"Liu Yan, where is your classmate who is a soldier?"
Liu Yan, who was buried in revising the blueprints, turned a deaf ear to it, until the girls next door laughed and asked for the third time, Liu Yan raised his head and glanced at them.
A girl said, "Aren't you planning to find a job here?"
"Meng Feng..." Liu Yan took the eraser and rubbed it lightly on the perspective view: "His parents told him to go home, so he left. He left last month, your reflex arc is really long."
"What a pity." Another girl smiled and said, "Such a handsome soldier, no wonder no one is waiting for you for dinner."
Liu Yan glanced at them, teasingly said: "Who likes him? Please have a lot of fresh oranges, and I can give you his phone number." As he spoke, he blew lightly, blowing away the rubber crumbs, like Chasing away a stubborn memory in his mind.
The bell rang, the get out of class was over, and the students poured out of the classroom.
A ray of blazing summer sunlight came in through the spotless glass windows, and the huge classroom was empty. Liu Yan sat alone in the last row, packing up the product renderings in his hand.
It was one month and twelve days after he broke up, and it was the anniversary of his love with Meng Feng.
Seven years ago, Liu Yan and the bamboo horse Meng Feng who had known each other since childhood were promoted to the third year of high school in Z city, confessed their love, and fell in love. After the college entrance examination, Meng Feng went to join the army, and Liu Yan was admitted to a university. Liu Yan still remembers the vows they made during their student days. After parting ways, they still kept in touch with each other, looking forward to being together again on the day of graduation and discharge from the army.
In his second year of university, Liu Yan was sent to Germany as an exchange student because of his excellent grades. He was far away in a foreign country, but he still did not forget his former lover. After returning to China, graduate students are guaranteed. In the second year of graduate school, Meng Feng finally retired from the army and came to S city where Liu Yan was studying. When they met again, there was no surging emotion, no intense night. Meng Feng hugged Liu Yan and slept peacefully all night.
Liu Yan didn't move, but suffered from insomnia all night. Looking at the ceiling, he felt that something was different.
Meng Feng settled down in City S, intending to find a job to live with Liu Yan, but he ran around and his education was too low, but he couldn't find a satisfactory job. In the end, he left.
Liu Yan did not interfere with Meng Feng's choice. When he closed the door, Meng Feng was outside and Liu Yan was inside, they both knew that they were no longer the high school lovers seven years ago. Time is the sharpest knife, dragged along for many years, the broken past was finally ruthlessly severed when we met again.
In the blink of an eye, time leaks through the cracks of the fingers, like fine sand powder, leaving no traces, people are no longer the people they used to be, and love is not the same as before. You can't blame the long-distance relationship, let alone each other's lives. There is nothing wrong, everything comes from oneself.
Seven years later, one month and twelve days after the breakup, Liu Yan was sitting alone in the classroom, and suddenly felt an indescribable feeling.
"Liu Yan!" A classmate poked his head through the front door: "The instructor is waiting for you, why don't you go?"
Liu Yan woke up like a dream, quickly packed up the blueprints, and went to the office.
"I've seen the design drawings." The head of the department said, "There are many minor problems, but no major problems."
Liu Yan put down the drawings, took the coffee handed by the department head, looked at the bookshelf while drinking, and asked, "Can I borrow some books to go back and read?"
"Of course." Liu Yan's mentor is a 50-year-old man with a good sense of style. He is sitting at the edge of the desk and drinking coffee: "Your designs are very functional, with a strong Icelandic style. , but ergonomics is your shortcoming, which is simply horrible."
Liu Yan smiled self-deprecatingly: "When I was in class at the Bauhaus, I was doing very badly with man-machines. Teacher, what is this?"
Liu Yan took out a book on the bookshelf: "Zombie Survival Manual". Can't help laughing.
The head of the department liked the student Liu Yan very much, and explained with a smile: "Did you know that the U.S. Department of Defense released an early warning guide online in May, and the official claimed that it was to remind everyone to cope with the infinite possibilities in the future. "
Liu Yan casually flipped through the book, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Is it true? I'll borrow it back and have a look."
"I've written all your product modification opinions in the USB flash drive." The department head said, "Don't forget your homework while reading the book."
Liu Yan said helplessly, "Okay."
Liu Yan stuffed the USB flash drive into his pocket, came out with his notebook on his back, took out his mobile phone and made a call at home, but no one answered.
Today is Friday, and Liu Yan is planning to go home, go back to the dormitory to pack things, and his roommates are watching the webcast.
"Cui Xiaokun, are you going home this week?" Liu Yan asked.
"No, why?" The roommate said, "Are you planning to go back?"
Liu Yan: "Pick up girls?"
Cui Xiaokun: "No - if you have something to say, what do you want to invite brother to do?"
Liu Yan said with a smile: "Can I borrow the car for a while, come back tomorrow night and fill up the gas for you."
"Get out!" Cui Xiaokun said angrily.
After a while, the car key came flying, Cui Xiaokun is a graduate student in the Department of Automation next door, bought a second-hand car, Liu Yan took the key and said: "Thank you, I don't want to go to the station to take the bus."
Cui Xiaokun took off the earphones: "Hey, Liu Yan, are you sure you really want to go home?"
Liu Yan immersed himself in dialing the phone: "What?"
Cui Xiaokun clicked on a video news, and motioned: "Look."
"Another wave of rabies broke out in City Z this summer. Relevant departments urge people not to go out at home, and wait for the notification from the community hospital to inject new vaccines..."
Liu Yan frowned and asked, "When did it happen?"
Cui Xiaokun lifted his chin, picked up the cup and drank some water: "Isn't your mother a doctor for the news that was repeatedly broadcast this morning?"
Liu Yan's family is a single-parent family. He grew up with his mother, and he keenly felt the abnormality.
"Don't go out?" Liu Yan frowned.
"The authorities sprayed disinfectant in most communities, and evacuated the people in the city center, prohibited unrelated people from entering and leaving public places such as hospitals, and the subway was temporarily suspended..."
Liu Yan dialed her mother's mobile phone, but the line was always busy. She should be working overtime at this time, no wonder no one answered the phone at home.
"I'll go first." Liu Yan said.
"Good luck, don't be bitten by a dog." Cui Xiaokun said lazily.
Liu Yan opened the car door, threw the computer and clothes into the back seat, and threw the books borrowed from the tutor on the passenger seat, reversed the car, and set off.
am 12:00 s city highway intersection.
Liu Yan took out his wallet, paid, connected the bluetooth to the car's loudspeaker, pressed the automatic redial button, and the jeep sped onto the highway.
The highway from City S to City Z was empty and stretched as far as the eye could see. The midsummer sun was blazing, and the sky at the end of the road was dazzlingly blue.
On the road from city z towards city s, there was a long queue, and all kinds of vehicles kept honking.
pm 3:30 The last section of the expressway.
The phone was finally connected, Liu Yan said: "Mom!"
"Yanyan... Yanyan..." The voice of the woman on the other end of the phone was anxious.
Liu Yan immediately drove the car to the side of the road. There was a lot of noise on the phone, mixed with whining wind one after another, the woman said: "Yanyan—"
Liu Yan stopped the car and shouted: "Mom! Are you okay!"
The woman said: "Don't go home, listen to mom, don't go home yet, ah, mom is fine, mom loves you, Yanyan..."
Liu Yan: "What happened at home?! Are you in the hospital or at home? Why don't you answer the phone at home?"
"Yanyan, stay at school, mom is safe, I will call you..."
"Mom loves you, Yanyan..."
The phone rustled and hung up.
Liu Yan sat blankly in the driver's seat, and turned off the phone when playing again.
Liu Yan was silent for a moment, and then dialed Meng Feng's number. His cell phone number had been deleted from his phone book, but that number hadn't been changed in five years. Perhaps its traces could never be erased from his heart.
Meng Feng's phone line was also busy, Liu Yan turned the reverse direction, turned around and got off the expressway, jumping in the queue and waiting in the traffic back to S City with anxiety.
pm 3:40 U-turn on the highway.
Liu Yan reversed the car again, drove on the expressway, and continued to drive in the direction of City Z.
The radio in the car blared.
"The rabies phenomenon in City Z has been initially controlled. The city hospital is organizing emergency treatment. The government appeals to all citizens who are out of town, please do not go home for the time being, so as not to cause traffic jams... The weather forecast will be played for you below..."
pm 7:30 At the end of the expressway, go down to the Z city bend.
There was a crimson fire cloud in the sky, bright as if stained with blood, everything was as usual, the toll booth on the expressway took away the receipts and opened a turn to let vehicles in.
Liu Yan paid attention to both sides of the road while driving. The sun went down, the street lights were on in the urban area, and there were few vehicles. He should have heard the announcement on the radio and went home.
The Internet is so congested that it is almost impossible to log in, and the mobile phone signal is intermittent and unreliable.
9:50 p.m.
The further you drive toward the city center, the fewer pedestrians there are. Liu Yan's home is not far from the city center, and the entertainment venues and supermarkets along the road are closed, and people are walking around in twos and threes.
There were three police cars parked at the intersection, blocking the roadblock, Liu Yan was startled, and immediately stepped on the brakes.
The lights on the top of the police car flickered, but there was no sound. Liu Yan got out of the car and looked from a distance for a while, seeing no one, he couldn't help feeling extremely puzzled.
Where are the police
Liu Yan got into the car resolutely, put on his seat belt, stepped on the gas pedal to break through the roadblock, and drove along the long street.
Most of the buildings on both sides were dark, and a few balconies were still lit. Liu Yan closed the car door and ran to the apartment building where he lived. The security guard at the front desk was gone.
Liu Yan fell into a confused panic, raised his head, and turned around several times: "Is anyone there?!"
No one answered, Liu Yan ran into the lobby, pressed the elevator hard, the light was dim, and stopped on the ninth floor with a ding.
Liu Yan rushed out of the aisle in a gust of wind, took out the key to open the door, the house was in a mess, probably because her mother was hurriedly called to work overtime, and she didn't tidy it up properly.
Liu Yan took a deep breath, dug out a carton of iced milk from the refrigerator and poured it down, went out and rang the doorbells of the neighbors one by one, but no one opened the door after a round, Liu Yan took a few steps back and peeped through the crack of the lower door, no one was inside. Lighted.
Liu Yan stood there for a while, swallowed, went home to pack some clothes, a blanket, and found the first-aid kit under the cupboard. When he went out, the lights on all floors in the building flickered and then went out.
The elevator stopped, and the entire downtown area was plunged into darkness, only the streetlights of the independent line were still on.
Liu Yan opened the curtains and looked outside. The electricity was cut off everywhere, only another community in the distance was still brightly lit. He took the Swiss Army Knife and the emergency light, and with the emergency light in one hand, he pushed open the fire alarm channel and went downstairs quickly.
The sound of "thump, thump" footsteps came from the corridor.
Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Is anyone there?!"
He quickly ran down the corner: "What's going on?!"
The corridor was completely dark. Liu Yan took the emergency light and shone it down the stairs. The blood in his whole body froze instantly, and the fear climbed from his back to his scalp, causing him to feel numb.
At the corner of the fifth floor, there stood a security guard with a sallow complexion and a gut-wrenching stomach, his cloudy eyes rolled up and down, and the whites of his eyes were facing the strong light.
This is a dream, it must be a dream.
Liu Yan took a step back subconsciously.
The security guard dragged his intestines and let out a wailing sound.
"You... Mr. Huang?" Liu Yan's voice trembled.
The security guard went up the stairs step by step. Liu Yan unscrewed the doorknob on the side of the stairwell with a trembling hand and slowly pulled it open. When the security guard was halfway up, Liu Yan rushed into the corridor and slammed the door of the stairwell. Pushing against the door, gasping for breath.
With the sound of banging on the door, Liu Yan screamed in fright, holding the doorknob tightly.
"Is anyone there!" Liu Yan shouted hysterically.
The doorknob was pressed down slightly, Liu Yan withdrew his hand like an electric shock, looked at the door in fear, and backed away slowly until his back was against the fire cabinet.
With a crashing sound, Liu Yan smashed through the fire cabinet and snatched out the ax inside.
Zombies? ! Is it a zombie? ! Liu Yan's only thought: The world is crazy, if the world is fine, then I am crazy.
Turning the doorknob to the end, Liu Yan yelled again, ran away, found another fire escape, and rushed in stumbled.
The emergency lights flickered in the sweltering passageway, Liu Yan was sweating profusely, his shirt was soaked, he knocked out the gate on the first floor and ran out of the street. The sight in front of him was like a basin of ice water pouring him from head to toe.
The lights in the car were still on.
A man in a police uniform with protruding eyeballs hanging on his face leaned over his car window and touched slowly, as if he was about to open the door.
In the distance, five more zombies dragged their slow pace, walking towards the garden in the city center.
Liu Yan couldn't help trembling violently, slowly put down his things, and turned the emergency light to the outside of the street. The zombie policeman found the light source, turned around, and walked towards him slowly.
"Ah—" trembling, Liu Yan raised the fire axe, rushed forward, split its head, the sticky blood spilled out, and kicked it away.
The zombie twitched on the ground and struggled to get up. Liu Yan couldn't help but backed up and stumbled on the steps. There were sporadic zombies in all directions, wearing civilian clothes, walking towards the entrance of the building.
Liu Yan quickly packed up his things and rushed to the car. When the door was closed, a zombie squeezed over with his arm stuck on the edge of the car door. Liu Yan kicked the car door hard, causing the heavy body to bounce back a little, and then closed the car door heavily. The car backed up quickly, the bones made a muffled sound, and then several zombies were knocked into the air, running over them.
Liu Yan bumped into cars several times, and finally brushed the police car that acted as a roadblock and sprinted out of the road. He was dizzy and didn't know where he was going. He drove as soon as he saw the road, and finally stopped outside a closed supermarket, lying on the steering wheel panting.
He caught a glimpse of the phone screen flickering, it was an unfamiliar call, and he answered it.
"Finally answered the phone!" Meng Feng's voice sounded anxiously: "Where are you?!"
Liu Yan roared: "Damn it! What's going on!"
Meng Feng: "There is a virus in this city! Don't come back, stay at your school, you know?! I'll go over and take you away right away!"
Liu Yan: "I'm already near home."
On the other end of the phone and this end, there are rapid panting sounds.
Meng Feng: "Which street!"
Liu Yan: "I have a car, tell me a place, and I'll find you."
Meng Feng: "Don't mess around! You will become a zombie!"
Liu Yan: "I don't know what this place is! You are..."
Liu Yan suddenly saw the end of the road, one person rushed out of the corner, chasing a few zombies behind, immediately stepped on the gas pedal, the front wheels of the jeep spun, and then rushed out with a screeching sound, the headlights of the car were brightly lit.
Liu Yan honked the horn fiercely, Meng Feng raised his hand to cover his eyes, rushed towards the front of the car, jumped up gracefully, kicked his military boots on the front cover of the car, stepped on the roof of the car with a few steps, turned over and landed behind the car, Liu Yan went Before the momentum disappeared, four zombies were knocked into the air, and they leaned forward suddenly.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Yan reversed the car quickly, opened the door, Meng Feng got into the car, fastened his seat belt, and sat in the passenger seat, bowing and panting.
Liu Yan turned on the overhead light: "You... why are you here."
Meng Feng panted: "No one answered your cell phone or home phone, but when you called your school, they said you went home."
Liu Yan nodded wearily.
Meng Feng: "Although it was agreed at that time that we would never see each other after we broke up, I feel that we are still friends. I can't think of who to go to, and I am still afraid that something will happen to you."
Liu Yan's eyes were a little wet, he turned the steering wheel and drove into another road.