Chapter 21: Teacher

As the light instantly dimmed, Chen Sixuan immediately knelt and crawled into the cockpit. Using the light from Lin Xian’s phone, she confirmed the train’s mileage.

Then she returned to the corner, took out the notebook, and, while trembling, seriously recorded with a pen:

“Day 1, departed from Jiang City, travel time 50 minutes, distance traveled 54 kilometers, sunrise at 16:00, sunset at 18:45.”

Chen Sixuan’s eyes kept trembling, her whole person on the verge of collapse. As if possessed, she deliberately tried not to think about things outside.

Don’t think about Lin Xian, don’t think about that family of three, don’t think about the darkness outside the car, don’t think about her impending death…

Just then, the gate of the cockpit automatically opened, and the lights in the corridor lit up, scaring Chen Sixuan so much that she fell to the ground.

The cabin door opened, and Lin Xian, covered in blood, jumped in with his short knife. Chen Sixuan was overjoyed and quickly got up to close the door and lock it tightly. In order not to expose the lights in the passage to the darkness, she got up again to close the small door leading to the cockpit.

“Student Lin… are you okay?” In the carriage, Chen Sixuan knelt down and looked in astonishment at the injured Lin Xian.

“I won’t die.” Lin Xian took a bottle of clean water from behind, unscrewed the cap, and drank half of it in one go. Then he let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing his blood-stained appearance, Chen Sixuan immediately took out a towel to wipe him, but Lin Xian grabbed her wrist.

“Ah… what’s wrong?”

Chen Sixuan looked up in surprise and saw Lin Xian staring straight at her, his eyes cold, and he asked her in a questioning tone, “Why didn’t you open the door just now?”

Lin Xian had actually climbed up a while ago. He was injured and knew that Da Fei and his group would definitely leave before dark, so he hid on the hillside for a while and also looked for his short knife.

Chen Sixuan looked up at him. Seeing his serious expression, she couldn’t help but bite her lower lip, lowered her eyebrows, and said after a moment of silence, “If I had opened the door, would you have thrown me out too?”

“Yes.”

Lin Xian’s tone was like ice.

Chen Sixuan’s expression dimmed. Hearing Lin Xian’s words, she leaned against the wall as if deflated, her eyes closed in pain, and clear tears slowly flowed down.

Lin Xian sighed softly, looked at Chen Sixuan crying, and said, “I understand that you couldn’t bear it.”

“We are all human. To see our own kind die and not save them, as long as there is a trace of kindness in our hearts, we will definitely be in pain.”

Hearing his words, Chen Sixuan finally broke down emotionally and threw herself into Lin Xian’s arms, her fragrant shoulders twitching from sobbing to wailing.

She cried very sadly, without any image, like a child who had made a mistake.

“I really don’t know what to do…”

Lin Xian gently held her delicate body and said in a deep voice, “There is a saying in Buddhism: to save others, you must first save yourself; to save yourself, you must first save your heart. If heaven does not save you, you must save yourself. If you can’t even protect yourself, you can’t protect anyone. If you had opened the door, not only would the three of them have died, but you would have died too, and even me, we would have all died together.”

“I know…” Chen Sixuan cried like a pear blossom in the rain, her eyes full of self-blame and guilt. “But I heard the baby crying. That baby seemed to be only a few months old…”

Women are born with a maternal glow. At this moment, Chen Sixuan felt as if she had become a demon.

Lin Xian’s face did not change. Looking at Chen Sixuan’s almost collapsed expression, he sighed softly and said, “If I told you that all of this was fake, what would you think?”

Chen Sixuan was buried in Lin Xian’s arms, constantly sobbing. Hearing Lin Xian’s words, her crying stopped, and she slowly raised her head, looking at Lin Xian with misty eyes.

“What… what did you say?”

Lin Xian’s eyes sharpened, and he explained, “We are right behind Yushan Station. Even without a car, the best choice is to hide in the station. But as soon as that group of people left, this family of three ran over and knocked on the door. Their purpose was too obvious. And… I’ve never seen a mother so cruel as to be able to pinch her child until it cries!”

Hearing this, Chen Sixuan’s pupils trembled violently, her tears glistening, her face full of disbelief.

“You mean, they were… lying?”

Lin Xian smiled helplessly.

“Professor Chen, you should have heard the story of the boy who cried wolf. If I’m not mistaken, this ‘family of three’ is the one this group of people uses to knock on doors.”

In the apocalypse, everyone is in danger. Using others’ sympathy is indeed an effective means.

And in this situation, Lin Xian had just experienced it yesterday…

Hearing Lin Xian’s words, Chen Sixuan covered her mouth in disbelief.

She couldn’t imagine that people’s hearts could be so evil.

She thought of that Director Liang again, and she immediately felt a chill all over her body. She only felt that she was too naive. At this moment, she finally saw what the true evil of the human heart was!

Chen Sixuan felt a little weak at this time, her eyes dazed.

Lin Xian glanced at her. He had to say that Chen Sixuan’s performance made him very gratified.

He knew very well the treachery of the human heart in apocalyptic survival. If Chen Sixuan had a saintly heart, even if she just begged him to open the door to help, he would not hesitate to abandon Chen Sixuan as well.

How could he dare to let such a teammate guard the car?

But after this incident, his view of Chen Sixuan had changed subtly.

To grow such courage in a short period of time from a campus beauty who was the center of attention showed that she was not only an extremely intelligent woman, but also had an extraordinary character. To be honest, Lin Xian admired this woman a little at this moment.

“Am I too stupid?”

After a long silence, Chen Sixuan suddenly spoke.

Lin Xian shifted his position and replied with a smile, “Very stupid and very naive.”

Hearing Lin Xian’s evaluation of her, Chen Sixuan’s eyes showed a self-deprecating look, and she laughed silently.

Lin Xian had just experienced a life-and-death battle and was in pain all over. He glanced at the corner where the reserve supplies were and asked, “Aren’t you hungry? Why don’t you get something to eat?”

Hearing this, Chen Sixuan’s eyes widened, and she replied very seriously, “You… you didn’t allow me to eat.”

Hearing this, Lin Xian looked at Chen Sixuan with a strange expression, his eyes showing a mixture of amusement and surprise.

“Professor Chen, you’re so cute.”

“What do you mean?” Chen Sixuan looked puzzled.

“I mean, Professor Chen, I want to sleep with you now.”

“Ah…?”

Lin Xian’s words caught Chen Sixuan off guard. Before she could react, she was pulled into Lin Xian’s arms.

She immediately panicked like a rabbit and said repeatedly, “Wait… wait, Student Lin, aren’t you injured?”

“Ah, does it have to be now…”

“Wait, you’re covered in blood…”

“Lin Xian, teacher, I… have no experience…”

“Ah… wait, wait, in my bag… there’s that…”

The night was as black as ink, and the white snow was flying.

However, at this time, the girl who was sleeping on the sofa not far away, although her eyes were closed, her delicate eyebrows slowly furrowed…