

It was better to let him vent.

As long as he didn’t do anything too dangerous.

Through the window, Lin Fan watched Zhou Ming’s figure frantically searching the streets.

He would never find him.

Because that Scarface was long dead.

His corpse had been gnawed by zombies until not even bones were left.

“I’m sorry, Zhou Ming,” Lin Fan said softly in her heart. “But this is the apocalypse.”

“If you want to survive, you have to be unscrupulous.”

She closed her eyes and began to adapt to this new body.

Chen Yao’s physical constitution was only a 7, making her extremely frail.

But she possessed intermediate-level medical and surgical skills.

In this apocalypse, where medicine and doctors were scarce, this was more precious than any martial prowess.

Moreover, with Chen Yao’s identity as a doctor and her cute appearance, she could get close to Lei Li much more naturally.

Gain Lei Li’s trust.

And then…