Raising The Zombie King

The blue and green colorful kite swayed in the sky.

Xiao Xiao held the string tightly while occasionally loosening her grip to control the kite gliding in the wind.

Lin Yuzu sat on a nearby hill. She originally flew the kite with Xiao Xiao but eventually got bored after half an hour of flying and went to the side to rest.

The spring sun was slightly warm and the hillside was connected to the plain where Xiao Xiao was walking was filled with colorful flowers of all kinds. Lin Yuzu sat with her legs crossed and braided flowers with larger and larger garlands in her hands, all while glancing at Xiao Xiao’s direction from time to time.

Zhao Cai went to play for a while before coming back and laid on her side to act as her cushion. His golden cat pupils stared at the ladybug resting on the grass blades.

Lin Yuzu braided the last flower and placed it around Zhao Cai’s neck. It was confused for a moment and blankly looked down. He even tried to pull the garland off with its paws.

Lin Yuzu pinched the back of his neck as she wore a bracelet braided using light red-colored flowers on her wrist, “It’s okay, just wear it for a while.”

Because Xiao Xiao is nearby, Zhao Cai obediently stopped moving. The red, yellow, and orange blooming flowers woven into a wreath with a tropical beach style paired with its gorgeous black and golden brown fur, Lin Yuzu, who made the wreath, couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Suddenly, something dark blue and green that has been joined together blocked her view.

Lin Yuzu looked up and saw Xiao Xiao holding the kite. She didn’t know when Xiao Xiao had walked up to her side, but Xiao Xiao bent down, pursed her lips while looking at Lin Yuzu with slight dissatisfaction, “Mine?”

“I didn’t forget yours.”

Lin Yuzu smiled as she picked up a slightly smaller wreath and placed it on Xiao Xiao’s head.

The soft branches and leaves held the first blooming buds as white and light purple flowers intertwined with the tender green new leaves. Xiao Xiao’s handheld the wreath and raised it to her eyes. She wanted to take a good look at it but was unwilling to remove it.

Xiao Xiao had her hair tied to a ponytail today, revealing a pair of pointed ears, her snow-colored eyelashes slightly curved, and her ice-blue eyes that were transparent and magnificent reflected by the sun. Lin Yuzu really felt that Xiao Xiao’s more like an elf that grew in a flower field rather than a savage creature like a zombie.

Lin Yuzu didn’t even notice that she had been wearing a smile all this time, “No more flying?”

Xiao Xiao nodded and put the kite away to the side, “Eat.”

Lin Yuzu opened the lunch box she brought. In the end, she couldn’t think of how to alleviate the variety of food, so she could only bring the dried meat she boiled a few days ago and the nectarines and plums she picked on the way.

Fortunately, Xiao Xiao is not picky about food.

After eating, Lin Yuzu yawned in the warm spring weather.

Xiao Xiao leaned on Zhao Cai, “Sleep?”

Lin Yuzu shook her head, “Like last time, it’s not good to sleep outside until nighttime. If you want to sleep, go home and sleep.” She saw a bit of disappointment in Xiao Xiao’s expression, “Don’t want to go back?”

Xiao Xiao responded, “Here, beautiful.”

It’s true. The clear blue sky, bright flowers spread across like the sea creating a colorful tapestry as far as the eye can see, and the occasional butterflies flapping across the flowers.

When Lin Yuzu was first brought by Xiao Xiao, she was stunned for a while.

She actually felt that going back too early was a bit of a waste for the scenery, but the spring afternoon weather was too comfortable. She could feel the breeze brushing the side of her face that brought a light floral fragrance that would eventually lull her into sleep, “Then stay a little longer, but you can’t sleep. . . find something to do.”

Xiao Xiao tilted her head.

Lin Yuzu thought about it and untied the light blue hair tie at the back of Xiao Xiao’s head.

Her snow-colored hair immediately scattered down and coolly landed on the back of her hand. When she drew back her hand, she inadvertently brushed against Xiao Xiao’s ear, making her tremble slightly before narrowing her eyes.

Lin Yuzu didn’t notice. She was a little envious of how beautiful Xiao Xiao’s hair was, but she lowered her head and tied the two ends of the hair tie into a knot, forming a circle, “Turn over the flower rope1, do you remember how to play it?”

She didn’t get a response and raised her head in confusion. Xiao Xiao seemed to have returned to her senses and gently nodded her head.

It’s really rare for Xiao Xiao to be distracted while talking.

Did she remember something from the past?
Lin Yuzu had guessed for a moment but Xiao Xiao didn’t show anything unusual so she didn’t take it to heart.

The two of them played a simple game while chatting. Seeing that the sky was setting, they gathered their things and went home.

There was a bamboo forest on their way back. Lin Yuzu didn’t pay much attention when they first came here, but now that they’re on their way back, she went in to look for a bit and indeed found a few new spring bamboo shoots.

“Let’s eat fried bamboo shoots tonight.”

Lin Yuzu placed the freshly dug bamboo shoots into the basked she brought and Xiao Xiao’s eyes slightly lit up.

. . . so obvious

Lin yuzu smiled as she washed her hands with the water from the jug. When she was leaving the bamboo forest, the memories of her childhood that she had when she was playing the Turn over the flower rope game welled up, aching her heart as she pinched a soft bamboo leaf.

Xiao Xiao blinked, “Want to make tea?“

“No.” Lin Yuzu recalled the method she had learned before. She slightly bent the bamboo leaf to her lips and tried to blow it twice, finally producing a crisp sound on the third try.

“Ah, it worked!” She smiled and looked at Xiao Xiao, “Try it?”

Xiao Xiao took the bamboo leaf from her hand.

Lin Yuzu exclaimed, “Ah! I’ve used this. . . well, forget it if you don’t mind.”

Xiao Xiao glanced at her with a puzzled look while the bamboo leaf rests in her hand, but she didn’t seem to think that there was anything wrong.

She took a deep breath and then gently exhaled from her lips, immediately producing a chirping sound coming from a young bird. Lin Yuzu also looked around and above in their surroundings for a few moments before realizing that it was Xiao Xiao who made the sound. Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment and tried producing sounds again, becoming loud and clear like the crowing of a bird.

A thrush bird2 landed on the tree by the side of the road, turned its head in their direction, and responded with its own chirpings.

Xiao Xiao put down the bamboo leaf and looked at Lin Yuzu with a calm but empathic gaze.

Lin Yuzu, “. . .”
“. . . Don’t imply that I have terrible playing skills this way!”

Xiao Xiao looked away, “No.”

“Then look at me and say it again. . .”

Talking all the way home, it was still early for dinner. While it was still dark, Lin Yuzu and Xiao Xiao found the novel that they hadn’t finished reading and continued reading through the pages.

After happily reading several tens of thousands of words about the male protagonist counterattacked and made great plans for infrastructure, it was also one of the parts that caused Lin Yuzu’s headache the most. When she saw the male protagonist unintentionally break into a house and saw the fairy-like beautiful girl playing the swing with the maid, her laugh sounding like silver bells ringing, she had already predicted the next development.

Lin Yuzu turned away in pain, ready to wait for Xiao Xiao to finish reading.

But after Xiao Xiao finished reading this part, she half-closed the book for a moment of contemplation and offered Lin Yuzu, “Swing?”

“You also want to play the swing?” Lin Yuzu thought for a moment, “I remember that there are a few swings in the children’s park I saw before. It should still work, they just need some cleaning up.”

The iron single swing can make a creaking sound when it swings. After eight years, no one has taken care of it that most of its paint is gone, but it still stubbornly stands in the park.

“. . .” Xiao Xiao expressed her disapproval with a silent gaze.

Lin Yuzu received her gaze, “Then let’s make one ourselves?”

a simple swing isn’t difficult to make. It just so happens that the other day, Xiao Xiao transplanted grapevines from the outside, so they built a grape frame in the yard, Now, it’s just right to have a swing drop below it.

However, finding the right rope isn’t easy and both of the ones they have at home aren’t very strong, so they have to give up temporarily.

Lin Yuzu decided, “Let’s go to town tomorrow and see.”

They finally ate dinner when it was dark and Lin Yuzu walked around the courtyard after eating. She then sat under the porch with Xiao Xiao to chat and prepared to go to bed. There were no lights at night and they didn’t have any form of entertainment. Now that there is no need to be so vigilant, her night owl habits have long been corrected.

Xiao Xiao usually sleeps late but she also stays in bed whenever Lin Yuzu is about to go to sleep. It’s only in the past two days that Xiao Hong has shown signs of evolution that Xiao Xiao stays outside at night to observe it for a while longer since her night vision is surprisingly good.

When Lin Yuzu first started living with her, she often woke up at night because there were people around her. Once she got used to it, she felt a little uneasy about being alone. Even when the guest room has been cleaned, no one suggested sleeping in their own rooms, so it’s being used as a utility room.

The window connected to the corridor was half-open, so the sounds of insects and Xiao Xiao flipping the pages of a book came in from outside.

In this background noise, Lin Yuzu eventually fell into a deep sleep peacefully.

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When Lin Yuzu was sleeping soundly, she was suddenly shaken awake.

In the dimly lit interior, she saw a familiar silhouette by the moonlight shining from outside and pushed her face away in a daze, “. . . Xiao Xiao?”

“Yuzu, get up.” Xiao Xiao’s voice contained a little excitement and pulled her arm with a little force.

Lin Yuzu rubbed her eyes, “What’s wrong?”

“Look.”

Lin Yuzu woke up, got off the bed, followed Xiao Xiao, and squeezed to the window, “Look at what. . . ah.”

There was no need for Xiao Xiao to point it out. Lin Yuzu also noticed the abnormality at first glance. Before she fell asleep, Xiao Hong was still completely still and was surrounded by a faint gleam. But now, it swelled and grew at a speed almost visible to the naked eye and its closed buds rustled and stirred.

It still has the wreath brought back by Lin Yuzu hanging on its branches. Although she thought that it was a bit strange to give it to a flower, since everyone had it, it seemed inappropriate to leave it out. At the moment, as the bids slowly bloomed, the pink and orange wreath crumbled away and fell to the ground in bits.

“Ah. . .” Lin Yuzu let out a soft cry.

Its buds completely opened when Xiao Hong was almost as high as the courtyard wall.

Under the quiet moonlight, the crystal-clear red-orange petals stretched out, and the pale yellow glitters of light spread out at the stamen, floating in the air. The strong sweet fragrance instantly wrapped the whole courtyard, making people dizzy.

In the silence of the night, the sound of the earth breaking open was evident to the ears.

The courtyard wall near Xiao Hong was covered with flexible branches in a blink of an eye, and a portion on the vines grew along the eaves of the porch until they draped in front of the window where the two were standing. The vines bloomed a pair of tiny orange flowers that swayed gently in the cool breeze.

The night breeze carried the fragrant scent of flowers and what looks like the faint light of fireflies.

Compared to the evolution of mutant creatures, this one looks more like magic.

Lin Yuzu immersed herself in the fragrance as her consciousness was no longer sober. In her blurring vision, she seemed to see Xiao Xiao smiling, brushing her eyelashes with her cool fingertips, removing a little flickering light.

That little light, reflected in the pair of brilliant smiling eyes, looked like distant stars in the sky.

The author has something to say:

I can’t make up any more words.

翻花绳 – translates to; Turn over the flower rope / Turning rope / Flip-flop rope / Flip rope
I don’t know which is the right term, so if you guys know the more appropriate term, please do tell.This is a thrush bird

thrush bird