The apocalypse would only become more dangerous with time. Zombies would evolve. Monsters would become stronger. More survivors would appear. Human groups would grow, fight, and compete for resources.
If Yan Cijin depended on Bai Li for every dangerous situation, what would happen one day when Bai Li was not there?
What would happen if Bai Li was injured?
What if they were separated?
What if Bai Li needed help and Yan Cijin had never been allowed to build enough experience because someone had always shielded her?
That would be the worst kind of protection.
Overprotection could turn love into a cage.
Bai Li leaned back and stared at the ceiling.
She finally understood what had been wrong.
She had been protecting Yan Cijin because she cared about her too much.
That was the simple truth.
She cared so much that she had started making decisions with her heart instead of her head.
In normal times, maybe that would not matter.
But these were not normal times.
