436 No Medicine For Regret

The atmosphere was still solemn amongst my men, even after coming to the conclusion that they wanted to build a new world for the zombies.

"All right, talk to me," I said after the silence continued to stretch on.

"About what?" asked Liu Yu Zeng, looking at me in confusion.

"About why you are upset," I said, trying to find the right words to explain how they seemed.

"I just don't like the idea that I might have killed children, even if they were zombies," said Chen Zi Han from where he was leaning against his bike.

"Oh, Sweetie," I said, walking up to him and wrapping my arms around him. "You can't think like that," I continued as I rubbed his back. "You will drive yourself crazy with 'what ifs'. Besides, most hordes with families tend to stay in the cities where it is safer, and food is easier to find. The hordes that we fought wouldn't have any children in them."