37: Dai Yingying's past

As the countdown ended,

the instance fell completely silent.

Bi Mengli and her Dancer Squad were teleported away.

Since Wang Feng had come with Dai Yingying, he would remain here.

He only needed to leave before the instance refreshed.

At this moment, he was sitting on the rooftop of the Twin Towers, examining the item in his hand.

After leading the Shield Mountain Zombie to Ding Yaozong, he had followed the system's guidance and found the key item.

The process had been very easy.

As for what he had obtained, it was an internship certificate.

Wang Feng had already wiped away the grime on the outside.

The paper inside the certificate's sleeve was severely decayed.

However, the person in the photo could still be vaguely identified.

The girl in the photo was very young, with an indifferent expression and neat, long black hair.

She looked somewhat haggard, and the dark circles under her eyes were very prominent.

It was clearly caused by staying up too late for a long time.

Of course, these weren't the main points.

The main point was that this girl's appearance was extremely similar to Dai Yingying's!

Wang Feng recalled Dai Yingying's appearance.

Sunny and pure.

When it was just the two of them, she would also become very seductive and greedy.

But overall, she was an extroverted person.

It was completely different from the haggard look in the photo.

So... was this really her?

If it was... why would her photo appear inside an instance?

Wang Feng frowned slightly.

Perhaps a conclusion would have to wait until Dai Yingying arrived.

Time passed second by second.

On the rooftop, the sound of crisp footsteps rang out.

“Mas~ter—!”

A soft, sweet murmur drifted over.

Then came a refreshing, fragrant breeze.

Having finished her duties as a referee, Dai Yingying ran over with a click-clack of her heels and hugged Wang Feng directly from behind.

Her soft cheeks rubbed against him.

She really was like a cat.

“Hehe~”

“Work is finally over~”

“Next, it's just Yingying and Master's private world~”

Wang Feng rubbed Dai Yingying's fluffy little head.

Then, he handed the internship certificate to her.

“Do you have any memory of this?”

Dai Yingying took a look.

“Eh?”

“The person on this... looks so familiar.”

She took the certificate and narrowed her eyes to examine it closely.

Then, her eyes widened.

“Master!”

“The person on this... isn't that me?!”

Dai Yingying was a bit stunned.

She looked at it over and over, muttering in a low voice.

“But I have absolutely no memory of this.”

“internship certificate... Twin Towers... Ugh—!!!”

Suddenly!

A sharp pain shot through Dai Yingying's head.

Countless memory fragments flooded into her mind.

She curled up in pain, and Wang Feng pulled her into his arms.

He silently held her thin, petite body tightly.

After a long while, the headache finally stopped.

She looked at Wang Feng with tears in her eyes, looking as aggrieved as a punching bag.

She hugged Wang Feng's neck tightly, rubbing all her tears onto his clothes.

“Master... I think... I remembered something.”

“I used to work here.”

A realization dawned in Wang Feng's heart.

So that was it.

It seemed the Survivors' previous guess was correct.

The train Attendants were indeed people from Blue Star.

“Did you remember anything else?”

“Mm...” Her voice was muffled, carrying a thick nasal tone.

“I was bullied by the female colleagues here...”

“Waaaaah—”

Female colleagues?

Workplace bullying?

At the same time, a voice rang out in Wang Feng's mind.

“Dai Yingying's Exclusive Bond Event has been activated.”

“Upon completion, the bond between the Host and Dai Yingying will be upgraded, and the exclusive skill [Material Replication] will be obtained.”

Wang Feng gently stroked Dai Yingying's back.

“Tell me what happened.”

“Mm...”

...Inside the Twin Towers.

Wang Feng and Dai Yingying walked slowly with their fingers intertwined.

There were indeed quite a few zombies around.

But with Dai Yingying there, clearing them out was easy.

“I used to work here.”

“A cosmetics company, all women.”

She recounted slowly.

“At that time, I was still an intern who had just graduated from university.”

“Just entering the workplace, I always felt I should build good relationships with my colleagues.”

“And since it was a cosmetics company, they were all beautiful older sisters.”

“Back then, I naively thought that since we were all girls, the working environment would definitely be good and harmonious.”

The crisp click-clack of high heels rang out.

Her cold little hand squeezed Wang Feng's tightly.

Soon, the two arrived at a dilapidated office.

Wang Feng had once been entangled with the Shield Mountain Zombie here in a fierce battle.

Strolling here now with Dai Yingying as if on a date,

he only felt a sense of having been through another lifetime.

She stroked the desks and chairs, her fingertips picking up quite a bit of dust.

Then, she found her own workstation, blew off the dust, and sat down.

With her legs together and her fingers resting on the broken keyboard, it was as if she had returned to the past.

“So, I was busy in the company every day.”

“Whenever my colleagues had things to do, I would rush to do them—sweeping the floor, taking out the trash.”

“Occasionally, I would also help the senior sisters make spreadsheets and handle some complicated tasks.”

“Haha—I was really stupid back then.”

She smiled bitterly.

“I even paid out of my own pocket to buy them coffee.”

“My internship salary each month was only that much, and I ended up spending it all.”

Wang Feng walked over and gently stroked her cheek.

A cold, delicate touch.

Very smooth, very fine.

Dai Yingying narrowed her eyes and leaned back in Wang Feng's arms, letting him stroke her face.

“It's just... I seemed to be too easy to talk to.”

“Gradually, they pushed all kinds of work onto me.”

“They made me do all the overtime alone... they left all the fieldwork to me... even for lunch orders, they wanted me to pay.”

“I was just an intern, I didn't have that much money.”

She muttered, her little face puffing up.

Wang Feng squeezed it, like he was squeezing a stress-relief toy.

Dai Yingying swayed coquettishly.

“Ha-ang~”

“Master~ stop pinching Yingying's face~”

“You've pinched it fat~”

Wang Feng leaned in and gave her face a little peck.

The little girl's face immediately lit up with joy, and she leaned in to kiss him.

After a brief moment of intimacy, she continued.

“After I refused, they started giving me the cold shoulder.”

“Saying things like—‘Don't worry, you pay first, we'll pay you back later’.”

“In the end, I was too thin-skinned to ask for the money.”

“I tried hinting a few times, but they all played dumb. By the time all the money was spent, they didn't even appreciate my kindness.”

“Waaaah—I couldn't even afford dinner!”

“Hmph—!”

“It makes me so mad! Back then, I should have given them all a big slap!”

She looked angry, swinging her hand hard at the air.

Wang Feng didn't say anything, just silently pulled her little head into his arms.

He let her rest her head on his stomach.

“During that time, I was really, really tired.”

“I wasn't making any money every day, and the older sisters in the company were all giving me attitude.”

“Work wasn't happy at all. It was just overtime, overtime every day. It felt like the entire company's work had been pushed onto me.”

“No one ever came to help.”

“They always said, ‘Interns need to work more to gain experience.’ ‘With this experience, it'll be easier to find a job later.’ ‘What are you youngsters complaining about being tired for? So dramatic’.”

“In the end, I did all the work, but they took all the credit.”

“The worst part was that the company actually fired me the day before I was supposed to become a full-time employee, citing ‘work performance’ as the reason.”

“Ah—!!!”

“So mad!”

She shouted twice.

Then, as if she had lost all her energy, she rested weakly on Wang Feng's stomach.

“Later... after I left the company with my personal belongings.”

“Just as I stepped out of the Twin Towers, my chest felt tight and I collapsed to the ground.”

“I knew I was dying, but I felt so unwilling. I hated them so much.”

“Why, when I was so good to them, did they treat me like that?”

Wang Feng wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Her story was very simple, just like every miserable salaryman's.

They were all poor wretches squeezed until only dregs remained.

“Then, when I opened my eyes, I was on the train and had become an Attendant.”

“Only back then, I didn't know all this. I thought I was an android born from the train's system.”

“And then, I met you...”

She looked up, her eyes meeting Wang Feng's.

“Having my first time taken by you in such a muddle... and then falling in love with you just as muddily...”

“Unable to pull myself out.”

“Hehe—”

“But liking someone is supposed to be a bit muddy anyway.”

Wang Feng lowered his head and shared a deep kiss with her.

After ten minutes of sticky intimacy, their lips parted.

Then, Wang Feng spoke.

“Have you ever heard of stress-relief games?”

“Stress-relief games?”

She tilted her head, looking at Wang Feng in confusion.

“It's a little game where you vent all your anger and resentment.”

“Hit whatever you want, smash whatever you want, do whatever you want.”

“How about it? Want to play?”

Wang Feng saw a flash of light in Dai Yingying's eyes.

“I want to play!”