Chapter 119 - 111: Ye Ye, Actually, You’re a Reincarnator Too, Right?

Chapter 119: Chapter 111: Ye Ye, Actually, You’re a Reincarnator Too, Right?

Yu Dong stood at the main entrance outside the welcome party, holding two tubs of Häagen-Dazs.

He had just arrived when he spotted Liu Ye’ye walking out, dressed in a pale yellow, traditional-style long dress and carrying a little rabbit backpack.

The moment Liu Ye’ye saw Yu Dong, she faltered. She glanced at him cautiously, only to find him staring intently at her.

She then subtly adjusted her path, turning toward the main gate instead of walking in his direction.

"Liu Ye’ye."

At the sound of Yu Dong’s voice, Liu Ye’ye stopped in her tracks and turned back to look at him.

"Are you... calling me?"

"Who else? Pretending you don’t know me, are you?"

"Oh... What is it?"

Liu Ye’ye shuffled over and looked at Yu Dong from the side, waiting to see what he wanted to say.

"Here, some ice cream for you." Yu Dong placed a tub of vanilla into her arms.

Liu Ye’ye hugged the ice cream, her eyes lighting up. She playfully scuffed her foot on the ground.

"Senior, how did you know I like this ice cream?"

"Because we’ve had it together before. Come on, I’ll walk you back to Xiangti Bay. We can talk on the way."

Yu Dong opened his own tub and started digging in. ’This is a luxury you just don’t get in the apocalypse.’

Seeing this, Liu Ye’ye opened hers and started eating too.

"Have we had this together before? I don’t think so... Huh? How do you know I live in Xiangti Bay? Have you been secretly looking me up?"

Yu Dong turned back, exasperated. "Still playing dumb, Liu Ye’ye?"

"Playing dumb about what?" Liu Ye’ye blinked her big, beautiful eyes, the picture of innocence.

She was painfully cute.

"Ye Ye, the truth is, you’re a Reincarnator too, right?"

Yu Dong had actually figured it out already. For Liu Ye’ye to have trusted him so unconditionally last time, she must have known him. Since he hadn’t known her before, it could only mean that she had also been reborn, or at least had some memories from their past life.

Otherwise, how could such a beautiful girl, living all by herself, trust him so easily?

Seeing the shocked look on Liu Ye’ye’s face, Yu Dong knew he’d guessed right.

Liu Ye’ye’s face flushed red. "Why did you suddenly call me by such a familiar name?"

"Because that’s what we called each other in our past life."

"Are you trying to say we were destined to be together in a past life? Senior... is this how you always hit on girls?"

"What?! No, Ye Ye, are you a Reincarnator or not?"

"Senior, what do you mean by ’reborn’?"

"It’s... when you die, and then you come back to life to start over."

"Huh? Can everyone do that? I’ve never tried it..."

Liu Ye’ye’s big eyes were perfectly clear. At that moment, Yu Dong started to think he might have been wrong.

"You really don’t know about reincarnation? Then... do you know me?"

"Well... we go to the same school, so we’ve probably seen each other around... I just didn’t expect you to be so forward... You’re the first guy to ever walk me home..."

Liu Ye’ye murmured, then scooped up a mouthful of ice cream.

Yu Dong: "???"

’So Liu Ye’ye really isn’t a Reincarnator? We just go to the same school, and that’s why she’s seen me before?’

’And now she’s just happily eating her ice cream? And she’s letting me walk her home?’

"Something’s not right. Liu Ye’ye, you’re definitely hiding something from me."

"I don’t think so..." Liu Ye’ye toyed with a lock of hair that had fallen over her shoulder.

"Really?"

"Mhm. But if you want to get to know me... I could make you a late-night snack. We could take our time talking. I’d like to hear more about this ’reincarnation’ thing, too. The night... is still young."

Liu Ye’ye looked at Yu Dong and, with a smile, extended the invitation once more.

Yu Dong was stunned!

’We met in completely different ways in both lives, but she still invited me to her place both times!’

’At this point, Yu Dong really couldn’t figure it out.’

’Why on earth did Liu Ye’ye have such inexplicable faith in him?’

"Aren’t you afraid I might be a bad guy?"

"No, you’re not."

Liu Ye’ye said with absolute certainty. She popped the last bite of ice cream into her mouth, licked the spoon with the tip of her tongue, and squinted her eyes like a little kitten.

"Mmm, yummy. I’m home now, Senior. Want to... come up?"

"If you’re not scared, what have I got to be scared of? Let’s go!"

’He didn’t buy it. What was she going to do, eat him alive?’

Arriving at apartment 301, which wasn’t yet stuffed to the brim with supplies, Yu Dong felt a wave of emotion.

’This place wasn’t like this in my past life.’

"It’s so tidy right now... Later, you’ll put a 3D printer in the living room. It won’t smell great, and there’ll be materials all over the floor. That room will be filled with canned food and compressed biscuits, and this one will be for water... and your bedroom will have someone else living in it."

Liu Ye’ye’s face flushed red when she heard this.

"Senior, in our past life, did we... move things along... quickly?"

Yu Dong: "???"

’What the hell!’

"Liu Ye’ye, what are you even thinking about...? Let me tell you about our group from the past life. The person who lived with you was Shen Xinyi. She’s from this community too, a nurse. This time around, she..."

Yu Dong trailed off, pausing for a moment.

’He remembered the special activation key Shen Xinyi had given him.’

’Do I really have to do it that way?’

Liu Ye’ye propped her chin on her hand and watched Yu Dong’s rambling, incoherent state. She laughed.

Her almond-shaped eyes narrowed, her face as lovely as a peach blossom.

"Senior, do you believe in miracles?"

"Of course I do. How else could I have been reincarnated?"

"I believe in them too..."

Liu Ye’ye murmured.

After probing for a little longer, Yu Dong realized that Liu Ye’ye genuinely didn’t know anything about reincarnation, so he had no choice but to explain it all over again.

When she heard the part about them committing suicide with dynamite, her face was already streaked with tears.

"Dying together in the end... How romantic."

Yu Dong: "...I told you all about the scheming and infighting in the settlement, and that’s the only thing you took away from it? Are you some kind of lovesick fool, Liu Ye’ye?"

"Of course not... And anyway, regardless of what happened in your past life, you haven’t even confessed your feelings to me in this one. I’m not going to agree to date you that easily!"

Yu Dong: "???"

"Liu Ye’ye, honestly, your behavior right now is more unbelievable than the fact that I’ve been reincarnated... Forget it. Just tell me first, do you believe me?"

"I believe you... Because only someone who has truly lived with me would know so many of my habits. And the key I proposed at the end... it’s real. Senior, this life, what’s your plan? I’ll support you! This is incredible!"

"I..."

For a moment, Yu Dong found himself unable to answer her.

After being reincarnated, he had just instinctively reached out to the teammates he trusted from his past life. He wanted to gather them by his side, especially Zhao Youcai, Huang Zhiqiang, and Liu Ye’ye. In his past life, they had helped him prepare from the very beginning and were his greatest allies.

In this life, he’d managed it in even less time. He had also resolved a deep-seated regret by sharing the news with Xufeng.

Yu Dong had tons of ideas about how to prepare for this new life.

He had survived for a long time in his past life, so he had a vast collection of memories. While he remembered everything, he still needed to sort through his thoughts to form a comprehensive strategy.

"But no matter what, in this life... we can’t stay in the Xiangti Bay Community. This place could never withstand the tide of corpses. We have to go somewhere better. A place big enough to build a force, shelter survivors, and fend off the hordes!"

"Huh? Then where will we go?"

Just then, Yu Dong remembered Officer Wang, who made daily broadcasts, and that ship... the Caribbean International Cruise.

’If we’re on the ocean,’ he thought, ’when the tide of corpses arrives, we can just sail the cruise ship away... That would put us in an invincible position, wouldn’t it?’